f o r e i g n $c » o m f S t i 4 nUy gave up (he government of

i Paris. Riarht Ber . Dr . J I B M Print*

1 to the bishopric of Durham, bur* i n about to take up their 'age of Ki lmuir . a-ho has just retained from the

| of Quartermaster-General to the hire and Montgomeryshire, and

£t to present him with a sword. Edinburgh, at a meeting of the

nimoutly elected Sir Andrew |y and Ordnance medical depart -

• last hear of the Frome election oi l for the sum of £10, and were

presented the Rev. F. E . Long, re, Cambridge, to the Ticarage of

Lyne . mi Rev. Dr. George Dodsworth (o

kvs that most I f the German sur-| kassi* during the late war are

1 on six successive days seventy of Melbourne, Leicestershire, h. admits Jewish physicians and

> of doctor in a Russian un i -J functions. I sitting, on \ugust 2nd, adjourned

ommittee which is to act daring

islattve Council of Victoria h i s [the Patriotic Fund.

two mercantile firms—namely, sat). Courtenay Kingsford and

(Torthern and North-Eastern R a i l -Itructions that Her Majesty, the

1 to the north for Balmoral on

Timet wr i tes :—"It is reported pier to the rank of duke is shortly

r titl- s of nobility." r up the recumbent lions which are

the sides and front of the balcony

ome young man, dressed i n most [ account of some dispute with the

» returns of the loss suffered by ston at Barcelona. The number hree chiefs and s ix officers; the

IT officers; and the contused 89. |r and Empress of Russia left St.

: their children are. , on his arrival lately from St.

lenced a course of sea bathing • of Cardinal Mazarin.

| letter from A i x in Savoy, u is , to pay a short visit to Marshal

120th ult. at Berlin for an article ised for the manner i n which she Uy with regard to the fortifica-

1 on the Black water Bank, off

I Fermoy, which has been selected \ south of Ireland.

chanics, have been arrested and | charge «f taking part with the cm to violence on the occasion of

Hated his chaplain, the Rev. G. T. " set, to an honorary canocry iu

|td church history in the English t filled up' by the appoiotment o f

I arrive in this country in a fort-

Ined to represent the Sultan at the

(cheering reports as to the state of

appoint Viscount Castlerosse to be tnxbold, in the room of VUeount

' playing at the Surrey Zoological

to oar Australian colonies com­

be Continent. Iltrossels on September 22. ast week in L o n d o n , hamed Joseph Holland, a labourer finer at Adswood, Stockport, was

loking. l ie establishment of a joint stock Ihcal Steam Navigation Companv, pr the present. pf Ar t Treasures of the Vailed

a t Tewkesbury, has been acquitted

Is) has appointed M r . Goodcliap, | the titles of the allottees on the f the late Feargns O'Connor, and ind labour expended by them with

pks of the several traders on the 1 quarters; and in Scotland ami

I the dutv to be repaid is £s3'J 't.'.o |nd 20 Vic., c M .

tentine last week, indland, is to be the new governor

- been made that an immense Ik of France, amounting, it is eway. ' s of francs, are in circulation.

s=rs. Rothschild having made a •om the Bank of Amsterdam i ,

| come to l i -ht for raising a move-

pn, no stamp duty is now ehaiare-fcn to the freedom of the City of

pes from the Sea of Aaoff, the Itinue cn an extensive Kale, and ^ t i i of July the receipts exceeded

1 an edict of the Papal Govern-' on of cereals from the Pontifical

|rand Duke of Tuscany is about IOI, in the Sea of Azof,'and three 'nd Berdianski. Lrles Dufour, of Lvons, the silk

J i t in quantity that'the manufac-te made large contracts in forei'n. •dy, Piedmont, and Naples.

i off one of his fingers at Chat-Stain his discharge. The 30th of June, ia this present \cl of M M has been applied to I N l iam, Moss-side, iVaterloo-I Litherland), Sowerbv-bridg, pcklaild. "

Royal Highness the Duke of •orse Guards, on Monday, when 1 officers,

t Walton on the Wore. She had.

ban Challis, amounting to about k a memorial of the great L x a i -

led to its original purpose. I at the Pir»ai and at Aluena It city that he did not seek art

of the Caledonian RaUway bmotive superintendent of the

I from varlons quarters that tho l Bank paying a fair d iv ided is Jppeared. l e d on the 20th u l t at h i , bonso

l e Emperor of Austria has given feociation* of Germany to hold a Iptember either in the Austrian

J at Vienna on the 27th July . Sinister at Rome, has taken the

I at Rome, in the national church l i m a , on tho occasion of the safe I Count Colioredo, the Austrian the legation, were present. I repair to Inverness, to preside

ot are staying at Wimbledon

K C.B. , who embarked at auon of the Crimea by tho rived in London.

e presented Mr . Isaac B u t t , I plate valued at upwards of

ftry regiment, now on leave of I to rejoin bis regiment Irnrne-

; tried by a general court

Sir W i l l i a m Codrington, on, G . C . B . , l a the command

Highlanders, lately from • a v a l

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DESPATCHES FROM ABROAD—COXJBT—PERSONAL—MARKETS, &o. L A T E S T F R O M A B R O A D .

M A D R I D , A t e . 8. T h a resiC«ariona of I f . Oloaaga, Ambassador of Spain at Par i *

a n d M . Gcazale*, Ajataawaador at London, have been accepted. The mslitaa of Arasma have bean disarmed. It fe aadantood that General Serrano wi l l be the n<

to the Court of France. „ „ „ „ „ „ „_ T R I E S T E , F R I D A T .

Bvadvieae fro** ConaUntinople of the 1st, *re leam that Admiral Sir H»oab» Stewart's squadron has re-entered the Black Sea; It w i l l remain there until the Russians bare executed th* stipulations of the Treatv of Paris.

H A M B U R G , F R I D A Y . The subscription lists for th* new Baok hay* closed. Th i r ty

millions of franc* ware required, but 1,2*0 millions were proposed in nbscriptioo within a f a r hour*.

B R I T I S H A S S O C I A T I O N F O R T H E A D V A N C E M E N T O F S C I E N C E .

The twenty-sixth annual meeting of this eminent body commenced its sittings on Wednesday at Cheltenham, under the presidency of Dr . Daubeny F .R.S . The meeting promises to be one of the most successful and Inter rating of any which the association hat yet held. The director* of Cheltenham College have placed that building at the disposal of the officers of the association, sad the moot active preparations have, for soma days past, bean mad* to render the dif­ferent schoolrooms suitable for the sittings of th* various sections. The two largest of these rooms havebeen assigned to the Geological and Geographical Sections. Both these rooms have been lighted with gas, i t being intended that the inaugural meeting and the even­ing lectures or Colonel Sir H . Rawlioson and M r . Grove shall be held there, Cheltenham College is admirably adapted for the par-posts of the association, and the various class-rooms have been most judiciously arranged and elegantly decorated under th* direction of Mr . Hugol l , one of the local secretaries. '

The proceedings of the association commenced by a meeting of the general committee i a the Collage at on* o'clock, D r . Daubeny in the chair.

Professor Phillips, the assistant general secretary, read the minutes of the previous meetings, and the report of the council of the associa­tion, which was ordered to be printed.

Mr . J . P. Goseiot moved that the cordial thanks of the General Committee of the Brit ish Association be offered to Lord Wrottesley and the officers and council of the Royal Society, for the promptitude with which they have responded to the request bf the Committee of the British Association, in granting the sum of £250 for the purpose of lighting the Kew Observatory with gas.

The motion, having bean seconded by M r . J . Taylor, was carried unanimously.

Lord Wrottesley, on behalf of himself and the officers and conned of the Royal Society, acknowledged the vote of thanks.

The General Treasurer ( M r . J . Taylor) then road the financial statement. .

On the motion of Lord Wrottesley the E a r l of Burlington and Lord Stanley were elected to fill the vacancies i n the com­mittee occasioned by th* deaths of E a r l Cathcart and Sir John Johnstone. • j _

Professor Phillips moved the appointment of the following officers of the different sections:—

S E O T I O S A . — M A T H E M A T I C A L A K D P H T S I C A X , Saaafcx.—President. —Rev. R. Walker, F.R.S- Vice-Presidents.—Rev. B . P . Pr i ce , K R . S . , Sir W . Snow Harris, F .R.S . , Rev. W . WhewelL F . R . S , and the Rev. H . L o r d . Secretaries.—Professor Stevelly, M r . C . Burke, F . R . S . , Rev. T. A . Soathwood, Rev. J . C. Turnbull .

SF . ITIOX B . — C H E M I C A L S C I E N C E.—P r e s i d e n t . — M r . B . C . Brodie, F . R . S . Vice-Presidents.—Mr. N . 8. ;Maskeiyne, F .G.S . , M r . W . Gregory, F . R . S . , M r . Lvon Playfair, F . R . 9 , the Master of the Mint. Dr. Miller, and Dr. Anderson. Secretaries.—Mr. P . Worsley, Professor Voelker, and M r . J . Horsley.

S E C T I O N C — G E O L O O T.—P r e s i d e n t . — M r . A . C. Ramsey, F . R . S Vice-Presidents Rev. Professor Sedgwick, M r . J . Hamilton, and Mr. J . P. Jukes. Secretaries.—Rev. S. B . Brodie, M r . T. Wright , and Mr. 3. ScougalL

S E C T I O N D - — Z O O L O G Y A N D " B O T A N Y , r u c L U D i N O P H Y S I O L O G Y . —President.—Mr. T. Be l l , F .R .S . Vice-Presidents.—Rev. L . Jenvns, D r Robert B a l l , M r . J . E . Gray, F . R . S ^ Professor Balfour, and Professor Henslow. Secretaries.—Mr. E . Lankester, F . R . S . , Mr . J . Buckman, F . G . S . , and D r . J . Abercrombie.

S E C T I O N E . — G E O O B A P H Y A N D E T H N O L O G Y .—P r e s i d e n t — S i r I I . C. Rawlinson, F . R . S . Vice-Presidents—Sir J . Davies, and Sir R. J . Murchison, F .R .S . Secretaries.—Dr. Norton Shaw, M r . R i c h ­ard B u l l , M r . F . D . Hoitland, F .R .C .S . , and M r . H . W . Rumsey, F . R . C . S .

S E C T I O N F .—S T A T I S T I C S .—P r e s i d e n t — L o r d Stanley. Vice-Pre­sidents.—Dr. John Strang, M r . T . Torke, F . R . S . , M r . W . T i U , M r . J . T. Dawson, and Mr . J . Heywood, M . P . , P . R . S . Secretaries — Mr. W. Newmarch, M r . E Cheshire, Rev. C. H . Bromley, M r . W . M . Tartt, and Professor Handcock.

S E C T I O N G . — M E C H A N I C A L S C I E N C E ,—P r e s i d e n t — M r . G . Rennie, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents.—Mr. J . Nasravth, F.R.S. , and M r . J . T a y ­lor, F . R . S . Secretaries.—Mr. C. Atherton, M r . U . M . Jeffreys, and Mr. B. Jones, Jan.

A t a meeting of the Manchester town-council, held on Wednes­day, it was agreed to repeat the invitation given to the British Asso­ciation a few years ago to visit that city. The intention is to invite the association t* hold Us meeting in 18o* at Manchester, and a com­mittee of the town-council was nominated for that purpose. The opportunity is understood to be favourable, because it has transpired that at Dublin the magnificent hall in Trinity College, where the avoeiotlon were to meet In 1857, If they accepted the Invitation from that city, wi l l not be completed in time. This being the case, it wi l l probably be more convenient for Dublin to postpone its claim, and as the exhibition of art treasures at Manchester wi l l then be open,

t 'ie meeting there would afford the members of the British Association • a favourable opportunity of visiting this collection of the works of

art at the same time. The literary and other societies of Manchester wil l join the invitation.

g|e Cotitt, its. T i m Royal Family are at Osborne. H i s R O Y A L H I O U N E S S P R I N C E A L F R E D E R N E S T completed the

twelfth year of his age on Wednesday, having been bora on the 6th of August, 1844. In honour of th* occasion the royal standard was hoisted on the steeple* of the churches of S t M a r y Abbot'*, K e n ­sington, S t Martin's-in-the-Fields, and S t Margaret's, Westminster, at the Tower, Greenwich Hoapital, the Itoyal Arsenal, Woolwiah, and the General Post Office. The Admiralty flag waa holsUd T at Soaaattat House and the Admiralty. I

I T la stated i n a letter from Frankfort, that the Duchess of Orleans, accompanied by hat two sons, the Count of Paris and the Duke of Chartree, intends proceeding to England, where the fitt of August 24 th wi l l be celebrated by the ex-royal family of France.

Her Majesty, in accordance with the sympathy which she has invariably shown for th* sufferings of the gallant man of whom her Seats and army are composed, hot been graciously pleased to sand a donation, which is to be an annual one, of £60 to the A m y and Navy Pensions Employment Society in Parliament-street, of which his Royal Highness Prince Albert Is the patron.

" A royal commission has left for Marseilles, to receive Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, who Is to marry th* Infanta Donna Amalia . The mart iage ia to be celebrated towards the 20th of this month."

Le Kord announces that the coronation of the Emperor Alexander at Moscow wi l l not take place before the 7th of September, and that his Imperial Majesty wilt not make h i* entry into the city before th* 25th of this month. _

agerannal.

I uarur -maa tar-genera the

bequeathed £500 towarda 1 County Hospital.

M A S T E R * A N D OrXRATTVES C O M M I T T E E . — T i e report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the expediency of establishing equitable tribunals for the amicable adjustment of differences between masters and operatives has just been issued. The committee have examined a great number of witnesses of different positions in life, all of whom expressed themselves favourable to the establishment of Boards of Arbitration^ but they differed as to the constitution of the proposed boards, and stil l more so as to their jurisdiction. Having pointed out that the existing Law of Arbitration between masters and workmen as established by the &th Geo. I V . , c. 96, is nearly inoperative, the report goes on to say that^to obviate the objections taken V> the machinery and working of that act, i t bad been proposed to establish i a the various manufacturing districts courts of con­ciliation q i m i i T to the *' Conseils de Prud'hommea,M which exist in France. Some of the operative witnesses had proposed l!iat these courts should have a more extended jurisdiction than those of France or that recognised by the arbitration acts

:' England, while others had expressed a desire that they should also have power to regulate the rate of wages. On the other hand, the employers examined before the committee had 'lnTered in opinion as to the propriety of establishing such tribunals at a l l ; some thought they would produce more evil than good; others were strongly favourable to their establishment. On the whole the report says:— 1 1 Your committee cannot bat arrive at th* conclusion that the attention of the legislature might with advantage be directed to the subject of this inquiry, and are of opinion that the formation of courts of conciliation in the country, more particularly in the large commercial and manufacturing and mining districts, would be beneficial. Your committee would suggest that such a measure might be introduced as an amendment in the present arbitration act, by a reconstruction of that act in the 10th and 13th sections, by which means both masters and operatives would be enabled, each from their own class or calling, to appoint referees, an equal number by each party, having power to elect a chairman un­connected with either side having a casting vote. Such a tribunal to be appointed for a certain period, and not for any particular con­troversy." The committee further suggest that the existing boards gf arbitration, such as that established iu the Potteries, should be iicMiaed by the Secretory of State, so as to invest them with power to determine existing contracts, and to enforce their decisions; but they believe it would be impossible to give these or any other tribunals any power whatever of forcibly regulating the rate of w-sgea,

Vmw A C T O N C O V V T T C O U R T S.—T h e new act to amend the acts relating to the County Courts, which received the royal assent on the prorogation, w i l l coal* into operation on the 1st of October next except the provision relating to framing a scale of costs, and making rules and orders of practice and forms of proceeding, which tre at once to take effect There are eighty-six sections in the act aud several schedules. In the latter are the fee* to be received, and alto th* names of the Judges to receive £1,500 a year—eighteen at £ 1,660 a&d two at £1,350. A n important alteration is made in rwpect of judgment by default. In cose* where the demand does Aoi exceed £20 the plaintiff may require the defendant to give notice '.a hriting of his intention to defend, or otherwise judgment w i l l go by ruiault without giving any proof of bis claim. Where on action or contract is brought ia one of the superior court* to recover a sum not exceeding £20, and the defendant i a the action suffer* judgment by default, the plaintiff snail recover no costs unless upon an appli­cation to such court pr to a judge, as such court or judge shall otherwise direct The Lord Chancellor 1* empowered to appoint n v» county court judges to frame rale* and order* for regulating the practice. When a judgment does not exceed £20, the judge may order payment by instalments; in other coat* the consent of plaintiff Is neceasarv. The 49th section is of considerable irnpor u : i c i r * judge of a superior court shall be satisfied that a party against whom judgment for an amount exceeding £20, exclusive of eosts obtained in a county court, ha* no goods or chattels to satisfy the same, he may order a writ of certiorari to issue to remove the judgment into one of the superior courts, and " when removed it shall have the same force and effect, and the same proceedings may be taken thereon as ia the ease of a judgment of such superior court, but no action shall be brought upon such judgment" The salaries of the judges are to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, and the travelling expenses ont of money voted by parliament

Shafte Wood, a young man, supposed to be insane, is i a custody in London on a charge of attempting to murder Alice Croly, six years - f sge, by strangling her with a cord.

James Bridge, a saveloy and ssnfagw manufacturer, Hott ing-hi l l , London, ho* been fined £4 and costs, for having sixteen pieces of meat, in a disgustingly putrid state, on bis premises, intending to use it for human food.

The Lord Chancellor, on the recommendation of the E a r l of Clarendon, has appointed Herbert Ingram, Esq., M . P . , to be one of the magistrates for the county of Hertford.

The Phare de !» Manche announces that Sir Charles Wood arrived at Cherbourg on Friday evening, August 1, and was received by that inarisjrne prefect, woo west on board the admiralty steamer.

Professor Sedgwick ha* e g " * " " ' two bonds of £50 each, which ha held of the Philosophical Society, Cambridge, thus making the wuuiiicent donation of £100 to the funds of the society.

W K read in the aVew For* Timet of t h * 25th a l t , " M R S . H . B E E C U B R S T O W E sails on Wednesday next for Europe. She wi l l bring out her book, ' On the influence of slavery upon the White Population,' during her absence, both In England and the United States."

M R S . W I L D I N G , wife of a corporal of the Royal Arti l lery, was one of three females who were allowed to land with the troops at Old Fort, la the Crimea. She was present with her husband at the battle of the A lma , marched by his aide across the country to Balaklava, and was present at the Battle of Balaklava, where she took a bone from a Russian officer. During her residence In the camp she earned by washing an average amount of 20s. per diem, and saved a con­siderable sum. Her invariable companion during the war was an excellent revolver, which she much prizes. Corporal Wilding, with his brave wife, left Woolwich for Wecdon barracks last week.

J O H N F R O S T , the Chartist, is about to become a political lecturer. This released exile says i — " The plan which I mean to pursue is this—I mean to become a lecturer. I want to talk .to my country­men on matters of great Importance. A s m y private fortune is too small to enable me to travel over England I shall adopt th* plan of Kossuth and other friends of freedom, charge for admittance to m y lectures. I shall be better pleased with this mode than any other; it is that sort of independent life which one can approve of—I have something to sell, I cannot afford to g ive ; those who like may buy, and those who do not l ike may keep their money. Besides, I think that political lecturers may be of great use to our country and oar cause. There ore plenty of places in our country where the darkness of Egypt prevails as to political affairs. This plan has become very

f raeral in America, and the results, i a every point of view, are ighly beneficial." G E N E R A L W A L K E R , at a first glance (says the iVesr York Tribune),

appears a small m a n : but when standing beside men of the average height he appears a trifle taller than they. He Is very thin—not an ounce of superabundant flesh upon his bones. The framework of his body is small, but he has a very tough and sinewy appearance. H i s soldiers say (those who have been with him since the beginning of his adventures) that he can endure more hardship than the strongest looking man in the State. He ia on* of the most industrious of men, and supervises the entire affairs of the country. H i * ordinary dress consists of a pair of common bine pantaloons, a coarse blue linen overshirt, upon the shoulders of which two small pieces of red flannel do the duty of epaulette*, and a straw h a t When he sits he settles down in the moat careless manner, his shoulders appearing to con­tract into a small compass. H i s ungraceful posture while sitting, with his unpretending style of dress, is apt to disappoint those who expect to find i n him physical dimensions proportionate to the spread of his fame. Bat when i n full uniform and animated, his whole ap­pearance changes; his shoulders expand to squareness, his height seems to increase at least a couple of inches, ana the sparkle of his usually dreamy gray eyes indicates the fire and brilliancy of the man within. H i s head is more than usually high, somewhat large in proportion to his body, and expands as it rises upward. His hair is of a light colour; his forehead is broad and smooth, and so developed in the reflective faculties that a phrenologist would be apt to pronounce him an idealist, and of a speculative turn of mind. H is face is thin, his nose slightly aquiliue, his month is well formed, expressing great firmness, and his lips have that compression peculiar to those who are very fastidious and sys­tematic. His eyes are rather small, and placed low down from his brow. He speaks with much deliberation, and is particular in his choice of words. When so interested i a conversation, however/ as to forget himself i a the subject, bis delivery is easy and even graceful. His face, without being particularly handsome, has an intellectual and pleasing expression, and a moustache which he is cultivating wi l l shortly add its graces to the tout etueinlle of his features. H i s ambition is, *no doubt great, yet he Is l a appearance as modest and retiring as a schoolboy. No person would suspect in his half-bashful, half-shrinking manner the desperate courage of which he Is possessed, nor suppose that his small hands and delicately tapered fingers had so often fought their way with the butt-end of a pistol through a crowd of enemies. He was; bom on the 10th of May, 1824, and is consequently a little over 32 years of age. He associates but little with bis soldiers, bat when in their company treats them in a l l re­spects as equals. Through his apparent lack of pride he has suc­ceeded in gaining the respect, i f not the affection, of his men, who, in speaking of him to each other, call him by the familiar name of " U n c l e B i l l y . "

I S A R E L L A , the present occupant of the Spanish throne, is the daughter of Ferdinand V I I . , whom she succeeded in 1833, and Christina, daughter of the late K i n g of Naples, and sister of the pre­sent of that i lk. She was born in 1830; and, by the ancient law of Spain, could inherit the Crown in default of male issue. The Salic law of France had, however, been introduced by the Princes of the House of Bourbon, and continued to exclude the female t i l l 1789; and though the ancient law was restored by Charles I V . , by means of a secret sanction of the Cortes, it was again abrogated in 1812, by the same Cortes which framed the Constitution of that year. The lawful succession, therefore, rested with Don Carlos, as heir pre­sumptive. B u t Isabella was hardly born when Ferdinand issued a decree, again annulling the Salic l a w . I n 1833, the King's life being despaired of.^his ministers, seeing Don Carlos at the head of a powerful party, surrounded his death-bed, and made him sign a decree restoring the operation of the Salic law. But In the very moment of their triumph, though the King's death had been an­nounced, and his body exposed in one of the halls of the palace—so near to death did tney think him—he suddenly rallied, was mode acquainted with his brother's designs, dismissed his ministers, and

.annulled the decree which disinherited his daughter. H i s death happened a few days afterwards—on the 29th of September, 1833— and then began the war i n which the Spanish Legion and. Sir De Lacy Evans gained such honour.

D R . P. M . M ' D O W E L L , one of the Chartist leaders, was in 1839 sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in Chester Castle, and while there he fell in love with the gaoler's daughter. On his liberation be and she proceeded to^Glaagow, and were married accord­ing to the law of Scotland. They than journeyed about from place to place, spending two years in France ; and after a life of vicissitude in this country, he proceeded to Australia in 1854, where he died shortly after his arrival, leaving a widow and four children in a destitute condition. W i t h the assistance of some charitable persons they returned to England, and became chargeable to the parish of Everton, Liverpool, by the overseers of which they were removed to Tottington, near Bury , on the ground that, through her husband, she had obtained a settlement upon that parish. Against this removal the overseers of Tottington appealed,, Tho appeal was sus­tained, and the original order quashed.

M R . S M I T H O ' B R I E N , i a a letter to M r . J . F . Magulre, M . P . , expresses bis acknowledgment to a l l who have been instrumental in setting aside the sentence of banishment against him for his part in the proceedings of 1848. " Hav ing done what I considered to be my duty, I could aot express contrition. It therefore seemed to me becoming to remain entirely passive, and to submit without repining to the consequences of an attempt which may have been ill-judged, but which was prompted by the purest motives. At the same time, I have not felt myself bound to deprecate, on the part of others, the expression of sympathy which seemed to me to be highly honourable to those who entertained It—even though that sympathy was evinced in the form of solicitation." The sympathy for him has not b en conaned to Ireland; for i n V a n Diemen's Land he experienced the greatest kindness from English and Scotch, as well as Irish, colonists; whilst In Victoria ana New South Wales his liberation was greeted with the greatest enthusiasm. To his sympath'sers i n the United States and Canada, and to the 140 members of parliament who memorialised Lord Palmerston on his behalf, he wi l l ingly tenders his heartfelt thanks. The letter is dated rom Dromolanil.

Our readers w i l l peruse with pleasure a letter addressed by L O N C -P K L L O W to our countryman B A L F E , whose musical settings of certain beautiful lyrics by the celebrated American poet have already attained such wide popularity i n E n g l a n d : — " M y dear S i r ,—I feel very much flattered by your friendly note, and the precious volume of music which came with i f ; and I should not be so tardy In my thanks, had I not been laid up on my sofa with a lame knee for the last month. Final ly , I have crept from Cambridge to this sea-side place, and am well enough to sit at a table and write. One of my first letters is to acknowledge your beautiful gift, and to say how successful this musical translation of my poems seems to me. You have sung them better than I d i d ; for, after a l l , music reproduces the mood of mind in which a piece Is written better than words can. For all these various and beautiful melodies, these interpretations of my thought*, I very sincerely thank you j and beg to assure you that I truly appreciate this token of your regard for what J have written, and a l l the friendly expressions of your letter. Believe me, my dear sir, yours very faithfully, H E N R Y W . L O X G F K L L O W . Nahout, near Boston, J u l y 12,1866."

A letter in Lelford, from S t Petersburg, dated the 28th u l t , says i S I R C H A R L E S N A P I E R intends leaving St. Petersburg shortly, but in the meantime he is the object of a curiosity which proves rather annoying to him sometimes. The other day the old seaman went to PavlousE to bear Strauss' music and see the company; but he must soon have perceived tbat In proposing to himself to enjoy the rural scene in tranquillity he had reckoned without his host. No sooner bad he arrived than he fonnd himself surrounded with a crowd of gazers, who never left htm for one instant. I f he began to walk, on walked the crowd; i f he sat down in any nook of the garden where he fancied be could be alone, the nook became i n a twinkling the most thronged part, and groups gathered thick and dense. S ir Charles tried frequently te escape by changing the locality, but he did not succeed. Dodged from alley to alley by this curiosity, so flattering to his vanity, but so annoying to him in his stroll, he fairly fled from the garden, and did not breathe freely again t i l l he fonnd bjmtelf a short tune after in the train, which rapidly bore him away to S t Petersburg. Even celebrity has Its drawbacks, and Sir Charles Napier ha* experimenWily convinced himself of the fact

M U R D E R O F T W O G I R L S . - A double murder was committed on Saturday morning, about rive miles from Dover, by a Neapolitan In the 4th company of the 2 od batulion, 2nd liegtment British Swiss Legion, now stationed at Shorncliffe. The unfortunate victims ere two young women, daughters of hard-working people l iv ing at Albion-place, in Dover, the father being employed a* a labourer upon the harbour, and the mother helping to gain a subsistence by taking, in washing. The eldest of the girls was rather more than 18 years of age, and was named Caroline, and th* youngest, Maria, was about 16. The supposed murderer, Dedia Bedanius, during the stay of the 2nd Regiment in Dover, contrasted an intimacy with the elder of th* unfortunate girls, and It appears that at the tiraeitbe Legion was encamped at Aldershott he carried on a correspondeaee with her. She, i t appears, returned the affection he had expressed for bar, and some pledges of their mutual regard had passed between them, including a likeness of Redaniea, which was iu the possess kin of the unfortunate young woman. On Saturday evening lest, it would seem, Bedanius came from Shorncliffe, where the Swiss Legion is hutted, upon a visit to the g i r l Caroline, whom he saw at her father's house. While there he asked her to return with him to Shorncliffe for the purpose of visiting, a sister of his, who, he told her, was staying at the camp, aud, after some hesitation, it was proposed that they should set oat for Shorncliffe, which is about 10 miles distant from Dover, at ( o'clock en the following morning. The poor gir l , it seams, fell readily into the trap which was thus laid for her, and begged her mother to allow her to go. The mother refused for some time, it seems, but at last ah* gave her consent, upon the understanding that the younger sister, Maria, should accompany them. No objec­tion was raised, aud Bedanius left, saying he should sail for the sisters at the time at which It was arranged to start. Daring his conversa­tion with th* g i r l Caroline, however, i t transpired that he was jealous of her, and that he was impressed with th* belief that a sergeant in t h * Legion had been corresponding with her, and that she had received the** advances favourably. The gir l denied that anything of the sort had token place, bat sailed, i t would seem, to remove the Neapolitan's apprehensions, for before leaving the noose he asked her for his likeness. On getting possession of i t he threw it on the fire; bat, on being remonstrated with upon this strange behaviour, he smilingly observed that he intended giving bar • better one, and by his manner lulled any forebodings that might naturally have arisen in consequence. A t three o'clock on Sunday morning the poor girls left home for the last time in com­pany with Bedanius, who was seen proceeding with that* upon the road to the camp by a police-officer named Hard, who was upon duty, and whose attention was rather particularly called to the soldier from the fact of his having, soma time before, been in custody for assaultiug another member of the force. This policeman is therefore certain of his identity, aad, as the description Herd give* of him corresponds exactly with that afforded by the girls' parents, there is no doubt whatever that the sisters left Dover in this man's company. They were subsequently seen in the soldier's company about five o'clock, passing a roadside public-house about three miles and a half from Dover; bat nothing further appears to have been heard of them until about eight o'clock, the same morning, when their mutilated bodies were discovered in a secluded spot near to the high road between Dover and Folkstone. It ia a singular circumstance that both were stabbed in four places, a l l the wounds in each case being given near the region of the heart The g ir l Maria appeared to hare died without a (struggle, bat near the spot where the body of the elder g i r l was found there were marks of extreme violence having taken place, and her fingers were also much lacerated, as though she had caught hold of the weapon used against her and wrestled with her murderer.

The active steps adopted by the different superintendents left little chance of the murderer long escaping detection. It appears that, in consequence of the information they disseminated, parties were on the look-oat in every direction, and whither also various individuals were despatched to arrest the fugitive. A t Lower Hard res, near Canterbury, between three and four o'clock on Monday afternoon a man (topped M r . Lake of Milton, aad asked him for work, and, while doing so, he suddenly pointed to the approach of the murderer, saying " here comes the fellow." But how he come to dive into the subject so readily we are at a loss to com­prehend, as was M r . Lake, who had said nothing to him about the affair; nor did he know who the man was. A t that moment a number of M r . Lake'* men ware also on the qui tin, they having received intimation of the horrid crime and the probability of the murderer coming that way. He had first come in the direction of Howfield and crossed the viaduct, and suspecting that ha was the object of their observation and pursuit, he stabbed himself three times in the breast before be was reached, and fell to the ground bathed in blood. The men had felt at first a little intimidated when tney aaw him flourishing the knife, and something of a stiletto form; but see­ing what he did they bounced upon him and at once made him secure. The attendance of a tnrtreon was procured, but he could not tell whether the wounds would prove mortal. His appreheosioos were that an internal haemorrhage might be going on, the result of which might easily be conjectured. i

The murderer, aad would-be suicide, was removed to a hospital at Canterbury, where he was examined by M r . Re id, who could not pronounce the stabs he had given himself fatal, though he was equally at a loss whether the internal flow of blood might not terminate in death. It being thought advisable to have the man undisturbed, no unnecessary questions were put to h i m ; but the attendance of a gentleman was obtained, as interpreter, and to him the prisoner con­fessed that he had done something very dreadful. Everything necessary was done to revive the prisoner; and at nine o'clock he had much improved, and there were hopes that his recovery would take place. The murderer is described as indicating nothing very furious; his height is little over five feet and a half—slight in stature, small features, and somewhat sickly m appearance.' When arrested he had with him the black capes belonging to his unfortunate victims; one of which he carried on his arm, and the other he wore, evidently tp hide his military jacket This cape had three perfora­tions on the left breast—whether through stabbing himself, or one of his unfortunate victims when she wore it , we are enable to state.

C A N T E R B U R Y , TuasDAT E V E N I N G . Dedia Bedanius, the murderer of the two girls, Caroline and

Maria Back, st i l l lies in a very precarious state in the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, at Canterbury, under the care of M r . llallowes and the other surgeons of the establishment He has inflicted three distinct wounds on himself—one of them having extended, i t is believed, to this left lung. The incisions are about s ix inches in depth, but not necessarily mortal. The knife with which the murders were committed, and with which the wretched man attempted his own life, is about nine inches iu length, very sharp at the point, and the blade measures four inches, and is nearly on inch i n width. It has,a small blade and a spring at the back, with the maker's name on i t , " Green, Dover." After perpetrating the sad deed the murderer must have carefully wiped the fatal weapon, as the sheath in which he deposited it prior to his attempt at suioide is perfectly free from blood.

Bedanius appears to be a man somewhat above the common level of bis countrymen. He is a Servian by birth, and comes from B e l ­grade. He speaks very good German, and can also converse in Italian, having served in the Austrian army.

D r . Kliost, a linguist at S t Augustine's College, has been to see the murderer, but he does not appear inclined to say much at present in reference to the orlme he has committed. He merely alludes to it in general terms, and state* that " h e did i t out of love." During the night, when he was quite composed and sensible, one of the nurses in attendance asked how he could have done i t Bedanius merely replied that he stabbed her, aad she was dead in a minute. When asked by D r . Khost if he wished to make any voluntary statement, or was desirous of communicating with his friends, the wretched man replied, " Not at present; I am too weak to speak y e t " About 11 o'clock on Monday evening it was expected that he was near his death ; and upon inquiring i f he would like to see the priest, Bedanius replied in the affirmative. The Rev. M r . Siddens, the Roman Catholic priest of the district was sent for. Upon the arrival of the rev. gentleman the usual questions were put to the sufferer; subsequently the rites of the Roman Catholic church were administered to him. A t a later period, however, the wretched man asked for his knife, as he wished to finish himself. He is watched by a constable, in case he should make any further attempt upon his life.

A coroner's investigation into the deaths of Maria and Caroline Back was held on Thursday at the Royal Oak Inn, Hougham, K e n t Two letters written by the accused—one to the mother of the unfortunate girls, and the other to his lieutenant—were read to the jury , In which he confesses the murder, and describes the manner in which it was committed.—The jury , after a few minutes con­sultation, returned a verdict of wilful murder against Dedea Redanies,

To the mother of the deceased. "Dearest Mother,—Oa the first lines I pray to forgive the awful

accident to the unlucky Dedia Redanies, which I committed on my v e r y dear Caroline and Maria Back yesterday morning at five o clock. Scarcely I am able to write bv heartbreak for my over me-morable;Caroline and Maria. The cause of my deed is—1, As I heard that Caroline is not i n the family way, as I first believed; 2, because Caroline intends to go to Woolwich; 8, as I cannot stay yrith my very dear Caroline it made my heart so scattered that I put into my mind at last that Caroline rather may 4ie from my hands than to allow Caroline's loye being bestowed upou others. However, I did pot intend to murder also Maria, her sister, but, not having other opportunity, and as she was in my way, I could not do other­wise. I must stab her, too.

" Dear Mother,—Saturday evening, when I came, I had not at least any intention to commit this awful act; but as I learned that my dear Caroline gave me baok my likeness, and as she told me she would leave, I did nqt know any other way than that leading to the cutler, where I bought a polgnard which divided the hearty lovers,

' ! A r m by arm I brought my dearest souls in the world over to the unlucky place, near the road before Folkestone, and requested them to sit down. But the grass being wet, they refused to do so, acd I directed then Caroline to go forward, and I went behind Maria, Into whose breast I ran the dagger. W i t h a dull cry she sank down. W i t h a most broken heartTrushed then after Caroline, lifting the poignard in my hand towards her. ' Dear Dedea,' orled she, with * half-dead voice, and fell down with weeping eyes. Then I rushed oyer her, and gave her the last kisses as an everlast­ing remembrance. U T 'I< could not live a more dreadful hour in my life than that was, and my broken heart could not feel when my senses were gone. A n d I took both the black capes of Mar ia and dear Caroline, as a mourn­ing suit for me, leaving the awful spot with weeping eyes and a broken heart Never I shall forget my dear Caroline and Maria, and the poignard wi l l be covered with blood until i t w i l l he put in my own breast, and I shall see again ray dear Maria and Caroline In the eternal life.

" Farewell, and be not unhappy about the blissful deceased, they are angels of God, and forget the unhappy ever weeping,

" D E U B A R I C D A K I E S . " The second letter was addressed to L i e u t Schmid, •xpressin,

regret at what he had done, and confessing to having " squanderet away " his watch, forgiveness of which he craved, and alto for ths crime he had committed.

E X E C U T I O N O F W I L L I A M D O V E A T Y O R K . . On Saturday, the prisoner Wi l l iam Dove expiated his offence (the

murder of bis wife by Btrychnmo at Leeds) on the scaffold behind York Castle.

Notwithstanding the strenuous effort* made by some parties to save the life of this criminal, Sir George Grey refused to interfere with the dne execution of the law. For more than a week after bis conviction Dove entertained sanguine hopes that his life would be spared; but as time passed away, and no reprieve arrived, the wretched man began to doubt of the result; and lie set about making seriouspreparations for the awful fate which awaited him.

On Wednesday evening M r . Noble, the governor of the prison, had an interview with the murderer in his cell, and in the coarse of con­versation gradually communicated his opinion to the unhappy man that the execution would take place, and that be had better prepare himself to submit to I t The prisoner then expressed bis resignation to the doom he was to undergo.

He appeared quite a amoved, remarking that he was not at a l l surprised at Sir George Grey's decision. He conversed with the governor very freely about i t , and observed that he was sorry his friends should have given themselves such an amount of un­necessary trouble on his behalf. He added, " It is just what I have expected for the last few days I never looked for anything bat an unfavourable reply from him."

M r . Barret, his solicitor, arrived at the Castle on Thursday room­ing, at nine o'clock, and remained with the prisoner in the condemned cell for more than an hour. Mr . Barret assured bhu that a l l hope of a mitigation of his sentence was at end. The unwelcome news did not appear In the slightest degree to unnerve the prisoner, who afterwards repaired to the chapel, where a sermon was preached admirably suited to the fearful position In which he was placed. The Rev. G . Steward was the preacher, and his text was taken from Luke x L 26. " The last state of that man is worse than the first." Dove paid very marked attention to the discourse, which to a l l appearances made a deep impression on his heart Several times during the service he hid his face with bis hands and seemed to weep bitterly.

In the evening M r . Wright , the prison philanthropist of Man­chester, hsd an interview with the culprit, and was with him for a considerable time.

Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Thursday forenoon, Mrs. Dove, tbe prisoner's mother, his two sisters, and his late wife's brother, the Rev. M r . Jenkins, of Madras, came to take a sad farewell of their miserable relative. The aged mother threw ber arms around her wretched son's neck, and, unable in words to give expression to her grief, she sobbed convulsively for several minutes. The sisters were equally overpowered, whilst the Rev. M r . Jenkins, the brother-in-law of the prisoner, offered up a fervent and appropriate prayer. Mrs. Deve begged of htm fully to confess his crime if he were guilty of it, and entreated him by fervent and unceasing prayer daring the few remaining hours he had to l ive, .to prepare for the awful change which awaited bam. The prisoner was deeply moved. He fell down on his knees, and with uplifted hands earnestly prayed for forgiveness of his sins, but he avoided making any direct con­fession of tbe murder. A l l in reference to the murder that his rela­tives could obtain from him was, t h a t " A l l would be made right after his death."

M r . Wright visited him again on Friday, when he seemed to be in a more satisfactory state of mind. The high sheriff (Mr. H . S. Thompson) visited him in the afternoon, and asked h im if he had any request to make. The answer was that he bad to desire that no phrenological plaster cast should be made of bis head, a request which the high sheriff assured him should be complied with. Dove's friends had also made a request that his clothes should not be given up to any strangers, and they had received an assurance to that effect The prisoner, in the presence of M r . Noble, the governor, stated during tbe day, that " he gave his wife poison, knowing i t to be poison," and that " h e felt his guilt deeply, and was astonished that kindness could be extended to such a monster."

The account which M r . Wright gives of the culprit is interesting, and, in a certain sense, satisfactory. M r . Wright has been inde­fatigable in his attendance on Dove, and in co-operation with the chaplain, and M r . Hartley, and the prisoner's other spiritual advisers, has succeeded i a making a favourable impression on him. Dove confessed to M r . Wright that he poisoned his wife, but^he did not state the motive which instigated him to the horrible deed. On being asked whether he was induced to k i l l his wife because he wanted to marry Mrs. Whitham, he declared solemnly that he was not actuated by any such motive.

It is said that Dove has left a written document, in which he details tbe leading events of his life, and describes the temptations by which he was led into vicious courses. This document is at present withheld, bnt we are told the unfortunate man has expressed a wish that it should be communicated to the public after his death.

Dove fully understood on Friday that he was to die next day, and he was resigned to his fate. He expressed his sense of the justice of bis sentence, and said that he felt he deserved to die. He also said he had no feeling of resentment against the judge who tried him, the jury who found him guilty, or the witnesses who gave evidence against him. A l l Dove s feelings had now become concentrated on his own condition. He spent the whole of his time during tbe day i n prayer, in conversation on religious subjects, or in meditation.

At early dawn on Saturday the workmen were engaged in putting up the ponderous framework on which the law's requirements were to be fulfilled; and before the inmates of the prison were generally stirring, the prisoner was removed from his cell, conducted across the Castle-yard to a room i n the court-house, which immediately adjoins the drop. Here he spent his few remaining hours i n a becoming mender.

Shortly before noon, M r . Win. ,Gray, the under-theriff, arrived at the Caa tie. I n the mean time a dense crowd of people had assembled in front of the drop; occupying the spacious turnpike-road, and extending to a considerable distance across S t George's-field, which commanded a full view of tbe dread spectacle. A t the appointed hour of twelve, the usual demand of the body having been made, the melancholy procession was formed and soon appeared on the scaffold, which was guarded by the sheriffs' javelin men.

The spectators, the number of whom was very great, had awaited this terrible exhibiuon.in a decent and orderly manner. The bearing and countenance of tbe wretched man who was to suffer seemed to express a firm and resigned state of mind. He was accompanied on the scaffold by tbe chaplain and other officials of tbe county prison. The fatal preliminaries having been performed, the hangman, who is said to have been an inexperienced person in that dreadful office, engaged at Rotherham, completed his task, and the bolt was drawn, the sufferer was cast off, and with a brief and alight struggle, died almost immediately.

Thus terminated the life of W i l l i a m Dove. His body remained sus­pended for the space of an hour, after which it was cut down aad placed in a shell i n order to he interred within the precinct* of the prison that evening.

Dove has made a statement to his solicitor, in which he admits that the poison which he used was strychnine; and he details the circumstances under which the fatal dose was given on the Saturday evening. It w i l l be remembered that Mrs. Whitham stated in her evidence that on the Saturday afternoon, after giving the medicine to Mrs. Dove, she placed some water i a a wine glass, and left i t Dove states that his afterwards entered the room and dropped some strychnine into the water. He aays that daring that day he had been drinking ale and porter, and that he became " muddied;" and that oh being asked, at eight o'clock in the evening, to give his wife her medicine, he poured i t Into the glass which contained the water and the strychnine, and then handed the glass to his wife, who drank off the fatal dose. Dove says that he then left tbe house, and that hearing from Wood, the constable, that his wife was in great agony, he ran for the doctors, but she was dead when he got home. Dove accuse* a fortune-teller, or wizard, of having suggested tbe commission of the crime; for he says that the fortune-teller told Mrs. Dove that her husband would never be happy till he got rid of her. I

There had been much conjecture at York about the person who was to officiate as " the executioner of the law." There were numerous applications for the office, and amongst the letters received by the H i g h Sheriff were two or three very carious specimens of orthography. Oae of them was as follows: " To the H i g h Shereff York Castle. York C i ty . Dear Sir Seeing in The Paper you ad­vertise for a Hangman f W i l l Engage W i t h yon M y age is 22 years Height 5ft 8 inches Weight 18 st 6 lbs Agent to the Ensurance Company London It is From several Freinds in Leeds That 1 Hang the Convict Laying at York Castle M r . Dove answer wi l l oblidge."

E X E C U T I O N A N D C O N F E S S I O N O F E L I Z A B E T H B R O W N .

On Saturday morning a few minutes after 8 o'clock, Elizabeth Martha Brown, convicted of the wilful murder of her husband, was executed on a scaffold erected over the gateway of the new entrance leading to the Dorset Connty Gaol from North-square. The culprit did not, up to the last moment, appear to shed a tear. She, on leav­ing her cell, shook hands with the chief warder and other officers. On her way to the scaffold her demeanour was extraordinary. The attendants on either side were entirely overcome, whilst she bore her awful position with the greatest resignation and composure. The chaplain, the Rev. D . Clementson, conversed with her on spiritual subjects, and she appeared to engage in fervent devotion and prayer, with ber hands clasped firmly together, and upturned eves. On arriving at the place of execution, she walked with firm­ness up the first flight of eleven steps. On this spot the ceremony of pinioning was proceeded with. Her female attendants here left her in the care of the executioner. A cordial was then administered to her, a portion of which she drank. The pinioning being com­pleted, the culprit, In company with the executioner, then proceeded up the next flight of stairs, nineteen in number, to the platform, and stil l walking with a firm step, crossed the platform to the next flight which lead to the gallows, which, with a slightly faltering step, she then ascended, in company with Calcraft. Tbe rev. chaplain waa unable to proceed further with her than the place of pinioning. He was most deeply affected, but the Rev. H . Honle accorapaniied her to the platform,

Calcraft then proceeded to place the fatal rape over the beam. Having drawn a white f ap over the culprit's face, be adjusted the rope around her neck, and retired from the scaffold; he, however, appeared to have forgotten to tie the culprit's dress, and for that purpose re-ascended the steps. Having again retired, he immediately drew the fatal bolt, and instantly the wretched woman fell with great force, and after a few struggles oeased to ex ist A t this, mo­ment the most Intense excitement prevailed In the crowd. Her life would undoubtedly have been spared but for the several contrary statements she made.

The following confession was the last made, which Just previous to her execution she declared was the t r u t h : — " M y husband, Joba

Murder.' He retorted, ' I f yon de, I will •kZ^i —~ ' " through the window.' He also adoea,' I b c « T j » * m s out i n the morning.' He then kicked cae oo uWwiTi* "T 1 7"« d o u l me much pain, and he lmmefBatelv stooped down vTLlJ!"* °">»«i I was much enraged, and in an ungovernable o J l l * *•*»*. abused, I seized an hatchet which was lyhw rt^T *? W " C so and which I had been using to break coal with to tee^JTifT' T M t

keep his sapper warm, and wtthl t (the hoteWl XtStSSl*" •D,i

violent blows on his head. I could not say how B M T V T « the first blow on the bead, with his bee towards ttW fLJa *< never speke or moved afterwords. As soon ** I e a d V t * ' < ^ * Wished I had not, and would have given the world net l o ^ l 1

i t I had never struck him before, after all his DnreatiiMnt 1 « J ? " he hit me so hard at this time, 1 was almost o « ofioT'^L!*" ' hardly knew what I was doing. T » e a » 9 , « t a

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A county meeting wi l l be held shortly in Norfolk to prepare an address, congratulating her Majesty on the return to peace and tho satisfactory terms of the treaty of Paris- The movement hat oelved tbe approval of the H i g h Sheriff (Mr. B . K . Long).

Tare BapOBMATOBT Movaauorr.—On Wednesday on important and numerously attended rawiriag of the cVerary aad gantry of tfc» county of Hants waa held la toe S t Johns room.. Winchester (or the purpose of taking steps U constitute th* Befaiieui,,. ' Institution for boys, which has bean established at Eling. ta« recognised reformatory for the county, under the recent act The Right Bav. the Lord Bishop of Winchester occupied tbe choir.

N E W A S Y I . G M von F A T H E R L E S S C H I L O K X J I . — On Tuesday the foundation stone of a new bui lhng for tbe Asylum for Fatkerasss Children at Stamford-hili, was laid by the Lord Mayor, upon an estate between the Croydon and Stoat'* Seat station* on the London aad Brighton Railway, which has been purchased for that purpose. The fandamemtol can of the iaatitotion is to receive the fatherless infant, without distinction of sex. place, or religious con­nection ; and that it shall be beyond the power or control of any future general meeting or any act of incorporation to introduce any denominational catechism whatever; that no particular farms what­ever shall be Imposed upon any child, contrary to the religious con­victions of the surviving parent or guardian of such child, while the education of the infant tastily (hall be strictly religious aad scrip­tural. The Asylum was inaticu'ed ia 1 8 4 * for the purpose of reliev­ing fatherless children, th* only qualification being toot the child must be destitute, and above the condition of the pauper. The children are received from birth, i f neeeasary, and are a l l cored for and retained, the boys until fourteen, and th* girls unti l fifteen years of age. Within the short apace of twelve year* S U children have been received, and there are now about 140 on the establishment, who are accommodated ia three houses at Stamford-hilL which are fell, aad are also held from year to year. To obviate the numerous inconveniences which most necessarily arise frost such a state of things, and to give greater scope to the charity, th* board purchased tbe estate open which tbe new budding is to be erected. It i t healthily and picturesquely situated on the left hand of the railway, near tbe Stoat's Nest station, about two mile* beyond Croydon.

FROM THE LOBDOI GAZETTE. B A N K R U P T S . — T C B O D A T , Ana. a.

J . J . V . HsYDsand C. 0. V . Barns , Lower Thome* stieet, City, tobacco aumaractarers.

H. E. B r a i n . St . Martin-street, Leicester -square, licensed victualler. W. UXDzawoor,, Frltr , jfreet Bono, aad Melbourne. Sooth Anatrolta, taller. K . JonSSTOX and J . J . Paarr, aauitv-saean,Ctcy, • m i l s B. T . Jorxmo. Sontharajnoo-bnlidlnia. Hotborn. bookseller. I. Gaa4TwooD, Hanswortk, ScatWdablrc, Qnatssiteaor. W. R Z A T , fiirmlurbam, corn dealer. F . JaaxsT, Jan, Stamford, Lincoloahire brewer. J . S TAYLOO , Liverpool, apothecary.

B A N K R U P T S — f a x b A T , A r i s e n 8, W . Ross, Sydenham, Kant, ship smith. 3. W. D. L o c x w o o D . Crown.court, Ttireadneedle-atree*.. stock broker. D. TaoHAS, P lymouth and Devoaport, freeer.

jEarftetg. L O N D O N FRIDAY. A O O O R fc 1

§ Although only moderate t r a t t d f o n . h i r e taken place ID Colonial PrutUet dar iog the week, a r r i r a l i large aad atocftu heavier than in M M f inner f e a r ; fflt Ul prtoes there it acarcelr any change Of Dye G o o i t supply e*c«ed-iemand, and rate* bare again friraa. way. I n F i b r o u aabatancea Important transactions, and prices riaing for Cotton and S i l k . The upward morttataat has not ceaeod for B U M U D Produce although larger euppliea. Harreat operations are making much progresa; the yield of Wheat ia larger than l a i t year, and quality Mpertor .

F o r Public Sec-rttie* the market has a quiet appearaiee. Consols for account to-day were »5| } . Three per Cent , i ^ a e e d »5rJ aa4 New Threea 9$g I- Money ia not ao pleutifu , a large demand (rr*Taula, aad race* of Dis ­count are stiff at *g to H per cent, lor Pr ime Bi l l s . T<*e moTement In Go ld and Silver oat wards continues: quite as active as erer, and Foreign Exchan ;ta are becoming more advene to this countrv.

L O N D O N , M O T D A T , A u c o e r 11 The shipments of Gold and Silver COUUDTM heavy, aad owiy modera'e

quantities have arrived dur ing the past week, the market for discount in con . 1eq11es.ee remains aUff, prime B i l l * »t 4 to 4j ptv cant. Public S e c u r i t w are attracting more notice, and rates to-dar for Consols (or account were 9 5 J i ; Three per cent Reduced 96^1; and New Threea M l to K .

W i t h reapect to the Crops, it Is stated that tbe yield of Wheat, Oata, Rye, and Beans wi l l be larger than last year, and quality superior, bat tbe yield of Barley w i l l be rather shor t

There w i l l be trabmitted te public corapetiUon during tbe week large quantities of Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Tea, G a m a Drugs, Hemp, Hides, Timber, and Wool , yet i n the currency no change of moment is l ikely to take place consumption In this country and on the Continent being tavourable.

L O N D O N C O R N E X C H A N G E . M A R K - L A K E , FarbaT. .

There was a decrease in aupply of English S ' a w r at fctiia Oar'a • and at the d pressed prices of Mondar purchases were made with more free­dom. Whi te sold from M a to 7«a; and Red at V s to 68s per quarter, the market c l o r n g with a «te*dr appearance. Seme samples of Hew shown, quality and condition first rates. Foreign was easily so bo obu at the reduced terms of last marxet-4»r; aaspply kaeptag pleutifuL be y e n pnrcuaaiug with caaiioo. and masvy |iarc*ls o a the-sr*y. Prices ruled fxvsa M s to H a s and for East India i a * to 52s.

A l t h o u o * the P u m a trade waa brisker, re t sellers accepted previous re ­duced terma. Town-mode selliog at <T2s to a u per a«ek; Town Household 58sto 58a; Country-made 19s to *Ts; ditto Household 19s t* tab ; Snirdsb SSs to 5*a; aad American Ms to Saw per barrel . Ot the latter large qaer.-titiea are near at hand.

Tranaaetioas i n i a m i A l Coax were Uuuted : supply Increases, a i s r l R . are lowering, r u l i n g at sos to saa per qr

B r a is st i l l wanted, and brings from ads to 47a W i t h BaKLarr the market coattnuea to be scantily supplied, aad there

being much demand, previous advanced rates were rally aoNOOlned. 1 malt ing realising 47s to 50a; dist i l l ing and grinding, 44s to 47a; and I 43a to 47s per qr .

M t i T sella readily, and prices rale HUT, pale ot 70s to 78a; aavd brown, (Ca to 70a.

Prices for Engilah OATS ruled at M a t d to SOa: Scotch, M s to S i s ; Ir ish , 23s to 29a; and foreign at 22a «d to 28a 64. The new Engilah at market were of first-rate quality .

A d u l l trade for Baa am end prices going d o w n ; aaaaS Engl i sh a l s to 4*a; middl ing aire 4*a to 4aa; large 35a to Saw. aad Egyptian S*s to S3a

l a Poaaa only smal l transactions; White 44a to 47a; Feeding 41s to 44s ;

Anthony Brown, deceased, came home on Sunday'morning, the 6th of J u l y , at two o clock, In liquor, aud was sick. He had no hat on. I asked him what he had duns with his hat. He abused me, and said, ' What is i t to you, d—n you V He then asked for some cold tea- I said that I had none, but would make some warm. He replied, '. Drink that yourself, and be d d.' I then l a i d , 1 What makes you so cross? Have you been at Mary Davis's He than kicked out the bottom of t h * chair upon which 1 had been sitting. We continued quarrelling until three o'clock, whan he struck me a severe blow op ths aid* of my head, which confused me so muuh that I was oblhred to sit down. Supper was on th* Uhle, and lis said , ' Eat it yourself, and be d d. ait th* asm* Uau* he reached down from the mantel-piece a heavy horsewhip with, a plain end, and struck mo across the shoulder with .It threa tlosea. Kac " Urn* I screamed out. I s a i d , ' ft you strike me again I wUJ cry

to l i s ; aad Grey ot 35a to 4Us per quarter.

M A R K - L A N E , l l o s T B A T , Answer 11. The supply of Exousn W B C A T at this day's market waa aaach aasa the"

on Monday loot, oad trade being brasher, the rata, obtained ware IjsUF equal to those of that period, whilst a atearenee waa nearly made : "b i te a-64s to 74a; and Red at 59a to 68a per quarter. . . ._' .

F O U I I G S la etUl plentiful, and met with a more ready sale ot the terms or this day week. Prices ranged from 58s to 90s; and for Kaat India 47s te aaia. The New English ot market was of eseenenl quality.

Fiona la not so plentiful, and purchases were made with more '™eoelD. prices ruling farm : Town Mad* at «aa lo*4a per sack j dattt HsealhaM tat. to sua; Country Made 46s to aba; ditto Hooaobold 50a to Sia, bpauslah 54* to 56a; and American 34a to Saw per barrel. . .

A alow trade tor I N D I A N Coats, aad stocks are on the increase; prices rule from 30s to S4s per quarter.

l a Bra ranch done at 44a to 47a and the market atiff Prioea are nearly oa high tor Englash tUaurr, aupply keeping scanty aad

demand brisk : Malting brings from 46a lo 49a. DsstUltDg oad Grinding 41a to 47a Foreign a m res aaore freely, but sella readily at steady rates, from 42a to 47a - „

In M A L I much done ot stiff prices; Pole reallalug 70s to SOa ; and Brown •SahaTOa.

A larger supply of foreign OATS , but at present scanty ef oil other aaarta. Purchaaes were mode with more freedom and the rates sate la » l w a n equal to last Monday. Taw stew Engttah weighed 4* to 45 aawaaata ear btashel Engilah sold from 23a to 31a; Seotah 2aa to Saa; Iraah xas Sd to fats * d , and Foreign 22s to 28a per quarter

In BOARS more done; Egyptian at SOa to 33a; English, small, 4Sa to 4*a ; kfldd. site, 40s to 42a; and Largo, 35s to 39a

Paas dealt iu with caution ; White at 45a to 47s ; Feeding, 41a to 44a, Maple, 39a to 42a. , aad Gray, 35a to 40a.

Aoaavaoa.—Wheat, English, 4,733 ore.; Foreign. St,4*6 era. Barley, English, 756 qra.; Scotch, 34 qro.; 1 Lab. 60 qra ; Foresaw, a ISO qra Mole. English, 13,414 era.; Irish, 15 qra Oats, Eagliah, 407 qro ; I rasa, 73 qro Foreign, 23^28 qrt. Flour, English, 8,667 sacks; Foreign, 11 , S M barrel*

L O N D O N P R O D U C E M A R K E T S . M I X C L N G - L A K E , MoxajAi, Accost 11.

In SCOAO several transactions to-day, and prioea ruled rtrtn, although atoc. la heavier than laat year. In th* principal ports of Europe. Including Great Britain, 11 la 130 500 taao, oad In lb* former i i s i i o 130,43* aoaso Moollla reollsea, for Cloyed 44s td to 45a *d, nneUywd 40a Od to 41s; Bavaaoak, brown 43s to 45a, yellow 45s 6d to 49a; Floretta 81s to 55a : and White In bond 40a so 46a. Refined a brisker sal*; Brown lonspa at •*»; lew to law Grocery 56a to 58a 6d; oad English cruohod. for at porta don, 5aa 6d to 39a ed.

Of C o m e stocks In Europe, InclwUag Great Britain, are 74,*** too*, against 70,000 la 1855, end 75,500 la 1851. The porosis sold here to.day were at atlff prices : Mocha from 7ta to 90s; clean Coat* Rleo, Sea to 74a; natlv* Ceylon. 50a to 53s; plantation, «0s 6d to 78a; small ditto, SOa so 60s; triage. 60s to 58s; pea berry, eta to 06a.

Tea.-Stock In Great Britain ls8i,aut\*M Iks ; last y*ar, 71 791000. There ia little doing here, and aupply lorar*. Sound common congou coo be ob­tained here ot 8Jd to 9]d ; but m.dd to blackish loaf. 9d to la Id; oad better aorta, Is 3d to 2s 2d.

Several treneeettana ia COCOA I Trinidad, Rod at 55a to Saa: Grey. 54a to 55a; Grenada, law to SASL Bohla oad Faro, 47a to 48a; and GoonqoU its.

For Oorroa, demand a brisk: Sural, 4|d to 5fd; oad Madras, aft to Sid. Stock of Cotton In Great Britain (01,700 bales, oad ssuas ureal laat year, 095,300.

A ready sole for H U T : Big* Rhine, £36 ; N*w clean P*4ersbarg. a?35 to aTM lua; ontahal, OU3 to at34, half clean, JTJl to X S i . Bombay and Soon, AMI to X22,ai.d Manilla aVW lo A*52. _

In T A L L O W ilorg* tronaociloua, aad stock remoloa much under leal rear: Now F . T . Candle for lata d sou as y brings 5la lo 51s a i ; on Iba spot oat a* to 53a: South American, 48a Sd lo 53a; Australian Mutton, SOa t« 53s; aad Beef, 47s to 50a.

Th* Hordoty la atlll advancing, and as now estimated at AT240 000. There Is little paaalng, and rates tend In buyers' tavoar.

Ia Dried Fanrr little doae; aoUera of Currants at Ms to 94s; Black Smyrna Balatae 66a to 56a; and Valencia 48a to 550. Pin* Apple* ohoadoat, oad sell from 3d to Is Od each.

Few buyers of Tiaeaa or Ditto , an* there or* further arrivals i aollora of Archangel and Petersburg Doaia al I 'M to £17s; Gothenbarg A? 10 to at 16 ; oad American f 12 to tn t_

l a S I L K numerous traoaaetlens. and the odvoaeod rotes quoted In Friday a report are roily soatolnod. Stock of Chin* here as 1 l.nawa kales; end of Bengal, 4,607 holea • .

There or* Increased transaction* to a f m t a , and pvteoa Had apwwrda .̂ Scoldi Pig Iran I Bar and Kalis ot I 4T2I Sa; Tin Plata*, (

Of PaoviaioK* lorg.. — Fine Frloalond, Komfor. Leer, Kiel and Holsirin 92a _ . . . Dutch 70a taTsOs: French SOa to Sia. Boeon. IrbhJ** ^ " ^ g * 56a to 58a: Prime Irian Mesa Pork 9*a to 97a K*w Aaoas aud Goudo 44* to 47*.

. . Laaroe wore moon S* MM. A pl*o*o%u aaayaobyo/CAlvaal, aad Bad* Small Pioaaold freely, hot large ones dnU or aos*. to 6* par atone.