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      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge tho mass of letters w © receive Their insertion is of ten delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . No notice can be taken of anonymous communications . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of his good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them .

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      Sattjbday, August 28. The Queen Will Set...

      _Sattjbday , August 28 . The Queen will set out on Monday for Balmoral . The new Parliament , it is expected , will be opened by the Sovereign in person , on her Majesty ' s return from Scotland , in the _gecond week in November .

      The Hermann Arrived At Cowes On Her Way ...

      The Hermann arrived at Cowes on her way to Bremen , and landed the mails from New York to the 14 th . The fishery question , when the Hermann left New York , was again the all-absorbing topic of discussion , and it does not appear by tbe accounts which have now come to hand that it has at all abated in intensity . In the Senate , on the 12 th , on the President ' s message relative to the fisheries being taken up , Mr . Soule delivered himself of a long speech . He thought firmness and determination would secure peace with England , while silence and hesitation would produce a rupture . He was fully aware of the great stake which the United States and all the world had in a peace

      between the United States and England ; but he also knew that , unless the danger was faced in time , circumstances would arise when war or disgrace would be inevitable . _^ The country would repudiate any peace obtained by negotiation under the rule of British cannon . If negotiations were thus concluded , then was gone the pride , glory , honour , and dignity of the nation . The British North American possessions were no longer colonial dependencies , but would shortly take their place among the nations of the Continent . While disposed to insist upon the full recognition of the rights of the American fishermen , he was also disposed , under proper circumstances , to deal favourably with them in what they had so much at heart : bnt he would never do

      anything under the lash of England . He hoped the committee on foreign relations would report a resolution expressive of the sentiments of the Senate . Several other senators also spoke upon the subject , but the speeches of most of them were more pacific . The subject , after a long debate , was postponed . Thc Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says : — " Tho debate in the senate , on the 12 th , was vory learned nnd very patriotic ; but if it was intended as bearing upon the documents sent by the President upon the fishery question , it was somewhat wide of tho mark . There is not one word in the documents in question going to show that Great Britain has , at this time , set up any claim to the

      waters inside the headlands . Mr . Webster ' s Franklin proclamation certainly makes that assertion ; but tho President has not communicated that proclamation to the senate , nor recognised it in any way . Some days ago I stated that I had reason to believe , that so far from tho British government intending to sustain tho forced construction of tho treaty alluded to hy Mr . Webster , it had refused to do so , notwithstanding tho urgent solicitations of the colonial authorities ; and that Admiral Seymour ' s orders were to assist in seizing all foreign fishing v essoin found within a marine league of the coast , nnd to prevent

      the armed vessels of the colonies from making any seizures outside of that line . This information has since been confirmed by an authority which leaves no room for doubt in niy mind . It is very probable the President will bo able , in a few ( lays , ' to communicate these facts to the senate , and this proves that Mr . Webster's proclamation , which has created all the excitement , _originated in an entire misapprehension of the true facts of tho case , and the real ground assumed by Kngland . " Tho Tribune says : " Our Washington correspondent states that tho broach between Messrs Fillmore and Webster has been cemented .

      Whether this be so or not , it is very certnm that the President cannot afford to lose the services of his socrctnry in the present crisis . The fishery affair which is really assuming a vory ominous shape , and the guano difficulty with Peru , are matters that require all the diplomacy of which Mr . Webster is master , to bring them to an amicable adjustment . Both branches of Congress seem to be rather milled at tho recent proceedings of Great Britain—tho House Committee- on Commerce , it is said , aro delaying to report a measure i ' or reciprocal trade , which has been matured , and senators aro freely descanting on tho consequences of an appeal to arms . " A tolographio despatch from Boston , dated tho 12 th inst ., to tho following effect , api > oarn iu tho Now York journals : " Uy tho steamer Admiral , we havo St . John papers of yesterday . _Coinniodoro Porry , of tho Mississippi , landed

      The Hermann Arrived At Cowes On Her Way ...

      at St . John on Monday , and was received b y a guard of honour . On Tuesday ho proceeded to Fredericton , to have an interview with the Governor . A public dinner to the officers of the Mississippi is talked of by the inhabitants of St . John . " A portion of the Whigs of North Carolina , opposed to the election of General Scott , had nominated the Hon . Daniel Webster for President , and William A . Graham for Vice-President . A similar movement was to be made in Georgia , and was likely to spread throughout the south . The National Free Soil Convention at Pittsburg had nominated John P . Hale , of New Hampshire , for President , and George W . Julien , of Indiana , for Vice-President . The Herald remarks upon this

      nomination" This nomination of Mr . Hale throws the two old parties of the country back upon their original grounds . It will take from the Whig and Democratic ranks all the _Free-soilers of every shade and hue—thus injuring one party about as much as the other , and leaving the great body of the people to decide upon the principles at issue between them . True , it will greatly cut down the vote of both ; but then it is not likely that it will interfere with the actual strength of either , as did the Buffalo ticket in 1848 . In that contest Mr . Van Buren , in addition to receiving the Freesoil vote of the country , was supported by a long line of old and warm personal friends . Mr . Hale has no such personal popularity . He will get the vote of

      his party , composed of all the colours , isms , and ites of the country , and nothing more . He was formerly considered as belonging to the Democrats , but in the united States Senate of late he has been anywhere , everywhere , and nowhere , just as it suited his convenience . Mr . Julien , the nominee ft . r Vice-President , represented the fourth district of Indiana in the last Congress . " The Hon . Joseph R . Ingersoll , of Philadelphia , has been nominated by President Fillmore as United States Minister to England , the Hon . Abbot Lawrence having resigned . Mr . Ingersoll is a lawyer , a legislator , a statesman , and an accomplished gentleman , and no doubt his nomination will be confirmed by the Senate . Thomas Francis Meagher has declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States . He took

      the following oath : — " I , Thomas Francis Meagher , do declare on oath that it is bond fide my intention to Decome a citizen of the United States , and to renounce for ever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince , potentate , or sovereignty whatever , and particularly to the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland , of whom I am now a subject . " We still receive accounts , both from Cuba and different parts of the Union , of another expedition to wrest the _Queeir of the Antilles from Spain , bnt whether or not they are true it is really difficult to decide . Thc New York Courier thinks Cuba will never belong to the United States short of purchase , and says the price at first proposed—by the Neio York Sun—100 , 000 , 000 dollars , would be dirt cheap , and that , in the hands of the American , it would pay for itself in ten years .

      Mr. Justice Crampton On Thursday Deliver...

      Mr . Justice Crampton on Thursday delivered judgment at his own residence in the case of the application to admit to bail Mr . Dehnege , the magistrate , and eight soldiers of the 31 st regiment , then imprisoned in the county gaol of Ennis , on the coroner's warrant , charging them with the wilful murder of the persons who had been shot by the military at Six-inile-bridge . The learned judge , in admitting the prisoners to bail , said , " I feel myself called on in law and justice to admit all the prisoners to bail . I shall make no observations upon the evidence given before the coroner ; the case is to be tried , and I wish not in any way to prejudice tho trial . " His lordship then directed that Mr . Dehnege should give bail , himself in 1001-. and two sureties in 50 / . each ; the military to enter into bail , themselves in 201 . each , and two sureties for 101 . each .

      The gold mania , after appearing in Scotland and our own eastern counties , has alighted in Ireland . Tho Mayo Telegraph says : — " While the ports of England , Ireland , and Scotland aro alive with thousands of emigrants hastening to the gold diggings of Australia , now considered more productive than the California mines—while we hear of fresh discoveries of the precious metal in Jamaica and British America —wo would bo wanting in duty to our country did we hide from them the astounding intelligence that in Connaught —ay , in Mayo!—gold has been found to oxist . This very important discovery has boon made through the

      persevering exertions of John Atkinson , Esq ., M . D . and chemist , Castlebar . Wo are not at liberty to name the localities , anil even if we were we would not deem ourselves justified in imparting that , knowledge until such time as that persevering gentleman has been insured compensation by tho proprietors for his great loss of time in pursuit of the hidden riches embowefied in the soil of Mayo . We are , however , permitted to state that tho gold now extracted , and in the possession of Mr . Atkinson , _liau been found on part of the estate of tho Marquis of Sligo . Appearances oi tho existence of tho same precious metal present themselves on part of thc estates of tii * Earl of I . uean . "

      Under The Head Of " Asiatic Cholera, And...

      Under the head of " Asiatic Cholera , and its throe faetorH , " a correspondent of tho North British Daily Mail writes iih follows : — " Jtoasoiihig from what happened in 1 B 32 and 1847 , Asiatic cholera will , in the courwo of u few months , perhaps

      Under The Head Of " Asiatic Cholera, And...

      weeks , visit Glasgow for the third time , to _sween into « , grave thousands of its citizens . I believe it would _m-oT of material use , towards the prevention of this _feaXI scourge , were it well understood by the public , that th _£ » factors seem necessary for its production . _^^ « The first is an unWwn change in the constitution of the elements , or an unknown agent present with them now for the third time moving steadily on from east t west , from Hindostan , through Persia , Turkey _Bnnni _. Poland , and Prussia , to the British Islands , and hence _tri America and the West Indies . ¦

      " The second factor seems necessary to fix the first in its transit , and consists in the miasmata arising from putrefying animal and vegetable substances left exposed in the alleys and neglected receptacles for filth in overcrowded towns , and especially in those parts of them which are ill-supplied with water and incompletel y drained " The third factor is a debilitated condition of the human body , brought oh by the employment of improper articles of food , especially such as lead to looseness of the bowels and b y the habitual-use of intoxicating drinks . * " The first of these three factors has hitherto proved _inscrutable in its nature , and has resisted all attempts to limit its progress by sanitary cordons or quarantine regulations . But the second and third are , in a great _measiu » c " within our own power entirely—indeed , were we to put in operation our protective means against them earl y enough - and there can be little doubt that either of them could be annihilated , the first factor would pass over us without

      mischief . " Cleanliness , then , and temperance are the preventives of cholera ; dirt and drink beckon it and welcome it to the scene of its destructive dealings with human fife . "

      The Last Representative Of A Name Celebr...

      The last representative of a name celebrated in the annals of 1793 , M . Isidore Justin de Robespierre , died in June last at Santiago de Chili , where he had been established nearly 60 years . Alexander von Humboldt , who has accompanied the King of Prussia to the sea coast , surprises people by the bodil y vigour which he displays in spite of an age of eighty-three years . After walking and driving about for the greater part of the day , and partaking in all sorts of public festivities , he reads aloud in the evening to the royal party without showing signs of fatigue . The electric telegraph which connects London with Paris , and which will soon connect it with Lyons , Chambery , Turin , and Genoa , is to be prolonged to La Spezzia by the Sardinian Government . From that port , the

      Submarine Company , it is said , is to sink an electric cable to the island of Gorgona , and from thence another to Bastia . The French Government will then continue the line by land at its own expense to Ajaccio , and the narrowest point of the Straits of Bonifacio , where a cable 14 kilometres in length will , at the expense of the company , establish a communication with Sardinia , which the _Piedmontese Government will continue to Cagliari . But M . Bonelli , the author of this plan , does not stop here . Ho has proposed to the Submarine Company to prolong the cable to Tunis , whence France would conduct wires to Bougie and Algiers , while England would conduct others to Tripoli , Alexandria , Cairo , and Suez . By this means , Algiers would be brought within a few seconds of Paris , and news from India might reach London in little moro than a week . —Scvooy Gazette .

      The Boy Greenhalg H Died On Tuesday At N...

      The boy Greenhalg h died on Tuesday at noon , of the injuries ho sustained in the railway collision at Bullfield , Bolton , on Monday night . An inquest was held on Thursday , on view of his body and of that of Bancroft , the signal-man , who committed suicide ; and evidence ( confirming the account we published ) was adduced to show that the collision occurred through thc negligence of Bancroft entirely , as tho guard of the luggage tram was oa his way back up tho line , with his light , wdien the passenger train met him , then so near to the train that he could not stop his engine . It seemed clear that nearly all tho engines were overtasked ; and tho jury , after returning verdicts of manslaughter against Bancroft for the death of Greenhal gh , and temporary insanity in his own case , added the following to their verdict . —Tho jury cannot _separato without expressing their opinion that the servants emi

      ployed on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bailway , rom Liverpool to Bolton , on Monday , tho 23 rd of August , worn totally inadequate to meet tho extraordinary demands upon them consequent upon running special trains ; and also deprecate in thc strongest terms tho running of trains ol such unusual lengths , and with a deficiency of locomotive power to work tiio same ; and , further , that there wus great irregularity in tho starting and arrivul of trams on tho day beforo named , no _lesa than aoven trains ( two ol them numbering upwards of thirty carriages each ) , ana extending nearly a mile in length , accumulating on ono line of rails at the Bolton station , rendering an _iiicroaso or servants indispensable to tho safe and effectual working ol the lino . __ _..

      Another sad occurrence , attended with tho loss of three lives , and inflicting injuries on a considerable number oi other persons , took place yesterday on the promises or Messrs . _Whitohouse , who havo largo iron works about threo quarters of a mile from West Bromwich . About ft quarter past nine in the morning ono of tho huge l )<) 1 . in use on the premises exploded , causing tho mimoaia death of three of the workmen , one of them a young mnn named _Jozies , lately married ; another poor iellow , wn had only gone to work on the premises that morning , w scalded to death ; and a youth named I _' ritehard , sixteen years of age , met an equally violent and _instantaneous death- Tho number of persons injured was more uiai usually numerous in such casualties . Threo out ol io " l _»™ . _lwvrH ..... _* ... ! _Km ™ ,.. r .- frhvtltfilllv hurt : tWO OHIO *

      poor fellows , named Taylor and Watker , had scarce > y better fate ; and one Willotts , who was passing the _puuA , with _u horso and cart , at the timo tho explosion toot yaw was very badly injured . The violence of the o * P "' ' represented to havo been most terrific . Iho * o « very much shattered , nnd a portion of tho hugo w <» u « was hurled with groat force across the canal .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 4, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04091852/page/12/