The Express. — London, England, 1868-07-22 00:00:00

!ti t 2 tWEEN'S THEATRE, Long-sore. —M `DIG Mr. W. H. LIBTON.—TCONIGHT. at • awls, t a = r t. TIME AND THE HOUR. To oftwOugo irilM Mr. P. lftrosoes tfthls SUODelaild Pima M MaroToisooo. oatifiat rim. PLAT. QUEEN'S THEATRE.—LAST FOUR NIdHTS of TIME AND THE HOUR. OU KEN'S THEATRE.—NOTICE. — In oonse memos of the elaborate teeparatioes fee the twodnetioe of the LialCAßanuc itt&ts Disbarment bei t ta animal , * that the Theatre will be fee a DAMS ignimuum. 00 TliUltB,DA7 July LAZICAIIIIIRit LW* TRELANCASHIRE LABS an Original urana. oe strong domestic and nelantssatie interest, in ioar Tableaux and a Trologoe, written Henry J. Byron. Author of •• Dearer than Life," !a, wm be on tho occasion al Mz. W. IL LISTON'S PIRO! , PRIDAT. July Si. ►rHE LANCAf3HIRE LABB.—On FRIDAY, July rift. MB. JAMES ANDERSON " Sing John;" Mks Frances Bouyerie so " Lay Oonatanee," Tues day, Teuraday, and Saturday pert. Kr. Peenlogtou as "Othello," Montle y, Virednevaity, and Priday. Mr. P. Bunkston• ira u t zr a the Bearer a Hue," EVERY SVENINO at 7.—HAY THEATRE. VOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACK—Three -IRAO Ballet. Promenade Ooaoart Band of Oa Watt at • la Boa altle• opon from 11 to 4. GALLERY oCH f BRONZES d'ART, GARNI TURES do UNIM. moms. vAssa. CANOE. lABBA. to lioie Depot for tbe oeielastad p. iroduotions of P. Barbedienno and Co. Prioee the same se id with 5 per oast added for rapenire. Catalopora with marginal nitration*. seat her bz post ACKSON and GRAZAM. Pik 55, pe, st, pr. sad is, osierd•str.4. JOHN BROODER'S CLASSIC JEWELRY. pARis FIRST-CLASS SILVER MEDAL, 1867. JOHN BROODEN'S 18-caret GOLD CHAINS. JOHN BROODER'S BRACELETS. JOHN BROODENB BROOCHES. JOHN BROODEN'S OEM and WEDDING TUNA& JOHN BROODEN'S NECKLACES. JOHN BROGDENE EARRINGS. ORIGINAL GOLD CHAIN MANITFACTORY. No. 16, HENRIETTA-STREET, Covent- Garden. WILLIAM CHUBTON and EON, 11081U9 amid turarracenzna. LLB'S& UND 91 and N . 01731. NEWTON WILSON and Co.'. SEWING MACHINES. PARIS EXHIBITION TWO PRIZE MEDALS. A NEW HANTS MACHINES. QUEEN MAB, CLEOPATRA. HAND LOCENITTCH, DO CAS. AND PENELOPE The only baarlaeoring mixobines that lam prize nodal& The Americas tatoarebeie, eyeloalsoks, overareaths maehima to the filet time tie complete eeenbinattoo M a rooks sad battoo.hole ensetutaa MMus HO baitce-b n =rr best. sad ehaasee to • minute to pima& cettabagaiss free, — wpb Hareem Ma Cli=i; sad US, Beseatefteet. The Prioe of THE DAILY NEWS 4 a air ONE PENNY. THE POLITICAL AND LITERARY Direction of the Journal remains Deahanged. AND IS SUPPORTED BY AN ACCESSION OF EMINENT WELTERS. THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE Wl* On as didadisedice of drocdal and lizoloaln Onsidroaddout, eadesseing the metre World. THE CITY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS •• beerdro. Tann IsrartiaL s ward, Me rrarrear tode rr e rim sarlflortat thr war r woo oscror to arm tharr and air repremidatioo disorks d th aleforreoess, Imisrasts, antler/gar of tir d.r. AIM MY ITIMEINT orynca P. FIZZZOTRIZT. SI. 1101 aye entrefifi• HATMAIMIT. Tim Evewiso, at Beim:PAT TONIC BIARITI A KISS. Xt. F. Buskstone.—And OTHEELLO. Yews. Pennington, Nyder, &c. ; Madames Ada Cavendish, Nordannt, *c. Tris ISTaimro, THE DIY AFTER THE WIDDING.—After width HAMLIST. Mr. Allertoo, Means. D. Murray, J. G. 8&r. Loewe, B. Potter, Maclean, and Cathcart; Mesdames; Elmorthy, Kemp, and Enaily Crow. QUERN'S THRATRE, LONO-ACRE. TWIII EVIIWIKO. at 't, MARY JONES.—At e *arter to S , MYR AND THE HOUR. Kamm A. Wigan, Caitlin, /tunny, Clayton, Itionsh„ and Toole ; blendamee Mut- Laos. and Nally Koore.—To cowhide with FOWL FL& ; OR, A STORY OP CHIRRIN HAZARD. Meows. L. Brutrgh, G. Mum,. bongo; and J. L. Toole ; Mesdames R. Fan= and H. Hodson. STRAND. Ten Itrumro, SISTERLY SERVICE.—THE YIELD OP THE CLOTH Of GOLD.—And MARRIAGE AT ANY PLUM BRITANNIA. Tins Emma, LADY — A - 271; - EIiiWIELL;4 0 1 THE SPUME WAREINO. Mews. Charlton, Pitt, , te. ; Mir K Eralerom. —The American Numbels a nd aponone Tommy, Km L. Austen, &IL Jean Prim—And THE LIFE OF A WEAVER. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.. To-Dmr=-liornum --- , 9h 85m itarnoon.Sh. 58m. To-llemow —Morning 412. Wm. Afternoon, 4h. 48m. NOTICL Advertisers are requested to - ia;glll7ir Poet-oldee orders payable to kr. Josias HARRINGTON , Poet-okee, Pleet-street, E.C. NOTICES of BISTIOI, MASSY and D are received ustil if 0•01013 k for insertion same evening. Rios k. Id. A SECOND EDITION of the EXPRESS, corrretsnwo The Latest Foreign Telegrams; the Latest City; Railway, Mining, and other Shares; Sporting, and General Intelligence, EVERY EVENING. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUL Y 22. THE CONJUGAL VOCATION. Ws endeavoured a day or two ago to say a few temperate, though neither chilly nor cheerless, words upon the question of " Marriage "or Celibacy," to the discussion of which a morning contemporary has so liberally, not to say lavishly, lent its columns. Perhaps, we may ven ture to add to-day a few sentences upon a subject which is almost universally overlooked in these discussions—namely, what idturox calls want of vocation for the married life. It is striking to observe in the letters addressed to oar contemporary what an exaggerated esti mate is set upon " comfort" ; with what cool impudence, for example, a young man will actually write of "my cigar "as a normal ingredient of human happiness; and, again, how the question of conjugal vocation for the married life is slighted or overlooked. Not only is it probable that the number of women who have no such vocation is larger than that of the men who have no such vocation, but per haps it was always so. And yet, from a variety of causes, it may be increasingly large at the present day. At all events, the number of women who, as the French idiom would have it, advise themselves or permit themselves to write of men and marriage in terms which display an utter want of what may be called the conjugal geniality, is considerable ; and they manage to make them /wives unpleasantly conspicuous. In a rocent number of a contemporary there was a long letter which, among numerous vehe ment commonplaces, contained such sentences as these :—" The follies and vices of fast life are part "of the very nature of man. . . . As to the girl of the period,' she is a creature of the men's " own seeking ; their folly has called her into " existence," and so forth. Connected with this, wo have, of course, the usual thing about the " pure nature of woman," and the usual denuncia tions of men as false and wicked : the suggestion THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY throughout being that it is their abominable be haviour which is et the root of most, if not all, of the unhappinees which arises from Omsk greeter or lees, of the primary relations betweea men and On the one hand, GOD forbid that we should say a word against the purity of women. On the other, various weighty considerations forbid that we should enter into vexed questions about courage, before all things, for men, and purity, before all things, for women. But we do distinctly assert that no woman has a vocation for a married life who can write or speak with insolence, or even with airs of superiority, about men. The first condition of married happiness is that each of the conjuges should have an instinctive and thoroughly genial respect for the other, simply as man or as woman ; a kindly, natural regard, which does not wait to moralise, but knows or ap prehends its proper human complement, honours its peculiar qualities, and does not sniff the air over such exaggerations of those qualities as fall short of cruelty or baseness. No goodness can be too great for a man to aim at; no goodness can be too great for a woman to aim at. But while we decline to go into the question whether there are snore husbands heroie in their way, or wives heroic in their way, or whether there aro six of one and half a dosen of the other (which, however, we incline to think a largo and fair observation of human life must lead any observer to conclude), it is due to one side of the subject to point out, for the especial guidance of young and inexperienced men, full of idealisms and vague earnestness most perilous to themselves, that, whatever may be the faults of men, there are thousands of women who have no voca tion for marriage because they have no natural respect for men as men. Such women frequently drift into marriage, and much more frequently than men who have the corresponding defect ; simply because women are more dependent, more creatures of routine, more vain, more anxious to show that they are not slighted, and, every way, more ready to do " the " proper thing." When a woman of this quite frequent type does marry, an unhappy home is the necessary consequence. She may have every con ceivable good quality, but one, that a wife can possess ; she may be kind, clever, a housekeeper, a mother, and superficially blameless in all her rela tions ; and yet she may make her husband un happy, because her nature is essentially epicene. Every quick observer, of any considerable know ledge of life, can lay his finger upon homes where married couples are obviously happy in every par ticular of their lives but one—their marriedneee. And in too many of these cases one notes in the woman, first and foremost, a plain want of voca ;tion for the true conjugal life. Some of the lite rary spokeswomen of the order are insolent in the :extreme, and they do incalculable harm to the ;women's cause by the indignant disgust they !excite in the minds of ths very men whose {assistance would be useful. The Subject, if we :pursued it to its receesee, would carry us far ther than a newspaper can. ge,, ,aut . if there: are any readers who utterly- feir to understess4 what we have been able to soy within per mitted limits, we must part with them in some words of Idwrosr in " Colasterion," in reference to one of his opponents " Another thing " troubles him, that I called marriage the rays " ' tory of joy.' Let it still trouble him ; for " what bath he to do either with joy or with " mystery ? " THE DUKE OF SAXE COBURG. Tim glimpses given of the Duke of SAXE Conuxo and Gorßa in the Quxxzs's books, as well as his public career, mark the elder brother of the late Pantcx CONSORT, who has just reached town from Osborne, as one of the remark able men of his time. An ardent liberal, a philosophical believer in the value of constitutional government and the destinies of its peoples ; a wise, far-seeing, unselfish statesman, prepared to resign his crown in furtherance of the cause of German unity ; a royal author who has mingled with men of letters, not from fondness for patron age, but out of love and respect for their craft ; an accomplished musician whose works have fre quently been brought out on the stage, Emmy IV., Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, is a type of the beet order of German prince —a type which recent political changes will perhaps render more scarce. It is easy to trace his influence upon his brother, the husband of our QUEEN. Of similar tastes and aspirations ; holding, too, the same lofty faith in life's duties and obligations, both Prince ERNEST and our own Prince ALBERT were deservedly favourites of their wise old uncle, the late King of the ERLOLLNS. That shrewd monarch saw the influence such qualities ae they possessed were likely to exercise in their several spheres ; and it is gratifying to reflect upon the thoroughness with which each has ful filled the high promise of his youth. The Duke of &ix COBURG and GOTHA is strikingly like the late Plum= Colson. The same mild dignity, the same thoughtful reserve, the same critical but kindly intellect, and the same im pressive presence, distinguish them both. That the guest of to-day should command the respect and confidence of her hi.a.tasiir follows naturally upon what we know of his character and career. It is pleasant to think of the PRINCE Coxeour's brother mingling in the simple domestic pleasuree of our Royal Family ; and to reflect that his influence has ever been for good. ICE. Tux hot weather has as usual taken us unawares, and is smiting ua hip and thigh. Neither in dress, habits, nee diet are we prepared for the enemy which has opened upon us in full blaze. Ice is a luxury only attainable in certain parts of London, and has to be negotiated for with forethought, instead of being common as water. The tepid streams which dribble from our street-fountains are enough to make the thirsty soul for swear water for life; and there are few pri vate dwelling-houses, either in London or its suburbs, in which the luxury of a draught of cold fresh water can be obtained. Here and there, in such places as the Temple or Covent garden, a well-known public pump exists to bless the dwellers near; but it is quite pitiable to think of the thousands upon thousands of Londoners who are practically debarred from the most refresh ing liquid of all. But ice might be made nearly as common an auxiliary to household arrange ments as fire. The clear solid blocks of Wenham Lake might remain an imported luxury, as now, but the rough block ice, of which we have abundance every winter, would, if it wore pro perly husbanded, render us ample service through the summer months. Let the perspiring traveller who reads this sheet in omnibus or rail way, or who languidly takes it up at home, picture to himself ice as an article of constant use in every house he visits. Let him indulge in a cool vision of dripping blocks atoning for the fietealsys . of the my and -making the necessary act oPlisting and drinking lea s nuisance than a delight. It is quite true that people who stand well with their fish monger, and who are . resolute on se curing their personal comforts, do have ice upon their tables with some regu larity now. But in a large majority of middle class houses it is looked upon as an exceptional luxury. Yet nothing is easier than to preserve ice which has been blocked and stored away in the winter. Millions of tons of it aro allowed to waste every year simply because no one troubles to house it pro perly. Will no genius rise up in our midst, and show the melting Englishman of to-day how he can be cheaply and regularly iced P M. EMILE DE GrzweDns has found and pro mulgated in the Lamle one of those neat mots which particularly strike the French mind, and is especially applicable to a situation in which the Imperial Government pleads the obstinacy of " parties" as a reason for exercising pressure upon universal suffzago:—" Unless every party can hope to become a government, the govern ment must always be a party." IF any Londoner thinks the line of KEATS, When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, a fantastic one, let him watch oven the hardy sparrows under this blazing sky. The children find them easy to catch, and Paterfamilias, preparing for a mid-day bath in his room, sees—twice within a month—a poor little panting thing fly in at the open window, and nearly drown in the attempt to got at the water in the bath. The butterflies, who have shown in extreme profusion this year, are the only creatures that seem to make high jinks of the hest. There is ono little symptom of irritability caused by the weather which can scarcely have escaped the notice of Londoners—namely, the increased number of small street quarrels; chiefly between little boys. A conalterornnarr informs us that a respectable looking man, with whom ho got into casual talk in an omnibus yesterday, made the fol lowing avowal :—" Franchise t I call it a " job. If the Government had given me " a vote because I was a man, ra " have scorned the action ; but now they've " given it to me because I pay rates, and made me " pay a great deal more than ever I paid before, " because they did away with compounding, I " shall just sell my vote to the highest bidder; " and what's more, I say it's a fair transaction." As this is not weather for indignation, we draw no moral. IN the Paris Chamber to-day M. Piurrite is to ask a question which will probably afford some amusement. The new member for the Allier is to take his seat, and M. Paz ustalt wants to know out of what fund he is to be paid, as the money allotted for the salary of members is ex ihausted, and they have been for some tins woikr. ! mg' for nothing. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) TR! 11102110 TILSGILPH DIM In the opinion of the Times an attempt to re open the proposed purchase teems from the electric tele graph companies would simply mean throwing back the whole question to another session, when higher terms would probably have to be conceded, in order that another government might carry out the scheme. The advan tage is not worth the cost. It is clear that the companies withdrew their opposition on the faith that parliament would sanction certain bargains entered into between them and the Postaterter-Cleneral, which bargains were before the committee ; and if the bargains be repudiated, the companies may assume their former position of anta gonism. The terms have been made unnecessarily high, but they will never be lower. It is idle, now that shares have risen to 2001., to expect that the government can compel a sale of them at 1801. The delay has been ex pensive, and if there is fresh delay, it will be followed by fresh expense. The Times, in short, believes Parliament acts wisely in accepting the transaction as it is now pro- posed to it, lest worse should follow. THE FOREIGN CATTLE HASHERS BILL. The Daily News says that the members who represent closely populated and industrial districts feel that the Me tropolitan Cattle Markets BM is a blow, not unimportant in itself, but still more dangerous as a prelude to schemes that lie behind it, at the commercial policy of recent years and the interest' of consumers in the open market. Hence the opposition of the members repre senting great boroughs. While it is necessary that the opposition should be watchful in their endeavours to defeat this mischievous measure, it may be added that, however triumphant the agricultural party may be in the House of Common', it is impossible that the bill tan be forced through the House of Lords at this late period in the session. The Herald tells ne that the resistanoe offered to the measure is an example of a despotism attempted to be exercised by a muff, insignificant, and interested minority ; and the opposition is not merely irregular and virulent but it is against all parliamentary procedure, 122 LW 001181. • The Antes is at a loss to comprehend how it is that the river facade, when once suggested ass site, was not im mediately recognised to be of incomparable value. That the Law Courts, on the one hand, would look upon the river, would front • vast expanse of sky, and so be secure of abundant air and abundant light, and would, without being liable to the disturbances of dust or noise, command • prospect of the busy out-of-door life of the metropolis both on land and water : and, on the other hand, that they would stand out visible to the eyes, and therefore proclaim their object to all the inhabitants of the oppo site shore, and the myriads navigating the stream, traversing the bridges, and circulating in what will then be one of the great metropolitan thoroughfares, the street parallel to the embankment—these alone are advantages enough, in our contemporary's opinion, to throw into the shade any other oompetitors, and to cover a multitude of drawbacks, if, indeed, they ever existed. the Court. OSBORNE, Jvvr 21. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by the Duchess of Coburg, Princess Christian, and Princess Louise, and her Majesty and the royal family walked hi the grounds this morning. The Hon. Caroline Cavendish left Osborne yesterday, and Lady Augusta Stanley arrived. The Duke of Saze Coburg, the Duke of Edinburgh, sad Prince Louis of Hesse dined with the Prince of Wales at Marlborough-house yesterday evening. Their Royal highnesses afterwards went to St. Isnies's Theatre. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hew drove out in the afternoon. The Duke of Edinburgh received the following congra tulatory addressee at Clarence-house, yesterday :-1. A deputation from the Scottish Corporation, accompanied by the Duke of Montrose and 16 members. 2. A deputa tion from the Highland Society of London, accompanied by the Duke of Richmond, ILO., president, and 20 mem bers. 3. A deputation from the Salters' Company, ac companied by the Master Warden and six members. 4. A deputation from Manchester, accompanied by the Mayor, Mr. Robert Niell, Mr. Barley, M.P., and three others. 5. A deputation from Liverpool, accompanied by the Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. W. Whitley, and three others. Prince Chnstian dined on Monday with the Master and the oorpotation of the Trinity-house. :NG, JULY 22, FOitEltON NEWS. time DAY.) (=WWII =UMW. Lawlor.) SERVIA. BELGRADE, Jtriy 21, Zviauto: M. Peter Markovie has been appointed by the Court to act as counsel for the Prince Alexander Harageorgevitch, who ban refused to surrender for trial. Some of the other prisoners will also be defended by counsel assigned by the Court. The trial will be concluded the day after to-morrow. It is generally believed that eleven of the per sons charged with Prince Michael's murder will be sentenced to death. AUSTRLi. VIBNNA, JULY 22. The New Free Press states that the Minister of Finance has prepared the preliminary draft of the budget for 1869, from which it appears that a balance will be established next year between the rovcmuo and the expenditure, without new increase of taxation or contracting a fresh loan. ROUMANIA. BITCHAREST, JULY 21. Out of thirty-throe senators chosen by the second electoral district of Wallachia, twenty-three are stated to belong to the extreme Liberal party. The city of Tasay has re-elected Senator Gonescu. PORTUGAL. LISBON, JuLT 21. At a sitting of the Council of State hold last night it was determined to allow the Duke de Montpensier to reside in Portugal, although the French Minister was opposed to that policy. The new ministry has been formed under the presidency of the Marquis de Ss, who also takes temporary charge of the War and Foreign Affairs Departments. The remainder of the Cabinet is com posed as follows :—Minister of Justice, Senhor Pequito de Babas ; Minister of Interior, Monsignor Alves Martins, Bishop of Vises; Minister of Finance, Senhor Cartes Benti ; Minister of Public Works, Senhor Sebasti Calharos ; Minister of Marine, Senor Latino Coelho. OUR PARIS LETTER. (rum ova tont cosassrosows.) PARIS, TOZIEDAT EVILIFINO. A frightful accident, attended with lose of life, occurred at Fontainebleau on Sunday. Some workmen employed in the excavations necessary to bring the waters of the river Venue to Paris were piercing some sandy soil about a hundred feet below the level of the surface, at a spot called Bouligny, in the forest, when a mass of superincumbent earth, badly propped up, fell in upon them. Nine men were buried, and when they were dug out, after seven hours of hard labour by all the hands that could be found, four of them were dead, and the mensining l's weer* injured. The Empress, who lout hoprlyt tirbi!is the 11 . 111,0121102 lasted, to know what *ogress Was nic king in the work of succour, has liberally relieved the families of the unfortunate men. It was rumoured in the lobbies to-day that the Corps Legislatif will not be sable to get through the essential business of the session earlier than Thsaiday 'in next week. It is astonishing, how elver, how much a broad hint from the President •Adthe prospect of getting away will shorten speeches at the fag end of the session. The deputies are heartily sick of their work, ae the daily thinning benches show. Yesterday there were not more than 83 members in the house while Baron Jane made a long speech criticising the management of the tobacco monopoly so severely that M. Magne asked for an adjournment of the debate to give him time to reply to it. Baron .Tansk says, and the public certainly will bear him out, that whereas formerly the monopoly, what ever objection it might be open to in principle, supplied reasonably good tobacco at a moderate price, it has ceased to do so now. French cigars at five 110W1 are inferior to those sold in Germany for less than half the money, and the object seems to be to force the public to pay twelve and fifteen sous for a tolerable cigar. The Parisians, undeterred by the extreme heat of the weather, continue to indulge to a considerable extent in their newly-acquired right to hold " un authorised" public meetings. There was one at Neuilly yesterday, the first held in the suburbs. The subject was " Syndical Credit Unions," and a committee was formed to draw up the statutes of a eyndical union for Neuilly, Puteaux, and the neighbouring villages. The meeting was not very numerous, owing to the churlish decision of the administration, contrary to the spirit of the new law, that public . meetings, though they may be lawfully advertised inthe newspapers, shall not be announced by posted bills. The " ladies " had another geld day at Wauxhall yesterday, and again adjourned for a week. There can be no doubt now about the coming marriage of La Patti, so often prematurely an nounced. The following is an extract from the banns placarded at the mayoralty of the let anon dissement : M. Louis Sebastian Henri de Boger de Calmmo, Marquis de Caws, eon of the Count and Demoiselle Hnguet de Varange, now the wife of the Duke de Valmy, and hf dile. Adel‘Jesuaio-Marie Patti, proprietairs, daughter of M. ilelsatore Patti and Catherine Mims. rashers. An extraordinary accident happened on Sunday at the favourite suburban bathing place on the Seine near St. Germain, the Isle of Grenouilliire. A gentleman about to take a plunge from a height, by some unaccountable awkwardness struck his feet into the glass roof of a saloon attached to the establishment, fell through it, and came down a frightful mass of swilled flesh and splintered bones. There were loud cries for a surgeon, but although it is alleged there were several in the water only one came forward, and that after some delay. Not the slightest hope is entertained of sexing the life of the wounded man. A rise of i in Consols, and a rumour (much questioned, however) that the loan wall after all not come out till October, encouraged the upward movement manifested at the end of the Bourse yes terday, and Bente again rose 100. both for cash and account, closing in each case at 70fr. 20c. Italian rose 45c., the tobacco news from Florence being still considered good. Credit Folacier fell 11fr. 75e., but all other securities were firmer. The Russian Gazdfe of st. Petersburg states that the excessive heat which has prevailed for some weeks past has caused cases of spontaneous combustion to many localities. In the environs of Tsarakoe-Belo and Peterhof, the peat has become kindled, and given rise to subterra nean fires which are not without danger. In the woods of PargoErs, which surround the lakes In that district and extend to a great distance, trees have been burning for a "reek, and the flames continue to spread. A spark from an engine on the Breda and Til bourg line, Belgium, set fire, three days back, to the dry grass on the embankment, and the flames spread with wonderful rapidity. A field of corn was also ignited, and but for the earannoue exertions of some reapers who were east, and who managed to isolate the flames, very serious damage might hare ensued. THE BADS OF LIQUORS ON SUNDAY. The special report from the .elect committee on the Sale of Liquors an Sunday Bill was published this corning. While admitting that drunkennesu to a considerable ex tent, both on Sundays and other days, is to be found in this country, the committee observe that the admission appears to be general that the present law is working well, and that under its operation a great dimi nution of drunkenness has taken place. Indeed, the con current testimony of all the witnesses proves that for many years past there ban been a steady, decided, and progressive improvement in the morals, habits, tastes, and meaner, of the people. The advance of education, the wider diffusion of knowledge, and the moral influences which have been brought to bear upon them, have all combined to produce this result. Regarding, then, this general improvement, and bearing in mind the fact that the habits of the upper and middle classes of society are far more temperate at the present day than was the case in the early part of the century, the committee are of opinion that it is not too much to hope that, as the work ing classes also advance in self-improvement, and are actuated by that self-respect which is engendered by improved education, the vice of drunkenness will gradu ally disappear without the necessity of further coercive measures on the part of the legislature. Holding this view the committee cannot recommend the passing of the bill referred to their consideration, and would rather trust to the progressive improvement discernible under the pre sent law, and to the further development of those moral influences to which they refer. Oa considering the report an amendment was proposed by Mr. Hibbert which, while declaring some of the restric tions proposed by this bill to be unnecessary, expressed an opinion that the earlier closing of public houses on Sunday evening would be attended with public advantage. On a division this amendment was rejected by seven votes to six. The witnesses examined before the committee were selected from various professions and trades, inclu ding amongst them clergymen, chief constables, soli citors, wine merchants, and working men. The total sum allowed to the witnesses for expenses amounted to 1741. 2s. SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION OF THE INDUSTELIL CLASSES. The select committee appointed to inquire into the provision for giving instruction in theoretical and applied science to the industrial clauses, have considered the matters referred to them and have agreed to their report, which was published for the information of par liament this morning._ _ Attar suggesting the importance of efficient elementary instruction being placed within the reach of every child, and of such a re-organisation of se condary instruction as would provide for a larger amount of scientific instruction, the committee arrive at the following amongst other conclusions :—That certain endowed schools should be selected in favourable situations for the purpose of being reconstituted as science schools, having in view the special requirements of the dia. trict, such schools being rendered available to the sur rounding districts by the establishment of exhibitions open to public competition ; that superior colleges and schools for special scientific instruction would require ex traneous aid for their support, in addition to fees, and that such institutions should be established in centres of industry, which would tend to promote the combination of science with practice on the part both of professors and pupils, and make them available for a larger number of persons. The committee are also of opinion that the provinces, and especially the agricul tural districts, are entitled to increased aid from the state ; that some slight addition to the emolu ments of science teachers would probably tend most materially to promote the establishment and permanence of elementary 11CiaTICe elanue, and that theproritionsof the Public Libraries and Museums Act should be altered so as to enable public bodies to levy a slightly increased rate for scientific purposes. The committee further suggest that teachers in elementary schools should be paid on results for teaching science to the older scholars, and that the education of higher science teachers should be en. couraged by the granting of degrees in science at Oxford and Cambridge, as at other universities, and by the open ing of a greater number of fellowships to distinction in natural science as well as in literature and mathematical and moral science. The committee consisted of nineteen members of the Rouse of Commons, and the witnesses examined by them included the President of Queen's College, Cork, school meatus, engineers, science teachers, an architect, a gun maker, and manufacturers. The total expenses allowed to the witnesses amounted to 1621. 13a. 6d. LAW INTHLLIGENCE.-(THIS DAy. ) - - EQUITY COUItT. (Before Vice-Chancellor (liffard.) ABRAHAMS P. THE CORPORATION OP THE CITY OP LONp u This wes a motion for an injunction to restrain pr c , M ings under a precept issue to the sheriff to aunts dtm,, of certain property required for the liolliorn , provement, and which stood in this remarkable and precedented position, that there were no pene s s tha n L . 4 separate leases relating to the roo ms i n the ken.. was to be taken, and two separate leanest relating le on e single room. The question was whether the intere.ti the various owners of this property were to be 'vessel a single jury, or whether they were to be assessed by n ' t many separate juries (which might possibly be eleven) i t , the several owners chose. The collective value of ths prztrtjzas QC. estimated , Ig r ur e the motion, I t justice could not be done by submitting the tivatettlieo compensation to one jury. ut Sir B. Palmer, Q.C., and Mr. A. R. Millar, for the n. e ., poration, said that the issue of one precept was the t tn . 4 l and appropriate course, and would admit of the qu...t;no being trHed, if possible, by one jury, and if absolute y n,. ceerary, by more than one. But to hare 525 person, n ,„ semblod (48 being necessary in each case) would a monstrous expense and oppression to the Tee. statute itself contemplated the possibility of th-o. h.. nt! more than oue party to the mate claim, and by the, t i n i„, the/ are not permitted to challenge the an-ay. The Vicenehanoellor said that the rational rIlIC•u• w,.,. be that the same jury should try all the cas,, tht each case should be tried separately. Mr. Druce, in reply, said that all he wanted wt , to his case tried separately. Ho did not care what w t.• with the ten leases that came after his. The Vice-Chancellor g;;;jtelgmr; this vs v, , , , case having been argued ye-dordav). Ili, II that the true question 1 , 1814 whether th.' e.,r, London wore or were not eirceeding their ing the warrant in this form. After nadai. , warrant, and commenting on the art of 1 , . his Honour came to the conelu•lon this warrant, there could be only on*. jury, and only one verdict. But th.., n ht. .n separate claimant were saved by the 1,.• and it was plain that the corporation could T. • one claimant to have the claim of another j • his. That would obviously be most unfcr, separate owner was undoubtedly entitled, ii h. have a separate as;:essment made by a 514.1 , 1:1t.• ry That being so, as such a series of prnen,,,lm g , , be carried out under the present warrant, th, r. an injunction as asked for; but his Honour ~., • . prepared to find that such a precept might will bo with which, as far as he was concerned, there , no interference. THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO THE BRIDAL PARTY AT BATTERSEA. Dr. Diploch, the coroner for West Middlesex, held an inquest, last evening, at the Swan Inn, Putney bridge, on the body of Sarah Betsworth, aged 19 years, who was drowned with her husband, a few hours after her marriage, on Sunday last. George Phelp, a waterman, said that on Monday evening he and • man named Kelly were near Putney-bridge, when they saw the body of a young woman floating with the tide near the bank of the Middlesex shore. They got the body ashore, and found that it was dressed in a black silk jacket and puce-coloured skirt. They gave informa tion to the police, who removed the body to the Swan. A police-sergeant stated that the deceased looked to be 30 years of age, and her description was circulated as that of a woman unknown, aged 30 years. The relatives of the missing bride, however, came to Putney, and positively identified the body as that of Sarah Betsworth. Samuel Chads, add's-hill, Hendon, identified the body of the deceased as that of Sarah Chads, who was married on Sunday to John Betsworth, a plasterer. In the after noon the newly-married couple, accompanied by Ann Chads, the sister of the bride, and a young man named Thompson, took • boat at B attersea, to go on an excur sion up the river. The witness knew nothing of the cir cumstances of the fatal occurrence. A conversation took place relative to the condition of the boat. The friends of the deceased maintained that the boat was not in good condition, and that it was not of sufficient size to carry with safety four persons. This view was not, however, borne out to the satisfaction of the jury. It • that none of the parties knew much about boating, and when the boat approached Bat tersea-bridge it came under the influence of the strong cur rent. In trying to make head against the stream it was Drought into collision with some barges, and it was in stantly capsized. The whole party were swept by the current under the barge, and nompeon alone came to the surface again. The Coroner having remarked upon the melancholy nature of the occurrence, The jury returned a verdict that " deceased was drowned b_y the accidental upsetting of a boat on the Thames at 9, CUTER JEITZL ROBBLItIf.—A serious case of shoplifting took place in Brighton on Wednesday last. About six weeks ago a man of excellent address and Vikdmanners left a diamond ring at the shop of Mr. etrjeweller, Rast- street . The ring was wor th about £6O a nd required a strengthening in the setting of the stone. When the customer called for the ring and paid for the work dons, he expressed admiration of the stock, represented himself as lately come from India, and gave his name " Mr.Ricketts, Shoreham." He said he wished to make • marriage present to a relative and was so pleased with the taste and beauty of the stock that he would the gift from Mr. Jones, instead of going to London. Mr. Jones, though oom 'vel a young tradesman, was not taken off his by tho,speclotimess of the stranger, who to all next day and bring a lady who won] select the present. He did not come as promised, and Mr. Jones did not see him again tall Monday morning last, when he called about 10. He apologised for not calling according to promise, explained that be had had an accident, the marks of which he showed on his band, and asked if the sets of jewellery he had previously admired were still in stock. Mr. Jones said the chief sets were, and "Mr. Ricketts" then made an appointment for himself and the "lady "to call at noon in order to select the gift. Mr. Jones was prepared for the appointment, "Mr. Mt.i- " and the " lady " drove up in a cab, and his first act was to discharge the cabman, who, he said, had " a bad horse." The customers then carried on the "selection" process for ovezaabour. The speciousness of the male customer was absolutely perfect, and he did not give a single chance for suspkion ; nevertheless, Mr. Jones was watchful through out. The customers were unwatched for only a second or two during the period of their stay; yet that nifiloed for "Mr. Ricketts and the "lady" to purloin a case contain ing a brooch and earrings, worth (cost price) ea These ornaments were in the fashionable " batterily " and were set with opals, rubies, emeralr e aZ diamonds. The case had been one of the first looked at but had been put on one side as not suit able. Thus Mr. Jones did not miss it till the thieves had lett. Hoods were selected to the amount of 22W., and were directed to be brought next day to an address in Sussex-square. Some other person lived at the address, and " Ricketts" and the "lady," seem to have got clear off with their booty. While the loss to Mr. loses is so emote, it is some poor consolation to know that the article taken was one of the worst in the stock for the thieves. Tiadesinen will anderstasid what we mean when we say that the brooch and caring' will not break-up well — Brighton Choordims. T COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) This morning saw the inauguration of a qartlin,T vation. In consequence of the exces.ive h..tr:•• James Wilde invited the bar to &Tense with th -- wigs; and so the court presented the sin • spectacle of a tribunal in Westmin.ter-hall g. •. of horsehair. It is to be hoped that the laudabl., now introduced may be continued. The legal minus the wig, is sufficiently grave and flignin,l, but ti some sort of b ea d gear is thought desirable (at it is) something a little ler ludicrous than the ow! !1. , : rejected might be invented. BARNES T. JULIES AND BEAVVONT. This part-heard case, which has already been repnrt-l. was resumed this morning, evidence being given by ti. respondent's brother of a confession on the part of tt, petitioner that he had committed adultery in Paris. T, story was corroborated by a man named Braddock, W.) had accompanied him to a el in the French capital. (The case was still prooeoai u g when our repott left.] COURT 01? BANICALTTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) it RE PETO, ERTEN AND CRLMPTOR. This was a sitting for the further proof of debts and t - the declaration of a dividend under the joint and seperat estates of Sir S. Morton Peto, rdwanl Ladd Betts. sal Thomas Russell Campton, the well-Imown contraetnri, who pared and received their discharge on the 6th ing , after a protracted inquiry, more particularly in referee;, to the claim made on behalf of the London, Chathew, an t Dover Railway Company, to prove fur upwards a: 6,600,0001. At the last acting it Rai arranged abt the railway compan'y should be allowed t,. prove for about 600,0001., without projudico to the - right to establish a further claim at any future peno if so advised. A number of additional proofs were 11.. W admitted, and several proofs to which objection was takes were disetuned before the commissioner. Mr. Bagley, Messrs. Ma and and Denton, Mr. fink later, Mr. Chid.ley, Mr. Miller, and other gentlemen, sp peered in the case. Statements were produced by Mr. Haywood, the inv. sanative of the official assignee, showing that the VI. lowing sums stood to the credit of the different estate' Peto, Betts, and Crampton, there was a balance of 1,8971. applicable to dividend. Peto and Betts, 90,0'41.. the estate of Sir S. Morton Peto, 54,7671., th e o estate of Mr. Bette, 32,9211. ; and of Crampton, 2,600/. It was also announced that a furtiv•- EMI of about 17,0001., which is not included in the nee•niut. had also been recently received in respect of tlo• jow. estates. A resolution to divide the funds was n. t r.--1 upon, and the usual notice of dividend will appear in .1.,e• course in the Gazette. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Payne.) THE TTDOE AND AN ACQUITTED PRISONNU. Dirabeth °motor wasindicted for stealing two iorerei,m, the monies of Samuel Hess, her master. Mrs. Hess said the prisoner had been in her serer ,, idl July 14, and the money , In question was miese I fr rn box i n a drawer in her bedroom. Some silver had been missed from a child's money box. The priseeerah-a charged ran away, but was brought back by a remable. Proeccutaix told her if sho would get back the tamer viltl would not do anything to her. Prisoner admitted t;k ng the money, but the was given in charge. The jury Acquitted the prisoner. Mr. Payne—Prisoner, the jury have equate.] pm. You are not innocent. You know very well that you took the two sovereigns. I have no moral doubt of your guilt. The prisoner—My lord, the jury have ANlllitterl me. Mr. Payne—Yes, and therefore you may ti , , but don't get into custody again. The prisoner was then discharged. POLICE COURTS.-{THIS DAY.) CLERICENWELL. I BEIZIIIII 131 P DThWXD IMLT. Mr. Charles iOnry Brown, the inspector of nuit.tvli for the 'h of St. Andrew's, Holborn, attended beiopi Mr. er for the purpose of having about 500 cwt. of raw pigs' head, condemned as being unfit for human food. ito stated that yesterday afternoon his attention was eallel to the shop of Mr. George Pulling, of 44, Baldwin's-gm , dens, and there he found the pigs' beads in question in s f utnd and diseased state, and totally unfit for huma n Mr. Barker, after viewing a portion of them, made en order for their immediate destruction. WORBIIIP-STREET. mum or mum% A aux or £2.10. George Webster, 60, described as a coffee-house keeper, living at 3, Margaret's-place, Goldsmith's-row, Hackney road, and Jana Cow, 61, a turner, of 28. Marlborough road, Peckham, were charged on remand before Mr. New ton, with having obtained, by fraud, to wit, skittle sharp , the sum of 2601. from Mr. Walter Newburn. Mr. Wontner, sen., appeared for the prisoners. Yesterday week the prisoners were arrested by Ser geant Dunaway, detective officer of the H division of the metropolitan police, who had been on the look out fir them for the last two years. The prosecutor sai d — l am an oil cloth manufacturer, of 16, Regent-street and New York city. In July, 1866 (I guess it's two years ago), I came to England. On the 28th or 30th I met the prisoner Cose outside an hotel. We got in talk together, and adjourned to tbe coffee room. Webster was there, and they got into talk about target practice, and agreed to go and try their skill. We went out together, and to a liquor store called the grebright Arms, a turning out of the Kearney-rota There they played at skittles. Mr. Newton—And you played too I' Witnese—l guess I did, a few • they in - dual me, and betted a little to make it interes ting, and 1 betted ter worse luck. . . Mr. Newton—And lost ? Witness—Yee, wren luck. And then, l oo k yea, Webster shammed that he did not know how to pie?. and I had to . show him and put the ball in bid hand, ye see— kst all sham. Well then we got to s bet that I would lick him at skittles next night, and nest night when we met I found he could knock dawn all the skittles at one blow, although the night before he had shammed he could not play. Mr. Newton—And you lost your money ? Witness—Yes, worse luck. Mr. Newton—How much ? Witness—l game in the two nights I limit 280/. Mr. Newton—And is that all ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Newton—Then I don't think there is any chare against them. Witness—But I lost my money. Mr. Newton—You made your bets with your eyes 0 1 0 °. and you lost. Witness—Yes, worse luck. Mr. Newton—And you would have taken their money ff you had won. Witness—Look here, judge, its against my prissilg ea to bet. Mr. Newton—ln this country we are not addressed as "judge," and I am not going to argue the matter with ou. You fairly lost your money, and the prisons° are The prisoners instantly left the dock. and hn rrial from the court, while the prosecutor eery dejectedly left the boa. r