iixsmutr.-' (vi t“t«.,'JULY 5.

News by the Esglish Mail!

The brave defender of Kars, Gene- rsl Williams, arrived at Dover in the early art ofthe week, from the French metropo- is, and the spirited municipality of that small but ancient borough lost no time in waiting upon and presenting to the gallant soldier an address of congratulation, ex- tremely well expressed, which not merely embodied the feelings ofthe people there, but also expressed the general sentiments of the nation. General Williams made rt sensible and manly reply, in the course of which he did ample justice to the heroism and endurance ofthe Turks, and, what was still more handsome, spoke in the highest terms ofthe treatment he had met with from the Russian commander, General Mourn- vielf. A brave soldier is always the first to recognize the Virtues of a brother in arms, even in the person ofan enemy or a prison- er, and according to the statement of the hero of Kai-s, nothing could exceed the generosity which he met with from the head.ofthe Czar's troops, alter the place had been starved into submission. In his journey through Russia, too, he was every- everywhere received with honour—a proof of high-inindnoss on the part ofthe Russian people, for which we fear our countrymen would have hardly given them credit. V\'e see it stated, that the Reform Club is about to give General Williams a grand banquet, at which the Lord Palmerston will preside. His lordship cannot be more wortliily en- gaged, and the occasion will be appropriate for the Prime Minister of England to ex- press to this deserving man the admiration which his conduct has everywhere elicited.

Her Majesty gave it grand state ball at Buckingham Palace on the evening ofTiics- day, at which there were upwards of 2000 of the lending nobility and gentry. But while the head ofthe State was thus plea- santly engaged, her Mnjesty’s opposition stole a march upon her Mujesty’s Minis- ters, and placed them in a minority of ten on a motion introduced by Mr. Walpole respecting the national system of education in Ireland. The attack made thus covertly upon a system of education which has work- ed wonders in the sister country during the last quarter ofa century, would have been stoutly resisted by the Commons of Eng- land, had the body been intact; but while two or three hundred were in Pimlico at the time they were wanted in Palace-yard, Mr. Walpole triumphed, and can afford to enjoy his triumph, however short it may be. When ii march can thus easily be stolen on the whipper-in, it might suggest to him, we should imagine, the impolicy of “ making s house” when there are festivities in the Royal residence. But Lord Palmerston, who feels the importance of the decision, is determined to reverse it, which he can do without trouble on Monday next, when the same subject appears in another form.

Her Majesty is fond of enioyment—de- lights to be abroad in the open air, in the midst of her people, and sever appears so happy as when she is surrounded by smi- ling faces, who are charmed with her; pre- sence. An instance of this occurred on Wednesday at the Crystal Palace, when certain new fountains, which had never played before, were set in motion, to the ex- treme plessure of some four or ﬁve thou- sand persons who paid each half a guinea admission in order to see how high water could be thrown by means of the steam en- gine and the requisite number of conduit pipes. This sﬂhir at the Crystal Palace is yery elaborately described in all the morn- ing papers of Thursday, and so artistically .is the literary work done, that even the two ugly chimneys at the extreme points of the ' Sy enhani Palace, which would be consider- ed unsightly even in a Manchester cotton mill. are made to do the picturesque, ss " wstsr towers 250 feet in elevation."

The proceedings in Parliament are not of absorbing interest. When Lord Claren- don declarod on Monday, in reply to Lord Derby, that it was not the intention of the Government to suspend diplomatic relations with the United States, every one felt that the crisis was ovcr— the present. Lord John Russell and the Premier went more into detail on the same subject in the other

House, and last night, Mr. Gladstone elicit- ed from Lord Palmerston, that the papers relative to the American dispute _would be presented in the course ofgiext week.

The Paris papers are ﬁlled to re letion with the details of the baptism ofthe mpor- ial Prince, which was made as imposing an affair as statecraft and religion could ren- der it. Perhaps the most gratifying feature of all was the clemency which accompanied the festivities. Louis Napoleon deemed the occasion favourable for releasing 291 persons conﬁned in the prisons of France ; commuted the sentences on 489 others ; and remitted the ﬁnes on 251 others,--thus extending freedom or hope to more than a thousand people. Several military offend- ers also experienced the Royal clemency. The Count of Paris has now arrived at an age, when he may be expected to give some uneasiness to the French Emperor. The young Pretender has protested, it is said, in a letter, against any notion ofn fuion, and professes his readiness to stand on the terms ofliis fatlier’s will. A scheme is be- ing introduced into the French Legislature, the object of which is to make the Empress Eugenie, in the event of her husband’s death, Regent of the Empire during the minority of the Imperial Prince,-—a mea- sure which will doubtless be carried.

The treaty between Denmark and the United States respecting the Sound Dues expired on the 14th instant, and if Mr. Marcy has not work enough on his hands between this time and the 4th of March next, when the new President comes into

ower. he can “complicate” the Sound Dues business, by way of a legacy to his successor, as effectually as he has done thu- controverted points between Great Britain and the United States. The Sarah Bryant, ll'0IlI Cronstiidt to New York, with a cargo of Russian produce, has paid the sound

ues,—-but paid them under pretest, so that Mr. Mai-c_t ’.- course is clear.

We mentioned a few weeks back that the Belgian Government had commenced a prosecution against :1 Brussels paper called the Nation, fora libel on the Duchess of Brabant, the wife of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne. The result was a conviction, and a sentence on the offender of a year’s imprisonment and a fine of a thousand francs. The libel was so out- rageous that this punishment is not exces- sive; and perhaps it may induce more caution, as well as better taste, on the part ofthe Belgian press. Louis Napoleon will not be anxious to interfere with the press of his little neighbour, provided it be con- ducted towards him with ordinary decency.

The last advices from Maerid state, that the preparations for the naval expedition against Mexico continue. It is hardly possible to conceive folly greater, and which is so likely to work its own retribu- tion.

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The King of Naples is renewing the poli- tical trials,notwithstanding the remonstran- ces which are said to have been addressed to him by the other crowned heads of Europe. This infatuated simpleton is rush- ing on his rain with all the impetuosity of it tyrant and a madman.

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It is asserted that the bill abolishing prohibitions of imports, and replacing them by protective duties, will encounter a serious opposition in the corps legisla- tif. All the members nominated to the select committee are opposed to it.

The Russian Government has appoin- ‘ted s consul-general at Paris, instead of a simple consul.

At the audience of the French prelstes with the Emperor, they alluded to the necessity of restrictive measures to en- force due observance of the Sabbath day, and of removing the diﬂiculties in the way of the troops attending mass regularly on Sundays and holydays. It is said that the Emperor's reply testified

some dismtisfsction at the interference of the prelstcs with the regulations of the army.

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Tits Lennon. Nawrousnunn si‘sn~Nii.w You Tstsoiurii Com-.tNr.—The steam- ship Pro ' ntis, with the submarine eletric telegrapfocable to cross the gulf of St. Lawrence, and connect Newfoundland with Cape Breton, Nova Scotia , sailed from Lon-

on on the ﬁnd inst. Beside this, another similar cable will be extended from Prince Edwsrtis Island to New Brunswick, and it is expected they will both be laid by the last ol the present month. The English government have sent the war steamer Ar- gus to be present when the wire is put down, iind rt-nder any needed assistance. A num- ber of persons sailed from Boston, in the Niagara, on Wednesday, to witness the execution of this interesting portion of the work, and will be met by other parties leav- ing England with the same object. The manufacturers of the wire, in London, as- sume all risk in connexion with this portion ofthe enterprise, it being agreed, that they shall receive tl certain amount in payment when the wire is laid down and guaranteed. The company linve for some time past had 600 men constantly employed on the line across Newfoundland, where a parallel road is built, and houses are ert cted at every ten miles, for the occupation of the operators and laborers. All this work is preliminary to the formidable enterprise of linking the old world to the new, by electric telegraph. Experiments are constantly making, with a view to ascertain the best description of cable adapted to this purpose,

And it is conﬁdently expected that the work will be completed during the nextyear.

Capt. Berrynian, who is shortly to sail on a surveying expedition in one of the U. S. Government steamers, and by whom the survey ofthe proposed route of the trnns-At- lnntic cable was made, ascertained that the ground was highly in vournble for the exe- cution ofthe project. One fact not it little remarkable is, that no rock was any where found in deep water, the entire bottom ex- amined being covered by a deep layer ofmin- ute tropical shells, such as might afford ef- fectuttl protection to the wire.

The company anticipate the receipt of a considerable revenue immediately on the completion of the line to St John's,(connec- ting with the Nova-Scotia line at port Hood, Cape fireton,)a distance from New York the way the line runs, of 1,700, miles. It is not improbable, that European News will soon be furnislied by steamers stop inn at St. Johr.’s.—.N'¢ir York Journal of ant- merce, 20th inst.

Siuwicii 1sLs.uus.-—-Dates from the Sand- wich lslamls, ofthe l9th April, have been received. The Legislature had met and addressed the king, dilating on the financial condition ofthe country with joy, and pro- mising to pass laws againstthe use of intox- icating liquors and narcotic stimulants. Agriculture would be promoted and satiitary rules extended. The Chinese Coolies were to be prevented from wandering about and corrupting the natives. Mr. Gregg, U. S. commissioner, had taken oﬂicisl offence at the action of the editor of the Hawaian newspaper—organ of the Government—for re-publishing an article hostile to the Uni- ted States, taken from the London Tisiss. Goveinment explained the affair, after hav- ing had-aststement from the editor. His Majesty appealsd to the American rule of “ free s och and free press." A member of the gislsture, who was once convicted of polygamy, had been unscated on that ac- count. Tho married ladies of Honolulu had presented a petition, praying for the suppression of theatres and circuses, on the ground that they kept their husbands out all night

Miciiiivsitr IN riis i-iuvuin FRAME--— Very few, even mechanics are aware how much machinery there is in their own bodies. Not only are there hinges and joints in the bones, but there are valves in the veins, aforeing ump in the heart and other curiosities. ne of the muscles of the eye forms a real pulley. The bones which support the body are made precisely in that form which has been calculated by mathematicians to be strongest for illars and supporting col-

umns, that a hollow cylinders.

Pnoonsssor lsluun. In Thom’: Irish "I--riac, a work replete with useful infor- mill”. there are many statistical facts in- dicative of the social revolution quietly pro- ceeding in Ireland, The total value of the live stock was in 1841 onl £l9,399,843, but in 1854 the amount h risen to £33,- 50S,37l, and this rise seems to bestssdily regressing. The number of',lIo}dings of land below ﬁve acres has undergone what must be considered a. most beneﬁcial de- crease. In I84! the uuinber of such liold- ings was 310,375, but in 1854 had fallen to 80,976. Between ﬁve and ﬁfteen acres, the number which in 819 was 79,333, was in 1854 I37,6l8,and the holdings above thirty acres, the class most beneﬁcial to a country, had risen from 48,623 in 1849, to 154,166 in 1854. The revenue of Ireland shows a satisfactory increase ; it reached £5,862,317 for 1855, against a revenue of less than four millions and a half for the thirty years previous. The commerce of the Irish ports is improving. Tonnage en- tered iiiwnrds was £1,944,285 in 1850, and was £2,691, 786 in 1854. The savings banks’ deposits, after great depression con- sequent on the years of famine, seem now steadily increasing. In l8l9they had sunk as low as .£l ,20lt,‘273; in 1852 they were £l,200,‘.?.73; in 1853 they were £1,586,010 and are now probably much more. The ratei, which in I819 reached £1,674,793, had sunk in I851 to £926,154. Railway receipts are increasing ; pawnbrolting is on the decline ; and by every test which can determine the social state of a country, Ireland, after the terrible ordeal of the years of famine, is now steadily advancing in industrial prosperity.

RAii.\v.n' TO .li~:itUs/ti.i;i\i.—At the an- nual mecting of the British Society on l“i'id:iy, the Cliairniziii, Sir. Culling E. l‘lltl‘(lit‘._V. tneiitioned the fact, that it rail- road is about to be establislicd from the lllcditerraiicaii to Jeriisaleni, with the sanction of the 'l‘iirkisli and British UOVCl'lll‘l1ClllS, and that it is likely that the material ofthe line from Balnklava to Sebastopol will be transferred for the purpose. 'l‘liiis,ninterially as well as politically, the war has tended to open up the East to Western enterprise. Our readers will not fail to appreciate the the religious bearings of these facts.

PORTUGAL.

Accounts from Oporto state, that the pros- pects in the Douro wino districts are ex- tremely bad ; and that the signs of the pro- gress ofthe oidium threaten a worse vintage than even that of last year.

The Emperor of Russia, in it speech to II. Polish deputation, said :—“ The time for idle dreams is at an end. No more of re- vcries ! I wish Poland to be happy ; and she can only be so by her union with Russia.”

A Smouun Ciss.-.Mock Marriage and Deurlion of the VdIain.—About four months ago, a young gentleman engaged as clerk in a wholesale warehouse in Pearl street, New-Yorlt,took it into his head to board in Brooklyn. After residing there sometime, he became acquainted with a lad of re- spectable connections, who is we | known for her great beniity. On escorting her home from church one Sunday evening. she very politely invitsd him to call again.

‘he young ‘gentlcrnan continued his visits quite olletl and ﬁnally offered his hand in marriage, which was accepted on the part ofthe girl. But the parents, hearing a statement defamatory to the young man's character, objected, and informed him that his compiny was not wanted any longer. The young men, a few days after, wrote a note to the young lady, offering a proposition to elope and get married. Last week, every thing being in readiness, they started at

house in Mercer street, where it is said a man attired in the robes of a clergyman, was in waiting. The cercmon, was per- formed and everything passed off pleasantly until Tuesday last, when the young man let! her very suddenly for parts unknown, leaving a note on the table that they had not been lawfully married, and advising her to o home. The young lady, fsirly heart-

hro en, has, we undsrstsnd also left for psrts unknown .—Boston Journal.

night, went to New York, and put up at a '