The Express. — London, England, 1868-07-17 00:00:00

r QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG ACRE. blonoser—Mr. W. H. LIPTON. TO-NIGHT (ninth tinsel. IA Quarter to Sight. o New Itessaalie Drossy to three aeon, entitled TIME and the HOUR. Morro A. Wigan, J. L. Toole, W. at Enough. Marroy, Jno. Clayton. a Cronin ; Metes H. Hodion it li. Morkbaro...ji Meow. To onnolnde with F. a Burnout, alnaly Plies of Eitravossnos, =Wed FOWL PLA . TIME and tho HOUR.—" Is perfectly suc cessful." —Times. FOWL PLAY.—Meeers. J. L. Toole, L. Brough, C. Wyndhaas. W. H. Otactisas. GI. Murray. Baer: Nimes H. Bodies aad E. Plana. II HE LANCASHIRE L ASS, an Original Drama gnaws dose:ono aad zaelo-druasatio In in Your Tabkaux sad a Pf010(1" written by Sealy J. Byron. labor of Dearer than We." La, will be produced an the ocoanon of Mr. W. B. Liebon'alret Remit. FRIDAY. July IC - - THE LANCASHIRE LASS. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACR.—Three -I-W Bolloto Promenade Cowart. Nod of 0). ilaglo - Three Box.olios open from 11 to 4. 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FIoOt.ONtOOOt. 1 , 1 NOTION,' of Blaine, MARIIAOIII, and D 31.77111, al, received natal 11 o'clock for insertion same evening. Pelee !. ed. A SECOND EDITION of the EXPRESS, CONTAINING The Latest Foreign Telegrams ; the Latest City; Railway, Mining, and other Shares; Sporting, and General Intelligence, 18 PITIILIBIIID EVERY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 17. ENGLISH AND FRENCH MORALITY. Ws English are, as all the world knows, a pro verbially moral people— We area moral people, and we know it, Without the aid of too sincere a poet. Words and things, plays and novels, modes of dress, habits of life, that would be deemed per fectly innocuous and conventional in any conti nental country, would fright these fortunate Wee from their propriety. We are always being " shocked " by something or other when we go abroad. Our sense of decency is always on its guard, and always prompt to take alarm. Don't let us be told that we go to see and hear La Belle Mine. A little theatre at the West-end is crowded, it is true, for a few nights with a very choice society, from the Almanach de Gotha downwards. But observe the uncomfortable and bewildered looks of the ladies in the stalls. They don't understand the lan guage of Celebes ; the gestures of Helen are an enigma to their fresh and candid souls. Other wise, of course, they could never sit it out. They go to the performance of M. OFFENBACH'S master pieces as they go to see those admirable satirists of humanity in a favourite department at the Zoological Gardens. There could not, fairly considered, be a clearer proof of the im pregnable superiority of English morals than this naive homage of the highest mothers and daughters in the land to the unre stricted graces of Mdlle. &moms& But need we go to the St. James's Theatre for evidence of that ferocious virtue for which our country is so justly distinguished? Look at our streets by day or by night ; peep into the law courts, skim the novels of the season ; take a look at the cheap ro mances of the million, and then go down into the country towns and our quiet villages, where, under the shadow of the old church, something of the feudal relation between the peasant and the squire ' may still be found, and note how the cottager. are housed, and if your truly British self-complacency is not satisfied with the results of the investigation, come back to Exeter Hall, and on a public plat form avow yourself a Philistine and a Pharisee of the finest Britannia metal. Or rather, go to Paris and buy the new edition of the plays and stories of M. AtExexnaz Duxes, the Younger, and take a lesson in morality from the con verted author of La Dame aux Caml:Use, La .Dame aux Perla, Le Film Naturel, Le Demi- Nonde, Affaire Clhnenceau, and other works of equal vigour and virtue. The titles of these productions may not at first sight appear to respond precisely to the severe intentions of the ingenious author, as be describes them in this new series of pre- THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1868.• fatory chapters. Remember, the rehabilitation of the earliest of his heroines of Parisian life, whose decline and fall Signor VERDI has wedded to congenial strains, well accom plished 21 years ago in tie hot yeath of the future austere moralist, who in 1868 was des tined "to reconstitute love "in France. Affairs elimenoeau, in which the wyiter has em bodied some bitter rocolleotions of his own boyish days, dates, it is true, from only two years back. All these books are so much transmuted personal experience; they wore lived before they wore written, and when M. ALEXANDRE DMUS, the Younger, was preparing them for a classical edition ho discovered in them all a certain moral unity of purpose ; fragments of a life-history teaching by example. The author was no more pro fessional littirgleur, one of those oulinary artists who spend their genius in devising the most stimulating dishes for the jaded palate of the public. He was, in a literary sense, laying down his own life—its troubles, its errors, its temptations, its pleasures, and its pains, for the moral benefit of society. He was studying the mor bid anatomy of the social body, scalpel in hand, with himself for the subject of his viviseetions. And now he sums up, whether in the form of a letter, or of an essay, the conclusions of his pri vate hospital practice, with a ?inseams contempt for the past agonies of the patient. When a French novelist or dramatist takes to teaching moral lessons he ceases to be fit for family reading. Pudeed it is safe to understand that ho is not writing for what prudish reviewers call " the young person." We cannot recommend M. ALEXANDRE DuseAs the Younger's prefaces to farinaceous critics who would have a horror of the novels. For those who have not found the novels too highly spiced, these prefaces will have the flavour and the suoculence of strong meat. The brilliant Frenchman takes contem porary society to pieces, and a terrible demonstration he makes of it. The timorous efforts of English moral regenerators shrink into insignificance before the Younger H. DualAs's scheme for putting poor girls of 15 without an occupation into barracks, to work for a livelihood under the protection of the State, for compelling rich young girls of the same age to buy substitutes to work for them, and committing to the surveil lance of the police girls who have no resources and who decline to work, and for the first serious misdemeanour transporting them to the penal set tlements to serve as " females." Nor is our moral legislator less severe towards the stronger sex. Any man of full age who fails to provide for a girl he has deserted is to be punishable with imprisonment for five years; if she has become a mother, and he refuses to marry with her, for ten years; natural children who have been brought up by the mother to be exempt, on her behalf, from the conscription. This female conscription and these operative bar racks for young girls without resources are de cidedly characteristic of the country of the bene volent projector. There is, however, in the scheme of punishment for the seducer (instead of his victim, as in England), a sound instinct of moral justice which deserves acknowledgment. _ _ _ It cannot be denied that these austerities of the author of the Dame aux Canieliaa provoke a smile. But let us not be misunderstood. Those who know M. ALEXANDRE Dumas, the Younger, can bear witness that his own life and conduct are such as to justify him fully in presenting himself as a corrector and chastiser of the manners and morals of his age and country. If he is a Savomator.s of a somewhat Parisian type, he has the right to plead his own example as the test of his sincerity. Englishmen and women who are rimiont to take Lo Deno Selene as a chef d'eurrs of the French stage should read M. A. Dumas the Younger's scathing sentences on these crapulous productions No preacher has ever scourged the theory of the indifference of art to morals, or the degradation of literature pursued as a trade, with greater power or a more generous scorn. And if when he insists that men of letters should be the true " legislators" of their epoch he is taxed with exaggeration, English readers who remember a celebrated passage in tkimutY's Essay on Poetry will accept an unconscious plagiarism with respect. THE DIFFICULTIES OF AN AL4IANOE. A waxiest. discussion has arisen at likiremee. t ln a history of fhe campaign et 1868, compiled by the Pruesian General Staff and just made public, the manceuvres of the Italian army at Custom are criticised very much in the tone and spirit adopted by Mr. iintouttra towards our French allies in the Crimean campaign. Some readers may remember that soon after the unfortunate battle of Customs a feeling of dissatisfaction with the Italian General existed in Italy itself, whore LA *Manmona was roundly accused of having boon guided in his tactics more by the influence of his patrons in France than by the counsels of General MoLrais. But there are passages in this report which awaken other susceptibilities than those of General La KABIIIORA. At ono page it is strongly put that the Italians wore unequal to engage in any difficult siege, and that to conquer Venetia by an attack in front was simply impossible. All that could be done was to maintain a defensive war until the move ments elsewhere compelled the Austrians to aban don the Quadrilateral, and lot Venetia fall into the hands of Italy. So far the criticism agrees with that of other military authorities ; but such passages as the following irritate :—" No one spoke of " the Italian army, and there was nothing " to show that it was doing anything to prevent " the departure of the Austrian troops." Again : " At Vienna, despite the cession of Venetia, it was " impracticable to get together immediately forces " equal to those of Prussia. Of however little " account the enterprises of the Italian army after " Custozza, Austria could only recall from Italy " two corps &armee out of the three that were " there." General Le Mestroits and General MENABILTA have both a right to call for further ex planations. Prussia owes much to Italy, Customs notwithstanding. Is it forgotten that Austria before the battle offered Venetia to Italy with the object of detaching her from the Prussian alli ance, and that Italy refused it P Alliances in war, if they are to leave behind them feelings of friend ship, require on the part of the allies a greater amount of tact and courtesy than appears to have been displayed by Prussia in the present instance. Pit ItLIAMENTARY DIVISION. • HOUSE Or OOMMONS—Taonsear, dolt 16. ',IIETDOPOLITAN. 1 1 9EXIGN OATTLE . MAIKEET BILL. Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on amendment proposed to question [26th June] "That Ms. Speaker do now leave the chair ;" and which amendment was, to leave out from the word " that" to the end of the question, in order to add the words, "the proposal to peas a permanent law, requiring that in order to pre vent the introduction of the cattle plague into this country from abroad, dl foreign cattle and other ani mals imported into the port of London shall be landed at one prescribed spot, and shalt not be removed thence alive, ought not to be con sidered apart from the gen eral policy of imposing legal restrictions on the fore ign cattle in other ports of the United Hingdom."—( r. Milner Gibson) instead thereof:—Question again proposed, "That the words E:=l to be left out stand part of the question :" resumed :—Motion made and question pro " That the debate be now adjourned:"—(Mr. Heifeld:)—Moth by leave, withdrawn :—Question again proposed, " That the words R ropoood to by, left out stand part of the question: —Debate arising ; motion made and question proposed, " That the debate be now adjourned :"—(Mr. Baxley :)—Motion, by leave, withdrawn :— Question put, " Th at the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question:"— The house divided ; ayes 191, noes 82. AYES. 12= 4 : : B. Gray, hoot.-Col. Morgan, Major Arebdsll. Co*. , Orr R. O Gray rey, B. Sir J. Mowbray, J. . Murph Baßarnett, H. Orin* C. C. D. Bowde y, n* C. N. Barna, S@ H. W. Ouiamas, air A. E. Newport, Visa. Bastala, Col. Gamey, 8. North, Bathurst, A. A. Hamilton, Id. Claud Northoote, Sir 8. H. Beath, Bir M. Hamilton, Ld. C. J. O'Beirne, J. L. Beach, W. W. Hamilton, I. T. O'Brien, air P. Bathe, Earl of Hadßas, Vieth Moore Don, The Baseford, Capt. liberdp, O. Paget, R. IL M. Bidduljp, A. Hartopp, E. B. ~.F . ... ..T. Haar, R. B. SE J. Booth, Bir R. Harvey, E. J. gran:. Bourns, Col. Herron Lord A. Parker, Major Bfr 0. Hay. lard W. Hay Mr J. D. Parry, Patten, Cal. W. Brace. Sir R. Iia& Ir 1. W. R. 1.. Boller, Sir A. W. El -Major, J. P Pe ula m bs = H. Bolles Sir IL Peweil i f 8. g itir t„ P oca. &0m. /nos, W. P. Cave, 8. T. B. Hodgeom, W. N. P.D. Ca va th 1 6 . 14 IL SZLd lia e a J lr, • , Do J. Moeley, Sir X. J. Hallam, Lord Repton, 0. W. Cliatem, Lord E. P. Howard, C. W. Rasa, Sir C. (Lou, IS.-Col. Howse, E. Sohreiber. C. Cobbold i .k . Haut, G. W. tiolater-Booth. 0 Jerrie, Col. flir 3 &ta lk° in ura tatson, 3:ff. U. Trit;o l lie, air HM, A. J. Y. 8. T. 1.. Seymour, G. H. B. T. &moods, W. B. Cowecirsperit. B. Eesdall, N. Smith, A. Cremona, Lord =Col. Smith, 8. 0. Cubitt, 0. -Huge". Sonoma, I. A. Comm, Vieth men R Btaepoole, W. Davenport, W. B. Enigin 4 4'. W. Btoptord, 8. 0. D n. ....srim . llir B. C. HMO , Biz R. Stuart , lA.-001. W. R. Enos. Col. B. Dundee, C. P. relsrs,=i, h. Lama, Illr E. Murton, H. K. Dodson, J. 0. lard, J. Beier, C. bandana, W. B. Linea', W. G. Brum R. J. Du Gem, C. Lonna, Sir C. Talbot, C. R. Dunne, Om. Lochmers, Sir E. Tollamathe, J. C. O. D I IC ° W. H Letroy, A. Tavor, Lord A. Laura, Lord H. 0. Turner, E. Egerton, Sir P. O. Liddell, H. G. Vance, J. , ad E. C. Lind Lindsa y , Cot R. 0., Cot C. Waidegrave-Lealie, =ly I monde, J. I Lo=l. Walpole B. H. Fans, Col. , 3. Walsh, I. Fellows", E. Lynalton, C. 0. Warm., R. R. Finch, 0. H. ICKenna, Sir J. Waterhouse, 8. FitsCierald, Lord 0. Maguire, J. P. Western, Sir T. B. Foster, W. 0. Manama, Lord J. White , Capt. Freshfeld, C. IL Marshall., W. Wise H. C. Galway, Viwt. Mayo, Furl of Wy y it z., Goddard, A. L. Milbank, E. A. W H. G. Milford, W. T. Wyndham, P. Gordon,ork. B. Monk, C. J. Wynne, W. R. Gore J. R. Montagu, Lord R. Wynn. M. Gomel, J. E. Montgomery, Sir G. Grant, A. Moore, C. TELLES/. thevifie, Capt. More, R. J. Noel, G. J. Greville-Nugent, Col Morgan, 0. Whitmore, H. NOE& , at , Elliir, L. 0. Pane, Lt.-CoL Milton, Visa. Forster, C. Moffatt, 0. An Aßli bui, , W. 13 2. . Porter, W. E. Monsen, W. Ayrton, A. B. Portman, C. P. Morrison, W. Aytoun, B. S. Gladstone, W. E. Nears, C. Baines, IL Ooldamict, Sir F. H. Ogilvy , J. Barnes, T. Goschen, 0. 3. B. N. Bars, M. T. Brahma, W. Potter, B. Barley, T. trossenor, Capt. Pritchard, J. Beaumont, H. F. gamey, P. Ramsay, J. Biddulph, Col. Hadfield, G. Pnitwchild, N. M.& Bonham-Cmter, 3. Hanks?, T. Passau, Sir W. Bright. J. liazdagls, J. A. Salomon', Alderman Brum Lard 0. Henderson, J. Samaria, J. IY A. Bra H. A. 11 ,.. ... t K. D. Silent! A. C. Butler, C. S. H Smith, .i. Candlish, J. H=, ' l.ord B. Smith, J. A. Carton S. Hutt, Sir W. • Smith, J. B. Cheetharo, J. = Sir J. Stuart, Col. C. Childers, IL 0. A. P. Taylor, P. A. Clay, J. Thompson, M. W. Sir B. ta ab°usibefs wreass, 43. EL Villia% C. P. 3. 4: !,tr on : Jerre, O. 3. Wlnotham, U.S. Cowper, W. P. H. Wood., H. Cr5...r...a, B. W. Locke, J. Dixon, 0. Martin, P. W. TILLIM. Mk*, Sir W. Melly G. Gibson, IL Ddlwyn, L. L. Mill i. S. Kozwood, C. M. Edwards, B. Mi11 5 . .7. B. the Court. 08BOBLIE, Amy 16. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Coburg ; and her Majesty and the Royal Family walked in the grounds this morning. The Prince of Wales, attended by General Sir William Knollys and the Hon. A. T. Fitzmaurice, went to Windsor yesterday, and distributed the prizes given by the Prince Consort's Association. The Royal Commission on Military Education met on Wednesday at the War-effice. All the members were present. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will have a dinner party to-morrow, at Marlborough House, to meet Lieutenant-General Lord Napier, G.C.8., G.C.S.I. The Duchess of Cambridge will have a musical party on Friday, the 24th instant, at her royal highness's residence in the Ambassador's Court, St. James's Palace. The Marquis of Blandford will, it is expected, remain in India until the end of the ensuing month. Lady Henry Scott gave birth to a daughter on Wednesday last, at her ladyship's residence, Tilney-street, Park-lane. Lady Henry and the infant are doing well. The Ministerial whitebait dinner has been fixed for Wednesday next. _ The unsold portion of the estates of the members of the late firm of Overend, Gurney, and Co., at Carshal ton, Leatherhead, Nuttkid, and Cranham, consisting of building plots, containing between 30 and 40 acres, and of the Bletchingley estate, consisting of farms of about 368 acres, are advertised to be sold without any reserve on the 22nd and 29th inst., by order of the liquidators of Overend. Gurney, and Co. (Limited). Mews. Gregory and Co. of Catherine-court, Seething-lane, have commenced a enbecription on behalf of Mrs. Mary Ann Nunn, who was so cruelly used by the two boys, Arthur and Hector Smith, and collected yester day on the corn-market about 501., of which the secretary of the Corn Exchange has kindly consented to take charge. Any further sums will be gladly received and acknow ledged by him. The presence of the Prince and Princess de Met ternich during their sojourn at Fontainebleau has im parted great animation to the Court circle, who have in dulged in the game of fives, pistol-shooting, rowing, and other pastimes. The prince has been proclaimed the best pistol shot ; and as a mark of her satisfaction the Empress has presented him with a breast-pin set in diamonds. In the daily excursions in the environs of Fontainebleau M. Octave Feuillet frequently accompanies their Majesties. The visit of the new librarian of the Palace of Fontaine bleau imparts a literary character to the court soirees. At a reunion of this kind M. Feuillet read to their Majes ties several chapters of a romance which he is now finishing. The French imperial family and their distin guiehed visitors are reported to have been considerably amused lately by some spelling exercises being proposed and accepted by the party as a proof of their relative at tainments in orthography. The examples were fraught with every difficulty that could be suggested at the mo ment. The answers of the several competitors being carefully corrected, as at college, were placed as follows in the order of merit :—Prince Metternich, 6 faults ; Baron Corvisart, 8; the Emperor, 9; the Prince Imperial, 11; and finally—a result which caused much merriment to the jury of examination—M. Octave Feuillet, the li brarian, 14 faults. We (Timm) are requested by General Prim to state that he has for the last seven months permanently resided in London, that he has never stirred from his home there, and that the reports about his being at Vichy, about his letters being intercepted by the French govern ment, &a, lately circulating in some newspapers, are pure islidastimm FOREIGN NEWS. (THIS DAY.) t411101113E 1101. 1I Tae's AGENCY.) PORTUGAL. LISBON, .To Tx 16. The Duke do Loulk, not having succeeded in forming a now Ministry, Count Avila has again accepted the charge. It is considered likely that he will reconstruct the Ministry, and it is said that the Cortes will shortly be closed. THE WAR IN THE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jults 24. The financial measures announced in the impe rial speech at the opening of the Chambers have not yet been introduced. The Duko of Bazo is jour neying in the interior. According to the latest advises received hero from the seat of war, the bombardment of Humaita continued. A Para guayan attack on the Ohacos had been defeated. The result of the presidential election in Buenos Ayres is still uncertain. The Sarmiento ticket has obtained a majority in the capital. At Monte Video the itecounts of the Maus Bank had been audited, showing a surplus of 400,0001. INTELLIGENCE. Exchange on London, 171, firm ; coffee, good first, 7,700; sales, 31,000; export to Channel, 2,560; North of Europe, 10,551; Mediterranean, 5,257 ; United States, 25,11P9; other ports, 8,263; stock, 1,100,000 ; freights to Channel, 355. AMERICA. NEW YORK, JULT 18. The National Steamship Virginia arrived out to-day. The steamers leaving to-day for Europe take out 425,000 dole. in specie. Closing prices : Gold, 1421. Sterling exchange on London, no:. 5-20 U.S. Bonds, 1882, 114; ditto, 1885, 112 ; 10-40 U.S. Bonds, 108 ; Illinois, 14614 ; Erie. 681. Cotton, middling upland, 313. Petroleum, standard white, 343. Flour, extra state, 8 doll,. 20c. to 8 dole. 80e. Corn, old mixed, 1 dol. 12e. THE WE/3T INDIA, PACIFIC, AN SOUTHERN AMERICAN MAIM PLYMOUTH, Jett is be Royal Mail steamer Danube, with th, above mails, arrived here to-night, with dabs from Cab., June 23 ; Jamaica, 24th, and St. Th omas, 29th. 4; 488, 66 dole., brings 1M 63 sacks of mails, specie valued u packsge• of cargo. Aw e ,. her passengers are Sir William Holmes, th e 04 nor of Trinidad ; Mr. Holmes, the govern's', private 'secretary, and Colonel Hagart. Holmes, Colonel Hagart, and four other ma il, g with the mails, were landed here, th e nail , being forwarded to London by special train at midnight, without being sorted, owing to the Danube having n., mail sorters ou board, as she has only been employ e d an intercolonial steamer previous to this voyage. The Chilian Congress was opened June I. Th e p re. dent announced his dialogist in any renewal of hostility:, in the Spanish dispute, and recommended electoral isdnr n , to the consideration of Congress. In Peru the yellow fever had greatly diminialoal at Lima, and at Callao it bad almost disappeared. In the Chinches Islands and at Islay it was still increasing. The English and French Vice-Consuls at Islay Wr amongst the first victims. At Ecuador two severe 5h 0 ,,1, of [earthquake had been felt, supposed to have oritnsitid in an eruption of one of the volcanism of the Fast en) dillrsa. M Jamaica the floods had ceased, and dry hot winds had wt in. The damage done was, howev er , pro ,,, very heavy, particularly at St. Katharine, h ere , u l Clarendon. The public health continued good. T. new graving dock scheme was well supported, and 4 tr. , n number of shares had been subeeribW for. The 1 ,4 . , dry dock at Martinique was opened. St. Thorns. 4. The y French barque Stephan& Captain Perrino, front Aspinwall to Mexico, was totally wrecked on thn .t.rh May, 18 miles from St. Andrew's Island. The En.71;,14 brig Minden, Captain Goody, from Aqualini, wth cargo of lead and grass, hail been burnt 64) mini off the Burlings. The crew reached Lisbon in Nwt., arrived at Plymouth in the steamer Limerick. THE MOTION OF ADJOURNMENT. " Tire present jaded state of the House "—to quote Mr. DisaArds—did not prevent it " embark " ing last night in the barren and distressing prat " tices " against which it was warned by the same authority. From half-past one to three o'clock this morning was spent in wrangling over the question of adjournment. The foreign cattle were almost lost sight of in the irritable anxiety to carry their temporary point, which each party displayed. Before this passage of arms, Mr. GLADSTONE had emphatically warned the House that the longer the discussion on the bill was protracted " the more it would assume " the invidious, not to say odious aspect of a " battle of class interests ;" and Mr. HE TLEY had spoken, as only Mr. HENLEY can, upon the delu sions shared by Mr. AYRTON and the Whitechapel butchers. The proceedings of the House, a few minutes later, more than justified Mr. GLADSTONE'S prophecy. It was astonishing to note the persistency with which the motion of adjournment was per sisted in, and the different phrases of personal op position employed for and against. Men were worn out with fatigue at one moment, and osten tatiously fresh and vigorous at another. Mr. AYRTON, with suspicious blandness, first suggested that the house should adjourn to save a long series of divisions. The instant the suggestion was negatived, Mr. Cow Eli again formally moved adjournment, on the ground "of the " House having had quite enough for one sitting," but directly Major Jzavis threatened staying till 4 o'clock this afternoon, the challenge was accepted, and Mr. Cowrar avowed his readiness for minialar self-sacrifice. Mr. TAYLOR and Mr. LABOIICHERE divided the House again soon after this, and then Lord Eizno's plea of consideration for the SPEAKER was allowed to prevail. That hapless gentleman had been sitting in the House fourteen hours and a half, and gallantly begged the members present to consider the dignity of Parliament rather than the convenience of its Chairman—perhaps a polite way of expressing the same wish. Lord ROBERT MONTAGU'S complaints in the early part of the evening of the " delays and " dodges " of which the opposition to his bill was composed was properly rebuked, but the " middle " men," whose tools the farmers are, and the other class interests affected by the bill, may rest satis fied that it is causing more acrimony, tedium, and annoyance than any other measure of the session. The SPEAKER, who, it should be remembered, is within two years of three score and ten, was tasked yesterday beyond mortal endurance. His weary agonies recall the martyrdom of ST. SIMON SiTurse. THE LOADS AND COMMONS SHOOTING MATCH. IT was amusing at Wimbledon, yesterday, to hear the reasons given for Lord BLato's absence from the Lords and Commons shooting match. His lordship is, it appears, a growing political power. Wimbledon Common was well enough when the statesmanship of the gallant member for Haddingtortahire was budding ; but now that it is full blown, the senate, not the camp, is his sphere. So ran the story. But his lordship was the only absentee, and the two teams went to work with a will. Lord DIIFFERIN'S shooting was unequal, and the Marquis of Aszaconx's a little disap pointing when the scores came to be aggregated ; while Lord SPENCER'S workmanlike blowings down his rifle-tube and the " bull's-eyes" they were said to bring about, only placed his lordship third upon the list. This, however, was as much as the highest score of the Commons, which Earl DENBIGH and Earl DIXIE beat by four and three respectively. The Marquis of LORNE, Mr. Msr.- corm, Mr. FORDYCE, Mr. BASS, and Sir P. Eozrrow, for the Commons, all made the same score, 48 ; and there is little doubt but that the substitution of the Hon. C. T. LTTriwrow for Lord Er.cno lost them the match. This gentleman was eleven points below the rest of his party, only scoring 37, and as the Lords only won by an aggregate of 278 against 277, (bra majority of ono, ;kll &maw, certain that Lord ELato's presence would have turned the scale. Many volunteers thought so, and deplored while they exulted in the newly-discovered importance of Lord ELcno's political life. The fine ladies and great people who make such competitions as that of yesterday so agreeably gay should be told ,to leave their footmen at home, or to keep them in their place. It is indecent that huge figures in livery should be told off to stand behind fine ladies' chairs in a reserved enclosure, when by so doing they shut out the targets from the public standing patiently behind. It is too bad to see an enclosed seeing-place crammed as the Lords and Commons one was yesterday with every condition of menial, while those whose duties compelled them to be present seemed to be admitted upon sufferance, and had some difficulty in obtaining a view. On Monday Mr. Harvey Lewis will ask the First Commissioner of Works what is the cause of the delay in the completion of the works in the enclosure in the Regent's-park, and when the same are likely to be completed. And whether it is intended to cover the bottom of the lake with cement. On Monday Mr. Baillie Cochrane will ask the First Commissioner of Works whether, considering that three plans for the concentration of the public depart ments have been submitted to parliament which, owing to the state of the public business, cannot be discussed this ses sion, and that by one of these plans, that of Sir Charles Tre velyan, the site of the Thames Embankment is made use of for the Admiralty and War-office, the noble lord will delay, until next session, proceeding with the building of the new law courts in the Strand, seeing that by placing them on the site of the Thames embankment between Somerset House and the Temple they will combine with Sir Charles Trevelyan's plan for the general improvement and em bellishment of the metropolis. According to the report of the Schools Inquiry Commission (London division), it appears that, after every allowance has been made, the net income of the trusts for educational purposes in London (including 40,0001. be longing to Christ's Hospital) exceeds 100,0001. per annum. Mr. Ernest Jones hew been adopted by the exe cutive committee of the liberal party as the third candi date for Manchester. Mr. Jones has been chosen as the special representative of the working-class interests. There is a rumour that Mr. Mitchell Henry is to be again asked to offer himself as a candidate. A letter from Vienna states that an inhabitant of Perth, proposing to contract a civil marriage in the Austrian capital in accordance with the laws of that country, applied to the Hungarian Ministry to obtain an authorisation. The latter decided that the matter was not in his competence, and sent the affair to the civil anthoritice, who have just declared that according to the Hungarian laws there is no necessity for a special permis sion to contract a civil marriage. The Theatre Nota at Turin has been burnt down. The conflagration did not last an hour, and only the walls are left standing. The flames broke out at 10 o'clock at night during the performance ; the audience, however, and the actors made their escape, and no personal casualty is to be mentioned. A Munich letter mentions that Count Chorinsky, who has been deprived of his title of nobility, was lately sent off under charge of two policemen to the fortress of Rosenberg, near Hronach. The public became very indignant at seeing the convict taking his coffee in a ffret clam refreshment-saloon amongst respectable people. The Levant Herald (Constantinople)aays :--" The female visitor at Lapierre's is not after all Cora Pearl, but a respectable lady, related to a French Consular function ary down South." CorcFnensnons.—The following Confirmations by the Bishop of London me announced :--July 19, Sunday, 3 p.m., Bt. Tiowington-butts; July 22, Wedges& , half-past 2, Mama: July 2 ; MoudaZ, 12, Wanunner% 7; August 3, Monday, half-pest 2, ttra i t St OUR PARIS LETTER. (I , IIOX OUR OWN comarostmer.) • PARIS, Truseaki Evinargo.• The civil tribunal of the Seine has devoted several days, interrupted by frequent adjourn ments, to the hearing of an action brought by President Johnson against MM. Armen, Erlanger, Voruz, Dubigeon, Joliet, Rabin, Maze line, and other shipbuilders, to recover a sum of 2,800,000 fr., which the United States allege were public monies wrongfully received by them from Jefferson Davis and his associates for the pu -pose of building ships of war for the so-called Confe derate States, and which they ought now to restore to the lawful government ; Advocate-General Chevrier yesterday pronounced his opinion against President Johnson's claim, and the court has taken a fortnight's time to consider its judgment. M. Darricau, the head clerk in the Ministry of War and a Councillor of State, died at his villa at Versailles two days ago, aged 61. Not a fortnight ago he appeared as a government commissary in the tribune of the Corps Legislatif. It is believed that the excessive heat of the chamber during these premature dog days hastened his death. Marshal Niel, in rising to discuss some articles of his budget yesterday, spoke with great emotion of the loss of M. Darricau, who was thoroughly fami liar with the subject, and whose place he was compelled to fill at a short notice. The deceased was the son of General Darricau, a baron of the fast empire. The Progres de r Algerie reports a trial for canni balism in Algeria. The prisoner's counsel read an extract from a letter of Marshal M'Mahon to the Archbishop of Algiers, in which the governor general pronounced an opinion, greatly contro verted, it will be remembered, by he bishop, that all the cases of anthropophagy which had occurred in the colony were attributable to certain circum stances which generated mental aberration. My client, therefore, said the counsel, is mad on the authority of the Duke of Magenta. The jury adopted an argument coming from such high authority, and acquitted the man-eater. The Champs de Mars has again become the brown, ugly, and (when not muddy) dusty plain, which it was two years ago before the first iron plate of the Universal Exhibition building of 1867 was laid. The Egyptian department in the garden was the last to be removed, and the last remnants of that unique fac-simile of some of the most charac teristic architecture of the Nile was carted away this morning. In the course of the day the liquidators of the Universal Exhibition formally gave the Champs de Mars up to the proper authorities. Marshal Niel may now drill his troops there, as heretofore. I cannot help thinking it a thousand pities that the building was not preserved, if only as a relict of a world's fair, at least for some time, and that the space was not kept as a public park or garden in perpetuity. The Emperor has given a license to keep a tobacco shop (a lucrative privilege for which colonels' widows so often seek in va'n) to Madame Mochin, the widow of a working -man who was lately killed by a 'tray bullet during ball practice at Vincennes. The poor woman has already received 3,500 fr. by public subscription, so that the sad death of her husband has been the making of her fortune. The celebrated pastry-cook's shop in the Pas sage des Panoramas, with a second door abutting on the Rue Richelieu, on which has been inscribed ginen the beginning of the cen tury the name " Felix," is shut up. Several fortunes have been made in the house. It is said that the last purchaser of the " good will " calculating too much on the tradi tional profits of the house, led the life of a man of fashion a little too soon, and got into trouble; that the landlord, his rent not being paid, took the business into his own bandit ; that customers found fault with the amateur pastry, and so the end has come. The Bourse was inanimate and quotations re ceded considerably. The Rente fell 20c for cash, and 221 c. for account, dosing at 70fr. sc. and 70fr. 12ic. It will be observed that the pressure of cash sales continued to keep the money price lower than the speculative one for the end of the month. Italian fell 40c. ; Mobilier, sfr. ; and Credit Foncier, 7fr. 50c. The opinion again prevails that the loan will be certainly brought out in theflrat week in August. The Emperor has told M. Schneider that he wishes to prorogue the Chamber by the end of next week, and as the deputies, owing to a new arrangement, get no extra pay for this month, and are longing to get away to the country, it is unlikely that they will oppose his Majesty's wishes. The remaining business of the session will probably be hurried through in double quick time. The opposition feel that they have said pretty well enough in the Chamber, and are concentrating their efforts to in finance the country at the coming elections, when ever they may come. PRINCE CONSORT'S WINDSOR ASSOCIATIOX This association, which was entablish(xl by the Prince Consort in 1860, for improving the condition of tin, working classes of Windsor, Eton, and the surroass m! neighbourhood, held its annual meeting yesterday In the Windsor Home-park. The arrangements of the tents were similar to those of last year, the Prince of Walvis hew; plackedin the centre, fronting the north terrace of th.i castle. At two o'clock a good substantial dinner roil given to about 260 successful candidates, who wcre at tended to by the clergy and gentry of the committee ,; management. The Prince of Wales arrived at the c ;re, Western Station from town, and came on the grolln4 4: fon: o'clock, and was met by Major-General Soymiier the chairman), and other members of the committee, who ducted him to the royal tent, where, after the repirt w e/ read, the distribution commenced. At the close his mei. highness was conducted over the vitriol's tents, end 6,1, leaving e reseed himself much gratified by the wh the . The company was numerous, nil hig y fashionable ; and by permission of Colonel Carli , a, the band of the Coldstream Guards was present onto, oocaiiion, under the direction of Mr. F. Godfrey. 74, collection of fruit and Bowers was equal to that ,d former disga o y fim particularly, the fruit from her Nfij-.4... gardens at ore, which consisted of Frogrni4ro peaches, Victoria plums, Napoleon cherries, Fr.. .no orange apricots (very fine), black Hambe.; Mignonne peaches, greengages, white Dutch currant., tablegooseberries. Mr. C. Turner' scollectiou from tios Ito Nursery Gardens at Slough was both choice awl exteo.;., and included some magnificent roses, treeolnr. goniume, exotics, dahlias, principally new vari,....7 seedlings, hollyhocks, verbenas, pieotees, carnation.. 5. NI. Bragg, of Slough, exhibited a fine collection of 111. ! o , picotees, &c. The collection of standard fuelisi e, h.', tropes, &c.. from the gardens of the Hon. awl Very I;.e the Dean of Windsor were very fine. Mr. Sntnn, —ir from his nursery at Reading, a first-class miser fl to collection of plants, ferns, hollyhocks, and stocks. Challoner, of Portual Park, 'Virginia Water, from his gardens a fine collection of fruit, Sr. Mr t. °Mat, of Fern-hill, Winktield, furnished a fine tion of plants. CORONERS' OFFICERS' FEES. The Middlesex magistrates, at their iertir.z, yesterday, proceeded to consider the pmpowil 11.1 schedule of fees, allowances, and disbursements to bi.• by the coroner of the county on holding inquiet+. Clerk of the Peace read the following letter from Dr. Lanketter : Greet Marlborough-street, July 15, IVA " Sir,—My 'attention has beetidrawn to a report to b Presented to the Middlesex magistrates on Thursday nes:. in which it is recommended that the payment of the cot, ner's constable be reduced in the metropolitan distre!, from 7s. 6d. to 4s. As this recommendation has ben made without, as far as I am aware, any inquiry berth; been instituted of the coroners or constables, I must b. that you will use your influence with the magistrates t) obtain a delay in carrying it out, in order that a fad inquiry may be made into a subject of so much inapt. tance. The objections which I think may be fairly raced against the proposal to diminish the expenses of the Coro. ner's Court are as follows :—lf the payment of 7a. 6d. for each inquest was fixed many years ago, when the expenses of living and house rent were much less than they are at present, and if such a sum was regarded as only sufficient at that time. c should be rather increased than decreased at the pre.eut time. By the employment of efficient constables I hare been able to reduce considerably the coot of each inquest to the county, and not only to reduce the expenses of ea , inquest, but to diminish the time and labour of jun , " Should the present proposals be carried out, I beli.w would be followed by the resignation of all the A..kt constables. Then the place would have to be tilted by mm unaccustomed to the work, and who by their want knowledge of the nature of the evidence required and tba camel' which inquests should be held, would unnere warily multiply adjournments and inquest& and thus greatly increase the present expense of coroners inquiries. tinder these circumstances I would earnestly ur R th' board of magistrates to refer the report in question hr t to the committee, in order that inquiries be made from IL. coroners and constables. " I have the honour to he, Sir, " Your most obedient servant, "EDWIN L.assEa•st, Coroner. " H. Pownall, Esq." A memorial was also read, stool Lc the e.,rm,vr..,' rem of the county, against the mea•un.. Mr. moved the adoption of the report, which Mr. Wyatt. Mr. Cocks moved that the ref rt rorrr. I back to the committee for further coienderati.m. Mr. Charles Wright said he was in favour of five-.ltilliti.:. He thought they went too far in lowering tlw 78. 6d. to 4e. The chairman then put the inoti.,iith.it! . . report be adopted, and it was earned by a large in I, the amendment being negatived. THE IRISH CHURCH.—Last eveniu .1 i defence,"tle united meeting, convened under the auspices of the II on.: .1 branch of the Middlesex Constitutional AAS”I`..,I. .s. '' t held at the Assembly Rooms, Holly Bit-it-hill. 11.e..e•••• as the circular sad a t rtli•un:n' I" "of n admission was by ticket, and the attentee ': whole, was both numerous and intluented. NI,. I • Hoare was called to the chair, and in his openal: • he strongly insisted upon the right of the this .% • - to retain its endowments as property with State had no business to deal. 'Mr. J. 11. 1. churchwarden, of Hampstead, proposed th.• ing resolution :—" That this meeting, wlol.• for the correction of any proved let Irish church, is strenuously opposed to its di-. *:* ment and disendowmcut." The Rev. E. • seconded the resolution in a strong anti-l'el-ly and Mr. Comick followed on the same side. The • tion was energetically resisted by the liev. W. 11: who, however declined to move any aniendnu•nt...o:• • ; ing the manifest one-sided character of the ne cc',:. • • the absurdity of its decision being tat. true reflex of the opinion of the majority of 'iv or inhabitants of the district. Mr. Mania , -'' Dr. Underhill also endeavoured to thew injustice of maintaining the Irish church in onpaatio” the will of the people of England and Irelati.l; and Mr. Robt. Baxter, one of the agents of the orvu:e: or constitutional arty, had argued at some le nse n gth . in favour, the resolution was put to the vote sad Cann tki 5. a large majority. The minority, how.•cer, W" means insignificant. Alderman Halo neo - e .l 4 . 1 resolution, pledging the meeting not to It didate for Middlesex who was favourable to Mr. i• stone's measure of disestablishment. Mr. this resolution, which, on a show of hands, I , +' " • the same manner as the first. 130IITIIWARK.—An opposition to the two members, Mr. Locke and Mr. Layard (liherah o , of. It is said that Mr. Scovell, the whavtinget, I'••• selected to oppose them. •t- NEW GAMING ACT.—Yesterday the ne w" Act Amendment, which contains an important affecting the parties who play or bet in the stiee'T was printed. From the Ist October persons betting by way of wagering in a street, road, or P i w resort are to be deemed rogues and vagabonds. 3" punished under the act of the sth Ueo. IV., e. s 5. ST. SWITIL IN' S -DAY.—Om St. Swit b s-,l:ty nesday) great quantities of rain fell between Wei . !•••::, and Ileetpond, ou the South-Western line. Then. much thunder and lightning in the same part.. At. Row, in Hants, it rained all the afternoon. I. ; 't h ,„ by the side of Winchester cathedral, where St• lies buried, was struck by lightning, and in some pa.' at the neighbourhood of Winchester much rain Rill. The weekly half-holiday movement wttg minced yesterday, at Leicester. on a large sealo• ye fluential public meeting, in which the leadinCali %9 k, r. and other ministers took part, with Mr. rage , ' h .{ Mr. H. Walker, of London, and other sitt!"..., adopted resolutions favour of the moviaatut previous' Tuesday. I I _,