The Express. — London, England, 1867-08-14 00:00:00

H R. :" 113;,,,7 7 . -.- - ••• :-?,# ,7 .. _ -....„___ „..-- , ?- e.=€ - - 1 -... , M r - I . . 1 r --- I L * . 4 . . N 0.6,5590 PEV ITT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE . I r WENT slIIP.—Por SYDNEY Direct t to salt from the August, calling at Plymouth on the Ist Se • r mbark pauengers', the splendid new frigate-built r %PP t MATTA, AI 13 years, 1,531 tons register, JOHN % us, commander : lying in the East India Docks. This built by Dr. James Laing, of Sunderland, under the t o .4 the ...mem, expressly for the Sydney trade, bas a . I ,„„.; . snit unusual!) , large cabins for the accommodation of 1,„ pawns:en : she offers also the best opportunity for passengers, sad intermediates, at 4.21 each, ~11 ca rry an experienced surgeon —Mot terms of freight ". apply to Ca pta in WILLIAILS, on board: or to ,% l ri as l )I OUSE, 9, Minter-street. --- - DEVITT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE of rAcaNT SHIP.—Yoe SYDNEY Direct k to sail from the ib,- sept„ calling at Plymouth to embark passen. . • splendid clipper ship SOPRAUN, A 1 13 years, register (h.. I) 04 In the East India Docks. This fine ship, built ,i,„rs A. Ilan and Co., of Aberdeen, has a magnificent sigh unusually large cables for the accommodation of p.,n+etMerl she oilers a desirable opportunity for !,•1 it' and intermediate passengers, and will cant' an ex .,. t.. surgeon.—Moe terms of freight or pasmgs apply to oplIN WILLIAII .s• to SHAW, LOWT ER, and MAX- Exchange-buildings; or to DEVITT and MOOSE, r street. 777 _ :, EVITT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE .1 PACKET SNIP.—For PORT PHILLIP Dbect, the fine r ship WARRIOR, resister 919 tons, R. B. II cEARLA NE. uder; lying In the East India Docks. This fine ship Is i 1.4' her fast.salling qualities; she always deliver+ her splendid order, and being ne lr coppered is a first . oortunity for shippers. —Vor farther parUculars apply % ITT and MOORE, 9, Bllliter-street v.VITT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE of PACKET SHIP.— Yoe POET PHILLIP Direct last ~,,ping day nth Sept.. the splendid clipper ship MA.CDUFI, 1 It yeas. nester 1.13$ tons. T. T. WAND ,N Commander: , g in the East India Docks. Thla bigliolamed ship, built at lidos i.y the Mews. Mall, Is well known In the Melbourne f a her rapid purges sad amend delivery of cargo. She my ode ac co aa dWay lee passeagews in lux commodious .p. mil will carry as U required.— For r particulars apply to ni rmar es rl = re lL m GRANT, 12, h ; fir to DILVIIT and MOOLE, 9, illikaratreet. ;VITT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE of PACK ET SE IP.—Yor ADELAIDE Direct (last ship .l.o the :oth of August, calling at Plymouth to embark ' required', the splendid new clipper ship ST. YIN , years, gel tons register, ALEX. LOUITIT, Corn < In the London Docks. This fine ship, built es tdelaide trade, has a full poop, fitted with bath other comfort fur the actommedation of cabin . will carry a few Intermodlates. A surgeon will ‘ulred. Last outward passage from Plymouth to , ys.—For terms of freight or pumps apply to 'T, on board ; Sr to Davin and MOIJEA trid MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE I.T SH IP —Poe ADELAIDIi Direct (last ship 4eptember, calling at Plymouth to embark pas• Ind , the splendid Aberdeen clipper MEE OF Al, I, lee tons registar, THOMAS LOUTTIT, !Mg In the London Docks. This beautiful ship, m, Is expreesly titled for the trade. She has a with every comfort fey the accommodation of aad will - ram an experienced inrgeom terms or freight or pomp apply to DEVITT hillitaretreet. and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE .er SUM—For HOBART TOWN Direct last Als August), the well-known British-built ahip • I S> ears, register 820 tons, 0. A. LULIIAII, Seeding in the keel India Docks. This high ball by Mr. James Laing, of Sunderland, e e is noted for sound delivery of cargo, and th gond accommodation for chief cabin passengers. freight or passage apply to DEVITT and 1800101, • WiU be followed by the regular trader " liar- i and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE PACKET SHIP.—Far BRISBANE WHARF Direct, h-built capper barque ALFRED HAWLEY, A 1 10 years, in tons, T. M. ALMOND, Commander lying in the lia Docks. This ship, Malt for the colonial trade under irrey, Is noted for her fed-sailing qualities and sound of cargo . she has also elegant accommodation for cable pasaingers. —For farther particulars apply to the Hr. T. B. WALKER, No 15A, St. Halmerplace ; or to sag MOORE, 9, Billitarstrest. p 'VITT and MC of PACKET RH. Jay Stb nept.:, t is years. nester 1, la the East lady i'enion by the Menem her rapid par • .. t,ro -nue acconsmoda • .o • sod will carry an r. r particulars apply onet or to DEI DEVITT and M( of PACKET EH 1 day the 20th of Au ; -.• tcers if required', I A 1 12 years, Bel I ; lying in ilieL•b •I. for the Adelahl e 161 , old every other co ~..outete, and will can talon if required. la days.—For torniT, on I nEVITT and MC If of PACK ET Still to; day 29th seplarnba racers if required . the TIIERLAN Al, 1,1 emander : lying in U. 1.41 at Aberdeen, 4 cop poop, fitted with e, in mummers, and a Noted —For terms of 110011. 9, IMUiter-i • TT and MC of PACKET Sill aopivg day Bath Augu 'INDWARD, A 113 yea , matander leading it moot ship. built by Mr. • r the arade, is noted poop, with good scoot r terms of freight or pi Billiteratreet WiU DEVITT and MC of PACKET BHT ze British-built dipper b 'owes. 421 tons, T. M. lot India Docks. This recol surrey, Is noted I -Isrery of cargo sbe ..lel cabin passengera - e'er, Hr. T. K WALE! ITT sad MOORE, 9, II VITT and M( II of PACKET SHIP. pater part of her cargo teautiful new clipper • T. B. WHITTINGIIA •M. This smart *hi' sorted for the Taman r ate, chief cabin Dim ! to Mr. T. B. WA :•ITTIT and MOOSE, 9, trilar trader Pusitim I ARD LINT AMERICA.W IOTA: B Admiralty to sail be .1 between LMIRPOOI ▪ iislifax to land and r Wag or other amok Mae at Cork to resin CUBA, for BOND 'PERSIA, for NI Taking passengers an Maimed as New York Lim asthorMes', on be CHINA, for BUO , hariad Moo 11. 1 11 7 b nas e"Y or liquor M: second cabin, £2O. ▪ St& —Apply to J. kris and Kocher, Haw Clad J. Burns, 30 Jami lodes: D. and C. Made lirdmatreet, Uverpoo INMAN LINE.. ▪ YORK, and PAW Wad despatching theft essrashlps, carrying the • twa, Ireland, on the full ▪ dopatchee, and with arNa,SattlAa CITY OP EDINEI:R011, and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE iCKFT SHIP.—Far LAUFIRSTON Dkrect (has the of her cargo engaged, and will bare quiet dispatch), (ul neer clipper AkAIU FAH, A 110 yews, 446 seen regle- WHITT' NG lIAM, commander:lying in the Went India Nis smart ship, built on very fine lines and expressly /r the Tarn aniun trade, has grit-rate aoconissodatton chief cabin twaninagers.—Por terms of freighter passage Mr. T. B. WALICItg, 16e, dt. Bolen's-place : or to I and MOBILE, 9, litlllterrereet. Will be followed by the trader "Fugitive." LINE.—BRITISH and NORTH :AN ROYAL NMI MAN SHIPS, awlated by to sail between LIVERPOOL and NLW YORK, L sad BOSTON, the Boston aldpe calling to lend sod receive and nano The tot other vemaY are to aaa trout Liverpool, cork to reality the mils: CUBA, for BOSTON, Saturday, August 17. *PERSIA, for NIW YORK, Saturday, Animal 24 ag it and goods for Nassau and Havana , to be ad at New York (subject to the pertnisiton of the United nhorittes:, on hoard the MA 8. Corsica. CHINA, trBOSTON. Saturday, August Si. teprosey, includlss steward's tee sad providoos, bat t wines or Ikron:—To Halifax and Borr chief cabin, woad cabin, Lit Nww York, chief cabin, LSI ; second sta—Apply to J. B. Board, 61, Old Broadotreet, London: sad Maclvor, Havre, and 11, Moe de Is Bourse, Parte; J. Burr, 80, _Jamaica-street, Glasgow, and Baltic-s tr eet, ; sad C. Maelror. Quarelowa ;or D. sod C. Irolver, rotreet, ILverpool. ,MAN LINE.—The LIVERPOOL, NEW YOU, and PALLADBLPHLI, STEAM-SHIP COMPANY patching their full-powered Clyde-built iron screw ti carrylag the United Mater Malls, calling at Queens and, on the fullowtog day, to take on board paesen Aches, and with liberty to ten at an intermediate port:gers ArNA, Saturday, August 17. CITY Or BOSTON, Wednesday, August 21. EDINBI'ROH, Saturday, August 24. CITY OF BALTIMOk4 W edn esday, August 2S. , And every Wednesday and Saturday. Calla purge by the mall steamers sailing every Wednesday, B, IT. and 21 guineas, according Ps the accommodation. Forward plugs Includes a full supply of cooked mortal:ma Passengers ar Canada and the United MMus hooked through on very Wren- Woos terms—For further particulars apply to WILLIAM DUN, 21, Water-street, Liverpool ; and to la Mend MACEY, F. Lag William-street, Landow. BREMEN.—Direet Route to Hanover, Bruns wick, end Central Gannany.—The North German Lloyd's eist-elama screw itemiser ADLER, Captain ea batematehed on THURSDAY, Aug. 15, calling at Blatlrwall Mather permitting), at It nowt —rarest° Bremen, St and SI ; Rims &nein F.S and LI 10a—A at CHAPLIN'S Universal ing* aad ffliirrnk GRAVES, PHIL Co SL Danstan'a-lioeim Crose-lan* Great Tower- IC. RCPTERDA and the RHINE.—e favourite steamer ItAT M (VIZI leaves Brunswick Th er Pl, Blackwell, th'l7 tiUNDAY, at ll a.m. Passengers must leave lencburch- Meet Station by the 10.30 a.m. train, and ',elk on board The Pyesoord leaves from off the Tower every Thursday morning * 8 era —Appry at CHAPLIN'S Ustherea Oaks, W., or to PHILLIPPS, GRAY'S, PHILLIPPS and Co., tit Dunstan's- ICUs. l-Yosniatte, Great Tower-Mrs* KC. RWEDEN and BACK in seven days from 10 Loudon, allowing 66 hours in livrecien.—This la an oppor tufty. that may be embraced by the renowned twin screw Isaac MARY, Captain THOS. MOIL appointed to sail on rib Aurut, from the West ladle Dock buoys, for GOTH ENBURCI, every alternate Saturday as heretofore (weather permitting). hssengen will likewhe End this a met interesting route to twee and Ramie, and should make early applications for births. Parse to Gothenburg, L 3 le and L 2 fa. : return, L 4 14a. It mg 13 se. ; deck, L L —Apply at CHAPLIN'S oMoe Regent ercm_ W . ; or to PHILLIP'S GRAM, PHILLIPPS and Co., k Stunitaserboine, Cron-line , Meal Tower-street. MARGATE and RAMSGATE. - SALOON STEAM ER, ALBERT VICTOR, every TUESDAY, Thurs o!, and Saturday, from Swan Pler, above Londen.bridge, at 11 ▪ . returning to London every Monday Wednesday, and rnir . leaving Imamate at 11 am., and Mirgate at 12 noon. METRADE WHARF.—The Commissioners Costoms and the Lords of the Treesttry.—Pre= r tz • rtion, the Correspondence on the subject of granted sad ben withhold. IMPOSTSIth of GOODS who are leard to ascesslye charges on goods leaded on captain's Mir .111 please apply to R CLAY sad Co, fig, Upper Manias ',krt. City. :EE TH.—Blesses. GABRIEL ABLISCIED IES). mew PAMPHLET , 14 TRZE BY Paw FOUR STAMPS, aPisining the Painless System of Dentistry and sell-adhesive Anthetal Teeth without upstage, at haUthe usual charisma 64, LUDOATZ-HILL, CITY. 66, Harleyetreet, Cavendish-square, Loudest. 134, Dukeatreet, Liverpool 11 ILIOL'S and Liver Complainta, indigestion, sick Headache, Doss of Appetite, Drowsiness, Giddiness limns, and all Disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, are quickly r umored by that well-known remedy, FRAMPTON'S PILL OF 11FALTH. _NI unite the recommendation of a mild operation with the enceessful effect and where as aperient la required 40 better adapted. Sold by all medicine vendors, st n itra 144 h. let per box, or obtained through any chemist. INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS. A Gentle Aperient and a Powerful Tonle. Sold Everywhere, In Bottles Is. lid., Z H., and Ili JOZRAIPS COPAHINE.—In cbronic or recent . diseases a ewe is effected In an average of etc days. nhiowd by the Paris Physicians' Academy —Maid by all re tgw, Wish chanista. is. ed. Garai Depot, eh Haymarket. `" 4 .• at G. Josiwa, the Reed ong aacr s chemist with the .tiwaa of the Parts eel of ANY PEERS or Others having RECEIVED a COPY of a PRINTED STATEMENT, privately sent, to the end of July last, to the law lords and others, on behalf of the respondents cited In the pending Shedden appeals, and which statement was only accidentally brought to the appellants' knowledge yesterday, are respectfully requested, In the interests of public *Mice, and in order that the Statement may be refuted, to FURNISH their NAMES, and, if pomible, the °oldie so received, to Mews. Cookson Wainewright, and Co , No. CI, Neweware, Lincoln'atan, Solicitors to the Appellants. CRYSTAL PALACE. —City Companies Firms, Societies. Clubs, or Schools, dedrous of holding their ANNUAL DIN N ER or TEAS at the Crystal Palace are requested to apply for terms to BERTRAII and ROBERTS. Refreshment Department, ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. (Managing Director, Mr. Y. Strange) Three Ballets, 200 Dancers, 60 Instrumentalists, Bingen, Acrobats, libidos Pic tures, Latest Telegrams, Saloons, Sumer-rooms, Lavatoties, Smoking-rooms, Evening Paper: 10 ilmotral Pieces Every Night. Open at Half-past Seven, begin at Eight. Prices—le., , and 6d.: Reserved Seats, as. ; Private Boxes, from Ll la. Boz.oflice open from Eleven to Four. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High Holliorn.—The met spacious and btilliantly.decorated Roll Room, and the but Band In London. OPEN for GO:CCP:MT and DANCING EVERY EVENING. Medal Director, Mr. W. M Packer. Open at half-psi I; claw at 12. Marten. throachont. Is. ELEGANT detached VILLA RESIDENCE to be LET or SOLD. In a beautiful open and select legality, and containing to excellent rooms in beautiful order, gam throughout. and Venetian blinds. Handsome lawn. Rent 70 guineas, for throe or seven years; or purchase, tge guineas. Only .C 7 ground rent. First rate title and long lease. L6OO can re main.—Apply to Ile WM. WILLIAMS, auctioneer and ear reyor. It, Queen-street, Cheapslde or on the premises, 6, Oros venor-villas. Jusetioe-read, Upper Holloway. rtITY OFFICES to LET, Coleman-street —A mil// Third Flour, with plate-ghtea window.. Rent SS plasm per annum—Apply to W. WILLIAMS, as shore. CITY HOUSE or OFFICES WANTED, to Rest or Purchase. Forward particulars to W. WILLIAMS, aa above. WANTED, to Rent or Purchase, within ten 'males of town. a mall detached Ithll DENCE, with good gardens, if with paddock preferred. Full particulars to be forwarded to Mr. WM. WILLLIALS, surveyor, 18, Queen-street, Cbeapside. K INAHA N'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN IXHIBMON, 1866. This celebrated old IRISH WHISKY gained the DUBLIN PRIZE MEDAL—It Is mre, mild mellow, delicious, and very wholesome. Sold in bottles, Ss ed. each, at the retail houses In London : by the agents In the principal towns la England or wholesale at 6, Great Win .street, London. W. Observe the red seal, pink label, and cork breaded Mashies LL Whisky. BARLovrs PATENT CASK STAND, h new breaths', so admirably contrived that a full butt, as well as smaller omits, may be raised or tilted on It without labour or trouble. Its action in so lmpalpaple that the sediment of the most limpid fluid by no possibility can be disturbed. Price Is., lea, to suit 4{, 9, and 18 gallon casks. iIARLOW'S SELF-ACTING SYPHON TAP. .1..) No vent-peg required. No more Eat beer or sour wine. Price 4a. ed. ; tUtto, electroplated, be —Apply direct to JAMES BARLOW, patentee, 14, King William-street, Meoelen•Lyor. See that his name and address are on every article: all others are spurious imitations. Zogravinp gnats. Established MD. CARSON'S original ANTI-CORROSION PAINT, patronised by the nobility and gentry for all out door wort, as iron, wood, stone, brick, comp°, greenhouses, dc. Is twice as durable as white lead, much cheaper, and easily ap plied. Three cwt. and upwards free to most parts of the United Kingdom White and stone colours, 30e. per cwt ; oak, red, chocolate, lead colour, purple brown, and black, 16$. greens and blue, 425. Patterns snd testimonials upon application to WALTER CARSON and SONS, La Belle Saurage-yard, Ludgate. hill, LC. No agents all orders to be seat direct. fIONVERTIBLE OTTOMANS for Centre of v.../ Rooms, to form two settees and two easy ebalrs,= Improvement on the ordinary ottoman Only of T. H. F and SON, Nosy Chair and Sofa Manufacturers, 31, and 23, Bernerestreek Oxford-street, W., and 34 and 36, Char W. An illuatrated prtoe list sort post free. HARRIS'S CRYSTAL SPECTACLES of well known exoeUenos can only be had at tot, Oriel Rama. street, opposite the British Museum Gaeta The very bat steel triune Crystal Spectacles, 16a and lin —THOILiB HARM and BON CAUTION the public against persons •ms their name istabilsbed 1780. N. trarellen or agents. WARM WEATHER—RIMMEL'S TOILET VINIKLUI is alrougly recommended et this time of the year ee • relsratag signed for the toilet and bath, a reAvhfir scent, and an indlepserable requisite for travelling Price Is , b. ed., and Y. Sold by all the trade.—E. IMMIX, perfumer, 96, Strand, 84, Cornhill, and 198, Itegenteireet, THE NEW NOVEL ILEPRINTED MOLE " BELGEAVLA." In 2 vela., at all Libraries. I R 0 Z HAYMARKET.—The Lore Chase has been with drawn at this house, and the School for Scandal has been revived, with a very excellent cart, including Miss Sedg wick as Lady Teasle. Mrs. Scott Skidoos will return in September, and Mr. Sothern in October. AGRICULTURAL new singer will make her first appearance in title country at the Agricultural Hall on Saturday next, tbe 17th inst.--a bliss Fourier, slater of the celebrated:4MA of that name. Tea BRITISH .AINDICAL ASSOCIATION. The thirty-fifth session elate British Medical Association ter minated in Dublinz;th • " general meeting," excursions to the county of 'Mellow and to the Boyne, the latter conducted by Slr William WHie ; and a conversable, given by Lord Talbot de Malabide on Saturday evening, as president of the Royal Irish Academy. At the taming meeting addresses were delivered by Drs. Waters Mark ham, Sihson, Stewart, and Falkiner, in which the Provost and senior fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, were com plimented for the attention they had bestowed upon the association and its members. A. special vote of thanks to Dr. Stokes was moved by Dr. Acland. Among the papers li read on the last day of sitting were—on Cerebro-Spimil Fever, by Dr. Marsh ; on Glasgow Fever Dens, by Dr. Gardner ; on the Sanitary Improvement of Towns and Villages, by Dr. Johnston. Three papers on cholera pro duced en interesting discussion. There were—on the Topography of Cholera, by Dr. Mapother, of Dublin ; on Experience of Cholera during the late epidemic, with macs, by Dr. Little; and on the Nature, Symptoms, and Treatment of Cholera, bT Dr. McGreevy. Dr. Mapotber argued that the distribution of cholera in cities denends upon the course of streams and pools, some of which are allowed to dry up, whilst others are diverted into sewers. "The cholera poison was of the nature of a parasite plant." Dr. Takao, of Bristol, staled evidence of the power of disinfectants in extinguishing the poison. In the physiological section papers were read on " The Cardio graph" and on "The Movements of the Heart," by Dr. Silison. Dr. Paton read also an essay on the same class of subjects. Mr. Tiebbounie contributed a paper on " Potable Waters," in which it is stated that " the poison found in some waters, produced by the inroad of sewage, was, bulk for bulk or weight for weight, more deleterious than such poisons as prussic acid, strychnine, or the virus of the cobra" -- --- ROYAL SCHOOL FOR DAUGHTERS OF OFFICERS OP THE AMT.—The committee of the above school with regret are crompelled to appeal to the public for assistance under the peculiar cireunetancee in which they are placed. When they cemented to undertake the formation of the school they had every reason to expect that a considerable sum of money, which had been collected for a somewhat similar object, would have been transferred to them, and calculating upon that money, they enlarged the accommo dation for the children at the school, which they other- Trim would not have felt justified in doing. Unexpected opposition on the part of the trustees of that fund has caused the money to be withheld from them, and it is very doubtful whether they will now ever receive any of it. The committee, therefore, have no alternative but appeal ing to the public to aid them in discharging thi s debt, d ue for increased accommodation and additional building at the school. The object for which the school was esta blished, the benefits it has already conferred, and the strong claims of those for whose advantage it is intended, will, the committee feel confident, ensure them • ready response from the TESTIMONIAL to this appeal. INTERESTING TESTIMONIAL TO AN ARCTIC TRA TELLER.—A luncheon party met in Hull on Monday to present Mr. C. E Smith. late surgeon of the steam whaler Diana, with a purse of gold, as some acknowled gm ent of his courage and intrepidity when the vessel was frmen up in the Arctic regions. The gift was accompanied by the following testimonial :—" Presented, with • purse of one hundred and eight guineas, at the George Hotel, by the representatives of the underwriters as Lloyd's, the I bankers, merchants, shipowners, professional gentl;men, and tradesmen of KingstomnponMull, to Mr. rl.es Ed ward Smith, late surgeon of the screw steam whaler Diana, which vessel was during the long, dreary winter of 1866-67, beset in the ice in the Arctic regions, when through months of privation, distress, and sickness, his courage, unwearied kindness, and professional skill gained him the love and esteem of the ill-fated crew, as well as the admiration of the undermentioned subs cribers, and the inhabitants of Hull generally." Mr. Smith, in ac. koowledging the presentation, paid • high tribute to Cap tain °Torii, who died on the disastrous voyage, and to the few Hull seamen whose noble firmness saved the ship. One of the subsequent speakers dwelt upon the advisa bility of having • local reservoir converted into • swimming bath. Had it not been for the fact that Dr. Smith could swim he, and twelve of the men, who were oa • pica of los, would him boos dronrao4. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1867. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (wria's vitcaosaate.) FRANCE. PARIS, Acrourr 13, EvICCING. The Emperor and Empress will leave the Camp of Chalons on the 18th butt., will pass the night at Augsburg, and arrive on the 19th at Salzburg. The King of the Greeks has arrived here. He will go to Chalons on the 15th inst. Baron de Ma laret, the French Minister at the Italian court, has arrived in Paris on one month's leave of absence. A telegram received here from Bucharest states that M. Bratiano, the Roumanian Minister of the Interior, has resigned. PRUSSIA. BERLIrT. Atrarsr 13. The Crown Prince and family have .arrived at Potsdam. Mr. Bancroft will be received in private audience immediately after the Hing's return to present to his Majesty his credentials as United States Minister at this court. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. Orion cos owe comarosenn3 PARIS, TOZSDAT EVZWEING. The (rosette de France, with a boldness encouraged by the situation, begins an article this evening in there words :—" France has no allies, and the manner in which the imperial government conducts our foreign affairs must necessarily prevent her from hewing any. Our isolation is complete." If she had allies she would not require a standing army cif 1,200,000 men. The use of alliances is to alleviate the burden of military service both in time of war and peace. When France was allied with England and preponderant in Italy, her voice was of Isome weight in the . world. Now even a Rataaszi thinks himself strong enough to carP at her. The hanikidiate object of the` article is to reply to one of those stalely, elaborate, and mysterious essays which appear occasionally in the Debate, signed by the " Secretary of Redaction," and which are quite out of keeping with the general tone of that journal. The Dante argues that a close alliance with Austria is probable, and that such an alliance wouldottle imperatives all the great questions now pending in mope. The Geniis`le Prance says there is no chance of such an alliance. I believe the Gaietee de France is right ; and the shadowy personage, who for the moment speaks through the columns of the Dibats, wrong. M. Cornudet, the government candidate, has been elected a deputy for the Creuse by 13,018 votes against 7,677, given to M. Sallandrouze de Mornaix, the son of the deceased member, and 1,170 to another opposition candidate, M. B6toulleLT An he peculiarity of this election was that M. drouze de Mornaix, a great carpet manufacturer, the son of his father, who was elected on the recommendation of the prefect, would net have had the least objection to be a governmint candidate himself. He professes principles altogether dynastic, but qualified with a leaven of liberalism too strong for government digestion' His father, at the bidding of the prefect, vna always returned almost unanimously. It is striking evidence of the rising power of public °gallon that his son should have been able to poll more than half the voting constituency against the prefect's influence. In the sure the prefect was less fortunate in the case of at; election for the Councils-General. A certain M, Vy, from whom he withdrew his pro tection, had the impudence, notwithstanding a severe jobation and the assurance that if he had been once 'elected it was not on his own merits, but merely bonus° he was a government candidate, to stand again "on his own hook," and he was re turned by a majority of two to one. The apptarance at the Melun trial of Mr. Kelly, the seconi husband of the murdered woman, Madame Mertens, excited a great mouvement de euriositi, bet there was little in his deposition to gratify it. He was examined through an inter preter. His name was, he said, lilliams Kelly, so that he was the Williams referred to by the prisoner. He is a tall man, 54 years of age, with large whiskers nearly white. On being asked his profession, he said he was a barister, but had never practised. He had no purlieu's plae►d abode, bet had last lived at Boulogne. He believed he was married to Madame Mertens on Feb. 2, 1862, but was not sure about the date. He believed that he had left her and not she him immediately after tho marriage. He had received anonymous letters on the wedding day, telling him disagreeable things about her. The consequence was that after the wedding in Boulogne his wife left for England and he left for Paris. He never knew where his wife lived, and was only made aware of her death by an accidental communication from a friend of what he had seen in the papers. Had no friend or acquaintance of the name of Williams. The proprietor of a furnished lodging-house in which Madame had once lived said that a great many gentlemen came to see her, so many that he gave her notice to quit, but as to whether any body of the name of Williams was among her visitors he could not say. He gave it as his opinion that five Englishmen out of ten are named Williams. [By the way, the French spelling of the diminutive of Williams as given by the prisoner is Oulley.] The evidence reported to-day has all one tendency, and the prisoner's theory becomes more and more improbable. One witness deposed that Madame Mertens was a cataleptic subject, and as the prisoner practised mesmerism the prosecu tion will seek to establish that she put her into a cataleptic state before strangling her. The impro bability of her being strangled by a weak woman without resisting will be diminished by this theory. The Bourse maintained the rise of yesterday but barely. The latest quotations show scarcely any improvement. Much incredulity is felt on the subject of the great news which the Etendard announced would be published by the Moniteur on August 15. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, ACTUST 13. The Emperor received to-day the Cis-Leithan members of the Conference, which is being held here to settle the question of *Seim common to Austria and Hungary. The Hungarian members will probably be received by hie Majority to morrow. THE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, JCLY 24. Exchange on London, 21i, 203 ; on Paris, 444, 458. Coffee, good first, 6,200 to 6,400 rein. Ship ments since the departure of the last mail, 90,000 bags ; stock, 125,000 bags. BAHIA, Jur 29. Exchange on London, 203, 21t. LISBON, AUGUST 13. The Mesaageres Imperiales steamer Navarre arrived here this morning from the Brazils. The Guienne arrived at Dakar on the 4th August, and the Shannon at Pernambuco on the 28th ult. INDIA. BOMBAY, Acouer 10. 71be. skirtings, Or. 12a. ; Nibs. ditto, 6r. 14a. ; 40's mule twist , 121 a. Cotton quiet ; Dhollerah, 220 r. Shipments of the week 30,100 bales. Copper, 51. Exchange on London, Is. 111 d. to le. 110. Government Securities : Four per Cent., 891 ; Five per Cent., 104 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cent., 1111. Freights to Liverpool, 355. The latest London date is 6th inst. CALCUTTA, Armen 8. 81Ibe. shirtings, 7r. 2a. ; 40's mule twist, 61a. Cotton, 17g. Jute, good demand for export. Saltpetre, nothing doing. Rice firm. Exchange on London, Is. 110. Government Securities: Four per Cent., 901; Five per Cent., 106 i ; Five and-a-Half per Cent, 112. Freights to England, 675. 6d. to 70s. AMERICA. (BT ATLANTIC TZLIGNAPH.) NEW YORK, AUGUST 13, 6 P.N. Intelligence received here from Mexico announces that the body of the Emperor Maximilian has been given up to Baron Magnus, the Prussian minister in Mexico. The Transatlantic Company's steamer Pereire and the Cunard steamer Tarifa have arrived out. Closing prices :--Gold, 140 f ; sterling exchange on London, 109} ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 114 ; Illinois, 120 ; Erie, 70. Cotton, middling Upland, 29. PHILADELPHIA, AVOIIST 13. Petroleum, standard white, 28. (kIUTEVII TILIORLIII.) The Inman steamship City of Boston, from New York on the 3rd inst., arrived at Queenstown at 5.50 yesterday (Tuesday), with 48 passengers and 120,167 dole. de. After landing the mails and passengers she pro oeededat six p.m. for Liverpool. (Per the City of Boston vii Queenstown.) NEW YORK, AUGUST 3. The Virginia Republican State Convention was ad journed at Richmond yesterday. It endorsed the action of General Sheridan in removing the Governor of Texas, notwithstanding the embarrassments thrown around Gene ral Sheridan by the President, and notified • desire to protedt the Southern loyalists daring the forthcoming electiOns. General Sheridan has removed the alderman and assist ant alderman of New Orleans for misfeasance, and for op posing the reconstruction laws. Governor Brownlairjtad a majority of 30,000 votes in the Tennessee election, With weed o ff quietly. The Canadian Privy Council issued writs on the 2nd instant for new elections, and the Canadian parliament will reassemble in September next. Documents have been published authoritatively showing that the late Rmperor Maximilian made a proposition to Juarez, through the United States government, offering to retire from Mexico until the permanency of the empire could be decided by the people. Mr. Seward declined to entertain the proposition, not recognising the right of Maximilian to represent any portion of the empire. Intelligence from South America announces that the Milian" were expecting the return of the Spanish fleet. Admiral Tucker - had been recalled from the interior of Peru to resume the command of the allied fleet, and pre parations for the reception of the Spaniards had been renewed. AUSTRALIA. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Proceedings for the removal of Mr. Justice Boothby have now been taken under the Act 22 George 111., which authorises governors of colonies in executive council to effect such removal in cases of misbehaviour or neglect of duty. The charges brouet ig ag ua r e t him are as follows :—" 1. Conduct and contumacious and disrespectful to the Court o Appeals, and obstructive to the said court in the performance of its duties. 2. Per verse refusal to recognise the authority of parlia ment, and to administer the laws of the province. 3. Expressions on the bench disparaging and insult ing to the legislature, the government, and the insti tutions of the province, and language and behaviour on the bench calculated to bring the administration of justice into contempt. 4. Language on the bench offensive and irritating to the other judges, and public denial of their authority. 5. Allowing private and personal feeling to interfere with the fair and impartial administration of justice." In addition to these there is a further charge against his honour " of having assumed a position incon sistent with the equal administration of justice, and which in certain events would put a stop to the exercise of the functions of the Supreme Court —such charge being contained in • letter from their honours the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Gwynn to his Excellency the Governor." The Brisbane Courier , of the 19th June, says : We are now working hard at the construction of a new Legislative Assemb • and to-day the fi rst batch of elections will be deci ded. Oandidates for senatorial honours are " thick as leaves in Vallambrosa ;" and throughout the colony a severe contest between the squatting party and the people is anticipated. The exertions now being made by the former exceed anything of the kind ever before attempted by them. They realise the fact that the time has now actually come in which they must fight their grand battle for power, and they are working accordingly. In no elec torate in the colony are they idle, and even in the most 1 populous constituencies they hope to effect something. It is difficult to say what will be the result of the elections in several of the constituencies, but it is believed that the total result will be a victory for the people, followed by the re-establishing of the present ministry in office. The land question is, of course, the great battle ory, and in fact both sides have adopted it ; bat each side understands It very differently. At a meeting held last night to promote the objects of the City Wailers' Prato:aloe Society, it was stated that there ware 6,000 professional waiters ia the eley, ead 2,000" eatiddlea" THE WEST AFRICAN MAIL. The West African mail steamer McGregor Laird arrived at Liverpool yesterday. Her dates are, Fernando Po, July 11 ; Cameroon', 10 ; Bonny, 15 ; Lagos, 19 ; New Calabar, 21 ; Cape Palmas, 24 ; Sierra Leone, 28 ; Tenerife, August 4 ; and Madeira, 6. Trade was dull, but public heal+h good at Cameroon.. Lagoa and Fernando Po were unhealthy. There was no change in the state of health or business at other ports since last mail. AN EXEMITION AT HONO-KONO.—Cheong-Po swag, the only one convicted of the five men engaged in the murder of the cloth seller in Tank-lane, and three of the four pirates convicted at the May sessions for piracy and murder on the high gess, were on the 24th of June executed at Hong-Kong, at the usual place in front of the gaol. As the bell struck 6 the prisoners were led forth to the scaffold, near which were a number of Europeans, one or two companies of police, and 50 penal servitude convicts ranged on one aide of the compound. Chsong-fook had to be pushed up the scaf fold-ladder by main force ; and when all the con demned men had reached the platform, there followed a scene which will not be soon forgotten by those who witnessed it. Po-sang was as cool as • statue, with his painfully drawn-up features ; but the other three swayed about unesaily, looking behind over the wall as if meditating escape, now noisily resisting the executioner, and again moaning and groaning as before. Cheong-foa , stamped and danced upon the platform, and cursed and swore at the crowd below, until it was feared some acci dent might happen to the scaffold, and he had at last to be bound round the ankles with • rope. The voioe of the Roman catholic padre was drowned in the torrent of abuse I from the scaffold ; and it need' hardly be said that the exhortations of the ministers of religion seemed to have not the slightest effect upon any one of the doomed men, except perhaps Po-sang, who now and then during the morning had listened to what was said to him. At five minutes pad 6, at • signal from the sheriff, the bolt was drawn, the fatal jerk given, and the miserable victims were left denting in air. 01111213. nuras.—Own SHILLING DAL—Tuts- DAT, AUGUR 13.—Adainloos t. 7,362 ; ditto by smut *Ws, ASO ; tool B,Te. ESTAXPIED, 14. Matti ants Military. PORTSIICHTII, Awns! 13. A oourt-martial assembled on board the Victory this morning to try Lieutenant It. P. Montray, the *Hoer of the watch at the time the Osprey was lost, on the morning of the 30th of Kay last, off the south-east mast of Africa; for that he did negligently perform his duty. in that he did not acquaint Commander Menace of the change of , wind and weather, and increased speed of the ship ; did not immediately acquaint the commander when the land was reported to be in sight ; did not immediately on land bang reported• put the ship's head off shore, and take steps to get a cart of the deep-sea lead, and when the ship was entering the breakers did not in arg oi t i r en ay try to decrease the speed of the ship by tog sail, or even giving orders to reverse or stop the engines ; in foot, did not, in any way, keep the ship from being stranded. The following Meows composed the court :—Captain A. W. A. Hood (pruident), Captain C. Fellows', Captain Commenall, C. 8., V.V., Captain Burgoyne, V.C., and Captain Beady. Mr. E. Hoskins officiated as judge-advocate. Commander W. Menzies prosecuted, and Mr. it. W. Ford appeared se the prisoner's friend. A mass of evidence in support of the charge was i adduced, and the case was not concluded when the court I adjourned. The hydraulic vessel Waterwiteh has completed her trials at the measured naffs In Btokes.bay, and with more satiafactory results than attended her essay in the early ' , part of last week. It seemed to be impossible to get • weed of more than 8i knots out of her, sad it was clear that the boilers did not generate a sufficient amount of steam to develop her engine power, ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 13.—Arponnimrs.—Na vigat. Sub-Lieutenant H. A. Eastherr, to the Warrior. Naval rJ. W. Umbrae, to the Waffler. Mid shipmen J. B. Brett, C. G. J. Crafurd, and C. F. Old ham, to the Liffey; R. G. Craigie, to the Lord Warden ; W. Downes, H. Lftgh, and J. B. Young, to the Achilles; E. F. Grove and IL B. M. Buchanan, to the Warrior. Naval Cadets A. E. Thomas, to the Achilles; J. Bond and F. Alexander, to the Warrior; D. D. E. M`Gillycuddy and E. O'H. Tobin, to the Lord Warden; F. P. Jackson and C. H. Grose, to the Liffey. CANCELLING A CAPTAIN't4 CERTIFICATE.—At the meeting of the Local Marine Board yesterday, the ad journed inquiry into the charges of misconduct and drunk enness preferred against Captain James Peat, of the ship Prince of Wales, was proceeded with and reminded. Mr. Johnson prosecuted, and Mr. Rirnard, from the caste of Messrs. Dean and Chubb, watched the case on behalf of Mrs. Rippon, the owner. The board considered the ease proved, and =welled Captain Peat's oertificate. ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB REGATTA. BYDB, LOOOST 13. In consequence of the very protracted business of the Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta, that of the Royal Victoria forms simply a continuation of it. Indeed the noes of both clubs were going on concurrently, inasmuch as the Squadron race for the Commodore's and Town Cups had not concluded when the races for the two 751. prizes at Ryde began. There is bore a large assemblage, and the programme, although not so eztenaive as that of the Sq u uadron, is still a veryample one. his day there were two races, the first being for a prize of not less value than 751., open to all schooners and yawls belonging to any royal yacht club. Time race, half jokers' scale. Yawls to have a quarter of their tonnage added. Victoria course, once round. The following yachts were entered : Yachts Tons. Owners. Cambria Witchcraft 2= Mr. & Broadwood. Modena Aline Ste The Conunodore. Sonars lO6 Colonel Nichols Loadstar _ _ _ _ec Mr. C. J. Allisoa. The start was at 10.30, and the course wee to the east ward, wind S.E. The Gloriana took the lead, the Loadatar following closely on her lee quarter, Witchcraft, Aline, and &WWI) being last. The weather was thick and hes t, so that no time could be taken on rounding either the Warner or Middle buoys. They arrived at By& as under : H. N. IL Aline Modena 2 JO 32 Witchcraft Loadater Weave This last yacht did not go round the mark ; consequently the Aline wins the prize by time, notwithstanding the allowance of time to the others. • _ . The second race of the day was for a prize of the value of not less than 751., open to all Gutters and yawls belong ing to any royal yacht club ; time ware ; Ashore' scale ; yawls to have a quarter of their tonnage &darted. The following were the entries for this race : Yachts. Tons. Owners. Volant• Condos 133 Mr. W. =g er Flow 7B Mr. J. Bphynx 47 Mr. J. 11. Earle. Ombra Metal The start Seek plain at 11 o'clock, none taking a good lead, followed by the Ombra. The Sphynx was well up to the two leading vessels, Condor fourth, and Menai fifth. The race was well contested ; but although the Ombra first completed the course, it war considered exceedingly doubtful if she would pin the prize, on account of the time that she would have to allow to the smaller vessels. The scale of allowance had not been made out when this report left. The times of arrival en the completion of the race were as under: N. N. S. 2 113 15 or. Pk's' . i ii ii ii..d:: aa•= s ii as 2 48 52 2 64 66 ROYAL TACKY SQUADRON REGATTA. COWES, Tonna' . Rymer°. The great ocean race for the two cups, given by the Earl of Wilton, commodore of the Royal Yacht Squa dron, and the inhabitants of the town of Cowes, termi nated this morning at about 9 o'clock. The brim arrived about half-part 8 o'clock in the morning, and the sxt that made ber appearance was the Egeria, who arrived 23 minutes afterwards. As the Loire wan the largest vessel, being 193 tons, whilst the Egeria is only 152, according to the handicapping principle adopted by the sailing com mittee in reference to previous performances, she had to allow 25 minutes. Consequently the Egon* took the first prize and the Lairs the second, but this difference is of comparatively no importance, as both cups represent the same value. The third vessel was the Pantomime, but she did not arrive for a long tune after the other two. The railing was very even throughout. A RAILWAY PORTER CIII7BIIED TO DEATH.— On Monday, at the Groot Northern Railway goods yard, at Grantham, a young man named William Ackhurat, aged '26, a porter in the goods department, lost his life. He was engaged in shunting some trucks, and was crashed between the buffers. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR PRESTON.—It was stated yesterday that at least 70 persons bad been injured by the accident which occurred on Saturday night on the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Railway. About half the number hive received rather severe bruises, cuts, Ike. None of the cases are dangerous. There was a rumour in Preston yesterday to the effect that the Board of Trade had notified that an official inquiry would be made into the affair. It is said that not only was there no " tail light" to the train which was run into, but that there was no signal up at Fnlwood station, where the accident happened. Some of the passengers in the second train were injured. THE LATE STRIKE ON THE NORTH EASTERN RAlLWAT.—Upwards of 600 men, formerly engine-drivers I and firemen on this railway, the victims of the memorable ' strike on the 10th of April last, are now virtually starving. Of the 1.500 men who turned out on that day some few have resumed work on the line. Many more have found employment in various ways, but under conditions musk worse than those which led to the strike, and upwards of 600 men remain entirely unemployed. The company are not likely to discharge the men who succeeded them, and therefore the chance of reinstating the turnouts is very remote. The rapport the men have received has been very inadequate, although tbe engine -drivers andfiremenin the" Union " have contributed about 3,0001. for their relief. The contributions are rapidly diminishing, and the result is that a fund has been started to enable the 600 victims of the imprudent strike to emigrate to the United States or British North America. FATAL PRACTICAL JOICING.-011 Sunday after noon, in the Globe Tavern,George's-street, two professional jockeys, John Donnelly and John Noble, went to fencing with the knives with which they were eating their dinners. Several passes had been exchanged, when Noble made a thrust, overhand, towards Donnelly , and the top of his knife, which was thin but not very sharp, en tered his left breast, penetrating through his vest and inner clothing, and, it is believed, reaching the heart. The effect was not observed at ones, fur Noble says he had resumed his dinner before he heard Don nelly ask somebody to support him. At the same moment he moaned and dropped from the chair upon which he was sitting. The hemorrhage, being meetly internal, could not be checked, and the unfortunate man sunk rapidly, and died a quarter el an hoar after the wound was inflicted. Noble had been his intimate friend, and his distress, on learning of his death, may readily be imegiaea. The unfortunate deceased bad no relatives in Cork. Noble is in custody to await the *adios of a jury.—Cere Bwaseinir. 1 1.; , - is CIWOPENCE THE REFORM LEAGUE AND THE ROYAL PARKS BILL. Last night a meeting of trades delegates and members of the Reform League was held in the Sussex Hall, Bouverie-street, under the chairmanship of Mr. Edmond Beales, to consider the action of government in respect of the Royal Parks Bill. Mr. Whalley, M.P., and most of the prominent members of the Reform !=rwere present. Mr. Mantle moved the following i n i:ion, which was seconded by Mr. OuedaUs :—" That this meeting having heard the statement made by the pre sident of the league and others, of the disecosion and pro ceedings to-day in the House of Commons in the attempt to recommit the Royal Parks Regulation WI, resolved' to suspend further proceedings, in the so • earnest t hat the government will yet withdraw a bill wishes of the great bulk of the and so 11100/11/13 e with the spirit of the general Yati on of the session, and respectfully but earnestly urges the suspension by the government of all further legislation as to the right of public meeting in Hydspark, until, if necessary, a com mittee hes been appointed and reported upon the sabjeck" Mr. Richardaon moved es an amendment that a demon- stration antagonistic to the Parka Bill be bald riallyde park on Sunday evening, at 5 o'clock. Mr. Johnson seconded the amendment. Several speakers expressed themselves in favour of its withdrawal. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn, and the resolution was put and carried. Colonel Dickson moved the following reso lution, which was seconded by Mr. Cunnington and adopted:—" That this meeting of debates begs to record its earnest thauks to M. P. A. Taylor and the other members of parliament who hays perseveringly resisted the progreis of the Parks Regulation Bill, and is confident that their cmaduet in this crisis will be approved by the working men and all thoughtful politicians throughout the country." The meetirg then adjourned till Monday evening next. IMPRISONMENT FOR NONPAYMENT OP CHURCH BATES. At the Bankruptcy-court yerterday, before Mr. Commiesioner Goa!burn, Yr. J. B. Grant, Lae of Kettle burgh, Suffolk, was brought up in cumody from White cressotreet Priam. lie had previously filed the following account : Mr. Charles Barnes, Kettlebargb, Suffolk, claims for law carts, 257 t. Cr.—Assets, none. Mr. Barnes, who claims the above amount, is journeyman in what he calls an establishment,' and has more than once delivered me bills for servic,es which I never had. Of course, I retwed to pay him, for I never dealt at his ee tabliahment, but took the trouble and expense of going three miles further for what I required, because out of the thirty-nine different articles kept by his employers, some I regarded as highly deleterious, and at the branch ' es tablishments,' especially that in Broad-street, the princi pals themselves were of the same opinion • while at the High-stet branch they had a view of their own as to what their articles really were. Yet they all carried on their business as solemnly as if they were really doing a genuine trade, boasting that they had been ' established' more than three hundred years, and that all their articles bad been in stock from the beginning. Moreover, fourteen times every year, on fixed days, they consigned me to eternal torments for not liking some of their articles, about which they themselves were quarrelling. I there fore have had no dealings at the ' establishment ' Mr. Barnes represents, yet 1.11 1864 he brought me a bill of 33e. 7d. for new roofing the building,. and when I refused to pay took proceedings in the eccl esiastical court, which coat on both sides more than 8001,, and he has now im prisoned me nineteen weeks, while he knows that my trade creditors have taken all my property. I ought, how ever, to state that he now abandon, his original demand of 3: ;s. 7d., and I hope he does so from a conviction of its in.judies ; for, although the law is on his side to-day, it will be on my side to-morrow, justice alone being sovereign and eternal." 2teferring to this account, the official assignee said that the bankrupt had made some " mad statement " to which the oommissioner, on heaving that the bank rupt had been arrested for 2571. for law costs, said I that it was enough to drive any man mad. No opposition lbeing offered, a discharge was granted, and Mr. Grant will forthwith apply for his release. A meeting of the Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund was held at the Palace at Westminster yesterday. There were present—The Earl of Usedwicks (chairman), Lord Rokeby, Lord St. Leonard', Lord Lyveden, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Cony, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington. Colonel J. Wilson Patten , M.P. Fisbbourne, R.N., C. 8., and Brigadier-Genera{ Lsfroy, RA. 7414weorarysecterAlial JUDICIAL Brraticans saroaltastlVlArLotte. —On Thursday judgment will be given in the " Overmsd, Gurney, and Co." case. On the same day the Wilke peerage case will be concluded, and the Breadalbaae peer age will be proceeded with, but in wither of these eases is judgment expected to be delivered this session—in fact, the Breadalbane case will only have been partially opened. The law lords will also before the close oft he session give " judgment" in the Bishop of Exeter's ease, stating, it is understood, their reasons why they agree in the unani mous " opinions" recently delivered by the judges. No further appeals will come on for argument during the pre sent 'melon. There will be no outstanding judgments, as was formerly the case. EARL VANE'S RETURN TROY RUHRIA. —Earl Vane, on his return frees Russia, was received by his neighbours at Stockton-ea. Tess csi Monday with great demonstrations of welcome. The railway station was decorated with tea town of evergreens mounted on ornamental wirework, the bells of the parish church rang out merry peals, and seve ral cannon homed forth on the arrival of the train. As soon as his lordship alighted from the carriage and had got outside the station, accompanied by Lady Vane, Lady Churchill, and Lord Seaham, his son,he wen loudly cheered. When the cheering had subsided Dr. Charles Trotter, J.P., on behalf of the inhabitants, congratulated his lordship on the very high honour that her Majesty had con ferred on him in selecting his lordship to invest the Empe ror of Russia with the honourable Order of the Garter. Earl Vane said, in reply :—" Mr. Trotter, ladies and gen tlemen, this is not the first time I have had reason to be grateful and thankful for a reception received from the town of Stockton-on-Tees. I can look back with pleasure to the time of my coming of age, and also to the time when I first introduced Lady Vane into thin country, and although I don't mean to say that the reception I received from the people of Stockton on these two occasions was unexpected, I can safely say that the reception I have met with to-day is far beyond my expectations and deserts. I can honestly declare that the reception I have met with to-day is not the least acceptable of the three. I can assure you that no man felt more deeply than myself the honour which her Ma jesty conferred upon me in selecting me as her ambeendor to confer the highest honour which England can possibly giro on his Majesty the Emperor of All the 'Curies. It was with feelings of pride and satisfaction I left England for the Russian empire, and during the time of our stay there nothing was left undone that could possibly contribute to our happiness and comfort, and nothing could exceed the kind reception we received, not only from his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, but also from those with whom it was our good fortune to emaciate." After speaking of the honours conferred upon him during his stay in Russia, his lordship thanked Mr. Trotter and the gentlemen present for the unexpected and kind reception with which they had welcomed. him. His lordship, Lady Vane, Lord Sea ham, and Lady Churchill then entered their carriage and drove to Wynyard amidst loud thee% CO-OPERATION. —A conference of persons con nected with 00-operative societies was held on Monday 1 afternoon and evening at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie street. The eonference was attended by the represents ' tires of several provincial societies, who were passing through London in order to attend the International Co operative Congress at Paris. The subjects for dimension were—the organisation of the Association for Promoting Co-operation, the operation of the London and Home Counties Wholesale Purchase Association, the starting of a weekly publication devoted to co-operation, and the establishment of • co-operative bank. The following reso lution was adopted—" That in the opinion of this meet ing it is desirable that the Association for the Promotion. of Co-operation should be extended into • national organi -1 ration, including representatives from co-operative retie ties of every denomination ; that a national conference be convened for that purpose, and that in the mesa , time • coninatee be appointed to prepare a detailed ' plan." A second resolution wan also adopted to the effect 'that the Metropolitan and Home Counties Purchasing Association was worthy of the support of the co-operative societies in and around London. A propeal to anialgo mate with the North of England Purohasing Society was received with favour. Lady Milton's wedding ring was altogether the work of the noble bridegroom, being fashioned by his on hands from a nugget dug by him in British Columbia, during his visit to the gold-fields after his " North-west Passage by Land," the marvellous incidents of which he and Dr. Cheadle have so well narrated.—Leda Mercury. THE FRENCH IN COCHIN CHINA.--The chief in telligeace of interest is the sane:Woo by the French of the remaining three provinces of Cochin China. The acquisitive tendencies of our neighbours in Saigon have beau long evident, and it was not thought that the native prince would long resist their encroachment. However, the announcement Las come rather suddenly upon us, at a time when our attention was rather called to Cambodia, which seemed to be meet threatirJed, and which, as part of the hereditary suzerainty of our friend and ally the King of Siam, excited the Interest of people here. The sense assigned seems to be that the native prime' poor fellow, was nosh's for some time back to maintain what the Frees& authorities deemed interns* Quiet in his dcrainkaa.-3sraits Tina, July 7. t.i'f• It .41 3 SalltiXa ~' -. r _.