The Express. — London, England, 1867-07-29 00:00:00

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OZ:. — ..—Art7roo;o7 Oh. la t. TO•lltoasow—Koraisoc. Oh. 4116......Ati0n005h. LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 29. FOR the third time since the passing of the famous Act of 1844 the Bank rate of discount has been reduced to its lowest point-2 per cent. It is not at all improbable that the course of busi ness will be such as to cause a further decline to perhaps 1 Although some indications appear of a revival in trade they are by no means general, and any real recovery is materially impeded by the unsettled position of foreign politics. It may be supposed that the published reports give an exaggerated view of the general feeling on the Continent, but their statements are more than borne out by private commercial advice*. There is no doubt that the apprehension of war is seriously weighing upon trade. Merchants and bankers are peculiarly sensitive to the signs of the times, and hence we have good materials for forming an opinion why week after week the bills discounted by the Bank of France show a falling off. At present enterprise abroad is discouraged, partly for financial, but more for political con sideration!. In England the situation is partially reversed. We are not blind to the losses that must necessarily follow the outbreak of a Continental war, but for the moment we suffer more from mere financial distrust, the legacy left by the experiences of 1866. By an apparently inevitable fatality every prospect of recovery is at once checked by some fresh revelation. The latest event has been the bankruptcy of Messrs. PET.), Barra, and CRAMPTON. Another element has thus been added to the discredit which has long attached to our railway companies. No one can tell whether the example of the conflicting claims set forth by the London, Chatham, and Dover on the one aide, and of the contractors' firm on the other, may not speedily be repeated. Again, the disputes between masters and workmen, which have unhappily been too rife, are eminently calculated to destroy pub lic confidence. Hence, what with foreign and borne troubles, commerce continues generally stag nant. Money accumulates at the Bank, and for want of demand the rate of discount falls to 2 per cent. It may appear singular that, under these circum stances, the imports of bullion into the country should continue on their present extensive scale. The Atlantic Telegraph brings news day after day of fresh shipments from New York, at a time when gold can be less profitably employed here than has ever before been known. The forthcoming supplies from Australia are also large, and even some small sums are received from the Conti nent. According to rule, we ought to get nothing from the United States and a great deal from Paris. Money is in much more demand in Ame rica than here, and commands far higher rates. In Paris, on the other hand, discounts are ob• taiued even lower than in London. By the last return the Bank of France held bullion to the amount of 35,147,0001., against 22,771,8641. at the Bank of England, the respective increase in the past week being 462,0001. and 85,135/. Hence, if unemployed capital is over-abundant here, there is a much greater excess on the other side of the Channel. Naturally it would be ex pected that in the ordinary course of trade these inequalities would be speedily redressed. Following the dicta of sound theoretical calculation, England and Franco ought at this moment to be sending large amounts of specie to those countries whore capital can be most profitably invested. The law of supply and demand is assumed to be conclusive upon the point. Unfortunately the facts are in direct opposition to the theory, but this result is by no means rare in financial ques tions. The continued influx of gold has revived a topic which was eagerly discussed at the time of the great discoveries in California and Australia. How far would the multiplication of the precious metals affect prices f There was, of course, the usual conflict of opinion. Some held that the prodde lion of each ounce of gold would necessarily diminish the purchasing power of the amount already in circulation. Others, that this result could not happen for a great lapse of time, owing to the steady demand for gold for many purposes of use and ornament. Both aides were, as in moat cases of controversy, partially right. Speculative economists found that if they were wrong in detail, they were tolerably correct in the long run. The practical men who disputed that prices would rise in an exact ratio to the production of gold were also correct. It is certainly within daily experience that nearly all articles in ordinary use, labour, rent, ff,c., are much dearer than fifteen years ago, but it is not altogether just to say that this advance is due solely to the gold discoveries. For example, the en hanced cost of labour depends materially upon emigration. On the other hand, it may be argued that the gold discoveries have stimulated emigra tion. Anot•'ier point to be taken into account is the advancing prosperity of the nation and the increase in the wealthy or independent classes. Many other causes might also be enumerated, but it is sufficient to deal with the actual fact, that a gold sovereign has, for purposes of exchange with other commodities, undoubtedly lost a portion of its previous value. The alteration has taken place somewhat irregularly, but is, notwithstand ing, clearly evident. The question is whether we are about to see another change. The accumula tion of gold in France and England gives reason to suppose that we are about to repeat the experience of 1852. At that time the amount of bullion here was unusually large, and the first effect was a reduction in the rate of discount to 2 per cent., as now ; the second was a rise in the prices of goods ; the third, the commence ment of an era of speculation that culminated in the great crisis of 1857. This last consideration we may safely disregard. The events of 1866 are too nearly remembered for the public to embark in any fresh mania. They have not had, as in 1852, five years to forget the lessons of 1847. On the contrary, the great fault that may be found is that of indiscriminate distrust. As regards the two first results of the present plethora of money, one is already in operation, and the second appears almost certain to follow. The burden of these changes falls heavily upon the holders of fixed incomes, but it is impossible to devise a remedy. It is precisely one of those cases where all must take their chance. The idea of compensating a fundholder for comparative loss of income would no more be entertained than an application from the possessor of a rotten borough on the passing of a Reform Bill, or of a great landowner on the repeal of the Corn Laws. Gold, like all other conunod'ties, must depend in value on the amount of production. If it is scarce, other articles will be proportionately cheap ; if it is abundant, other articles will be proportionately dear. We have learnt by long experience that it is the wisest policy not to interfere with the ordinary operations of trade, and it is impossible that we should again resume a course of action familiar to our forefathers, perhaps, but entirely exploded now. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1867. Eke wart. OSBORNE, JULT 27. Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Leiningen arrived at Osborne yesterday on a %Wits the Queen. Her Majesty drove out yesterday after:loon with Princess Beatrice, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Mrs. Thornycroft has had the honour of submitting to the Queen the sketch model of an equestrian statue of her Majesty which is to be erected at LiverpooL JULY 28. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse and the Princess of Leiningen, drove out yesterday afternoon, and Princess Louise drove out, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. Her Majesty, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Prin cess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice, and the Princess of Leiningen, attended divine service at Osborne this morning, the ladies and gentlemen in waiting being in attendance. The Rev. R. Duckworth officiated. Prince Arthur and Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Major Elphinatone and Captain von Weaterweller, went in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Prince of Leiningen, to Portland yesterday, and visited the fortifi• cations and convict prison there, returning in the evening to Osborne. Their royal highnesses were received by Lieut.-Colonel Macdonald, commanding the 2nd battalion of the 13th Regiment (Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry), and by Captain Tyler, commanding the Royal Engineers, who conducted them round the works ; also by Mr. Clif ton and Major Hickey, the governor and deputy-governor of the prison, who conducted their royal highnesses through the establishment. Sir John Cowell had the honour of accompanying their royal highnesses. Lieutenant-General the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey and Captain von Westerweller had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family yesterday. The Prince of Wales, attended by Captain Ellis, was pre sent on Saturday afternoon at the christening of the infant daughter of the Prince and Princess of Teck, at Kensington Palace. The Prince of Wales, with Captain Ellis in waiting, at tended divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Communion Service was read by the Rev, the Sub dean and the Rev. Thomas Helmore. Anthem, " 0 sing unto God," Green. Sung by Messrs. R. Hamby and Cummings. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The sermon was preached by the Rev. the Sub-dean, from St. Matthew, c. 20, v. 23. Tne Duke of Cambridge and the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Si relitz attended the service. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. C. Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, Lord Naas, and the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole. A committee of the Lords of ber Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council sat on Friday at the Privy Council office, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords present were the Lord President, Lord Robert Montagu, and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Bermuda, and the Straits Settlements. Despatches were sent to the Governor of the Bahamas, and to the Governor-General of Canada. Last season her Majesty did not return from the Highlands before the first week in November. The Queen will not (says the rourt Journal) remain so long in Scotland this season, as it is considered too cold for the state of her Majesty's health. The court will arrive at Windsor from Balmoral about the middle of October, and remain there for the winter season. The Executive Committee of the National Exhi bition of Works of Art to be held at Leeds in 1868 have been honoured by an intimation from the Prince of Wales that he will permit his name to be added to that of her Majesty the Queen as a patron of the undertaking. The baptism of the infant daughter of her Royal Highness Princess Mary Adelaide and his Serene Highness Prince of Teck was performed in the Chapel Royal of Kensington Palace on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, the Duchess of Inverness, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Apponyi, his Ex cellency the Danish Minister and Madame Bulow, &c. The Archbishop of Canterbury performed the baptismal rite. Her Majesty the Queen, represented by Princess Mary Adelaide of Teck, and the Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince of Wales were the godmothers and god father of the infant princess, who was baptised Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes. At the conclusion of the solemnity the baptism was recorded by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chapel book. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelite Left shortly after 5 o'clock. Later in the evening the Prince and Princess of Teck received a select party at dinner at the palace. The Marquis of Bristol, the Earl of Scarborough, and the Honourable Mr. Calthorpe are visiting Mr. Drum mond at Cadlands, in Hants. The Orleans family have sent a magnificent bracelet to L►dy Young, as a token of gratitude for her kindness to the l►te Prince de Conde. The Archbishop of Canterbury states that the Ritual Commission is busily occupied in debating its report. It has made considerable progress, and an early ter mination of its labours may be looked for on the subject, in which it was invited, by the terms of the roy►l com mission, to state, in the first instance, its conclusions. The Rev. B. J. Hatch, who, it will be recol lected, was convicted of • serious offence at the Central Criminal Court, and afterwards proved innocent and re ceived • free pardon, has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the rectory of Little Stainbridge, Essex. During the present week there are to be five per formances at her Majesty's Theatre " at reduced prices" to-night, to-morrow night, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The operas already advertised are Don Gioranni (with Mdlle. Nilsson as Elvira)—to-night ; Cherubini's magnificent Medea (Mdlle. Titian' as Medea, Signor Mon gini, for the first time, as Jason, Mr. Smiley as Croon, and Mdlle. Sinioo as Neris)—Tuesday ; and the Trariata— Wednesday. ELECTION SATZ' RDAT AT ETON. —lf Election Saturday has the reputation of being generally wet, at all events for once, this year, St. Switbin made an exception in its favour. The day was fine, in spite of the rain of Friday, and though somewhat cold for such out-door pro ceedings as the regatta and exhibition of fireworks, yet everything passed off well. The captain of the (renegers, Kennedy (K.S.), greeted the provost and the two examiners with the customary Latin speech, " Ad Poeta'," which he delivered in the great cloisters with consider able nervousness. So far as we could follow him, he d welt on the events of the year which related to Eton, including the recent death of the vicar of Richmond, Mr. Dupuis, who was much beloved at Eton. At 3 p.m. there was a large and fashionable gathering in the college chapel, where choral service was performed ; and at four • select circle of friends, including the examiners, Lord Lyttelton, the Bishop of Oxford, ►nd the Fellows sat down to • sumptuous dinner in the great hall, where they were hospitably entertained by theprovost, Dr. Coodford. The results of the election were, however, not made known, and, as the list of candidates is so long, they cannot be declared till to-morrow. The proceedings of the day were brought to a close by the customary procession of the boats of the college and their crews up the river to Surley-hall, where they dined, or rather supped, al fresco, returning about nine to the Brocas-clump, where the visitors and spectators, several thousands in number, were amused with • splendid exhibition of fireworks. By half-pastlo most of the visitors had taken their departure, by special trains, on the Great Western and South Western Railways, and the towns of Windsor and Eton had resumed their ordinary quiet apposzanos. LATEST INTELLIGRICIE. (aZUTIefI TZLEGIAMS.) FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 29. The Monifoir of this morning publishes the fol lowing article on the present foreign relations of France: " Several French and foreign journals publish statements calculated to trouble and disquiet the affairs of commerce and industry. It is said that our international relations tend to authorise the pre sentiment of a conflict more or less removed—the formation of two camps and military preparations are announced. These reports are unfounded, and they owe their origin and diffusion only to hostile passions, interested speculations, or lamentable credulity. The truth is this, that the government of the empire has no diplomatic question of a nature calculated to modify its peace ful and friendly relations with various powers. The cabinet of Florence has already taken energetic measures to protect the Papal frontier. The September convention will be strictly carried out ; no new camp is about to be formed, either in the interior or on the frontier. The classes of 1860 and 1861 have all been sent back to their homes since the Ist of June. The active army is actually only composed of the four contin gents of 1862 and 1865 inclusive. The contingent of 1866 will be incorporated at the end of August, but it is the intention of the government at that time to allow the contingent for 1862 to re turn to their homes. The effective strength of the cavalry is considerably increased on account of the purchases made last April ; but the Minister of War has determined that of these some 8,000 or 10,000 shall be disposed of for agricultural purposes, and this measure is now in course of execution. The government is confident that these precise state ments will dissipate the feelings of uncertainty which have pervaded public opinion." ITALY. FLORENCE, JCLY 29. The statement of the Patric that the Italian government had satisfied itself of the falsehood of the versions published relative to the visit of General Dumont to Rome is declared to be totally without foundation. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 29. The New York and Bremen Company's steamer Northern Light, Captain Jones, from New York on the 13th inst., arrived here yesterday evening with 65 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, but no specie. On the 22nd she spoke the steamer Malta. QUEENSTOWN, JULY 29. _ _ _ The Cunard (extra) steamship Aleppo, from New York, arrived here at 9.45 a.m. to-day with 115 passengers and 672,000 dole. in specie. After land ing twenty passengers and despatches she pro ceeded at 10 a.m. for Liverpool. All well. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, .7titz 27. Great floods have occurred in New South Wales. The shipments of gold to England during the month amount to 76,000 ozs. CALCUTTA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAILS. GIBRALTAR, JULY 28. The Colombian leaves at noon to-day. She may be expected at Southampton on Friday, August 2. THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, Jen' 28. The Delta left at 9.40 am., and the Ceylon at 1 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 3rd, and the latter at Southamp ton about the 10th proximo. --- - - EXPRESS FROM PARIS. OWN Ova OWN 001.1EZEPONDENT.) PARIS, EATTOIDAT EVENING. The Presse says that M. Nigra, the Italian am bassador, is preparing to leave Paris, and that all the principal personages of his embassy will pro bably be changed. Whether the Presse means to announce that M. Nigra himself is recalled or only that he is going to Iflorence in pursuance of a summons already spoken of in connection with the extraordinary proceedings of the French General Dumont at Rome is not clear. The Preset goes on to say, "In spite of the positive assertions of our correspondents we think it impossible to be lieve that the Frei.ch government can so far have yielded to the pressure of the Rattazzi cabinet as to supersede M. Malaret, our ambassador at Florence." Mgr. Chigi, the Pope's nuncio, after an interview with the Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday, went to see the Emperor at the Tuileries, and walked with his Majesty for some time up and down one of the walks of the reserve garden. The Empress, contrary to my expectation, came from Brest to Cherbourg by sea, arriving at the latter port at 3 yesterday afternoon. On coming into Cherbourg harbour she stood on the poop, returning the salutes of the crowd on the jetty, and though she had had a rough pas sage of eighteen hours did not look fatigued. Her Majesty gave a dinner on board tho Reine Hor tense to Admiral La Ronciere Le Nonry, Admiral Dompierre d'Ornoy, Admiral Reynaud, the mari time prefect, the Archbishop of Coutance, the pre sident of the Cherbourg Tribunal, and the curd and the mayor. She was invited to attend some re gattas to take place opposite the Casino this after noon, but as the Moniteur announces that she is expected at Havre this evening the invitation must, I presume, have been declined. M. Rouher starts for Carlsbad on August 1, and there is a rumour that he has accepted an invita tion from M. de Bismarck to spend a few days at his country house in Pomerania. M. Rouher met M. de Bismarck at Carlsbad two years ago. A correspondent of the New York Herald says —" In Yokohama almost every nation under heaven is re presented. The foreigners living here number about eight hundred. This is the extent of the place. The inhabitants have not fully recovered from the effects of the great fire in November last, but they are rapidly rebuilding." After the defeat of the Emperor Maximilian at Queretaro the following list of prisoners captured was pub lished, viz. : 1 archduke, 2 division generals, 10 brigadier generals, 18 colonels, 23 lieutenant-colonels, 39 comman ders, 138 captains, 138 lieutenants and 121 sub-lieutenants. Of soldiers there were 8,000 prisoners, with their trains, baggage, armament, and fifty pieces of artillery. A new line of screw steamers is announced by Messrs. Bowden to commence running from London to Rio Janeiro, Montevideo, and Buenos Ayres on the 21st of next month. The charge for passengers is to be 301. to Rio and 35/. to the River Plate. The Rev. P. Malone, of Bel=llet, has pub lished ►letter describing the slip of a large quantity of mountain bog into the Atlantic in that neighbourhood. The mountain was broken up by the accumulated water under the peat, which had been dried by the drought that preceded the recent heavy rain. Forty acres, including 10 acres of crops, were destroyed, and the land rendered valueless for ever. Three or four families have been ren dered homeless and destitute by the eatnatsopbe, the ava lanche of bog having nearly swept them away in its down ward scone to tits Atlantis. THE MEDITERRANEAN. (rsox 001 OWN MALTA, JOLT 22. The imperial Ottoman flotilla, consisting of the splendid steam yacht Sultanie, Captain Axis Bey, the screw-steam iron-clad frigate Azisia, and the steam yacht Petreo Polle, which had escorted his Majesty the Sultan to Toulon, arrived in Malta yesterday morning from Toulon and Messina, and immediately on casting anchor exchanged the customary salutes with the fortress and her Majesty's ship Hibernia, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral H. Kellett, C.B. After replenishing coal and provisions, they left to-day at noon for Constantinople. The Austrian steam-frigate Novara, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Motive., arrived in Malta early this morning from Pola. This frigate is to proceed to Vera Cruz, in connexion with the mission of Admiral Tcgethoff to Mexico, to claim the mortal remains of the late Emperor Maximilian. The other two Austrian fri gates—the Fichwarsenburg, bearing the pendant of Com modore Pokoeny, and the Archduke Ferdinand Max—are still lying in the port of Malta. The Russian eerewsteam-frigate General Admiral, which arrived here a few days ago from Candia, took her de parture the day before yesterday. Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Racer, 11, Commander L. Brine, left this port on Saturday last for the Pirreus, to relieve the screw steam frigate Endymion, 21, Captain C. Wake, and send her to Toulon to join the fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, C.B. The surveying vessel Hydra, 5, Captain P. Shortland, and the screw steam sloop Cruiser, 11, Commander M. Singer, which had been cruising off Malta for the last few days, returned to port on Saturday last. The cholera is unfortunately committing serious ravages in Sicily, and is also extending throughout Italy. Last week, a quarantine of thirty days was imposed on all arrivals from Leghorn and its vicinity, and this afternoon, on the receipt of a telegram from her Britannic Majesty's consul at Genoa, that the disease has also made its appear ance in that town, the same term was established on vessels arriving in Malta from Genoa. Passengers coming to Malta from cholera-infected countries are not allowed to land. THE POPE AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC LAITY Of ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. The Pope has forwarded the following answer to the address recently sent him by the catholic' of England and Scotland : " Beloved Sons, Health and Anostolical Benediction. " We congratulate you, beloved sons, that you show I yourselves true offspring of saints. Proof of this is that grateful remembrance with which you foster the blessing of the faith, once carried from this Roman chair to your island, and of late restored and increased. Proof, too, of that holy transport with which you commemorate the con stancy of your fathers, and their sufferings for the catholic faith. Proof, again, of that unquestioning obedience co this Holy See, whose primacy of honour and jurisdiction you assert, whose doctrine you declare that you venerate and embrace with your whole heart, whose civil right. you hold sacred and necessary unto the free government of the church, to which, in fine, you acknowledge yourselves most devoted, and promise a perfect and perpetual adherence. And, indeed, you could put forth nothing more excellent than these duties which are the signal approval of your faith, and nothing to us more agreeable, to whom they give the greatest delight, because we desire nothing more than that all should have one soul, one heart, all be one with us, so that we all may be one in Christ. United with this Holy See, your fathers fought, and suffering with fortitude the loss of goods, imprisonment, tortures, and death, handed down to you the faith which they had re ceived whole and entire, and sealed with their blood. And you, closely treading in these noble footsteps up to this time, have sustained, together with us, a more perilous, though it may be not so ferocious a form of conflict ; but it was with the assurance that so long as you were fixed in this rock, against which the gates of hell shall not pre• vail, victory must be with you. Go on, then, ever in this way the more firmlT ; proceed together with us to contend by the arms of justice against the haters of religion and truth ; endeavour yet more studiously to propitiate God by your zeal and works of mercy. in which He takes most delight ; persevere in prayer, and, acquitting your selves se men, wait for the Lord, who, at length prevailed upon by entreaty, will scatter the darkness of errors, still disturbances, and, without doubt, restore the reign of jus tice and of peace. We augur for you the joy of this result, and the abundance of all heavenly graces, in token whereof, and in witness likewise of our paternal goodwill and kindly affection, we meet lovingly impart to all of you, and to the whole of England, our Apostolical benediction. " Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, on the 10th day of July, 1867, of our Pontificate the V-nd year. " Pius P.P. IX." A large number of very rough, homey-looking customers took tickets at the Waterloo stationfor Wimble don on Thursday morning last. As there was nothing going on at Wimbledon, and it was race day at Southamp ton, the suspicions of the Waterloos officials were aroused, and they telegraphed to Wimbledon to know if the ticket. holders got out there, and finding that they did not, orders were telegraphed to Southampton to examine every ticket, and make the holderof a Wimbledon onepaythefare to Southampton. This was effectually dote. Such& ruffianly set as most of those who arrived at Southampton with Wimbledon tickets was never seen except in a convict or prizefighter's train. All the thieves and pickpockets ap prehended at the Southampton races denied their guilt, and said they were " respectable men and bookmakers." A rumour is current in Ross-shire (says the Li rernext Currier) that the Princess of Wales has accepted an offer by her Graze the Duchess of Sutherland to place Castle Leod at the disposal of her royal highness, with a view of trying the effects of the Strathpeffer waters. Castle Leod is a picturesque old baronial residence, part of the patrimony of the Duchess of Sutherland as Countess of Cromartie, and is in the immediate neighbourhood of the mineral weilsof Strathpeffer. _ . Although Lord Derby was somewhat improved in health on Saturday evening, there is no prospect of his being able to be in his place in the House of Lords for the next few days. . _ . . A gentleman, who wishes to preserve his incog nito, and whose name, indeed, has not been made known even to the authorities, has contributed 5,00 W. to the Bishop of London's Fund, for the purpose of promoting the erection of a new church at Kensal-green, the district around which is rapidly increasing in population. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have determined on liberally meeting this gift, and the arrangement for the new church and district will be completed without delay. The Observer says that not more than 170 con servative members are now in Linden. The " limited mail " to the north is " booked" up to the 1 lth of August. SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE'S MISSION TO JASSY.— On Saturday last the synagogues of the British, German, Polish, Spanish, and Portuguese Jews of Loudon were thrown open for special prayers for the success of Sir Moses Montefiore. Each of the synagogues was thronged at an early hour by ladies and gentlemen anxious to join in the prayer for the welfare of the venerable philan thropist, who will take his departure from London to morrow (Tuesday), accompanied by his nephew, Mr. A. Cohen, Dr. Danielle, of itamsgate (his physician), and Dr. L. Loewe. Sir Moses arrived at the great synagogue at an early hour, and at the conclusion of the usual morning service a special prayer, composed by the chief rabbi (Dr. Adler), was impressively read in Hebrew. The worthy baronet visited nearly all the synagogues during the day, receiving in all prayers for his safety and succesa.—Daily Tekgraph. THE NATIONAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION.—The lords and Commons prizes, consisting of ten silver cups, were shot for on Saturday by every detachment on the ground, with 32-pounder smooth-bore guns ; the ranges were 1,250 and 1,500 yards. The shooting was a vast im provement generally upon that of the two preceding days; but although the details of the various scores were not made up before the last train left Southend for London, yet sufficient was known to in dicate the winning detachment, which was githe She ffi eld, or 2nd detachment of the 4th West York , hick detach ment made the excellent score of 34 with their 32 pounder. Amongst the notices posted on the council board were announcements that three additional prizes had been offered, viz., one of 10/. by the Earl of Limerick, 51. by Colonel Durnford of the Ist Surrey, and 51. sa. from the officers of the Ist Surrey Artillery. The programme of the shooting for the ensuing week was also posted to the following effect :—" Monday, 29th July, the Duke of Cambridge's prize, for let detachment, and as second Colonel Durnford's prize of SI. Tuesday, 30th, the Prince of Wales's prize ; Wednesday, 31st, Colonel Ada is prize for Ist detachment, Lord Limerick's 10/. as second, and Ist Surrey officers' prize 51. Is. as third ; Thursday, August 1 her Majesty the Queen's prize of ten silver cups of the value of 100/. ; Friday, August 2, the shooting for badges, and Messrs. Elkington's silver cup to be shot for by all winning detachments and pre sented to No. 1 of the winning detachment ; Saturday, August 3rd, distribution of prizes by the Under-Secretary of State for War, the Earl of Longford." The Queen's prizes will be shot for with Armstrong guns, and in order that every detachment may have an opportunity of com peting, a special drill in Armstrong gun practice has been instituled and carried out under direction of Colonel Fisher, ILA., instructor of gunnery at the staeion, and so soon as each detachment is considered perfect and passed in the special drill, they will have the privilege of choosing the calibre of the guu with which they wish to Ere, the lighter pieces being handicapped in point of time against the heavy guns. The Mid-Lothian detachment were the wianers of Scotland's Challenge Cup on Friday. THE LORDS AND THE REFORM BILL. The amendments of which Lord Grey and Lord Cairns have given notice appear to the Times everything that is required to make the redistribution clauses of the reform bill worthy to be coupled with the disuses of en franchisement. By proposing that the limit to the popu lation of boroughs which shall lose one of their two members shall be extended from 10,000 to 12,000, twelve seats would be obtsined, and none of the boroughs affected have such a reputation as should prevent their losing a member apiece. Lord Cairns will move that in contested elections for three-cornered constituencies no voter should give more than two votes; and if this propo sition be adopted, a minority of a third will secure one of three members. This amendment, coming after Lord Grey's proposition, obviates, in the opinion of the Times, the grave difficulty which has hitherto embarrassed all attempts to design a comprehensive scheme of redistribution. Lord Grey will also ask to group together some of the smallest boroughs, and so acquire still more seats for distribution ; but even supposing this is not adopted, he would have ten seats to dispose of besides the two allotted by him to the Inns of Court, and would thus be able to add a third member to the ten additional constituencies. If we add these to the four already created by the bill and the seven previously in existence, we shall have twenty-one three cornered constituencies, in each of which the form of re presenting minorities proposed by Lord Cairns could be introduced. Observing that some of the amendments claim a place among the most extravagant imbecilities of politics, Lord Denman in particular again doing his beet to show the wisdom of the proposal for conferring peerages for life only upon distinguished lawyers, the Daily News proceeds to remark that many of the other proposals, variously devised on different pretences, have the one purpose of restricting the suffrage. Lord Grey is to at tempt to undo the great victory of the liberal party in the House of Commons, and reverse the concession which has made the present bill worth having, by omitting the 7th clause, and so bringing back the practice of compound ing, while retaining the words of the :ird clause, which make personal rating and the personal payment of rates the condition of the franchise. The Dairy News trusts that the wisdom of the Peers will abstain from raising again these and other old controversies in the Commons. Lord Halifax's amendment, which stops the way, would endanger the bill if it were carried, while the failure to carry it would weaken the opposition. It is to be hoped, therefore, his lordship will withdraw it without speech or debate. The Standanl says the country will to-night h►ve another opportunity of guaging the worth of whig sincerity and whig pledges in the cause of reform. It was by "an abstract resolution" that the conservative bill of 1859 was reject e d, and Lord Halifax, skilled in the wording of party motions for catching votes, has furbished up a similar instrument for a similar purpose in the present instance. The Telegraph continues to insist there is neither time nor reason, in point of fact, for long debates. Their lord ships have just margin enough for the useful and patriotic function of accepting, without delay or timidity, that which the country has accepted. Nothing that they can induce the lower house to adopt can be worth so much to their own house as the distinction of having aided, instead of having opposed, the desire of the nation ; and we look to them with confidence for this proof that they prefer the large security of popular applause to the petty safeguards of meddling amendments. The fact that Lord Halifax concludes the tale of amend ments with a most objectionable proposition—to deprive freeholders in boroughs of theircounty votes—entirely con firms the impression the Star h►d received of his lordship's present attitude. It is one of the points for which, as a liberal peer, Lord Halifax ought to have been most ready to fight. On the whole, the Star is bound to state that, in its judgment, the Lords will give the best proof of their good sense, and the best earnest of future practical wisdom, if they burn their notice paper and pass the bill. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. The Herald strongly condemns the bill for the benefit of insolvent railway companies, which passed through the committee of the House of Lords on Friday night, and is persuaded that the certain consequence will he still further to damage the reputationof securities which recent events have already seriously and lamentably disparaged. Henceforth, we are to accept it as the deliberately de clared policy of the imperial parliament that if only a railway company will get deep enough into debt, it may est the rights of its creditors at nought, or may make its arrangements for paying them rather with a view to its own convenience than to any previously existing statutory seem We., or any abstract principles of honour and justice. The only remaining safeguard is that afforded by the in tervention of the Court of Chancery. Having made up • sufficiently pitiful tale, the railways can ask for the powers with a good grace, and having got them, they can go over the facts which have come to light with perfect non chalance, assured that, shot ver conies of it, the creditors will have no chance of making bet, r terms, or the share hol !ere o' sooner receiving d vidends. Hence it will be no one's interest to make a stir about anything, or to oppose applications for permission to use pre-preferential powers. Sound and unsound, honestly and dishonestly conducted concerns will alike suffer ; for all in greater or lon dee' e will be *arose' to the risk of having ore-prefer snee stock issued. The Post contends that government is bound to come forward with some counsel, with a me proposal of policy, if not with some organised plan, for the reintegration of these great public works. Mr. Kerslake, M.P. for Colchester, will no longer be able to repeat the boast which he Made when opposing Mr. Mill's motion for the enfranchisement of women. He then said, "During the three months be had had the honour to have a seat in that house, although be had received day by day petitions and cations of various kinds upon subject, which he regarded as of a most trivial character, he had not received one single application, one single notification, verbal or writ ten, in favour of the proposition of the hon. member." On Thursday night he presented a petition, signed by 129 ladies and some of his constituents at Colchester, in favour of female enfranchisement. VISIT OP THE SULTAN. At a Court of Common Council held this twill ing, the answer given by the Sultan to the ividrrers p re . seated to him by the oorporstion was read and orderer, t o be entered in the journals of the court. A communicatirn was also read from Baron Brunnow, the RUllollll2lbal434or. acknowledging, through the Chancellor of the Empi re of Russia, Prince Gortchakoff, the receipt of the add ru , from the corporation presented to him congratulating hi, Majesty on his escape from the attack of an amnia, am expressing the satisfaction of his Majesty at the expr, miens contained in that address, which, be said, were so; only satisfactory to his Majesty personally, but, no doubt, would 'Lobe so to the whole Russian Empire. A communise. tion was also laid before the court from Colonel Gregoire, t h e commander of the Belgian volunteers, expressing the grtat satisfaction entertained by all the officers and men belon g . lug to the Belgian Volunteers, at the magnificent hospitable reception afforded to them by the corporator,. All the communications were ordered to be primed upon the journals of the wart. ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND AUSTRALIA.Y CHARTERED BANE.--(THIS DAY.) The twenty-eighth ordinary general meeting u as held this afternoon at the offices of the Bank, Corldull, Mr. A. L. ELDIR in the chair. The report appeared in last Monday's Express. The following is the balance sheet :—" Liabilities up capital, 600.000/ ,• deposits, 871397/. Os. 7d. ; biW p a y able and other liabilities, 1(10.6031. 19e. 4d. ; 102,0091. ; re-served fund, 40,000/. ; balan ce o f prod from last half-year, 2,3781. 85. 4d. : amount carried to pr o fit and loss account, 34,5471. 15s.—Total, 1,810,736/. Assets: Bills receivable (including the estimated 'aloe of those overdue), loans on security, cash at bankers, 4c. 1,337 2 133/. 10s.; specie and bullion, 212,9831. 3s. td.; b a d, premises and furniture, 80,347/. 34. 7d.; less, written 19,8371. 14s. ; leaving 60,6191. 9a. 7d.; total, 1,810,744 3s. 3d. _ _ "Profit and Loss Aceoant.—Tocurrent expenses in Ade ' 'aide, Melbourne, Sydney, and sub-branches, 11,0 rd. 1 Is. ld. ; ditto in London, including directors' remariera tion and income-tax, 2,844/. 9s. 4d.-13,940/. os. M. to balance, 22,986/. 2s. l id. ; total, 36,9261. 3s. 4d. balance from last half-year, 2,378/. lea. 4d. ; by amount brought down, 34,547/. 15e. ; total, 3 6 ,92G1. 3s. 4.1." The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, referred to his announcement at the last locating of krises incurred Oars the previous report, and his hope that they would not affect the dividend or the reserve. Unfortunately they had affected the reserve to the extent of 10,0001. S s 64 no hesitation, however, in recommending the usual diri• dend, the business and profits of the half-year having been fully up to the average, and if the same rate was condoned ' during the next half-year, of which he entertained no d ou bt, there would be no difficulty in replacing the 10,0001. to die reserve. ( Hear.) During the last six months the deposits had increased from 806,0001. to 871,000/. There had also been an increase of 12,0001. in the circulation during the suns period. The different branches were all in good working order. They had written off all bad debts, and the hank was never in a sounder position than now. The report was adopted without discussion, and a diri. dend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum declared. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro. reeding'. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) 1101FDA7, JULY 29, 8 A.K. L I. T.' i W. 11:i . NN.e9_ 11154 N.N.W. Aberdeen ..70.0181 EaTti N.W. . Ardmore's 36. 13 S 6 W. N.M. Greenmails 110.20 603 Z. _ - liveepool.... 10.11 61 N. Holyhead ... 30.14 55 N.W. Penzance.... 10.2510 N. " lo: Fe N. N.L Latent. 30.12 St M.N.& Rochefort 30.66 67 &8. W. Plyniouth 30.1966 N. Weymouth ail so 11 as 30.b9 N. London Yarmouth 10.0 2 260 W.N.W. toarholough 30.06 52 N.N. W. Shlohb 30.0663 N. L Helder — RIMARKA. The barometrical pressure aiWeiiittarday ham immated, kt on the moth and south•wert tauten, is now decreming. which are light to moderate, ere mill northerly. %Venni it cloudy, and thunder is reported from Portamouth. FRENCH PLAYS. —ST. JAMES'S THEATRI.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured the perform. ance on Saturday evening with his pi deuce. The rd company included the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, Lady Stanley of Alderley, Lady Cecilia Byag, Lady Tounton, Lady Walsingbam, Dr. Quin, ke. Tins SULTAN'S VISIT TO THE ROYAL ITALIAT OPERA.—Previously to leaving England his Imperial Ma jesty the Sultan, through Feed Pacha, presented to Mr. Gye a snuff-box, as a " 'marque de aourentr dr in "jest, " of the reception given his Majesty in the Floral - hail, and of his Majesty's satisfaction at the entertainment at the Opera on the occasion of the State visit. This box, which a w ri M in.i. as t r cted . hreg G a : illianz y inc.rbi j e co b mis Z u oim i lm ed eg m 74.oA an lot. by t e.w ol Thish a .hic t d m h h co i s tarn thb l lii rt!i b r ten ces iadis tre l d . b : 2, S i Hants, the outer edge of the box being ornamented by continuous border of smaller diamond,. In all. there are 136 stones of the fi nest water. The intrinsic value of this magnificent souvenir is upwards of 1,0001. It is, webelieve, of Turkish manufacture. The Sultan also enured to be placed in Mr. Gye's hands the sum of 8001. sterling, to be applied to charitable purposes in connexion with the nitklomis of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-ganlen. THE HOUSR OF LORDS AND THE REMO( BILL —Since Lord Halifax gave notice of his resolution al going into committee on the Reform Bill, there has hen ' such a decided expression of diss a tisfaction among the liberals out of doors that it is most improbable his lordo will press it. We have every con fi dence that the hill Map into committee without • division to-morrow eight Senday Gaxtie. THIS IRISH RAILWAY QUESTION.—The report rf the committee appointed by the eabinet to codiderthe proposal for the purchase and consolidation of the Ind railways was presented to the Cabinet Council cm Sea day, and the determination of ministers with niereace to the scheme will be communicated to-morrow ( this dole the Marquis of Clanricarde, as chairman of the Irish Peed and Commoners' deputation who waited on Lord Dal about fi ve weeks sines.—Buseday Chrette. PROVINCIAL FINANCE. —The directors of the KT , minghnin Joint-Stock Bank have just declared an inters dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum. The fue report of the Birmingham Banking Company (Limited./s just been issued. ooncern was started after the stip page of the old bank last year. It appears that the P" amount of profit realised in the ten months was 15,7a , 1. fhSultsioezacii."DaiiitetagebnringoLldoedhisf. letter written to and after making the usual deductions there is A A 4 balance of 9,0001. Out of this the whole of the rob"' nary expenses have been paid ; an amount ha,- I.ree It apart for the redemption of the bank premises. ..e.ll.fi". has been appropriated as the nucleus of a reser' Nod. dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per sans" e-,‘ paid " to December 30, and the like amount for the past halfyra is recommended. THE BOAT ACCIDENT AT itiAIDENHEID. -02 Saturday afternoon, at Maidenhead, the coroner for rot" shire, Mr. Rupert Clarke, held an inquest, at the Kate the e on T Inn, onthehr.iay evening.boduiesetheth Th e bodies reepe rsees e : h lro ., l7 l eLl e m Thames a recognised by their relatives as those of Geoere Tubb, car penter, aged 20, Annie Pocock, aged 22, and Vita Atte, aged 10. Mr. William Moxon Browne, of Eton Culler. said he was with the eight-oar crew on Tbunday Si He rowed " bow," which was nearest the other bat, and he did not hear any of the persons hill crf out. After it was struck, a man got into his beat, and told all the women to come after his. The witness told them not to do so, but they all om e • The boat filled, and the crew got into the 'der. He took hold of one girl by the waist, so-I souther woman took hold of her. Of this, Inmerer. was not quite certain. He swam about t w o-shirts m the way, when she pulled him under. His trollies 1: 04 round his feet and he went down again. He r e ached the shore without the woman, although he got her near the hank. He then took off his shirt and ti oustra and went' again. He swam up to the bridge, but did not sv and they then pulled him in, as he was exhaust...l He the woman so close to the shore that be should think e was saved. Mr. Francis Edward Armitatead. of Eton CO lege, said he was one of the crew of the eight.e.,r, but .1i not hear any one cry out before the other boat was etmrk After the collision his crew and the I.eroons it: the et boat went into the water. He swam and put one round a woman who had • child in her ems and wit h th in m a te . s i w .c am ha as i b t o h re e . up, the jury gave a verdict of " Accidental alt. - I doing so they desired to express their appprehation of t . deduct of the Eton gentlemen who had so c ourageocef. exerted themselves to save the lives of those who had into the water. tri S nwr ifete .— M A lNz at ßO wa tT up ri tat on t r e ch Th ibl e . w Th om e an co e' ro 'u n i e d r no ha t ei t4 ec k'suhrootela : ' . o'clock this afternoon. Ann Clarke. of Blaydon,..!‘,, Steward, of Newcastle, Margaret Anne Fitzgera ld' Blyth, Robert Higgins, of Whttehaven, and two seam of manses unknown, were drowned. Thomas mo North Shields, and Charles Pelmet). a Prus-id. —S uth il o ir f T th is e . Ty S e c e ll 1 1'1 1 saved. The sea was running very strong. „ HOSPITAL TOR DISEASES 07 THE CHEST, V t eroal PARC—The number of patients relieved at this indite _ during lad week vas 1,V3, of which 284 were nee otiP. 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