The Express. — London, England, 1863-07-02 00:00:00

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TEfo Erritwo, 11111 WISHING OLIN ; or, spirits of the Departed introducing THE onoar, with Professor P • adaptation of Mr. Dlrehi• Soietral lUndon.—Ttie Brothers Conrade and Mr. C. Woodman. -And PAVED WITH GOLD. NIGH Waal& AT LONDON BALDOL ?IDS DAT Donnas. 2% 2111...• Afternoon. DA CIL Zaltosacir—Norols& .Allentoon, Se. Sess. LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 2. Ores evening last week an Italian ropewalker lost his balance and broke his back in the presence of a gay and gaping crowd for whom this unre hearsed catastrophe was but an episode in the evening's amusements between the dancing and the fireworks. The proprietor of the pleasure gardens in which the accident occurred instantly wrote to the newspapers to assure the public that no such performance should again take place under his management. This very prompt and creditable resolution was perhaps as sensible a relief to the feelings of the proprietor at the mo ment as to the feelings of the public on the follow ing day. The impulse and the motive which inspired the resolution were partly perhaps a certain remorse at having, however reluc tantly, permitted • public entertainment liable to such risks, and partly a very proper des;re to anticipate the first gush of public indignation. Before the circular could have been written, however, and before the body of the poor performer could have been on its way to the hospital, the spectators were dancing and making merry again, having paid their tribute to humanity by • moment's con sternation, twenty minutes' curiosity, five or six shrieking women, and two or three positively faint ing. The report of the Inquest probably drew some sympathetic sighs of wonder and some angry excla nations at the "shame that such things should be " allowed" from the British family circle at the break fast table, and that is all. The death of • stifled sempstreas at a fashionable dressmaker's has seized the attention of society • little more forcibly, and, though it happened nearly a for .night ago, is not even yet entirely forgotten. Milliners may be said without metaphor to move in the highest circles, so that the death of a poor girl with a bell-dress in her band, though she was only one of the rank and file who die by hundreds, is hon oured with much high-bred whimpering compas sion, when it happens at the height of the season, and "gets into the papers." For thus it is that every now and then the world of fashion affects to be startled by the death, in a more than usually painful and almost public manner, of one of the innumerable defenceless victims of the pumps and vanities of a London summer. It is not the death of • poor milliner-girl, who has dropped into an early grave in search of rest, less happy in her brief existence than the flower that the sun has withered by day or the wind has laid low in the night ; it is not the death—for what is the life of such a girl but a lingering fever and a weary stupor?—but it is the death before the public gaze, the death which is not hushed up, and which becomes a scandal and an outcry—that flutters the jaded nerves of many delicate creatures of luxury and fortune, who through the hectic hours of summer nights and listless afternoons try to ex orcise the demon of ennui, and fly from one dull gaiety to another, as if balls, and promenades, and drums, and garden-parties were religious rites. The authoress of " Lost and Saved" is anxious to impress upon her readers the moral of the well worn incidents and real characters of her story ; and this moral seems to be, that in England, as in Venice, " their best conscience is not "to leave undone, but keep unknown." The great offence of the Divorce Court is its publicity. So, too, when a milliner girl becomes the subject of a coroner's inquest, Society is not only pained but indignant at the scandal Stringent is the morality of English Society ; but its hypocrisy is more stringent stilL It has the holiest horror of being found out. What is there in the circumstance of the death of a sempatresa in a West-end workroom, that it should take the world of fashion by sur prise I The social tournament of the Season, when trade is good and town is full, is anything but a sham fight for the performers in the arena ; but the brunt of the battle is borne by a set of obscure and friendless drudges, whose names are never heard of except when the Coroner makes them a nine days wonder. One dying gladiator is immortalised by a poet's stanza ; but bow many thousands of his fellows have been dragged out of the circus and forgotten before the dust could lick up their blood T From time to time we awake to the horrible and unpleasant fact that infants are being murdered by shame-stricken and deserted mothers--that men and women are dying of starvation, and that milliner girls, where they are not dying of starvation, are dying for want of sleep and air, in order that elegant and probably pious ladies may have the THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1863. new dress home in time for the Drawing-room or the Court ball ; and then sentimental enthusiasts hysterically exclaim in prose or verse that Society is a Moloch and Fashion • vampire. Society, how-' ever, is really nothing of the kind. The truth is, as the gentle-hearted writer of "The Song of the " Shirt " declared, it is want of thought, not want of heart, of which Society is guilty. Competition, the law and destiny of civilirstion,whether in • West end drawing-room or a West-end workroom, is no respecter of persons, and sends the weakest to the wall. Here the dowerless and the ill-favoured pine unsought; there the friendlesaand thepennideiss work their fingers to the bone, and sit out the sun and the stars till their blood is palsied in the very sources and centres of life, and they fall from their chairs into a sleep that has no awaking, that dowagers may spread magnificent toilettes, and that daughters may draw wealthy admirers into marriage nets. How, then, are these social laws and social desti nies to be altered or amended I Not, we think, by explosions of sentimental fury, of " gushing" declamation, or splutte-ing philanthropy. Somc thing, no doubt, by authoritative sanitary super vision, perhaps even by provisional legislative in teifereuce ;—provisional, because we must hope that sound economical theories and common humanity will some day be reconciled. Much, 1 1 and more than all, by Society ceasing to hide its I shame in cant, and learning the rudiments of Christian charity. Let us not be unjust. There never was a time, when charitable balls and charitable private theatricals were more in vogue, or more bril -1 handy successful. There never was • time in England, since England became a land of heretics, when institutions of holy women, in the meekest and most devout of clothing, were so flourish'ng. So far as all the upholstery of religion and all the haberdashery of good works are concerned, English Society was never better pleased with itself than now. Ecclesiastical architecture and ecclesiastical charity are becoming recreations o: religious epicures and dilettanti. But with all these tricks, and condiments, and antics, is the spirit of charity as strong among us as it was some twenty years ago ? Are we not all so conservative and so nice now-a-days that a " Song of the " Shirt " would be denounced as an offen..e against good manners f In spite of all our pro gress in religious and charitable mummeries, it appears that fourteen years ago Society actually made an effort to treat its sempetresses as humanely as its horses and its dogs, and that in this present year it is content to acknowledge that the effort was a failure. Int Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Jinx I. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Beatrice and attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, walked and drove in the ground, this morning. The Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and the Hon. M. Saekville Welk went to London this morning, and visited the Horticultural Exhibition at Kensington. Their royal highnesses returned to Windsor Castle at half-past one. The Queen of Prussia, attended by the Countess Schulen boarg and Countess Schwerin, also visited the Horticultural Exhibition. Count and Counter Bernstorff arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of an interview with her Majesty. Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel Hon. A. Hardinge have succeeded Major-General Hon. A. N. Hood and Lieut.- Colonel Hon. I). de Rog u Equerries in Waiting. The Prises of Wales went to Hew yesterday, and visited I the Duchess of Cambridge. His Royal Meurer was at tended by Lieut.-General Rooßye and Captain Grey. The Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmerthen, took a drive in an open carriage. De-patches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, Gibraltar, Malta, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the West edis Islands, British Columbia, and Bermuda. UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION IN PARIS FOR 1867. The Moniteur of yesterday contains a decree signed by the Emperor 3lapoleon, announcing that a universal exhibition of agricultural and in dustrial products is to take place in Paris from the let of Bray 1867, to the 30th of the following Sep- 1 tember. The decree is preceded by a report from' M. Rouher, who says : The commission which met on the sth of June w►s unanimously of opinion that the industrial sad moral ad vantages of universal exhibitions are becoming more and move evident. Producers have derived much practical utility from them, end their foremen and workmen alio. They have learnt to improve their systems of manufacture, and to extend the circle of their commercial operations. The mavens and artiste who form the international jury generally agree in considering that these competitions stimulate the progress of science and ark Moreover, if this exhibition is arranged so as to attract a large number of our countrymen and foreigners, it will be a considerable source of profit to the city of Paris, while at the same time it will favour the influence of the French nation, and the development of its rel►tions of all kincla. The commission was of opinion that a feel ing of just emulation ought to urge France after the Exhi bition of 1862 as of that of 1851, to follow England, and attempt for the second time this great undertaking. In addition to there general advantagee, there are others which the presence of the amuse and industrials of every country enables us to obtain. Thus the International Commission of Weights and Measures, instituted in 1855, in connexion with the Universal Exhibition, contributed by its labours to propagate in Europe the metrical system. Important questions of =lance, commerce, and finance might also be usefully discussed in similar conferences. M. Rouher, in conclusion, proposes that the Exhibition of 1867 should be "more thoroughly universal" than its predecessors, and that to this end it should embrace, as far as possible, the indus trial products of all countries, as exemplified in every branch of human activity. He recommends the immediate publication of his report, in order that the most distant nations may make their pre parations in time. A Fine Art Exhibition is to take place at the same time as the Industrial Exhi bition. MUSIC. THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL. DIVISION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY. The majority by whom the Weights and Mea sures (metric system) Bill was curried yesterday in opposi tion to the government, incladed some conservative mem bers,—Mr. Adderley, Sir J. Hay, Mr. Honda, Sir W. Joll;ffe, Mr. Liddell, Lord George Mennera, Sir J. Pet big ton, Col. Patten, Col. Taylor, and a few others. Birming ham, Liverpool, Manchester, and the City of London (by Mr. ()cachou) were represented in the majority. The go vernment were assisted by Mr. Bentiock, Mr. Henley, Mr. Hubbard, and a few other conservatives ; also by Mr. Cox, by both the members for Westminster, and Mr. Ay rton ; but the bulk of the minority consisted of government officials and their immediate omissions. PENAL SERVITUDE AND TRANSPORTATION. The royal commissioners appointed to inquire into the operation of the Penal Servitude Acta for England sad Ireland, in lieu of transportation, have oompleted and signed their report. It contains but 56 peps, but the evidence and various prison returns make up two thick volume,. The are not of opinion that the want et efficiency io the present system of punishment in Eng lish convict prisons arises from any error of principle; they consider it mainly attributable to the shortucv of the punishment, but they are of a decided opinion that the length of the sentence should not be unalterably find, but that it should be of a sufficient length to admit of re laxation or remission, as the reward of industry and gocd conduct. " Attempta," they say, "to provide a substitute for the hope of obtaining en earlier release by granting various other advantages to the prisoner," have not " proved so powerful as the prospect of obtaining an abridgment of their punishment." They "think it would be right to allow convicts to earn a considerable remis sion of punishment." There is a variety of evidence on the subject of prison diet. Some of the parties examined thought it excessive ; others did not think it too good, " con. sidenng the labour exacted from the prisoner. ;" the com missioners are not, therefore, prepared to recommend posi tively that the rations of the prisoners should be diminished. There is hut one feature of the Irish system which the commissioners recommend as worth) of et lion in Eng lend, and that is the supervision and disposal of the con vict, after liberation. " The want of any proper wrens for the supervision of convicts released on ticket of-leave, and of any adequate arrangements for placing them, when their punishment is over, in a situation in which they will not be likely to return to a criminal life" they consider a peat desideratum. The Ditcharged Prisoners Aid Society is useful and important, but • de partment in connexion with the prison would be more effec tive. The report recommends that English prisoners should be encouraged, on discharge, to emigrate to a weater °snot than they have hitherto done. A great deal has been done in this line in connexion with Irish convict 'orisons, and it is to this practice we must attribute the low percentage of relapses which has been taken on the whole number discharged, instead of oo those who remained in the country. The latter and principal part of the ropes t treats of transportation mid the supposed necessity nod advantage of sending a portion of the convicts—those with long no tenon—to Western Australia. "We have already stated our opinion that all convicts sentenced for any term of pan, who labour under no disqualification, ought ulti mately to be sent to Western Australia, and we shall show hereafter that the colony may, by judicious arrangements, be enabled to receive as EMU OS there is likely to be any cooraion to send from this country." SPECIAL Stavrem, WEfframeria ADBET.—The following will be the preachers at the special Sunday evening services in Westminster Abbey, in July :—July 5, the Bishop of Lincoln : 12th, Archdeacon ltenisoct With the service of July 12 the special services will close for the present year. On going into committee of supply on the 17th, Hr. Base will call the attention of the Secretary of Stade for the HOMO Deportment to street manic in the metropolis. CAPTAIN GRONOW AND THE ELLCFORD OF ST•F• FORD.—The Waterloo veteran, Captaio Gronow, formerly: M.P. for Stafford, whose first series of recollections and anecdote., published two or three years ago, were pro pounced excessively entertaining, has just published a semod series. The gallant captain MOMS to have a grudge against Stafford. When he reached the town, one of the leaders of the electors said to him in the presence of several hundreds of others, "Now, Gronow, my old boy, we like what we have heard about you, your principles, and all that sort of thing, we will therefore all vote for you if " Here ever y man in th e crowd struck his breeches pocket several times with his open hand. After this expressive pantomime the speaker continued, " You know what we mean, old fellow! If not—you understand—you won't do for Stafford." The colonel candidly adds that be "set to work to bribe every man, woman, and child in the ancient borough of Stafford. I engaged numerous agents, opened all the public houses which were not already taken by my opponents, gave suppers every night to my supporters, kissed all their wives and children, drank their health in every sort of abominable mixture, and secured my return against great local interest." Afterward* an extraordinary petition was presented to parliament setting forth that the new member had not bribed enough! Roars of laughter were heard while the petition was being read, and the Speaker ruled that it could not be received. Ou leering the house, Cromer met the late Lord Campbell, then Solicitor. General, who had been M.P. for Stafford, who called out, "Here cornea the immaculate Gronow. who did not bribe the electors of Stafford to their hearts' con tent." "I replied," says Grooow, " that I supposed they expected me to give all the wives of electors pianofortes, es he was reported to hare done ; but that he h a d b een su it e right to bribe, as his election had made him Solicitor- Generel. Sir John Campbell laughed, and said I must not talk of bribery to one of his Majesty's principal law officers, but added, ' There is nothing leather —a rant expression which ass, sod I believe is still, used by the worthy and independent electors of Stafford. who are mostly shoemakers. and who take care to sell their leather at election time at a highly remunerative price.* ENTERTAINMENT BY THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge gave an elegant entsrtnement yesterday evening, at Cam bridge Cottage, Kew: The fete wee originally intended, on the part of the ditcher, to receive their Royal Higher's, the Prior and Princess of Wales at her suburban residence. Unfortunately the unexpected demise of the Hereditary Prince of Denmark, a distant relative of the Princess of Wales, precluded her &Mead er* on the occasion. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wain, attended by General Knollys and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, arrived at six o'clock, and was shortly afterwards followed by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, with Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald in waiting. His Royal Higher, the Prince of Orange was among the early arrivals. The banquet was served up in one of Edgingtou's marquees, erected in the garden in the rear of the royal cottage, in which covers were laid for upws•ds of sixty persons. - After dinner there was a dance. The beautiful pleasure I grenade attached to the Duchess of Cambridge's residence were tastefully illuminated by thousands of variegated lamps, and before dancing commenced the majority of the company promenaded the gardens. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales took leave of the duchess and her illustrious visitor shortly before eleven o'clock, and before dancing commenced. After the depar ture of the Prince the company repelled to the drawing room, which had been prepared for dancing. In the marquee and in the conservatory refreshments were laid out for the guests. The several members of the French ez•royal family remained to an advanced hour, and the greater number of the visitors did not order their carriages until one o'clock. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. Decidedly the most successful fete this society has given since its removal to the gardens at South Ken sington was the grand summer show of fruit and flowers held yesterday. The weather was "bright and glorious sum mer" in every sense of the term. There was a clear sky and a bright sun, with the heat tempered by a 000 ling western breeze. The entries were unpreoedentedly numerous ; the specimens presented at the altars of Pomona and Flora were o f unusual excellence, and the company was highly distin guished. In the floral part of the exhibition the roses, which as usual at this sawn form the great attraction, were for the moat part of wondrous perfection, and in almost endless variety. Ferns and foreign plants of the variegated-leaved species were also numerous, the caladim, bigoaias, and other kindred species being largely in the ascendant, and all drat clam In the fruit department the grapes were conspicuous, both for size and form, and the peaches, nectarines, straw berries, and cherries were marvels of gardening skill. Amongst the company present we observed the Queen of Prussia, attended by the Countess Schnlenbourg, the Countess Schwerin, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and Count Boos ; their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and the Princess Louisa, ►ttended by Lady Caroline Bar rington and the Honourable Mr. West ; the Duchess of St. Albans, Duchess of Sutherland, his Excellency the Russian Ambassador, Baroness de Rothschild, Lord H. Lennox, Duchess of Idontrome, Lord and Lady Poigett, Marquis of Bristol, Lady Granville, Earl of Orkney, Lady Farnham. Lord and LadyClande Hamilton, Lady Liana*, the Fad and Coun tess Maurer., Sir Charles Knightley, Sir William Clay, Bart., Lord Chides, the Dowager Countess Ashbrook, Lady Doughty, Earl Howe, Lord Dynevor, Lady Foley, Lady Bridport, the Countess Albemarle, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lady Keating, Lord Robert Clinton, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lord Harris, Lady Bylea, Sir Wattle and Lady Wynn, lAdy Bally, and Lady Ducie. The bands of the Grenadier and Fusilier Guards were in attendance, and performed various popular pieces during the morning. A display of white china, Celadon and Majolica, from Minton's china end glass depot, South Audley-street, attracted considerable and deserved attention. The Countess of Derby will have an evening party on Monday, the 13th Mat. The Earl and Countess of Stradbroke entertained at dinner lot evening, in Be!grave-square, the Duke of Grafton, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Coon. tern of Glengall, the Marquis of Bristol and Lady Adelina Hervey, Lord and Lady Rivers and the Hon. Miss Pitt, Mr. Henry Milbank, Lord Stanhope, Lord and Lady William Powlett, and the Earl of Annesley. The Marquis and Marchioness Townahend enter tained at dinner last evening, at their residesoe in Park. lane, the Earl and Countess of Galloway and Lady Helen Stewart. Lady Wharucliffe and the Hon. Min Stuart Wortley, Lady Mary Stephenson and Miss Stephenson, Count Zamosky, Sir Thomas and Lady Cochrane, Sir I Augustus Clifford, Sir Roland Monday, Captain the Hon. P. Bourke, Admiral King, Colonel Stuart Wortley, Mr. Stephenson, ire. Mrs. Gladstone, wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave an amateur musical party last evening, at the family residence on Carlton Home-terrace. Madame Lind Coldacbmidt was present, and took pert with other distinguished amateurs during the evening. Previously to the assembly the Chancellor of the Exchequer entertained at dinner Lord George Cavendish, the Right Hon. Sir William Hoyter, M.P., the Right Hoe. Thos. E. HeadLim, M.P., Sir John Reamer, M.P.. Sir Joseph Paxton, Sir Henry Holland, Mr. Wykeham Martin, Mr. Begot, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Mainwarieg, M.P., Mr. Thring, Mr. Palgrave,&c. Sir Elward Bulwer Lytton's "Castoniana : a aeries of Essays on Life, Literature, and Manners," will be reprinted from Bfackwood's Magazine, and published in two volumes in October. Min Evans'e novel of " Romols," reprinted from the Cornhill Magazine, to three volumes, will be ready ie a few days. Mr. Fronde has two volumes of his " History of Bagbad under Elizabeth" in the prom The Emperor Napoleon (says Ga/ignani) bas pur chased the Lodseans scene near Kenilworth, by the Eoglish landscape painter Mr. Savory, now at the Exhibition of Livia' Artists. English habits are just now quite the rago in Paris. The last idea is to start a sort of bunting metropolis at L Christiniere, near Rambooillet, where M. Paul Ca& lard, one of the leaders of the French turf, has a large establishment. On Sunday last that gentleman gave a cup worth 140/., and other prizes, to be run for in steeple chasm, ridden by gentlemen riders. Captain Runt natur ally won the cup, and another race. During the season there are to be other meetings, and betides that the country is to be regularly hunted ; there are forty or fifty horses standing already at this French Melton. The taste for the obese lately developed at Paris is evidenced by the num ber of sportiag pictures abounding in all the shops, in which men In red meta are riding improbable horses over hopes- Bible tepees. Janowski and Rohde, the two cashiers who car ried off the 26,000,0001 r. from the Warsaw Bank by order of the national government, _ are at the present moment in Swedes. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. POLAND. The Ost Deutsche Post affirms that the two sisters of Count Plater have been executed by order of Mouravieffi In consequence of this execution the population rushed to the hotel of the governor, who took flight and sheltered himself in the neigh bouring barrack, where he let loose the soldiers upon the crowd. The Earl of Shaftesbury, writing to a contem porary, says c_ _ _ Owing to the very low, and indeed almost inaudible, tone in which Lord Russell replied to my question on Tuesday night, I do not wonder that the answer was milappre• handed. His language was to this elfeet—" That a rumour prevailed that women were subjected to flogging, in cue of nonpayment of a fine tot wearing mourning, and that a traveller had reported (although Lord Russell did not vouch for the accuracy of the statement) that he had seen Russian soldiers engaged in the infliction of the penalty on the persons of females." RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Pefersbourg of the 26th ult. contains the following : The Grand Duke, heir to the throne of Anemia, has left this city on his journey in the interior of Russia. Hie imperial highness embarked at the Litheinaia.bridge on board a steamer, which proceeded first to Schlusselborug, where he arrived safely at balf•peet 6 in the evening of the same day. He is accompanied by Count Strogonoff, Col. Richter, Count Nicholas Strogonow, Count Petrousky, and Dr. Chestow. The journey will be of a rather long dura tion, as the Grand Duke is to visit Petros►vodak, Nijni- Novogorod, Kazan, Simbirsk, Fenian, the country of the Cossacks of the Don, Berdianak, Kertch, and the southern coast of the Crimea, where his imperial highness will arrive on the 31 et August. AUSTRIA. The Press of Vienna of the 27th ult. Rays : Aooording to information which we receive from a reliable source, the Emperor intends renouncing the visit to the King of Prussia at Carlsbad, as the two sovereigns both pre fer, under present circumstances, giving up the project of an interview which might lead to unfavourable interpre tations. At all events, nothing is as yet decided upon con cerning the interview. The Second Chamber of the Austrian Reicharath completed on the 27th ult. the discussion on the address, which was definitively adopted. The Chamber then adjourned sine die. (RESlTilell TZLIMEAMS.) FRANCS. PARIS, JOLT 2. An imperial decree has been published creating the office of superintendent-general of the theatres. M. Baciocchi has been nominated to this post. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, July 2: BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. MALTA, Jaws 30. The Vectis leaves here with the above mails at midnight for Marseilles where she may be expected on the 3rd of July. The Ceylon will leave with the heavy portion of the mails at 4 a.m. to-morrow (July 1). She may be expected at Southampton on the 10th. OUTWARD MAIL OF JUNE 20. The Poonah left Malta for Alexandria at 6 p.m. on the 29th ult., all well. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (fox oug owN amisisromar.) PARIS. WEDNISDAY EVIIIIIO. The general impression here is that the eventu ality of a war with Russia already forms the subject of keen diplomatic discussion at the hotel of M. Drouyn de Lhuys. England is of course represented as seeking principally to obtain sufficiently strong guarantees against a repetition of the Mexican misunderstanding ; any veUeite in the direction of the Rhine and of Brussels being likely to prove a less remediable affrir than that which caused England and Spain prematurely to recall their armies from the aforesaid expedition. The so-called liberal measures - of the government are languidly discussed by the independent journals, some receiving them in a " timeo Danaos" spirit, others damning them with faint praise. Few people trouble themselves to follow the officious organs, the Conatitutionne/ and the Pays, in their flights of ecstacy on the subject ; and the mention of these two journals, as associated with the ones famous Mires, reminds me of the death, this day recorded, of his son-in law, the Prince Alphonse de Polignac. He leaves two children. The settlement at the Bourse commenced to-day. As regarded the Rente it is represented as being a disastrous one. Buyers who have held on to the last in the hope of a reaction, are now obliged to "execute themselves," as it is expressed. There was a general tumble down of prices in all securi ties, Italian Rente alone being the exception to the rule. Rente fell 25c. for cash, and 15c. for ac count, leaving off at 681 r. 15c. and 68fr. 20c. re spectively. Crddit Mubilier (French) fell 25fr. for cash and l6fr. 250. for account, leaving off at 1,160 fr. for each. Crddit Mobilier (Spanish) also fell 15fr. for cash and Mr. for account. The settlement to-day did not extend to railways and general secu rities, and a further fall is anticipated to-morrow by the prophets of evil. It is possible they may be out in their calculations. High rates, however, being asked for carrying over, it is thought sales will be continued. An unusual ceremony took place in the cemetery of Pre la Chaise on Sunday afternoon last. The drummer of the regiment of Turcos, lately arrived from Algeria, died suddenly while on guard at the Palace of the Tui leries. The funeral cortege, consisting of the entire corn pane to which the deceased belonged, left the military hospital of the Cros-Callou about twelve o'clock. The Mufti, or Munnlman priest, who is • young men, with • noble countenance, walked at the head. His turban, burnous, and other garments were remarkably white, and formed a strong contrast with the uniforms of the Turcos. After the coffin was lowered into the grave the Mufti, ►mid the most profound silence, opened the Koran and read some passages from it suited to the occa sion. Previous to this ceremony the Mufti placed three cards, bearing inscriptions, one os the forehead, another on the heart, and the third on the feet of the corpse. The Arabs say that these inscriptions will enable Mahomet's envoy, when ho comes to interrogate the dead, to address the necessary questions to them, the answers to which will decide the punishment to be inflicted on them for their faults, or the rewards to be bestowed on them for their good conduct. This forms only a small part of the cere monies practised in Africa on • similar occasion. The Univers Musical, which in one of its pre ceding numbers had remarked that love ►}fain are the meet terrible enemy to music, now announces is the following terms the loss which the profession has just suffered from the marriage of two artistes who have been often heard and applauded in public:—" The two illustrious sisters Fend, whose young talents shone with such splendid brilliancy, have both 'turned out badly.' The one (Virginia), boa married • rich banker of Turin, end the other (Caroline) is about to be united to • superior °Moor at Nice." The Spehie (native African cavalry), have been ordered to leave their barracks and go to encamp sub Jove frigid° in the plain of St. Maur, near Viooeuses. The reason for this step is that their horeas, accustomed to sleep in the open air in all weathers, have suffered eon sidenibly is the barrack stables, and many of them have died from the change from their usual habits —victims to the refinement of civilisation. HERE REICHARDT'S MATINEE MUSICALE. Herr Reichardt has long ranked as one of the most esteemed of our concert singers. Combining German sentiment and expression with much of the suavity of Italian vocalisation, this gentleman possesses considerable versati lity of style sod mound taste. In his concert, which took place yesterday at the Hanover-square Rooms, Herr Reichardt maintained his high reputation by his performance in various weal please including Beethoven's " Adelaide," some " Lieder," by Schubert and Kucken, and two or three clever songs of his own composition besides taking the tenor part in a trio and quartett. from Ficielio. Herr Reichardt's vocal coadjutors were Madame Limunens-Sherrington, Fraulein Liebbart, and Herr Formes. The German lady (who comes from the Imperial Opera of Vienna) particularly distinguished herself by ber admirable arising of some characteristic " Limier," by Abt which were given with an archness and refinement that are rarely united. The instrumental performances included • harp solo by Mr. Aptommu, two of Thalberg's pianoforte pieces by Mr. Kuhr, and a romance and two studies of Hen salt performed by Miss Alice Mangold. This young lady is now becoming recognised as one of the most finished and graceful pianists of the day. Her playing, while bringing out the full tones of the instrument, is yet characterised by an elegance of style and a pliability of touch that are most welcome after the hard angular playing which we are too often accustomed to bear in public. Henselt's two charm tog studies, "Si otiose' j' ash'," and " Noses no pen u moi," are among the best specimens of the modern development of the romantic school of pianoforte music. Like the compo shams of Chopin, Henselt's style hes its special indivi duality which it is very rare to hear thoroughly realised. Thereyis a poetical grace end a refined fancy in Henselt's music which few players besideelliimeelf can infuse into its performance ; and among theirs few Miss Mangold stands conspicuous. Her playing was received with such loud sad coutinuous applause as would have justified a repetition. M. Sainton and M. Paque were to have contributed violin and violoncello solos, but were p ted by deten. tion at a prolonged rehearsal of Faust at the Royal Italian Opera. One or two pieces, however, added to the pro- gramme compensated for this disappointment ; so that, both in quantity and quality, Herr Reielwzdt's concert was eminently satisfactory. MR. BRINLEY RICHARDSI3 CONCERT. This concert, which took place last evening at the Hanover-square Rooms, was one of the last. as it was one of the beet, of the season. Mr. Richards is held in high esteem both as • pianist and • composer. Macy of his compositions for the pianoforte have been reprinted in France and Germany, where they have a more extensive circulation than the works of any other English composer of the day ; and some of his vocal pieces have gained an extraordinary popularity. This is especially the case with his tuitional song and chorus, "God bless the Prince of Wales" which has obtained • currency resembling that of "Gad Save the Queen," and has been sung, and applauded with enthusiasm on all public occasioxs in every town in the kingdom. And it deserves this popularity, for the sir is a most happy inspiration, and the choral harmony is simple, clear, and resonant. When sung (as it has been numberless times, and was last night) by Mr. Sims Reeves, it always produces • tumult of excitement. Several of Mr. Richards's other vocal pieces were given with great effect; particularly his fine sacred song, "The Pilgrim's Path," sing by Miss Edith Wynne, and accompanied on the violoncello by hi. Pique ; his duet, " Now Moonlight Gems," sung by Mdlle. Perep• and Mr. Lewis Thomas ; and two of his part-songs, sung by the Lon don Choral Union. Mr. Richards played Beethoven's "Sonata Pathetique " with admirable finish and expression ; and several smaller pianoforte pieces in his own light and graceful style. Mr. Beloit Chatterton and Mr. Jobs Thomas played the duet for two harps, on Welsh melodies, which has hada* much success at the Cambrian concerts of the season ; and several vocal and instrumental pieces, by various composers, performed by Mr. Sims Reeves, Mdlle. Plums, M. Paque, and Herr Engel, completed the pro gramme of an excellent and moat successful concert. The room was crowded to the doors, and the audience were warm in their demonstrations of approbation and plower.. THE KITCHEN AND REFRESHMENT Rooms OF THE SOUSE OF COMEONA.—The select committee ap pointed to control the arrangements of the kitchen and refreshment rooms in the department of the Sergeant-at- Arms attending the house, have agreed to • third report consisting of the following resolutions —•• That it is the opinion of this committee—l. That the committee, having received a letter dated the 19th of June lest, from the Sergeant-ate/inns, in which a doubt is raised u to the right of the keeper of the refreshment rooms to the subsidy of 300 f. a year, at present re, .ived by him, recommend that, in lieu of the mid subsidy, a greet of not less than 500/, per annum be placed at the disposal of the kitchen and refreshment room committee for the time being, to provide for the necessary servants, he., requisite for the efficient working of the department. 2. That the keeper of the refreshment rooms be appointed wine-butler, and be paid by means of a corkage on the wines consumed, and that the rate of corkage be dependent on the value of the wine." LIBERATED SLAVES IN BRAZlL.—Yesterday a parliamentary paper consisting of " Correspondence respect ing liberated slaves in Brazil," was presented to parliament. The first despatch in the series, from Earl Ransil to Mr. Christie, is dated January 8, 1863. and the last, from Mr. Eliot to Earl Russell, April 3, 1863. The British govern ment demands the "unconditional freedom " of the free Africans who, after being liberated by the British and Brazilian Mixed Commission Court, were employed in the naval establishment at Itepura wider terms of a six years' serrioe. The Brazilian minister replies, to the effect that serious inconvenience and danger might result from " letting loose at once among the population, without cer tain precautions, • large number of uneducated individuals, and without experience to guide them ;" that these free Africans had been subjected to military discipline in order to enable them to become useful and obedient citizens; that their full and absolute right to liberty was recognised, and that they were only subject in the meanwhile to the regulations "of the garrisons and military colonies of the empire." To this Mr. Christie rejoins that the fourteen years' apprenticeship of the liberated Africans was intended to loses them for the full enjoyment of freedom. Bloom July, 1860, however, no free Africans Lave been sent to Rapers, which the British minister declares lobe notoriously upbeat, and not likely to be chosen by free mew. Mr. Eliot encloses an artiste from the Diario, Brazilian newspaper, severely commenting upon the " wretched condition" of these Africans and the difficulties that interpose between them and their full attain ment of freedom and security. ISOWILL ITUDAY. SATURDAY. 5.8. W. to N.N.W., Nosaw-lesr. Westerly, fresh to =- fresh, ablyen. berate, ens. W.S.W. to N.N.W., Waxy W.M.W. to N.N.W., fresh to light, show- moderate. ery. S.W. to N.W. and N., SOUTH. W. to N., moderate. tine. W.& W. to N., trash to SOCITI.E.L.W. B.W. to N.W. add moderate. N.Y.F...modersta.fte. North-East= Moray Firth to Norfolk. West,Doomal to Com walL Moutb=ellannel and Freud, Coasts. :loath-kort=Stestk of Dover to Norfolk. A Cracow letter, in the Austrian Coristitationnel Gazette, says :—" A patrol of Austrian frontier customs ofil. an have just arrested at Sknava, near the Russian fron tier, 11 pupils of the Jaroalsw public school. They were on their way to Russian Poland to take service with the insur gents. The eldest of them schoolboys was not 14 years old ; five of them were aged 11 only." Licari:4ED Vic-rt./J.1.61m' SCHOOL —The fifty seventh anniversary festival of this institution took place yesterday in Aabburnham Hall, Cremorne Gardens. A large number of supporters of the school sat down to table under the presidency of Captain Henry Townabecid., of the firm of Meters. S. Allsopp and Soo. A gallery on one side of the ball was tilled with ladies. The dinner having been disposed of. the chairman. in stentorian tones, inadequate, however, to fill the vast building, proposed the usual los al and patriotic toasts, which were drunk enthusiutically. In proposing the toast par creellen, of the gathering, " Prosperity to the Licensed Victuallers' Schools," he said that amid all the pleasures and luxorien of this world there was no luxury like doing good, and especially when it concerned the education. and con sequently the future prosperity of the young. No man present could presume to say how long prosperity and success would attend him. &Awes, death, the terrible vicissitudes of trades, might attack them, and those who were in the most prosperous circumstances might have their children come to be dependent on that institution for their education. He was surprised at the apathy evinced by the great body of licensed victuallers. They were the most numerous, tofluential, and powerful body in the king dom, yet their subscriptions to that institution bad re mained as nearly as pouible the same for the last forty years. Could it be that they were more blind to the ad vantages of education than their fathers forty years ago! How was it that, though the numbers of the licensed victuallers had doubled, trebled—nay, probably quad rupled—in that time, the subscriptions had not kept pace with that increase' Not more than one-third of the licensed victuallers subscribed to the school. He trusted every ewe present would induce others to support the efforts of the institution. As they might desire to know bow their money was spent, he could assure them that the children bad undergone a most satisfactory Wmf fide examination. Of their appearance—(tbn children, to the number of 134. were present)—they could judge for themselves. Since the foundation of the wheel, I,Tai9 children had been admitted, of whom 1,058 bad received such an education as would make them ornaments to society in whatever sphere they might be placed. It was no small tributo to the care and attention which were paid to the chilaren that only forty deaths Lad occurred during that long period. The present year was an exceptional one in the history of the school, for to do honour to the marriage of the Prime of Wales, all the candidates for admission had been received. For this reason exoeptiooal efforts were demanded oo the part of those who supported the echoed. (Cheers.) The toast wu drunk with acclamations. Subscriptions to the amount of nearly 3,0001. were announced by the secretary, of which the chairman's list amounted to 1,32t41., which sum included a munificent donation of 1,0014 from Messrs. Allaopp and Sou. VAN DIZMAN'S LAND COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the shareholders wag held at 1 o'clock, at the offices of the company, 6, Ore; Winchester-Ogre* Mr. VALI/TINE KNIGHT ta the chair. The Clialatua, in opening the proosedinp, said the act rerhicieg the capital of the company from 1C3,000/. k. 30,0004 had now been pared, and, as Meted in the notice =evening the meeting, it was proposed to tell 116 shares, • portion of the forfeited shares, thereby making the number of issued shares 9,003, to defity the expense of obtaining the act, and other exorptiouel eitarwhich had occurred during the year. That would the directors to pay • dividend, and be was happy to say that the prospects of the company were better sow than, V , had ever been. (Hear, hear.) In yto • queatioe, The EALILMAY observed that the sale of the shares would suable the board to clear off all liabilities, and the legiti. mate receipts of the company would enable them to pay a dividend in September next. The shares were to be dis posed of, if possible, by sealed Leader, within a certain prios, sod otherwise by being offered in the market. The tenders might be sent in at any period op to that day week. A resolution authorising the sale of the 116 shares far the purpose mentioned above was thee agreed to. On the motion of Mr. CHARLES Piazza, seconded by Mr. ALESARDER, Mr. Valentine Knight was unanimously elected deputy governor, in the place of Mr. /trios Penne, recently appointed to the office of governor of the company. TRIAL OP STEAM FIRE ENGINES. Of all the novelties which the Crystal Palace Company has from time to time introduced for the some. meet of its patrons, none ba+ perhaps been more original or more likely to produce beneficial result' than the contest of steam fire engines which commenced yesterday in the Palms grounds. The superiority in every respect of the steam fire engine over that worked by manual power, has directed at. teatime to the various adaptations of steam machinery to the purpose, with the view of determining se to the best form of construction, and of encouraging further efforts at improvement. A fund he. been satecrited for the purpose of giving premiums to the exhibitors of each steam fire engine' as prove moat efficient for the object for which they are constructed, and the competition is now proceeding under the mansgemeat of • committee, cossist. mg of the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Outliner, Lord Richard Crowenor, M.P., Messrs. J. G. nevoid. J. F. Bate man W. IL Browne, T. It. Crampton, W. M. Crosland, W. Fairliairn, T. Ilawksley, J. E. M•Connell, H. Mande/ay, J. Matthews, J. Neamyth, J. Penn, W. Smith, and Captain E. IL Shaw. The principal exhibitors are Messrs. Easton and Amos, Mr. Merryweather, Messrs. Shand and Mason, Mews Lee mid turned, of New York ; and Mews. Amoskesg, Manes and Co., of Manchester N. H., U. S. The engines produced for trial are divide d into • mail edam, consisting of those not exceeding 32 net., and • large class consisting of those exceeding 30 cwt. and not erased ing 60 cwt., and the premiums offered amount to 250/. for the best engine, end 1001. for the second best, in each clam The chief points to which the committee direct their attm. tion in addition to considerations of oast and weight, are rapidity in raising and generating steam, facility of &awing water, volume thrown, distance to which it can be projected with the least amount of loss, and simplicity, awortibility, and durability of part'. The first trial yesterday was with five engines of the large class, and the taste applied were to nicer. Min the rapidity with which a praisers of 101 b. on the square inch amid be obtained, and the accuracy as well is rapidity with which • certain quantity of water could be thrown upon a particular spot. were pre. mired, consisting of =Tie hoods six feet in d iameter, hav ing attached to each a shoot through which the water was conducted into a tank capable of }wilding • thousand gallons. The distance from the nozzle was 60 feet horizon tally and 40 feet vertically, giving a true distance of about 72 feet, at an eagle of 34 degrees from the horizon. The fires were lighted by signal,. and the tint to show the preemie at which working was to commence was an engine exhibited by Mr. Roberts, the time occupied being 11 minute'. The first, however, to throw water was Mr. Merryweather's engine, and the first to fill its tank was the Sabrina, built by Messrs. Fasten and Amos. Messrs. Shand sod Mason's engine was third in the performance of its work, and the Victoria, an American machine, was some minutes behind all its competitor.. In the next trial, which was of engines of 30 nwt. and under, and for which the horizontal distance was shortened to 40 feet, the result was more decided. Messrs. Shand and Mason's., a light, compact, and cleverly arranged machine, wen the fort to indicate the pressure of IC3 lbeto the square inch, and the first to deliver the 1,000 gallons of water through the target ; the next was an engine of Mr. Merryweather's ; and the last the Alexandra, constructed by Messrs. Amoskesg, Mentz, and Co. The American engine was behiodhand in getting up the steam, but when it began to throw the water it kept up a steady and w.:11-directed stream. Further teats will be made in both daises at greater die tetics', with greater lengths of hose, and with nozzles of various sines ; the engines will be wor kedl for • considerable length of time, and the height at which each can project water from the ground level will be tried. The hose was in each cue yesterday directed from a rest, and it was opon to exhibitors to employ any contrivance which might wrist in giving a correct delivery of water, the desire of the committee being to apply the whole of the test to the engines, and me little as possible to the men. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TRIIIIDAY, ILLY; II A.Y. I ' 111 D. W. iT. 1 2.1 Q. I.l — . -- —l I— --• Nairn 0.84 671 2 W. ill 2 I 12 1 Absribisa 19.84 LSI 2 E.S.E. 2 6 13 2 Leith 1 9.81 60 3 8. ' 1 2 12 1 Shlel4o Seerborowth '19.r8 63 6 B.W. $ 2 19 2 Greencastle 29 79 60 N. 2 4 14 0.27 1 Galway 'M.9163 N. 37j 20 0.361 2 Valenti& 30.00 59 N. 2 —9lO 5. 90 0.44 2 QUOMI 140•111 92 61 W.N.W.W. N.W. 4 9 120 0.111 4 Liverpool —.19.88 61 8.8.1 3• 3 112 0.07 2 Holyhead ' 4 I 18 0.13 2 Pembroke 29.93 68, W.S.W. I 4 4 19 0.17 1 Penzance 30.07 61 W. I 4 6 16 3 Brest 4016 01. B.W. 141 90 8 L'Oraent .. 35.16 63 S.W. 314 le 2 Rochefort 30.2366 N. W. . 3 2 16 4 etmou 44 30.06 12 W.S.W. 131 7 12 0.175 Weymouth ;30.0661 S.W. 4 4 12 Portsmouth 110.e6 67e B.W. 6 4 14 London '.30.05 a 118. W. 1 6 416 :1 83 Dover 30.00 44 W. iS , 1 20 3 Yarmouth '29.96 64 &W. 1413 16 b 2 Helder I / I Uail 8. 6 3 16 e 4 ------• ----LA After Lor d Clus Tina— cs.iN in this cam night. ti 16k refdiet ebodd i 0 01 . "d prchi HOP This weetir was ID eerie It • w the pl ~..°2 14" P °14." 1: f r om de cool Afwe Term X Ogg four as, wort die:eerie widows for e ones belfOre jI who had dead' court with Mr. ddesa"". 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