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HIGH WATER AT LONDOY BILIDfiI. TIM DAT —Morning, Sh. 2Sm Afternoon. 44a. To-lionnov—Morning, 6b. 6Afternoon. ati. TM. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 17. So large a part of the life of an English Ministry is spent in Parliament ; so much of the actual go vernment of the country is transacted within the House of Commons, that to Englishmen and to all, whether natives or foreigners, who would study the working of our constitution, nothing that affects or indicates the temper of the most power ful legislative body in the world can be alien or indifferent. Hence, perhaps, the increasing curl- osity with which of late years what may be called the physiognomy of the House has been noted by writers who consult the tastes of the public. Yes terday, for example, was the first regular meeting of a full House for the resumption of business after the Ministerial recess ; that is, of a House in which a responsible administration sits face to face with a responsible opposition, and the defeated rulers of yesterday aro become the critics of their conquerors. A stranger who entered the House yesterday for the first time since the debates and divisions of a month ago, could not fail to be struck by the great calm and still ness which had succeeded to the tempestuous conflicts of May and June. This immense ap peasement of party passions is neither so strange nor so sudden as it looks ; the subsidence of the storm has passed unnoticed between the setting of one luminary and the rising of another. Public and private life resemble each other in this : the preface is better than the book ; expectation than possession ; desire than fruition ; &Tort than attainment ; contest than victory. In the very moment of success, so eagerly pursued, the some thing bitter rises from the cup ; the flowers wither at the touch. Even so when all the forces of an ardent Opposition, thirsting for place and power, and all the arta of factious spite, have done their worst, and the powerful Minister has covered up his head in his mantle and accepted the fatal blow from the hand of a friend, and the rivals have rushed in to divide the spoils, there oomea over the victim a saddened sense of the fugitiveness, the emptiness, and the weariness of triumph. Lord DERBY, with that almost boyish petulance which never deserts him on the gravest occa sions, was bewailing the other day the misfor tunes of a Premier who, once in six or seven years, has to distribute thirty or forty places among a host of hungry placemen, conscious of their deserts, and loud in their professions of disinterestedness. The late Sir ROBERT PEEL once said, with a pathetic simplicity of expression which, perhaps, is not in Lord DERBY'S temperament, that power had no charms for him, so far as the patronage was con cerned ; he knew that for one place filled there were a score of friends who must go empty away. Nor is the bitterness of satisfied ambi tion known only to the chiefs who have honours to dispense and offices to give away. It is felt by every one of those eager partisans who have exchanged the reckless liberty of attack for the defensive reticence of responsible action. What with these and other sobering and sub duing influences of authority on the one side, and the sense of release from servitude, the conscious ness of duty done, and the relish of changing from actors to audience, on the other, the holy calm and brooding peace which seemed to possess the House last evening are easily imagined. Nor would it be fair to deny that the Tory leaders are, under the auspices of the member for Buckinghamshire, models of good manners and obliging temper. Mr. DISRAELI has his defects as a leader of the House, no doubt, but in suavity, in patience, in modest deference, and in assiduity, he does honour to his party and to thegreat assembly of English gentlemen. Forthebrief remaining period of the present session, indeed, his position will be only too easy and secure. And the principal, if not the only, function of the leas discreet or less experienced colleagues who sit beside him, will be to learn to look as if they were accustomed to their dignities, and to hold their tongues. We are almost tempted to acknowledge that an occasional change of Ministry is according to the providential order of things, and necessary to the harmony of the universe, when we 00111011i plate the probable effect of the Trappist disci pline of the Treasury Bench upon the exabsrant parliamentary vitality of Lord Csarsougs. Mr. DARBY GRIFFITH (who, we fancy, new Fomax SEcirrAex s 101 listener to conversational essikys Provinces in the middle ages) vs Ilz . t4te — :Danul ems other day that there were no cross benches for members of diagonal opinions and comprehensive rviaws onforeign politica. Really, if the Opposition 'Mai/Webs-4e sides once every six or seven years, it is not cross benches but cross bars that the safety of the Government for the time being would require, as any one who -.remembers the recent discussions on the Reform Bill will understand. Now all is changed ; nothing can be more en gaging and endearing than the tone in which the SBCILETAIIY for WAR announces that he is going to provide the troops with the last new thing but one in breech-loaders, regardless of expense, and that at the risk of a trifling supplementary estimate he will give the British asmy a con verted Enfield almost as soon as the needle-gun is superseded in Prussia, and the repeating rifle is adopted over the water. There is something very pleasant in all this zeal and bonhomie combined ; and though Mr. Bateaux OSDOENS was in his very. best form last evening, and delivered his hits with the happiest effect and with uncommon neatness at the venerable batch of Irish law appointments (which remind one of nothing so much as the Chorus of old men in the opera of Faust), we dare say Mr. Disassit was very little discomposed at the member for Nottingham's sparring. Perhaps, indeed, it served as a condiment to the discussion that followed on the supplemental Charter for the Queen's University—a discussion enjoyable enough to those who are not solicitous to bind up the wounds of the Liberal party. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE EXPRESS,_ TUESDAY EVE'Nfirg,, JULY 17, 1816. . _ find thil it wad Pot have ie item_ is our nay *a fact of moult of al Le the lx list ha the Mil et whirl tom it five niht 'auffaijd a owl 1 6 °n4 6, and LAtiEST INTELLIGENT v, E E WAR. . 4. /4 ,The neVrthladgled from the various s of war. in Germany are to-day very meagre. We publish elsewhere a few details of the battle of Aschaffen burg between the Prussians and the federal army under Prince Alexander of Hew. The latter are reported to have formed a junction with the Bava rians. Why they did not do so before they were sepa rately attacked and defeated by the Prussians appears to be but one of that series of blunders which has characterised the movements of the adversaries of Prussia from the beginning of the war. The only instance in which t h e Prussians seem to have been fairly met and repulsed was, it is singular to my, by .the flying Hanoverian corps, who were said to be without food, and almost without mentions of war. live by that of the Plantagenets, and juste the muzzle loader has been reduced so a mere fraction of its value by the invention of breech-loaders, the ships which twenty years ago were said to make England impregnable, and to console us for the want of unlimited armies, are now found to be useless against a ship that hardly shows itself above the water, and that can discharge with perfect steadiness and accuracy a projectile which even our best armour-plating is not quite proof against. But it is almost oppressive to think of the immense amount of resistance that will inevitably be roused by any attempt to bring our navy up to the mark of the day. Our naval officers will especially not easily be persuaded to live below the water line and to be supplied with air by steam-engine. It is said that these vessels are much more comfortable and agreeable than could be anticipated, that there is no feeling of ingenuity, and that the temperature is well kept down ; bat when we see the obstinate unpo pularity of our ironclads, we can scarcely hope to see the day when the flagship of the Mediterranean fleet will only rise 36 inches out of the water. We wait for war to con vert old sailors to such a novelty as this. But how many ships and how many noble crews that no moneycan replaoe may be seat to the bottom before admirals can be brought to reason. The Prussian ermies, under the royal princes, are continuing the march steadily and uninterruptedly towards Vienna. The behaviour of the troops towards the inhabitants is represented as excellent, and is admitted to be so even in Vienna. In the capital of the Kaiser a mingled feeling pre vails—terror, and the desire of vengeance. The press of the city bears evidenoe of this double sentiment. The former is indicated by the depar ture .of the Empress and the Imperial children ; the sending away of the Imperial treasures to the fortress of Comorn, in Hungary, and the visible preparations which are being made in high and ministerial quarters for leaving the city. The de lire of avenging the late disasters is shown in the preparations which are being made for the defence of the line of the Danube. On the 12th the first contingent of the southern army, consisting of from 20,000 to 25,000 men, arrived in the city from Venetia, and trains filled with troops con tinue to arrive every moment since then. The catastrophe which betel the Austrian army of 'the north is now attributed not so much to the efficacy of the needle-gun or to the incapacity of Benedek as to the aristocratic and s upercilious feeling which animated the great lords in command of the various corps in the Austrian army, who could not brook to receive orders from "a Hungarian, a protestant, and a plebeian" like Benedek. The new Austrian general, the Archduke Albrecht,will have a formidable armybefore Vienna —some go so far as to say 300,000 men, and on him and his troops depend the fate of Austria as a great German Power. It is very doubtful whether he will be able to receive any help from the Austrian army in 0111101 z, which is watched by the corps under the Crown Prince of Prussia. It will be seen by the telegrams of to-day, a slight engagement occurred near Olmutz on Sunday, the 15th, in which the Prussians were victorious. In the event of a defeat of the Prussians before Vienna the Austrian army at Olmutz might inflict a severe blow on them by striking on their flank and rear. In Northern Italy Cialdini is advancing rapidly, having by the last accounts reached VicenrA, where as lieutenant-colonel he was wounded in 1848 when defending that place against Radetzki. (MUTER'S TELEGRAM) THE WAR IN GERMANY. BRUNN, SuLY 16. Since the 13th instant the Austrians have been withdrawing, hard pressed, behind the Taya towards Vienna. They are evacuating Moravia without attempting to make any resistance. The burgomaster of Brunn has addressed a tran quillising proclamation tothe inhabitants, in which he draws their attention to the severe discipline prevailing amongst the Prussian troops. The Austrians commenced a partial evacuation of Olmutz on Sunday last. The vannard of the Elbe army occupied Znaim on Saturday without I meeting with any opposition. To-morrow the whole army will cross the Taya and occupy Lundenburg. The royal headquarters will remain here. FIGHTING BEFORE OLMIITZ. PRUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, BRUNN, Jur 16. A successful engagement took place yesterday before Olmutz between the Prussians, under the Crown Prince, and the Austrians and Saxons. The Prussians captured six guns. Other engage ments are expected to take place to-morrow between the first Prussian army corps and the Austrian forces now withdrawing from Olmutz. General Benedek, who has been relieved from his functions as commander-in-chief of the Northern army, remains commander of an army corps. An attach 6 of M. Benedetti, the French ambas sador at Berlin, left here on the 14th for Vienna. The railway between Prague and Brunn is being employed for military transport. THE ENGAGEMENT NEAR ASCHAFFEN• BURG. EISENACH, JULY 17. According to details received here the Darmstadt division attacked the Groben division on the 13th instant near Lanfach, but was repulsed with great loss by the Wrangel Brigade, which had come up to reinforce the Groben Division. The Groben Division was vigorously attacked on the following day by the united Austrian, Darmstadt, and Electoral Hessian forces. The Prus sians, however, stormed Aschaffenburg and the Federals were driven back across the Main. Many Austrians were taken prisoners. The Prussian loss was small. ITALY. FLORENCE, it ax 16, Rnornco. The ministers Riess°li, Depretis, and Borgatti have been re-elected members of the Chamber of Deputies. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, JULY 17. The Union Company's steamer Briton, from the Cape, has arrived here. Her dates are—Cape of Good Hope, 13th June ; St. Helena, 21st ; and Ascension, 25th. She brings 90 passengers, one package of specie, 1,300 bags of copper ore, 980 bales of wool, 800 hides, 150 cases of aloes, 31 tusks of ivory, 12 cases of ostrich feathers, 12 casks of wine, and one case of rhinoceros horns. At the Cape the principal political event of the month had been the election of the new members of the Legislative Council, in accordance with the provisions of the Annexation and Representation Act of last. Mews. J. C. Chase, D. H. Kennelly, and R. J. Painter were returned for the eastern province, and Messrs. Hare, Barry, and Dr. Aber crombie for the western. There was a strong feel ing evinced in the colony by these elections for responsible government. The Kaffrarians still regarded their annexation with great disfavour, but were gradually adjusting themselves to the new order of government. Her Majesty's ship Valorous returned to the Cape on May 18 from taking formal possession for the Imperial government of the unclaimed guano islands at the northern extremity of the colony, Penguin Harbour. The Mercury Islands and Ichaboe are now in the absolute possession of the British government. The peace between the Orange Free State and the Basuto' was being faithfully adhered to on both sidei ; but the Basutitowere dissatisfied, on the ground that toe mu* of their territory had been 'ceded, and that they had not sufficient left to live * The Norseman had arrived out, June 11. Captain Kidadale, of the Natal, was drowned, having fallen overboard as the vessel was going into Table Bay. Some of the churchmen of Natal had requested the Bishop of Cape Town to resign or with draw any claim for control over that dio cese, whether as metropolitan or through his vicar-general. His lordship had given no reply, consenting to submit the question to the de cision of a provincial council, consisting of consti tuted representatives of the church of South Africa, provided that Dr. Colenso would do the same with his claims. Bishop Gray had also been served with a cita tion to appear in the Supreme Court of Natal on the 2nd July, and show cause why the cathedral vested in him in 1850 should not be transferred to Dr. Colenso as his legitimate successor in the Bishopric of Natal. This suit is considered some what awkward, because if Bishop Gray makes his appearance it will be an admission pro tanto that Dr. Colenso is what the citation represents him to be, the legal holder of the bishopric. If Bishop Gray does not make his appearance judgment must be given against him by default. President Pretorius, of the Transvaal Republic, has visited Natal, and been very cordially received at Durban and Maritzburg. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (rsoli OUR ow ooaßraroaDirr.) PARIS. MONDAY Evsma. The unanimous vote of the senates connate* by the Senate without any consultation at all pro vokes very little observation from the Paris press, which feels, even without the warning of the black man, that the subject is one on which discussion will not be permitted unless proforma. It is highly disgraceful to the Senate that no voice should have been found to utter a word of protest against the reactionary measure but that of the eccentric Marquis de Boissy, and even he did not dare to support his rambling speech by his vote. The dveinir National ventures to express surprise that men like M. de Sacy, an old redacteur of the Debate, M. de la Gueronniere, a man who abounds in the expression of liberal opinions, and the Duke de Peraigny, who has frequently taken upon himself as a private individual to criticise the constitution of 1852, should not have had a word to say against the gagging act. The data? continues : _ All is now over. The constitution is modified, and mo dified in such • way that journalists and even the members of the Corps Legislatif can no longer suggest any change in it. The constitution has become • dogma —an article of faith ; it is guarded by a veil of silence, which the public must not tear, and which forms • break water to free inquiry, unless, indeed, in the form of • book containing more than ten sheets. Thus, a constitu tion declared in its lust page to be " perfectible"—that is, susceptible of change—can only be discussed by the Emperor and the senators nominated by the Emperor. The Bourse was bad. The silence of the Moniteur is interpreted as evidence that the news which I discredited last week, of France, Prussia, and Italy being at one, cannot be true. Recite fell 40c. for cash and boc. for account, dosing at 68fr. 10c. in each case. Mobilier fell 13fr. 75c.; Credit Funcier, 2fr. 50c.; and Italian, 40c. THE DIET OF FRANKFORT IN RETREAT. The correspondent of the Temps, writing from Heidelberg on July lb, says : I went to the station yesterday, at 1 o'clock, for the purpose of being present at the great battle which had been announced for some days as likely to take place at Frankfort. At the terminus the station-muter informed me that a special train wen due bearing the German Diet and its fortunes. This was not the moment to leave Heidelberg, and in a quarter of an hour later my curiosity was gratified. Some forty travellers, civil and military, with a propor tionate number of persons, arrived at the station. These were the " most serene " Diet who were making a change of residence from Frankfort to Augabourg. Some saunterers who were about took off their hats. Were they offering their respects at a burial? Two hotels divided the honour of giving shelter to the fugitives. The Diet, properly so callea,engag ed the fichriedeihotel; themilitary Commission, with its president Herr von Packer', went to the Hotel de l'Kurope. Alter dinner they went to the Castle, and, like simple tourists, took an airing before the Cuji-rectourant. I shall be able to say to my grand. children, " I have seen the German Diet sitting amid the rains of Heidelberg Castle." BRELCH-LOADINO CARTRIDOZA.—The officers 01 the Ordnance Select Committee of Woolwich Arsenal yesterday terminated a course of firing to test the efficiency of Colonel Boxer's improved breech-loading cartridges. They are adapted so sa to suit and be perfectly applicable to the various grooves of each kind of musket to be used in the service with a rifling of '377 bore. The following have been used in the experiments with a satis factory result :—The Enfield and naval rifles, the artil lery carbine, and the Lancaster rifle. An order has, in consequence, been received from General Peel, advising Colonel Boxer to prepare an unlimited amount of these cartridges for the general services of the army, as Colonel Dixon, Superintendent of the Royal Small Arms Fac tories, has et-de(' his intention of forwarding to the Mili tary Store Department at Woolwich, with the joint assist ance of the various contracts about to be lamed, not fewer than 150,000 breech-loaders before the close of the present year. The strength of the cartridge-filling branch of the Royal Laboratory is consequently to be augmented by some 500 or 600 lads and girls. The department, during the Crimean war, was organised so as to be carried out on an extensive scale in the Plumstead marshes, and on a principle to exclude, with ordinary care, the 'inability of much danger, each shop being separated by • high mound of earth, and a plentiful supply of water being ready at hand. The most complete arrangements are also mado for the comfort of the young people employed. A spacious garden surrounds the little territory of shops, which pro duces an ample supply of vegetables at a cheap rate and, together with a moderate provision of meat and bread, under careful and well-directed supervision, MSS dinners are provided at a few pence per head. In the evening the young people are conducted in pngs to their respective abodes, and are reassembled similarly each morning with great care and punctuality. JAMAICA.—Mr. C. Ruston pre notice last night that he would on Tuesday, July 31, call attention to the concluding paragraph of the report of the Royal Jamaica Commission, viz. That the punishments were exces sive. 1. That the punishment of death was unnecessarily froquent. 2. That the ft • were reckless, and at Bath positively barbarous. 3. That the burning ; of 1,000 houses was wanton and crueL" And would move the following resolutions :—" 1. That this house deplores the excessive punishments which followed the suppression of the disturbances of October last in St. Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica ; and especially the unnecessary frequency with which the punish ment of death was inflicted. 2. That the house, while , admitting the praise due to Governor Eyre for the skill, promptitude, and vigour which he manifested during the early stages of the insurrection, at the same time approves the course taken by her Ma' ty's government in recalling him from the governorship of the island on account of the excessive severity with which the disturbances were punished. 3. That the house con curs in the view expressed by the late Secre tary of State for the Colonies—that 'it will not be desirable to keep alive in the colony the heartburnings connected with these lamentable occurrences by any very minute endeavours to vanish every set which may now be the subject of regret. That great offences ought to be punished,' and that it is the duty of her Majesty's govern ' meat not to pass over grave excesses of severity on the , part of either the civil, naval sr military officers en in the suppling.= of the 4. Thatt a t opinion of the house it is the duty of her Majesty's govern nient to empower the governor of Jamaica to award com pensation to those cruelly desires:Ad to the families of those who were put to death " AUSTRIA'S DIST'RESS. ------- It is painful, exclaims the Times, to see what straws a drowning man will catch at The Emperor FrancisNfoseph, finding that be is scarcely noticed in his own capital, and that sullen citizens debate as to the expediency of casting in their lot with Prussia, — puts his trust in the Hungarians, and flatters him self that that nation will rush to arms as volunteers, and this at a time when such Hungarians who think that the interests of their country may yet be made con_ siatent with those of the dynasty, with M. Desk at their heed, are at Vienna, driving as bard a bargain . _ ith the bewildered and demoralised councils of the Em peror as dire necessity has power to impose. Truly, the sins of the Hapsburgs are being visited on their children's children, and we hardly believe so inveterate an enmity can harbour in German or even in Italian bosoms as not to be disarmed by the sight of the misery and humiliation into which that dynasty is falling, and not to wish to break its fall, and save as much of its greatness as may yet be found compatible with the exigencies of the age. The concessions which propitiate the Magyar will for ever set the dynasty at war with the Germans, who will never submit to absorp- tion by Magyar and Sclavonian elements. Kossuth should Imo , _ _ nr that the last thing his countrymen wish for is sever ance from the House of Hapsburg. Their aim is to make the dynasty their own, and to exercise sovereign power through it ; and present events bid fair to pnt the sove reign altogether at their discretion. The Daily News sketches the latest positions of the belligerent forces, and enumerates their more significant acts. All the ri prts from Vienna, it remarks, bear witness to the feeling of discouragement which breathes in the Emperor's reply to the deputation from the Vien nese. The soldiers are in a state of deep depression, and the new forms required for the next battle are not forth coming. The army of Italy, on which so much reliance has been placed, is only available to the extent of about half its strength, the other half being separated from Vienna by the interposition of Cialtlini's col pa. On the side of Prussia soldiers abound ; the German people re cognise their leaders in the Prussians, and new states are beginning to offer their contir.gents to the successful army. The Post contends it is of the utmost consequence to Europe that Austria should not only be upheld but actu ally strengthened. This might be broulht about by a rectification of frontiers, for which, it should be remarked, Prussia must be held responsible. Sooner or later, if not now, the question on which the Kaiser has appealed to the Hungarians will have to be dealt with as one of Euro peen importance, and determined in the interests of peace. The Herald hes not yet lost all hope of the acceptance of the mediation of Great Britain, France, and Russi► To the British people, when the first regrets are past for the admitted defeat of the oldest and most respectable of conservative monarchies, there may be some consolation In the fact that the grandson of Victoria, a prince half an Englishman in blood, is likely to succeed to such a do. minion as that of Prussia will become. IRISH POLITICS. The Times is much mistaken if the judicial changes which have just been made in Ireland will not awaken the indignation of the public. To begin, two judges of tory opinions, one in England and one in Ireland, who had per sisted in holding their appointments to extreme old age, have resigned immediately on the accession of • tory premier, and avowedly for the purpose of making way for particular suocemors. There is something in such a course which,to our thinking, does not suit the dignity and im partiality of the judicial character. When a man is raised to the bench he is supposed to leave political partisanship behind him. But this is by no means the worst part of last week's transactions. Con trolled by • faction amongst his supporters, Lord Derby has revoked the appointment of Mr. Brewster to the Irish Chancellorship, which would have been regarded as a guarantee of wise counsels by the n►tion at large, and has appointed Lord Justice Blackburne, who is now in his 85th year, and whose strength and faculties are almost gone. The conservatives in 1852 raised Mr. Lefroy to the Chief Justimship when he was 78 years old, and have been the cause of the inefficiency which has weighed on that court for the last ten years at least. They now make a chancellor of 85, and sacrifice the interests of every suitor in Ireland during their term of office. But all is not yet told. Mr. Napier was the conservative Chancellor in 1858. He is a man of ability and a fair lawyer, but be is deaf. He enjoys a pension of 4,000/. a year, which no one grudges him. But when the aged Blackburn. is raised from the Lord Justiceship to the Chancellorship the deaf Napier is chosen to succeed him. We leave our readers to judge of the fate of suitors in equity. The rinses, Herald, and Star refer to the dispute re lating to the bestowal of a new charter to the Queen's University in Ireland. The Tines says that last night's discussion served to bring out more clearly than before the unfortunate success of some members of the late administration in misleading, however unintentionally, those with whom they had to deal. The facts are plain and indisputable, but the apologists say that there was no inten tion to deceive, and we accept the statement. What may be the legal effect of what has been done remains doubtful. The Senate declined to accept the supplementary charter, adjourning its consideration sine die. That the charter is wrongly described by the word " supplementary " was eon. elusively shown by the Attorney-General. It is in direct conflict with the existing charter, inasmuch as it prescribes certain things to be done which the other declares shall not be done. It is even possible that for this reason it might be avoided on application to the proper authority. Practically, however, it would seem that as it is rejected by the Senate it must fall to the ground. The Herald finds it impossible to acquit the late Home Secretary end Chancellor of the Exchequer of an offence against the rules of honour, which are recognised in public as strictly as in private life, and that the wrong was done to obtain the votes of the ultramontane party in the recent contest oe the Reform Bill. The Star bunents that the principle of mixed education eheuld have been jeopardised without a direct appeal to parliament, but cannot suppose that Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues were guilty of bad faith, either out of perversity or from corrupt political motives. TUE ABOIRICAN moNrroi. The Tieses returns to the important subject of our naval architecture apropos of the American Monitor which has just visited Sheerness. It pictures the Misntonomoh as surrounded by numerous big ships at Sheerness, not one of Y the Court. OSBORNE, JULY 16. The Queen went out in the grounds this morn ing with Princess Louise. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out also. Mr. T. C. Hope, of the Bombay Civil Service, had the honour of presenting to her Majesty to-day, from the Committee of the Society of Architectural Antiquities of Western India, and its two patrons, Messrs. Prem. cbund Esichund and Kursondaa Madhowdas, a copy of its works recently published under the editorship and super intendence of Mr. Hope, who explained to her Majesty the different styles of architecture illustrated in the volumes comprising the work. A deputation cannot* of Karl Grosvenor, M.P. ; Mr. laird, M.P. ; Mr. T. B. Smith, M.P. ; Mr. G. W. Watkin, M.P. ; Mr. G. C. Ugh, M.P. ; Mr. Tollemache, $2. ; Hon. W. Egerton, M.P. ; the Mayor and Mr. Alderman W. L. Eakrigge (of the corporation of Stockport) ; Mr. Alderman Chapman and Mr. Earnsbaw (guardians of union) ; Mr. Alderman Brooklehnrst, and Mr. J. Barker, (corporation of Macclesfield) ; the Chairman and Mr. Brodorick (guardians of union) ; the town clerk of Maceleafield, the town clerk of Stockport, Mr. Evans, clerk of Great Boughton Union, and Mr. Latham, clerk of Congleton Union, had an interview with the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, at the Home-office, yester day, on the subject of the Cattle Diseases Prevention Act Amendment. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of New Zealand, Tasmania South Australia, Ceylon, lAbuaii, and Halts. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the West India islands, British Honduras, British Columbia, Vancouver's Island, Bermuda, and the Australian colonies (via Panama). THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP WALES. GRAND CRICKETING WEEK AT SA.NDRINGHAM. I ZINGARI V. COUNTY OF NORFOLK. (TROY OUR RPICIAL CORRZSPONDMIT.) SANDRINGIIADI, JULY 17. This celebrated royal match commences this morning in the Park, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales having come down specially to take part in it. A number of the llite of the local aristocracy as well as the tenantry will be permitted to be present. The interest in the match is very great, and hundreds will doubtless find it impoesible to obtain admiesion. The band of the Police A Brigade plays during the game. The following are the names furnished us last evening of those who would play: 1 UNGAR! : His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Lord Suffield (President of the M.C.C.), Lord Skelmeradale, Colonel Marshall, Hon. T. de Grey, M.P., Hon. Stanhope, Mesas. Fitzgerald, Buller, Dyke. and Leigh. N0R701.6 : Messrs. R. Gurdon, Mott, E. Buxton, G. Buxton, A. Cragie, Wright, Captain S. Rogge, Henry Johnson, Rev. Dowell, W. Vyae, and Lubbock. PROROGATION OF PARLIAIITENT. — The prorogation of parliament by commission, it is understood, will take place on Saturday, the 4th of August. The Duke of Edinburgh honoured the Duke and Duchess of Manchester with his presence at a ball last evening at their residence in Great Stanhope-street. A distinguished circle were invited to meet his Royal Highness. Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig- Holstein honoured Earl Cowley with a visit at the British Embassy, Paris, on Saturday night, after their arrival. A grand dinner was given in honour of their royal highnesses. It is expected that they will remain at the Embassy about 10 days. _ . Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge , attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purves, left the duchess's residence in the Ambassadors' Court, St. James's Palace, yesterday, for Cambridge Cot tage, Kew, for the season. His Excellency the Spanish Minister and the Marchioness de Molina had a dinner party on Sunday. In the evening all the diplomatic body and some distinguished foreigners met at the Spanish legation. The Duke of Leinster intends to leave town either at the end of this or early in the ensuing week for Carton House, county Kildare, Ireland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer writes to the Times :—" I refrain, as a general rule, from troubling you with corrections of reports, but I beg leave to say that I did not state on the hustings that there was no difficulty in dealing with the question of parliamentary reform, which I acknowledge to be, perhaps, the most difficult of all public questions. What I maintained was, there was ' no difficulty in the question peculiar to the conservative party, and I argued that they were as free and as qualified to deal with it as any other party in the state. What I wished to express respecting Lord Derby's connexion with • the Act of 1832 was exactly what I said this year in the House of Commons—that the Act of 1832, if not devised I by Lord Derby, was, at least, carried mainly by his energy." A deputation of the General Medical Council, i including Dr. Burrower (ICrigland), Dr. Wood (Scotland). and Dr. Aquino. Smith (Ireland), will wait upon Mr. Wal pole, at the Home-office, to-day, by appointment, to urge the importance of carrying through parliament this session, if possible, the measure for amending the Medical Regis tration Act prepared under the auspices of the late go vernment, for making the false assumption of medical titles a puniahable offence. THE IiBIIDLE GUN.-A lecture on the much talked of needle gun was added to the programme of entert:inments at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, yesterday. It was illustrated by the exhibition of several breech-loading rifles, whose history and claims were de ' tailed by Professor Pepper, the lecturer. Although the lecture propounds no new theory, nor gives new informs ' tion to the close reader of the events of the day, it compresses into an acceptable form what many have perhaps forgotten, and numbers never knew. The guns dealt with were divided into two classes, let, the ordinary percussion capped rifles, and 2ndly, those fitted for self igniting cartridges ; and these again were capable of sub division into single-shot, breech-loaders, and repeating rifles. Amongst the specimens on the table were Gilby's, Prince's, Mont Storm, Westley Richards' (now largelyused by our cavalry) and Sharp's, all requiring the ordi nary cartridge. The breech-loaders fired by self-iting cartridges were the Prussian needle-gun (suniidel gewehr), lent by the War-office to the institution, and Spencer's repeating rifle, used during the late American rebellion with deadly success by picked riflemen. la com menting upon this weapon the lecturer showed a pistol he had received that morning, patented by E. 1U ~ Iwood before Spencer was known, but eentainin ite maim fea tures. Unfortunately the professor had been unable to 'obtain the gun in which, above all others, we are into rested—namely, SniderN, of which General Peel thinks so highly that before his recent re-election he ordered 100,000 for our army. The specimens and explanations extended to cartridges, self-igniting powder, bullets, and gun cotton. The lecture will be continued until further notice. Mr. Pepper was received with extra warmth, this being his lest appearance arbor a severe Was. THE BIRMINGHAM BANK'S STOPPAGI BIBMINGRAX, Smu t Much anxiety is felt in this town and in th e dis. trict that this bank should resume. In consequem e ci i a numerously attended meeting of the directors sad ga -resident large shareholders was held at the beak te l e, when it was unanimously resolved that a general mei; of the shareholders be held on Thursday next sa Meek a t th e g l eamy Amombly-rooms, to lefties ale meat of accounts and to consider what me te as, be taken for the resumption of the knee I ( the bank. Meanwhile the meeting expressed an e el hope that the friends and customer, of the bank win ie r making any new arrangement with regard to the N. counts until the mirth of the meeting can be m aw* rated. A ommuittee consisting of four mambas of * 4. board and four shareholders was appointed. It Is so w likely that the resuscitation will be in the form of a bee on the limited liability principle. With tradirew efforts it is believed there is vitality enough is the a di cern to ensure its revival. rHE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OP A LADY 4? BRI. VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER AGADIR!' RIR HUSBAND. Yesterday evening the Brighton borough m ein resumed the topiary into the death of Mrs. Mien Vl,* Warder, wife of Dr. Alfred William Warder, who 14 under the 'unpick= oirmunstances with which our mins are familiar. Dr. Taylor and Dr. Wilke' were present, and maristbeh reports. Dr. Taylor said the result of a most analysis was that there was no trace of any miseral* organie poison debeotable by chemical beets geese h the viscera. The portions of the tongue sad gaho and the blood from the heart were examined with n o same result. The eoutente of the stomach and ileteerha deposited no mineral matter, sor any sediment of a 100 picleus kind. Cadge the mierwoope there was wa g unusual. The only unnatural appearance was the peens of a small quantity of blood. After concentration is es extract and suuent treatment no alkaloid poises*, detected. Th ep,ysiological test of applying the a, tract of the fluid to a wound in the neck of a lag rabbit produced no effect. The chemical and pop& logioal tests concurred, therefore, in showing that tees was no aconite and no alk aloidal poison de* ing in the contents of the stomach and ima, tines of deceased at the time of her death, Th s result was, however, quite consistent with the death 4 the deceased from poison, especially such a poem* aconite. The only chance of fi nding It in the wale, e be a stomach would in those cases where a com large dose had been swallowed by the decreased before her death. If small doses had been given at —a fact to be indicated by symptoms—and none had given within two or three hours before death, none be found in the contents of the stomach, but in all whether poison remains in the stomach or not at the ' of death, the cause of death can only be determined 1" knowledge of the symptoms from which the deceased fered while living, and in the appearances found in body after death. Dr. Wilkes gave the details of his examination'of intestines, the result of which was that he found infiaa metion of the internal mucous membrane of the sad evidence of previous inflammation on the m membrane of the tongue end gullet. He found no** in the organs to account for the death of deceased. , • Dr. Wilkes and Dr. Taylor afterwards min questioned Dr. Taaffe as to the general condition symptoms of Mrs. Warder during his attendance. He her illness throughout was one of remission ; and as te , garded the strangury, there was a perfect intermimica the symptoms. She continually complained of pain la* stomach, but there was no diarrhoea, on the contrary the was some constipation. Dr. Taylor then said the symptoms detailed by Taaffe, and the after death, appeared to Ida" show that the th of deceased arose from poison. 711 ' symptoms were not consistent with any disease that is had either heard or read of, but they were °waisted MI such as would be produced by tincture of aconite Oak small doses, or any other vegetable irritant ; but therm - more consistent with aconite than any other poison he hire , of. The condition of the brain, stomach, and lung" we such se had been produced by tincture of main in the body. The contents of the stomach and bore being tinged with blood showed there had been Meg irritation. The last case of poisoning by aconitebe iisefi observed was in November, 1863, and the 'papaw during life, as well as the appearances after death, vas similar to those in this case. Some of the 'mese attending poisoning by aconite had not been observed' this case, but the spasmodic vonfitingand retching, sadille persistence of those symptoms, as well as the feeblenearf the heart's action, led him to conclude that MA WAS the only reasonable cause of death could ho swgned. Aconite given in small gentile acts particularly on the heart, lowering its ides and rendering the person weaker and weaker, till he she dies, and, that appeared to be the account gives Ip Dr. W arder of the death of his wife. Doses of to e twelve drops might thus cause death if taken repeats*. Dr. Male, of Birmingham, died from taking eighty dm' of the ordinary tincture. He took an avenge deee ef eight drops, and died in four days. That was the ore. nary tincture , but Fleming's tincture is five taustronger, stronger and his (Dr. Taylor's) conclusion was Mai very sm all quantity of Fleming's tincture would preen similar effects. The power to discover the poisoem es body must depend on the amount of the dose, and * time it was given before death. By the Coroner—Aconite would not cause 'treaty; but cantharides would, and that strikes my mind r a cause likely to produce the appeoranoes found is * bladder and kidneys. Caatharides might possibly hart been given to simulate natural disease, and then mails is used afterwards in poisonous treatment. No Mee : chemical test exists for the detection of acenitins (filr principle of aconite), and only the physiological test Nabs relied w. Dr. Wilkes also said he was unable to connect the of deceased with any known disease, and could Dot a l the inference that it was due to some vegetable rim He should not like to speak to the nature of the poem.* to whether several might not have been combined, set Is was inclined to agree with Dr. Taylor that death me mainly due to aconite. In the course of replying to some questions free lr jury, Dr. Taylor said that Dr. Warder bad been ore ased with the Grosvenor-place School of Medicine, Load/N*4 no man better understood how to administer scale' any other medicine either healthfully or mistletoe* than he did. At the time of Palmer's trial Dr. Warder amt one of the school who came forward strongly to defied der The Coroner then summed up the ease to the Orr putting two imams to them—whether deceased met le death from poison, and, if so, whether or not that mins was administered by her hus band. There certainly Ms II strong motive apparent in the case, and that ink so far as it went, was to be taken in the he band's favour. As to the absence of KIN d the symptoms of poisoning by aconite, he * called to the recoil/a:4ton of the jury Dr. W* 116 ,„ statement to Dr. Trails, that aconite was the poly *AY_ to give relief to the steak/lay. Now, if he bad Mr', istered cantharides to induce the strangurl he a easily persuade her not to mention the tingling limbs to Dr. Tootle, on the ground that it was the mg thing to give her relief, and she might depend on bin pt proper dews. That was consistent with one's experine of life. The jury consulted but a very few momenta, sad Sts returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Dr. Wens (who committed suicide yesterday week). The in man said the jury were of opinion that deceased did from poison given her by her husband, most WOW aconite in small doses. Tan CiieLEBA. —Ten deaths in all have WWII from sholera in the workhouse in Liverpool. Eight th i/ dren still remained in the cholera ward, and were sates'- peeled to recover. The spread of the disease was oraell groat unesaisems. It has also broken out at Weeded. ill Cheshire. A feeling of great alarm has Deiced the Wel:, tans of IlaneUy in consequence of the breaking eel • the disease in the perk Already about a dolma We l have fallen victims to its ravages after a few hoed rem. Precautionary measures have been takes to 1 0 ' vent its spreading, and the custom-house authorities ear Wised orders that eleaa bills of health will not be_ _ f ile ,' to vessels leaving the port for foreign parts. The ite' of Health immediately met and appointed committee; and on Saturday they held a special meeting tel ete arlii the minutes of the committee. A large house in square has been fitted up as a hospital ; and is ime emergency, where application to a medical man ca nnot te nude, the druggists have been ordered to suppli I.* quisite medicine. MIDDLE TEMPLE.—The treasures of art holor ing to this society have just had an important additel made to their number in the shape of a marble busthlll4 les Morton Edwards, of London, of the Prince of Wale , is one of the banahers, which has been presented to of society by one of the members, Mr. U. H. W. leg ia. Titsworthdtouse, Slough, Backs. Ile royal le= honoured the artist, Mr. Edwards, with several is foe the work, and it executed in a manner which re„_ mai malt on the skill and taste of Mr. Simard& tr A bust, which is an exceedingly good likeness, is tr .', has been placed a handsome vend an tique ate 11 l the library of tbe e irmisty, which his roy a l highness rated Ia October, 1881. We andeneand it is also to place In the library a fell length state porteet,f,' 4 ,7 royal highness, for which a fund has been mota clulvely by the members of the Middle Torok. 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