The Express. — London, England, 1868-07-25 00:00:00

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A SECOND EDITION of the EXPRESS, CONTAINING The Latest Foreign Telegrams; the Latest City; Railway, Mining, and other Shares ; Sporting, and General Intelligence, 18 PUBLIBBTD EVERY EVENING. LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 25, THE WITHDRAWALOF THE FOREION CATTLE MARKET BILL. Tnr serious danger to which we pointed yester day ea banging over the' Foreign Cattle Market Bill has proved fatal to it. The refusal of the City to take the responsibility of the measure was, we said, fraught with peril. This morning at nearly half-pact three, after an angry fight of sir hours, the CHANCELLOR of the Bicuroarrat announced that, chiefly in consequence of the City having declined to take the market authority the Government did not feel justified in pushing the measure forward. It, therefore, stands over to the next session; that is to say, it is prac tically abandoned. It may be read a third time on the Greek 'Wends. The new Parliament, whatever else it may be, is riot likely to be predominantly a land lords' Parliament. The interest' of those who eat meat, and of those who would be glad to eat a little more of it, and a little oftener, are likely to be mere regarded than the interests of its producers. Cattle 21. a head dearer means meat so much a pound dearer, and a rise iu the rent of grazing lands. The real profit of the partial monopoly which the bill aimed at introducing would have gone into the pockets of the landlords. The retail butcher, the wholesale salesman, and the grazier, would simply have been so many links in the chain taken out put into England. anon on both who calculal it. No doubt breeders pereui no more than ~' __ -- the chain by — ' — '"Ad a k th e money House of Comm of the con , ••; ,-. : was to the result. 8 that of . • • . ~ failed because There,', • '''' •'• b • • , , mplately as tian • ?-1...wk, , • ' g . , l sides of :: - • • •••, , , , that ht had( lated go . tba '' ~-..,,,...••; .. 4 t man .. ' • on litiadOd .'' '" *° , him in at . I Parliament hen see .. -- Y , '. ~ -di - ' 7 ` -• ' . double as to the , . f , ,• NO. tiun of cattle &rams; into the cou itry. But, in their hearts, the foreign e ittle thennelves were the m:►la ly against which t:r•y desired protection. PHARAOH'S fat kine would find lee* favour in their eyes than Pitast.tott'a lean tine, as being more dangerous competitors in the market with their own beast*. The Government, though, with the exception of Sir STAMM) NORTHCOTE and • I.9iti STANLEY there is not one of them who believes heartily in the prin ciples of free trade, had probably no other object than an electioneering one in pressing, or affecting to press, the measure. They want a good electioneering cry for the counties. " The " Church in danger," " Protestant Ascendancy," " No Popery," " The Supremacy of the Crown," are very good watchwords for the most atnpidly fansiticfil portion of the consti tuencies; but the traditional character of the "Farmer's Friends" was worth an•Bfort to maintain. Since the repeal of the malt tax has been abandoned, this part has been more difficult to play. The cry of protection against the plague of Foreign Cattle has therefore boon selected with a certain degree of ingenuity. But no one can have observed the oourse of prooeoding in Parliament without ooming to the con clusion that the Government was never in earnest about the measure they introduced. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER announced in the small hours of this morning that the m. fusel of the City to take charge of the market was the ground of the withdrawal of the Bill. He was distinctly aware, however, of the refusal of the City at the commencement of the sitting, and be had good reason to an ticipate it a week ago. What is to be thought, then, of the conduct of ministers in affecting to press on a measure which in their hearts they had abandoned? They cannot be acquitted of de liberately wasting the time of Parliament and the country for electioneering purposes. It is true that Mr. WARD HUNT spoke of the resistance of the opposition to the progress of the Bill as one of the reasons which compelled ita abandonment. But that op position rested last night upon what, after five hours of denial and evasion, Mr. WARD MINT practically admitted to be the valid ground of the refusal of the corporation of London to undertake the bill. With this foregone conclusion in their minds, opposite pretences were on the lips of the Government. The language of coarse personal imputation which Mr. Gamoelie HARDY early in the sitting addressed to Mr. Meuse GIBSON, amid the clamorous cheers of an unmannerly mob behind him, called down upon the man who used, and on the assembly which lowered itself by applauding S it, the severe rebuke of the SPEAKER. In the view of what happened afterwards Mr. HARDY'S rudeness loses the excuse of sincerity. The bill was not framed to pass. A sum of 300,000/. was set down for expenses which probably 600,0001. would be insufficient to cover; and no provision was made of a .fund to compensate the owners of the property taken for the purposes of the market for the confiscation meditated. Sir ROYEDELL PALMER proved conclusively that the wharfingers on the banks of the Thames were left without security. Men might be found to advance money for the erection of the cattle market, on the security of the tolls ; but those tolls will certainly not pay more than the interest of the money re quired for this purpose ; and the people whose freeholds are taken and who lose the " good-will" of their business are left wiolly in the lurch. If the Corporation of London could have been in duced to take charge of the market the difficulty his trust, the letter of Mr. lir.suaroeix wuald rem% e them. While regarding Mr. MILL as an independent member. he has yet been able to count upon Lim as the sure supporter of every wise party measure. He goo, still farther and pays a generous and noble tribute to Mr. Mira:a personal character, saying that " Mr. Mitt. " has let us all a rare example of forgiving " temper, of forgetfulness of self, of absolute devo " tion to public duty. and I do not hesitate to " express my deliberate opinion that his presence " in the House of Commons has materially helped "to raise and sustain its moral tune." These are flattering words, yet they are no Ices merited by him to whom they are addressed than characteristic of him by whom they are penned. The electors of Westniinater may be congratulated on their good fortune in having the power to return to the re formed Parliament two such representatives as Captain GROSVENOR and Mr. MILL. In the one we have the able supporter of what may be termed their hereditary liberalism, while the other up holds the more advanced opinions which are dear to many among them, and are advocated by the ripest intellects throughout the country. PARI.LI Adderley. O. 11. Arbetcr. Z. Wr N. Brach. W A. Homo" G. 8. with ark 0. Q. Booth, $ R. Bowes* E. P. kr O. treir W. proakaa tt =Lair P. Ula. Cave . 04 i keOt , COL Cooper. E. W. 01111.011 Pantratii. Vara Earl of Dirt ' r c. O. WO*. H. FAO" U . W. Pgatro, E. C. Panora. Sir J. Moyer, J. Garth. R. Gooch. far D. would be at an end ; because the property of the Corporation would be responsible, and it could mortgage its rates. But the Corporation has one losing market on its hands already, and it naturally refuses to burthen itself with another, or to tax the citizens of London for the purpose of raising the price of cattle and the rent of land, and diminishing the supply of meat over the country. Mr. HrNT and Lord ROBERT MONTAGU, whose names were on the back of the bill, and who were supposed to have it in charge, were in Cimmerian darkness as to its provisions. They knew nothing of the estimate of the cost, except what some irresponsible Parliamentary agent, as ill informed as themselves, had guessed. As to the quarter whence the money was to come, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after the fashion of gentlemen in pecuniary straits, could only talk vaguely about " parties in the City." Anonymous " parties in the City" who are supposed to be ready to advance indefinite sums are a familiar invention of men at their wits' ends. They have seldom been introduced by a Finance Minister as his guarantees in the House of Commons. The origin, progress, and withdrawal of the Cattle Market Bill are discreditable to the Government. From the first it has been but a blind and a sham. MR. GLADSTONE ON THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION. THE PREMIER and the Leader of the Opposition have openly chosen their aides in the election for Westminster. Mr. DISRAELI having signed a requisi tion calling upon Mr. W. H. SMITH to stand in the Tory interest, Mr. GLADSTONE now writes a letter avowing his admiration for the conduct of the present members, and expressing a hope that they will be re-elected. In both cases the rival states men act with perfect consistency. They are doubly interested in this election, because the result will be not only to add to, or lessen the number of their supporters, but also to send to Parliament repre sentatives of the one or other in their capacity as electors. Both as an elector for Westminster and as member of Parliament, Mr. ClLAneroms is tho roughly satisfied with the two Liberal candi date*. Their return he thinks necessary for the maintenance of " the dignity and credit of the " city of Westminster." Each of them, in receiving honour from his constituency has done honour to its choice. Captain GROSVENOR, who was origi nally selected on account of family connexions and party claim*, has, in Mr. Ozaterroire's opinion, proved by his conduct in Parliament that on per sonal grounds he deserves re-election. Both Captain GROSVENOR and Mr. Mua had this in common, that they entered the House of Commons for the first time ; while they differed in this, that the former was unknown as a politician whereas the latter had earned a world-wide reputation as a philosopher, a political economist, and a specula tive thinker. It was apprehended that Mr. MILL would add another to the many instances of the disparity between theory and practice, that he would be unable to apply the principle(' elaborated in the closet to the business of the nation in the 'lnimona. Opinions may differ as Rome may hold that he has he has not succeeded so sanguine admirers had predicted. ' , lone much, and done it well, no A-looker can deny. Pow have assiduous attention to the details Itary duties. If there wore any manner in which he has discharged TITE EXPIZT,S3, €ATURDAY EVEINTNG, JUTX 25, 1868. 01 VISION. - ELFortoK rgir AT mELow Mt A ND oo BlLL. luurpr PRAOTWEit EOTItHYS HOUSE OF 00.,,t110N15.--lut.: 24. Crdor for third reading • motion made, and question pro poecd, "That the bill . be now rend the third time :** -- Amendment prepared, to leave out the words "now reed the third tune." in order to add the words " re committed in respect of a clause , r il ovidillg for returning caioces' expenses out of rater —t ," Mr. Faweett)estead thertaf :—Question put, "That e words proposed to be left out stand part of the question ; "—The boom &TWO ; are, 102 ; noes, 91. AYE. Otadon, E. 8. North, Col. Writ J. AL Northeete, Mr if. H. Griffith, C. D. Paget, B. R. Hamittoe,Lerdtilaud PAiagtes, Sir J. Restates, L T. Parker, Mager Randy, 0. Patten, Oel Homey, B. B. Peestwebea.M. L. Hay MS J. D. Powell, F. S. Healey J.W. Bea& O. S. lleetks :ea. = risi t W. , T. B. P. P. brut:Cot. liclater-Deeta. 0. Lard likersrlial&J. H. Howes, Seymour, G. 11. Heat, 0. W. Sionaule, W. B. Kmflidami l fie J. Z. Somers & 0. Kends& Somers& H. A. fit, F. W. Stanley, Lard 1001 i. Cot. B. Stanley, P. Laird, J. taunt, lA.-001. W. Lemeiese, W. 0. alese4, litent.-ONL Lamy, A. Suites, H. E. Lesson Lord 0. Titylor i ON. Leanest 11. Tollentaclut, 4. P. Treeby, J. W. H. 0. 'rums, C. . J. 1. llamas. Log J. Tat, A. MiL44, 11. 01 101 iivi sn eVa2 l. Lord B. Wynn, O. W. Meetrresery, Mir O. Wynne, W, R. Keegan, 0. ?SLUM. Mowbray, J. R. Noel, 0. J. Noville-Grenveae, B. Weiteaure, a NOM. Adam, W. P. Fawcett, H. Norwood, 0. Y. Amen, Magor &Idea, J. O'Brien, Ply P. Ambe, A. 8. Fortopoue, C. P. Ogilvy, Mir J. Ayeettn, le. S. eitem, T. IL O'boglika„ Bir C. N. Bezen g iiir • .H. W. O G ladatooe, lll4l4 (I• W. Z. Pag thib e ri lt, ./ B• W. H. Mt. WT. Basler. T. 011 (11 1M. B. ir. Bertmlffi H. F. Goldamid, Sir P. R. Pother, B. Biddulph, Col. Onteben, G. J. Ramey, J. Diddialph, M. J. A. Bearden, D. J. Blake. J. A. t reatill t lf • a &mud., J. D. Blennerbaseettairß. Hope, A. B. Schreiber, C. BonhamCerter, J. Hurst, R. IL Rate. Z. D. Bright, Jacob Xing, P. J. Sheridan, H. B. BrWos, J. L. Minuend, A. P. Shaul& A. C. Brune, Lord C. Knenhbull-Huges• Smith, J. Buller, Sir A. W. Den, B. • Smith, J. B. Butler, C. S. Labeuedere, IL "Mew Col. Busies, C. Whet 8. Tayl e or, P. A. C Candlish, H. J erre, C. L Leeman, G. J. TTh G. erreeis M. hilders, U. ef s N. T. W. MY, J. Lusk, A. Villiers , 0 . P. Clinton, Lord E. Wlduss, D. Weightiest., - Leslie, Co,nant* P. 8. ' J. F. G. Cowen, J. Kelly. G. Maguire, Wades, air T. (Merited, R. W. Mill J. 8. Whitworth, B. Dixon, G. Madan, G. withrbouana, H.B. Disesdale, R. Monk, C. J. Wyrill, M. Ereldne, Vice.-Adm. More, R. J. a5i.1.2114. Eiancede, J. Neste, C. Milton, Vied. EY I I II , R. Newdegste, C. N. White, J. OUR CONTEMPORAILt. (THIS DA Y.) The 7'imrs draws from last night's proceedings ., in the House of Commons the moral that members Would' abstain from practices which bare the least appearsnoe of unfairness. Such shabby tricks as attempts to frustrate the deliberate donnass of the house by motions for ad journment or by oeuntacut can only lead to a for of mutual oonfidenceand disorganisation. As to the Cattle Market Bill it was evident that passions had been roused which would prevent its receiving the careful consideration which was deniable. The opposition to Yr. Fawcett's clause relative to election ex pense* our contemporary attributes to the sole reason that so many members of the highest respectability and of the greatest weight with their respective parties, thought they saw an attack made upon their outer, and were alarmed accordingly. They felt &terror striotly akin to that of the untaught British workman, who is jealous of a new machine for the economy of labour, or who fears that is the open market the men of host brains and strongeat powers will win the superiority. Been with its reservations and hesitations, the Corrupt Practices Bill, the Deily New says, makes so distiact a step in the direction of electoral purity that it wall be the fault of the virtuous section in every oonAitueney if bribery is not severely punished wherever it is mooned to at the next election. ' The Ikrald is very severe upon Mr. Fawoett'e course. Flo hies it says, thoroughly exhausted the indul gence of the house. Ilecombines the worst defects of the professor with the ordinary failings of the demagogue. The Trieyrap4 is disgusted at the participation of the man named Finlen in recent political proceeding'. Every decent political man who took part in the late meeting in Hyde-park must blush to think that he allowed Finlen to speak for him. CIVIL LIST PENSIONS. The following is s list of all pensions granted between the 20th June, 1887, and the 20th June, 1868, and charged upon the Civil List:—Miss Emily Soulthwood Smith, 001. ; in consideration of the valuable and gratui tous services of her father, the late Dr. Southwood Smith, in the cause of sanitary reform. Mrs. Anne Warne _ _ _ _ Robertson, 1001. ; in consideration of the murices of her husband, the late Joseph Robertacm, LL.D., to literature generally, but especially in the illustration of the ancient history of Scotland. Dame Louisa Ellis, 6014 in con sideration of the services of the late Sir Samuel in the Royal Marines. Mrs. Mary Maconochie, SOL ; in recollection of the ser vices of her husband, the late Captain Maconochie, R.N., fa connection with the improvement of prison discipline. Mrs. Sarah Faraday (widow), and Miss Jane Barnard (niece), of the late Professor Faraday, 1501.; in considera tion of the services rendered by him to chemical science. Miss Cecilia 'Otto, Mrs. Ferooza Quennell, Miss Helen Rhoda Ritto, and Miss Frances Edith Tracy Kitto, 1001. ; in consideration of the services of their father the late John Kitto , D.D., as a critical and theologiqj writer. Miss Eliza Hindu, Miss Anna Frances Mucks, and Miss Berthia Mucks, 1001. • in consideration of the services of their father, the late Edward Hincks, D.D., as an Oriental scholar. Dame Jane Kea Brewster, 2001. ; in considera tion of the eminent services rendered to science by her late husband, Sir David Brewster. Mr. John Charles Warrington Leech, 504 ; in consideration of the attain ments of his father, the late John Leech, as an artist. Miss Ada Rose Leech, 601. ; in consideration of the at tainments of her father, the late John Leech, as an artist. Mrs. Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, 1001.; in con sideration of her contributions to literature. Miss Maria Susan Rye, 701. ; in consideration of her services to the public, in promoting, by emigration and otherwise, the amelioration of the condition of working women. Mr. George Thomas Doo, F.R.S., 1001. ; in consideration of his attainments as a civil engineer. Cbt court. OSBORNE, JULY 24. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon accom panied by Princess Louis of Hesse, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Coburg, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, and Prince and Princess Christian. _ _ _ Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Louise afterwards drove out. The Duke of Edinburgh dined with the Queen last evening. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, the Straits Settlements, the Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. The Royal Commission on Military Education met yesterday at the War-office. Present: Lord de Grey (chairman), Lord Enstace Cecil, M.P., Lord de Roe, Lord Northbrook, Lieutenant-General Sir D. A. Cameron, H.C.8., Brigadier-General Latroy, Dr. Butler, Rev. W. C. Lake, Lieutenant-Colonel Chesney, and Lieu tenant Hozier (secretary). Her Royal Higlmoss the Duchess of Cambridge received a numerous and distinguished assembly, at her apartments in St. James's Palace, last night. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strehts, the Princess Mary Adelaide, sad his Serene Highness the Prince of Tech were amongst the guests present. Hie Excellency M. Drouyn de Lhuye hes left Maurigy's Hotel,B•gent-street, for Paris. . . The - Earl of Goeford, with the Marquis of Mindy and party, by the last letters received, were on the Himalaya Mountains. It is doubtful if the enter prising party will return to England before the spring of neat year. Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley and the Hon. Mae Stanley have gene to Homburg fora few weeks, A banquet will be given to Lord Napier of Markle at the Oriental Club on Monday next. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress have issued iavitations for a diem,: at the Mansion-house on Wednat. day next, "to meet her Majesty's Ministers." - Gemmel Sir W. EnoDiv writes to Lord Claud Hamilton'-" Yon will remember when I had the plea ours of seeing the Mayor of Deny and the gentlemen who accompanied him at Dublin Castle in April last, how anxious I was to hold out no encouragement that the Prince of Wales would have it in his power to be present at the Agricultural Society of Ireland meeting in August next. I fear lam still lees in a position to say that the obstacles in his way are diminished. On the perfect re storation of the Prinoem after her confinement, their royal highnesses will probably proceed to Scotland or the conti nent, for the still farther benefit of the Princess's health. The Mayor of Derry and the corporation will, therefore, I am sure, understand how little able the Prince will be to manage a journey to Ireland in August." The Earl of Shaftesbury will ask the Lord President of the Council, on Monday, whether the atten tion of the government has been direotod to the system of baby-farming; and, if so, whether they intend to institute any inquiry into the subject. In the House of Lords, on Monday, Lord Houghton will ask whether "it is the intention of her Majesty's government to recognise in any especial manner the services and sufferings of her Majesty's envoys to the late King of Abyssinia," THE WEEKLY PRESS. The Saturday Review takes a retrospect of the, history of parliament during Mr. Disraeli's five months' tenure of office. Whether it is that the right hon. gentleman has had a special run of bad luck, or whether it is that he has really been tested and found wanting, ho has certainly passed through a time which has shown his defects in strong relief, and has not brought out his political excellences into prominence. He has talked of himself and his col lea.ucs as a novellist talks of the hero and his Mends. Ile has sounded with unblushing effrontery the trumprt of his own praise. In short, he has se m in his own elevation the proverbial luck of a hero of romance ; toll he has spoken of himself, and speculated on himself, and regulated his behaviour, as if he were at onoe the artist and the object of art, • hero and the inventor of the hero offered to our notice and admiration. Our contemporary adds, that that which is most strange, and most illustrative of his "rest powers and success is that, although Mr. Disraeli has done all this be has not lost by doing it. His system of government was justly pronounced dangerous, in the long run, to the country, but it did net bring any new discredit on himself. The Salwrday Review, in another article, reviews the policy of the opposition, and contends that the history of the session has been of great encouragement to them, because the liberal party has shown a power of uniting itself, because it approaches the new constituencies with the prestige of success, and becalm it is going to fight • battle on a deft , rite issue. There is something to the mind of the Spectator not a little humiliating in the discussion raised by Sir William Hutt about the interference of peers at elections. It suggests that there are still many men in the Liberal party who are as math slaves of use and wont as their opponents, who are unwilling to surrender a tradition, even when it recalls nothing but a humiliating recollection of former weakness. The proposal of the hon. gentleman, however, was mere talk, intended for Gateshead, rather than for the house, but it was objectionable for other reasons than mere expediency. Peers have as much right to vote as any other citizens, and so far from diminishing their power and influence over elections, the proposal of Sir W. Hutt to make interference on their part a misde meanour, punishable with imprisonment, would greatly in crease both. Secure in his castle, protected in his seclusion by law, the great peer appears to the elector' a very mighty and somewhat mysterious personage, whose wrath may bring down endless calamities; and the way to dissipate his injurious prestige, to reduce him to the standard of ordinary mortals, is not to deepen the seclusion, but bring him into the light, make him sign his own edicts, and ex press his own wishes, and hum and ha before a hostile crowd like everybody else. The Loudon Review says the Electric Telegraphs Bill is one of the few measures which will relieve the present session from the reproach of legislative barrenness. Vari ous objections to the plan were raised, but it is now ad mitted, says the writer, that there is really no practical difficulty in carrying out the new arrange ment, which provides for a wider and cheaper diffusion of telegraphic communication through the whole kingdom. The only real point pressed by the critics of the bill was the objection that the country was required to pay too high a price for the telegraphs, and our contemporary thinks there is some ground for the objection. Although, however, the bargain is not the best that might have been made, it is not a bad one. The Examiner thinks the policy of the government in rejecting Mr. Fawcett's proposal in reference to the pay ment of election expenses will prove to have been short sighted and subversive rather than conservative. It is the open refusal to adapt constitutional usages and maxims to changes that are irrevocable. It is a weak confession of fear on the part of the oligarchy, that the new franchises conceded may be used adversely to them ; that, notwith standing all the odds of birth and wealth, there is a shrink ing from fair competition in the race for popular favour. But in the new House of Commons we are likely to see measures much more searching and stringent brought forward; and the Examiner suspects that it will no longer be possible to meet them haul cis boa, as these milder pro positions have been. "Mr. Gladstone Descends into the Gutter," is the head ing of an attack in the Saturday Review upon the right hon. gentleman for his reception of Mr. Finlen and his col leagues on the subject of the Hyde-park " demonstra- tior;" concerning tie Irish church. "Ever; week', =Pe- rience," taws the writer, "shows Mr. Gladstone's deplo rable incapacity for supreme power; and the lcader who in the blind last for adulation submit* to the greasy hug of the panderer to obscenity and the accomplice of blas phemy, and the avowed advocate of Fenianism, which Finlen is, mast not be surprised if he alienates the confi dence of friends, and, while exasperating; the acrimony of enemies, repels the sympathies of the serious and re flecting." Reviewing the position of the Credit Foncier, the Econo mist says the debts are reduced from 120,0001. to about 90,0001., and the essential characteristic of the position is that the company is now going through a process which is virtually a winding up in almost all respects, except that the disagreeable inci dents of ofilcial liquidators, heavy law *spewed, and calls are wanting. The company can do little actual busi ness, but must confine its exertions to the tedious work of realising the estate. Referring to the large sums pea in the shape of commission to the directors, our contemporary says that according to a statement made by the chairman, the company must have divided out of its capital all= which in no sense, could be con sidered as all profit even earned, until the company was free of the responsibility it undertook, but which, in point of fact, was never got in at all. And the directors must have had their commission in real cash on theme sham profits. This matter, if not the whole business. certainly requires explanation. Cer tainly, it the statements made are true, it would only be right and proper to restore the large sums which were paid as commission on profits that *ero never really made. Mr. Hepworth Dixon expresses his belief that the autograph of the recently-published poem attributed to Milton is the poet's, and that the signature is "J. M." An English yacht, belonging to a gentleman periled Pegler, was at Cherbourg a few days ago, and the crew were invited to a fair in the neighbourhood. There were about twenty standings or booths, and behind each there was an enormous fire, at which three sheep, each cut in four parts, were roasting. Sixty sheep were toasting at one time. The meat is sold to the frequenters of the fair, and people eat roast mutton there who never taste it at any other time of the year. Punch and Judy shows, at which Punch spoke in the English language. to the great amazement of the French people, were exhibited at the fair. NEWSPAPER . C'ORREZPONDENTM. THERE must be far mon "mute, inglorious " Nlwrons" in the ocumtry than even GRAY sup posed. Lot any subject, or theory, or canard be started in the newspapers, and, presto ! up starts a crowd of people whose lives have been appa .rently devoted to that one topic—who trump the first player's trick four-fold, and who out-herod lIIROD in their ruthless massacre of established facts. Nothing is too extravagant, or unreal for the newspaper correspondent. He knows all about it, to begin with, and would not hesitate to teach political economy to Mr. MILL, natural history to Professor OwEN, or the art of popular oratory to Mr. BRIGHT. The otherdaysomeonethoughthesaw a mosquito, and promptly communicated the fact to the Timea, in evidence of the tropical heat we have undergone. But his effusion was no sooner published than a cloud of mosquito letters appeared. A number of respectable people seemed positively indignant at its being supposed that they had gone through life unstung. They bared their wounds, as it wore, and boasted of their honourable sears. Southsea-common, among other places in England, was declared to be con siderably fuller of mosquitoes than any other tropical country we have read of, and such was the exultant tenor of these notes, that not to have been bitten made the average reader ask himself whether he had anything the matter with his akin. All this fund of knowledge, this wealth of private expe rience, sprang from the one announcement that a mosquito had been seen in England. It is possible this original and limited statement was correct. But if these noxious insects are as common here as is said, what has become of them during the last eight and forty hours? When the cricketers at Lords shiver in their flannels, when the volunteers at Wimbledon look out their thickest and heaviest wraps, and when croquet-parties are suspended, that the wearers of light muslin may seek refuge by a coal fire— where are the mosquitoes then ? Southsea-eom raon and the other fancy-places should be strewed with their bodies as a forest is with leaves in autumn-time. The Yorkshire Incumbent who writes to the Times to-day--we observe that there is generally a " Yorkshire Incumbent" who comes to the fore when these fits of newspaper corres pondence are raging—announces the profound discovery that " covering tanks, water-works, " and other receptacles for stagnant water, with a " closely fitting lid," effectually prevents " this " pestilent little insect " from annoying us. What an extraordinary thing that the world should go on so long without thinking of this before ? If covering up basins with a lid will do all that is necessary, what an immense deal of annoyance and misery has been needlessly borne ! But we suppose if a newspaper were to print a letter saying the lion on Northumberland House once wagged its tail, correspondents would be found to assert this to be a common peculiarity among stone animals, and others, again, to show how the levity could be prevented by tying them down with a string. BIRMINGHAM, the metropolis of the Black country, the centre of s thousand industrial occupations, is also not without reputation in the domain of art. There DAVID Cox, a true poet artist, was born, and there, before he died, in 1859, he founded a school of artists, some of whom have attained a more than local celebrity. The painter is in large measure dependent on the skill of the engraver, and the art of engraving has been cultivated with singular success at Birmingham. We note, therefore, with interest, that one of the oldest art societies in the pro vinces has just had an honourable title conferred upon it by her MAJESTY, and will be known henceforth as the Royai Birmingham Society of Artists. Woorwlcu, JULY 24.—Lord Robert Napier of Magdala has accepted an invitation to dine with the commandant of the garrison and the officers of the Royal Artillery and other corps at the barracks to morrow ; and he will probably inspect the troops and various departments of the Royal Arsenal The Palmyra and Nebraika sailed on Wednesday from Queenstown for New York with 210 emigrants. Notwithstanding that the Channel Islands have not suffered so much from the drought as England, owing to the heavy dews that have been experienced in the Islands, vegetable and dairy produce are rising in price. ♦ small cabbage fetches 3d., and butter is ls. 7d. per lb.— a moat extraordinary pries for Guernsey and Jersey. Butter in England will, it is expected, be above the reach of the working classes as the winter comes on. Several flies, one of them an extenive one, took place on Southampton-common during the races there on Thursday, by whicka greatepantity of tune was destroyed. The furze was very dry and hot, owing to the weather, and the tires are believed to have originated from smokers carelessly or wilfully throwing lighted matches on the furze. In about a week or ten days, if the present weather continues, corn harvest will, it is expected, have been concluded in the south of England. Curesmortarres Faxcnotc—A meeting of the members of the County Liberal Registration Aasociation was held yesterday afternoon at Mr. Wieby's Rooms in Cambridge, under the presidency of C. W. Townley, Eaq., when about 60 gentlemen attended, representing all rb of the county, and it was xmanimouslyresolved that a second liberal candidate for the county should be brought for ward, all parties present agreeing that there was a fair prospect of success. The meeting further resolved that the present member, Mr. Young, and the Right Hon. Henry Brand, who filled the office of political secretary to the Treasury, under the late liberal adminis traffion, and who lately received so splendid a testimonial for hie services to the - liberal party, should be the candi dates. Mr. Brand is brother to Lord Deere, who has con siderable property in the county, in the neighbourhood of Newmarket and elsewhere, with large estates on the borders, in Herta and Essex. The two candidates were at once introduced and most warmly received. They both stated that they were prepared to give a cordial support to Mr. Gladstone as the leader of the liberal party. The meeting resolved itself into a provisional committee to secure the return of the liberal candidates, who it was understood would address an to meeting of the liberal electors immediately after west.—Cembridie In dependent. FOREIGN NE Ws. (THIS DAY.) HUNOARY. A telegram front Peek dated July 11.. men tions that on that day Baron Kayos. the Minister of Instruction and Worship, communicated to a meeting of deputies the heads of a bill for esta blishing equality &aware all Christian axle in Hungary. BOHEMIA. A despatch dated Prague, July 21, re ports that violent manifestations took placo there. Placards threatening Baron fined and insulting to the Emperor have been posted in severed planna. The garibon has been increased. THE WAR OF 1846. The temper with which Prussia - engsgsl in 6.• war against Austria may be judged of by to • nat., from Baron von Usedom, the PrusdiAn Mini it.r at Florence, to General La Marmora. This not. vi read by the General at the sitting of the Grenl.-,r of Dtpu' Ms on July 21. Tho doemineut is dtt4i June 17, 11166. The following arts extract. Erre it : "If a ecnnnon action on the same theatre of w tr ii pre. vented by distance at the commenceinont • we mu...! end u. Tour to make up for this by the simultaneousne...; of the blows we are to stnke. Thus attacked, Austria must separate her forces at first. She never will be able to make use of the same reserves now against the on.. now against the other. Moreover, the blows struck win be felt not only on the field of battles but far off." The system of war which Prussia proposes for Italy is that e; thorough one. If in the beginning the fate of arm, should be propitious to them the two allies Kliould not stop before intermediate obstacles ; th e y ~h0 , ,i4 rather push their adversary in his last entrench. meats and to his last resources. They will n .t. content themselves after a victory with occupying su territory which a favourable peace may enable thew. ti the contrary, and without regard to future territoml esn. figuration, they will above all things endeavour t, make the victory final, complete, awl irrevo cable." "Thus Prussia will not regard the obsti• cies which nature and art oppose to her front to Cracow. She will advance boldly to Vienna aft,r the success which she may achieve." •• The Dallas generals will be the best judges tueloubt.llv of the operations they will engage in. But to pr,. need in unison with Prussia, Italy must not eouteuf her self with penetrating to the northern frontiers of Venetia, she must clear away for herself to the Danube, that -h- may meet Prussia in the very centre of the twirl., d monarchy; in a word, she must march to Vienna. T secure the durable possession of Venetia, she mug fir , strike the power of Austria in the heart." The note then goes on to say that Hungary. supported by Italy and Prwiaia, will serve a, a rallying point and a strategical aid to the allies. It recommends that Garibaldi should be sent ti operate a diversion to the eastern coast of tho Adriatic, and that the Hungarians and Selarci would give the volunteers a cordial reception. General La Mariners declared that he felt greatly hurt on reading this note, which assumed throughout a painful air of superiority, and said that to march direct from the Mincio to thy Ad 4. across the Quadrilateral would hare b.son iw possible. (TUROUGR REUTERS AOLNCY.) FRANCE. PARIS, Jrti The Moslemr of to-day, in its bulletin, says . " It appears that new attempts have been rand. to create disturbances in the Turkish province of Bulgaria. Armed bands have crossed the Danu at points between the Dobrutchka and Widdin. Several engagements had taken place on the 21st near Rwitchuk. The Porte has given orders t•) Muhad Pacha to march at once with seven( battalions to the Danube, to restore tranquil lity in the disturbed districts." HUNGARY. PESTS, JULY 2t, EvEsts,i. In to-day's sitting the Lower House express...l its decided disapproval of the monster petition• in favour of the re-establishment of the law. , of 1848, and the repeal of the comprmmi.•• of 1867 between Hungary and Austria, that liar.. come in from several parts of the country (Aim; to the incessant exertions of the political wzit3tor Madarasz. Demands have been receir,l from various quarters that the latter should lo pn , ..- euted for having forged names a• sig,tiature: the petitions. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLF. EvEsmi. Kiumil Bcy, the functionar.% •.. i.,!i:.• by the Porte as the bearer of t!...ti!nr." of hive, titure for Prince Milan, the now sov , oign Beryls, starts to-morrow for lielgra , le. The Persian envoy at this capita, Mir/A )li hammed Hussein Khan, takes hi, d , ,.:utun• Saturday next for Tchcnui, upon leay. , for five months. AMERICA. NEW YORK, RIX Clos:ng prices: Gold, 143 w. Sterling exchange on London, 114. 5-20 United States 80n44, 1141; ditto, 1885, 112; ; 10-40 Bonds, 181; Illi nois, 151 ; Erie, 681. Cotton, Middling Upland, 31 ; Petroleum, standard white, 341. Flour, extrA state, 8 dole. 20c. to 8 idols. 80c. Corn, old mixed, 1 dol. 14c. (Arrival of the China vii Queengtown.) NEW YORK, Any 14. Nam. President Johnson has issued &proclamation an nouncing the ratification of the contitutional amend ment byNorth Carolina. He regards the ratification by the Florida legislature as inoperative, on amount of its having taken place prior to the pamitile of the bill admitting that state to the Union. Two members from North Carolina hare been admitted to seats in the Howe of Representatives. The House has pased bill p r oviding that only such lately rebellious states as have been admitted to the Union under the Reconstruction Act be en titled to participation in the presidential election. The bill taxing the interest of the bonds recently reported in the house has been referred to a com mittee of the whole, which prevents action being taken upon it this session. The Senate has passed the bill disco n ti n uing the Freedmen's Bureau, excepting it s educational de partment, from the let of next January. inted Governor Swann. of Maryland, has appo Mr. William Pinckney, white and democrat, to succeed Mr. Reverdy Johnson in the Senate. Intelligence from Hayti announces that SIITUIre has been defeated by Cases at Port Royal. The British Admiral in the Pacific has disap proved the blockade of Mazatlan, and has o rdered it to be raised, and Captain Bridge, of the Chanti cleer, to report himself at. Panama. The Empress Eugenie has personally visited the families of the workmen killed in the fall of earth Bouliguy, and distributed to them mouey, awl clothing. Her Majesty bas also gone to See the labouren who have resumed work, and encouraged them. The Journal de Paris hoe mason to believe tb.it the Emperor and Mapress will visit the Havre Ezhiaitioa about the 20th to the 2th of August. I ~• I