The Express. — London, England, 1867-09-03 00:00:00

X / - - -t 1 No. 6.576.3 NMAN LINE.—The LIVERPOOL, NEW J. YOKE( and Pll ILADELPHIA STEAMSHIP COMPANY Intend despatching their full powered Clyde-hutlt Iron screw stewnships, carrying the United States Malls, calling at Queens. awn. Ireland, on the following day, to take ou n osf 4 gets s ad desist, hes, and with liberty to call at as In part: CIIs OP IN iniN,Wedaesatey, September 4. El II N 11, Saturday, September 7. CITY IW P.t RIM, Wednesday. September 11. OF N YORK. Saturday. September 14. And elll7 Weinceday sad naturdad cabin passage by the mall steamers filing every Wednesday. 15, IL and 2.1 guinins , according to the aceououndation. Forward papaw includes a lull supply of cooked provisioua Passengers usnalaor and the United States hooked through uti very adVILD tm.,,-us teem.—Fur iiirther particulars apply to WILLIAM INMAN. Water.street. Liverpool; audio LIVIA and AWRY, 11. King Willlamgtreet. Landon. 41 4 1 TELEGRAPHIC INTEIJAGENC& (Rimmed ra•cocera.) FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 2, Evamgo. The Petrie of this evening asserts that General Prim has been betrayed, and that the Spanish go vernment has obtained a clue to his whereabouts. The France says that M. Rouher, on leaving Carlsbad, will go to Vienna and Berlin, but that his visits to those capitals will be purely visits of courtesy. M. Rouher, it adds, will return to Paris before the departure of the Emperor. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Scrr. 2, EvrxiNo. Count von der Goltz, the Prussian minister in Paris, arrived here yesterday, and had a long inter view with the King, at which Count von Bismarck was present.. Tile Prussian chargoSd'affaires at Stuttgardt will arrive here to-night. A royal ordinance, dated 31st August, has been published, convoking the North German Parlia ment on the 10th October. It is said that the King intends going to Baden Baden after the opening of the parliament. VAVANTL MUNICH, Elc Pr. 2. The official Bavarian Gazette of to-day contra dicta a statement that Prince von Hohenlohe had taken into consideration a scheme for the forma tion of a South German Parliament, which had been prepared by Herr Mohl, under the influence of Baron von Boast. The working of the salt mines of Kissengen and Durkheim by the government will shortly be sus pended, and they will subsequently be sold. THE SPANISH INSURRECTION. MADRID, 82pr. 2. The government has prohibited the entry into Spain of all foreign journals treating the insurrec tion from a point of view favourable to the insur gents. . . . . . It is feared that fresh insurrectionary risings may take place in those provinces which have up to the present time rems'ned quiet. INDIA. BOMBAY, AuGra: 9. At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Bombay, the directors reported an additional loss of 530,000/. of the bank's capital, leaving 510,1001. intact. A resolution was adopted praying the government to appoint a commission to inquire into the mismanage ment of the bank. The Poonah branch of the Bank of Bombay expected to lose between 20,000/. and 30,0001., principally on forced go vernment securities. The amalgamation of the Banks of Bombay and Bengal has been abandoned, although applications for over 1,500 shares have been registered. The Marine Court have inquired into the loss of the Jersah, and the captain and officers have been exonerated from blame. The ship Merchant Prince, from Glasgow to Bombay, was ashore near Bombay harbour, and was expected to become a total wreck. The Governor of Bombay had decided to present a gold watch, with a suitable inscription, to Mr. Shuttle worth for gallant conduct at the wreck of the Jersah. The public at Bombay have also subscribed 4001. to the Shuttleworth testimonial. The latest news from Cabul represents Afzul Khan's position as very precarious. It is expected that Cabul itself will soon fall into the hands of Ameer Share Ali. The public health is satis factory. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.— By order of His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, the following notice was issued yesterday from the Horse- Guards :—Offioers not entitled to passages at the public expense will, with their families, be provided with free conveyance to the Cape of Good Hope and Bombay in the steam transports fitting out for the Abyssinian expedition, on their applying at once to the Adjutant-General, stating the number of their family and the age and sex of their children. They will only be required to pay at the following rates for their messing on board. Officers will understand that no special fittings can be prepared for them in these ships, and that no complaints can here after be entertained as to any discomfort or imperfect flinging arrangements. The vessels will be ready on or before the 10th instant, and the passengers will embark at Liverpool. It must be clearly understood that the ships ate not to be delayed on account of the passengers. Rates payable for officers and their families :—Officers, 10a. per diem ; lady, or female child of 16 years and upwards, 6.• 9d.; children of 7 and under 18 years, 34. 4d.; children of 1 and under 7 years, 2s. Bd.; children under 1 year, free; female servants, 2s.—By command, W. PAl:nsr, Adjutant-General—Hone-Guards, Sept. 2. THE PROPOSED VISIT OP MR. DICKENS TO THE UNITED Sraemi.—The American public will learn with pleasure that their favourite among novelists and humour ing is about to renew in their ears the familiar but nn wearying entertainments to which he has accustomed their eyes. Mr. Dickens' agent, Mr. Dolby, ha. arrived in New York, to make arrangements for public readings of the character which have given so much satisfaction in the highest circles of his native country. Naturally, the readings may be expected to follow at an early date in the fall, and it is needless to say that Mr. Dickens will meet at once with • pecuniary success and a personal reception both flattering and friendly. It is said that same uncertainty has been felt of • kindly reception to the author of " American Notes" in America. The doubt is an absurdity, as great perhaps as any of the usual misconceptions of American character exhibited by our distinguished foreign visitors. The American mind is not provincial, and has no small room for petty grudges. As a whole, its measurements and its sympathies, so far as they are in common to so large a people, are necessarily large , and adapted to the estima tion of great men in their great qualities, neglecting the account of their peccadilloes. We have really forgotten all about " American Notes," while we are thankful to Mr. Dickens for giving us so much that we can remember and enjoy for ever. He will meet with • different recep tion from that which he formerly experienced, not from any change in our cordiality towards himself, except as it has grown and deepened, but from the marked expansion, in every sense, which twenty years cannot peas without developing to the most careless eye in a people like ours. Positively, Mr. Dickens will find himself a greater man here than before ; relatively, much less ; and yet by so much the more truly honoured in our self-respecting tribute to his talents and worth, and our indifference to things that were trivial in him, and much more trifles to us.— Neu, Yorl. Tines, August 21. EPICUREAN DELICACIES.—The Avenir Nationa l ', announces that the Prefect of the Rhone has just autho rised the sale in Lyons and its neighbourhood of horse i flesh, mule flesh, and donkey flesh as human food. The decree of authorisation contains twenty clauses, preceded by a preamble containing four peragraphs. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. —The lament steamer Edinburgh was yesterday chartered in Liverpool ' by the Admiralty authorities to carry coals to the Cape of Good Hope. MAILS FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—At the request of the government of Western Australia, the transmission of all classes of correspondence to that colony, rid Panama, will be discontinued ; and, in future, mails for Western Australia will be forwarded by way of Suez only.—By command of the Postmaster-General.—General Poet-office, 2nd September, 1867. NEWSPAPER:4 ' BOOKS, AND PATTERNS FOR QCSVOILAND.—At the request of the government of Queensland, the transmission in the mails sent, via Panama, of newspapers, books, and packets of patterns or samples of merchandise addre ssed to the colony of Queens land will be discontinued ; and, in future, only such packets will be sent to Queensland by that route se are fully prepaid at the letter-rate of postage, vie sixpence per half-ounce, and are specially addressed to be so for warded. No alteration will be made as regards the trans mission of newspapers, books and patterns in the mails vie Sues—By command of the Postmaster-thineraL--General Post-office, Sept. 2,1817. kirrflorol.l2•ll Fllll HOSPITAL ' SQUARE, Cm.—The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending August 31 was—Medical, 959; snr• giestl. 763 ; total, 1,7= ; of which 797 were new awe. D EPOSIT DE PARTMENT. —The CONBKR, i LAND SOClETY.—Persona wishing to invest Lee IT Animal 6111k131, remivlng half.yearly interest warrants at fur p•r e, tit. per annum, with power of withdrawal at fined secording to amount invested, may deposit sums dilly at the ,Slices. No. ti, Norfolkntreet, strand, WA.., without bo oming tut when of the ?minty. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNBDIEN, Secretary. Prospectuses of the "hare, DepOSit, Land, and Building Ad- Min c Departments u ill be sent fres of charge. TILE REPRESENTATION of the PEOPLE MT, 1867. DOV\DARY OU)1)119AIOY. NitTICE IS likKt BY tab EN, that Ilajor-General BAIN- IatIGUE, Royal Engineers, and NASSAU J. SEPIUK, Esquire, harristerat.law, two of the Assistant Commissioners appointed the Boundary Conaidarioners for England and Walt. under for provisions of the Representation of the reoide Art, 1e67, will ATTEND at the VESTRY HALL, King's-road, CHELSEA, on TUNISWiIf. the ILIA da7.94.81mbm lig, at Mersa , o'clock, for the purpose of Inquiring Into the Boundaries of the Borough of Chelsea. as constituted by the Act. The Assistant Commissioners will be prepared to hear, at the time and place abovomentioned. those persons who are de sirous of giving information as to the Biamdarles or other local cireunistances .4 the lk.rough. Persons who may be desirous of giving such Information as aforesaid, and who have not as yet furnished written statements to the Commissioner+, are requested to forward by post their statements to the undersigiwd, at the ofbee ea the Commis sinners, 6. Old Palare.yard. Westminster, nut later than Satur day nest. the 7th day of September. C. W. FREMANTLE, ll•eretaq to the COmndadollers- Illst August, 1567. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. (Managing Director, Mr. T. Strange.) 'Three ballets, 200 Demean, 6U instrumentalists, Singers, Acrobats, Mimics; Pic tures, West Telegrams, Saloons, Supper morns, Lavatories, Smoking-rooms, Evening Piper; 10 Orchestral Pieces Every Night. Open at lialf.past Seven, begin at Eight. In, and Od. : Reserved Seats, to ; Private boxes, from g.l Boi-oMee open from Eleven to Four. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 218, High Holborn.—The most spacious and brilhantlydecorated Ball Room, sod the best Band lo Loudon. OPEN for CuNCEItT and DANCING BVICRY BYZNII.4O. Mtudcal Director, Mr. W. M. Packer. Open es halt-put 8; (dose at 12. Adoilealon. throughout. le. FR!B TRADE WHARF.—The Commiasioness Custcous and the Lords of the 'herd.—Preparing for pablication, the Correspondence on the subject of Privileges, how granted and bow withheld. IMPORTER:I et 000D8 who are subjected to excessive charges ow goods landed ow captain's entry will pious apply to IL CLAY sad Co., lig, Upper Thames. Meet, City. K INAH A N'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN EXHIBITIGN, 1866. This celebrated old IRIBII WIIL9RY gained the DUBLIN PRIZE MEDAL—It in pure, mild mellow, delicious, and very wholesome. Sold in bottles, 3s. lid. each, at the retail houses is London ; by the agents In the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at tt, Great Windmill-street, London, W. Observe the red seal, pink label, and cork branded n Klnehaige LL Whisky. THOREHER and °LENNY, OIITHTITERS. B ay establlaluseat la Loudon. next door to ecaterA• bay" Wan& N.B. Wig of otoostsary outfit tar rod Winton' to lndia. China, and tits Oclaniro.. "" a7o P t= on application. TEETH.—Mesars. GABRIEL (ESTABLISHID Ib16). NEW PAMPHLET, FREE BY POST POUR STAMPS, liplathing the Painless System of Dentistry and sell-adlteehe Artificial Teeth eithent sprlnp, at halt the usual charges. et, LUDGATE-HILL, CITY. 66. Harleyatreet, Cavendlsh-equare, London. 134. Doke-street, LiverpouL ITIOURISTS and TRAVELLERS, Visitors to the 1. Seaside, and others exposed to the scorching' rays of the sun and heated particles of dust, will Ind ROViLANDS' LALVDOR a must refreshing preparation for the complexion. diepelling the cloud of languor and relaxation, ally , 1 .1 , l . heat and Irritability, and imeneillidely affording the @smi tten attending restored elasticity and healthful state eft akin. heckles, tan spots, pimples, lushes, and 'll@colorations are eradicated by its application, and give place to a healthy purity and delicacy of complexion. Prim la. 6d. and Sa lit per bottle. Sold by chemists and perfumer'. Ask fur •' Rowlands' Kalydor," and beware of spurious and pernicious articles under the name of - Da. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER FELLS, a never tailing remedy, prepared wftboat any mermutal lagradlent, will be found Invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spume, giddiness, dual mess of the eyes, etc. For Latetasi costiveness, as a family Variant medicine, and sa a purities of the blood, they are truly amollent mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, ism create appetite, pr.mete digestion and strengthen the whole nervous system—Sold by W Lambert, chemist, 8, Zing Wiffientotrest, Marimpeross, and by most druggima, boles la lid. and three time. the quantity in ma, Pa PI. Be sure to sin for Dr. Scott's bilious and Liver Pills The genuine are In NOW game green package, with "William Isesakewt" engraved on the LAITUE.—The LICTTIJCE contains an active prhunple the Libidos, which peewees. all tbe soothing =es of opium without its dements —Mr. 0. JOZEAU, 'mods , 49, Haymarket, prepares a Syrup and a Pate of tutus (or lettuce), highly recommended by the Medical Pretension for colds, salines, bronchitia, and all chest affections. Syrup, re. al; Pate, MAW. and L. U. PM., by Poet. la. flid and Du 6d. THE REFORM MEETING IN DUBLIN.—On SMUT day evening Mr. E. Beale(' arrived in Dublin. A depute- tion from the Irish Reform League was in attendance at the Westland-row station to receive him, but they missed him by accident. However, shortly after he reached the European Hotel he was waited upon by the deputation, and cordially welcomed to Ireland. Later in the evening the members of the League came to pay their respects to Mr. Reales, who addressed them at some length, stating that the English people wished to know the feeling of Ireland on reform, and were determined to give them every aid in their power to obtain a just and liberal mea sure. At 10 o'clock Mr. Ernest Jotes, accompanied by Messrs. Carter, of Leeds ; Councillor Murray, of Man. chester ; M. Clayton, secretary to the Northern Branch of the English Reform League, and other gentlemen, arrived is Dublin. They were received and welcomed at the North wall by • deputation from the League, and accompanied to the European Hotel, where • conference was held in esfereace to the proceedings of the reform meeting. 16faeliminary meeting of leadin g m em b ers o f th e and Irish Reform Leagues w as nex t d ay in the European Hotel, The O'Donoghue, M.P., in the chair. The O'Don og h ue opened the proceedings by congratulating the meeting on , the presence of Mr. Rea es, the chairman of the English Reform League, a fact which guaranteed to the Irish reformers the earnest and willing co-operation of the great body of the English people in the effort to secure for Ireland those political rights to which she was justly entitled. Mr. Belles, Mr. Ernest Jones, Mr. Carter,and Coun sailor Murray also addressed the meeting, and Messrs. Molloy, Shanley, Dillon, Cooke, Richardson, and other members of the Irish Reform . League, stated that th a t b o d y h e ld exactly the same p riuciples as the English League, and would work with it for the same end, and they had a con fident hope that the mutual aid afforded by the English and Irish reformers to each other would ultimately realize • full measure of politica rights for the two countries. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS Bsscs.—The undermen tioned offices in the United Kingdom will be opened as Pat-office Savings Ranks on Tuesday, the Ist October, 1807 :—England and Wales—Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury Salop ; Above Bar, Southampton, Hansa; Banac ea d, and Pettersea-park-terrace, S. Surrey; Belaize-park, Ramp. Mead, N.W., Bishop's-road, Victoria-park, N.E., and Bux ton-street, N.E.. Middlesex ; COW. Gloucestershire ; Cam berwell New-road, S., and Cedars-row, Wandsworth-road, E.,Surrey; Cobham, Kent; Cold Harbour-lane,Camberwell, 11 ., Surrey ; Didabury, Lancashire ; Etruria, Staffordshire ; Exchange -street, Liverpool, Lancashire ; Gorleston, Nor folk; Grave-lane, Camberwell, 8., Surrey ; Harleeden rec, NM., and Kensington-perk-read, W., Middlesex ; ~,eeton-park, Yorkshire; Lancaster-street, Hyde-park, Middlesex ; Lewes-road, Brighton, Sussex • Lodge- Liverpool Lancashire; Long Bennington, and Marshchapel, Lincolnshire; Mile-end-road, No. 424, E., sad princ e ...t ret e, Westminster, KW. Middlesex; Queen's-ro a d , Brighton, Sussex ; Rainford, Lancashire ; it George's-road, Peckham, 14. K, Surrey; Slinfold, ffilseex : Standish, Lancashire; Stogumber, Somerset ak,e ; Upper Holloway (Junction-place), N., Middlesex ; Walton reed, Liverpool, Lancashire; Waterloo-street, Reighton, Sussex; and York-road, Battersea, S.W., Bu rry/. Scotland—Butherglam, Stirling-road, Glasgow, and Stonebouse, N. 8., Lanarkshire. Ireland—Vales aen7.—By command of the Pcetmaster-GeneraL Post-office, 2nd Se_ptember, 1867. THE FATAL MAHOOAIFT.—A story is told about Ike late W. Hope, the wealthy banker of Amsterdam, and lee of his purchases. He had bought a picture as • Rembrandt and given 2,000 guineas for it. Finding that h did not quite fit the frame, he sent for a carpenter to ease it • little. Whilst watching the operation he re ns:lied how wonderfully the picture was planned, oozy. littering that it was nearly 200 years old. ' That is im liasible," said the carpenter. n This wood is mahogany— sal mahogany had not been introduced into Europe at that time.' Mr. Hops burnt the picture.—Combat Magazitic for September. Morim...• . per (F. Par demand eels were For old r Were of )f beans inquiry, leo, 445, seconds, they has e making districts ,t general supply of readily iegleeted. accord. Urinding k. Oats ivals this n, 4,751. its, coast. ). Flour, supply of !ruble de. LI the beet anples of not fixed. )nday and has - beet; lecure the But few now for. in be got g heavy in G.L. to u ti2a. per rheat, SISJ ns in this he scythe, work, and t. In some it crops of airy of the generally g samples. change to- Jew wheat. demand at ie Gls. to a.; old red, t supply of rates were weer. The disposed of mater--old, 'here was a off at anal. .as as last :o 495. per ;nin caused in cons.- Tice., very tarka made t crops, it will not be ipations of will notbe wheat, Vs. Tering, 564. S. ; b ea ns, wl, 2:)s. to , ikl. ; good a is getting t a small d condition of barley, raa a good g trade was d character, ly blighted. oricee. The as were alao is done. er week of the harvest lave ripened air quantity Is, however, New corn Some of the no materiel noise pretty ricet to-day quoted Is. to for white er 36 stone. demand was 1; grinding. ted show of d. Business ere realised; sparingtho l se y re. li n of Malt, 665. to per sack of busy in the is doing here oats offered. some good, Ir. Oats are e harvest is a spoken of 1 to give an mulct there which aol,l arley scarce, Beam and size and one it much sc. is transacted s for foreign more freely. barrel led to la of new at lar. Indian n lost. Black ad late rates weather con• unfavour s this week : ka. Exports oat `al Total. Total. Isar. ista A 7,349 9,315 18,761 11,013 MINT AND pular remedies may he used d. Eruptions. I. ulcerations. cured by these The Ointment irritations in as of the fittes t.' fruit seasons the akin, mue ;lands, an Se s according W DEATHS. tang bill. the k, the vile el the wife of F. 7. the wile of e, Tottenham. a daughter. I pper Ned• of a daughter. g a rawste. wyn, Ltn . 1., "f. 7. the late - .dent child of .fuel Chit Pet ,Irn, to Elior tetirld-road,!`• church. Peng!. .ri of It r lush Rebecca. harltoo, %est Keg aged- 1 es, relict of t.• of the We :4.• .0111$013, W. S. aged 69. Weetbourae• UK 01 NO. F , hinter, OS Ob. Ma&deism.' , Il 1' LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1867. GERMANY. (FROM A FRANKFORT, Auorn 31. The Princess of Wales has made decided im provement in her health at Wiesbaden; so much so as to render, it is anticipated, her recovery com plete and not distant. Her royal highness already begins to walk a little in her room with assistance, but unfortunately the roads outside of the town are too rough to enable her to take much carriage exercise, and the sheltered drives in the park are too much frequented for the princess to be often in them. Under the skilful and attentive direction of Mr. Paget, the visitto Wiesbaden so far promises every success. Her royal highness is regaining flesh, and the reports of her deafness are under stood hero to have been much exaggerated. It is understood that the Prussian government will, early in September, announce to the gambling companies of Homburg, Wiesbaden, and Nanheim, its determination as to the continuance of play in their kursals. BOITLOGNE. (non • COIRISPONDI2I7.) BOULOGNE, Aram 31. The season so . far has been good, although the attractions of the Paris Exhibition tell on the number of our English, and especially our German visitors. The Etablissement des Beim, which is undoubtedly the most complete and elegant bath ing establishment in Europe, is daily crowded ; and for some weeks past more than 3,000 sea baths have been taken each tide. The band of the 3rd Chasseurs and the town music play alternately in the gardens and on the terrace facing thi sea ; and the celebrated town music of Roubaix, consisting of 80 perfomers, which had gained one of the first prizes at Paris, came to Boulogne for two days last week, and played in the Etablissement gardens on both days. There have else been two concerts already, at which Carlotta Patti and Sivori performed. The sanitary condition of the town is perfectly satisfactory, and there has been no rumour even of cholera, which did not spare Boulogne last year any more than any of the other neighbouring towns where it prevailed, although at Boulogne it was much less severe than in most of them, and there were few cases, excepting in the fisher , men's quarter, and the manufacturing suburbs of Capeoure and La Madeleine. Regarding Boulogne in another aspect, the enormous amount of merchandise daily embarked or landed on its quays must strike the most casual observer, and the result of the greatly increased trade between France and England is that Boulogne now ranks third among the French ports for the value of its imports and exports, coming in 1806 immediately after Havre and Marseilles. The new floating dock, which will supply the accommodation to trade for which the present harbour is now in sufficient, is rapidly approaching completion, and it is positively stated that it will be opened early next April. It will be entered by means of a lock, opening directly to the channel between the piers, and will cover an area of more than 22 acres, with three-quarters of a mile of quay space, on which rails will be laid communicating with the station Since the railway from Boulogne to Calais has been completed, all the mail trains between Paris and Calais pass through Boulogne, which now has the advantage of these in addition to its own trains for the traffic to and from Paris. The castle and ramparts of Boulogne have been removed from the category of fortified places, but are re tained in the domain of the state. This decision provides for the proper maintenance and repair of constructions of great arclueological interest, and of the shady walks along the ramparts, but does away ric with the restriction as to building on the Auden spaces below ; and the immediate result as been the erection of several very pretty houses just outside the walls of the High Town. The works of the cathedral are completed, and the high altar presented by Prince Torlonia, which was inaugurated last autumn, and is one of the most perfect examples of modern Roman mosaic, is shown at certain times. The Conseil-General of the department is about meeting, and great sur prise and vexation are expressed that the pre sidency has not this year been conferred on M. Alexandre Adam, formerly Mayor of Boulogne, who for nearly thirty years, first by the election of his colleagues, and since the present regime by the nomination of the govern ment, has presided over its annual deliberations. M. Adam has long been known es one of the most earnest and influential advocates of free trade in France, and his many public services, and direct participation in all the improvements that have been made in the international communications, rendered him the most fitting exponent of the in terests of a department which reckons Boulogne and Calais among its principal towns. This year however, the Marquis d'Havrincourt, chamberlain to the Emperor, has been named president. Some people attribute this change to some rather re- markable expressions favourable to political re form which M. Adam made on the occasion of an agricultural meeting at Guinea, and which excited considerable attention at the time ; but it is hardly possible that the Emperor can have been moved, even if his ministers were, by this circum stance ; and it is very much to be regretted that a change should have been made in the presidency so distasteful to the whole population of the de partment. An article in the Frees represents in very strong terms the universal feeling of the local press and localities interested on this occasion. LATEST ream BADEM.—The Figaro has received the following despatch from Baden:—" Baden, August 31, 9h. 25m.--Cora last evening entered the saloons of the Conversation in a dress so fantastic, with so much fable hair and so many diamonds, that she was loudly laughed at. In a short time a large crowd assembled, and there was a little eirtetste. Cora retired before the enemy, leaning on the arm of 11. F—. ' •••••• •-•- • FISHING UP • CHURCH WINDOW. —The mat window of St. Peter's Church, Quernmore, Lancashire, has lately been filled with coloured class under somewhat singular circumstinoes. Mr. Garnett, late If P. for Lan caster, having been led to visit Cannes, in the south of France, for three successive seasons, assented to a pro. pond made to him in the spring of last year to join with the chaplain and another layman in providing a coloured window for the English church at Cannes, which was then about to be enlarged. An order was given in London, anti the window was finished and sent out by the Fairy Vision for Marseilles in October last. The ship foundered almost within sight of port, on one of the dangerous sand banks off the mouth of the Rhone. The window was in. eared, and an order was sent to London for another, which in due time arrived and was fixed in the church. The un fortunate Fairy Vision, at the bottom of the Mediter ranean, was sold to a Greek, who set to work to recover the lost cargo, sad while Mr. Garnett was at Hyeres in the spring of this year the window was fished up and sold by auction at Marseilles. He bought it and sent it home, not much the worm for its five months' dip in the sea, sod it is now in Quernmare church. The window represents the leading events in the Gospel history. E•RLIER DENPATCH OF MAILS FROM LONDON.— The Postmaster-General has given notice that from and after the Ist inst. there will be an earlier despatch of the day mails from London to towns in England and Wales served by the London and North Western and Midland Railways, with the view of making an earlier delivery in the oountry. The latest time for posting letters and news papers in London for despatch by these mails, and for the day mails to Ireland, will he as follows:—Town receiving houses the previous evening, 9.0 p.m. (letters), 9.0 p.m. (newspapers) ; town pillar letter-boxes, 4.0 a.m. (letters) ; head district post-offices, 4.30 a.m. (letters), 4.30 am. (newspapers); branch post-office, Charing-cross, 4.30 am. (letters), 4.30 am. (newspapers) ; branch post-office, Lom bard-street, 6.0 am. (letters), 5.45 a.m. (newspapers) ; and General Post-office, 6.30 a.m. (letters), 6.15 am. (newspapers.) Letters may be registered for despatch by these mails at the chief office, at the head district and the branch post-offices, and at the town receiving homes up to 7.30 p.m. the previous evening. For the day mails to Scot land the hours of pooling will be the same as at present. "4 [STAMPS V, Id. Emma. HAYMARKET. Mrs. Scott Siddona made her this house last night as Rosalind in At You Like It , the part of Orlando being very agreeably filled by Mr. Kendal. and the remainder of the cast standing &sit was when the play was revived for this young actress before she went to the country. We have so recently spoken of her perform ance and her reading of this character, that we need not repeat our remarks. Her promised sppearanoe as Juliet will soon give us an opportunity of reviewing what we eon eider her merits and defects. The house wee not very full. • ; • /41 (TWOPENCE THE BISHOP OF CREsTER AND DR. AFAEILS ON RITUAL; The Times of this morning contains a letter from Dr. of Liverpool, commenting on certain expres sions recently used by the Bishop of Chester in replying to • memorial of 9,000 laymen of his diornee against ntualism. In this reply the right rev. prelate said ;—" If one school of thought in our chureb could be induced to give up its extravaganoes, and the ether would be more hearty and exact in compliance with the directions of the rubric, all might alike offer the prayer that we might hold the faith in unity of spirit and in the bend of peace, with a clearer conscience and with a betterbepe of acceptance." Assuming that them:Kind school referred Nis what is comnicadj called the "evangelical party," Dr. M•Neile protests against the language applied to it as follows:—' What have we done or left undone, that our faults should be thus placed in equipoise against Roinish vestments, altar lights, and incense, in avowed connection with doctrines which cannot well be distinguished from transubstantiation and the sacrifice of the mesa? What have we done or left undone as a set-off against what your lordship very properly calls ' extravagances'? On a former somewhat similar over • few of us requested your lordship to have the kindness to specify what it is in our practise which justly exposes us to be put into convenient comparison as evildoers with these who have provoked our recent disturbance and aggravated our divisions. To that request we have received no reply. What we have done and left undone we and our fathers before us have done and left undone with the approval and co-operation of our bishops; and against the disapproval of our bishops, whether expressed publicly or privately, we have done nothing and left nothing undone. It is painful to us to find our bishop publicly stating that he does not consider us hearty enough or exact enough in compliance with the directions of the Rubric, and it would be a real kindness to us, as well as an act of justice in Heel! if your lordship would specify wherein you wish us to be more hearty and more exact. Would you wish us to take a couple of hours every day from our studies and our house to-house visitations, in order to read the Church Service in our churches and evening to a congregation of three, four, or h ei-closen persons ? Would you wish us to have the celebration of the Lord's Supper in our churches every Sunday ? Or when we have it not, would you wish us to read the Prayer for the Church Militant after our sermons instead of concluding the service in the pulpit? These questions point to the only description of deficiencies in exactness of compliance with the directions of the Rubric of which our accusers have been able to complain. In these and such as these, if there be others such, no doctrine is involved. We have inherited them and adopted them without any reasoning on the subject. Our bishops have done the same for many generations ; we have, there fore, had the authority of our ordinary' in every place." In concluding his remonstrance, Dr. M'Neile says, " We cannot but feel ourselves ungenerously and unjustly treated when a general allusion is made to us as to offenders of such magnitude that we deserve to be reproved equally with the innovators, and so to supply the appeerance— for, after all, it is only an appearance—of an excuse for those who have introduced Boorish vestments, altar lights and incense in avowed connexion with doctrines which cannot well be distinguished from transubstantiation and the sacrifice of the mess." LORD REDZSDALE AND THE 01111 AT EASTERN RAILWAY.—The Titers publishes a reply to the letter from Lord Redesdale published in the Express of Saturday last. After quoting his lordship's allegation, "The Deemer Company is Mr. Bracey alone—it was a contractor's line, and there are no other shareholder'," the writer con ' tinues:—" It is quite true that I have the misfortune to be the only shareholder in the company besides the Great Eastern Company, but if by describing it as a contractor's line it is meant to convey the idea that the company was got up or promoted by me as a contractor Lord Redesdale is much mistaken. I neither promoted nor assisted in its promotion, or knew of its exist ence, until in 1862, the year after the incorporation of the Dunmow Company, I was applied to by Mr. Bidder, who was then a very active director of the Great Eastern Company, to undertake its construction, it being repre sented to me that its completion was of vial importance to that company, and I was pressed to take payment in share and debentures, to be guaranteed by the Great Eastern Company, which I unfortunately connted to do. In pursuance of this arrangement, I se pp ed with the execution of the works, and completed d railway in the spring of 1866, without having received any payment whet ever. In the meantime the Great Eastern Company had obtained power to become the absolute owners of the line upon the footing of paying for its cost. I had no knowledge of the Act of 1865, by which that power was given, and from which it •ppears the purehme money is limited to the sum of 80, ~ the amount of the share capital other than that subscribe d by the Great East ern Company and the debenture debt of the company, with out providing for the possible, not to say probable, mu" of the expenditure exceeding that amount. It is thiilimita tion of the purchamemosey which occasions the present dif ficulty. At that time the works were not completed, and the cost of the railway consequently not ascertained ; but in the result it was found that the amount had been exceeded by about 40,000 f., arising principally from the Great Eastern Company having thought it right to make additions to the works beyond what had been originally contemplated. It was to remedy this defect and to provide funds for the payment of the excess of expendi ture that the clause objected to by Lord Redesdale was introduced into the Finance Bill promoted by the Great Eastern Company. I have disposed of the statement that this was' • contractor's line,' and I think I have shown that I have a perfect right to be paid for the works which I have executed under the directions of the engineer of the Great Eastern Company, and that the Great Eastern Company are clearly, morally bound to pay the amount of my claim ; and the object of the clause in question was simply to remove any doubt as to their legal power to fulfil that moral obligation. I forbear to observe upon the strong language made use of by Lord Redesdale, be lie that when he is fully acquainted with the facts be will ving be the first to regret having charged the Great Eastern directors with swindling or incompetence, or my self with jobbery or untruthfulness." FATAL AOCIDeNT AT A RACE.—The Tunbridge races did not peas off without being productive of one accident of a fatal character. The race fur the South Eastern Plate was fixed for 5 o'clock on Friday, and shortly before that time Mr. Olney's Dandy came out fora canter, being Adder. by S. Harman, of Lewes, a very small jockey indeed. The course is approached front the town by a very narrow lane, and had the accident which took place at the time occurred earlier in the day, this narrow passage would have been thronged with people. However, Dandy had not gone far before she bolted, and although Harman stuck to hie mat manfully, it was evident he was powerless to stop her. Strange to say Dandy made direct for the lane leading to the town, but before the entrance was reached one man was thrown to the ground, and then Mr. Best, of Hever—a gentleman about DO years of age, and who formerly held the position of a schoolmaster at this place—saw the horse ap proaching, and endeavoured in vain to get out of the way. The poor fellow was knocked down and died very shortly afterwards. Meanwhile Dandy took the lane at a fu rious pees, then into Highetreet, and up as far as the Rose and Crown, where Harman turned her head and brought her back to the course. A little boy was also knocked down and injured. Three medical men were quickly on the spot, and the deceased was conveyed to the Bull Hotel. It was at first supposed that deceased was a blacksmith named Scoones, of Tudeley, but Superin tendent Dance recognised him as Mr. Best, of Hever, and the doubt was noon afterwards disposed of by a person stating that it could not be Mr. Semmes as he had left him shortly before at work. At the spot where the deceased was struck down there were very few people. The gate through which admission was obtained to the course was thrown open on the approach of the horse. No blame appears to attach to the jockey, but on the con trary, he seems to have behaved very pluckily, and guided, although he could not stop the horse. The coroner was made acquainted with the particulars of this unfortunate accident, but it was not considered expedient to hold an inquest. We understand the deceased leaves a wife and family unprovided for.—Serree Standard. ABOLITION OT AN ANCIENT Cwrrom.—fieereellers, from the Ist of October next, will not be able to recover in the county courts the amouet of ant thing they may have " chalked up" against their customers. The County Courts Amendment Act, which will come into force on the date named, provides " that no action shall henceforth he brought or be maintained in any court to recover any debt or sum of money alleged to be due in respect to the sale of any ale, porter, beer, cider, or perry, which after the commencement of this act was consumed on the premises where sold or supplied, or of any security given for, in, or towards the obtaining of any such ale, porter, beer, cider, or perry." Five lads, between the ages of six and nine, have been taken into custody in Ireland for the same offence as +hat charged to sonic boys at Stockport last week namely, wantonly attempting to upset a train. They had been guilty of rolling large stones on the rails of the Sams corthy and Dublin Railway. An urchin named Butler was the Aid of this youthful band, and it was elicited from the evidence that he used the following expression, " Now, boys, let us roll these stones on the rails, and see what fun we will have when the train urines." The demolition of Middle-row, Holborn, com menced on Saturday, and in a abort time the block of buildings will be removed, and a long needed metropolitan improvement effected in the neighbourhood. The closing of the shops and the hoarding placed round the block have already considerably altered the aspect of the locality. OITITAL PALACIL—ONE SHILLING DAT. MONDAT, SEPT. 2.—Admissiouss en payment, 6,011 ; Atte by mason tickets, 857 ; total visitors, 7,598. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (MOM ODE 01n1 PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. Politics to-day " mark time. " The three speeches—those of Arras, Lille, and Amiens [Lille No. 2 is scratched and apocryphal]—are univer_ sally spoken of as still the leading topic of the day. But I find no comments of any novelty worth re cording except in the Gazette de France, whose article I transcribe : The Emperor's speeches have not the merit of throwing any light upon the situation. Before he spoke some had said we must have war ; others were sure of peace. We have sought in vain to find out what the Emperor means to tell the country ; he predicts neither war nor peace ; that the situation is embarrassing is all that we can gather from his words, and it is because be says nothing precisely that his speeches appear to us so serious. When the head of • state so powerful as Napoleon 111. speaks to an intelligent nation like France, it should be to give • clear idea of his resolutions. Wuen a sovereign, on whose will our destinies depend, doe, not tell us in intelligible language what he has decided, the inference is that the situation must be too complicated to admit of a plain statement. If the Emperor e not speak out, the reason was that he could not ; and herein our national amour • is fitmrifisted: ?en ran ago the Emperor had no such hesitation ; then be spoke of Euro pean questions without ambiguity, and did not shrink from proposing the solutions which occurred to his mind. He boldly proposed • European congress to settle all pending questions. At Auxerre he proclaimed his " detestation "of the treaties of 1815. These were im prudent words very likely, but at any rate they showed a settled plan. Now we hem neither of existing treaties nor of treaties to be torn up ; nothing of ill-advised conventions, nor of a false balance of power in certain states. The language used is uni formly hazy and ambiguous, • certain proof that it would be impossible to speak plainly without provoking • storm. During fifteen years the Emperor felt himself able to speak his mind freely to all the states of Europe, but as time progresses our influence is less, and our speech not so confident as formerly. Accomplished facia have so altered the regular tonne of things that we cannot stir • step without the risk of setting fire to Europe. M. de la Valetta, in his circular of Sept. 16, said the hori zon was clear of " threatening eventualities.' M. Rouher told the Corps Legislatif that the Mexi can check was only a " black point in • brilliant picture." But the Emperor seems to have a longer sight than these two ministers. He tells us that there are bleak points (in the plural number) on the horizon. We are glad to find that the Emperor has not the illusions of MM. de la Valette and Bomber, for when the captain of • ship sees • storm coming there is hope that he may prepare to meet it. To govern is to foresee. We must, however, unfor innately admit that government in France of late has con sisted in putting up with facts either unforeseen or which, if foreseen, we had no power to avert. You may see by reference to the Übe's, Temps, Avenir National, and many other French journals, that I was not perverse or singular in saying I could not make out what section of society the Emperor means to refer to by the " small number whose excitations" were not to destroy the hope of peace ful liberal reforms. Ido not know yet what the studiously ambiguous phrase meant. The doubt is so general, and so generally expressed, that I think M. Communiqui must shortly speak upon it ; but I am far from confident that he will make the matter more clear. At the Bourse there were considerable fluctua tions. Rente having oscillated between 69fr. 75c. and Mfr. 57c., the closing prices, 69fr. 70c., both for cash and account, were the highest of the day ; ' they show a fall of sc. for cash and a rise of tic. for account. Mobilier was unaffected by the firmness of the Rente and fell 18fr. 75c., closing at the unprecedentedly low figure of 277fr.50c. The , influence which long sustained the speculations of this gigantic society must be exerted to the utmost if the catastrophe which is every day thought i more probable is to be averted. Carrrsasrax rhoczax.—The Rev. W. Benham has been collated to the vicarage of Addington; the Rev. W. Cameron, ?LA., has been nominated to the perpetual curacy and new church of St. Saviour, Croydon ; and the Rev. Arthur Thomas Brown, RA., has been nomnated to the perpetual curacy and new church of the Holy Trinity, Croydon, all in the county of Surrey. The Rev. Horace ?deers* has been licensed to the curacy of Horsemonden ; the Rev. Morton Amos Leicester, M.A., to the cure of Biddenden ; the Rev. Reginald Hay Hill, LL.B., to Lad. denham ; the Rev.Thelwall Wollaston to ?dolash ; the Rev. Alfred Tinsman Brown, M.A., to Baddleeniere; and the Rev. George Thomas Piper Streeter to Bickley, all in the county of Kent. . AN IMPUDENT VOTAGER.—A young man of aristocratic appeannes was brought before the stipendiary magistrate at L i verpool, on Saturday, charged with having come as a stoaway from New York, on board the Cunard steamer Russia, which arrived at Liverpool the preceding evening. Shortly after the vessel sailed the prisoner re presented himself as a first-class passenger, and occupied state-room, and lived in first-rate style. From the evi dence of the purser and steward it appeared that his bill for wines, &c., amounted to 311. The prisoner, when the a voyage was nearly at an end, avowed tht he had neither money nor ticket, and was, eonsequamtly, given into custody when the vessel arrived. The magistrate cha racterised the prisoner's conduct as the mat impudent he had heard for some time, and inflicted the full penalty of 201., or three months' imprisonment. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN IN WORICHOURIFL —At the last weekly meeting of the newly-elected board of guardians of St. Pancras, a printed order was received from the Poor-law Board, directing that one of the work house children, a boy who had no parents, should be given over to a Roman catholic school, and that hie care should be paid for by the pariah at the rate of six shillings par week. In the course of inquiry it came out that this step had been taken by the Poor-law Board through the inter- ferenoe of a Roman catholic priest, who had represented the boy's uncle as being a catholic. Mr. Ross opposed the order, on the ground that the boy's uncle being a Roman catholic, was no evidence that his parents were, and that, being left without parents and thrown upon the parish, the guardians became his natural parents, and were the proper persons, having to provide him with education and maintenance, to judge of the mode in which he should be brought up in life. It was deeply to be regretted that the Poor-law Board could not find a more useful occupation than such interference ; but it was the duty of boards of ' guardians not to submit to much orders without expressing their strong disapproval of the Poor-law Board interfering with matters of that kind. He looked upon it as being only the thin end of the wedge, for the intent and purpose of paving the way for introducing catholic priests and catholic chapels into workhouses. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. R. Littler concurred in the observations, and in the course of further remarks, coinciding with the previous speakers, it was stated that the order of the Poor-law Board in such a case was peremtory. DIABOLICALOUTRAGE IN Instawm—A shocking outrage has been perpetrated on the person of a farmer neural Clancy, residing at a please ailed Ballyluskin, not far from CasheL Just before daylight three ruffians, die guised with blackened faces, came to the gate of the farm, and made such a noise as to cause the dogs about the place to keep up a constant barking, no doubt with the object of inveigling the poor man out of his house. The ruse succeeded, and Clancy went out. He was not far from his own door when he was pounced upon by the three men, two of whom took bold of him by the arms from behind and held him as in a vice, when the third deliberately set about mutilating the person of their un fortunate victim. This atrocity was fully effected before any assistance could reach hint. The ruffians then de camped, and medical aid was immediately procured. The unfortunate man was soon afterwards removed to the county infirmary, and, desperate as was the injury inflicted on him, the doctor has some hope that he will not rue , comb to it Two men have been arrested on suspicion, with whom Clancy had some quarrelling about the tresp assing of his cattle on their land, and who had used threats towards him. Solna Kixerricrrorr Musztnc—Visitors during th• week ending August 31 :—On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday,free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 18,961; on Wednes day, Thursday, and Friday (admission 6d.), from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.,1,407 ; National Portrait Exhibition, by payment, 7,519 ; total, 27,877. Average of corresponding week in former years, 13,561. Total from the opening of the Museum, 6,946,939. f PRINCESS'S. This house re-opened for the season last night with • temporary revival of the Streets of London, in which all the original panoramic effects were reproduced, looking none the worse for their long retirement. The dims, as at present arranged, will only be represented for eleven nights, and will give place on Saturday, September 14, to Arral-na-Pogue, in which Mr. and Mrs. Boucicault will perform their original characters. STRAND. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul, after a long absence from London, made their appearance at this house last night in their dramatic and vocal entertainment, before a crowded and appreciative sadism*. Mr. Howard Paul has much improved a. an 'setae diti we last saw him en the stage and platform ; and his clear, dry, and pointed delivery of the humorous some which fall to his share L very effective. Mrs. Howard Paul's power as an actress and 'emotional vocalist, has not diminished, and she has added to those sketches of character that have long been stamped with the approval of the public, several excellent descriptive soup, and an imitation of the celebrated Mdlle. Theresa, of Paris. The performance begins with a little cemmlietta of French origin, sustained by Mr. and Mrs. Paul, and called Ripples on the Lake, and ends with Mrs. Paul's extraordinary imitation of Mr. Sims Reeves, in which the force and peculiarity of her voice are most strikingly manifested. EGYPTIAN HALI. Mr. Maccabe, one of the best living mimics now before the public, opened the above ball last night with his well•known entertainment entitkd Begone dull Cure, and was patronised by a very numerous audience. His sentimental singing and ventriloquial performances are still prominent features, and he repeats the most popular of those impersonations which he first introduoed a► St. James's Hall. He performs in the room lately occupied by Herr Schulz. METROPOLITAN kIENZPTT SOCIETIES' ASYLUM.— The 75th half-yearly meeting was held at Salter's Hotel, on Friday evening, Mr. Henry Campkin presiding. Th. report of the committee stated the progress of the institu tion to be satisfactory, and Messrs. Silcox and Peter", auditors, gave a detailed statement, showing the present capital amounted to 7,116/. Mr. Leftly brought up the scrutineers' report on the election of inmates, and Samuel Carter, Old Friends, John Meyer, Foresters, and James Sparay, and their wives, were declared duly elected. Thanks to the officers and chairman closed the proceedings. MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT.—The meetings of this society are still attended with success, the last two having been moat efficacious in the rescue of poor girls. On the 15th of August a meeting was held in the Weigh house School-room, opposite the Monument, the nse of which was kindly granted by the minister. Mr. W. E. Thomas, of the London Reformatory, conducted the meet ing. Although the night was wet, 41 girls were present, of which number 11 resolved to abandon their !evil ways. A policeman was the means of rescuing one poor girl, who had recently come to London to get employment. On the 29th • meeting was held in Mandeld.street, Bornalh road, convened by the Rev. V. J. Chariesworth, of Surrey Chapel, who conducted the meeting ; 62 girls were pre sent, of whom nine were afterwards sent to homes. DIGGING POTATOES BY MACHINERY.—The trial of potato diggers selected at the recent Glasgow show to compete for the Highland and Agriculture Society's prim of 2W. took place on Thursday on the farm of Bearyards, near Bishoplsngp. The day was fins, and • large number of farmers and others turned out to witness the competi tion. There were in all eight implements on the ground, but three of these were disqualified, on account of their having been altered since their appearance at the show. The implements of Messrs. Cowan, Kirkwood, and Reid presented so many modifications of the ordinary plough, effected by the introduction in various positions of prongs and mould-boards. The Hanson digger has now been before the public for some eight or nine years. It consists of broad scoop for opening the driU, with a revolving grape behind, by the action of which the potatoes and soil are thoroughly separated, and thrown to one side against a netting attached to the side of the machine. Mr. Winton's implement is on • similar principle, but with the revolving grape placed in • different position, end without the netting. In the course of the trial the attention of the judges was coacentrated on the Hanson implement, which was tested under varied conditions. One point specially looked into was the draught weight of the machine, which was found to be on the average about 5 cwt. SALMON. —The fence time for salmon commenced on Saturday last at noon, and it will not bo lawful to take those fish until February 1, 1868, except with the rod, anglers being permitted to fish foe spottier month. The take on the Severn and Wye this season has varied very much, and at times there has been great scarcity of fish ; salmon sold in the height of the season at Hereford and Gloucester at 10d. to la. per lb. ; it finished at Is. 6d. Tte grilse or botcher season was a poor one. Some very large salmon have been taken this year, running from 231 b. to 50Ib. The Severn Fishery Board is just completing the first year of its existence. The revenue from licemes amounted in this, the first, year to 6501., being pretty close upon the estimate. CURIOSITIES or NATURAL BISTORY.—A sport ing paper contains, amongst its correspondence, two strange facts in natural history. One tells of an adder killed in a wood neer Longford Castle that was found to have a full-grown weasel in its belly. The second correspondent says he caught • pike weighing 831 b. in Loch Winnoch, Renfrewahire, and found, on open ing it, a penny of 1861 in its belly. It is not an unusual thing for pike to swallow metallic substances. An angler in the Lea not long ago caught a pike that had a latch key in its inside, the explanation being that a roach-fisher a short time before plumbed the depth of his swim with the beet " plumb" he could get, and that happened to be his latch-key. In drawing it up it was ponnmd upon by a pike, gorged, and preserved by him, no doubt against his will, until he fell a prey to the fatal hook. PUTTING THE STONE. —At the Perth Highland Games on Saturday, Donald Dinnie, Aboyne, gained the champion medal for putting the stone (distance thrown, 37 feet 4 inches)-6 feet 4 inches farther than any other competitor, and the medal for throwing the hammer (161b5.) Dinnie threw the hammer 88 feet 7 inches— being 16 feet 3 inches further than any of the others. He was also first at tossing the caber, and at high leap was only l one inch below the first primmes t who leaped • height of 5 feet 5 inches. At the Glemsla Highland Gathering I Donald Dinnie was almost equally successful—putting the heavy stone of 281bs. • distance of 29 feet 3) inches-4feet beyond any other, and throwing the 1616. hammer 96 feet 3 inches. He was also first at tossing the caber, high lesE, and long leap. TRADES UNIONS AND APPRENTICES.—Thomas Dirties, of the firm of Birtles and Tait, glass blowers, Poland-street, Oldham-road, Manchester, was summoned, on Friday last, by one of his apprentices, named Thomas Quindon, for not teaching him his trade. The com plainant stated that he was apprenticed to Mr. Birtles, but lie had refused to allow him to work at his business. Mr. Walker—What is the reason of this! Mr. Birder-- Simply because nip men will strike if he goes into the place ; they say I have one apprentice too many. Mr. Walker—nen common them. Mr. Birtles—They say they would be fined a sovereign • piece if they worked with him. Mr. Walker—But this boy is not to suffer for that. Mr. Birtlee—l am quite ready to put him on, but the men will strike if I do so. The cam was then dis missed, it being understood that Mr. Birtles would take his apprentice back, and pot him to his trade. A FATAL DIVE. —On Saturday afternoon a melancholy accident took place on the Clyde in the course of the Glasgow and Clydesdale Swimming Clubs' annual I competition. For a match at time diving there were five I entnes, including one John Gillham, a hatter by trade. , Gillham was the fourth to dive, those who had preceded ' him having remained under water from 50 to 83 seconds. I As he had declared himself capable of making 90 seconds, ro apprehension was felt till he had been about that time out of sight. At last, however , the bystanders became I alarmed, and three young men dived repeatedly in the hopes of catching their unfortunate comrade. They were quite unsuccessful, nor did Gillham again appear alive at the surface. A gentleman residing in Wribbenhall last week caught an extremely rare moth upon • birth tree in Bewdley Forest, called the Strauss= Fagi, or lobster moth. This is owed the most rare specimens of the moth found in Rnigiand. The first iron vesselbuiltinMontroriehas justbeen lisunrhed from the building-yard of Messrs. Joseph Singel and Co. She is named the Precursor, and is intended for i the Baltic trade. rt !~ JI