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The Commissioners appointed to inquire into the corrupt practices at elections for the borough of Canterbury have issued a bulky report. They find, that direct money bribery was practised at the election in 1847; that it was practised-with the consent of Mr. George Henry Smythe, but that there is no evidence to show that the same was done with the con- sent or knowledge of Lord Albert Conyngham, the other burgess elected, or of Mr. Vance and Lord Pelham Clinton, the unsuccessful candidates; that in 1850 Alderman Brent gave a sum of 371. 108. to Charles Goodwin for his vote in behalf of Colonel Romilly, without the consent or know- ledge of Colonel Homily; that direct money bribery procured the return othfr. Gipps and Mr. Butler Johnstone in 1852, with the consent of Mr. Cipps,Tbut without the knowledge or consent of Mr. Johnstone. Finally, they. " find that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed in the city of Canterbury at the last election of Members to serve in Parliament for the said city and at previous elections."

The Grand Duchess of Olga, daughter of the Emperor of Russia, and her husband, the Crown- Prance of Wurtemberg, arrived in London on Wednesday, in her Majesty's steam-packet Vivid. They were received at Woolwich by Baron Brunow, and on landing a salute of six guns was fired. In the afternoon they visited Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's ; and subsequently:bad. an interview with the _Queen and Prince Albert. The Duchess of Leuchteriberg was expected in town to meet them.

The King and Queen of Hanover are reported to have been among the measles patients since their return to Germany.

The King of Bavaria left Berlin for Munich, via Dresden, on the 28th July. • The Duke of Genoa will command the .troops concentrated for the an- nual autumn field-exercise at Marengo Alexandria, and Novi. The Premier of the Sardinian Ministry, Count Cavour, who has lately been_ suffering from-cerebral congestion, is convalescent. The Earl of Minto arrived at Turin on the 1st instant, on his way from Genoa to England. • The Marquis de Viluma, the new Spanish Minister at Paris, presented his credentials to the Emperor on Tuesday.

Mr. Brett was at Turin on the 30th July, on his way to Spessia, where he is engaged in laying down the submarine telegraph to Sardinia and Algeria.

A full-length bronze statue of the late Marquis of Bute has been erected at Cardiff, as a testimony of the respect in which the inhabitants hold his memory. The Marquis was a great local benefactor.

Mrs. Le Geyt, the wife of one of the dismissed Sadder Judges, hag written to the Tunes, under date the 29th July, to contradict a statement made by Sir Charles Wood, who, in his place in Parliament, stated that Mr. Le Gcyt had been unable to say whether the transfer of his debt to Juggernath Sunkersett was real or fictitious. Mrs. Le Geyt demands an investigation on the spot.

This week we have had a very welcome change in the weather, much needed for ripening grain. In some parts harvest has commenced : be- tween Hitchin and Biggleswade very generally ; about Stamford, wheat and oats have been cut—wheat light, but of better quality than was ex- pected. In the West Riding, the wheat harvest will commence in a few days: the crops generally vary much in amount and quality ; barley will be a large crop. Up to Sunday last harvest had not commenced on the line of the South-eastern Railway between London and Ramsgate; only one field of corn cut was noticed.

Early this week an acceleration was made in the night-mails to and from the North, by which the interval for replying to letters will be increased at Manchester and Liverpool by about half an hour, at Carlisle by two hours and a quarter, and at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and Aberdeen, by about four hours.

" An Italian," in the Times, states that only 8700 francs out of the 400,000

francs voted by the Piedmontese Government for the relief of the Lombard exiles, stricken by the Austrian sequestration, have been applied for. The other exiles say, that's() long as they have a sou-or have arms to work for their bread, they will no further burden their Piedmontese brethren, who have already made too heavy sacrifices for their fellow sufferers."

Two young Englishmen projected a line of Oriental travel which took them into the dominions of the Emperor Nicholas. They intended to reach

Nineveh by the way of the Crimea and the. Caucasus. They had passports,

but were detained at Odessa ; apparently because the name of one distantly resembled that of a Pule actively engaged in the revolution of 1830. Orders were issued, but not executed, to send them on to St. Petersburg. The au-

thorities, finally, contented themselves with keeping a strict and vexatious watch, and sending to St. Petersburg for instructions. After six weeks' de- tention, the answer arrived. They were forbidden to proceed, but were gra- ciously permitted to leave Odessa. They were stopped in May, and not libe- rated until July.

The first ascent of Mont Blanc, this season, was made on the 21st July, by Mr. Salmond and Mr. Arthur Walsham of the Royal Artillery. Mr. &I- mond made an unsuccessful attempt two years ago. .

The population of Copenhagen are suffering severely from cholera : of 4134 persons attacked, 2174 have died. From the 25th to the 26th July, 303 new cases occurred, of which 133 were fatal. The authorities in the Baltic and the Hanse towns had taken precautions.

It is reported that the slaver Lady Suffolk, Nine Mary of Boston, has been captured. Cafiedo has prohibited the circulation of British journlls in. Cuba.

Mr. Goldsmith, a merchant of London, lies been killed on a mountain near Geneva ; and Mr. Richard Clark, son of Mr. Clark of Doncaster,

has been badly hurt. The gentlemen ascended the mountain from Geneva ;

they rashly attempted to descend on the other side, where there is no road; when the route became dangerous, Mr. Clark halted, but his com- panion pushed on—be fell into a chasm, and was killed. After a time, Mr. Clark advanced to look for his friend ; he too had a fall, and became insen- sible. On recovering, be found that his left thigh was broken and his right ankle crushed; and his hat, shoes, and walking-stick, were gone. As it was near nightfall, Mr. Clark determined to abide where he was until morning, and then to signal for assistance: early on the following morning he suc- ceeded in attracting the attention of some peasants, two of when came to his assistance; but, finding him incapable of moving himself, and also much ex- hausted, they procured Other help and some bread and brandy, which the

sufferer said was most welcome. With great difficulty he was got safely to the foot of the mountain. Subsequently, in Goldsmith's body was found.. This was not the first accident to tourists in the same place : yet there is no warning notice erected on the summit of the mountain.

lieutenant John Trevenen, of the Queen's ship Vulcan, has been tried at Portsmouth on the charge of having been asleep on his watch at sea. Com- mander Von Donop deposed that he found Mr. Trevenen asleep. The ac-

cused denied this. After hearing- the statements of the accuser and de- fendant, with those of witnesses on both sides, the Court came to the

curious decision that the charge was " partly proved" ; and ordered Lieute- nant Trevenen to be severely reprimanded, and admonished to be more cir- cumspect in future.

Lieutenant Smith, Mr. Trevelian a midshipman, and five seamen of the Queen's ship Daring, have been drowned at Tampico, by the upsetting of a boat on the bar at the entrance of the river.

Another accident is reported at Spithead. In the process of hoisting the maintopgallantvard of the Duke of Wellington, a rope gave way, and the yard fell to the deck, breaking through it : five men were seriously hurt.

A Boston paper has the following telegraphic despatches, narrating a tragical occurrence at the Niagara Falls._Buffalo, July 19.—A boat, in which were three men asleep, got adrift last night and floated into the cur- rent, where it was upset. Two of the men were carried immediately over the Falls of Niagara, and dashed to pieces on the rocks below. The third, named Joseph Avery, caught at a stump in his passage, and clung to it. He was discovered almost on the brink of the Falls. Several boats were launched in order to rescue him, but they were swamped the moment they touched the Rapids. A life-boat has been sent for, and hopes are entertained, that be will be rescued. Thousands of citizens are on the banks in full view of the unfortunate man, but at present without means to relieve him. A party on the bridge, however, have just succeeded in floating a boat of provisions to him. Second despatch, noon.—The man is still in the Rapids. The life- boat sent from Buffalo has just been launched, but proved too light, WM swamped immediately, and went over the Rapids. Tho man is evidently drooping, and hie, situation grows more critical every moment. Third de- epateh.—The man went over the Falls at six o'clock this evening. Ile was swept from a raft which was floated to him, when he attempted to swim ttr a small island, but was eventually swept over the Rapids."

Sarah Baker, who was convicted at Stafford of killing her infant under very pitiable eireumetancee, is to have her sentence commuted to trans- portation.

• At a recent sale of landed property at Barnstaple, the greater part was sold at more than thirty years' purchase—one lot at thirty-two, another at thirty-4x, a third at forty-one, and a fourth at forty-five.

. Mrs. Hudson, widow of a lock-keeper at Hull, recently died. Both her hus- band and herself were misers. After his death, she invited her brother to come from America to live with her; but soon turned him and his family out of doors—she could not afford to keep them. The poor people then en- dured great privation. After Mrs. Hudson's death, her brother searched her room, and found a bag containing 500 sovereigns, and one containing 150 sovereigns, concealed in the bottom of a closet ; a butter-pot containing 500 sovereigns; in the fire-grate, checks and bills amounting to 2001. ; and in a box promissory notes, one for 600/., one for 4001., and another for 2000/., lodged with the Aire and Calder Navigation Company; making a total of 42501. ; also a large quantity of linen, dresses, and other valuables.

Last week, two barbers, father and son, residing in the neighbourhood of Lammerhead Green, struck for an advance of a halfpenny per shave; to which the beardsmen demurred; and, in consequence, a public meeting was called, when they came to the determination to resist the cent per cent ad- vance, by going to Wigan to get their beards cut.—Preston Chronicle.

A correspondent in the Lancet states, that in 1840 only 550 pounds of the poisonous and intensely bitter drug nux vomica were imported into England, whereas in 1852 nearly as many tons reached our market. He wishes to know the cause of this increased consumption.

Birmingham recently had a "good order" for handcuffs and legirons for Australia ; and now it has received a largo one for " every description of coffin furniture" for the same country.

While the ship Countess of Winton was on her voyage from Liverpool to Shanghai, the mate disobeyed the master ; a quarrel ensued ; the mate seized a cutlass, and killed the master. Before the crew could seize the murderer, he leaped overboard, and was drowned.