The Express. — London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

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Baker.—Dandag by Mdlls. C. Stephan. —And SHE TALLULAH. NIGH WLTIZ AT LONDON mama This DAT Mange& 4h. 104‘...../IW ars th. 2744. To-moiutow Mango& 4h. ea.....Alhorsom 41. AUL LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6. THE quiet old city of Exeter has been en livened by an election contest unusually exciting. The event which occasioned it had long been anti cipated. The rival parties had been carefully marshalling their forces. For nearly two years the candidates had been in the field. They were both Devonshire men, both men of influence and position, both connected by family ties with the city which they aspired to represent, both per sonally known to many of the citizens, and both no doubt had amongst the electors their private friends and their private enemies. For months their merits and their demerits—their public con duct and their private pursuits—their public aims and their private aims had been warmly canvassed in the local journals. Obviously in such a contest there was every element which could rouse party feeling and add liveliness to the struggle. And the result has amply justified these natural expectations. The battle has been fought with uncompromising vigour. No quarter has been given or received. The oratory on both aides has been more than usually vigorous. Each candidate has charged the other with using the extreme rigour of party warfare. And the small majority of 26 in • constituency of 3,000 proves that the victory of the Tories has only been achieved after a severe struggle. Hitherto the representation of Exeter has been equally divided between the two great political parties. Evidently the election of a Tory to succeed Mr. EDWARD DIVETT is a considerable triumph. Nor can it be denied that the Exeter Tories played their cards extremely well. In selecting Lord Commas/AT, a young nobleman of 25, as their candidate, they selected one admi rably fitted for their purpose. It is true that personally he had little to recommend him. Un known, except upon the turf, he has given no sign that he has either the capacity or the in clination to examine the political problems of the day, or to form • sound judgment with respect to any one of them. There are hundreds of young Englishmen well able to undertake this task, and i if the Tory electors of Exeter had desired to discharge the trust reposed in them, and to choose • fit and proper person to represent that city in Parliament, they could have had no difficulty in gratifying the desire. But they had no such wish. AU they wanted was to add another man to the Conservative rank and file. Ability and experience are very well, but in selecting • candidate the first essential is to get • man of influence and position, who, if he cannot command the respect of the electors, will at all events command their votes. That Lord COURTENAY will follow Mr.DISRAILLI and Sir STAI. FORD NORTHCOTE into the division lobby with undeviating fidelity is tolerably certain. But that this young nobleman would ever have succeeded in winning the day over has distinguished and eloquent antagonist, if the citizens of Exeter had not been overpowered by their feudal superiors, is more than we can bring ourselves to believe. It was perhaps natural enough that Sir STAF FORD NORTHCOTE, living as he does in the neigh bourhood, and passaged of a large estate, should take pert in the election. But Mr. COLERIDGE was prob►bly not far from the truth when he said that Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE had other grounds for the course which he took. " I know," said Mr. COLERIDGE, "that he sat for Dudley as the re " presentative of a noble lord. I know that he " sits for Stamford by the aid of a noble marquis. " And I know, and can perfectly understand, that " he may wish to make his friend sit for Exeter " upon the nomination of another noble lord." But Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE was not alone. " There was," as Mr. Conzatooz said, " the " whole force of the county of Devon. " There is my Lord COCIITENAY, who repro " senta an ancient and illustrious family. " There is Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, who " represents not South Devon —he tried "to represent that. There are Mr. Kexzwiew " and Sir LAWRENCE PALE, who represent the " wisdom, pluck, and chivalry of South Devon. " There is a young nobleman (the Hon. Mr. " Mergers) whom I don't pretend to have any " connexion with, and he comes from North " Devon." How came it that this goodly array of political magnates and powerful landowners made their appearances on the hustings at Exeter I Was it mere curiosityor personal interest in their young friend, Lord CoI:MT-SAY, that brought them thither ? Their presence on the day of nomi nation had a deeper meaning. In London, in Bristol, in Manchester, or in Glasgow, such an array would be utterly without signifi cance. But in such • town as Exeter it meant that the great Tory noblemen and landlords of the county of Devon were resolved to use whatever influence is conferred by property and position to dictate the choice of the City of Exeter, and to overcome the electors by threatening them with the loss of their patronsge. It is an old constitutional doctrine that the presence of the people in the galleries of the House of Com mons may disturb the calmness of their deliberation, and provision is made for their exclusion. In like manner, during an election the military must be confined to barracks, lest they should coerce the electors. But neither the mob in the House of Commons nor the soldiers in the streets are so the freedom of election, or so men to vote against their COIIIIICtiOI3I4 • lot formidable array of noblemen and broad-acred squires who came to preside over the Exeter election. But the coercion exercised at Exeter is some thing more than theory. People talk as if there were a real representative system in this country. Take any county in England. Who are the chief landed proprietors t Ascertain their politics, and you may find the politics of the sitting member. The mw of the elm:toes have no more to do with electing their repre sentative than they have with electing the Pops. In great cities the we is somewhat better. The hands and the voices of the borough electors are not so discordant. But Exeter mums no excep tion to the ordinary rule. Hear what Mr. COLL. RIDGE says upon the subject. His experience is personal and recent, and is, therefore, the more valuable. " Now, it is seed me," exclaimed that learned gentleman, "what I think of the ballot. " I will tell you this : that this election has con " Tinned me that the ballot is a great necessity. " I tell you fairly that when I came to contest the " seat I had no idea that in the year 1864 it " would have been necessary to have protection " for the maintenance and delivery of one's " private political opinions. I should have " thought it impossible—but for what has come " under my own eye, and of which, therefore, I " cannot doubt the truth—that men in the present " day could be so lost to a sense of what is jut " and fair between man and man as to make pecu " nary business relations the means of getting " votes. It is perfectly true—what the noble " lord and others have said—it is per " fectly true that I begin my political educe " tion late in life, but it is never too late to learn; " and I confess, although I have arrived at middle " age, that I did not know there was that amount " of moral coercion existing. I did not believe it ; "but I know myself of a great many instances of " men in this city who have come forward and " have told me that they would gladly vote for " me—that they would give their hearts to do so, " but that they are prevented from doing so by "coercion. (' Name,' from the Conservatives.) " Name ! Do yon ask me their names; do you ask "me to give up the names of those whom you have " tyrannised over in order that you may hold the " rod over them I Well, therefore, I can advance " upon my address, and I can say that whereas I " have been fairly represented before as saying that " I did not think the ballot would do any harm, I "am now convinced it would do a great deal of " good." We recommend Mr. BERICILLT to take a note of this. Before his annual motion again occurs it will probably be forgotten by the majo• city of Members, and certainly by the Palms I MLNISTILL Ebt Court. OSBORNE, Aware 5. Her Majesty and Princess Beatrice rode in the greeds yesterday 'Hermes. Prince Leopold yesterday laid the first atone of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham. His Royal Hiebeess mead to Southamptoe is the Fairy sesompanied by Prince Louie of Hero, sod attended by Lisat•Geasnl the Hoe. C. Gen and Mr. Buff. Captain aa Waterway, was is at:Madam. oa Prima Loma. Earl Graaville also mocceopsaial the Princes. Their Royal Righnceees were received at the Bishop's Waltham Station by the chairman, the provisional corn. mittes, the treasurer, and the honorary secretary of the Royal Albert Infirmary, the steward. of the festival com mittee, the bishop of the &mem, the bran of Winchester, the Rector of Bishop's Waltham, and the Mayors of Win chester, Portsmouth, and Southampton, and passed directly to the plaoe appointed for the laying of the foundation. stone. After theeereercey, the Princes drove to the Clay Works, and thence through the town to the test erected in the pounds of the ruined palace of the Bishop of Winchester, where luncheon was prepared fee 500 persons. After luncheon their Royal Highnesses returned by special train to Soethemptos. Th. Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince. Louis of Hese, and Prince William of Prussia, embarked in the HU and were present at the Crows' regatta.l Prince Leopold and Prince Louis of Hesse also went on hosed the lien on their return from Bishop's Waltham. The ladies and Gentlemen in attendance were the Hoe. Mrs. Stooor, Baran= Dobeneck, Baroness de Gouty, Lieet.-General the Hors. C. Grey, Ltset.-Colonel De Plat, Major Teesdale, Osptain von Weeterweller, and Mr. Buff. Sir George Grey left London yesterday for FaSeas. THE PRINCE OF WALE& DARTMOUTH, Auoctrr 6. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert arrived off here this morning. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and party came into the harbour and rowed round the training ship Britannia. The yacht then left for the eastward. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF PRINCE Auar.D.—Today being the anniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, who was born on the 6th of August, 1644, the morales was ushered in by the usual de tnoestrations of loyalty to bar Majesty and respect to his royal highnees. DOVZit, Aroner s.—Colonel Francis Seymour, C. 8., weed through Dover this montiug, en route for Switzerland. to join his Royal Highness Priam Arthur. Tb. 78th Highlanders embarked thin day from the Admiralty Pier on board the troop steamer Himalaya. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland in tend to remain at Sion Boum, Islemooth, till the 29th lost, and then p to Alnerick Castle, Northumberland, for the 'rioter. The Duke of Leinster left town yesterday for Dover, on a skill to Lord and Lady Gerald Fitzgerald, before his `rase goes to his seat le IreLod, which will be after the 12th inst. The Duchess of Somerset and Lady Gwendoline SI. Maur have left the Admiralty for Balsam& Park, Bucks. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian have arrived at Newtattle Abbey. hoar Monteviot, near Jd bußb• The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde left town lest evening to pee s few weeks at Homburg. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aileaury eatertassed a select party at dinner yesterday awaking as their maesioa in Pall-mall. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln are expected to return to town early in the ensuing week from Brighton. The Earl of St. Germans and Lord Eliot have left the noble earl's seat, Port Eliot, in Cornwall. The Earl Spencer, aa colonel of the Northampton shire Riffs Volnotaere, is now entertaining that corps at Althorn. The men are socarcped in the park, in testa, each affording accoromodatioe for Ste men. They are to be " ander cute." for a weak. Couot de Blome has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Perk. Lord Schomberg Kerr left town yesterday for flootlead, to visit the Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian, previous to neosillog hie official duties at Freakfort. Baron and Baroneas Lionel Rothschild and Miss Rothschild are exploited to leave town the week after seat for a tour I. Germany. Colonel F. Seymour, C. 8.. passed through Dover yesterday. for Switzerland, to join hie Royal Highness Prises Arthur. Mr. M. G. Hutchinson and the Rev. E. M. Wean lave 141 tin Cismelos Rotel km Uweblabs. The Sahoday Renew mentions • rumour to the effect that a peerage is shortly to be costerrial upon Sir Chula Wood, the Seeretarp el Stale ler ladia. A,Tik :SA c i ' I • IAT.EBT INTEL IGEIFE 4 AMERICA. . (urnia's Tassum.) ARRIVAL OF THE AINFRALARIAN. The Royal Nail steamship Australasian, from New York on the 27th ult., arrived at Queens town at 9 am. to-day. She brings 64 passengers and 111,806 dela. in specie. She landed 119 sacks of mails and 11 passengers, and proceeded at 9.15 a.m., all well. NEW YORK, JULY 26, Evyanra. In the engagement on the 22nd inst. General Sherman repulsed all the Confederate attacks. General Macpherson was killed. On the following day both belligerents buried their dead under flag of truce. General Rousseau is said to h►ve occupied Mont gomery, Alabama, and cut all the railroads leading to Atlanta from the west and south west. The roads east of Atlanta are destroyed. Ranly defeated a portion of Hunter's troops,coni mended by Crook and Averill, on the 23rd and 24th, near Winchester. The Federal. retreated to Harper's Ferry. The Confederates have ocenpied Martinsburg, and commenced destroying the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Preparations are being made to resist any further Confederate invasion in Maryland. Averill, Kelley, and Mulligan are rumoured to have been killed. Smith's expedition has returned to Memphis for supplies, after defeating Format in five engage ments. The situation before Petersburg is unchanged. Grant has appointed Ord to the command of the 18th Army Corps, and Birney to the 10th Army Corps. Secretary Fessenden has ►ppealed to the people for subecriptions to a loan of 200,000,000 dole. 7 3-10ths Treasury notes, redeemable in three years, and with interest payable in currency. The notes are to be convertible at maturity into bonds bear ing interest payable in gold. The Belgian, Marathan, Scotia, and Borussia have arrived out. PAM YORK, JOLT 27, MORNING. A desperate engagement was fought at Atlanta on the 22nd inst. The result was indecisive. The Confederates lost 7,000 and the Federals 2,000 men. The railroad communication between Atlanta and Montgomery has been destroyed. General Sherman maintained a position to the left of the city, within a portion of the fortifica tions. General Hunter's forces have been defeated, and compelled to retreat to Harper's Ferry. A fresh invasion of Maryland is expected. Gold, 2561. Exchange on London, 280. Money sillier. Nothing doing is 'United States Sixes. Cotton dull and unchtkpged. Breadstufts generally steady. The Times correspondent A New York, writing July 27, IlLans, says : " The Federal force left to hold the Shenandoah Valley, after the pursuit of the Maryland invaders was abandoned, was attacked near Winchester on Suiday last, by General ',sly, and, after a severe engagement, defeated and driven through Martins burg to the Potomac, or Williamsborough and Harper's Ferry, with heavy loss in men and artil lery " The Confederates have reoccupied Martins• burg, and it is conjectured are being heavily re inforced, with the intention of again advancing into Maryland or Pennsylvania. " Grant remains inactive iu his entrenchments before Peterborough. " The reported evacuation of Atlanta is contra dicted. The battle before that city, brought on by the Confederates on the 21st Mat., continued throughout the 22nd with great severity. The Federal admit the loss of 2,500 men, among whom is General Macpherson, killed. They estimated the Confederate love at upwards of 7,000. On Saturday evening the fighting was suspended, the womded on both sides were removed, and the dead buried, under truoe. "There is still no publication of official details from either Sherman or Staunton. " Non-official Washington despatches of yester day state that on Monday morning the fighting had not been renewed. " It is believed that the reinforcements from Vir ginia, reported to have gone to support Hood, are Longetreet's corps, 20,000 strong. _ _ " There is no further news of the North• We stern Confederacy. The story is believed to have been greatly exaggerated." (Lima's nzaawiet.) FRANCE AND GERMANY. The Constitutiontiel of to-day, in an article cor recting the journals which accuse the French go vernment of having allowed an opportunity for territorial aggrandisement to pans by, says:—" The only thing true is that England, with the object of preserving the possessions of King Christian, would willingly have passed from diplomatic action to military action. But in a war with Germany France would have bad to bear the full brunt and expense. England would have swept the sea, capturing the vessels belonging to the belligerents, and taking a glorious part almost coetless and con venient." The Constitutionnel, in conclusion, de clares that France never had the promise nor the prospect of territorial aggrandisement. " England offered nothing ; France asked for nothing. Neither Earl Clarendon during his journeys to Paris, nor the British cabinet in its diplomatic despatches, ever hinted at France taking the Rhine frontier." PORTUGAL PARIS, Arcurr 6. Advicee received here from Lisbon state that yesterday being the anniversary of the establish ment of the Constitution, the King received the municipal authorities. His Majesty said that be would always maintain those institutions which contribute to the prosperity of his people. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA. (By Telegraph free Brim) OLLCUTTA, JOLT 16. Grey shirtings and mule twist improving. Cotton quiet. Exchange on London, 2s. Id. Government securities : Four per Cents., 94 ; Five per Cents., 1041 ; Five-and-a-Half per Ceuta., 1134. Freights improving. BOMBAY, JULY 16. Cotton.—Oomrawuttee, 565 rupees. Exchange en London, 111. ld. Government seonritiee : Four per Cent., 95 ; Five per Cents., 105 ; Five-and•a- Half per Cents, 115. Freights dull and declining. CANTON, Jewe 30. The markets here, as well as 14 Shaaghae, are unchanged. MELBOURNE, Jinni 26. The gold shipped since the depictors of the last small amounts to 63,750 ounces. Trade is unaltered. UGUST 6, g r itia4 THE CALCIRTA AND CHINA MAIM. KIIITEAMPTON, Ammer 6. The Peninstilar and Oriental Company's stew& skip Delhi, with the above mails, has arrived. She bring. 107 passengers, including Sir Robert Schoenberg, her Majesty's Consul at Siam ; also 1,1061 in specie, 648 packages of silk, and 194 packages of general merchandise. The British schooner Edwards„ from Mangan, bad arrived at Gibraltar with 187 passengers. Several Hebrew families emigrating from Barbary to Palestine were taken on to Alexandria by the steamer Aransas. At Gibraltar Exchange on London, 90 days, was gaoled 50i ; on Paris, from 6fr. 30c. ; Genoa, Mr. Sic. Freights unaltered. ARRIVAL OF THE DELHI. (sr =craw nutozAra.) (nom out owl oosaaroannorr.) SOUTHAMPTON, SArcramy Roman. The Delhi has just arrived. She has been delayed owing to the China steamer breaking down. Amongst the Delhi's passengers is Sir Robert Schoenberg, H.B.bL's Consul at Siam. Lieutenant Macaulay, a nephew of the late Lord Macaulay, died on board. were quite in the dark, wad could not tell what was the Arise bfr the prosecution. &wryer i in raising the famous difficulty of antigning thirteen puma for forming • society of sere than twenty, provoked such a hearty laugh that the president threatened to clear the ; court The trial, which is breaking down under the weight of ridicule, will not bid so long as was ex pected. The examination is already over, and the Advocate-General has commenced his speech for the prosecution. The words "By order" on the Opera bills for this evening are understood as meaning that the King of the Belgians, who has left Vichy, will be present at the performanoe. THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF COCHIN CHINA. According to the Moniker the intelligence brought to Frames by every mail from Cochin China is far from confirming the reports owned in Paris lest winter, to the effect that the French government inteeded to limit its colonel establishment there to a very restricted oesetpatkei. Every set of the governor, Beer Admiral de Ls Greedier% bears witness to the intention of maintaining Frisch autho rity and extending its Mance, ea will be sue from a rapid mutton of the react proceed*" of the loon administration. In February the governor, in order to ove reat usury, which is the merge of the East, decided on founding five iloots-de-Pitte, being one for molt of the pro vieces ceded to Freese. As these establishments ere to lead mosey at 3 per out. per month, the onneut este in Cochin China mast have been most exorbitant. In April, the first careening dock, open:noted is the government arsenal si l l Saigon, was opened ; it is 72 metres (236 feet) keg, end will admit, in ordinary tides, Teasels drawing 4.20 metres (131 t 9i0.) This dock bee cost 70,000 h. Bat the most im portant avast is the ratifloadoo, by the French government, of Use treaty of protectorate cos eluded last year by Rear-Admiral de Ls Grandient with the Bing of Climbed* who, when the Bing of Siam threatened to annex his territory, applied to Franco for protection, and obtained it. " This fact," my. the diked journal, "is the most formal contandiciioe that can be given to those persons who circulate alarming rumours. The government has SOW had the least thought of restrict ing Preach dominatica in Cochin Chios." The French college at Adieu, confided to catholic misionaries, ie making constant progress. The adoption of the European alphabet has greatly facilitated primary instruction. Mart of the hays now learn as much in ten maths as the pap& under the native teachers eon in ten years. A great number already read Fritsch with seas, and some of them speak it very passably. Four of the native boys are sow acting Si interpreters at different stations. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nos ous Owl PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The long-expected trial of MM. Garnier Pages, Cannot, and others (" thirteen " in all) for being members of an unauthorised electoral meeting of more than twenty persons commenced to-day in the sixth chamber of correctional police. K Dobignie was the presiding judge. The court was as full as it could hold, but being no bigger than a moderate sized dining-room there was scarcely any room for the public. The accused, the witnesses, the numerous counsel engaged, and the still greater number of advocates in costume, who came from curiosity, nearly occupied every available space at an early boor. On the observation of M. Desmarest that the trial was not publics because nobody had been admitted without giving his name, the presiding judge ordered the doors to be thrown open, and about a dozen people out of the great mass waiting outside contrived to squeeze in. The heat was something frightful. It has been stated that the council of the Order of Advocates had resolved to attend this trial in full dress to waist such of the traversers as are members of the bar ; but the president refused to assign a reserved place for the council, on the ground that none of the defendants were accused in their character of advocates. I think this a reasonable distinction. Some years ago, when hi Emile 011ivier was sue pended—and moat iniquitously suspended, as I always thought—for a hasty but not insulting word addressed to the public prosecutor, the council of the order was allowed to attend in state to act as his counsel. But there the privileges of the bar were directly in question. In the present case there is nothing of the kind, and much as I think the " thirteen" are aggrieved, I cannot blame the judge for refusing to allow the council of the Order of Advocates to make a hostile political demon stration. All the travemers appeared at the bar. Their names are MM. Gamier Pages, deputy ; Caruot, deputy ; Dreo, advocate ; Herold, advocate of the Council of StateandtheConmof Cessation ; Chimer- Ran, advocate ; Floquet, advocate ; Ferry, advocate; Durier, advocate ; Corbon, ex-representative of the people ; Jozon, advocate ; Herisson, advocate ; Meisheim, arose at Schelestadt ; and Bory, advo cate at Marseilles. The counsel engaged are M. Jules Fevre, for Gamier Pages ; M. Marie, for Carnot and Bory ; K Gravy, for K Dreo ; M. Picard, deputy for Paris, for K Herold ; K H. Didier, for M. Floquet ; K Berryer, for M. Ferry ; M. Dufaure, batonnier, for M. Durier ; M. &nerd, for M. Corbon ; M. Deamarest, for M. Jozon ; M. Arago, for M. Harrison ; and M. Hebert, for IL Melsheim. You will see, therefore, that all the moat eminent leaden of the bar are retained in the cause. Contrary to expectation the government has not attempted to interdict a report of the proceedings. The first witness called was M. Brasseur, a mem ber of the Council-General of the Haut-Rhin, who said, in few words, that he lived at Sohelestadt, and had been a member of an electoral committee to which M. Melsheim, one of the traverses, also belonged ; but that this committee had neither president nor secretary, and did not meet at fixed periods. On cross-examination he admitted that the government candidate had an electoral com mittee of upwards of 100 persons, which met in a brewery, and was presided over either by the mayor or his deputy. Two other witnesses from the same locality deposed to much the same effect, one of them stating that the opposition com mittee consisted of only 14 persons. Wonderful to relate this was all the evidence for the prosecu tion ; when it was over the President proceeded to interrogate the traverser*. M. Gamier Pages, before answering any ques tion, desired, and was allowed, to read a protest which he and M. Carnot had lodged with the judge of instruction on behalf of the dignity of the Corps Legialatif. He complained that the rights of the re presentatives of the nation had been violated by breaking their locks, seizing their papers, and finding out against the principle of the ballot the names of the electors who had voted for him and K Carnot. He then admitted he had at one time constituted a com mittee of twenty-five persons, among whom were several young advocates (authors of the Electoral Manual), with a view to give legal advice to electors, and also to recommend candidates, but that in con sequence of a note in the ifoniteur this first com mittee was dissolved ; and the second committee, which had no connexion whatever with it, never consisted of more than fourteen memb •rs. In the course of his examination K Gamier Pages became very animated, and said that without electoral committee; universal suffrage wu a lie and &delusion, and that in point of fact the public prosecutor ought to beat the bey to take his trial, instead of himself and his friends. The president said, "Oh, lam astonished to hear such language," and K Maier, the imperial advocate, said it was an " insult," and threatened to make a comminatory motion against K Gamier Pages. The latter, however, insisted that he bad a right to characterise the pro secution as he had done, and the subject was al lowed to drop. M. Carnot said be had belonged to several elec toral committees, but the office was such a sinecure that he scarcely remembered much about them. The ttruth was that there had been a general awakening of public. opinion, and the hat general elections had returned several opposition members quite spontaneously. But the authorities preferred to suppose the existence of some occult govern ment rather than admit the patent fact that Prance was democratic and liberal. The counsel for the defenu then rue almost in a body, and protested one after the other that they LIRE AT VICHY. A letter from Vichy, of the 3rd says :—" This bathing-plan, monde@ at the present moment ea Emperor, a King, • Paoha, a great number of eminent personages, and 10,000 tethers and water-drhikers. Aseesding from the sew park, following the capricious windings of the river, on the right are sees the imperial chalet' inhabited by the Emperor sod hie snits. These &Mete, six is number, are entered from a fine boulevard of recent mar tion. They stand is the middle ot spacious squares very prettily laid oat, and their principal entrance is at the bask, towards the &glib park. Their ground door, which is raised on a bailment storey, consists of a Naomi, • dining-reom, large bedroom, and a study. The Bret door is distributed in nearly the same man ner. The Emperor rises early, takes a bath at 7, breakfasts at 10, sad dime. at 5. From half•past 11 to 1, or eves later, his Majesty walks in the park, like the other bathers, some. times accompanied by General deli:milk, at others by the Marquis de Clermont Tonnerre, or Weevils the Marquis de Tonlongeoe and Count LEpic, his orderly officers. Where ever he passes the crowd reupectf ally 'elute him. A day or two ago, a little girl, five years of age, who was selling flowers, offered the Emperor • earnatioe, without knowing to whom she spoke. Hie Majesty took the Bower, and gave her • napoleon, with which she *compered off io great delight. A similar occurrence took place two mornings since, when a little boy who was selling jounale, meeting the Em. war returning from the bath, offered bim the Moniterr dit Soir, which was accepted and paid for with a napoleon, to the young dealer's unbounded amazement." Several of the French journals state that a grand ehildrea's fete will be gives by the Prime Imperial at BR Cloud on the 14th August. REPRIMENTATION OF RRIOATL—We (Surrey Standard) rejoin to lean that the late rumour of the Bar Edmund J. Mosson's longtime to offer himself se a candidate for the representatioo of this borough in parliament at the next general election, is well founded. Knowing as we do the high sad liberal principles evinced war is paramour by the Right Rm. William John (sow Lord Moral), the pest astisfactios be gave to his coastitesats, sad that Me brother, the Roe. Edmund Jobs Memos (prolamin the same principles), has been educated as a statesman amen the corps &Overages, sod is knows no be a man of cos siderable energy and talent, we °isnot but hope a ral r. ll point bas been found, by which the division of the bs may be healed, and the advantages of a local candidates, • I well. known name sad great Irene for the high duties et parliament, obtained. REPRESENTATION OF MERIONETHSHIRE—At the last general sierra Mx. Wyse*, the primal member, and Mr. David Williams, of DeWresth Oast* were Me candidates for this ooesty, sad after a hard-fought battle, the conservative interest prevailed by • narrow majority. The liberals, stimulated by the feet that they were only ie • small atioority five years ego, hays determined to contest the county aria, 'ad unless Mr. David William rouser to corns forward, it is believed that the Mars of the party will fell on Mr. Thomas Barr, who is largely COWMANd with the railway hamlets of the county. Mr. Williams, bolos advanced is yam. will, it is feared, decline cooing forward win. Lawns FROM THR COUNTERS or MANN. —At a meeting of the town cone& of Dunfermline on Werlanday, the following touching letter from the Cantor of Elgin was reed Broomhalt. July 12. Sir , —I regnant that you will have the goods.. to express to th e provost and magistrates and town council of Deuteron** my deeper** of their kind. sees is forwarding to me exempts from their minutes in relation to the inoperable loss that it has pleased Provides.* to leant upon me and my childres. It is most platens to me to have this assurance that these who have Mown Lord Elgin from kin youth so fully appro.:ate his death ema eatiaeal, as well as a private lose For their kind sympathy with myself I cannot sufficiently thank them: Is the midst of my deep sorrow I look beck with solemn grit& to& to the privilege nearelfully grated to me of wi the calm resignation aad courage of those last ra .sib y e sei painful illness, aid of treasuring up the mend words and wishes which dwelt io the good of his nanny and the truest welfare of those most dear to him. That his diadem may daily become more able to appreciate the merits said follow the footsteps of their beloved father, sod that I may be aided and strengthened to do my part in promoting this end in accordance with his views sad dares, will be the merest aim and the greatest orimastioo of ray remaining days.—l bus the honour to be, sir, your Medina nerrant, MART L. ELGIN, bt " Tux BISEuP or Noawica AND Baoruss linence —As ban bees several times explained, the Rev. E. A. Halyard, chat:dein of the Norwich marlines, has identified himself with Brother Ignatius and the BKliak order of fit. Becedick The Bishop of Norwich bans appealed to, write% to the clerk to the board :—" Dear sir,— I ban been absent from Norwich. and owing toe ssialireetice your letter of the 18th iost. oaly reached ms this morning. I presume that the queriiee contained is your letter is ed ' dressed to me by the baud of gnu din* end sot Italy by the depritatios appealed by them to comet meats with the Poor-law Board. and therefore I feel bend to reply to it explicitly. I have already explained to the Poor-law Board my strong disapproval ef Mr. Hill yard's proceedings, and I argot ha surprised that by his conduct he has forfeited the confidence et the beard of guardians. Whey I eautioned his appeistment to the offioe of chaplain in 1860 I did not soaped that be held the opinions or would have mewed the course which be bag since avowed and adopted. I cousider that these opinions and his conduct disqualify him for his reepoosible office, and if I were now applied to for my suction to his appointment to that Mice I shield feel it my duty to withhold it.—l remaia, deer sir, your faithful mensat,--lone T. NORWICH " Tux Vicroata RIFLER.—On Thursday his Grace the Doke of Wellington, in pursuance of his manual carom, eetertainall the members of this corps who attended parade on the amens of the recast issporno. Aber{ MO availed themselves of their commaadiegaffi•ser's hospitality. Among the guests Invited were Oneida Templer, Lear. Bridgewater and C un ningham. sad Eagles Neekessie, of the 18th Marrow corps). sad Ream Halbert, of the 47th (Steamers carps), and Major Math, Capt. lisedrey, sad Limn. Pillow end Jourdan. who WWI ow duty with Me detachment of the let Middlesex Artillery, who kept the poned. After dieser the eseepany *Moused to the Waterloo Macey, where a seised= el neat aegis we aarmWy urger as mode asoeusaseyist by kale Li 11 me •14101611. sesiiel by Eons . Tza Loin Vaormon. On Wednesday next "the lon vacation" emememene, end Ms law mid lenses will net, la • immure. eatfl the 24M Weber. NAVAL AND MILITARY. MEWS OF WAR BUILDING FOR THE ROYAL NAVY. There are at the present lima vemsls ender °midsec tion at the various royal sad private dockyards for the British navy, many of which are in a very forward state for lauschieg. Try °ought of 4 iron screw ships, 2 iron. eased screw ships, 1 aorew iron corvette, 1 double screw ins gun-boat, 1 double screw iron and wood gun-boat, 6 screw frigates, 3 sinew ships, 2 screw corvette.. 4 sere. sloops, 1 peddle despatch reel, 5 screw gun easels, and 6 weer gun-boata. The names of these ships, together with the number of guns, hone-power, and tonnage, and the place where building, are se follows: bum Scam Sure. Ships. Gass. H.P. Tons. Port. Agincourt Bellerephea Lord Clyde 24 .. 1000 .. 4067 .. Pembroke. Northumberland 28 .. 1350 .. 6621 .. sfillwall. Inow.cnarn Elcsnw Sawa. Lord Wards. , Boyd Alfred .....35 800 4046 .. Portsmouth. IRON Scuw Cosvirrs. Pallas C 600 Woolwich. Dom: scam 'los GUM BOLT. Viper DOUBLI &UV 1101 AND WOOD GUN BOAT. vine A scuw Saws, Coorms. Fitionrse,k.c. 4 300 . 1061 .. Pembroke. Belvklera Bittern Bruiser Buleurk... Cherub Omer 2 60 .. 236 .. Portsmouth. Dartmouth Dryad Endymioa 22 500 .. 2478 .. Deptford. Harlequin Helicon later 14sesi 22 400 .. 1657 .. Chatham. Wastrel 2 60 .. 233 .. Portsmouth. Myrmidon 4 .. 200 .. 693 .. Chatham. 25usau Motley 4 200 695 Pembroke. 2 60 233 Portsmouth. toieort.. ... Noe* Star 22 400 .. 1857 .. Sheerness. Orwell 2 60 233 Portsmouth. itt Rep u lsete 81 800 3114 .. Devouport. Sylvia 4. 200 696 Woolwich. Tartarus 4 200 695 Pembroke. Tweed 39 600 3027 Pembroke. Rear-Admiral Simpson and Lieutenant Simplon, of the Milian navy, and Secretary Benevento (says the Army and Nary Gareite) have parchased a large quantity of steel shot for the me of their government, and here given orders for • number of heavy gone is Ragland. Our govern. meat has, we holier., purchased about two tone weight of deal shot. The Milian officers are also empowered so boy war voreali and order ironclad ships. Rair•Admirals Chas. Eden,C.B., Chu. Frederick and Mr. W . G. Romaine, C. 8., form the Board of Admiralty (roma. the Army sod Navy Gazette) during the absence of the Duke of Senoras' the other the ea their usual enema tour of inspection. ROYAL NAVAL &NERVE. —The following age. pointmenta have been made:—To be lieutenant, William Brown ; to be honorary lieutenant, John Whartou. Tex ORDER Or rag BATH. —W AZ-OFFICE, Aram s.—The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointmeete to the Meet Eforionrabie Order of the Bath. To be an Ordinary Mem ' ber of the Military Division of the Second Clams, or Knight. Commanders, via.:—Major-General John Garvock. To be Ordinary Members of the Military Divides of the Third Clan, or Campanian, viz. :—Colorsel Reginald Forge Shipley, 7th Regiment ; Lieutegant-Colonel John Luther Vaughan, Bengal Staff Corps; Lieutenant-Colooel George Allgood, Seaga Staff Corps ; Lionisation-021os.! Frede rick Octavian Sainsbury, 101st Lieutenant. Colonel Charles Henry Browelow, al Staff Corps : Lieutenant-Colossi Chailes Patios Keyes, Madras Staff Carps ; and Major John Stewart Tata, Royal Artillery. —Gaxtee. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) RATITIIIDAT. 1000117 I. $ LL abicd•ii WY Greiresia Ulna* . Cagle alla; =fa 6. T. W. • - - W. lj S.W. II W. 66 W. 11 - - - - 10.01 W.&W. 4 $0.2160' 11.6. W. I 10.18 1 661 N.N.W. I 1 '10.8160 N.W. 1 WV 191 W. I 1 I 81.1408 W.N.W. 161861' WALW. 60.1866 X.X.W. 1110.11 66. X.W. ! 1 1.10 06 X.N.W. 10 0/ 118 111 X.X.X. • I .110.06 661 N .& I .6616 & 01 ,110.16 41 1 .!10.16 6.• X.N.W. I .1613 66 Z. I I ;00.1870 N. I1 1 80.1006 W.11.W. Am '10.0760 W.N.W. I 16.67 w W. . 1 . I ..sa 4 W. I & - W.S.W. W. 1 W. I W.N.W. 4 LW. 6 &W. • &&W. 2 W. W.N.W. N.N.W. It N. I N.& I LW. 4 LW. 14 &W. I W. 1 &W. It S. W.I.W. 2 & W.N.W. 1 : I fisamie .. tookefort...l rim* DO.Or ...... Meson& .. Nab a-.. NOIMAY. &S.W. to N. N. W., mo• Amble to fresh, some *bowers. As above. Pacsaata.. Itaantaan 110. DAY. OaaiaL N. W. to ME aad bat* to W., ate.. taw warms. w tr and ash to stiong= rah. N. W. to NZ. and Dirk lowraZalt. a/I ha e S. and 11.11., mos to MAW., moderato &rate to freak wills to fresh. some ram W. to N. and back. mo- IMPrzur. Westerly, warlableono dorate,genengly floe, derate,ralo In plass& bat showery. NortisernoJkotlaad. Western: Ireland. Wales, and inroads& nontawn=Zontlah Channel and by of &may. laseella =Eastward Taglauld and Myth 5.5 Foal:fox-corm; Ater= 2.—The Queen has base plowed to approve ef Mr. C. Daniel se orineul at NA Loofa, bland of Mauritius, for Ms Majesty the King of the &War. The Qaese has oleo been pleased to approve a Mr. Nicholas L. Humphrey aa ooesid at Trinidal for the tTeited States of A marks. The Queen bus oleo bees pleased to approve el Mr. D. IL Meson as mead is Leedom for his Majesty the Meg of Siam. --Gazette. T/11 DIMIANDIEISIT OF TON BABINOSTOKZ VOLIIN rm Comer—Berl de Grey and Rims, Blenhazy of Dhaka for War, has directed the mar g .. of Winchester. es Lead Liesteneall of Hampshire, to hold an ierptiry late the Mr• curnatanoss which lad to the disbeedment of the stoke Volaateere in May last, and the lord•lientees= open a court for that purpose at Wmobssier am Tuesdaysett. EXPLOSION OF ♦ POWDSII WIZ AT GITILDPORD. -- Yesterday nurning, at 23 minutes to 12, the lebabitasisaf Omldford and die neighbourhood were alarmed by • Ire mendeue explosion, which shook the churches and raw bums, and was distinctly heard in every pert of the lowa. A monsted messenger arrived at the elation of the ire brigade shortly afterwards, bringing intelligeace that s ten ride explosion bad taken place at the powder mills of Yr. S. Sharp, at Chilwortb, acid that destruction of life tad property to a serious extent bad resulted. The alarm hell rote the Town-hall wu at mice runs and is less than fire solutes the eagle, was oat as wan se the whole of the volunteer Ire brigade which has bse• recently formed here. Oa reaching the some of the wastrel:dm, about three miles from Guildford. there wee no diflicalt7 in amen bending at • &nee the extent of the mischief which had been deem. The pressrun-shed, which it a detached boiled• ins in mina the explosion originated, wee • complete wreck. Porticos of the roof and timber were lying scattered is all directions, while ponderous pieces of machieery bad been hurled Into the air and projected to • &Muer I. one ease • quarter of a mile. Is the house of Mr. B. A. C. Oodwin-Austen, one of the county magistrates, who roam at Chilworthmeare, about 230 yards from the scene of the occorreace, the furniture in tour of the rooms was lifted from ite place, and no fewer than sixty windows were heats& At lb. Allantes paper works similar damage wee dame. At Mrs. Boreawen's, the Percy Aral, ekes to the Chilworth station, the root wee World sod the windows all =ached. At • eotlege near. a portion of ae enormous cog wheel wee hurled into the garden • bricks sad portions of tiles wars blows through tl mem • Mn. Ifal , the Moist stegaat mamma of Mr. Shat metsiaed onseldsrable &tug that • men nuned Loveland. obi lime memory es the M em mill, was warty preolpit !mimeo, reenable to be told. • explosion two moo Pare&ld were at work *Debased thret charges . for the hedrselie ma, while the other two wore pose Not woes blown at As Monsoon ol 200 'gran Qs lie,s wink obi . orsiosTd aa hiasetatioe ground where they fell. to deplore kit look sad rid. When the Geese rich of hay belonging to yards front 031,211114, were, that all effects to save t, alma wi.t shoat 11016 aatataAnua essma 0- _ Of seeme.i•isi PUPS' every P my szpinsiiia gaily. The plain imam Place II inakaced IT • cloth which pointed Is 25 Wavle' to the garden ; bricks end portion, of doomed --.. nigh the window, sod the ceiling fell death es a inmate, seriously woasding her. The w:11 b e . tr. Sharp, the owner of the millr, also °Stained • damage ; sad no nev•re was the shook dead 111 reeked. who was stead* me the sag* le Illudford•road, three elides sway from Tb• dm precipitated over the beak. The meet, be told. It appears that at the time of attends be Dol dm en named Charles kfaaeheld sod Job* more en irk in the presnies.romn. This room , NOM. c e ges of powder equivalent to 30 cwt. , prem, one of which was le oak% teat t were 'maiden the promos. These two that ti:l a to atoms, their trunks being found 10 yards from the mill ; sod so great &we Mob they wer• propelled that they m 7 hat 16. on of foar or five Mass le the hard thre e yei dl. Farefield leaves a wife sod child ka le * . of Mansfield was eugsgsd to be mar- the Did doe arrived on the spot two ceorsnone bat m o t gto Mr. Sharp, at s distance of 150 the ,net. were ea des, sad were so nearly costumed to i, • them proved isotherm'. Their vans too t s i shoat 1501. Like all estoetrephos et sores he ma to be so maim of sommetleg for it. it te hes I that the proprietor. ler kis own egre t the chiu preasaties, sad time who aloes amid RIMINI ea ere beyood the reach of amid in- he kid a monmat at which the eneloste• look sad am • clack on the planter to works, the heads of t hw A t s / 4 It Tit* b abeed. 0 ' Mr. IN basicraPi 11•• ID the be inks... • bum a After wow& irolos•l wo si.." This w was Isla Mr. a &wino rams ras o 7 C MM a bob* ste t th Ms be Wig 111 The I. cameo bet p i ety hi orderei i The Debt., E objection from the journinet AdjOU, The b was the i It app monk I of the ea Furke, fame to Poser the As he he pocket he prisoner 1 of them a Mr. All have eve! you over mouths, 1 same pen for that John / Gallo-int poissaia sooosurt/ "ibTo fi __ tt_ iswZl white bat nal I say INN hows,ur. it. and i N rata NI Pour. Norwood this tits basing • ticks', si ass• oriss Limed, • wounitau was SOU nuns, lading I jai her land/ prisms", rbarp abd the pea the dog Pribreed would n • - - 4h - 1Z The Plead pm b Mow Ti tO Qin This Humph' Icg. a • lt *pi Pinata I the boa the eta rutted a etteetex caret al received Basra& inghtful stated, h ere • s i x blue is TEE r-=I , _ - 1 IH 1 - 2 41.12 - I 1 - - 4 —ls ! 1 -It 0.11 2 I - 2