The Express. — London, England, 1864-08-24 00:00:00

THE LOCH,_ MOOR, and MOUNTAIN 7017/1/tr and LOCH BITTIIt, Three Odom, In an Os am l a lito=n aver and more than ever." $1 AMID WZBB MILZW, 7i , Brook-draet, Itanavoraquara Itantoved from Boutin:est Irtablisbed ORIGIIIAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, 11. HEMUNITA4III.IIT, COVENT4LULDIN. TORN BROODEN, of 16 Biersisrr•-arßissr, COMMIT-GAZDTX, Goldsmith, finding some of hls customers Lave been MI to think the Busbies* was removed, respectfully informs them THAT THIS 15 NOT TIM CAM. he heetertE Pro- CHASED the GOODWILL, the whole of the valuable sTOCK, sad that all the Workmen remain at the Old Premises. He =this opportunity of returning his w armest thanks and lodgments toe the kind patronage and support bestowed on the LW &TS. 1e HILNALITPAATZEZT, 00THICr-GAHHIL DEAR DOCTOR, what do you advise? I advise Alfred Mellon's Concerti afterwards to EVANS', COVILYT-GARDEN, hear some charming singing, order one of their capital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that M tits best advice I can give you. LOUNGING, TRAVELLING, and SEASIDE BITITS, of various WAWA* in different mixtures and qualities, made to order in the latest dee, at ___HAMILTON and KDTrpPrii, 103. STRAND, oppodb =cater-tuLL NZGRETTI and ZA.MBRAII Om Gaines and two *ulnas FIELD TEJEICOPRIS are war ranted as unrivalled tar Dewar aM Mammy. lan and do. in aae complete.-1, Haaton-garden. ; f.. Catskill. IC.; 114, Regent-atniel. W. ; 11.1, Fleenalraat sad Crystal Palace. gke eVPrefifS• All artaareeate tataaid;d for ...fhe — Represe" LOOM. &lift inset be at the oak% le, Esuearle•etreet, b Two at as the day at yablloattea. PHINCHBA Ten Benntna, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Mr. D. Harm And THE STRUTS OF LONDON. Harm J. W. Ray, David Fisher. D. Hurray, J. Nelson. H. Foreaster, and H. Mellon . Yen H. Manton. Mime Barnett and Owynna. BIIITAN7fLa. TitlS Warw. THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN'. - &NODE hy Yr. H. Baker, Mr. H. De Brewer, and Mr. J. H. Stead.—Mx. 0. W. tester.—CooclutUag with THE SWISS car ICII. MOH WEILL AT LOW BALM. THIS DAT Hashes, 6h. ges.....Allonion. 7h. Thl. TO MORROW Hash, Th. ....MONIS. lift 6.. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24. A 11Irmoaiii. has been presented to the Holm SECRETARY which so nearly concerns the whole country as to deserve support from all quarters. The agricultural meetings which will be taking place for some weeks to come afford the most ob vious opportunities for action ; but, though the agricultural body may take the lead, it cannot have a stronger interest in a sufficient and safe water supply throughout the country than every body else has. From the largest landowner in the kingdom to the humblest handloom weaver in the depths of the town alley, all persons alive have a vital interest in the national and local supply of water. It is on this subject that a memorial has been presented to Sir G. GREY by Mr. Bann( DEN - row ; and the facts of the case are so strong that the Government cannot resist or neglect such an application, if it is properly supported by all who will say what they know, and ask for what is wanted. Three years ago there was some well-grounded alarm about the condition of the springs through out the country. For several seasons the rainfall between October and February had been below the average ; the springs were never full ; and the water stood lower every year. When the farmers in the eastern counties found it becoming necessary, year after year, to spend time, and trouble, and money on doing, in the autumn, what nature used to do for them—watering their stock—they became perplexed and uneasy ; and we might all have laid our heads together then, and found out why nature seemed to fail in her duty more and more perversely, but that two or three rainy seasons came and filled the springs again. We dismissed the subject from our minds, or most of us did ; but there was something odd about the matter still, the farmers said. When the weather was fine there was a drought presently ; and when rain came there were floods immediately. In many places the water supply was always in ex tremes ; your land was either parched or drowned ; your beasts either bad their tongues hanging out of their mouths with thirst, or they were standing over their hoofs in water. That the country gene rally is now experiencing one of these extremes is shown by one painful sentence in the memorial— " The subterranean supply (or springs) of the " country were never so low within the memory "of man as at this moment." No body can be much surprised that the fact is so. Not only have we all seen how grass can die down to dust, and foliage shrink and crumble on the trees, and fruit fall from the bough, and pumps go dry, and the dust become unbearable and unmanageable from the failure even of the dews, but we have all heard or read of the deplorable effects of the drought on the live stock as well as the crops in the rural districts. While fat beasts, ready for the butcher,' fetch very high prices from the dearness of meat, lean cattle are almost unsaleable because of the scarcity of grass and its substitutes, and the dif6- culty and cost, or even the sheer impossibility, of watering animals. One gentleman, we read, has reluctantly parted with a flock of two hundred splendid sheep because there is actually no water for them within reach. And we might fill columns with reported cues of the same character. The universal expectation is of a winter of excessive high price. for hay and roots, and therefore of meat and dairy food. But there are things which create a deeper anxiety than this. The differences in the qualities of soils are aggravated, somehow or other. The light and shallow sails are more easily parched, with the'crops they bear, than formerly. If the clays can stand changes of weather better than they once did, the lighter and shallower soils sufler more. And the rain has changed its ways. It runs off and away, and will not wait to be carried off regularly and deliberately, but overflows all bounds, and does infinite mischief before it reaches the sea, leaving every probability of drought behind it. The rivers are not suitable to their function as they were ; the millstreams are capricious ; and the springs rise and fall so as to baffle all calculation. There must be some cause for such changes ; and, as far as those causes are understood, they are undisputed. It seems to be unquestionable also that the remedy is in our own bands, if we have but spirit and energy to decide upon applying it. The first step is to sustain the re- quest of the memorial to Government for an inquiry into the water economy of the country. The irregularity and frequent deficiency of the supply are abundantly accounted for by facts which are beforeall men's eyes. Experience proves that the underdrainage of our fields gradually lessens the water supply, while enormously increasing, when properly managed, the productiveness of the soil. Instead of sinking slowly, and lingering mischievously about the roots of the crops, it gushes away through the drains, and runs to waste. The drains tap the accumulations in the light soil, and empty them, end nobody thinks of storing the water as it flows at the coattails ; :'!'?rue this is the true natlral supply fin wetering both the stock and the soil in the next dry weather. Again, we treat our clays, and sands, and gravels all able in draining them • and thus 4 0 oV‘Ily spoil one or other of th em, but we iii, our rivers. By a due economy of wider atigiiiid we should regulate the river currents and mill streams, which are becoming more aid more untrustworthy every year. We have torrent. or dry channels where there need to be a steadily flowing stream ; we have either muddy floods on the meadows or muddy shoals in the watercourse, where formerly thee were clear and uniform depths lively with fish. While the supply of the pure element becomes capricious and yet declining, the supply of impure elements from the human frame and the apparatus of human industry is always on the increase. This is one class of mischiefs ; and if we bad to deal with them singly, we might hope that individuals, and neighbours, and communities would presently set to work in their own place, store up the pure water which now flows to waste, and when it must depart so regulate its course as to do the best that can be done by the river. But there is a fatal mischief which individuals and neighbourhoods cannot deal with. The dis trict or arterial drainage which has been attempted under the Act of 1861, and all that can be attempted under the same conditions, must alto gether derange our river system by its partial character. It goes on without any consideration of higher or lower, of continuity or uniformity ; 1 and thus one tract of land floods another or lay, it dry ; one has an outfall and another has not ; one work is properly based on due under drainage, while another is unprepared for by any underdrainage at all ; and all the time the In closure Commissioners, who are supposed to be managing the whole business, have to sit by and seethe ruin wrought without any power to interfere. They fix the limits of the area to be treated, and they sanction the raising of the needful funds by the mortgage of the rates ; but they cannot interfere with the way in which the work is done. This evil has become more and more apparent during the three years of the operation of the Act ; and now that the LORD CHANCELLOR'S newlmprovement of Land Act will create, in conjunction with the Act of 1861, new drainage to a great extent, there is really no time to lose in inquiring bow the neces sary and inevitable drainage of our soil can be made a saving operation for the whole country, instead of a fatal procedure, as far as it goes, in hundreds of the valleys and table-lands of England. A wise nnderdrainage of the productive soil is a work which might, by itself, have been left to the advancing intelligence of the landed interest ; but the system of arterial drainage which we shall have to establish sooner or later is a work for the na tional understanding to employ itself upon. The first step is such an inquiry as the Government is ' , requested to institute ; and if the drought of this summer and the consequent prospects of next winter, with its dear provisions for man and beast, do not rouse us to obtain that inquiry, it is hard to see what will. At all events, there is no es caping the fact that it is nothing less than our national water supply that is in question and in THE REPRESENTATION OF FINSBURY. Lad night Mr. Torreon addressed the tuba/tants of Clerlienwell, at Goswell-hall, Cos'sll-street • Mr. A. Walker presided, sod there was a very large attendance of electors. The Chairman having briefly introduced Mr. Torten& to the meeting, that gsatleman expounded his Witiad view at considerable length. after which a resolution eirpreedng the opinion of the meeting, that the hon. candidate was a fit person to represent the borough in parliament, was una nimously adopted. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL Socir'y—On the anni versary of the Prince Consort's birthday, 26th of August, the following bands have volunteered their services to play Fratnitously at the _Horticultural Gardena, South tiensiogton, when the Usrdsm will be freely open to the public :—the Second Life Guarda,Coldstream nerds, Bugle Band of Royal Artillery, Hon. Artillery Company , let Middlesex Engineer Volunteers, St. Georges Rife Volunteers, North Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, G and H Divisions of Police ; also Drum and Fife Bands of the Duke of York's School, Royal Naval Schaal, and St. Philip's Orphanage Oratory. CONFTRILATION OF PRISONERS BY THE ARCH BISHOP OF CANTERBURY AT MAIDSTONE—On Sunday morning, shortly after 9 o'clock, his Grace the Archbishop al Centerbury arrived at the county liaison for the pur pose of holding oonfirmatioes in the chapel at the goo/. He was received b 7 Ceptaia Cheers, R.N., and Major Best (minting Oates) ; . by the Rev. Shirley Wachner, (chan) ; the Rev H. Fitzroy Woobych, M.A. (assistant chaplain) ; Major Bannister (the governor) ; and H. W. Joy, Fan., J. P. (surgeon). After the usual morning service at the men's chapel, which was reed by the chaplain, his grace delivered a plain affectionate charge oddness& chisfiy le those shoot to be confirmed, and, at its close, to the prisoners generally. Speaking with the loving authority at their spiritual Father. his words were listened to with breathless atlas-' Moe, and viably affected his hearers. The number of ma confirmed was 31. After a abort interval hie grace pro ceeded to the women's chapel and confirmed 19 of the female paean. To them also be delivered • heart searching address. We tindentuid that many of these young women will, et the expiration of their esntences, pro ceed to various homes or penitentiaries through the incite. mentality of the Kent Discharged Primates Aid Society. The archbishop also held a confirmation service in All Seised Church on Saturday afternoon, and in the seine place on Sunday afternoon, and large masts were con both Maeda __ THE Doris or NoßwlcE.—A disturbance took place at St. Limners's Church loot week, in coenoxise with the services and tie presence of the monks. A Mr. Jones, a plumber and glazier, of the city, happened to stray into the church to heir the service, and 400 d up daring the pro gress of the lame refusing to take s seat when asked to de so. Wham Genic, had °occluded, sproceeeies, as nanal, was formed by the monks se their leaving the church, and they marched down the centre aisle os their way to the monas tery. The Yr. Jones mentioned, not nadentandiog the re qairentecte of the order that every on should remain lump vend until the masks had left the church, presumed to place his hat on wine beanies(' at the transept. This gave offence, and a Dr. Panics knocked is off again, which might have resulted in a serious breach of the peace. The result wee that a charge and counter-charge were preferred at the police-court, which ended in the cue being dismissed on Saturday. Though not approving b' any mean of monkish ceremonies, we think parties who wish to be present at the ser►ieee should preserve a proper decometi.—Bury sad Nor rielt Poet. -- ffiliilTßltrY TURNPIKES. —Active measures are being taken for the removal of the toll-bars which pram so heavily upon the trade of the south side of the Thames. The Act 27th and 24th Victoria, cap. 73. called " Turnpike Ads Coetinnanm," Am, provides that the six tete of par liament in existence so to the turnpikes on the Bermondsey. Deptford, and Rotherbithe roada, the Greenwich and Woolwich Lower-road, the New-croen-roads, and the Sorrev and Suasex-roada, which latter keep up the gates at Wal worth, Kennington-park, and Wandsworth-rued, shall "continue in force until the Ist of November next year and no lower, unless parliament in the meantime eontinues the same " the object being that, unless these several trusts are continued by individual private acts of next melon, they shall be determined on the 31st of October, 1865, nod the reeds then set free from toll gates and ban. Sir George Grey has stated in a communication to the deputation which waited upon him on this subject that such is the intention of the Home-office end be has also addressed a very &Mer in letter to the Eial of Lousdale, for the course taken by the Metropolis Roads Commissioner, last year in earryleg through the act in reference to the removal of the gates on ;he north side of the Thames. A committee of wharfingers, millowners, and inhabitants on the Surrey side has been formed to prosecute the proceeding, necessary for the re moval of the sates on the south, and Mr. J. E. Bradield, who acted in the north side proceedings, conducts the busi ness of the Sarin aholitioeists. THE SYDNEY UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.—The Uni veteity Library, Svilney, has been enriched by a present from the Queen. The governor received by the mall • copy of the collected speeches of the Prince Consort, with an autograph from the Queers dedicati it to the univerdty. His excellency delivered this precio us gift in person on thio let of Jobe. The senate resolved, " That an address to bet Majesty, exp . nmilve of their gratitude , should be me. pared by the vicinchanoallor." The volume is bound in white vellum sod gold, and stamped with the crest, motto. and name of the Prince Goosed.. In the first page are the following words written io the Queen's own heed:—" Pre sented to the Sydsey University LiUm.y, in memory et her great and good husband, by his broksn.heartsd widow, Victoria IL., 1864." The book is to be prootrred as a royal gift in a box of ask heed with purple velvet THE BII.EART RIOTS.—THE sl7lw AND WOUNDIID.—The Northern Whig states that there kayo been 147 people jojorod with gosobA womb, of which seven have already been fatal. There roust havebeen many others of whom no information will probably ever be received. Air . NtetEfil Cam • ••;:xt : : 4 OSBORNE, Allow 23. The Queen drove out in the morning of yester day, and main fa the aftersom Viscount Palmentoa, accompanied by the Hoc. W. Cowper, M.P., left town yesterday for Tiverton. Viseountees Palmerston left Cambridgelouse yesterday for Brackett Hall, Herts. Her Majesty the Queen and suite will arrive at Balmoral (says the Dundee Advertiser) on Tuesday, the 30th, for a slay of six weeks, or thereby—at least such is the report at present going the round in the neighbourhood of Balmoral amongst those most k ely to know. The Queen gave an entertainment a few days ago to the boys and girls of the new wheels at Whippingharn. in the Isle of Wight. Her Major Vend several of the royal family attended to watch the children enjoy themselves at tea, and at noes and pmas In a field afterwards. THE PEINCI AND PRINCESS Or WALES AT ABER on= CASTID.—On Thursday, the Prince of Wales went deer stalking in the Glen of Caldera, above Balmoral, and was socoordril in bringing dome two very fine stage. Lord EISEDIIOE and Major Tender went grouse shooting. and bad excellent sport. At two o'clock they had only bagged eleven braes, but breve they mune home in the evening they had killed 55 brace, 4 brace hares, and a snipe. The Prisons of Wales, accompanied by the Princess Mary of Cambridge, drove to the falls of Gaurawalt, by Balmoral, took luncheon at the falls, and drove from three round by Inverciudd, and returned home by the road north of the river Dee. In the evening, the deer were shown to the Prince and Princess of Wake, Princess Mary of Cambridge. &a, by the rad way—the torch-light—Peter Robertson playing the bagpipes, when four of the rawer ghillies, each rills torch, tript the light fantastic toe, in which the Prince, Lord Hamilton, Major Teesdale, be., heartily joined. It is beyond a doubt a happiness, even to royalty, to mingle and enjoy themselves amongst their domestics in such as unrestrained manner. The Prince and Major Teesdale wore kilts, and his royal highness looked remarkably well, and seemed to gratify the people by his appearance outside anseemst them. The stay is sow limited to Saturday, 10th September, atllatest. On Friday, the Prince and Primer of Wales and suite remained at horns, with the exception of • ride out in the afternoon, in consequence of the ball in the evening, which was on a very extensive male in treed to invitations, Stc- There were besides the ladies and gentle. men of the Prince's suite, Grand Knowles and party from Birkhall ; Captain Farquharson, of lavercankl; Lieutenant Phipps and the Hon. Albert Phipps, Dr. Robertson, I. lieu, Er., Lackner, and party, besides many of the tenantry on the estate of Balmoral end Abergeldie. The music was orducted by the Messrs. Blair and Thomson. Peter Robertson having opened the ball with a spring on the bagpipes, the dancing was kept up with • starhapey, reel, erns dance, and jigs, until a late hour in the morning,' the Prince and Primers. as also the Pt-inner Mary of Cambridge and the other members of the royal party, joining heartily in the enjoyments of the evening. The Prince, with his usual grace and oarsmen/ion, mingled freely among the company, and danced frequently with his own servants, choosing his partners from amongst then. The whole proceedinp went off with spirit, and to the sa tisfaction of all present. On Saturday, the Prince, amis. pared by Lord Hamilton and Major Teesdale, had the woods of Abergeklie " beat" for deer, when Major Tees der killed one dr. The weather was very rough, with heavy falls of rain_ The Princess of Wales and Printer Mary of Cambridge drove up to Mr. Etymon's—the PAR. ors Mary making numerous purchases in scarfs, he. There is to be another grand ball given at Abergeklie on Tuesday evening for the tenantry on the Birkball estate — want of room having prevented their being invited to be present on Friday evening last.—Dander Advertiser. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and KOS are not expected to return to &wood Park from Ire land before the middle of next month. - .4r* (astrnit's =mamas.) THE DISTURBANCES AT GENEVA. BERNE., Auouerr 24. THE SPANISH PASSIVE DEBT. MADRID, Amer 73. The Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, ac cording to lettere received in town yesterday, were ea a aides in the Mediterranean, and had just arrived at Malta from Algiers. They proceeded to Algiers direct from Qaesostown. The Earl of Listowell was to leave his seat in Ireland in the early part of this week foe a tour of visits. The Earl of Powis and the Hon. Hobert C. Her have arrived at his lordship's shooting-box 4 Llyrnyn skin from Powis Castle, and have hitherto had excellent sport at grouse-shooting. _ _ The Earl and Countess de Grey, accompanied by the youthful Viscount Goclerich, purpose to leave Carlton gardens to-day for their seat, Studley Royal, seer Ripon, where the noble lord will pees a few weeks for relaxation trout official labour. The Countess Poulett has left her residence in Heaover-square far Baby OsMis, whets her ledyship will :male oe a visit to the Duke sad Duchess of Cleveland. The Count and Countess Einsiedel and family have arrived at Loses ligal. Viscountess Palmerston left Cambridge House yesterday for Breekett Hall, Herts. Count Maffei has returned to town from visiting the Earl and Counter Russell at Woburn Abbey, the mat of the Doke of Balked. By the express command of her Majesty, Lady Lyndhunt bas had a resideaos maligned to her for We at Hampton Court Palace. Lord Polwarth is at present residing at Merton Hoene, St. Boswell% Hoxbuigbahire. Lord and Lady Binning and family are now residing at Mallentain House, Kelso. Baron Marochetti has arrived in Glasgow for the impose of arranging about a site for the Albert mosament to be erected then. ;. DAT ,: .rrittqll4TG, AUGUST S4, 1864: ' LtTisT INTELIIGIFINC% • M. Fornerod reports to the Federal Council that be hopes a settlement of the present troubles is now in prospect, as the Grand Council will shortly be convoked to propose that the recent elections at Geneva be inquired into by federal commissioners. GENEVA, Atiousr 24. The Federal troops have been well received by the population. There is still considerable excitement in the city, but it is hoped that tranquillity will soon be re stored. The ministerial journals reproduce the financial articles usually published by El Diario Espamalo, which endeavoured to prove that the Passive Debt of Spain was equitably settled by the last law. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Renter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, August 24 : CALCUTTA AND "CHINA MAILS. MALTA, Anon 23. The Poonah leaves at 9 p.m. for Southampton, and the Burins at 11 p.m. for Marseilles. The former may be expected to arrive about the Ist September. prove thy* Labour was in the neighbourhood of Halliard When the murders of which he and Au deny are accused were committed, and that he was not, is he declares, at Toulouse. Much time has been wasted in proving things which the pri soner never denied, and in accordance with French custom, the court has gone into accusations which have nothing to do with the present matter. It is edifying, however, to follow the career of Jacques Latour and the many crimes with which it is marked. People who thought that they had been robbed by him many years ago turned up plente ously. The prisoner was bewildered, and professed his inability to recognise many, either by name or face. The police have shown much zeal in hunting up these damnatory episodes, and one wonders why so great a criminal was allowed to infest the country so long. Latour partly explains this mystery—he avoided oaf& and railway stations. The following are samples of the evidence. M. Jean Fort, publican, said :—" The year that Napoleon dissolved the Chamber I knew Latour at Pezensa, where I bad en auberge. He did nothing bat eat and drink. I mistrusted that man, and I was not wrong. I had a daughter, and a servant who was about to be married, and who had asked me to keep her trunk ; there were 60 francs stolen from it." There was little doubt but that Latour was the culprit, but he was never tried for this act which was thee brought up in judgment against him. Another witness declared that Latour lodged at his house in 1851 ; he was in the habit of cajoling the servants and sleeping here and there. He finished even by stealing in wit ness's chamber, whilst be was asleep, a box of jewellery. The Procureur-General complimented this gentleman on the soundness with which he slept, and was met with the reply, "Ah ! mon sieur' I had just come from Avignon ; I was very tired. If I was a heavy sleeper I should long ago have been assassinated." In another part of the proceedings there was a quarrel about dates. Jacques Latour lost his patience, and said : "This difference as to days was the subject of a discussion between President Fort, who wished to make me sign things which were false, and myself. Now, don't let us make any mistake, for this is the best part of the affair--(laughter)---don't let us go too fast. This witness will tell the truth, he is before Christ." The testimony of Dupuy was hardly favourable to Latour, nor was that of Thirty's wife. The Procureur-General read a deposition made by a son of Dopey, when the counsel of the prisoner uttered a remark, the blasphemy of which would have drawn down perhaps more than cen sure in an English court—" These three accusations are one—Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." THE MOORS AND roitzsrs. At Invermark, on Saturday, H.H.H. the Duke of Cambridge and Major Young killed 31i true of groans, 12 harem, and 1 snipe ; Caloael Duadas and the Hoe. Chia. Curzon, 114 hue, 2 hares, and 4 rabbits ; Colonel Rama and Mr. Erskine, 21g braes and 1 rabbit. At Gannochy Lodge, on Saturday, Captain Peareth tined 534 brace of grouse and 1 rabbit; Captain O'Hara, 20 hews sad 2 =ipso ; this Hon. Charlie Cumin M.P., 20 brace and 2 snipes ; and Captain Carnegie, Lout, 304 brace, 2 hares, and 4 rabbits. On Cordovan Moore, Viscount Holmesdale, M.P., and Sir Edmund Enos,, IL P., on the 12th, bagged 30 brace of grouse on the moors attached to the lodge. On the same moon, on Friday hut, Viscount Holmesdale and party were out again grouse-shooting, and bagged 32 brace. Oa Satur day, Lord Holinesdak went out deerete/king, and w■s sos ceeafd in bringing down, right and left, two noble stags on the bill to the oc.rth.weet of Invereankl House. One of these stags pawned a fine bead. The Hon. George S. Doff wan out deer-stalking in the Alton Ower Forest on Thursday last, killing a fine stag. The Earl of File, on Monday week, when on his way to Croclach Lodge, Gleaden to go out grouse shooting, wr• fortunate in getting a capital stalk on a fine herd of deer. His lordship brought down three splendid stags, one of which weighed 17 stones 21ba, clean, and bad a magnificent royal head. Another stag weighed upwards of 15 atones avoirdupois. Since thee, the noble earl bag bees grouse shooting daily on the Itaynocb Moors adjoining the Croelach Lodge, and has had anoellent sport daring the week, killing upwards of 120 brace. On Thursday he had the beet day's sport of the week, begging 34 lance of grouse. On the Glesicallater Moors good sport was got by Mr. John Marshall, Gilbert Wilkinson, Eisq., and party, bagging daily from 20 to 30 brace of grouse, 30 brace being the highest reached on any day of the weak.—Dwidec Adver tiser. TRAGIC SCENE AT NA.PLES.—On the afternoon of the 16th inst. ea the Princess de Toms, Mane. d'Alvalcs, and M. di Quarto. the bridegroom expeetaet of the last mestiaced lady, were walking in the garden of the Palace del Vesta, at Chia* dAvalas, her uncle, who disap proved of the projected match, set his bulldog on N. di Quarto ; but the dog, instead of attacking that gentleman, advanced to the princess in a gentle manner. M. d'Avalos then became more enraged, and struck M. di Quarto in the face. This gentleman drew a pistol from his pocket, fired at his amaiLuit, and wounded him seriondy in the side. A lady, au ietimate friend of M. d'Avakw, who was present, than find a pistol at Y. di Quarto, and thereupon the prince sod Mane. d'Amilos faulted. The Duke d'Avalas, hearing the reports of the pistols, ran to the wind o w w hi c h overlooked the garden, and sought to calm the combatants, especially adjuring his brother to calm himself ; but ha, axes furious than Wore, sand a double-barrelled gun and fired at hie brother, in whom face one charge lodged, and who fell bathed in hte blood. The police arrived soon afterwards *ad arrested both of the offenders. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The =ors, from Southampton on the 12th inst. reached Malta on the 21st at 6 a.m., and left at noon for Alexandria. The Ceylon, from Marseilles on the 2Jth, arrived at 11 p.m. on the 22nd inst., and left at 5 am, on the 23rd for Alexandrza. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (mos ours ows coanSPOIMIXT.) PLEA Tussah Evismrs. The good people of France do not look upon the new projected alliance with Italy so favourably as I had at first imagined. They think that such a family compact may lead to fresh complications with Austria. The state of Italy gives constant uneasiness here, and it is felt that should the slightest encouragement be given to the party of action France might be precipitated into another war. The semi-official paper, the Pays, in alluding to Prince llumbert's coming, says that the report of the prince's marriage with a member of the Bonaparte family has assumed such consistency that it is bound to notice a matter which it can neither deny nor confirm. The Danish despatches are printed, and the Temps draws attention to the very curious relations which existed between France and England in the month of July last. The cabinet of the Tuileries was determined to suffer even the occupation of Denmark by the Diet. Great importance, however, was attached to the documents published by the Morning Post. Then we see France suspected of having a secret understanding with Prussia ; and France fearing that England, in case of a European crisis, would join her enemies. The arrogant conduct of Prussia in her dealings with Northern Germany still continues to incense the French press. The Gazette de France announces that M. de 3ferode and General della Marmora are about to arrive in Paris. The arrival of the Pope's Minister at the same time as the eon of Victor Emmanuel will be rather inopportune. The Emperor will shortly start for the camp at ChLlons t where the Duke of Magenta is manceuvring troops on a large scale. The Frenchman has taken it into his head that ' the Irishman is oppressed and that the condition of his country can be only compared to that of Poland, of Hungary, or Venice. This idea has lasted ever since Humbert effected a landing and since Hoche's memorable proclamation, when he should have stepped ashore in Bantry Bay and expelled the English. Every trial which has visited Ireland has been the work of the British Cabinet, and Lord John Russell might have easily averted the potato failure. Most French jour nalists still deny that there is any civil or religious liberty in Ireland, and it is useless for even a native of that country to argue with them on the subject. A long standing error is as difficult to cure as must have been Lord Aldborough's leg. A writer in the Prase has, however, had his eyes opened, and some of his remarks are worth record ing. After referring to the rather equivocal duties of the Lord Lieutenant, M. Chatard says that party spirit is still profoundly rooted and vivacious in the country, and that seldom is an oc casion allowed to pass over without a manifestation. The hand of the Irishman is as quick as his tongue ; he strikes as promptly as he speaks, and his head is as hard as the shillleha (sic) with which he fights. It will be long before it will be possible to cool his temperament and inoculate him with those ideas of order with which every Englishman is imbued. Ireland possesses to-day as complete religious as political liberty, and there is no reason for any serious agitation. There may still be some brains troubled by the chimera of national independence; but Ireland would not enjoy • wiser government and one more liberal if she could separate herself from England and be ruled over by an 0' or a Mac. We have Bretons and others who have the preten sion not to be Frenchmen, and it is not astonishing to find sons of St. Patrick who object to be Saxons. After explaining with a good deal ef lucidity and candour the present state of affairs at Belfast the writer goes on to remark :—" Daniel O'Connell, who knew his compatriots well, said of them, 'lf there be an Irishman to be burned, another Irish man will always be found to turn him before the fire.' A philosopher has since then written that if Irishmen were indifferent or atheists they would be much wiser and more easily governed. We are not convinced that the rioters who have burned William lIL and Daniel O'Connell in effigy are animated with any sincere religious fervour. The greater number of them are incorrigible disturbers, who have not even the excuse of fanaticism, and who allow themselves to be misled by a pack of madmen who think themselves able to effect in 1864 what their forefathers failed to do in 1792, when backed by a French expedition. These men forgot that at thst epoch Great Britain had only 14 millions of inhabitants, and that to-day she has 24 millions ; that Ireland in those days had maven mil lions, and that to-day she is reduced to five millions." Those Irishmen who wished not long ago for the Duke of Magenta as king might read M. Chatard's observations with advantage. A perusal of some of the volumes of "Napoleon's Correspondence " 1 might also prove • counter-irritant—that great general administrator and reader of ebareeter was never misled by the representations of the Irish chiefs ; his letters show how he estimated them, and at last he refused even to receive them or their communications. The Labastide trial drags its slow length along. Two or three days have been occupied in trying to AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. There are great rejoicings in Germany about the forthcoming interview between the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria. "The visit of the Bing of Prussia to Vienna," say the papers, "is an event of the highest significance, as setting forth the glorious results of the union between the two Powers, and as strengthening the conviction, which is rapidly gaining ground everywhere, even in Prussia, that this union constitutes the most solid security for the peace of Europe and for the inde pendence of Germany." THE EISTEDDFOD AT LLANDUDNO. LLANDUDNO, Tumour. The great national assemblage of the bards and utinstrela of the principality commenced here to-day. Hider the moat favourable auspices. The town was pro viously very full of viaitors, but cheap trips from all parts of the principality, as well as from Liverpool, Ithochester, Birmingham. sod other towns, have today brought thou sands more to throng the streets. So fez, all are sanguine that the most complete motes will attend the Fithedeed. The object of the festival is to theorems sod promote the study and cultivation of the poetry, music, and general literature of the Crmry, to preserve the Welsh language, to encourage native arts and manufactures, and to meth from soiled any of the seta:Peal wages which, without sack gatherings, might be in danger of falling into obli vice. Greet satisfactiou today was very generally ex premed at the encouragement which has this year been given to art, and einommt the exhibitors is Yr. David Davies, a very talented Wive of the principality, sow re sident in the metropolis. Auoupt other works by this artist is his " Study from the Antique," for which he ob tained the first silver medal in the biennial competition of the Society of Arts. This sculptor has also sent his " Alexander," said to have bees executed during the hat spring, as a challenge to Westiusesth who--st all events in the estimation of Welshmen—must henceforth look to his Lunde. The work is half life rice, and is intended as illustrating the well-known lines L "Alexander's Feast :" The Princes applaud with a 'urine. Joy, And the Ling seined a flambeau with seal to destroy. There is much spirit in the easeatios, and it has been greatly admired here to-day. se it was is the exhibitioe of the Royal Academy. Mr. William Davies, a brother of the last-named gentleman, has also done much to excite the patriotic enthusiasm of his countrymen, by eoetribating some of his basks of entices& Welsbmea, which were sub jects of admiration at the Cernarvoa and Swansea Naiad fodan. A very iothaveting case of " Photographs of Welsh Celebrities," is exhibited by Tydain, a well-known native artist. There is also a small, bat very valuable and choioe, colleetios of paintings, and the council have show* them selves throughout mat anxious to encourage contributors to this departmeut. The proosedmis to-day othamecthed with as assembly of the committees, bayds, orates, druids, minstrels, sad other . . promoters of the Eisteddfod at the nuireissitniere bond room, whence they marched in nonunion to the " Gareedd,' which was duly opened with the customary amemosy ; the providing bend (Gwalehnsal) reading the usual pro. clatnatioo, and the approved candidates for ben& and other honours being introduced and their various conferred upon them. At the close of the proceed[ p connected with the " Gonedd," the procession wee re. formed and retuned to the oommimionere rooms, whence, with the presidmit for the day (Mr. William Bulkeley Hughes, of Magoon), the party wet toe mon ster pavilion, end Mr. Hughes wee there duly installed in "the chair of Fowls." The Eisteddfod proceedings new oommeoced with an addling to the mouldiest, who fol lowed with his address inaugurating the teetivaL Poeti cal addressee were delivered by the bards. and, after en Eisteddfod song had be.. song, prises were adjudi cated for various literary and musical performanoss. Amongst these was a prize of five guinea gives by Mr. F,.. Lander. of Birmingham, for a Wein haughtiest of " Hamlet," in commemoration of the tereenentery of the immortal filiakespeana There wee only one competitor, David Griffiths, printer, Holy wen, who re ceived the prise ; and a very high compliment was paid him by the adjudicators. They stand that the translation was so well done that the traealator wee worthy of a prize four or five sham the moon of that given. It was ale° mated that a gentleman from London had promised to give 200 gnkseag for the manu script, if it answers his expectation. The prize of one goings and a volume of Bnoley Richards's vocal works offered to the best female ginger of "The Harp of Wales" was awarded to Mho Margaret Evans, Cwm-y-glo, Omar von. The morning nesting was brought to a don shortly before 3 o'clock, after a vote of thanks to the president, aid the singing of the Prince of Wales's Anthem in Welsh. —Miuschater Guardian. A scandalous incident which has just occurred at &these (observes &arousal) proves that antetitutional liberty is there understood in a ingular moaner. The re.- presentative of the IJaivenity of Athens, a mesa distin guished for his lieroieg, was assanitod is the public streets on his way house from the Member, after a Miring in which he had made an eloquent epoch he Wear of order and the retorts to tninquillity, TUB POW-OFFICE AND VIZ PACIFIC Sisex NATl °Arrow Comarr.—'rbe isms of the ciontrae4 jest dew eluded between the Yeekodies and the Pada' Stem Nevi ption doaspay of Liverpool fora fortnightly servile each way between Panama. sod Valparaiso have ben pablebed. The time to be occupied respectively between the two points is MO hours, exclusive at stoppages for delivery sad remotion of mails, and the ports to be celled at en Guay aquil. Payer. Callao, Meehan. Pine, Islay, Arta, lquiqtre. Cobi* Caldera, and Coquimbo. The subsidy is to be 18,2501. pro seam, and the agremsest M 10 orms memo ea the le at April, 1865. and to s*tinue la faros for wen yeses, when it is to tomaisate, if two yams' pee vious =Nee to tbst effort shall hove bees es.. by the pretwatee. The penalties tee deer, or we comprise a payment al SW. tee every twelve rl a ii i = contrast tins free Passes to Valpuelso, sad • weed of 2001. for every balm in reaching Palma from= in time for the outgoing packet of the Royal M Company from Colon to Southampton. THE DEATH IN A arpsrs TENT. coßoNsErs INQUEST. Lest evening Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner foe Middlesex, held an inquest at the Greyhound Tavern, Oid Ford.road, Victoria-perk, respecting the death of Bar ham Lee, aged 90 years, a celebrated member of the may tribe, who died in • tent under the following cream stomas : The jury haring been sworn proceeded with the coroner same • meadow to a low tent which was protected from the weather by a dwarf wall abuttiog on Sir George Boobies Gaul, when Mr. Barrows, the summoning odker, restored word wooden skewers from the dingy woollen cousin. The body of deceased was lying on the cold turf covered with • white sheet, and near the corpse lay a rough or wild sheep dog. The body was in a good state of preservation, and it was stated that the deceased had formerly bun the Gipsy Queen. The first witness called was Kula Lee, • young gipsy, who said that she was a " traveller " and had no settled residence. She lived in • field near Mr. Bowen's, the Crown Hotel, Old Fad-road. Witness was the wife of Benjamin Ls& • gips) who attended races and fairs, and obtained a livelihood by 'keep. log " Old dent Sally's " sod "Cockehies." The deceased wee a widow, and witness was her daughter-in-law. She lived with wiles= as she had no home nor friends to assist her. Sometimes they had six or seven in the same tent, but they never had any sickness, the air was so pure, sad although the deceased was so aged she walked or tramped from the encampment on Wands. worth-oornmon. She was very weak and careworn, but was not ailing or in bad health. She could could eat anything when she could get it. On Saturday night the deceased ate • hearty supper in the tent, and there were several persons present who slept there all night There was • fire burning until the morns . About R o'clock witness awoke and heard the daces making a gurgling noise in the throat. Witness got op and ran for Dr. Davey, who immediately attended and pronounced life extinct. The deceased was then upon the hoe of the earth, but well wrapped up. Coroner (to witness)—Your tribe live longer in inch places, do they not! Wittier (smiling)-011, yes, sir. Why, if she had gone to the workhouse she would have been dead years ago. Coroner—l believe that, for a " ipay's tent" is a palace to some of the overcrowded and dwellings at this part of the wrest metropolis. Charlotte Lee, anothergipsy, with& brownand sharp noun. Climate, said that she lived in White's briekfield, Old Ford toed. She called to see the "old lady," and stopped in the tent all night. Deceased was then very poorly, and could not get up. She could speak and knew witness, who had travelled from Kingston to see her. The deceased com plained while witness was present, and she had what they could &Sera° give her. A surgeon was not called, as de. ceased had never had a day's Hiner. Conner—Are you not related to the family of the Gipsy Queen ? Witnme—Yes, sir, but she is no more than oar own humble tribe. Why, oar queen is your Queen, and we bow to her as her loyal subject& Dr. Davey, of Florenc&villa, Old Ford-sad, said that be was called to the deceased, and found her in • tent lying upon the ground. She was still warm, but had only been dead about a quarter of an hour. He examined the body, which was pretty well nourished, and believed as there were no marks of violence that she had died from exhan& tion opal old age. The coroner then remarked on the cue, which, be ob. served, was one of an mammal character, adding that he should not have troubled the jury bat that the deceased had died .in such a sudden sod strange manner. There was, however, no doubt that the habit of living in each open-air places was beneficial, and bad in this instance prolonged the life of the dammed, who had almost reached 100 year,. The jury returned the following verdict ' That the demand was found dying and did die in • certain tent erected in • field at Old Ford, Victoria-park, and the jurors further my that the said death was from natural canees.". — The body wee afterwards buried by the gipsy tribe g the Victona-park Cemetery, followed by a large crowd of perms& PAINFUL CAB& An inquiry wan held by Mr. Jobn Humphreys, Middlesex caroms, last sight, at the Market-house, Fins barymarket, respecting the death of William Henry Webb, aged See years. The Sm. S. T. Webb, 50, Worship-street, said that he was a clergyman of the church of England, and was curate of All Saints until a fortnight ago. The deceased was his sow, and was always ailing—ill. He had been taken to Professor Partridge and °than, and some mid that he had disease of the spine, and others that it was disease of the bead. He cover kept up from illome—only moss from dis isclinatioe to stay up. On Tunday witness sent for Dr. Ocdiett. The memat called witness down on Saturday, and deceased died suddenly. Witness gave him port Wine and brandy, hat he could not swallow. Witness had not seat for a doctor before became &mad was not ill. The Owner mid that the MMus was singularly ace tradictory in him evidence generally. He had just stated that the child was always ill. The witness mid that he had been for a month—from Jane 27 to July 23—in Ireland, and when he returned the deemed was as well u ever be had been, excepting that hie legs were crocked, and that hie map wee dimmed. Witness boat his wife is March krt. All his children were ill, and he was so himself. His eldest daughter was IL The deceased bad quite sufficient, with the exemption that he would have bees better with more &Wittiness. Two or three memento in simesemien attended the children Woos Mn. Webb died. Three days after witness went to Ireland, the 'arrant left, and the children then had no one to mind them except an mutt that occasionally called. They had 21. 13 for food during that time. Conner—You left UM mosey of All Sainte volluitaray ? Witness—No ; I left became I mold not help myself. My sight was affected, and the Rev. Mr. Hugo gave me notice. . _ . Ann Slag. a 'erases girl, said that last Tuesday abe was mot for by the Rev. Mr. Webb. Sits bad lived with Mm. Webb in Camberwell two yews ego. The deceased was very dl, sod the doctor had men him. Deceased had always bees weak sod iIL In Camberwell the children were all rosy, but mow they were very Merest. Mr. Webb was very kiod to deemed. Mks Idiot& Webb, said that abe was 11 years of age. Her eldest brother was 13. Wittier' did erverything— market, manage the mosey and the children, &e., for the mouth that her father wee away. Deesesed bad enough to sat. Her brother sosneasess wished the childree. The servaet had received sulfas to go before her father went to Ireked. Witasm bad 11. lts. to support everyone with. left her by her father, and she harrowed a sovereign from a lady. The money wee all finished the day he returned home. There were three rooms sad a kitchen. Witness and her *Age slept with bar lather, and her two brothers slept with As.. There was no doctor for deceased while her father was sway. Dr. R. Fowler laid that os Tbunday last he was called in, and he found We deceased mesh emadated. The scalp was covered with scalp disease, sad the legs were rickety. He weld sot may whether the essaciatioe arose from damn or want of peeper sonrihnient. Witness told the father the child wanted • nurse and • cook rather than a doctor. If the child bad had proper attention it could not bare got into such • state. It was a scrofulous child. Ho had not made • poet modem examination. There was • large swollen gilled under the ear, and that might have caused spasm of the glottis sad death. William Sears, 50, Worship-street, said that be lodged over the rooms held by Mr. Webb. The children had beta left quite by themselves for a month. The tenant left is three days after 11r. Webb wont to Ireland, as her latices was up. Mr. Webb bed given her Doha. She mid that the children bad only 11. 12e. to live on till be came back, sad she lived as part of it for three days. The children ware in a very filthy state, aid mirrored with vermin. The Saoday after Mr. Webb re tented, the landlord, who was very ill, called witness, and said that Mr. Webb was uremia( abockingly, aid was knocking the children stoat. Witnem went down sad beard Mr. Webb using tad language frail as would esly be heard is the lowest streets, and apparently fliogiug sauce pans at the children. Witnese made an excuse to go into the kitchen, and saw Mr. Webb le a very excited state. Mr. Alldie, the landlord, was anxious to give evidence, het he was very ill. They often doubted whether Mr. Webb was • clergyman, from the way he went on. Mr. Waller said that Mr. Webb hoped that his own doctor might be allowed to be present at the poet-marten I examination of the deceased. The Coroner said that there would be no objection to the rev. gentleman having every facility for explaining ew fending himself. The case was Mesa adjourned. LOSS OP LIFEWHLLn• BATHING AT SOUTHEYD. SOUTHILVD. TUESDAY Mum Yesterday an agonising oceurreuoe took puce sear to the pis fa this moth frequented place el nowt, by which • wife bee bees made a widow and s fluidly father less. It appears that Hr. Deals' Terry, the well.kaown ticket writer, of Aldempbe.street, paid a visit ea Holiday, with his wife and friends, to this place , sad. embracing the opportunity of bevies a bathe, got into one of the machines elatiesed for that purpose as the western side el the pier. Thew at the time wu very rough, the tide coin* up strongly end the water riming rapidly. As he wee Doe We to swim. it appears masa probable that his kande slipped from the rope attaehed to the combine as • promotioe foe aonewimmieg bathers. However that may have bass, the poor fellow was I. a few minutes wethed into deep water, sod before elective mnistams mold be medusa be lank to rise lie more. Twenty minutes elapsed after the alum wee gives before he could be found, sod ems in that brief spate of time /he face and ears were meet mutilated, most likely through the body having bees dashed about by the wieleice of thowaveik and its emaieg tato spatial wish this relish Ala& with which this pert of the emit abseals. Islasisties having been seat to the .wooer. Nat sielimera boo soppoleled the impart to be held this (Webassility)illicasea lb the Royal Hotel. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colo. siaLoileo to the Confuse of the eenlemeste on ON Wag Coast of Africa. st JOBICPH This wes trade II Sign. 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