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The Morning Post has given prominence to the following extract from a private letter, dated August 13, addressed by Mr. Cobden to a friend in this country-

" I have still no reason to doubt that matters will be brought to a satis- factory result here. Up to the present moment, I have experienced nothing but candour and straightforwardness in my dealings with the French go- vernment, while all the misrepresentation, falsehood, and difficulties which

I have had to encounter, hare come from the English side of the Channel. Nothing disgusts me more than the cowardice and want of honest principle in our own politicians. 'Anything for a momentary cry which may give a triumph over a political opponent,' seems to be the motto of our party men. You will see that in less than a couple of years all our poli- ticians will be eager enough to claim the merit of having always been friendly to the French treaty. The paragraph you enclosed, giving a conversation at mine, is one of those rascally acts of eaves-dropping for which American newspaper writers are so notorious. There is a good deal of the paragraph which agrees with what I have thought 'but whether I expressed it in pri- vate conversation is more than I could swear to, as no one expects to be made responsible for private gossip. There ought to be the punishment of the pillory or the stocks revived for those who publish in newspapers the unguarded remarks which fall from a man in private conversation, when he frequently speaks merely to provoke a reply and keep people from goin_g to sleep over too serious an interchange of views. No; I did not help the Em- peror to prepare his pamphlet about the English and French armies and navies. Take my word for it, however, that there is a vast deal of systema- tic lying in England about the French armaments. You remember that charming old lady, Madame Wolley's landlady, whom we visited, who re- marked= Pauvre John Bull, quand on veut enlever sou argent, on lui fait peur de nous !' lain ashamed of the child-like simplicity with which Eng- lishmen allow themselves to be imposed upon respecting anything French. You will see a great and sudden reaction in the public mind soon. Com- mon sense, aided by the publication of the new French tariff, will put an end to the panic."

The Select Committee appointed on the operation of the Act 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 66, which enacts that no poor person shall be remov- able who shall have resided five years in any parish, and of the Acts

10th and 11th Victoria, cap. 110, and 11th and 12th Victoria, cap. 110, which enact that the relief given to such irremovable persons shall be

charged upon the common fund of the union,—have considered the mat- ters to them referred, and have come to the following resolutions, which they have agreed to report to the House- " That the operation of the Act (9th and 10th Victoria, e. 66) is beneficial to the poor in mitigating the hardships necessarily incidental to any law of removal.

"2. That the period of residence, in order to acquire a status of irre- movability (if that status be continued), may, with advantage to the poor, be reduced from five years to three. "3. That the area of residence necessary for acquiring a statue of irre- movability (if that status be continued), may also, with advantage to the poor, be extended from the parish to the whole union. "4. That orphan children, who may on the death of their surviving parent be removable, shall have the status of irremovability which their surviving parent may have acquired. "5. That the cost of the maintenance of such lunatics in asylums as are now chargeable to a parish within a union should be charged on the com- mon fund of such union.

"6. That the contributions of parishes in unions to the common fund should be based upon a consideration of the annual rateable value and the amount of the population, combined in'one sum, by adding the amount of the population, according to the last census, to the amount of the parochial assessment, and by taking the result as the assessment in pounds sterling. "The Committee desire further to report that, during this inquiry, evi- dence has been submitted to them of some peculiar evils which attend the removal of the Irish poor when chargeable in England. These chiefly re- late to the mode and form of conducting removals, and they would, doubt- less, be lessened by the adoption of the foregoing resolutions, as greater facilities of becoming irremovable (by limiting the period and extending the area of residence) would be afforded to the poor. "The Committee, however, in order to prevent, entirely the recurrence of the evils referred to, would strongly recommend that legislative effect should be given to the following precautions, viz.— • (a.) That no warrant shall be issued for the removal of any poor person from England to Ireland except by justices assembled at a petty session, or by a stipendiary magistrate. "(b.) That the said justices or magistrate shall not issue the warrant without seeing the head of the Welly to be removed, and being satisfied that each of the parties sought to be removed is in such a state of health as not to be liable to injury by removal.

"(c.) That a statement to this effect shall be inserted in the warrant, with the name and age of every child under the age of sixteen years 1002" dared to be removed, together with the name of the place where the justices find the pauper to have been born or to have resided.

"(6.) That during the winter months no woman or child, under the age of fourteen shall be sent across the Channel as a deck passenger.

"(e.) That in all of removal of Irish paupers, the removing pariah shall be bound to defray the cost of the removal of any person ordered to be removed to the place in Ireland which, upon evidence before the justices, shall appear to be the-place of birth or residence of such hereon. • "(f.) That a copy. of the warrant and the depositions ihall be sent, if re- quired, to the Board of Guardians in Ireland of the union to which the re- moval is to be made.

"The Committee desire to express their opinion that the laws of settle- ment and removal should receive the early attention of the Legislature. "August 6."

Front experiments made at Parma, and which are now being made here, we are happy to be able to state the entire success of the invention of the excellent General Cavalli' a new rifled cannon carriage, to which we have already alluded. This carriage has only two wheels, and is drawn by only horses, which remain attached to the carriage during the march and during the firing; and four men suffice to serve the piece. The doubts which were entertained respecting both the precision of the machine and the effect which the discharge might have on the horses, were dissipated by the experiments. In Parma, among other trials, they used newly-purchased horses, which did not stir at the firing ; and the gun was worked with perfect exactness. Every one will understand of what use must be the advantage afforded by this invention, in avoiding the attaching and detaching of the horses, particularly in a retreat, and of what use this powerful aid will be especially to our Bersaglieri in help- ing the most rapid marches.—La Perseveranza, of Milan.

In Corfu has died lately the celebrated Cavaliere Andrea Mustoxidi, head of the University of Corfu translator of Herodotus into the Italian language, and author of several works in Italian and Greek. He was a friend of the Cavaliere Vincenzio Monti, of Manzoni, and other celebri- ties. He lived in Milan, which he loved as a second country. At his death he was more than eighty years old. A splendid funeral has been given to him at the public expense in Corfu, his birthplace.

The great fall of rain which has characterized the whole of the sum- mer has continued this week, with some intermission however, and a few sunshiny hours. Vast damage has been done to crops in Scotland and Ireland, and some localities have suffered greatly from floods. Yet those who profess to speak on the authority of good judges, maintain that there is still a prospect of a fair harvest of corn, and at least an average crop of potatoes.

The annual Ministerial whitebait dinner took place on Wednesday at the Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich. Lord Palmerston and a large party of his colleagues came by water from Westminster, a Citizen steamer being engaged for the purpose. Covers were laid for thirty, the company in- cluding the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Somerset, the Duke of Area Lord Wodehonse, Lord Palmerston, Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Charles P. Villiers, Mr. Edward Cardwell, Mr. Milner Gibson, Lord Clarence Paget, Rear-Admiral the Honourable Mr. F. T. Pelham. Mr. Hutt, Mr. Robert Lowe, Honourable H. B. W. Brand, Mr. Laing,Mr. W. E.Gladstone, Mr. W. F. Cowper, Mr. C. Forteseue, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Hugessen, Mr. J. Bagwell.

It is stated that Lord Stanley of Alderley will succeed Lord Elgin as Post- master-General.

-The appointment of Sir C. Eastlake as Director of the National Gallery has been prolonged, according to the rule before instituted, for another period of five years.

Mr. Sandford, unpaid attaché at the British Embassy in Paris, is ap- pointed to a similar post in Turin. Lord Edward St. Maur, unpaid attaché at Vienna, goes in that capacity to Madrid.

The Scotsman says that the Queen will embark at Leith on her return from Balmoral, and sail in the Royal yacht to Hamburg, whence she will go to Berlin.

The New Prussian Gazette states, in a letter from Coburg, that the King of the Belgians will arrive there in September, during the visit of her Ma- jesty Queen Victoria.

The Reverend Dr. Caird, of Glasgow, preached on Sunday in Crathie Church before her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice, Lord and Lady John Russell, and Sir George Grey.

Lord Bloomfield, the British :Minister at the Prussian Court, has left Berlin for Dantzig, where his lordship will stay for a few days.

The Earl of Clarendon and Mr. Cobden dined with the Emperor at St. Cloud on Monday.

The Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia are to go the Isle of Rugen in September, to take sea-bathing at Putbus.

The King of Denmark has returned to the castle of Glucksburg, where he has lately been giving a splendid fete in celebration of the tenth anni- versary of his morganatic marriage with the Countess Danner.

The arrival of the Emperor of Russia at Warsaw is fixed for the early part of September. He will stop at Wana, to inaugurate the railway from that place to St. Petersburg.

The Count de Paris and the Duke de Chartres, on arriving lately at Ber lin, proceeded to Potsdam, to visit the Queen and other members of the Royal family.

The Count of Aquilla, expelled from Naples, has arrived at Paris, and he is supposed to have come on to London, where it is said he will live.

A Paris paper gives some details concerning Prince Nicholas Petrovitch, the new Vladika of Montenegro. This young man was a student at the School of Louis le Grand. in Paris, from the 1st of August, 1856, to the 31st of March, 1860, where it is said that he was much esteemed and liked both by his masters and his fellow pupils. He is described as a tall, handsome youth, of remarkable physical strength, with black hair and masculine and regular features, and his character is said to be distinguished by its frank- ness, nobility, and generosity. Before coming to France, he had passed several years at Trieste and Venice, and he is well acquainted with the Ger- man, Italian, and French languages.

Mr. Tancred, formerly Member for Banbury for a quarter of a century, died on Monday at gargate. He was a consistent Liberal, and was first returned for Banbury in 1832, when that spirited constituency was eman- cipated by the Reform Bill from the domination of the North family.

The Emperor of the French does not neglect literature. He is, according to the Saha Public of Lyons,-earnestly prosecuting his history of Julius Caesar. We are told that several .gentlemen are employed under his Majesty's direction in Collecting miteriali foi it. 31. Leon Renier, for ex- staple, has been sent on a mission into Italy to examine all that refers to the history of the Roman constitution ; and others are making researches and translations on France. Some officers of engineers, under the orders of Colonel Faye, are likewise engaged in experiments for the purpose of recon- structing the war engines employed by the Romans. When all the details / required shall have been collected, the Emperor will complete the work and it is. said that it Will throw new light on the grandeur of the Ciesaria period,, and on the art of war of the Romans."

Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne has resumed his abode at Concord, the Massa- chusetts town of that name, some twenty miles from Boston.

The Nouvelliste of Rouen says that a very curious coin was found at Can. ville, near Havre, on Tuesday last, being a gold piece struck in 1.418, when Henry V., after the battle of Agincourt, assumed the title of King. of France on his marriage with Catherine, daughter of Charles VI.; it bears the

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following inscription—"Henri, par hi grace du Dieu, roi d'Angleterre et de France." These coins are not rare.

The York Herald states that the Dean of York has given 2000/. to the chapter for the purpose of augmenting the salary of the " songmen," that is the choir singers.

Sir John Franklin was born at Spilsby in Lincolnshire.' In honour of their famous townsman, the Spilsby people are about to erect a bronze statue to his memory.

The Royal Library of Berlin has just purchased the whole of the music left by Mr. Fischoff, late professor at the Conservatoire at 'Vienna. This collection is composed of 3978 pieces by the best ancient and modern com- posers.

The Espero of Turin reports that the Duke de Chartres has resigned the commission which he had accepted in the Sardinian army at the time of the war against Austria, on the ground that he cannot draw a sword against his relation, the King of Naples.

A letter from Genoa states that General Turr embarked on the 13th for Sicily. to resume the command of his division.

The Brantford Courier prints the following letter from Mrs. Sutton, alias Nah-ne-bah-we-quay, who lately left Canada to lay the wrongs of her race before her Majesty—" London, June 29. My dear Uncle and Grand- father—I have just returned from the Palace. I saw General Bruce, and had a long talk with him on Indian affairs. I have done all that can be done in this country. In the,first place I was at the Aborigines' Protection Society, and spoke in their meeting for my people ; and from that time men of influence came to offer themselves if they could do anything for me. I was introduced to Mr. John Bright, and he said he would do all he could, and he went to see the Duke of Newcastle the Queen's Minister, who appointed a time to see me. Mr. John Bright went with me, also a Quaker and his wife. (Mr. John Bright is a Quaker too.) The Duke was very kind, and asked me many questions about the Indians, which I an- swered as well as I could. So at the close of our conversation he promised me he would let me know when I could see the Queen, so in a few clays this letter came to ray friend, at whose house I am stopping." [Then follows a letter from the Duke of Newcastle fixing a day for an interview.] "So you see I have seen the Queen. The Duke went before us and he made two bows, and then I was left in the presence of the Queen ; she came forward to meet me, and held out her hand for me to kiss, but I forgot to lciss it, and only shook hands with her. The Queen asked me many questions and was very kind in her manners and very friendly to me. Then my Quaker .friend spoke to the Duke, and said, suppose the Queen knows for what purpose my friend has come ?' The Duke said, All your papers have been explained and laid before her Majesty, and I have her Majesty's commands to investigate the Indian affairs when I go to' Canada with the Prince of Wales. Then the Queen bowed to me and said- ' I am happy to promise you my aid and protection,' and asked me my name. The Queen then looked at her husband who stood at her left side, and smiled. She received me with so much kindness as to astonish me, when I saw her come smiling and BO good to a poor Indian. My Quaker friend has been in the habit of visiting the Royal family for ten years back. I expect to return home in September if all be well. May God bless us all ! My love to you all.—C. B. SeTrost."

Three Englishmen, Mr. Rochester and Mr. Vavasour of Cardiff, and Mr. Fuller of London, together with a guide, have met their deaths by a fall from a precipice in the Alps. They were crossing the Col du Geant for Cor- mayeur ; it had been snowing, and they were bound together with ropes.. Suddenly one fell, dragging with him the whole party. Two of the guides did all they could to hold on, but seeing death before them loosed the rope and saved their lives. Their bodies were recovered and baried at Cor- mayeur. The lost guide is Frederic Tairraz, brother of Jean Tairraz, who keeps the Hotel Mont Blanc at Aosta.

Notwithstanding the continuance of wet weather, the mortality in the metropolis does not rise above the calculated average. Last week the num- ber of deaths was 1029, or fewer by 171 than the average number at this season. Cholera is almost wholly confined to children.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—Return of admissions for six days ending Friday August 24th, 1860, including season-ticket holders, 90,911.