The Express. — London, England, 1867-08-19 00:00:00

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OVERLAND ROUTE. - COMMUNICATION by STEAM to INDIA, AvirraALLA. via EGYPT from Nnithaintm and Marttles.—The rENTsserLAR and ORIENT.% UST If NAVIGATION COMPANY BOOK PASSEN GEIP, and receive thrgo and Parcels for Othesltar, Malta, Egypt, Ades, (Altai, Madre'', Calcutta, She Unita, China, and Japan I okohmilm, by their steamers leaving Southampton on the 4th •mth of every month; for Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, Aden, P.mbily, by those of the 12th and 27th of each month ; and 4.r King George's •tatind, Melbourne, and Sydney, by the steamer traria" Southampton on the 40th of every month. The steamers Leave Marseilles on the bth, nth, 20th, and 28th of the month. b.—batra steamer from Sues, for Aden, Ceylou, Madras, aa . l tahmtth _ _ It is the Intention of the Company to despatrh an extra steamer torn Suez to Catentta. IfEcocrespondenee with the smells con , sing the mails, kr., lensing Southampton on the 20th, and DIA-grilles on the IrAth of fktober. ibis eat will alforti;ilditiosal facilities for the eon tertuare tiern and reran. Fur farther paruculara apply at the Company's Oakes. ns. !adeahalktreet, London, LC. ; ' or Oriental place, South- "INMAN LINE.—Ths LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK. and PHILADELPHIA STEAM-BEIP COMPANY Intend despatching their fitU.powered Clyde-built free screw steamships. carrying the United Mates' Mails, calling at Queens town, Ireland, on the following day, to take OD board painengern and darPI . IIChOD ami with liberty to ea at as talaromodiata port: CITY OF Wediraday, August 21. ILDINBCIIti H, Saturday, August 24. CITY OY BALTIMOgg, WMassday, August In. CITY OY WASHINGTON. Saturday, August 21. And Gray Wednesday and Saturday. Cabin passage by the rnan steamers sailing every Wednesday, 16, 17. and 21 guineas, according to the stecomunolatiou. Forwar d pow Includes a full supply of cooked provisiona Tamengers for Lana. la nd the United states booked through on very advan tageous tenon—For further particulars apply to WILLIAM INMAN, 22, Water-street, Liverpool; sad to A:IVES and MACEY, King Williamatrest. Laudon. BREKEN.—Direct Route to Hanover, Bruns via, and Central Germany.—The North German Lloyd's oe brat-daas *crew steamer FALKE, Captain BUNDESBN. will be despatched on THURSDAY, Aug. 22, calling at Biwitwril (weather permitting), at 12 noou.—Pares to Bremen, Lt and LI return ticketa, La and gl 10a—Apply at CHAPLIrR Universal Oaks, Itwatt-tarcus, W. ; or to PHILLIPPB, GRAVES, PHIL LIM sad Co., PA. Dttosiserhoess, Cross-laas, Gnat Tower. Arad, .11. C. ROTTERDAM and the RHDTE.—The favourite steamer BAT kV= leaves Brunswick Pier, Blackwall, every SI N DAV, at II am. Pamengers must leave lienehtuch street Station by the 10.30 a.m. train, and walk on board The Pyenoo?d leaves from off the Tower every Thursday morning at A sin —Apply at CHAPLIN'S Ihtivenel Moe, W or to PHILLI k'PS, BILAVIM, PH II.LIPPS and CO., Bt. Dunstan's. Louse. Crum-lane, Great Tower-street. LC. IabIIVEDEN and BACK in seven days from 1177 London, allowing 56 hours to (Oradea—Thin la an oppor tunity that may be embraced by the renowned twin screw steamer MARY, Captain THOiL LEIGH, appointed to sail on d August, from the West India Dock buoys, for GOTHENBURG, and every alternate Saturday as heretofore (weather permitting; Passengers will likewise find this a most interesting route to Norway and Etude, and should maim early applications for berths. Peres to Gothenburg, XS fa end ZS EL : return, £4 14a al sad 4.:1 3a.: deck. *N.—Apply at CHAPLIN'S Ofilim, Regent circus, W.; or to PG I LLIPPS, GRAVES, PHILLIPPS and Co., 8t Dunstan's-house, ('rose-lane, Great Tower-street. MARGATE and RAMSGATE.—Cheap Fares -2a ed.—SALOON STEAMER, ALBERT VTCTOR, from Swan Pier, above Londetwbrldge, TO-MORROW (Tuesday!, at 11 a.m., and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday woe Lour, Munk* every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ; leaviug Rams gate at 10.30 am., and Margate at 1L29 • m., direct for Loudon. Gram saloon, Sa seecad saloon, Is, ed. ; ahadren, Is. GL TRADE WHARF.—The Commiasioners F R iff'ustians and the Leeds of the Tresaory.—Prepering for Publication, the enereepondenoe on the subject of Privileges, how granted and hots withheld. IMPORTIUt§ et GOODS wbo are =bladed be menhir charges on goods tended on captain's emery wlll an City please fipple to It. CLAY sad Co., 811, Upper Ituuner * HENRY LYON, decessed.—Parsuant to an Act nt Parliament of the 23nd and Ord Victoria, cap. 35, entitled " An Act to further amend the Laws of Property, and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE, IS II hamar (RYE?: that all PILLIONS having any CLAIM or denuind, slain,, or demands whatsoever and wheresover, upon or against the EFSTATE of HENRY LYON, lormerlx of No. 10. 607111 reetplace. New-rood, Pabst Norge-in. the-Ratitto the county of Middlesex, bat late of Hong Kong, In ch ts hy dclas. deceased, (who died at Hoeg Kong aforesaid on the day el August. IMO, and to wittiest:Mate letters of ad asinistratitox, with will anoexed, were greeted by the Principal Registry of her Majesty. Conn of Probate, on the sth day of Nara, 1567, to Lewis Jamie, of No. 146, Strand. In the county of Middlesex, outfitter, the lawful attorney of Isabella Harriett Lyon residing at Hong Kong aforesaid, widow, sole executrix app,inted by the will of the said Henry Lyon, deceased), are hereby required to send by post, prepaid, particulars of their debts, claims, or denim's, to use the undersed solicitor el the mild Lewis Jacobs, the lawful attierney of the said executrix aforesaid, on or before the 51st day of October, 1647, at the ex piration of which time the said Lewis Jacobs will proceed to apply and attribute the meets of the said testator Henry Lyon, among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the cleans of which the said Lewis Jacobs may then have had notice, and the said Lewis Jacobs. as such lawful attorney as aforesaid, will net be answerable or liable to any person of whose claim the said Lewis Jacobs shall not have had notice for the assets eo applied distributed, or any part thereof. this 9th day of August, 1467. HENRY BYTE, 6, King's Bench-walk, The Temple, la the City of London, solicitor for Lewis Jacobs. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN ZXHIBITION, nee. This celebrated old 111311 WHISKY gained the MEM! Pltl7:E MEDAL-111s pare, mild, mellow, delicious. and rery wholesome. Sold to bottles, Ss. Sd. each, at the retail houses in London ; by the agents in the principal towns In En/WM ; ar wholesale MI, Oreet London, W. Observe the red seal. pink label, and cork Kinahan's LL Whisky. PRICE'S SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE (Patestall.—The newest sod bat toilet soap, wears welt gives a rich and fragrant lather, is entirely free from coax nut on or mess of alkali, and contains hall its weight of Prices Enid In Id. mid 6d. tablets. PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (Limited), Belmont Warta, BSU.IIIIOII. &W. TEETH.—Messts. GABRIEL (ESTABLISHED 1811). NEW PAMPHLET FLICK BY POET POITE STAMM &gleaning the Palnhas System of Dentistry and selt&dhesivt Artificial Teeth without at half the usual charges. 64. LUDO TIL CITY. 66. 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Tiny reydreno restraint M diet or °enlistment during their nee, and are certain to prevent the disease attacking any vital part Sold by all medicine vendors at la lid , and la lid per box , or obtained through any chemist STATE of the FRUIT CROPS, 1867.—TheGAR DENIMS' CHRONICLE and AGRICULTURAL GAZATTE of August St will (mutant an aorount et the CONDITION of the IRV IT CROPS throngbout the country. • Copy of this Number sent on receipt of six stamps, or may be ordered of any news St anen rand, London.t. —ollloe for Advertisements, tn., 41, WeMngton-street, TUE NEW NOVEL, REPRINTED PROM '• BLI.OEAVLA.` Iti 2 sous., at all Libraries. CIRCE.- Now ready, Second Edition, pries es., cloth, Pro, VONSUMPTION, as Engendered by Rebreathed Air, by HENRY MAC CORMAC, M.D., Consulting Physician to the Belfast Hospital. Dr. Mae Comma clams to prove that Consumption may be fentedied often, prevented always. " Merits the deepest convMerstlno."—Vircbow. Archly. "The latest beet work on the sublect."—Beete, Amer. Ned. Oss. " Most able, exhaustive, and convincing "—Med. Prensaad Cir. A philanthropic disposition no has than vast erudition is re lated from every page."—Dub. Med. Quart. London Longman., 39, Paternoster.row, B.C. We are glad to be in a position to announce the completion of s contract with the Hamilton Windsor Iron Wor Company, of Liverpool, for the erection of 143 feet of the north end of the Crystal Palace, destroyed by Ire, bringing the restored part up to the spot at which the north transept formerly stood. The work is to be com pleted by November, and the screen which Dow stretches acres the nave will then be pct back to the extremity of the restored portion. horns donations of palms and other tropical plants have been made by the Duke of Devonshire, by Mr. Spelt', of Cul. trench, near Glasgow, and Mr. & W. Cooks, MA. Buceessors to the chimpanzee, which was so great a favou rite with the visitors to the Crystal Palace, and which un fortunately was burnt to death in the late Bre, have been kindly supplied by Mr. Duncan Campbell, of the African Steam Navigation Company, wbo has most liberally pre sented to the palace • male and female of these interest ing animals. Scarcely a day paws that the company do not receive some interesting and valuabledonations for the palace. —London Scotsman. =Sou. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (azirrn's mizasma.) VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH TO SALZBURG. PARIS, Aucurr 17, Evzralta. The Emperor and Empress of the French left Chalons this morning, and will arrive at Salzburg at 5 o'clock to-morrow evening. . _ Amen 18. The Emperor and Emprelia of the French will arrive here to-day from Augsburg, accompanied by King Louis. The official Bavarian Gazette says that the Empe ror and Empress were received on their arrival at Augsburg by both favourable and unfavourable de monstrations. MUNICH, Amon. 18, Armucoom The Emperor and Empress of the French arrived here shortly after noon to-day, accompanied by the King of Bavaria. . . After a stay of ten minutes the Emperor and Empress left for Salzburg. Their Majesties were greeted with acclamations by the crowd outside the station, the station itself being kept closed. SALZBURG, Aeons, 18. The Emperor and Empress of the French arrived here at 4.45 p.m. to-day. They were received by the Emperor and Empress of Austria, the Arch; duke Victor Louis, and the civil and military au thorities. The sovereigns on meeting eSchanged cordial salutations, and the imperial party were welcomed by the crowd with enthusiastic cheers. After the reception at the railway station their Majesties left in an open carriage for the imperial residence. HUNGARY. PEOTH, Atroingr 18. The Hungarian Diet is to assemble in September. Hungary is now willing to contribute 214 per cent. of the amount required for the expenditure of the whole empire. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, AUGUST 18. Count Moltke-Hirtfeld, the Danish Minister in Paris, has arrived here, and has been received in special audience by the King. The French jour nalists on a visit to this city have published a fare well address, in which they express their confi dence in a close alliance between the French and Danish nations. SPAIN. PERPIGNAN, Arcrsr IM. The prefect of this town left yesterday for Ceret, at the head of a body of gendarmes, to arrest 50 armed men who were marching towards the Spanish frontier. REPORTED RISING IN SPAIN. PARIS, ADOCBT 17, ETIMING. A Bourse rumour was current to-day that a rising had taken place in Spain. ITALY. FLORENCE, Aram 17. Signor Batts ln has returned here with the Ala assent to the Church Property Bill. The King will arrive here to-morrow, and will receive Sir Auglatus Paget, who will present his credentials an 'U ,, glish representative at the Italian court. 'TURKEY. OQNSTANTINOPLE, ACOUFVf 17. The Viceroy of Egypt arrived here this morning. His highness's wife, mother, and ion had arrived previously. The Sultan has sent thirteen Arab horses as a present to the Emperor Napoleon, and eleven to the Emperor of Austria. • CONSTANTINOPLE, Atonal. 18. The imperial transport Malakoff left yesterday for %erns with troopeend-ammunition. The steam yacht Quaker City arrived yesterday from Italy with 66 American excursionists. Of the Arab horses sent to Europe three are intended for the Prince of Wales, one for 'the Duke of Beaufort, and others for various distinguished personages. The Imperial Ottoman Bank has published the usual monthly statement of the amounts received on account of the government from the 13th July to the 12th August. The bank has now in hand the sum of 403,400 liras to meet the next payments for the foreign loan and general debt. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, ROTTERDAM, AUG car 17. The Prince and Princess of Wales will not visit this town on their way to Germany, but will em bark at Dordrecht, where they are expected to morrow at noon. DORDRECHT, Auogsr 17. The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived here at six o'clock this evening on board the Osborne. Their royal highnesses will continue their jour ney at 10 p.m. on board the Prussian steamer Merkens. • - ii;"iipoe visited irmovitiip the priataiml church in this town. INDIA. CALCUTTA, JULY 19. t of the probability of another telegraph line being constructed between England and India has been received with unmixed satis faction. The An article upon the Bengal administration pub lished by the Friend of India advocates the aboli tion of the board of revenue and the lieutenant governor's council. The reports of the famine at Orissa are more favourable. The opium revenue for the past seven months exceeds Mr. Massey's estimate by nearly half a million sterling. It is stated that the Viceroy is fra a scheme for the establishment of an Imperial B a nk of India, the central bank to be at Calcutta, with branches at Bombay and Madras, in the North-West Pro vinces and in the Punjaub. A railway: has been proposed between Calcutta and Darjeeling, and the scheme is approved by the Bengal and India governments. The result of explorations which have been made proves the practicability of a road to China through Burmah. The investigations beyond the frontier are to recommence. . . . The lieutenant-governor is about to visit the tea districts. —.....---... Simla is reported unhealthy this year, which is attributed to bad water, and the want of sanitary arrangements. The reports of the crops and of the public health throughout Bengal are more favourable. BOMBAY, JULY 24. The telegraph line is greatly improved in its working during the last fortnight, but five miles of the Indian line between Bombay and Kurrachee have been destroyed by a storm. Double rates are in future to be charged on all messages from Kur rachee to Great Britain and France containing groups of figures, when the commodity to which they refer is not specified. The Reconstruction Committee of the Bank of Bombay has been increased. Three-fourths of the, shares of the new bank have already been applied for. A memorial to the government is being cir culated among the shareholders of the Bank of Bombay for signature, praying the government to bear a part proportion of the loss attending the bad management of the bank. The largest viaduct over the Chone Ghaut (t) hi cline, 160 feet high, has given way through faulty' c onstruction, and two trains thereby narrowly. es- 1 caped destruction. The ship Sirzah has been totally wrecked near Alibaumh, and seven of the crew were drowned. The crew of the Sacramento have been forwarded to America in the ship General Caulfield. During May over 89,000,0001ba. of cotton, to tho value of upwards of 3,367,0001., have been shipped from Bombay. AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELSGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Acorn 17, 6 P.Y. The Inman steamer City of Paris arrived out to-day. Closing prices :—Gold, 141. Stirling Exchange on London, 1091. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1133. Illinois, 120. Erie, 701. Cotton, middling Uplands, 24. PRILADRIA Standard white petroleum, 28. FRANCE. Auousr 17. .. ~ . (Flom ova SWN CORWIPONDINT.) ; ■ PARIS, SATURDAY Eviiiirsta The difference between France and Italy on the . subject of General Dumont's mission to BeUR which the semi-official prints audaciously maintait was never of much importance, and has now been completely removed, still subsists, and is yew se:i leum. The Italian government not only calls for • l acer and positive repudiation, instead of an eva sive explanatien9f the.Yannch general's conduct in Rome, but regramsoarantees against the re currence of any smart intervention on the part of France contrary to the convention of Sept. loth. ' It were idle to deny, after the publication of Mar lshal Niel's official letter as Minister at War to Colonel d'Argy, commanding the Antibes legion, that France, after in the most solemn manner undertaking to evacuate Rome, has, by assuming a jurisdiction over the French volunteers, acted in 'a way which, if not at once protested, against, might very soon amount to a renewal of the mul -1 pation in another form. It is perfectly astounng to hear the French Minister at War telling a regi ment of papal troops that they are still French soldiers, not merely in regard to privileges reserved ' when they may wish to claim them after their term of service with the Pope, but in regard to their conduct and discipline while in Rome ; and that such of them as desert and are caught in France will be drafted off to penal companies. M. Rattazzi, L confident, I must suppose, in expectations if not positive promises of Pruss ian backing, is taking a very high tone with France on this subject. He feels it the more necessary to do so, because he has long laboured under the suspicion of being ' too subservient to the court of the Tuileries. I have reason to believe that when 34. L Nigro returns to his post here—and Ratarsi only consented to send him back on condition that the obnoxious Baron de Malaret should be withdrawn from Florence—he will come armed with instructions, leaving him no choice but to demand a revision of the convention of September of a nature to put a stop to any more missions like that of General Dumont, and letters such as that of Marshal NieL I hear from an Italian source that General Prim, who was yesterday at Genoa, has sailed for Cata lonia ; that he is well provided with money by Paris bankers, and that we may neat expeot to hear of him at the head of an insurrection in . . _ The Bourse was extremely inanimate. Rentes fell 10c. for cash, and tic. for account, closing at 69.70 and 69.6,5. Mobilier fell 1.23, and Italian 15c. ROADS IN FRANCE. LETTER OF THE EMPEROR, TO IL DE LAVALETTE. (92CTZII'S TIMMS.) The Moniteur of yesterday contains the follow ing letter, addressed by the Emperor to M. de Lavalette, the Minister of the Interior : CAMP OF CHALONS, Aucusr 16. Monsieur le Miaistre,—You are aware what importance I attach to the prompt completion of our means of com munication. I consider them one of the surest ways of increasing the strength and riches of France, for every , where the number and good condition of the roads are one of the most certain signs of the advanced state of the civilisation of peoples. I have already given instruc tions to the Minister of Public Works to pursue the examination and prepare the concession of new lines of railway. Be will at the same time molt the means of improving our canals and the navigation of our rivers, which are modifying counterpoise. to rail road monopoly. But our efforts must not be me i fined to this alone. The agricultural commission has demonstrated in an evident manner that the can. atruction of a complete network of parish roads is an essential condition of she prosperity of the country and of the well-being of those rural populations who have always shown me so much devotion. Pre-occupied with the realisation of this project, I had instructed you to examine, in concert with the Minister of Finance, a series of mea sures which might permit of our terminating within ten years the network of parish roads by the triple concurrence of the communes, the departments, and the state. Be sides this, desirous of facilitating in the case of the com mun. the means of participating in the expense I had requested you to prepare for the creation of a special fund destined to advance them the necessary sums by means of loans granted at a moderate rate, and repayable at long periods. I approve the note which you have ad dressed to me, and the principle which serves it as basis. But as before presenting to the; Legislative Body any definitive resolutionsl there are several im portant questions to examine, I beg you to prepare °Dm plete and precise elements of information. The delibera tions of the municipal councils will evidently require to be the point of departure of this labour. But I desire that, in the invest'gation which is about to be opened, a large part may be left to the members of those de partmental assemblies with whose patriotism sod devo- tion I am acquainted, and whose concurrence I know will not fail me. I rely upon the enlightened teal and the energetic activity which you have shown since I placed you at the head of the department of the Interior, to rapidly bring to ► termina tion this administrative 'needles' ion, and to lay before the Legislative Body at its next sitting a bill which may ensure the execution of the work, the realisation of which I have greatly at heart. Hereon, Monsieur le Ilinistre, I prey God to have you in his holy keeping. Neroutox. M. de Lavalette has published a report, dated IGth inst.; relative to the execution of the measure proposed in the above letter, and a ministerial decree, convoking the municipal councils during the first ten days in September, in order to revise the a: ossification of the parish roads. The Minister has also addressed a circular to the prefects con cerning the application of the decree. THE HEREFORD MUSICAL FESTIVAL (rack ova anew. oonsarcurrarr.) HEREFORD, SATURDAY. The festival which is to commence on Tuesday next will be the one hundred and forty-fourth annual meeting of the three choirs of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester, each city being alternately the scene of these musical gatherings. The benevolent object of these meetings seems to have originated in the year 1724, when Dr. Thomas Blase Chan ' caller of Hereford and brother of th e th en bishop, proposed that a collection for such purpose should be made at the church door on these occasions—a handbill to the following effect having been circu lated in the year already referred to:—" These are to give notice, that to-morrow ' viz., Thursday, the 10th Mat. (September), there will be a collection made after morning service, at the cathedral-door, for placing out, or assisting to the edu cation and maintenance of the orphans -01 the poorer clergy belonging to the dioceses of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford, or of the members of the three respective choirs ; to be dis- Iposed of by six stewards, members of the society, a clergyman and a gentleman respectively belonging Ito the said dioceses." The proceeds of these col , Motions are now distributed, in aid of the widows land orphans of clergymen of the three dioceses, by the respective treasurers thereof. Although the origin of the purpose with which these festivals have ever since been identified was as just stated, meetings of the choirs of the three cathedral cities referred to were held for several years previously, there being in existence " A sermon preach'd in 'the cathedral church of Hereford, at the anni versary meeting of the choirs of Worcester, Gloucester, and Hereford, Sept. 7, 1720 ; by Tho. Biase, D.D., and Chancellor of the said church.", I Another name deserves record, as having aided in originating this excellent object—Mrs. Catherine I Bovey, who died in 1756, and is commemorated by a tablet in Westminster Abbey.. For which facts we are indebted to the notes added by the well known musical antiquarian, Dr. Rimbault, to the new edition of the Rev. Daniel Lysons' " History • of the Meeting of the Three Choirs." I The early festivals of the three choirs consisted I chiefly of performances, by the united choriaters, of cathedral music, including the introduction of new anthems and services ; miscellaneous concerts, I chiefly of secular music, being soon afterwards given in the evening, at some public room of the city in which the festival was held. These festival performances very speedily assumed a more impor tant musical aspect, and also answered more effeo ' twiny their benevolent purpose. So early as 1739, only three years after its original production, Handel's Alexander's Feast was given at tho Glou cester meeting ; while, at the same place, in 1745, A eis atulOalatea, and in 1748, the Dettin enTeDeem and Jubi la te, the Coronation Anthem and Samoyed the same composer were given. In 1759 the Messiah I was performed entire at the Friday morning's per- I formance at Hereford, being the first instance of a complete oratorio being heard in a cathedral, por tions Mily of the same work having been given at Salisbury Cathedral in 1752. After these dates we find the oratorios of Handel forming important and special features of the music meetings of the three choirs ; which, with some temporary fluctuations, have, as already said, now attained an importance and are attended with a pecuniary result far beyond the imaginings of their original founders. During the pest half-century the attendance at these festivals has risen from an average of 9,000 to one of nearly 10,000 — the collections for the charity having, for some years past, averaged 1,1001. It must be borne in mind, that the receipts for the musical perform ances generally entail a loss, which is guaranteed by the stewards, now increased to the number of sixty-one—the president being again on this occa sion the Right Hon. Lord Bateman, Lord Lieu tenant, the Vice-Presidents being the right revs. the Lord Bishops of Hereford, G louoester and Bristol, and Worcester. On the occasion of the last Here ford Festival, in 1864 ,the deficiency was unusually small, the receipts having been 2,9121. 11c, against 3,0601. 15s. 6d. expenses, leaving a loss of only 1481. 4a. hid., while the co ll e ctions for the charity realised 1,1001. 14a. The preparations for the fes tival about to commence are now complete, a preliminary rehearsal of Mr. Otto Goldschmidt'a new sacred pastoral Ruth having been held at the Hanover-square Rooms in London last Friday ; ands general rehearsal being appointed for Monday morning in the cathedral here, and another in the Shire-hall for the evening of that day, when the I whole of the performers, many of whom have already arrived, will be assembled. As at , many past festivals, Mr. Henry Blagrove , who , occupies the position of principal violin , is ' actively aiding the orchestral arrangements; the post I of principal second violin being held by Mr. J. T. Willy, Mr. R. Blagrove being principal viola, Mr. G. Collins principal violoncello, Mr. Howell prin cipal double bass ; while, as heads of the wind instrument band are Messrs. Pratten and E. Card (flutes), Nicholson and.G. Horton (oboes), Lazarus I and Tyler (clarinets), Waetzig and Anderson (bas soons), T. Harper and Ward (trumpets), C. Harper, Mann, &c. (horns). The orchestra, which is nu merous, cannot fail to be effective, comprising as it r does many of the principal members of the Royal Italian Opera band. The chorus—larger than that I of the last festival—is selected from the three cathe dral choirs, and the choral societies of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worceeter with additions from Bristol, Bradford, Oxford, London, &c. The list of solo singers comprises : Soprani, Madame Lind ! Goldschmidt, Mdlle. Tietjenti, and Miss Edith Wynne • contraltos, Miss Julia Elton, and Madame Patey-Whytock ; tenors, Mr. Sims Reeves and Mr. Montem Smith • basses, Mr. Sande, and Mr. Weiss. Mr. Done will preside at the organ at the festival perform ' ances in the cathedral, while Dr. Wesley will officiate at the previous morning services ; Mr. Townshend Smith, organist of the cathedral, acting as conductor of the festival in addition to the onerous duties of honorary , secretary, 111 which capacity his active business talents have on this, as , on many previous occasions, been of great advantage • to the general arrangements. The present festival promises to be more success ! ful than any of its predecessors—the sale of tickets having been almost unprecedented. All the num ; bered seats of every class for Thursday's and Friday's performances, it is said, are already dis posed of, those for Wednesday being nearly ex , haunted. CRYSTAL P.u.sca.—The fireworks announced for the 73rd inst. will take place a day earlier, viz, on Thurs day next, combined with a display of the great fountains and • vocal and instrumental concert, commencing at 4 o'clock, and other attractions. The Bishop of Durham, at a recent church con- Clangs or • Stull. YACHT. —The cutter-yacht ! secretion dinner, told his hearers that their church was Lens. Kr . J. Morison, Edinburgh, owner, has arri ved at the church of the people—of the poor as well as the Granton, after a cruise of a mouth in the German Ocean rich—but if they were called upon to lay claim to that and Engliah Channel. The Irene, which is well known title , a great deal more must be done before they could in eastern as well as western waters as a fast sailer, and say that the church in the work was the church of the winner of more than one regatta prize, is only thirteen I poor man. Owing to the great political changes which toss register, and was built by Fyfe, of Fairlie, on the would shortly occur, they would, no doubt. during the Clyde. She is owned by an enthusiastic yachtsman, who next few years be tried by no friendly criticism, and has piloted her during several rather venturesome voyages. therefore it behoved them to exert themselves and to This summer he determined to' visit the coast of France, labour for the better supply of spiritual instruction of sad leaving Grunion with • fair wind on the 12th July, their poor brethren. He was now speaking to laymen as the yacht stood down the Eirth in grand style. well as the clergy. Let them do more for the spread of Arriving at Scarborough on the 17th, a short stay the truth of the gospel than they ever had done before, was made, when she proceeded to Lowestoft, and thence and then be believed the church of England would rise in to Dieppe. On anchoring in Dieppe harbour, Mr. Mori. the affection of the ptople more and more. son found that a regatta was about to take place, and NORTH NOTTS HOP MARKET, AUGUST 17.—The there being an open race, he at once entered his yacht for hop plant is this district is making very little progress. the event. The party on board visited Paris, and the The unseasonable weather to which it has been exposed yht afterwards cruised o ff the French coast between ' has brought blight, fi lth, and smut, and prospects are of a ppe and Boulogne. The yacht behaved admirably, ; most discouraging character. These remarks apply to the and, saving a very narrow escape from being run down by district around 011erton, Walesby, and indeed nearly a large foreign brig, no accident happened throughout the ! through the whole of the hop-growing district of North adventurous voyage. ; Hotta. HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CREST, VICTORIA- I BEN* RETAILERS. —The sections in former acts r•as.—The number of patients relieved at this institution ' requiring beer retailers to enter into bonds are repealed during last weak was 1,228, of whishißtil were new cases. by the new Inland Revenue Act. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1867. [STAMM% 141. ADDITIMAIO flabiti anti Military. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 18. The Queen and the court will return from Osborne to-morrow evening, sad proceed to Windeor Castle. The Warrior, 35, iron screw frigate, Captain H. Boys, Is nearly ready for sea, and will mooed to %Ahead to. morrow to take in her ammunition. The Victoria and Albert paddle yacht, Captain the Prince of Lemingen, arrived in harbour yesterday after noon from Cowes. The Vixen, 2, Commander Charles D. Lucia, V.C., and the Viper, 2, Commander Henry B. Crozier, both double. screw gunboats, got under weigh We morning, and proceeded off the east-end of the We of Wight for experi mental trials, returning to Spithead in the evening. LAUNCH OF THE WAR STEAMERS BLANCHE AND BEACON. CHATHAM, AUCCRT It. The rare ceremony of the launch of two vessels of war on the mine day took place at this dockyard yesterday afternoon, in the presence of an unusually large concourse of spectators, the large galleries at the end of the building slips, as well as every portion of the yard which oom manded a view of the vessels, being filled. A portion of the gallery near the Blanche was set apart for the mem bers of the Admiralty, the board being represented on the occasion by Rear-Admiral Spencer-noblemen, Contemner of the Navy. The Blanche, the largest of the two vessels launehed, is one of the new class of improved unarmoured corvettes, designed by Mr. K. J. Reed, chid Constructor of the Nark s aris sister ship to th e Dow, the fittli and the ho, bull at some of the other dockyards. eis out of the Amazon type of vemsela, in her construction several improvements have been . . effected by Mr. Reed, having for their object giving her increased stowage accommodation, and enabling her to attain a mean speed of 134 knots, with extra strength for mounting the heavy arma. meat she is intended to carry. The ceremony of "christening" the Blanche wee performed by Min Dickens, daughter of Mr. Charles Dickens, who, on being conducted by her father and Mr. P. Thornton to the bow of the ship dashed the traditional bottle of wine spinet the stein, bidding " Success to the Blanche." The cord which held the last of the supports was then severed by Miss Dickens, and immediately after wards the Blanche ran down the ways into the harbour, amid the , repeated cheering of the theothtan, th e hand playing . ` e li ns ule Britannia ." The f n oll t owing are n hat u prux 72afit.d; d im ens ions :— Length ketl n f g o t r i' to b n e n t ue wee , 184 ' 4 perpen dic u lar (extreme), 38ft. ; breadth for tonnage, 3MI. 10in. ; breadth moulded 35ft. tin. ; depth of hold, 19ft. 41n.,- burthen, in tons, i ,218 8.94. The armament of the Blanche will consist of two Tin. 84 ton, and four 84-pounder muzzle loading guns, with three 12-pounder and 6-pounder Arm strong.. Her engines are of 350 hone power, and aro is course of manufacture by Messrs. Ravenhill and Co. She is to be fitted with iron lower math The Beacon, also launched at this dockyard the same day, is one of the sgnadron of composite gen vessels built for serriee in China. She ia built on the composite prin ciple, of iron frames with a double planking of teak timber. Her floors are; perfectly fiat, which will give her a very light draught of water. She is 155 feet in length, and 26 feet in breadth, and will be propelled by two screws, driven with a pair of 120-horse power engines. The Beacon was " christened " by Miss Stewart, daughter of Captain W. H. Stewart, C. 8., superintendent of the dockyard, the launch being a very sucosedul one. Her armament will consist of a couple of 7-inch ii .ton, and (4- pounders, fitted as pivot guns. Both yeses`r are to be pre pared for sea with all despatch. ADMIRALTY AUGUST 17.—APPOIN17dENT8.— Sub-lieutenant W. H. Aimeeley to the Minotaur, W. S. Chambre to the Dee, Assistant-Paymaster E. G. Richmond in charge to the Jaime, C. P. Skinner to the Lion, and Naval cadet J.B. Hay to the Viands, ---- S. W. Col li e r, an engineer in the navy, was on Saturday tried by court-martial at Plymouth for forging a bond and promissory note. He was sentenced to twp years' imprisonment, with hard labour, and of course to be dismissed from her Majesty's service with disgrace. The fourth and last detachment of the sth Dragoon Guards have arrived in Liverpool from Dublin, en route for Colchester. They consisted of 99 men, 9 officers, and 116 horses, and were commanded by this Hon. Colonel S. G. Calthorpe. To-day the Slat ltegimesl will embark at Liverpool for Dublin. A soldier of the 69th Regiment and the wife of a serpent aelemheed enicide . eorrther on Saturday eight at Dublin, by leaping into the river at Carlialebridge. They were seen struggling in the water, and an ineffectual at tempt was made to rescue them. When taken out they were found tied tightly together by • scarf passed round their necks. The woman was rely twenty years of ego. A beautifully modelled screw steam-yacht has been launched from the shipboihting yard of Mere. Palmer and Co., on the Tyne, for Lord Alfred Paget. She is built after the model of the well-known clipper Hen rietta that won the great ocean tea race last year. She is built of iron, and 123 feet 6 inches in length over all, 109 feet between perpendiculars, 19 feet extreme breadth, depth amidships 11 feet, end tonnage 186, and is rigged as • threentasted schooner. MUTINY ON BOARD AN ENGLISH SHlP.—ln telligenoe has been received at Hartlepool giving pertieu• dais of a mutiny which had occurred ou board the torque Stately, Captain Stutter, of Hartlepool. The Stately left. Hartlepool in the yrisg for Leghorn, from whence she sailed on May 19, with a cargo of marble, bound to Bos ton, United States, nod she arrived there last month. During the passage she encountered a severe gale, causing the vessel to spring a leak, which hummed to 12 inches of water per hoar. The crew, thirteen in number, were ordered to the pumps, and they continued at work hi hours, when all kends, except the mate and carpenter, re fused duty, demanding that the vessel be put back to • pert for repairs. Captain Starter refused to accede to their request, and ordered the men to continue their work. The boatswain complied. but the others refused, and went below, where they remained during the continuanceof the gale. The ceptain, in order to carry his point, re moved all the provisions to the cabin, and then, with the mate, carpenter, and boatswain, worked at the pumps for 34 hours, when the men came aft and demanded food. They were answered that if they returned to the pumps they should have their provisions as usual, which was accordingly done by all except the ringleader, who was placed in irons. The gale soon after abated, sad the leak decreased to seven inches of water per hour, continuing about the same during the rest of the voyage. By the captain's energy, a quick passage was accomplished, and the expense and delay incident to making a port of neces sity avoided. SHOCKING ACCIDRIPT. —OD Friday afternoon a dreadful and fetid occident, the result, it is feared. of some necligraoe,took place on the grass-plot in front of the Royal Western Yacht Club House, bordering on the Hoe. A flag staff was fixed on the greas-plot, and, the Plymouth regatta approaching, arrangements were ~redo for painting the staff. Two young men, named Noble and Avery, were employed to paint it. Noble had been painting, and, on feeling thirsty, just before five o'clock be descended, and went to quench has thirst at a pump near. Whilst he was away, Joseph Avery took his place, being drawn up the pole by a rope, while he sat on a stick attached to the end of the rope. He was proceeding with his work, with his back to the Sound, when the inner support of the staff gave way. This caused the spar to break just in the centre, and it fell to the ground, toward the path, carrying Avery with it. The poor fellow fell under the pole, and was frightfully crushed. His skull was fractured , and in addition he received internal iujuriaa which werualonesuffleient to cause death. Several who u ere near saw the accident and rushed to the spot. Avery was lifted, but he did not move or show the least sign of life. They quickly removed him to the South Devon Hospital, but he was quite dead before his body had arrived there. The deceased was about 19 years of age. The pole was 70 feet in height, sad bad four gal vanised wire supports on either side. The pole, it is alleged, was only fixed five inches in the ground, and several gentlemen amongst the assemblage, drawn to the scene of the accident, warmly denounced the utter recklessness of such a thing, and to such • piece of negligence attributed the occurrence of so melancholy an acci.lent. The pole, being fixed but five inches ice the ground, must from its great height have been very unsteady, especially with the additional weight of the poor fello., and no number of supporta at the top would have counteracted the insecurity at the bottom. NOVEL APPLICATION BY A POLICE INSPECTOR. A young Sootchman, named Brody, was taken by Inspector Carlyle before the Liverpool magistrates on Saturday, and the inspector asked for a small allowance on his behalf. Brody's story was a very curious one. A few days pre viously he hail arrived in Liverpool from America, loving Mt in his possession, his seeing* during some years of bard work as a dyer in the far west. Whilst strolling about the streets he was robbed of all his mou sy , and though the thief was soon afterwards arrested, convicted, and punished, the money was not recover ed, and Brody in despair made an attempt upon his own life. The attempt was frustrated, however, and Carlyle having heard of the ease, and ascertained that Brody had • desire to return to America, informed Mr. Charles brlver of the &cum etance, and that gentleman at once offered to give the poor fellow • purge to New York in the nest Cuuard steamer. Carlyle now applied to the court for a small allowance for clothing and • few other necessaries during the voyege. The request was at once complied with. and Brody, with brinimingeyes and • thankful heart, left the wart. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL rox DISZASES OF ins Crrr•kosu, EC. —The number of patients under treatment at this hospital during the past week amounted to 632, of which 50 were new cases. MR, BRIGHT AND MR. MILL 9A . THE FUTURE 4;416 ,- 6171a The following letters have recently been receited by Mr. E. Bales, the president of the Reform League, in reply to the announcement that the league would use its °reanimation, consisting of 430 branches , for the purposes of registratioa, eduating the people in the use of the vote, and promoting the return to the next parliament of members pledged to advanced liberal principles : "My dear r. Beals,—l am glad to see that it is not intended to discontinue the organisation and labours of the Reform League, although so great • step has been piped in the extension of the mama On that branch of the question of reform I presume you will not feel it namsery now to agitate further, so far as the boroughs are con cerned. But the concession of a wide franchise is mast incomplete so long aa the security of the ballot is denied. As a machinery for conducting elections without disorder' the arrangement of the ballot is period, and if ea, Hat ground only, it should be adopted. Bu t there is • higr ground on which all reformers should insist upon it. The more wide the suffrage, the more there are of men in humble circumetentem who are admitted to the exercise of political rights, the more clearly is it necessary that the shelter of the ballot should be granted. confident it would lessen expenses at elections, diminish corruption, and destroy the odious system - oig timidation which new so extensively prevail., and that it would make the House of Commons a more complete le presentation of the opinions and wishes of the electoral body. I have a very strung conviction on this subject, and I hope all our friends throughout the country will accept the ballot as the next great question for which,* oonnexiou parliamentary reform, they eosah, )0 eemeend. thweitbie asfortard, Sere can be go from corruption and oppression at elections, Aar our political contests will still remain, what they now amp • discredit to us as • free and intelligent people. If the Re form Lessee and Reform Union will make the ballot eh& next work, theymust soon summed. I need not tell you thtt I shall heartily join them in their labours fcr this greatemL I hope the friends of the ballot, those who care for freedom and morality in the working of our representative system, will ,provide the needful funds to enable you to move on with an increasing has to • complete access.— Believe me always sincerely yours, " JOHN Balt.HT. " Edmond Beale*, Esq., Lincoln's-inn, London." " Blackheath-perlx x " Dear Sir,—l have already, by sending a subscription gtven in my adhesion to the detem a in n ti on o f th e H e l en : 1,0111/U0 to empley its organisa ti on in promoting the regis tration of the liberals who will become entitled to the suffrage under the new Reform Act. With regard to .the further object of promoting the election of candidates pap fessing advanced liberal pruiciples, I should be glen if apt only the Reform League, but all the other orpailatimus of reformers throughout the country would keep them selves in existence for that purpose. There will be ample work for all of them ' and I only hops that they will not confine their support to candidate, who adhere to their own particular programme, but will extend it to advanced liberals of all shades, a close union of whom among themselves wss never more needed than it will be at the first general election under the new sot.—l am, dear air, yours very truly, " J. S. MILL." " Edmond Reeled, Esq." THE PROPOSED COUNTY RATE FOR THE Cl o V es :: LC:MOS.—A strong and stern opposition is being to the county rate in the various parishes of the City, and but for the vacation there is no doubt that ward meetings on the subject would be pretty numerous. As it is, the justices have, in a formal way, asked if there are any ob jections to be offered to the basis of the rate, and the easwer they have bad from such parishes as have yet given utterance to any opinion on the subject has been, in effect, a reined to enter upon the consideration of the basis, and its merits or demerits, " inasmuch as," my they, "we object to the rate itself, and should like to know a great deal more about the necessity for it, and so forth, before we commit ourselves to any sort of consent to its principle." This is not the first time the question has been brought forward. The justices have always had a kind of hankering after a fund of their own to manage as they plea's, but hitherto public opinion has been too powerful for them, and as it does net appear chid the gene ral feeling on the matter has undergone any material change, it is by no means improbable that the proposition for a rate may again be shelved. —City Preis. MIL. L&HONT, M.P., AND THE SCOTTISH REFORM LEAOCL—Mr. Lamont has just addressed the following I reply to a communication from the secretary of this bedy :—" Knookdow, August 14, 1807.—iiir,-1 have re ceived your letter of the 10th Mat., and I beg to decline to attend the • greet public meeting of political and social reformers' to be held at Glasgow on the 17th September. My opinion as to the 'future polio y of reformers' is, very decidedly, that they should be t hankful for what they have got, and refrain from further mjitation on the s jest at present. —I em, sir, your obedient servant, Jail= ',Amon'. George Jackson Esq., secretary to the Scotti f sh National Reform League, Glasgow." TH6 Seorint REFORM BILL —The quarterly meeting of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce was hdd on Friday. The minutes of the special meeting with re. ference to the Scotch Reform Bill having been rind, the chairman narretd the steps which had been taken by the chamber in cooperation with the other municipal bodies in Scotland, with the view of securing • larger represen tation for Scotland. The Scotch bill, however. had been delayed for asession, but he was sure Scotland could lees nothing by this dela. Her claims were based upon justice and upon the gener al principles of the English Reform Bill, and every delay that took place only seared to bring oat mom strongly that population, wealth, activity, and emu mares all had tended fur a time to make much greater progress in the north of the island than in the south. The English bill had therefore increased the number of members in the northern counties, diminishiag tar • considerable extent those rem creating the south ,• but Scotland had increased to • much greater extent in all these respects than England. In addition to the state. meet of facts made at last meeting, a return had bgep published within the last few days showing that the agricultural wealth of Scotland had increased in • proper lions' great as the wealth and population of the loves, and in a ratio still greater than in England. From the re turn, it appeared that there had been a large increase in the rental of land in England ; but there had been en in crease to the extent of 5 or 6 per cent. more in Scotland and while in no county in England had the increase much exceeded 20 per cent., in the county of Forfar it bad amounted to 35 per cent. Ho had therefor not the least doubt that next seesiou would show that Scotland had not lost by the delay of the Reform Bill. He would suggest that the committee of the chamber should he motioned, and that they should be instructed to oceoperate with the other public bodies in promoting the measure. The sug gestion was unanimously agreed to, and the committee will be continued accordingly. CITY OF LoNltoN COLLEGE EVENING CLA6EEB FOR Yore,: Mee. —The annual examination of tl.c studeste of the above institution took place recently. The follow * is a list of the succeesful candidates :—The scholar ship(the gift of the council), 10/., with free admission to the college for one year, to be given to the student who obtains the highest aggregate number of marks in any three of the subjects of examination, was awarded to William Spier'. The Thompson prize, Si. (the gift of Messrs. W. .1. and H. Thompson, Mincing lane). for pro- Sammy in arithmetic and bookkeeping, to William Spiess who also receives prizes in arithmetic and geogrephy, and Hat-clue certificates in bookkeeping and English history. The Greatorex prize, 5/. (the gift of Mr. Watford Credo rex, for proficiency in modern languages, teJ. K Hate. man, with first-class certificates in French and German. The Divinity prize, 31. 35. (the gift of the Rev. B. White tirigton, the principal of the college), to T. li Shoe. The Ist Goethe mire, 31. ithe gift of Dr. Zerti), for German composition, to Thomas Abbott. The Lowth prize, 3/. (the gift of Mr. G. T. Lowth), for profiriency and regu larity, to J. T. Moclburst, who obtained first-class oertili cotes in arithmetic and French. The English essay prize. Y. (the gift of the council), subject, " Co-operative Socie ties." divided between J. H. Ingram and .1. B. Muir. Die bookkeeping prize, Joseph Moles. The freehand drawing, J. K. Elliott. First-class certificates were awarded to the following, viz. :—H. Meadows, A. Bakewell, G. Willrnott„ W. IL Phillips, W. A. Smith, for arithmetic: T. J. Day. W. H. Barnes, G. Willinott, W. Msckintosh, W. K. Phillips, G. Pickett, A. Bakewell, for bookkeeping ; F. N. Jewesbury, for chemistry ; G. Smith, for Divinity •, J. L. Williams, freehand drawing ; J. F. Ellis, G. Hill, po graph), ; J. H. Ingrain, German; W. J. Bishop, Spanish; H. Adams, J. Dien., mechanical drawing—the total mon her of certificates awarded being of the first class, lad the second, end 17 of the third. Di. , covEltr OF AN ANCIENT FOREST AT !IT'LL. —ln the course of the excavations at the West Deck works, opposite Messrs. Earle's cement woiks, the navvies have come upon a stratum of dark soil, in which a number of trees in horizontal position were met with. They are oak, and in excellent condition, sad remarkably hard. Besides these interesting remains of a long oast age. a Lute number of acorns and hazel nuts were found, and some oyster and mussel shells. The discovery I. the more in. tcrethiug to geologists, seeing that trees were found at a depth of about nineteen feet below the water line of the river. The wood wee of a similar nature to that found whet the Victoria Dock Extension was in progress, and goes far to prove the correctness .f the supposition that Holdernem and this part of the river were ware covered With • dense forest; The trees at the Victoria Dock were found at about the same depth. Several eminent geologists hare visited the West Dock, and examined the wood and the ground. Many gentlemen have secured pieces of the coksind,had fancy snide' made out of it. The oyster shells are characterised as very much larger thin those ordinarily seen, but no remains of other fish were found. IYWOPENCE