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AFFAIRS IN EUROPE, | Our Lenden Correspondence. Lonpon, July 24, 1858. Great Agricultural Gathering at the Good Old City of Ches- fer— Unsatisfactory Proceedings in India, which must Bnd with o Discomfiture-—Gallic Spres Amongst us—the Merchant Prince at Richmond— Dramatic College—Wi- deaff’s Bok— Charles Dickens—Bulwer—The Furnicating Aristocrat— Establishment of Cathslicism at Cremorne Gardens. T am jest arrived in town from the Chester Agricaltural meeting, where a fuer sbow of cattle was ever before Brough; together; mauy of she-best prizes will bo found to have been awarded to artatozratic ladies, wo have of late ‘Deen remar: @o1y euccers(al stock breeders. An lodia telegraphic despatch of this moraimg nforms us that Gwalior bes again fallen into our Dands, Oar gsatern war tactice sppear to Do on the arn ja and turn oat principle; we firet loee, then wia, then lose aud win again; scarcery ever fee our foes, and ‘Most certainly never catch them. A perfect serice of bard days’ tox banting under a tropical enn, and rover s brash secured. We shall de tired out, be assured. London is said to be swarming with French ‘mouchards’’ again here tor the purpoee, as it 18 said, of preventing any more “Orsinis’’ going t France as ‘‘Allsop’s”” again perticalerly during the Onerbourg fites Last Monday the wecend match of the Royal London Yacht Club came off under the superintendence of Commodore Arcedeckne, ‘with the usual fclat, Many Americaus were amongst bis guests, and, as veusl, your national fieg oconpied a piace of honor. Yorterdsy wo bear that Nr. George Peabody, the > called Americen mercbunt prince, gave hie (we penne) Fourth of® Jely dinner, at the Siar and Garter tel, Ricbmond—s great many of his c tente were pra- went “li ya deces gens qui font du profit sur tours de penses”” The grea! event of tho week was tho meoting at ‘the Princess’ Pheatre Royal, last Wedeesday Cm for the biigbment of & dramatic college; ia twenty bouses for the occupation of actors and actr wm the evening of their All the celobritien, literary, ecientilo, drama:io 3 at prevent in town supported Mr. Cnarles Ke: the chair and mage ® speech of so ma hag elo quence that £700 were sabscribed, and £409 col lected in toe bovee. A Yr. Genry Docd, sume uvknowa g00 4 true man, bae given ive acres of freehold land Berkebire, where tne cotiogs will De erected, an Caries Kean, the Covent Garden, the Dears Lane, and ‘the genera! Theetrosl Faod each builds hoose. Che Qiern hes hsif prewieot so take it under her especial Patronage. Grest service has bees rendered > the cause dy Mr. James Anderaoa, wo bas alto eudsorioed Lbaral ly, belog well backed up by mossrs. Berney Wi lisme, Aurew Arcececkse, W. R. Sams, Benjamin Webster, F Robson. W Creswick, R. Srepnerd, W. R. 3. Mark? well, John Joy, J. B Bucketons, T) P. Cork, 1. ?. Barley, sdeme Cokste Miss Agaes E'ewortay, aud many more kind be: though too names our to meotioe, yet sll equatty deserving of nraise—" Bis dit qui Gilg dat— et alc the lovers uf the drams not ony remem Der betes; upon. The Chevalier de Wikuil's book, nw ‘withetarding the various nuances of the various critivienae, finds & reacty sale Mr. Cnsrles Dickens gave nis tact reeting ip London for this searoa yesterday evening, at ‘Bt Martio’s Gall. The room was thinly atteoted, and Mr. Dickene looked “ Peckeolfillar'y” digapoo'nied aat 19 «fhe makiog pobhic of bin family jars nas ovidontly @egusted the jolly pabiic, who are ae bttle interested ia hn domestic mifairn as in those of any other vsierer for padlic amusement. Str E. Balwer Lytton is vainly at Wmpting to eet himaci? right with tae worl?, thoagd we thirk he will indeed fied i: a difficult task to josuty lock. py his wife |; a mathouse, Rieck ten’t wotte, aad e> “Boz” begins to find cut, to bis sorrow. The Corley Miustrels s2ould send their overflows to St. Martin's ati. Lora Cardigan, having lost his wife, now tives openly and circulates freely with Mies di Harsay. {nero te & ru- ‘mor that tbe Baigravians intend establishing cen‘essioaal Doxes at Cremorne Garde’ Our Parts Correspoadence. Pams, Jaly 22, 1858. Future Policy of the Enperor—Journey of the Prince a Dynastic Affair—Ditto for the Cherbourg Affair—The Meeting of the Queen and the Emperor—Mmey Dul— Paris Empty~A Royal Medul—French Invasion of Eagland—Is England Oatholicising?—The Theatres, do ‘The language of |’ Mee Napoieon at Limoges coutiaues to attract cousidernble interest. I: is thought that iho Wmperor does really perceive the necessity of relaxing the stringent nature of bis rule, and that vo better mode of making tne requisite preparstion for doing to can be devised (ban by eunctioniog—ioasmach at be does not pronibit them—the more bold sad freer iteas on govera- ment of one who stands eo near his throne. The journey of Prince Napoleon is termed, therefore, by some of the government crgaue, pre eminently # dynactic event, sad the sentiments dropped at Limoges considered but the mm- mor sprinkling, botckening the genis! gbowers that are to follow. The period is fast approaching, it is esii, when the ven years will have expired which wore originally de- manded by ihe Privce President a® his ‘enure of office. ‘His elevation to the empire has, it is avowed, in part can celled the contract then ratified between himeeif and the people, but not wholly; acertain moral obligation sill vemaipe which, it iz believed, the Naperor etill acquieaces in—nemely, that though tbe term of office has been abMogether re-arranged, the conditions om which the office wae conferred are wechauged; that is, thet the absolute authority conferred upom him wae only te endure for « epecific duration of time. It ras from time immemorial been a poly of rovereigus to permil, if oot encrurage, a more lar sent'ment on the partof the beir apparent thaa Fe ape ped ba the of the heir pny ew of Priace Napoleoa ia ‘event of any fatality defalling a child of two years ohl, fe ip thie instance no* an ebali ‘not sa cutouret from the long pect breast of tho qaondam Prince of tne Moun- tain— bat, as the /’atric wel! observes, & dynastic evrent— @ tam)ly calculation sad Compact betwixt bimee!{ aod the chie! of bis Hease. ‘The Cherbourg afair is tobe « grand dynastic event ‘also. At the port is resident ac old wmhabitans who wae captain of the verse! in which the Emperor Napoleon | made bia fret cruizs, when sub lieutenant of artulery, wad whe has preserved the log book, which he intents {> pre sent to Nspoiwoo LL on his yom viatt. pe. ror and Fwprors wiil reach Evreux on their way to Coer- bourg on the 3d of Auguat, proceed to Caen, where they will stay the nigh: A grand reception wil! bo beid in fine ord town, ami all ine taties of she dietrist, free from legitimist or Orleavistic prejudices, miy uc thom: selves in ihe eyes of tho peupie’s monarch aad nis spoase. ‘The Mayor wi!) deliver the Keys, the nota viltties will cine et the Imperial board, and their wires 4 4 wip the light fantastic we be’ their Mejesties in the grant salon Howl, de Ville, and the uext morniag the Imperial pair wl: pro ym Bayeux, and from iuoncs reach Uherboarg a: « Expect the unexpested,” raga the proverb, acd the foreboting which, it mast be confessed, n> cetera on Doth sites the Cnennel, notwitheran ting the ex.cro-+\gos of good will afforded by the mecting of Qisen Victoria ero Napoleoa on this memov-able occetion may. aver al), prove an ignis faiuus, aad for the tranquilliy of the ‘workd, it is 1 &8 hoped it may be so; but! see 20 °7 toms 06 confidence. The money market re- maine 1 stagnant ae ever: trade ie it a depiore sic eta, the cspital is Geserted of foreigaers; hotots, fui) at thie season, are almosi Which maaes Up nigh GpIa me vt hax pot one huadred 067 gi Werte—vover ip creat cemant in ine nom ™ al Be bed for a the of their va’ The look of de: presented by (ne appearance of ships cmaeciel #65 the Fagen trade ta ceplorabie jerks Rept'busiiy employed, there Is row Dat one, and rvea bit berth is one of Iangutping inantivity. A modal is now being etruck at the Hot in comm yn ors rong ‘The Montteur de la Flotte duly announces that ao Aneri- Ow State coreeste, for we jastractioa of pupke of be Naval Academy, bes alresdy left your shores in order ty De preseat at the fetes at Caerbourg, and that the yacht of Wenn Of Proseia, ibe G.ille, bas been appoiatel lo re Present Pravait The Moniteur de UArmée labors hard to disayuse the Kegiteh wind of tte fears of lovasion. There is e cone le Fase aDount of “pofteneder” in the tone of ite ange rornts, Tearpect will bo or hittie avatl ja) now Bvery letter Irena from Eogland—every paiic 1 meet with, proves that general fee!ing is tnoroagh!y awate wo the danger of the oouctry from rurpries, and tor? Der dy Carnot nit a) & Dotter means of ensuring popriarity for his atin'nieteatio than by spendiag the pid: mony without stint or span on the pavy aod national dofonces, Nothicg can @xpiein, saya the Monitewr de! Armee, tho abeurd fear of French invasion whica certain jou-nals atrive to propega’s in Poglacd. Moreover, it 1e far from complimentary te the — the great nation to which they address thems:iver, to endeavor to parsvaie it that @ force capable of reducing 1% could be eotlectod at & moment’s notice It if aise § extracrdmary thet « government which bas given prosts of wintom aod prndence choald ve dispored to dream of « facting the con quest of the United Krtgtom, or even of « freodon of that Drave coutry, without msking immeose proparatiour, which could not be conceaied. Those who imagine thas & DUMeron? army could be fitted out in mlepce and dieem- barked on the neighboring coast with the seme facility a6 aitoods the Janding of a plessure party of oxoursion’ets, must have & singular ifon of warfare. The unthinking jour- pala Wh ch sound the atarm bel! to Eug eat would ovten coors W heir appeaia to provoke the atming h coast with forts and oavnons, and the con- hoes prerence woud ba far more ueefu! ta ladis ere France to cast asite her havite of which ia lmpossible—aud res. ote egeiiet « iriendty Powe ed for her by entertain perddimns pr & spiondit triumpb be pre theee noekiiful writers, were they to eu onal finasces aod f@igaing Pp fn single vessel baving been fitted piogle regiment collected im Cherbourg the forces which ® t be present joauguration? The peale of artillery hoch w fied to celebrate this ina to the declanationa of these ) ar nia they have found fn the omm> ho are impatient to ovwin ina which they will fail to orents, caancse o ' isa mashina'ta: wade & lengthy extract, bat it ie onty won On 89 os:i00 08 from te two Davies, wilt form the Veet r Dain and fo the edhe Nae were at no period effecting that objet ae Catbo w France ‘somaly disposed Enghish people are on igh three hundred years the ration, ackaowledgivg tne error of its ways, i» reasy to kneel once inore at the sitars of its forefathers, and to ahbjuro the memory of Luther aad a!t Lis sinful coptumely. Wherever we turn, it says, we see the higner classes, who, in Eagiaad, give the law to public opinion, reviving the tenets of the ancien! and we arrive st the conclusion thet, ualess the cises below make @ revointion aad cast aside the feudal sympathies which bave long reteined it ia subser- viency tothe “bigber powere,’’ it wil! s20n follow in tne truck the arietocracy bas defined Of course, the imme- diate canve of this interence is the correspondence be- twerw the Br! of London and Mr. Poole, carate of St Berpabas, Catholic France is alt: ir in error. There is no disposition whatever amovg the Englen people to return to the altars of their ancient faith. fhe English are a miserably servile race to the powers that be their bowing down to titular pre eminen.¢ is hardly lesa lvoicrcus than disgusting; but this bes its limit, aod you mignt as well expcct thom to yield their daughters 4» fcoa for the Jat of their nobies as suller the faish they wow hold to be tampered with The ovatessional will never again establieo @ eure footing in Englaad. Caris- japity iteelf will perish firet, and toe oniy posi- tive renult that will follow from tne «reve- Iations of 83. Barpabsg, wil! be a determination on the part of the peaple to have the rubric revized. That the rudric j 2 the confeesioral is cervain, but the veon rated commen lew of England—bas conte xued ii for wore thaw two centuries, and ite revival now bas all the force 0! ap innevation. Catholic France, however, 's quite rigut im arserting thes the bigher rank in Eogiish society are el more or lese tainted with doctrines Having # Romieh tendeocy Js is useletg to seek the reason, wheiher trom the pixtcrenquences of the worsbip or,j ined, or the reOued subtlety which calla into action 3 degres of lonrning and reseerch unpeeded in the eimpie evangelical (aun, bat the prayer books whied arrive at the church door ia eptendid equipsges musy bo generally obeerved to be aioraed with the sym Dolica) eroes, lodicative of the b'gh ays sym- pathies of the owner. In Panne acbapel hes been lately started by a gentleman of the name of Guerney, Detweea whose opinions there of the Pape! church ordinary persone find bat slight differecee, although it is remarked that the nearer Pro- feetant Popodom approaches to the ancient feith, the louder ia it in ite areertious of the en guifthat lies be tween them. lr, Gurcey’s chapel has answered his ex- Pectavions eo Well that ne is now doubling its accommo- dations. Ta consequence of the new law relative to titles, steh na- merous epyl cationn Pave been made a: the Imperial Li- brary, in the Kae sheijeu, for the works of Hozier, Moreri, ana other writers on genestogy, tha’ tne atvead- antn bave caused those works to De placed on their desks to be ready for the fret appiicaat. There {s titt ¢ or rothiog going on at the theatres. The beat 's cot what it das bees, bas guile cuflsieat to mace every ove more oF less dread the theatrical a°mosphere Tue Lyrique has changed ban is since i's cloture Figaro 19 just now ceverely pieagant voon the subject of a re markable cure performed by Mile Artot, of the Grand Opera, who appeared one night in the par; of Mae, Tanters—Gnejmeei—in the ‘ Magicieune,” that lsay be pg seriously incieposed, The claque spplauded toe subst tat>, however, so vociferousi7 that the pisce was ernoutesd for repetition the next day—Mile Artut etill to be the ecbeutuls; but the circumstance producad such @ wordertn! effct upoa Mme. Lauters that she inztanttly re- covered, sad appeared in her proper plaice the following eventg, ringing ax ‘she hed never im ner hte sang be- tore.’? Our St. Petersburg Correspondence. Sr, Perensecac, July 16, 1858. The Disturbances among ihe Peasantry~ Curious Facts Qon- cerning the Dificully in Esthonta=Return of the Em poror- His Journey—Distinguished Strangers~-Emigra- “tion to the Amoor—-ommerciul Prospects, dc., dc. IL 2 curious fact tbat the fret disturbances of any coa- sequence amoeg the Rursian pearantry since the com. mencenent of the emancipstion movement have occarred in & province where the institution of personal serfdom, ‘that prevails in the greater part of European Russia, docs not exist, mod hee not existed for the iset forty yews. In Rethonia, as wellas inthe two ouber Baltic provinces of Livonia and Conrland, the legal abolition of vitlsoage took place early la the reign of Alexander I. ; and sine year 1817, when the preliminary arrangements counecied with it were completed, the peasants have ceasod to be gleias adscrigli, and become free tenants of their former lords. According to the benevolent intentions of Alexander, they were to serve as a kind of pattern for the reet of the em. pire, to which the scheme of emancipation was to be gra dually extended, and it was thought that the improved con- dition 0” the peasantry in these provinces, and the increweed income of the nobility reeulting from it, wou!d encourage the introduction of @ similar system into Rassia proper. Unfortunately, the results of this emancips'ion were far from answering the expectatione entertained by the Na- peror and his advisere. fhe peasants recolved tueir irea- dom, indeed, but freedom without property, without a foot of land that they could eall their own; they had to | rent their fields of their pobles in the same meaner as former!y, and were evon worse off in some respects, as they could receive notice to quit at acy time, if the Inad- owners thought fi. to turn their farms into pastures, or to cultivate them on the!r own account by hired laborers. | ‘The natiowal Slavonic aystem of peasant communes that exists in olc Rureia, and tends materially to mitigate the evils of serfdom, ie unknown ia the Baltic provinces which were formerly under the dominion of Poland, Sweden and the German knights; aud where the di Detween noble and peasant was sad coati ues to be embitiered by the difference of race. and Livonia were conquered ic the thirteenth centur foreign immigrants of the Teutonic order of chivalry whe reduced the aboriginal inhabitants to slavery, and treated them wich a barshness that has mak deopiy into the minas of the people, and prevented that feoiing of at from up among them that prevetls in the intsrior of Russia, where master nod serfare the same blood, speak the same language, have the ame orem vad Iraditiong, and very Cee same prefodices very probable that ramore oradle eld out to their Ruasen brethren the la:perial cukan, which assures them tbe free own- erabip of their homeeteade and a’ much fand as ts ue- caesary for their support, had reached the ears of the Katncnien peasants, aod led to we recent oatbroak, of Which the most ¢taggerated reporte wore curren, here at frst, representing the entire province as in a state of \pevrrection, and tne nobility fying for their lives from the veugeance of their inturinved vas iy Py ister acd more authen jc accounts it appears the disturbances were confined to the estate of a baron Nexkull Von tiatiobond, who baa exesyerated the pes- sents by the exorbitant rents exac ed from them, acd tor which, not being adie to pay the whols ia casn, they had to make up by ferced inbor on hia private lands. Tired of thie oppression, they roee is & body, siormed bis castle, hoc Dreaxing into the wine cellars, gA gloriously dravk cpon their contents. Tae Gero haatwed tos ovighbor jug town, #bere he found & small detacameut of troops, wbem he perauaded to psoying him to hie cetate, hoping thetr appearance woult be sum nent to reduss the ers to orcer: but the peasants, inepired with Dutca urags, defended the.aselven eo stout y that the soldiers, ouly forty men strong, ba t> retiro win tae lose of thelr commenting offcer and ten or twelve pri- Med or wounded. Oa bearieg of this catastrophe the mihtary Governor of Revel, Covat Heydea, tume Gately despatched a battalion of infantry vo the scene of action the Fathonians, who, excops nn ter grrat ox are a very inoffensive and tranable set ot pean’ red no further retistance, bat withdrew to their homes, content with Deng proo'sed ro tress of their ae geveral amacsty, from wash only the ripgiensers were excioged. The letter, nowever, bad alreaty isken refuge in (he dense soreste which stilt cover great part ov Hath tad from woisk it will be 00 easy tanttor 10 dizlod credit emanc sation aitogetaer, contrast.og the beppiness and tranquility of the Rassian pessaniry with the misery of the free Feihoniang, which drives even that peaceable end long suffering race to desperation; bat, as! msn toned spore, the state of things existing among these people does not arise from their eafranchisemsat, from @her ciccumetances which do not extend to proper, and which, therofore, form no argumsat ehber one way or the other. Woat it does prov reopai liberty without property ie ratber leeriex, Aad that to Coprive them ot the la:ter ts to iaca- pee’ them from er joymg the former. The Pmperor returned san¢ay from bis journey to Archangel, aad peccoeded {nmediavsly io Peteraoff, where the nirtnday of Lie mother, the Empress Dowager Alexandra Feodororus, was kept on the 13th, with-the usual featieitice It ecems bis expedition to the north was undertaken chiefly fer the purpowe of vis tog the Donveat of Solovetz¥, which booame famous during the late war for the bomhar: ron Mi by the ele ‘rom the Cee fo graphically ceecr! the cloquset pan 0” mi Wobrevien ia siicatod Oo anmati island fn ite Sea, and wrs founded avout three hundred yeara ago by & devout reciuse, who, o Kee a from tae vanities of the ‘worid, retired to those hy; 4a regious, aad there lived and died im the midst of eterns! snows. It etands third ip the | st of the holy shrines of Russia, the two others Deing the Larrea, at Kio, aod the Convent of t. sergius, near Moscow, and the present Enperor bas now visited them all tbree since his accession to the throne. Whether there piigrimages have a political motive—whether they Are to show the old Mascoviter that in apite of ali ths chenges snd innovations introduced by aletsn ter II wnce the commencement of his reign, he atll remavus attached to the ancient faith, the ansiens rites tition, you will ssy—of his com'ry, ie a question diMeult to anawer; but person? well ac quainted with his character are of opmion thet they emanste ‘& feolng of sincere and ferven’ piely, 10 whoh, a8 in many other points, he more reso ables his anole (han hie father. In Alexander I. religion was * sen men’ of the heart; in Nicholas it as an engine of po! Sud police, an antidote to ihe revolutions: y spirit of oge, and therefore partisularly worthy of the patron end snoouragement of kings and emperors. Ha son, on the coutrary, Who was brought up by the poot Jookol«y, bas fwhibed the deep religioes convictions of his tntor, and it ly to be hoped that they will not degenerate into ‘hat mor id enthasiasm which clouded the latter days o great Foghen backer, Mr. Fie came to attend as Daring, deserves eepectal mention. general toreting of tho Grand Russia Rail way Oompaay, ot which be it adirector, Another celebrity who bas honored at. Petersburg is M. Alexandre 1 pare, tho author of “Monte Cheiato,”? who was invaded Bere by ‘ONL Rusher rorodkc, One Of the icbest Rassiaa pobh With toewm M Duras will roomed some time at tos Cour ee near “onsow and lo Little Races. i ova Trench nan contemplates HAs ve, and he ie weld to tndnge t fhe redmotay ne the hero of « Frouch welodrema, which M. Damas is soxious to compare with the original. Finally, if the revowned Jmaun does mot a EE rears via Constan will cert; “Impressions de Vi ” throvgb re; of civilization. Ove of our journals bopes no one will try to Dy the great romzncier as thoy dit one of his coun- try men some years since whom they pereuaded that the Crimes wae contiguous to S\boria—tbat Polar bears walked about the streets of St. Petermburg in the winter, and sometimes took s anap at tho parsers by, &o., &s , all of which interesting details © duly communicated to the public on the traveiler’s retcrn to 1 bells France By the Jest accornts from frekotex the emigration to the Amocr continued, and promised to a:tain considersble pre! ia the courve of tais sommer, Whole villages in the porthern sud midd e ¢lstricte of Siberia were beg deserted by their inhabitants, who were preparing to go south and Ox their abode io a country, the wild climate and fertile soil of which are painted in colore that can berdly fail to prove attractive to the denizens of the frozsa bapke cf tho Yenwei end Tena General Mouravieff, tne Governor of Eastern Siboris, had started again for Nico- Jayeve to tase messvres for the of the new set- Vers, and inspect tho progrees of the forts and stations erected along the Amuvr und the Straws of Segha'in. Tha Russian oolouies ave gratuaily atretcving southward down the coast of the Guif of Tartary, where two fae new har- bore were discovered tast year by Admiral Poutiaun, o9e of which, Port <t, Viadim:r, ia perhepe destined to be th site of @ greai commercial emporiom, its natural capadi- tice far exocedipg those of ei:her Nicolayevek or Casnus Bay. Its gergreph'cal position —49 degrees 55 rmainutes borth—renders it accessible at gimost li seaeone of thi year, ®hereas Nicelayovrs is biocged up by th least Fix mont) Chere in plenty of cosl im ww nity, (espectaby ai the Tevikaichoff coal mines in Saghaiiv,) And the surronodivg country affords every facity for sericuiture and cetiie breeding asides the tt is ouly @ few days sail from Pecbrli and Nevgessty, where ibe operations of the nilied fleets aad the treatics resuntiy concluded with Japan are opening new aad important marts to the commerce of the world, The follo in; fvom a report of the Minister of the Interior ot Tn Grent-Rureia thers arn 30,000 serfs who are not to be farwed with the ground: they beloog to 5,600 masters, who, if they do not employ them themaatrca, are to re- ceive from them the two thirds of what they earn by ther labor and their industry, The practice of selling them is allowed, The women of that clase, called ludé bassemelei (persons witbout land), are much to be pitied. The number of owners why have from ore to twenty serfs is 49,708, with 742,470 terfe.: Ths Inter, belonging to owners ip poor ¢irocume’ances, are in a very uafavorad'o position. The owners who heave from 21 to 1¢0 rerfs are 36,024 in number, with 5,271,648 souls. The fate of the serfs of that category @ scarcely Detter than inat of the preceding 0 The number of owners in exy cir- cumeterces who re from 100 to 1,000 serfs is 19,803, with 7,807,060 sou That of the rich owvers, havicg from 1,000 to 2,000 souls, is only 2,468, having aliogetaer 3,230,268 roule = There ere only 1,447 lords who possess more than 2.000 serfs; the total number of these latter is 6,467,066 souls. The official report adds thet ovtof the trenty-three and & balf millions of sorta belonging to the bobihzy, more than thirtese millioas are mortgaged to the pence fas guarantee of loans amounting to 397,879,459 roubles. Foreign Theatricals. Loxpon.—Under date of July 12, the Zim-s saye:— The state of the Haymarket theatre on Satarday night, wheo Mr. Bucketone took his benetit, and closed for some weeks @ bouse that bas remained open under his wavage- ment for five uninveriupted years, fully demonstrated the ypularty of the favorite cor Not onty was the use crowded in every known part, but it seemed that bithesto unrevealed had been discovered for the of filing them with buman material. The mans nen he made his sppearance to deliver the epeech ‘that baa Deep anticipated as one of the good things of the ereaing, was received with the most tumultuous epplarse, Bat the Cration itself wes followed by a shower of boa quels,& compliment once reserved for lady artista, but now frequently paid witbont distinetion of sex The speech, which the collectors of theatrical facts may be recommended to preserve among their archives, was ae foltowe:— © Lapins AND GaxtirMeN—in previous adtresses on the cccasion of my benenut { have for five years appeared be. fore you only to thank you and bid you farewell from one Bight to the vext; but after this evening the curtain willfall for a vacation of seven weeks, for the purpose of repairs and renovations neceseary to be dope to the ibea‘re, and bu! for which necessity the boure should not hare cioned at ait, sithough it has been constantly open throvgt snamer and wioter for five years Such along season has never before been kaown in any Lonioa theatre; and as regards the Haymarket, | trust it may bs looked upon ata sign ths: the drama is not decticing in these classic walls, whatever may be {ts condition elsewhere. Indeed, ladion and gentlemen, I can never join in the dreary cry of tha: a jor why should [? Aud, taking the present stats e generally, thero te no reason for such talk; ror where rhymesters in sadrerses and old playgoers in news- pepers prate of the drana being bankrupt, can gene Tally be traced t authors wno cannot get their plays acted, ambitious actors out of en, ments, or more fre- quently to that portion of tbe publi Sawission. Avd whatis this eave of baakruptsy? Ove pro jperous manager (Mr. Webstor) is rebuilding his thes- . The old Adelphi was not large enough, or couve- yent enough, And therefore he intendr to give you & more commmodious and nandsomer bouve. Ix he bankrupt? Mr. Charles Kean, at tho Princeas’, places before you the plays of suakspere, produced in ® manoer unknowa fad undreamt of by the Garricks and the Kemblee, aod his theatre is nightly filled by admiring audiences. Is he bankrupt Are the worthy lessees of another tariving theatre, the Olympic, bankrupty And are we bankrupt here! as Brutue say: I for areply.” No, ladies paige and gentlemen, give the public anything good, and that public will come to see }:, and in greater numbers than Mu dh fitty yeers ago. Durmg the past coason ef five years, ladies and gentiemen, | have prodaced eighteen new |, tusny farces and Bester extravagenzis, five pantomimes, with baliets aud the Spanish dancers. Many of the comedies have been played for eixty, seventy ou one bundred nights. it would be tedimusto epume raje them all, and 1 will therefore only atlude, as © sample of whain euccess ought to be, to the “Un- equal Match.’ During tese five years we have heen #0 orderly and to peaceable every night that, for the whole of time, we have never hsd anyibing 4 tamuit in the theatre, 1 Da; mention this fect, ladies and gentlemen, that you may know wha: spertable you allere. My great ey —George Colman, the yornger—bas sail that few men de tarough private life without encoan‘ering an enemy, at an scwr, a aud a dramatist acoumuiston fresh —— es often as he coaris fresh not! Bat though, ladies and have beea many , , years (I hope) an actor, also a dramatist, and now for a Considerable period « manager, I ihiok [ have reeson to de proud that, while | Delieve the ver of my enem.es to be very smati, the number of my friends can be known by the numerous and brilliant assembiago of this even ing. We know thas compotition leads to exertiga; and while at echool most of us have writes in our copybooks, Konulation is a noble persion.” OF Britith com petition ‘BO one ought to comp'ain; but our Eoglian mansgore have had to coplend agsioet three Tatian Ojorue an one italian dramatic compsoy Whother they have all #uc- ceeded 1 do vot ki jus the fact tha tucy have exiet- ed proves tne British public may be enrolled among the “ Friends of Italy;’ though it certainly ie no: exectly right thet in a wealthy metropot's like London there should be three Tta'ian Operas, aud not one esab!isument for the en ement of the Koglisa compmer aud the Kegiiah sioger. As for the fu'ure doings at the Maymer- ket 1 can promiee you many imporwat novelues—-new oraedies by Mr. Tom Taylor, Mr. Bayle Bernard, sod other writers. There wilt also bo a paste extravaganza at luster sudaya 1 for une than that row engegod here, there will be no ma terial alteretion in it, sithough I shall cerwinly constantly be oo the watch for talented adil- tions, I heartily thank you, Indica ana gontle- men, for your generous aod ciMestant patronage durincour long season jn this, ‘The Litile Phestre in toe Haymarket,” and sithongh 't is vo longer the jitsle theatre of the Coys of Forte, or of the commenosment of the rept contory, yet i will, mo doubt, be calted eo to the ent of dramatic ume, while my ambition will always be to make it the great theatre in the Haymarket-—toas is to pay, ereet (a your estimation And now. ladies nad gentiemua, | bit you fareweli until the lst of September, a day ceiebrave! in the ghooting world, wheo, loetend of brioging down witgen, we al ble here in the hopa of the evening save, of course, the wival of Murphy's comedy, the “Way rk which bad not bi acel for tacive years, and even then did pot mate imprae".oo commensurate with the reputation which hed jong per- tained to It as one of tue stock pisces of the Rogiiab stage. As old piaygoers love to con over old carts, fone of our readers may be amused hy the statement, toat whea the (five-act) “Way to Keep tim’? was frat played, in 1761, the characters were Mlied thus:—Lovemore, Gar rick: Sir Baebful, Y. Sir Beliliant, Patmer; Wisow Belmour, Mrs. Cibber; Mra. Lovemore, Mre. Yates Mostin, Mrs. Clive; Lady Constant, Mra. Davies. More eneraily Interesting will be the cxst when the comedy t mace a chow at Covent earden theatre, alow, thu'y years ago, a8 it comdines many tames (ha) ave still (reek io many mincis:—|.ovemore. Charles Kemble; sir Bashful, W. Farren: Sir Ueliliaat, Rickard Jones, Witow Bel mour, Mise Chester; Mra Lovemore, Mre. Cnatierley. The revival of the piece on Saturdsy was porfectiy #u> ceesiul. It wae as well played es {hcould be }, pany of ectors who are seperate! from old trad! only by & lapse of ime, but by orough chaage in tie world’s aspect, and tue sudwace were bighly amused Par too carefuiy performed and far too well received for An exievence pot exceeding & single night, there |) no Goubt that when the theatre re opens ta Ssptemder t “Way to Keop fm’ wil hold @ toleravly pesmusent place in the ville On Tuesday, Mr Albert Smith brought tos close tbat “Ascot of t Rianc” which, often varied, but never Joming ite identity, ultimately reecbed the soormo# Ngure of 2,000 performanose ‘We ex:ract whet may be catled tne “operstive part’ of bis ferewell &, », com it does, the stavement of bie y'an for visi whence, the fates permitting, be is wo briog back material jor A new entertamment — As near ae | can calouiate, leaving Mareiiles oo = day in the Panther, I shall meet the Pers fron Soathamp tou, at Malta, to-morrow week, and go in her to Alexan dria, which I shall reash on the 17th. Two days © now onongh for crorsing the desert to Suex I atart from that sce on the /9ih, and alter @ix daye of the moet intents eat in the world, in the Tropic of Cancer, on the Revi S98, I sha)l arrive at Aden on the 26th. On the jth of August Ltouch at Point de Gaile, Oeyion: and! hope to and Hong Korg, and pare my first night in Caine on tue 24 Whiie thus able to Ox these dates with such comprrativo certainty , from (ue wimirable managemont a’ the Rory oe, let me publicly express toy warm thanke to the Poole gular and Oriental Company for the exceeding kindness, Viderality and attention hey have already ebows me My return may almont be caloulated loveraely, ¢ China early in October 1h i ter poesible to Ox 1 pre iy, wet Thepe to be with you all seain with the cattle show aod the pantomimes; aed uot)! that time, wiebing you every persible enjoyment and he se inet you mows desire Yourselves, I bid you, very rally, gova by ‘The theatrical announce nents for the precent week ‘nll ate DO NOVelty of iMportance, Valees it Do the re oyromnge the Lycenm theatre ou Gator lay, with a new pis travage t gement of Mr. G. We mer 2a wuler i ent misunderstancing, we should state that Mr. Webuter, of the Adeiphi, counection whatever with this enterprise. ‘ conree, remains immovable at the ’; Mr. « Going to tbe Bad,” fol:owed by the Wandering Mi: |,” fa eti)} the chie/ attraction at the Olympic; the “Bride of Abydos,” ihough its speedy withdrawal is annouposd, lasts onotber week at the Strand; and Mr. and ney Willlewe siop for six vights more at Saddier’s Wells, tm evening Mr. ast Ime et St. Mar ‘ ae ie tree coer wo find nothing siriking, Ph Spezia, @ very good srtiet, has re appeared at hor Ma) ; Ninos” antl $00 ‘frovatore’” as doen ht out at Covent Garden, where ‘fon Giovanni,” reat cart and aplendid mise en scene ie promis Pergiani, bas becn the st Drury Lane, hee gince closed, Mr F P. Sa th, the manager, said in hia farewell speech tant the 1! ir bad been pecuniarily successfal Yesterday afternoon, says the Times of the 16'b, abort dy alter two o'clock, Wr. Benjamin Webster, in bts Me gopic capacity, laid the foundation of his new theatre, ‘The hovr sppoimted for the caremony wat on o’ciack, ry cr occurred im consequence of éuBouliy of stone Denesth the wail that still remunt en 6 progress of operations was eagerly watohod, P, wate; not only by &® party of the rs friends aysembdied on the spot, bat also by imiscellaneaus grovox, who oc cupied the windows of the varrow streets adjoining, At Jast the atone was duly ajaated, according to the pro seribed forma of Masoary, and at the sams moment auc- ees to the pew theatre wes drunk io bumpers of cuam pozre by all the epectaturs, with ropeated wboute and the ‘weving of many hate Mr, Webster returned thanks from the bottom of the hollow to which bis avocauon bas Drought bim, and the party dispersed through & maze of Pplauke sosttered bricks. Beneath ihe stone was pleced @ box avd & bowtle contawing colos, and a play Dul of the laet performance at the oi? theatre. Mr. and Madame Siracosch were in London at the las’ accounts, Jp their outward presage ia tae Veoderoit they ware two conceris—one for the benef of the Fe390 7 barre of the New Orleaun Opera tronpe whosuilered (rom the blowing up of a steamer on the Miseieespy:, and the ober for the sailors ot we ship. Pants TheaTrEs®- Galiqnani’s Messenger of Joly 11 hea the rollowirg review for the week At the Opera Comique, in the abgenre of novelty--9% which there seems no immediate prospect—the director bar revived the pretty operetta ‘ Lo Valet de Ouamore,”? by Carafla being a vaudeville of Scribe’s set to music by tat compoter. The libreito and partition, both excsilent, are wortby of esch othor—tho latter so yory good aa to make it asubject of regret that we have of late yesra Deen fayored with ao little from the same sparkling source. The valet (Germain), it may be recollected, ese himeelf ont ass single men, bis master having % din: ‘ Ho bas, howsyer, ke to warried persons in his servis. ®& young and pretty wife (Denise) of the count, wbo makes fierce hive to ber, her dinirg with bim, the lockless husband bi tend upon them during the repast. The jeaioasy or mein and the pressing attentions of the count toward: wife are extremely amusing, white the singing of Stoxk- Deusen and Ponchard as the valet and mister leaves no- thing to be desired in the execaton, particalarly Siok. baveen’s, who an atmirabie grace end faci ity. Mile. Loerivier, es De and dlie. Davuy make uo the quartetto, ana the revival wliogether gives UDdiy ded ea}. isfection. Ar ty Varigrss.-We bave here two trifler, one of which at least is pretty certain to live till next eoriog, when we are promised another visit of M. Camberin, wheee celebreted C burp bas furnished the subjec, aud tit'e, LUidivse. A proviosial admirer of the great tenor, who bas ever heard bim but who has become a per ect fanatic trom resdisg the giowirg descriptions of his wa- derful C in the Paris papers, learning that he is on hw Journey to the frontiers, resolves to waylay bim en route, and, by carrying him off, force the sigaor to favor him With @ taste of Lie much extoiled vocal capabitities. The emissarice of the ie vless cusnusiaet avfortunately captare the wrong man, one Jean Bernique, whose soleinu denials of identity with Tamber'ik aro quite diacredited, and bit \inaic retueaia to sing ets are ret down by Maopacve Gane! excuses of ali great artistes, At lengin. how ever, poor Jean ie forced to yiela; and when we mention that it ic Lassagve who playe the part, the reader will imagive the exireordinary sounds be senda forth ix imitation of the renowned virtuoso, [be sucience roar, bot Fiappanve is delighted, his articipations aro more than realized; he in @ perfect siate of délive, and the imvrowptu tenor, beginning 19 taivk that he muet heve hitherty mistaken his caling, proceeds to show cif a la Lassagne ww @ style which only Lassagne could execute, His imitat'cns convulse every spoc'ator with Iaugbter, and the explosion of the terribie C never jaiis to bring down a burricane of apptause. Noodles te add tbat the names of the authors were received wita ustomary honors of decided success. Tho other piece went oi! much more tranquilty, end is in fact a very quiet affair. Brigitte, the village heroine, is betroths to lly tar, and, being desirous to teat the deota of his ction for her.om bis return from a woyage felgua to he dead, Jack, at firet somewhat taken back, avon discovers the news to be & myatification, and affects to be etruck with folly; bis mat freass quickly occasion the resuscitavon of Feue Brigitte, which brings the piece to an end in the usual manner. Ar ru Paris Rovat.— Madame eat aux Eaux” je the sernewhat taking title of a one act vaudeville hero, show. Wg WO perplexities aad disagremens which lie in was for the luckiess wight who separates from his wife. De. Danoinet quarrels with madame ina fit of jesiousy, the Jatter leaves bim, and retreats to the house of ner er, The doctor's repiy to all inquiries ie that Uedume cat sux caux,” but Lia secret bas adroad, all his Inty friends shut their doors in his face, bis old valet gives bim warping, anc ail !s confusion inthe bouse. Ais wifo's femme de chambre (Agathe) bi wo succoed Mrs, D—— in his affections, and jy aims at raling tue Toast, while t> add to his torments bis pretty daughter comes home from school, tak ‘under her own special tuiiiom to teach ber life. plete his iribulations, his captain of dragoons, insists on a of the iil usage Mme. Dandi: things are in fine in is quite necersary the ebould return home, as for the restoration of order cbief. The idea of thie piece 3F es of mie” ig good, but it wants more cevelopement than ove act can ailord it. Mile. Dupuis Frat boob pli cle chambre with apizit, and there ts « cachet Of originality about this part that renders it the feature of the vaudeville. Mosars, Labiche and Viilemar were pamed as the authors. It is conte plated, according to report, to bring out the opera of Mendelssohn, ‘(Kidipua,’’ at the Grand Opera. An opera dy Felicien David is algo spoken of. Mme. Szervady (Wilhelmine Clauses), the charming pianists, bas returned to Paris after » most sascessial a in London—-succesaful alike in fame and emolu- ment Acoor ding to French Jaw the descen tanta or chil tren of ‘& Jra@Aalist OF @ COMpover are entitled lo @ certain portion of the receipts of the thr atre where their oper are performed. A gon of Mozart's has just been discover: ed ab Milan, 19 @ state of Penury, and the Commis tion of Dramatic Authors bave sent bim @ handsome sum. arising frem the drot's d’auteurs, or “autbors’ dues,” of ibe “Nozze di Figaro,” which bes been revived recentiy atthe Theatre Lyrique with great success. In Fraace fsuccesefu! dramatiet ie a wan of forvune, Ip hoginud if a Diby produces £500 to it4 author he way consider himself particular icrtupate. Some of Soribe’s vaudevilies oave brought bie io upwaris of £2,000, Bia“ Dame aux Os we)liaa’’ alone brings ip £400 a year to young Damas, and M Ciairville, a very second rate but prolific author, keeps bis carriage. The receipts of the theatres. conosrte, and other p'aove of pobiic amusement in Marte during the moth of Jone, amounted to 570,278fr., being a deere of 626 31 8fr. oa those of the month of May. Thi# alt my ye at pen to the great hom which prevailed during part of ume. Mine. Cora de Wilhoret was, at the iset asoounts, at Florence, en route tor the baths at Dieppe. Mas. de Wil- horst was slowly recovering from a dangerous fit of itt pees. There ig no truth in the rumor that she has eo cepted an American engegement. The case between M. Sainte Foy, the singer of the Opera — and M. Benazet, cirector of the Conversavoa coms Tribunal, M. Sainte Foy some racntbs ag engsged him- Mf, und F& pensity of 6,000 francs, to go to Badeu to- wards the middle of July wo sing te M Benazet’s theatre; bat the Gireotor of the Opera jiqae refured allow Dim to leave Paria, and he was conseqneatly » fulfil the epgagement, M. Benezet oo Saiurday prayed ‘thal Sniote Foy might be coademucd w pay the peasity, and the tribunal granted bis application. A pew orntorio by Pacini wae produced at Florence? oo the 29tb ult. which is 100 of ip enthusi asic ver called “The Destruc'ion of Jerasslem.”’ The work three parte—the Proohecy, the Deley, the Fall ths con. course of artistes from all perts of tuly was immense, aod the applanse at many partager quite overwhe ming. ‘The Grand Puke war preeent at the first poriormence, ant was among the foremos: to c ngratulate the veteran com poser Ob bis magnificent work. The once celebrated singer, I'ellegrini, haa jast expired at Munich, aged Sity twon At the Theatre Royal, Mo'bourne, Australia, May 15, Mire Annette Inoe’s benefit aod last appearance were an pounced. Miss Kmina sianley's bevefis and last appear ere axnounce’! at the |’rincess’ ‘theatre on the same Signors Landi, prima donna of the Italian Opera io Mexico, will eal! for burope, tne 14th inst , by ihe steamer Vanderb it, MADAME RISTORI AS QUBEN ELIZAPETH. Wo do not fenr to avert (rays the Londve Daily News of July 10) that never was @ more surprising and or inal performance witnessed by any thestrical autionce in London than that which was presented by Adeiaia Rostori last sight in the character of car own Queen Elizabeth. It is not only that the impersonation of the einguiat and interesting women, who ie to the Pagtish com menalty beyond comparison the most popolar and fa miliarly favorite fgore tn al! our royal line, must atw de difficult, because vy the genuineness and reality of removed rely out of the conventions mots easily understood charac “4 ordinary atook. In this respect the marvellous sucess with whien Ristori haa hi the populsr conception of Elvebeth, and tho startling vi yacity #ith whion she presents it, are ali toe more re merkable sip the stage conid furnish her with po previons example; and che, a foreigner, who Dad pot, live most Foglich men aed women, beeo ao enetored from ehildhood to owel! upom the hletory of ou how cepun herole age, ‘ the days of good Queso Be s,”’ has been cal of npon to Invent or to create thia new dramatic pert in faithfe! conformity to @ tradition which had Dbitherto been to the acted drama aetracger, Bat wh ist she deeerves to be congratulated on 80 perfect an Accom plisbment of this arduows tack, that we feo! assured not ore person of har audience can have feiled wo recognive the exact fulfilment of their presonce! ideas of tos grest Qoren and wayward woman with whom wo all rem to be to well acquainted, tois performance of herw hae nleo afforded the most striking ovidence of the ¢ ore inary com ese of her artistic powers, by forcing thom tnio the varied cice and pudtie combinations of move- went required ta what fs called the romantic or spearien Rind of play, ae distinguishes from the « irama ip whicd her mort conepicuour trinmohe bw een earned. Whereas it w® the aim of the laver hance the mytte fatereet Of rome one gree e Baden Raden, came on July 17 before tae Civil | - | and to be tho > of : NEW YORE HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1858. mind nm omen in anxiety about a issue, exhibiting the chief personages concerned as utterly dominated by sume releutiess, all confounding passion, the modern and Englieh dramatist sceke to pre oe @.broacer and mora geveral view of haman life, with all <a diversities and Inconstetencies, aod the relieving or distracting Incideuts which come, often so bindly, to change the current of our emo tions apd to slacken the terrible burden of destiny. Ip the word of realities pure and unqualified tragedy is never produced; the hovee of moorning \s next door to tbat of mirth; and so in the world of Bhakrpear:, we look to and fro between the midnight murder chawber of Dan ribaldry of the porter outside or heroine is wp in ite com. Pletesets, acd not merely as influenced by the emmions Of ® particulier crisis. And this is what Ristori bax doue wih E'ivabeth—representing ber notas the special type of AY given rentiment or disposition, but as ® very humac, Very {+minwe, and therefure very icconsistent being; for at if so inconsistent ax humanity ; and fe not womMA 68 seutislly moro haman bere wo have the Epgtieh Queen, admii yous acd high-sevled, except when oetty vanities and meaner comiwes stole away her nob'er epirit—majeatis in the command of others, ana missrably deficient in the command of her own towper—frauk, yet diasomblipg; bberai igh parsimonious affectionate, egotistical, cruel —8 be of aelf-contrsdictions; aware of her own strength and weakness, while accessibie to the falsest au'ation—astamed of the senstbitities which ene chared with the rert of Der #ex, yot tormented with remorse for tho violence witb which ane chose to represe them We poeo not say much of the comporition of Signor Giscorett!, which may be regarded as the librett> of bast performance I¢baa pe literary pretonniona, being oi tion, tn the form of prose disiogns, of tha nea, hnown incidents of Elizabeth's reign and of her pornonal ewerr, Not much has been taken with the history; and if we exespt the introiustioa of Janes Mtuurt in person st Elizabeth’s ooart, to protost et ibe jud’ciat murder of his mother, we «to not fod any Winer d1rergencies from the received te of we time than those whict tory will perceive ip Sir Walter’s nove) of “ Kea! Tp the cy oumetepces under which Mary’s death wae aigred the recor? bes been followed, Tho of Leinenter the periloas ambition and fatal rise of ica! to reset and fomnle furor, the dofanca of Philip of Spa'n, the g’orious disoom fitare of the Armada, the importuatties of Burleigh about the succes |, the quarrel of Kssex with bis rival Lora Howard oj EM wgbaw, his rashnees aod the presumptuous insolence woleh brought bim to the soaffol i, tho strnggle between fondness and irritated pride in EI eth’s heart, ber deepeiring efforte to revoke the actu ceptence, her wild dismay and pros'rato self- sbdareinent of remoree—these and mepy other fentares of the story, eustained with an ever increasing iaterest, were padstantially embodied on the stage. ‘Tis Dav Matic CoLLeGr.—A public meeting was hold at the Princess’ theatre, July 21, for the purpose of estah bing an asynw for eged apd imirm actors and ct zen, A gentleman whose pame jis mentioned be low, Dad offered to grant five acres of land as ine tite of such ap institution, and ® provivtonal committee was at once icrmed with the view of cifecting tbe object. Kk was at their inatigaton iba} the presen moetug was convened. Mr. Charles Kean, who nad given the ure of bis theatre to the committee, copied she chair, Ho was surroarded by must of the leading actors of the day, tu- cluding Mr, Benjamin Webrier, of the Adeiphi (chairman of the committee), Mr Planche, Mr. Har ey, Mr. Neleoc Tee, Mr. Rovscn, Mr. Barney Wilhama, Mr Samesl Voetpe, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. Creswick, Mr. Siow Reeves, Me. Collenford, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr, Kinlooa, Mr TP, Couke, Me. William Cooke, Mr. ‘Barry Suilvau, Me. P. Porby, Mr. Swanborough, Me Jobn Coop r and others Besides tho members of the theatrical profession who supported the chair there were present many !rary, artistic and Crematis celebri'ies, amongst whoum were 7 Chas. Reade, Mr. Wileie Colina, Mr. W. R. Bell, Mr. Peter Cao ham, Mr. Clarkson Stazfleld, RA; Mr. Avgustas KA; Me. T Creewick, &.A.; Mr. Edmore, A, @ Mr Thomas Grieve The Craimsan epened the proceedings by stating that the object of this meeting wee to evaken puolic ereation to m eur) ct of very greatiniorest to tha thostrical profes. sieo d, it peesible, to excite their sy upathy ana entiet jon to providing ap asylum for some of ro, baving lopg administered to tueir amuaoment, sees reetend c mfort ia the evening of their livee—for the little epace atlowed them after many years oi toil ani vonble betore the dark ebedes descead on the dial of their lives, (Oneers ) a kied and benevolent geutleman, Virg Henry Dodd, p eeeesing landed property in Qerk bidy? a0 voluteered 10. give five freehold scree the porptee of builuing coartable bonees for the reception of ageo 20d worn out brothers end sisters of the stege. To Addition fe Wis liberal gift, he (Mr. Kean) wes permitted to state that this benevolent gebt eman bad promised to contribnte one hundred guineas towsrds the erection of these houses. (Obeers ) The hoverary secretary then read a report by which tt oppcared that the immediats object was to procare suffi client funds to erect twenty buildings, ten for actors and fen for actrerter. The next purpose will be to provide appuities the occupants. At @ sebdsequert period it may be hoped to adé an educational design for the chil- dven of members of the dramatic profession; but at pre- rent the committee desire to give their whole atreatiou to the single purpose of providing dweliirgs, not duubtiog thet every thirg else which may be requ. will be pro vided for. They now recommend that the accap'ance by the committee of the five acres of land from the grantor be confirmed by thie meet'ng; that four trusvees be ap- pointed to receive @ conveyance; that the title of tue in- stitution be The Dramatic College,” that bankers be inted: that a eubacription for carrying into effect the objects coateinpiaicd be now commenved, and the: gen- Uemen be appointed to act as stewards, lu making & ool. lection: that the ‘ings of the provisional com.aittee ‘be approved, and that the said commicteo, with po ver to ada to its Dumber, be continued in office till the next an- Buel geveral we ; hat when, in the opinion of the com mittee, eviicient have Deen obtained, plans and eotmater fer the propored buildings be procured; that at arpecmi gercral meeting the provisions! committee do prevents report of their opinion as to the regulatinos ne for the future maragemeat of the college. Toe ecmmittce bave rearon to bolleve that the first two dwel- lings will be erected by the Covent Garden aad Drary ae Lenten bby otitie . Charles Dickens mov adoption of the d and ware a npeech evlegintc of ir, Ovaries Kean” On metion of Mr. T P. Cooke, seconded by Mr flarlay, Messrs. Charies Kean, Benjamin Webster, Charion ck! ers and W.M. Thackeray were elected trustees of the college. ‘The Queen ren! to tke efft that when th Ucn at the meeting amounted to £700. Dears or Mk Gongs Bartiay.—Mr. Bartley, the cele brated rotor, wae selzod with and died on the 23d of July square, Although Mr. Bartiey Perition before thre on Saturday athis bease ic Woburn bas cccupted & prominent neverations of p'sygocrs, both as log the eventful “devine and fall’? ie probably umkuowa to tue ms pe'roce Of Thespia, yet, oo lene aa polio, Fis the “Hovey jority of the preset men than as actor, be deserves @ pasai paiwe will 6 ford in the original cant iF tho other leading comedians oF the Millog their alloted parts. A sabdseqrent dou ing career Dp tbe provwoee aod his marrage Sta th—the euccessor of Mra. Sidéona—brocent him again te the metropolis, where bis début in Falstail (fenry LV.) esta rlicbed bim & co-mate,and,on their withtrawsl, « worthy successor, of Dowton, Fawcett, Munden acd other celebr hes of @ remarkabie theatrical epoch. Ais in jur telent as & reader, seoond only to teat of bis wife, led vo bis being frequently bonored, as well a# her, with com mands from reyalty, beth in tbe time of her late Majesty Queen Charlotte, and more recently from our present pre clous sovereign, to read at Windsor Castle aad Buckiag- ham Palace to erelectcircie. His deciwing yoars were secdened by the lose of his wife and chilirew with woone remains his own will De deposited, ia the churchyard of ft Mary's, Oxtord, t© which chorch he bad prosented two windows of stained glass, a a momnorial of bie aly on sud daughter, aod as ® mark of gratitude for the 7 he hed experienced from the collegiate autbort is son's sudden demixo at Fxeter Uoilege, where bad been catered af a student. As & mac Wr. Bartley acquired the regoeos and esteem of all with whom be was brought into cortact. Bia heart and hawd were alike of bis fairer meroory. y 84, and ro tired from tbe stage at the Princess’ theatre in 1863, ler Mejcoty bonoriog the occasion with her patronage. A Singular Wil ‘The following t2 a copy of a will recorded on the New Haven Probate Records -— Ja the pame of God, role Governor of a)! worlis, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, the twelve Apostics, Saints, Throres, Powers, Virtues, Angele, Archangels, Choradims and Seraphume, Amen. 1, David Ogden, of New Haven, the Sate of Connecticut, being in nacommon good health ‘and in my right mind an‘ wite, do inthe marner mske thin my last will aod teste nent. thie mass composed of flesh, blood, , fibres, and God wor not all of Derides, | commit, Diack clothes, t its deep, dumal house I am to dwell in, yea verily, a mourn ful ope: therefore, the dross for mourning t¢ the meet proper one for me. Thus let this boty he Greet for Ke ofa, which 1, prey te be made of round mabegany wood, and ornamentet with Drees naile aod tin re 4 my nane, ere or ¢eath—my head will tell these things to the ioqairi tive in the greve. When thin mage of corruption is thus equipped, let It be borne on the shoulders of four aturdy youths to iis long home, the nerrow grave, whom | wow'd ehcule be rewarded for thetr trouble with @ decent pair of glover erch By the wry, should Dav Eiwarde the dan day next after my exit conceive either my deauh or my life to merit a rermon, a short fermon, prayer, or a be went up throne of an all pityiog od, pry thee let it be done; and for his trouble ‘ces tn this sclemn basicess, give him my for bis weifere, accom yenied wi'h a compl: ment of 8.4.0, New York currency. Item--My eou!, Ged erant, if f have avy or ever hed, it »sy wing ite it to heaven, be placed conepicuouly among the stars, fly en the winge of the wind, feed the ts of the Held, the birds of the air, the insects of the earth, or the * Of the aquins deop waters; upon the whole, | give mye to ice Stem~ It ie my will and ploature that & moaumet worth £10.00 be erected in the burying ground io New Heven to my memory, the motto rod epitaph for which I leave wholly t the a. worthy frierd aud brother, Prerpont PAwarts, Bsq my or ter, Polly Cozens Ogden, 1 giro, grant, bestow ard be queaih all my worldly concerne—goods, chattels, lands, tenements and hereciiamente—whicb | whilst ag iaheot tant of this plaret was in possession of, In fee simple or othe: wine, to ber and her heirs forever, she (iret vaying, slg ing ant expen! J leefal duce, debts aad onde egaitrt the & wo, Day ing to Scea F toy lovely vices, tee ot £25 0. # York money, te led out for « by ber, the make Pier Suton os and David Daggett, Be sen, Req. oF EI aabathtow Nand & Nee DAVID OGDEN, — 3 Avother British Outrage. THE AMERICAN BBIG LILLIAN BOARDED AF THE ISLAND OF NBVIB— OUTRAGBOUS CONDUCT OF NeGRO PoL UNDER COMMAND OF & BRITISH OFFICIAL— DsTBYTION OF THE VEBSEL—PsOTERT OF THB CAPTALN, RTC. Puiuapeveata, Jaly 20, 1808. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE BERALD, 1 beg to submit to you she following case of British out~ rage of which I Dave been the victim, and requeet you to tn’orm me through the colcmos of your valuaole paper in what way redress can be ai! cod me. of the }1 0 June I was on boar of my the island of Nevis, West Intiee, with { cago of molaeses, on the point of weighing wecnor a cetuing Fail for this po Sropping out of the canin | r , trying force & black man deck oat of his ceevering ty get on oat, wnd who, from bis great inso’et wate the day ‘previous, I Dad strictly 1 op beard. The man went off in his ven- geanco, ard ina few minntos s boat came with two con- Babies to take the mate into cuatooy. (a refaring to Blow there endle gentionen to come op beard, tary te. partes, Dut ag: revurred 1p @ very sort time with boats ceptaining sixteen armed police, yelling aad ecream- ing and braadinbing thelr staves. They vcarded aod sax poseeraion of my vesre! | inquired’ their aa berity for this sipguler concuct, anc the consignee, who war taxing Jeave of bie wife and danghter in the cadin, cams on sua seked the chief of ee that the Pree Id, was 16 town, and tbat they acted by his ordere, superior to sey document. My mele was and would Dave Deen ed up iu @ miee- veredio hole from Saturday vot the ‘oll Dut foriupately the oonelgoer bailed bim ou! The Preside) I am informed, mounted hie horse and galloped the town M#ea mwelmsr, ewearme fo special ee sept ee pecially into the covntry fur afavorite magisteste—ibe English etipeuaiary; for, alter the steps be bad himself tevem, be fourd toa: be bed gone bo far, and that ta save his own credit te man must be convicted. He wiso sent fur the Treasurer, «ho he thevant bid depead wpon as another tao), ae wel: ne the Colon retary to sit as magiotraves la the caer. These wen bac ny mate before whem; muttoe Treasurer, a Mr. Webbe, and a moss worthy gectleman, who ! bes’ had been pier Justice of the island for tent years and who tho other t#o mapieiraics, Who, Sgainst all evidenes oon vie‘ea my mate cf ap ssranit on the high seas, aud Goad dim £6. The President, who Lad been boaaiiog bow be bad captured the Yanves, now found that be het aca prematurely, and bad got biweelf into the wrong box, aad wishing to make the matter alt right, went ti mp tito men, ho were witnerres for the mate, and ¢ which wel token on ¢! bait crown to drink bis heeith, aod weet slay ts « rignee’e, where be met eo and asked bin 2 Dim’, which ve iatigpantiy refused wo ao er detained three ca) ever $9,000 [beg to ask you, Mr Eat we can got inempiiiea for these detentior be ru .eervient to the st wi! brained opetert thas the Doghen govern plece ac ths Pead of affaires puttiog om one side the trouble aud loenlu Americans, an jeotec to by thoae admit island! Hoping + ou will v Tremain, my dear sir, 5 GEORGE * New Pa The follow'ng is the | Upited Statee Patent cf ‘Isb§—each bearing that ¢ate-— frorses I, arnold, of Fix Horn, Wis , improremen‘ ‘» stone sawing mach new Fomuud F Berne, of Brooxlyp, N. ¥ adjusting ec4 embossing teleera skis mach: George 8 Bishop, ot Washington, D. O., tn; coup! ng for railroad care ton vel R. Bhve, ot MeDerovgh, N. Y., improvemente in peupbe. Avravaw Browe: water proof come n’ Lous Brenner, of Wavhington, D.C., !mproveé omn.- Tenued. «f paten’s iene? from the for tee week endiog July 2, improved elt 4 overaens to i New York, N. Y., improvement uo ‘ingfield Mass., lmprovemest io the bearing ble br P. T Borde, of Chicagy, Til, of © unterpoteing gazometers ha Cacy. cf Yew York. N. ¥., arsigucs to J.B. aed W. W Corel & Uo, of New York aforesait, uoprove- ment in pla es tor burglar proot safs. 7 loman Carpenter, of Oswego, N. Y., improvement io sewing ackines. David Cumming, of Sore] Borse, Pa., improvement in axle boxes. &o Jobn Dok, of New York, N.Y., improved method of outung beet irente Ch D'Oxtey, Of New York, N. Y., improvement iz pa'nte. Cornelius Donovan, of AD ngton, Mase., improvement in sawing machines. William H. Doane apd Ter! iske Mason, of Chicago, TM). ,!m- proved sewing machine Andrew Ferber, of Kilzaseth City, N. J., improvement in cperaticg window blinds. Jobn H Feraw, of Kinedale, N. ¥., improved harness tug buckler. Jobn J Fields, of Brooklyn, N. Y., improyemen) railread car eprit ‘urcester, Mase, smeenee stock for proverenin in scetbed Ivers Gibbs, of holeieg the cutvers ‘a ralory planiog rmackires. Robert Hele, of Roxbury, Mase, apparavwe for distri- gust llondricks, of New York, N. Y., improvement ip vaves of gas us. William Hinds, of Oteego, N. Y., improved whee! weights machine, Zaimon i. Jacobs, of Bebron, Coma, xoperalue for a the supply of water to steam boilece. ph C. Kneeland, of Nortbamptor, Mase., imgrore: ment 'p machinery for piling paper John L. Krauser, of Readiog, Pa, improvement to manulsciuring pails. Lernon, of Deposit, NV. Y., 'mprovernert ia eigmal lanterns for railroad switeber. RK B Duppioy of #eymour, Conn. chines. §. B. Mansing, of Allegheny, Peen., improvement ip bran ousters. X& RB. Marcel, of Dany: Samuel Mace if} . “floshpg valve’ trap for sinks, sewers, Glibert Maynard, of Greenfield, Mass., improvement ia bargirg carriage for children mes Mon'gomery,o Brooklya, N. Y.. improvement in grates for steam bovlern Hiwood Morris, af Phiate’phia, Penn., unprovement te splice pieces for railrcad car Ch Moore, of Baflac, N. Y., iaprovement io sewing machines, Eawerd B. Nash, of Westport, Cons., improved eionet for milk. Orr Newton, of Pittebarg, Peum , improwemeat in wheat drilis. Frederick © Pavne, of Hebron, Ooun., improved means of adjustiog mosquito bers Chas. R. M. Phole, of Rebmond, Ration of the needie ant wun da to sae Joreph W. Pole, of Philave pri grater for locomot! J. H Powere, of » regulatorr. iyman Reed, of powpds for —e pmato rot. canes Reeve, Joseph Reeve, and Sidney M. Tries. of Prooklyn, N. Y¥., tt@proved mote of opersung the me ieting telegraph mach pes. bury, of Milwaakie, Wis., improvement brick mark in raney EF, Sampson, of Bostoe, Mass., improvemens in for horse railway cars. J. Milton San Jers, of Cncipaat!, Ohio, improvemst io ating gas. bus, 3. C., improvement ia cs mrraved comti 4 registering’ gra'a. , oF Sprim , Ohio, improved Charles Po eeil Sanford. of Mount Onl. in provement 'o feeding quarts, 4cc.,to mac?’ for crust. ing and grinding the same. Albert Stoddard, of fecomeeh, Mich., improremea’ in horre power machines Jen A. Sone. of Rocherwr, N. Y., tmprowement to Willem W. Taylor, of Dertmoath, Mar., im rorement treos from bad 95 ig yet gm Inve te J. Thomas and P. rr. , Of Springfield, Odio, \2- provement in seed planter ‘ Stephen H. Tift, of Morrievilley Vt., improved clothes iryer. T. Trimmer, ef Rochester, N. Y., improvement in machines for cleaning grain. Caries Van De Mark, of Oak's Corner, “. ¥.. improved riang colar brace for lockir, the of Geld Whbur B. Wait, of Portsmouth, N. H., improvement in raiiroed car brakes. Henry Wetermas, of Hrook!yn, N. ¥., improvement in msking steel rollers. Joseph Whitmore, of lowell, Mase., alarm guage for team borers. Wm. W. Wythes, of Philadelphia, Pa, improved draw- nq motrenens Myson Yerby, of Washington, D. ©., improved batter mechive. Henry Zeng, of Elizabetbpert, N. J., improvement in umpe. : De Gore , Je, of Mob a Ala , ameignor to D Com. ting, Sr, jobile, e’oresstt, \m sO mang oF Te. h’ Delabuat?, of Cobose,, W. Fe, sigur ¢0 kom acif acd Féger & Eilts, ot Troy, - Ysamgnor to Cure wae te, of Troy, aforesait, improv im knitung machines Merrimen P. Dorech, of New York, N. ¥., assignor to Peter Dorech, of Seneneotasy, N. Y., improvement io stoves for bureing soft con. Thomee Gordon, of Trenton, N J , aevignor to Charles A Bulerd, of Tremton, aforesaid, improved steam bss" ng apperatue Chas F. Holzer, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor to Wa ° mitn and Wm, Bromeell, of Pailadeiphia, Pa, tmprove ment io @ Albert H. Bow, of New York, . ¥_, aseignor to Versa Sewing Machine Company, of New York, afsresaid, N Y., aseignor to George R. & Co ,of New York aforesaid, unprove- ment im Ulm pas Dg glasses for vault Oovers Leander Laskey, of Sutton, Mase, aerignor to Dimee! ee Townecnd, of Boston, Mass, taprovemest @ tmachines for pegging shoes. John MeMurtry, * Payette county, Ky, ed to James B. Clow and Joba Bert, of Le ad county, af ste. taid, improvement ip ra Iread car teats. Gdorge R. Randall, of Boston, kere , waignor t0 Rew bem J. Todd, of Boston, atoresaid, improvement in baraere for vaper lamps. Pisort \ Raymond and Charles Rovitata, of Broo. Y. asrgnore to thenealves and J. B. Richarss omte K. Avat™, of Brooklya, aioresaid, inprore {a revolving frearms rt conn, of Sheten, Maee,, eevignor’te aid Beaver, assignee of Joba Nor B, of bine cor folding paper. Daiwa ba, Fie, Paprovemest in ne uney 24

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