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hands them the charmed cup which renews their str th. rd Raglan welcoming him as a guest would make a prett picture enough ; but one would rather see him among the sick and shrunk soldiery. who say that his is the true medicine, and that he is worth all the phy- sicians put together.

Not far from the spot, down in the harbor below, there is a spectacle which assuredly was never seen before—the returned prisoners and deserters sent into Sebastopol. The sending those men back been a severer blow to Rus- sia than taking number of new prisoners. Those poor wretches cannot be prevented from tellin what it is fatal to the Czar that his peo- ple s ould hear. They tell that the British soldier is a man, and no slave. They tell that no one-iii all that army has been taken from home against his will—that no one of those tens of thousands has been dragged from his -sleep at midnight, bound and sliaven, and driv- on to the war like a beast to the slaughter—tliat ever man of them considers himself of the same

vspecies with his oflicers and his Sovereign—that

every one may speak» what he has to say. and lives under the protection of law, and the law of kindness. They tell what priests are in the

camps of the Allies,-levying no tax, uttering

promises instead of threats, and giving away their own comforts to sufferers, instead of p' fering for their own profit, like the Popes ol the Greek church. 'lhey tell of the solemn Sunday services in the inlidel camps. and what the clergy say and do at the beds of the dying. If what these men say has reached us, much more must it have spread in the other directi JD

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—into the provinces of Russia.-The insurrec- tion in the Ukarine is not put down. On the oontray, it is spreading so that the landowners

are hastening to Warsaw. to be out of the way of ‘the impending vengeance. "having their turn first, at the hands of the ex- asperated peasantry, and the nobles know that they must escape

the mind's eye to dwell steadily upon it.

the impions invaders are really like.

CANADA.

NIAGARA SUSPENSION RAILROAD BRIDGE.

This work continues to give the fullest satis- faction. Its length from centre to centre of the towers supporting it, is 831 feet.4 inches. The

‘width of the bottom, which is for common

travel, is 2-l_feet, and of the top 25 feet, the

whole forming a kind of box 18 feet dee . The two floors are connected by truss-work. This gives the bridge the advantage of the tubular plan. Mr. Roabling autici ted a de- pression in the centre at the time of the passage of heavy trains. This, however, has turne out to be rather less than was expected. The yield under an engine and tender weighing 47 tone, was live and a half inches ; and under a train the length of the bridge, weighing 326 tone, it was hardly ten inches. This is con- .aidered to be superior to the Conway bridge which gave three inches on a 400 feet span under a weight of 300 tons. On the load being owed, the bridge immediately resumes its riiier position. As to the lateral motion. Mr. R. states that such a thing is hardly per oeptible. “Sitting upon a saddle on top of

one of the to rs of the Niagara bridge durin v theﬁssage a train, moving at the rate 0 its iles an hour, I feel less vibration than I

do in my brick dwelling at Trenton, N. J., dﬁing the rapid transit of an Express train over the New Jersey Railroad, which passes ll door within a distance of 200 feet." Even this slight motion is not felt by the cables on the land side of the towers. A number of loaded teams passing. it is said, produce more motion than results from the transit ofa train at the authorized rate, 5 miles an hour.

To secure horizontal stability, the upper cables are suspended at a considerable incli- nation, and have owcrful lateral bracing.

The means use to make this work serve for

railway trat_lic, are imiig/its, girders, trussr-s. and |

ntays. “With these any degree of stiffness

can be insured to resist either the action of in

bains. or the violence of storms, or even

The clergy are

efore the serfs have done with the clergy, or meet a fate too horrible for it is enough to know that. without any plotting; on our side, the seeds of dis:ifl'c<-tion are carried from our camps into the doiiiinious of tho eno- my, and that the ideas and feelings sent fort)- into the heart of the hostile empire sccm likelv to do more for the success of the right than all the material projectiles which we send to burst on the devoted city. No group in that city can present a more striking spectacle than those which cluster round the returned prisoner, lis- toning with amazeiiient to his report of what

side consisting of wire-rope 1: in. diameter, which are equall distributed along the cables. These are secure to the saddles on top of the towers. The number of stays attached to the underside is 56, which are securely fastened to the rocks. The aggregate weight, or force ex- erted by these is about 100 tons, varied some- what by the seasons. These are designed to resist the force of winds.

The ancliora e for the chains was formed by sinking 8 sha ts into the solid lime-stone from 18 to % feet dec , according to the character of the rock. T 0 bottom was widened to a chamber 8 feet square. Into this was lowered a cast iron plate, 81 inches square by 2.} inches thick, strengthened with eight heavy ribs. This plate rests either against the solid rock above, or is built in with solid masonry. The chains fastened to it are composed of nine links, each seven feet long, except the upper- most which is ten feet. The first link consists of seven bars of the best Pennsylvania or Ulster iron 7x1.-1 inches. As the links ap- proach tho surface they are made to increase in solidity. Their ultimate strength is reckon- ed equal to 11,904 tons, and their whole length is enclosed in masonry.

The b.ise of the towers, which rests upon solid rock, is 60x20 feet. After rising to the height of the lower bridge an iirch is driven throiigli this to admit the ordinary travel. ‘flu; towers are continued to a poirt (ill feet above the railroad track, and are 1-3 feet supiarc at the base, and 8 feet at the top, built ofliuie stone. The upper courses :i.re dowcll- l‘h~.~s-: towers are calculated to support a weight of 32,000 tons without injury. There is no lateral presure exercised upon tliciii. On the top of e:icli column a cast-iron plate S feet .\.IV".l7l1‘0 by 2.5 inches thick strengthened with il:‘i'lf.’,‘?8, was laid down for the reception of the smhlles. These rest on ten cast-iron rollers: 7i in. in diameter, and 25.; inches l.-iiivz. The ohjr.-ct of these rollers is to udinitofk4:i slight ii: ivcuicnt of tlic saddles, wlicncver the or iiililiriuui pl-' the cables might be in any WHY distur';i..-tl. "his, however, is so slight at all times as to he hardly perceptible,

The cu.‘-~lcs are four in number, each tcn inches in ¢ll;llllf:[t.'l‘, and composed cacli of seven .\‘il'i!HtlS of 52!) wires. No. 9 gauge. The eoiistruction of these was effected by Mr. l{it"~'-ling'ﬁ own iiiucllinery. and under his im- mediatooliseriation. "ho wires were subjec. ted to the strictest tests, and thoroughly coated over with linseed oil and aint. The weight which these wires are ca culated to bear is 23,878,400 "35. or 11,939 tons of 2.000 lbs., which is independent of their united cllect. The weight of the brid c with an ordinary load does not uiuch exceed ,000 tons.

The cost of the whole work will not exceed $400,000.

Mr. Rinbling considers that more danger is likely to result from the trottting of 20 cattle or horses over the bridge than from the pas- sage ofa railroad train at the rate of 20 miles an hour. Public processions marching to the sound ofmusic, or bodies of soldiers kee mg etc will produce I still more injurious cliiect.

The trains of the New York Central and the Great Western roads have been passing over it since its opening, and averaging 30 trips per

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The above facts are taken from a final report of this work made by the celebrated Engineer under whose superintendence the work was constructed. We trust that the rent uestion of the practicability, safety, an dui-ii ility of suspension bridges _has been settled. this great work succeeds in meetin the expectation of the community, as we trust it will, the name of Ru-:si.iso will stand second to none of our_ great men -Aim-rimn Railroad Journal.

TKBATMEN1‘ or nitrrisn PRISONERS BY Tun iiussuns. The Minister News gives the following instance of the barbarous treatment of their prisoners by the Russians. furnished by a correspondent at Miltown Malbay on the coast of Clare: .1 young man by the name of Josiah King- come, son of the active c_hief boatman of the Freagh Coast_ Guard station, had been many ‘Oars serving in the navy. lie and seven others were taken prisoners iy the Russians. and ui:m-bed to St. Petcrsburg. They were obliged to wear clogs for slices, and walk in the degrad- ino a arelof convicts. They were uiarclicd to ‘anil fro in the_llussian tcrritoricslield up to tho jscorn and rediculc of the natives. now obliged to carry a begging bag, again forced to perforui ajourncy of2 miles a day, and sleep in prisons by night. The _unlortunatc captives travelled all 7,000 miles, and slept in 180 prisons. Their food was black bread and salt—their

10350809’? *5‘? '1' my l°°‘*m.Yi- ”°, “"‘“°’ allowance was 3.56. per day. Atlength the o- Ihether there is a chance of applying stays ,e,.,,m,n¢ “me to an an-an meat Wm, m,

from below or not." . _ Weight alone is insuﬁcient, and is considered to have been the cause of the falling of the

British authorities, and a rec to exchange the captives for an equal nuin er of Russians. Poor Kingcome arrived in England all but dead. lie

Wheeling bridge. The girders which are made W“ ,, bpayg and manly fellow-he sou ht his oftinber serve to distribute the pressure of amicwd parent. 3: F]-cash, and after 0 had 00||°°lt“"°d l°°d'- .W‘“'°'!‘ ‘hm ‘h° “""'°3 been restored to perfect convalesccncc. he went would prove totally insullicient. By means of onto the mu» ‘pin,

the truss-work, a weight on any given point is sad over 40 ft. in length. The stays are lied to both the u or and under sides of bridge. There are ' of those on the upper

Some extensive pos-t-ti-liice robberies have been discovered in Cork, and_a man named Hunter is is in custody charged with the cﬁcnce.

EX'I‘BAORDIl\'AR\' Hui. SIIOWIR.-on the 14th of June, (writes a Portadcwn corres ondent), a soaking rain set in and continue all that night an Friday morning, when about 11 o‘clock a mighty sheet as it were, of bail des- cended all at once from the sky, coverin the ground several inches deep. The fall continued about 20 or 25 minutes. when it ceased, and the sky became clear and blue again. lunch a thing has not been surpassed in the memory _of that worth personage, “ the oldest inhabitant.’ The scatterment of men. women, and children, in the ﬁelds, could only be compared to_ what ma be the effect of the bursting of a flight of she ls on the Crimean trenches. The hailstones were as large as peas, and on_their melting, which they did soon, left as their substitute on the ground the thickly strewed blpssoms of many a fine haivthorn denuded of its snowy blooni .—Nru-ry ’1'elegraph . l)lI‘ROYE!tE.\'T8 IN Iiini..\.\in.—Tlic Dublin cor- respondent of the New York Times.speaks in exulting terms of the improvcmciits in Ireland. lle says that agitation has ceased from one end of the Island to the other; that chapels and churches and sclioolhouses and comfortable dwcliiugs are inultipliug : and so encouraging is the process of amelioration, that those who have lcfta few years since will, on their return, live or six years hence, scarcely be able to re-

cognize the country

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C.\i'(:ii'r .\ 'I‘.\r.r.\n.—l.cv. l)r. Tying. Rev. T. L. t‘ayl-er, and other leading tcui ierance men in our Citv, were, a short time since, sub in- llil.-.‘(l to appear at the Tombs on a liquor trial. which they know nothing about; done. it was supposed, by the liquor sellers, to .vex_ and worry tlu.-iii, They there had to remain, for no purpose. amid a vile company of liquor dealers am their victims for the space of two hours : bu those men littlc knew what they had caiiglit. The next Siilibatli Dr. Tying gave his peep o a description of the horrid and pitiable scene: and said that if he was ever stirred up to light this I-1',-;ion and destroy its power. it was now after witnessing this spectacle. And Mr. (‘uvler gave through the public prints a des- cription ofit which will probably make them careful how the sub menu. again. 'c quote the following frtyini M1}. Cuyler's description. While we were waiting for the Magistrate to llClllI.‘\'(‘. his dinner, and assume again the va- cant bcncli, several ready-inade upd completed s ccinicns of the liquor manu ucture were brought in by the police for commitment. One was a raving wretch, who wore the tattered remains of a female dress—the last semblance of womanhood. She screamed and swore at the ollieers with horid profanity, and every new sally of her blackguardism was received with reatgusto by the assembled mob of idlers. ust before me crouched a cor remnant of a woman ; on one side her two children, and on the othera sottish husband, whose rags she was endeavorinv to hold togethcr—thc linger- ing instincts of i ecency notyet crushed out of her. As I watched her patient etlorts to hide his shame,l bethought me of many another wife and mother in high circles who have laboured long at the same melancholy olﬁcc, and laboured too in vain. Over in one corner of the room sat the most frightful caricature of humanity I ever encountercd.—lIe bore such a resemblance to Cruikshank’s celebrated ic- ‘ture of the mainac drupkard in his bottle s et- ches, that I was startle .

It is with extreme rc ret that we have to record amelancholy acci ent, by which one of the youti or children of our respected fellow- titizen. ll r. Robert Davies, Master‘ Mason of, this city, came to an untimely death, on the evenin of Friday last.

As t e circumstances have been stated to us, the poor child had passed through an attic window, to the roof of the house. and slidin down rapidly, was precipitated to the groun , a distance ofnearly thirty feet, falling u n a heap of stones andvubbish, and receivinginyurics which caused death shortly after. e sympa- thise with the bereaved parents in their deep nllliction.—Ifalg'fa.r Sun.

The (ircal Panormno (J the Riissinn lliir, which has been on exliibition in Canada, and is highly eulogized by the l‘rovinci:il l'rcss ene- rally, is expected to be presented to the Public ofhjt. John, N. B.

A tliiizn \Vr.nni.w..—-'I‘licre is to be a (ii-aiiil City \Vodiling early this month, as we see by stuleineiits in and out ofllio city. The liridegrorini is said to be ii wealthy Louisiana Sugar Planter, named Mitchell, and the bride a daughter ofJudge Concklin, late U. S. Minister to Mexico, and previous- ly U.S. District Judge of the Northern Dis- trict of New York. The bridegroom is expected here by the 12th. inst, and the wedding parties and wedding will be upon the most inagniﬁcnnt scale. We are told that 2000 invitations are out, and that St. Nicholas Hotel has been secured for four days, at $‘.’000 a day. A numerous and bril- liant arty of bridesmaids and groomsmen are a so invitcd.—JV. Y. E1-prus.

NEWS BY THE ENGLISH HAIL. Progress of the War. Latest Telegraphic Despalches.

Wait Dxraii-riissr, July 6.

Lord Panmurc presents his compliments to the secretary of t e Magnetic Telegraph Com. pany, and has great pleasure ‘in transmittin the enclosed intelligence, which has reache him from General Simpson :-

CRIIIA, 4th July. (}.30_ p.m.—Nothing of importance has occurred since my last. The French works on the right are going on well, The health of General Eyre is re-established.

PARIS, July 6.

The Monilcur has the following despatch from General Pelissier :—

Ciuiin.i,4tli July, 10.30 p.m.—There is no change in the position. The health of the army continues to improve. ‘

BURIAL 01-‘ LORD RAGLAN.

The Monitmr announces that Gen. Pclissier has addressed the following despatch to the Minister of War :—

"CRl.\lE.\_. July 3,4 p.m. The last duties have just b-.-cu paid to Lord Raglan by the two armies, with all the pouui circuinstanccs por- iuittcd.

“ Uur works progress satisfactorily.

' “ The health of the troops has improved."

nU.<si.i.V REINFOIICIIMENTS.

'l‘lic r‘l‘('IIl!,4Ii""/I.’/I of Vienna. states from the Criiuea, that l’i-iiico (lortscliukoll' has sent ‘_!4,000 iuc_n iiiorc, and that he has reiiiforccd General Lipiniudi s corps with another division.

D1-2.\'l'll or l.i)KD liAGl..\l\'.-in a late edition last week we announced the distressing intelli- gence of the llt‘.|llI nfl.-uni Raglan having reached lln-,:l:iml lx was prcvioiisly known that he was ill,—ii:ul lweu uni--ked willi dysentery, and every one tell iliaiiui his agc,—sixly-sevcii,—liis life hung by :i lll.'t‘(t(l. The tliiead btolte, the spirit has lied, and Lord ltziglin belongs to the p:i.=t—~lo liisuiry.

Many of tin: f:iulis ivliicli Lord Raglan com- initted—ami who has not cznmuiiued f.'iults?—will be lostsiglit of in sympathy for llie fate which has overtaken him. ealli disarm: illiheral criticism, and l'iuv,zlishmen are always more dis- posed to l'org_-ivo faults of the hand than the heart. Lund ltaglaii was not a Wellington nor ii Nzipoleuu. nor even a Soult. e was a high- boru geuilem.::a who had seen Peninusular service, was the pcrsc-..:i| friend of the greatest soldier that ever lived, and was fortunate enough to induce those to believe who had the giving away of great appointments that the mantle of military genius had fallen upon him. Poor fellow—ho lived long enough to undeceive the world.

The successor of Lord Raglan is stated to be General Sim}-son,—an Indian oliiccr, of whom little is known, but what is known is favourable. it is gratifying to find that his elevation is ex- clusively due to his merit, and the late Sir Charles Napicr,—an excellentyudge of charac- ter, and more especially ofa so dicr's character, —pointed him out as the ablest man in the In- dian army. Tliiit General Simpson has no aris- iocratic connections is presumptive proof that the selection has been purely made. We hope the man will justify the selection. He has be- fore him what all soldiers covet, if he can turn them to account-—fame and fortune, glory here, imperishablc renown in the future. These at worth prizes contending for, and if Gen. Sim gen is not able enough to grasp them, there are soldiers, we think, in the Crimea, who would do so, under tlid favosrof Downiiig-street.

Tun Lira Loan Rs .i.\:'.—'I‘he Dolly Nms says it is understood t at the Emperor of the French has written a letter to Lady Raglan, in which more than ordinary feeling is displayed.

'1'!!! RUSSIANI ON Till IIANGO MABSACIII.

The correspondence between Admiral Dundas and the Russian General, de Berg. the lion- go affair, is given in the second cdi ion of the Tiincs. The General defends the attack on the Cossack's boat on various grounds.

’l‘lie white llag was not seen. Vessels wish- ing to enter into a parley should he says, hoist a white ll ig of large diuieusions,anclior beyond long range, and await a boat to receive their tiles:-age in writing. Flags of truce have been abused by the l-Inglisli to take soundings and make cxpluratioiis‘. Londe arms were seized in the Cons-ack's boat, 300 cartridges, and a chest ol' incendiary articles.

General de Berg mentions the case of an Ea- glisli boat landing on May 25th, with a little white flag, near the village of Sworminne, and not finding troops stationed there, the crew set fire to some huts and boats, despite the white g.

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'1‘ II E B A L Ti 0 .

Dinrzic, July 6.—’l‘he Bulldoghas arrived with the mails. The ﬂeetwas lying oﬁ‘ ren- stiidt. Admiral Baynes and his squadron were at Nargen.

1-‘ RA N C E .

Puts, June 5.—The Legislative Corps vo to-day. the bill relaitvs to the loan f 750,000,000,

tad of