The Express. — London, England, 1866-08-27 00:00:00

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Wood man : Master E. dandera—And JACK MOW, MD LONDON STEIL! MOY. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tail DAT —Morning, 2h. ♦lm Afternook, Th. 5912 L To-MOlSOw—Morning, U. Ihm Attachoos, U. I. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 27. AMONO the many sufferers by the recent crisis, not the least are the railway companies. The crash occurred at the worst possible period for these undertakings, not long before the close of the half-year, when the amounts of debentures falling due are very considerable. If, however, the pressure had not been unnecessarily prolonged, the 30th June might have seen the commencement of a revival in confidence which has nevertheless been delayed to within the last two weeks. Un fortunately, the maintenance of 10 per cent. effec tually interfered with the placing of railway de bentures. It was no longer a question upon what terms they could be renewed, for renewals were everywhere refused. Some of our largest com panies have been at their wits' end for means to meet their current obligations. One has actually been obliged to stop payment, and it may be feared that other suspensions would have taken place if the monetary pressure had existed but • short time longer. With regard to the re newal of debentures, it may be observed that this operation partakes in no degree whatever of speculative enterprise. These securities repre sent simply a mortgage upon improved real estate. The original borrower may have used, either rashly or injudiciously, the means thus raised, but that is beside the present question. A debenture holder renewing his security for a further term of years m no way lends himself to over-trading, improvident expenditure, and the like. If the mischief has been done it has been done in the first instance, and cannot be repeated, no matter how often the debenture has been paid off and re issued. Of course the case is different when it comes to a question of an entirely new creation. Perhaps ten per cent. has been productive in this way of some good, since it has effectually curbed for the moment, although for the moment only, railway expenditure. It is questionable, however, whether this transient benefit nearly equals the loss which has been occasioned by the positive working of the crisis. Next to the banks the railway companies must have passed an anxious time during fife last three months. A panic that has shaken public credit generally must in par ticular have severely affected these institutions. On turning back to the reports of railway meet ings in past years, nothing is more common than to find the chairman congratulating the share holders upon the excellent credit their company en joys, which has enabled them to place their deben tures at the low rate of so much per cent. It has been a regular test of the success and stability of an undertaking that it can borrow money on the most moderate terms current. The effect of a credit crisis can, therefore, be easily appreciated. It was not so in former years. In 1847 the railway companies were well able to hold their own. The prices of the ordinary stocks were very high, and preference or debenture capital was compara tively little wanted. Besides, the panic then oc- 1 cured in the autumn, and had entirely passed off by the close of the year. In 1857 the case was in some respects different. Ordinary stocks wore nine times out of ten below par, preference shares had accumulated with extraordinary rapidity, and the borrowing powers were mostly exercised to their utmost limit. Again, however, the crisis occurred in the autumn, and was all over in a few weeks. Hence, before the dreaded 31st December came round the railways were in a position to exercise their ordinary credit. Three . months un mitigated pressure in 1866, extending from May to August, was far more trying. Thus far the com panies, with but one exception, have passed through the ordeal, if not without loss, at least with safety. There appears good reason for believing, however, that in common with all classes of the community, they have had to make their sacrifices. Until the accounts for the current half year are made up, we have no means of judging what the cost of " temporary " loans from bankers" may prove to be. The public already seem to have misgivings on the point, and to expect a material increase in this item of expenditure at a time when the traffic must more or less suffer by the contraction of trade. The official returns for the railway expenditure of 1865 have not yet been published, but a suffi ciently accurate idea of the mode in which the ca pital expended is distributed can be gathered from the accounts for the previous year. Up to the close of 1864 the total capital authorised for rail way purposes was 520,522,3341., viz. : Share capital £290,413,137 Loans 130,109,197 £520,622,334 The actual sums rained were as follow' : Ordinary shsres £214,735,479 Preference ditto Debenture stock 13,049,341 Debentures £425,483 t 438 In 1863 the total authorised was 474,999,5451. and the sum raised 404,215,8021. It will be noticed that in 1864 the loan capital was divided partly in stock and partly in debenture bonds, in the proportion of rather less than one of the former to seven of the latter. The railway com panies have, in fact, been for some time alive to the great advantage of consolidating their floating THE EXPRESS. MONDAY „yENINTG, AUGUST : 24 1666. debt, but find it no easy matter to carry it out. Hitherto they have had but indifferent success, and the reasons are suffiaisAir obvious. The same inducements that cause a banker to prefer holding Exchequer bills to Grids apply equally to de bentures and debentier• "tads. In either am the floating securiti mut be repaid at a definite period, and the holder is therefore sure of obtaining his capital in full. If, however, lie hold stock, it must in time of need be sold at the market price of the day, which is almost certain to involve a loss, since the realization would only require to be made at a time when there was an undue pressure for money. Again, the companies are unable to offer any peculiar advantages for the conversion of bonds into stock. They cannot afford to guarantee more, or little more, than 4 per cent. without making a serious inroad in their general revenue. Hence the experiment for the present has necessarily failed. It does not, how ever, by any means follow that it cannot be re newed with success. According to present indi cations, we appear to be approaching a period when the Bank rate was kept for two years at 3 per cent. If, therefore, a cer tain return of 4 or 44 per cent. can be gua ranteed for a term of years in place of the chance of renewal at 3 per cent. it may reasonably be inferred that the plan of conversion will be more largely adopted. Supposing that this should be the result both the companies and the money market will be benefited, the former by substi tuting a fixed for a fluctuating charge, and the latter by the removal of one source of occasional disturbance. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) Irk, Court. BALMORAL, Awes? 26. The Queen, accompanied by Primmer Louie., Admen Beata*, and Priam Leopold, sod attended by Lady Chardoll, the Hem Redly Catheirt, Sir Thomas Biddelph, Lerd Charles Meow, Dr. Jenner, Mr. Bahl. and Mr. Legg, arrived at Balmoral yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh vieited her Majesty. The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by the Hon. E. Yorke, remains at Balmoral. A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's most honour able Privy Council met on Saturday, at the Privy Council. office, Whitehall, on matters relating to the cholera. The lords present were the Lord President, the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, and the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry. Mr. Helps attended the committee. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, Lubuan, the Australian colonies, Malta, and Gibraltar. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PRUSSIA AND THE SOUTH GERXAN STATES. The Berlin correspondent oKee Temps 'elites as Mows from Berlin, under date of August 23 : I have obtained to-day, from a perfectly 441 a warm further news respecting the negotiations with the States of the South, which have just been brought to an end. This news is in oent►sdietiot with what has gone forth already, but I can guarantee its entire correctness. I have then to inform you that it was Herr von Bismarck who struggled with the King in obtaining for Hesse, and espe oially for Bavaria, comparatively milder conditions. His Majesty resisted for a long time and held absolutely to the annexation of Bayruth, Kissengen, to. Von Bismarck at length persuaded his Majesty of the advantage which would accrue from pursuing a moderate course, and his Majesty yielded. Herr von der Pfordten and his oolisegam were much affected by the conduct of Count Bismarck, and on taking their final leave of him were moved even to tears. The following is the substance of the speech of Herr Jacoby, in opposition to the address of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies : Dr. Jacoby said that the draft el the address exalted the army, and it hoped that out of it would come a united Germany. He was also rejoiced at the mimeos of the army. But he could not join in the song of triumph which was chanted by the Govern meat party. The popular party bad no reason or motive for doing so—no reason, for the war was undertaken without their assent—no motive, for it was not the people, but the power of the Crown that would derive advantage from the results.' For twenty-five years he had been struggling for the rights of the people ; he was still true to the same cause, and all he could say was that the war undertaken against Germans with the assis tance of a foreign ally was not made for the honour of the Prussian people, nor for the advantage of the German people. History will one day tell whether the meeting at Biarritz has been more creditable than that of °bouts. The exclusion of Austria from Germany and the union of the other two-thirds of the Confederation to Prussia is more remote from German unity than even the old Diet. Other people may arrive at unity by force ; but the German people have for a thousand years resisted all attempts of this kind. Unity without liberty is a unity of slavev which is perfectly worthless. The assertion of Herr von Bismarck that it isof importance to strengthen the power of the Prussian dynasty may be very well from an exclusively Prussian point of view, bat not from a Ger man point of view. If the present system in Prussia is to continue, the unity of Germany would be, as compared with the old division, what death is as compared with disease. With regard to the bill of indemnity the representations of the people may grant an indemnity for some isolated acts, but not for a system which has been carried out for years, especially when the mainstay of that system continues to sit in the Council of the Crown. The eternal principles of right and liberty are those alone on which the prosperity of nations depends, and the national flag should never be raised except in the service of right and liberty. (REUTER'S TILKORAMS.) FRANCE AND SPAIN. PARIS, Auouar 27. Yesterday, at St. Cloud, the Emperor received Senor Mon, who presented his credentials as Spanish Ambassador to the French court. Replying to a speech from Senor Mon, the Em peror expressed his deep sympathy for the Spanish nation, and his sincere friendship for Queen Isa bella. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREBT, Atousr 26. Prince Charles is on his journey through Mol davia, and has everywhere been received with enthusiasm. In several of the towns through which he has passed thousands of the rural popula tion had assembled from the neighbouring districts in order to welcome their new Hospodar. Prince Charles will arrive at Jassy on Tuesday next. AMERICA. (CT ATLANTIC =MILANI.) NEW YORK, AUGUST 24, EVENING. Gold, 148 i. Exchange on London, 157. 5-20 United States Bonds, not Cotton : Middling Upland, 34c. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (raw( oust owx ooasseromour.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVINING. The Mimoriai Diplomatique has its usual weekly budget of news, which I only quote with the usual distrust, justified by pretty constant experience. The only result which this Mexican organ thinks itself warranted in stating of the interviews between the Empress Charlotte and the Emperor Napoleon is that her Majesty has sent a courier to Mexico with a letter for her husband, and that she has gone to Miramar to wait for his answer. She con templates another visit to Paris after the Emperor and Empress return from Biarritz about the end of October, by which time I presume Maximilian's answer will have come to hand. Another piece of news from the same source is that Prince Metternich will not resign his post as ambassador at Paris " unless recalled by his apos tolic Majesty." This looks to me very like a nega tive pregnant. I believe it was never supposed by anybody that Prince Metternich wished to leave Paris ; the news of his approaching departure was founded in the belief that his government was dis satisfied with him. But far more important, if true, is the intelligence,which the Mbrioria/ affirms it has from a "source so certain as not to admit of a shadow of doubt," that Cardinal Antonelli, in obedience to instructions from the sovereign pontiff, has recently informed Count de Sartiges of his Holiness's desire now to accomplish, so far as circumstances will admit, the various re form, at different times suggested by France, and that Count de Sartiges has been requested to dis cuss the subject with his government in order that the latter may aid the court of Rome by its advice and suggestions. If this is the truth I am pretty certain it is not the truth. The first volume of a " General History of Paris," compiled under the direction of M. Hauasmann, and with a preface written by himself, has just been published. The following letter to the Prefect of the Seine conveys the Emperor's approbation of the idea of the work : Palace of Compiegne, Deo. 16, 1865. My dear M. Hausmann,—l entirely approve the happy idea you have conceived of bringing out a general history of Paris. This collection of monographs, plans, and authentic documents, to which additions must necessarily be made every day, will enable the reader to follow through the course of centuries the transformations of the city which, thanks to the intelligent labours of in municipal council and your indefatigable activity, has become the most splendid and the most salubrious of all tie capitals of Europe. Receive then my congratulations, my dear X. Heinemann, and believe in my friendly sentiments. NAroixoN. The head clerk and cashier of M. B—, an agent de change, have been arrested on a charge of having in concert together for the last air years habitually embezrled their employer's property. The totality of the sums abstracted is said to amount to 700,000 fr., every franc of which has been lost in Bourse speculations. The Western Railway Company have just fitted up their first-class carriages with a long talked-of apparatus, enabling the passengers, in case of extreme need, to communicate with the driver of the train. A series of small double windows enables people to see into every carriage and Duvall the carriages to the engine. If signs made through these glasses fail to attract attention it is penniasible, according to instructions printed in French, English, and German, to break a pane and pull a ring which will sound an alarm bell. Warning is given that any person stopping the train without sufficient cause will be liable to prosecution for s misdemeanour. The Vaudeville Theatre, in the Place de laßourse, is positively to be pulled down ; and the city of Paris has made a contract with M. Harmant, the manager, to build a new one at the corner of the Chauseee d'Antin, near the new Opera. During the performance of the Africaine at the Opera on Thursday evening the audience was much amused by a bat, which, after flying all over the house from the lustre to the boxes, took to the stage just as Naudin and Mdlle. Sass were singing the grand duet between Viuico di Gams and &like. The performers could not help watching the creature which was continually flitting before their eyes, and were so nervous that they repeatedly missed their notes. The conductor of the orchestra called out, " Twenty francs reward for catching the bat." One of the chorus who happened to be preparing a fishing-rod for scenic purposes baited the hook with an insect, and it is said caught the bat in this way. _ _ If the vexed question now pending before the Court of Cessation whether a citizen can maintain an action fora libel on the memory of any of his ancestors, however remote, shall ultimately be de cided in the affirmative, the heir-at-law of Rabelais will have a strong case against the Lyons journals, which have raked up from among the municipal archives the following story to his discredit 1534 the great wit who afterwards became the curd of Hendon was surgeon in-chief to the Lyons Hospital. An epidemic broke out, and he suddenly disappeared. A meeting of governors was held to consider what was to be done in this emergency, and a motion was made Ithat the place should be deemed vacant and filled up. However, an echevin, one Pierre Durand, prayed a respite till after Easter, as he had "heard say" that Dr. Rabelais was at Grenoble, and he might come back. The proposition was acceded to ; but when Easter came and no Rabe lais, the governors resolved—" That Dr. Pierre de Castel be appointed physician to the great hospital on the Rhone bridge, in the place and stead of Master Francis Rabellays, who has twice absented himself from the town and hospital without leave." Extras& I Igi r . . 1 W. It 1. ,---,...--.... W. lIL I Sea. to 12 1 .1 D. It , Nairn Aberdeen .29.53 61 8. 5 1 1 8 &E. be —i 2 Leith Ara:vegan._ 59.58 110 8. 4 6 S.W. rb 1080. 4 Greencastle 51,59.68 W. 2 5 8. ro 0.44; 1 Valentia 29.77,00 B.W. 2 8 B.&W. ro 0.40 4 Liver1.....29.76 631 8.8. W. S 4 8. c— I 2 Flolyil —129.7000 8.8. W. 4 6 B.&W. oe .0.19 4 Penzance 29.93 62 W. 5 6 8.8. W. mob 9.63 4 Brest .. :30.00 63' W. 11 . 6 S.W. mfc —i 4 Lorient ,29. 96 64' W. 31 2 &IL fc I— 12 Rochefort.. ;30.01 68 W.N.W. 4 2 E. to '0.28 2 Plymouth . 2 1 2%493 a B.&W. 8 6 B.&W. ob 0.48 S We outh P th 1 29.91 64. W.B.W. 4. 3 8.11. W. c'— 1 3 London _ 25.811 64 B.W. 2' 1 B. ,rbo 0.01 - Yarmouth 29.8364 W.S.W. 4 1 8.8. E. 'bo —, 2 'Scarborough. 29.7 e 63 B.W. I 2 2 8.9. W. c 0.03 2 Shields 20.7163 B.W. '6 i 2 W.N.W. c 2 Helder RICIIARI The easterly current of w'nd has disappeared, and hay been succeeded by southerly and westerly . nindi over the British Isles and seas adjacent. The fall of rain has been large un our northwest coasts, and the weather continues unsettled. Bari metric pressure has decreased very considerably in the north. Temperatures continue high, with but little evaporation. It was generally reported in Dublin on Saturday (says the Liverpool Albion) that a Queen's counsel, who was in great practice, had absconded, and that a series. of forgeries, amounting to 20,0001., is attributed to him. TRADE MAEKS.—The general 11013110 of what is due alike to the public and the interests of commerce causes the Trade Marks Act to be enforced in nearly all places with wholesome severity. According to the recent advicc-s from India, the police in June last entered the premises of • printer in Calcutta and seized a large quantity of forged labels of several English manufacturers, among which were those of Allsopp and Sons, Lea and Perrin, P. and J. Arnold, Day and Martin, and Crosse and Blackwell. The latter firm ininiediately commenced a mammal( n under the Trade Marks Acts (India), section 485 of the Penal Code, which resulted in the conviction of the offender, and his being sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment. A similar punishment was awarded to a native by whom some of the spurious goods upon which the forged labels were placed had sold.—Times. INFORMAL BURIAL CERTIFICATES.—On Saturday Dr. Lankester held an inquest at the Lord Chancellor, NortMstreet, Edgware-wad on Mary Abbott, three years old. The father stated that three weeks ago the deceased scalded herself by taking a cup of hot water from the table, and he took her to St. Mary's Hospital, where she got worse. He then brought her home, where she died on Saturday (18th inst). The deceased was to have been buried on the previous day, but the coroner's officer I stopped the funeral. Dr. Kirby attributed the death to scalding by hot water. The coroner said that this was a peculiar case, and it showed that there was great circumspection wanted with regard to certificates of burial. The child, as shown by the evidence, died from A scald. According to a certificate, signed by Dr. Griffith, St. Mary's Hospital, it died from burns. That was a mistake. The certificate fur burial was signed b Mr. Garaford, the registrar, but where a death oe from an accident notice ought to have been given to the ooroner. The only intimation of this accident he had was from the daily returns of the deaths issued by the Registrar. General, and he felt it to be his duty at once to stop the funeral and institute an inquiry. lie had reason to believe that many of these accidental deaths were con cealed from coroners, and he was strengthened in this belief by the fact that on the previous day he held an inquest under almost precisely the same circumstances as the present. Verdict, "Accidental death," the jury adding that in their opinion the coroner's protest against burials taking place without an inquiry were justlded by the facts of the case. A V Taapiratteas COMMITTED FOR ARBOR AND Faaurf.—On Saturday last a singular case of alleged anon, with a view to fraud, was heard by the Cheshire county magistrates, at Birkenhead. A bootmaker, George Ennedles, who has shops in L' 1, and Egremont on the other side of the Mersey, was •ged, with his eminent or foreman, John Trainer, with having set fire to the shop at Egremont, on the 14th of July, intending thereby to defraud the Royal Insurance Company, tad the Liverpool, London, and Globe Insurance Company. Evidence was given to prove that the stock in the shop in May and July last was worth not more than 2001. ; that in May Smedles to the Royal to insure his stock sad fixtures for Eo7,. l and that they declined, bat afterwards did insure him for 3001. ; and that about the same time he insured in the Liverpool, London, and Globe office for 7001. It was further shown that on the 14th of July Smedles had the fealiOt of the shop closed ; that half-an-hour before the Are the two prisoners left the shop in company; and that after the fire he claimed 1,0071. el the two otiose. This claim had given rise to suspicion, and at the instance of the co es the pollee made an investigation which resulted in the discovery that a pile d band stases, a quality of resin (some of it wrapped in newspapers dated the day of the fi re), and other inflammable materials, had been so placed in the shop as to promote the spread of the Ike. The prisoners were east for trial at the nett Cheshire assizes, lint liberated on bail ; each in 4001. himself, and two alma ties in 2001. THE TREATY OF PRAGUE. The conditions of the Treaty of Peace which was signed at Prague on Thursd►y evening last between the plenipotentiaries of Prussia and Austria have not yet been I made public ; but the Times has every reason to believe that the fourteen main articles of the treaty are almost identical with the original terms of the preliminaries of Nikolaburg, as nothing whatever has occurred since the armistice to alter the position of the contracting powers. But there is no reason to suppose that the arrangements to which the peace of Prague and the various treaties with the minor states have led will be considered per manent. There was from the beginning at the bottom of the whole movement something stronger than either the Prussian or the Austrian government—something more unanimous than the minor princes and the helpless Band, and that was the German people. The people have not spoken yet, and the question will aeon be laid before its final arbitrament. Baled by the court, thwarted by his party, worried by foreign remonstrance, Count Bismarck has one great trump card still to play. He has yet to see what a national German parliament will do for him. An assembly that speaks in the name of thirty millions of Germans cannot fail to be heard from one end to the other of the fatherland, and the mere mortification of seeing themselves excluded from the Congress of their brethren will put any harmony between the subjects of the minor princes and their rulers altogether out of the question. Count Bissoszek's work all it is cannot stand ; it is not meant to stand. There are things which, bold and enter prising as he is, he could not achieve single-handed. But Germany has thirty.six millions of people, and he may trust, perhaps, that he will find an auxiliary in every one of them. The treaty of Prague and the settlement of which it is a part do not, at first sight, seem to the Daily News a step towards the unification of Germany. They substi tute for a single Confederation three groups of States, Northern, Southern, and Austrian. But dissolution must always precede recombination. The ejection of Austria is the necessary condition of German unity. The Southern States, which mere formerly drawn to her, will now, in the course of time, gravitate to and become ab sorbed in the Northern Confederacy, which again is likely to lose itself in the Prussian monarchy. It may even be questioned whether the Austrian Duchies may not, in the source of time, find that the elective affinities of politics incline them rather to alliance with their fellow German, than with the antipathetic Sclavonian and Magyar races. The day may possibly come when the Duchies of Upper and Lower Austria will be the theme of a controversy like that of which the Duchies of Bohleawig and Holstein were lately the subject The Daily New views the possible acitievement of German unity with•.ut jealousy or apprehension. The right of a people to live its own life, to develope its own strength, and to organise itself in accordance with its own desires and natural affinities, is to it an axiom in political ethics and not less a plain dictate of political expediency ; but to feel satisfaction at the change which has been accomplished, and to look with hope to the future which it promises, is not to condone all the steps that have been taken to bring it about, nor to admit that the end justifies the means. In the opinion of the Herald the results of the treaty of Prague will be to effect a very material alteration of the balance of power. This treaty is in one sense a supple ment to the treaty of 1813, in another sense a revision of that famous document. Thus, if it was the chief inten tion of the allies at that time that Germany should re main divided their plan has been frustrated by this revolu tion of 18416, which practically places Germany under one bead and enables her to combine her forces for any com mon purpose. If, on the other hand, it was the design of the great powers to create such an equilibrium of power ou the Continent as would for all future time serve as a check to the domineering propen sities of any one of the great powers, then this treaty between Austria and PrtlAsia is an accomplishment of the work most inadequately carried out by that earlier and more famous instrument. It is true to the letter rather than the spirit of the treaty of 1813. WISCULANSOCS TOPICS. The Bishop of Oxford, says the Post, is one of the most active, as he is incomparably the most able, of all our per latea. He seems to be always consecrating churches, holding confirmations, gathering together clergy, lecturing school masters, speaking in parliament, leading in convocation, attending scientific meetings, advocating church questions from a popular platform, preaching a large number of charity sermons in London every season, writing books of his own and prefaces to books by other people, review ing in the Quarterfy, attending public dinners, and visiting in London society—to all which must be added the ceaseless grind of an interminable correspondence. With regard to his address at Lewes on Tuesday last on the subject of spiritual destitution in great cities, the Post is of opinion that it is not new institutions that we want, but an extension of the old. We want mom clergy of simple lives and earnest powers of speech ; more visit ing amongst the poor ; more working of benevolent in stitutions ; more woman's work ; and more schooling. And If these agencies be helped on by the sanitary in spector, and an improved administration of the poor law, though we may never entirely get rid of spiritual destitu tion we shall at least reduce it to a minimum and effect a blessed change in the condition of those who are now at once the victims and the outcasts of our advanced civilisa tion. The Times, referring to the open air gathering on Friday last of the poor people who have been turned out of house and home by the Holborn Valley improvements, says it is impossible to describe the hardship inflicted on the poorby these luminary evictions. They are already so crowded in all the central portions of London, that even where their houses are not disturbed they have the utmost difficulty in finding shelter. The Times is not surprised that these un fortunate victims of modern improvements have at length raised their voices in self-defence. The principle embodied in their resolutions is so far from being seriously disputed that an act was passed last session in which the duty is practically enforced, and its performance is greatly facilitated. DEATH 07 THE EARL OF CRAVEN. —The Earl of Craven died on Saturday afternoon at the Royal Hotel, Scarborough, after a short illness, arising from an attack of parodying. The late Right Hon. William Craven, Berl of Craven, county York, Viscount Uffington and Baron Craven, of Hiunstecd Marshall, county Berke, in the age of the United Kingdom, was the eldest son of first earl, by Louisa, fifth daughter of Mr. James Braaten, a lady who achieved a high reputation on the stage prior to her marriage. The deceased nobleman was Urn July 18, 1809, and consequently Chad recently completed his fifty-seventh year. THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND. The train by which the Queen and royal family left Windsor on Thursday night arrived at Perth at 8.21 on the following morning. Her Majesty, who appeared to be In the enjoyment of excellent health. as also did the other members of the royal family, on alighting upon the plat form was received by Lord Kinnaird, the lord-lieutenant of the county, the Earl of Mansfield, and other gentle men. The royal party partook of breakfast in the rooms of the Joint-Station Committee, which were tastefully fitted up for the accommodation and comfort of her Ma jesty and suite. The royal train left the station via the Scottish North Eastern section of the Caledonian Railway exactly at 9.20, the stay of the royal party having been 59 minutes. As the royal train was leaving, her Majesty was enthusiastically cheered, and graciously acknowledged the compliment. There was no military guard of honour pre- sent on the occasion, and the number of spectators was rather less than usuaL The royal train arrived at Bridge of Dun at 10.36 pun& tnally at the time set down in the bill Hitherto intending spectators had been accustomed to little reserve at this station during the time the train halted to water theengines. On this occasion, however, verystrict precautions and orders were enforced so as to secure safety as far as possible, and the absence of noise on the passage of the train ; and none of the public were, according to the orders, to be admitted to the station, and the servants of the company were in structed to perform the necessary work on the platform without•noiae. No cheering or other demonstration was to be allowed. The result of this was that there were not so many people present as formerly and none were per mitted to appear on the platform. During the time the train stopped several of the royal party were at the saloon windows, but no demonstration was made. The engines were watered, and the train started after a halt of five minutes. The &Twee damp and dull, so that there was no dust, and, as a consequence, the windows of the royal saloon were opened. The royal train arrived at the Ferryhill Junction at 11. M exactly. Orders having been issued that no person should be admitted to the station, the public were rigidly excluded, and only some policemen and officials were visible within its precincts. A stoppage of about five minutes took place, during which engines were changed ; and the Deeside directors having taken the places of those of the Caledonian, the royal train proceeded over the Deseide line to Aboyne, which was reached at 1 o'clock. Here her Majesty was respectfully greeted by a consider able number of people who bad been admitted within the station. Carriages were in waiting outside the station, and the Queen immediately drove off amid the cheering of those assembled. Horses were changed at Hager, where the visitors and villagers gave her Majesty a hearty cheer. Balmoral was reached shortly after 3 o'clock. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Soltykoff left town yesterday for Brighton. The Duke of Wellington has had capital shooting at Glenfield, his shooting quarters in Inverness-shim, sines his arrival there from the south. The Duchess of Welling. ton is passing the autumn at Tunbridge Wella The Duke of Argyll left lnverary Caatle a few days baek for Mull, for a few weeks' shooting. The Marquis of Sligo has left Pencarrow, the seat of Lady Bloleaworth, for Port Eliot, on a visit to the Earl of St. Germane. The Ear' and Countess of Shaftesbury and Ladies Ashley have left Brockett Hall, Herta, where they have been staying with Viscountess Palmerston, for Tun bridge Wells. Lord end Lady Harriet Ashley are still at Brackett HalL The Earl of Dalhousie is rec3iving a select party of friends at Ineermark, Breehin, for the shooting on the adjacent moors. Viscount Ingeetro has gone to the north of Scot land for grouse shooting. Viscountess Jocelyn, accompanied by Viscount Jocelyn and Hon. Miss Jocelyn, passed through town on Friday last, from the Pyrenees, to join Viscountess Pal merston at Brackett Hall, Het te. The Hon. Miss Jocelyn is greatly improved in health. Lord and Lady Blantyre are receiving a 'elect party at Erskine House, N.B. Lady Sherborne and Hon. Mr. Maurice Wing field have left town for Homburg. Le Baron Ludovic de Potesta has left Catsidi's Hotel for Paris. The Right Hon. General Peel, M.P., the Secre tary of State for War, left town on Friday evening to join her Majesty at Balmoral. The right hon. and gallant gentleman will remain in attendance on the Queen about a fortnight. Mr. Gladstone, the late Chancellor of the Ex chequer, is at present on a visit to the Lord Bishop of Ely at his palace, and yesterday the right hon. gentleman at tended the afternoon service at the cathedral. Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford and Miss Cliffcri have received the Dowager Marchioneas Townshend and Lady Audrey Townshend, the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, and Viscount Melville, at Westfield, during the regatta week at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. Captain and Mrs. Throckmorton have left Brown's Hotel. The marriage is arranged between Mr. John Baskervyle Glegg, eldest son of Captain Baskervyle Glegg, of Withington Hall and Gaynton Hall, Cheshire, and Miss Emily Ode, second daughter of Mr. George Beauchamp Cole, of Heatham House, Twickenham, and granddaughter of the late Lady Elizabeth Cole. The Canadian delegates sent to complete the confederated government of British North America hays arrived at Brown's Hotel, Dover-street, from Canada. Mrs. Waldo Sibthorp has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. A supplement to the Lawton Gazette issued on Saturday night contains an Order in Council extending the provisions of the Diseases Prevention Act to its and arms of the sea lying within the jurisdiction of the Admi ralty, and within three miles of the coasts of England ; also a second order, directing that the muter of every ship within the district of a nuisance authority, having on hoard any person affected with cholera, or anything that has been exposed to the infection of cholera, shall so long as the ship is within such district anchor, or place her in such position as from time to time the nuisance authority may direct. PROSPECTS OF THE Ist.—Next Saturday the season for shooting partridges will commence, and sports men have already begun ta make inquiries as to the stock of birds. Owing to the lateness of the corn harvest there have scarcely been any trials on manors, but the great clearance of corn which has been effected during the past week has permitted dogs to run over stubble for training purposes, and has enabled those who are eager for sport to obtain some information respecting the condition of the birds. In Kent the prospects are very promising. On the hill lands and dry grounds partridges are numerous, the young broods are m good condition, and coveys vary from 12 to 16 in number. In Essex the birds are about up to the average, but not quite so plentiful as last year. The French partridges (redlegs) have brought off large broods from the nests. The partridge mason in Surrey and Sussex cannot be reported upon favourably. The wet weather about hatching time made sad havoc among the young broods, and it is now found that very few coveys exceed twelve in number. The young birds are ittrc!ng on the wing, and rise well together. As much corn is still standing in the counties named some protection will be afforded to the birds, and when shooting commences they may be expected to be in plump condition. Linehan., which as a rule are very rare in the southern ciosnUes, are unusually plentiful this season. Huai and rabbits have also been very prolific. The pheasant coverts are thin of " long tails " this year. THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT CIIITTISHAM. (PROM OCR SPECIAL CORRISPOIPORNE.) ELY, MONDAY MORNING. Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Ground, of the Griffin Hotel, March, who are lying at the Lamb Hotel, Ely, are happily progressing towards recovery, but Mr. Ground being a stout, full•habited man of about 50, great fears are entertained of a relapse. The state of the other passengers this morning justifies the hope that they will all survive. The reports from Peterborough, whither the guard and fire men have been removed, state that neither of these men is going on so well as he was. The inquest commenced this morning at 10 o'clock, at the Shire-hall, Ely, before Mr. W. Marshall, coroner, and a highly respectable jury. The jury having been sworn in, proceeded to the scene of the accident for the purpose of inspecting it, and viewing the body ; after which they returned to the Shire-hell, sad proceeded to hear the evidence. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAT.) MONDAY, AUGUST 47. S LIL Dr. Lethehy, the medical officer of the city of London, has just presented to Owe a report on the quality of the water from the surface wells of the City, being a statement d result, of his analyses during the last five yew& are 35 pumps in the City, from which the !eV draw water for drinking, and the quaenty and organic matter in the gallon ranges from let to 129 . 73, that of the New River during lad vat but 17'16 grains, and of the East Leedom OIL six of the City well yield water with lens of solid matter in the gallon, and them am bee° others with less than 70 grains. Ten of ihm se taro from 70 to 80 grains per galkm. Pw from 80 to 90 grains, two from 90 to IM and there are five wells in the City, """ in Aldgate High-street ; Dunningb-dlal, gate ; Leadenhall-market ; Milton-street, CleflZ l St. Nicholas Glave-churchyard, the water tains from 100 to 130 grains of solid matter in the In most cases the constituents are rems of the source and nature of the pollutiol% the public meat markets, for example, as Owl gate, Aldgate, and Leadenball, are charged peculiar filth of those localities; indeed the niched by the well in Leadenhaldinarket metals s e! ern. 40 grains of common salt per gallon, beMdas quantity of nitre and organic matter, all of web": rived from the stinking porosity which rum 8 0 14 hides exposed for sale, and salted upon the The wells of the City churchyards are also stiller/ with saltpetre and ammonia, the former to the dr!' from 20 to nearly 30 grains in the gallon, and dodge!, is the final product of the decay of the sedan buried in the neighbouring graveyard& Otbefe.lr„, public wells show the presence of the more a ka products of substances which have escaped from seLe: drains and sewers, and all nearly are jj so lareel i j o i r nate,' with compounds which have pereetated foul soil of the City that they are ant' tat e nd de* mastic nee. Where the soil is well proterw • is away from any especial source of polled" mt b ease with the two pumps at Guildhall, the eme ct moderately tainted with impurities, but eves tbel:( 0 dangerous to use the water for drinking. 11 ° 4 -1• waters are bright and sparkling, and hoe a er.,, agreeable taste ; but these are dangerous heel= being derived from organic decay. im yards of the City there are the thousands undergoing decay, and in tit. metropolis, in a space of not more then there were buried not long since as many tat in the year. In a generation of 30 years that as 19 million of decomposing bodies in tbe serf by London, .m 1 through this the water perked W O way into the pores stratum which su4eles, d ay wells of the metropolis. At best the _t:roi ruption is but imperfect, for although._ _.;gl ammonia and saltpetre tells us of an 07 :4 7 a rbra . gsg decay, yet it also indicates the more than which accompanies it. All these dri es lone npm as the conclusion that water too the A jils wells of the metropolis, contaminated es thettn;# refuse of drains and the soakings from Vel v. "" d esial for public use, and that no natural sea render it s a fe. Therefore, 0417 114r 21;50 ylotde City pampa, nor by any of the pan , ' "` be wed fee domestic purPc oo4 • ROYAL HORTICULTURIL 61421.1.. (THIS DA P ) The 26th of August fallin g 0 , s undae den" of the Royal Horticultural Soaks, fly ton, were opened this morning, fr ee t o t i e . I ,_ mend of her Majesty, in eoromernoratie s i .!/ del of his late Royal Rieman tit. founder. The present la the third o aci t,„ ; ,."'"`"ti the public have been grataitouslyadratttr",,lll ful gardens, and there c ou ld b e no pwqu general appreciation of this boon ._ Apeei th ao t o ' fact that 170,000 persona availed and 130,000 last year. Before the %V e il morning many had already arri ve d at the ewes - - and from that time the several app roac h to , presented a contisuons stress o p T h om. ne m. issued for the ocossion is similar to th o several military and other bands has p - """"r • Novices, and the whole of the attncticss with the pounds having been made weather must have added considerably t o of those present. METROPOLITAN AND PROVINCIAL g , TRIAL EXHIBITION. The arrangements for the * b on which is about to be held at th e Ag e s a i t „ 44t . ton, are now fast approaching complatise. %h a ., the building already presents 'gay and foal s being decorated with numerous humeri, ohadh armorial devices, and tablets inscribed witk the principal provincial tow= from which ' received. The exhibition—which is ups a kin tansies scale than its successful predsorair pry same building in the autumn of 1864- 00 „,„ et : and interesting collection of articles from all pos it United Kingdom. It will be opus& to 14 0 4 4 September 3, when the inaugural addrts h vered by Mr. R. C. Hanbury, M.P. is an d an original composition, entitkd Isbour," written by Mr. John Plummer, sal music by Dr. Spark, organist of the Town Rs; be sung by a choir of 1,000 voles, under the 4 4 , the Tonic-sol-fa Association, the solo pet kris taken by Madame Louisa Vinning and lie. laij cert, lecture, or some other appropriate Intatiks will take place nearly every evening while ' remains open. The smaller hall will be dsvalsiis end valuable collection of object. lent by the of the South Kensington Museum, **Shy ekkuas teresting and costly articles contributed byes 406, W. E. Gladstone. There will aho be erred objects of a miecellaneous nature from the wed arl Africa, the property of a private gentleman, A lo h a , granted the loan of them and promised lo IN to afford the visitors any information that males, The charge for admission will be the mss ss4th vious exhibitions held at Islington, viz., 6€l. Neat and 2d. from 6 till 10 in the evening. On Kr* admission will be 2d. all day. In connezies will hibition, an Art and Industrial Union has bses Shares at fxL each have been issued, with the oh sis encouraging exhibitors by the sale of the artistes The prizes will be drawn in the lecture ball sok: of October, and the holders of prise tie** it titled to select any unsold saleable article is to the amount of the prize drawn. THE CHOLERA. As compared with Thursday the . return for Friday shows a decrease of thus huts . cholera, and en increase of 2 from diarrhea. lls being :—Cholera, 35; diarrheas, 19 ; *swill typo the following tdassified return.: Cholera. Maki West districts North districts 2 Central districts ..... 1 East districts South districts Total in London Three cases of cholera were reported at Ruthenia Friday ; one in a low locality called Cabins ; task Abercannaid, and a third at Dowlais. The superintendent registrar of kifiserd Old To states have the pleasure of reporting a Salm decrease in the deaths from cholera and dismal end Old Town. The number recorded wsebty hssc 14th July have been as follows :-1,113,111,13, M.. and last week 20. If to these are added 20 ihsissi , London Hospital of parties removed tau • mortality by cholerain seven weeks will have isms 503, or six per thousand of the populatios, selassr 83,000. 126 fathers of families have bees rtmscelas awful visitation. The deaths from all sans lute were in Mile-end 48, against 29 the corruptsErapt of last year." The " Second Report of the Sanitary Calabasas suhigmbluypoebffreuttol Epidemic of Cholera in the East End of Leda:* lished in the Lancet, gives some particularise to Us re received by the river Lea and it. tribtitaris shoe I field, where the East London Water Comma like supply. One of these is Cobbin's Brook, lank ma the Lea at Waltham Abbey. It receives th e ilreell the idsenaisd the above Th journ eC al ob , b is in n , ot aco d r age of lipping and Waltham Abbey in its mort_ske Farr cep is Vs Late. The Lea further receives the sewage el welch report was stated to him, but po al.ng n p i to s r. cross, Cheshunt, Wonnley , Broxbourne, and Rouen The sewage of Hertford is nominally deodorise' La i New River Company before entering the La, , rHertfordshire, besides the western borders of _f,r. in heie fs6sact in Passm q u ui ch ri in es cot° 7i th r ie w ainri ou le h r l iT se uo e l m that Desk the Olt the o e Eaa the t however, that this is no longer so marked as it en commendable precautions have been takes to WS I, of subdue the disease . On the whole it has Lea L udo Th n water Geld fie r rd n i:t e rscal n" th letul d*l6 ; qui *" In the provinces and in Ireland and Scatkallbol l although rumours and fears, as may be expected. , " a ' rife, very few new outbreak' take place. LONDON WATER. ce report on the quality of the water from the risr! surface wells of the City, being a statemes the city Letheby, ofLondon thmhe just presented n o ted ffice w r to of expf bral result' of his analyses during the last five yesa.,..!!: are 35 pumps in the City, from which the,ll o ,l,' draw water for drinking, and the quaeloyArE and orgonic matter in the gallon ranges from 1171 to 129/3 that of the New River during last scsalk den' ton, • ‘, ■