The Express. — London, England, 1864-08-30 00:00:00

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(arrest act-oasts opened at the branches with parties respect- a`ty wroduced, and commercial bills &Accounts& The rates of and commission to be agreed upon. Depo•lt accounts opened at the London odic* and braaehes, sat interest at the current rate of the day allowed thereon. reuse.) rates of Interest allowed to trustees sad others having bare amounts to deposit for died periods. thiNues not coutaininc any tractional part of Cle may he drawn szainst these accounts. Pon hues and toles of stock shares, &a, effected, end Um dividends reeeived, met every deemiytioe of legitimate booking bminess transacted Roo the meet liberal terms. The greatest facilities given for the tranamission of money between London and the different branches. strong bre.proof rooms are provided for the We custody of deeds and other valu able property belonging to the customers of the Bank. J. P. TURNER., General Manager. STEVENS Ana SONS, 78, Bishoriagato-at. Within. GENUINE POE/IGS WINPIa. P'rt. 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ORIGINAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, 16, 111filliTTA-15111.M. OOMMOILLDLN, JOHN BROGDEN. ORIGINAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, is HILNIIISTIA4TINIT, OOVINT-GAZDIN. HYAM and CO.'S CLOTHING IOSTABLISB WENT, el and 67. Weed-street. The attention of Gentlemen is perticularly lintel to the fol lowing arrangements Into which Ilya= and Oy.'s lagahllahment lau out for public accommodation : No. I. Clothing for Immediate Wear. No. 2. Select Order Department. No. & Juvenile and Youths' Department. No. a. Het and Hosiery Department. The mod erwrlenced cuttery and work hands are engaged in the Tailoriair branches, and the beat and moat fatruonable fabrics and tree aeons y are guaranteed. If Yell and CO., 66 and 67, Oxford-atm& London ; 21, V., and ft. New-street, Birmingham: 42. Made. Leeds and Wed pie, Dewsbury. M J OULDING MACHINE HAND WANTED; also a YOUTH to Plane Muff for the Name. at STICK LAAD STLIM MOULDING WOLK& Gee-street, Doswell street. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and Lee useful invention of the day, ACP". AMAZILLA.— Newt JON!: COSNELL and Co., Three Ling-emu* Lombard. Weft. London. perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public thie truly marvellous fluid, widcb gradually restores the butean hair to its pristine hue—no matter et whet age. The Ague itrearelle, hes none of the propertied of dyes ; It, on the contrary. k beneaclal to the system, and when the hair Is °woe restored OW application per month will keep tt In perfect colour. Price ,C 1 Is. per bottle, or in half bottles. lie ad. Joke Geowell it Co. have been appointed perfumers to Lida. the Prtneems of Wales. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, a newer tailing remedy, pmpereet without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, will bee footed lavalmbie Sc all who suffer from billow and liver complaints, hedisestion, wind, spasms, stadiums, dlmineas of the eyes, &c. For habitual onitivenem cc a Dusty aperient medicine, and as • pnrtecr of the I,lood, they are truly excellent ; mild In their operation sod grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system—field by W. lam bert, chemist, a, Ling William-at, Charing-crow and by most dromistk to holm 16.13 d. and 81.9 d. Be mars to oak for Dr. Ikott a Bilious and Liver MIY. The mantes an le • square prom package with William Lambert' eneraved es the damp. THE LNIIIGORATIVE NKRVINE ESSENCE. The Oldit scientifically prepared aad most powerful nutri tive cdoilal ever Introduced . restores to their normal reedlike all the escretleas, on the integrity of which perfect health de pend& It le a specific for debility of all Una". and from its eon. tabling arms. other ingredients, pepelne and pholpste of *ode. will prove highly I:manacle' to the nervous an dyspeptic. Price Ss, per bottle, or fear quantities in one for 2le. Sole "gents. Masora lianwesrten and Co., fad. Otfordetreaß se 133&„ Fenettarcia.stre.4. LC. Loudon - JOZEALT, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, • respectfully informs the Nobility and Gantry that be stock all the FRENCII PATENT MEDICINES, every Ce,flption of Medical Apparatus, and the following Prepara ho, J.riF.Ara TRENCH yarn. SYRUP. F 6 Per bottle. J. IZEAU'a STEEL MALAOA WINE of PEPSINE and BARK. a direstive and Ownstherdng took, M. 6d. per bottle. JoZEAL - B ELIXIR of PIPSINR, the beet digestive known. U. NI., t 5.64., and ill. per bottle. JoZEA 173 PECTORAL LETTUCE /WILT end LOZENGES, rteommendeg at the best remedy (without opium: for the ore of skalds. withma, sore throats, and all the disorders of tl.e etiest, ts. ad. per bottle : 2.5. ad. and Is. ltd. per HERING A INFALLIBLE POWDERS assimt the distemper, UM diseases, and worms Is dogs, LL WEPer Preket. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE BILGE, successfully tried In the Paris and loodos ifaspitakk and., the thee of Mesas CuUerier, Rimed. Lloyd. Poland. and teem Clark Ltucet, Nov. 6, effects a cure in an average of six days either in recent or chronic diseases.-4. (41. per bottle,Llct Ifs. at C. JOZCA I'll French chetah*, 49, Bar:market. and IA Boalevart llaeenta, Paris. Just pohlishial. peke Tit 64.. MELLING, SEEING. REARING, &a S The Araterem of the External and Internal Senses; the& erammou wiUt the Mucous Membrane Using the Plorarlra 1, ". Exrt. ne. their Dreams nun Eresinsent Ey Dr. EMUS Upper aresnsourotrwet. W. Jola Breath and Co., 0, Looi.acre, W.C. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (moss's rarsoassta.) THE INSURRECTION IN TONI& MARSEILLE& Amer 29. Advises from Tunis have been received here to the 21st August. It is officially announced that 14 of the tribes have made their submission. Pri vate letters state, however, that 40 tribes are still in insurrection, and that several chiefs who bad manifested a wish for peace had been killed. A chief who signed conditions of peace was obliged to take refuge in Tunis. Disturbances continued at Sfax and Souses. Most of the tribes demanded the dismissal of the Kasoadar. Advice* from Algiers Mate that the expedition sent out against the assassins of M. Mollard Eg- Dienes has been instructed to drive the insurgent population from Tell. Fresh fires have taken place in the forests of the Province of Constantine. THE CONFERENCE. VIENNA, Acorrer 29. . _ The Generai-Correspondtm of this evening say a : " The Conference which was to be held to-day has been adjourned, probably because the Danish pleni potentiaries are still awaiting several necessary documents." The Freese says :—" Up to the present the Con ference has been occupied solely with the territorial question. It has been wolved to appoint a com mittee as soon as possible for the regulation of the frontier line." ITALY. TURIN, Avoca? 29. According to advicee received here arreeta con tinue at Trent and in Venetia. It is rumoured that the police have discovered depots of arms, munitions, and tri-coloured flags. FRANC I ..g. PAM, Anuner 29. The Emperor and Prince Humbert will not leave for ChOlons till to-morrow. LYONS, avocet 29. Senator Vais' se died suddenly to-day. THE PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, Aroma 29, 3.30 P.M. The Bourse continues firm. Restar closed at 66.35, or the same as on Saturday. BADEN. BAD, Accrar 29. Herr von Bismarck has arrived here. INDIA AND CHINA. (By telegraph from Sue:.) BOMBAY, AOGCST 9. Grey shirting' and mule twist active and ad_ caning. Cotton in good demand—Dhollerah, 635 rs. ; Broach, 615 rs. ; Malwa opium, 1,450 rs. Exchange on London, first class credits, 26.11 d. ; Government Securities—Font per Cents., 941 ; Fives, 104 ; Five-and-a-Half, 116. Freights to Liverpool for eotton, 665. Money tighter. The English mail of the 18th nit. has not yet arrived. CALCITITA, Amy/re 8. Grey shirting!' and mule twist firm. Exchange on London, first class credits, 2s. lid. SHANGHAE, JCLY 20. Grey shirting, and silk unchanged. Exchange On London, is. Ad. THE BRAZILS. LLOON. AUGVIST 29. The Royal M.sil Company's steamship Magdalena has arrived here with the Brazil mails. Exchange on London at Rio was quoted 271 to 271. Coffee good first, 6.500 to 6. COU SUipmenta, 81,28.3 bags, of which 16,921 were for the Channel. Sales, 63,772 bags. Stook, 60,000. Freights, 55a. to 60a. At Bahia, exchange was quoted 271 to 271. Cotton, 27.600 to 27.800 reis. Sugar, 2.700 to 2.769 reis. Pernambuco.—Exchange on London, 271 to 271. Sugar : Whites, 5.200 ; browns, 3.000. Cotton, 29.700. The Meseageires Imperial.. steamer Estra madure arrived at Pernambuco on the 11th. BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : .atIinLANDRIA, Auover 29. The non and Ceylon ' wit h the above mails, left Alexandria at noon to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 4th, and the latter at Southampton about the 11th September. OUTWARD MAILS OF THE 12rs AND Ifts AUGUST. The Bohm left Sues for Bombay on the 27th instant. THE IEAVOtritATIOR or THE ALBZILT MEMORIAL STATUE AT PISTIL—The preparatioes for the inauguration to-morrow (this) morning of the Albert memorial statue at the mamma of the North Inch, Perth, are now completed. A stead in front of the statue has been erected for her Ma jesty the Queen. The stand, which was designed by Mr. Heaton, architect, has a groined ceiling, sod promote three arches, embellished with evergreens and Bowers. The cen tral one is to be appropriated to ber Majesty, sad con sists of four shafts with floral capitals. The stand is coveted with crime= cloth, and is fitted with curtains in ease of rain. A handsome drawing room chair made of walnut wood, and covered with crim son velvet, with the royal arms on the back, has been pre pared for her Majesty by Mr. Geo•ge Scots, cabinetmaker. The statue, it may be Ammo& is surrounded by a malle able iron railing, consisting of stars sod crosses, with floral balustrades. A stand, capable of holding 500 persons, has been erected at a short distance from the statue for the sub ecribere to it of a guinea and upwards. The streets along which her Majesty, family, and suite, a.. expected to pass, are to be lined by the 92nd Highlauders from Glasgow, a detachment of the 15th Hamra, the 74th depot in garrison, sod about 500 of the Perthshire Volunteer Rifles. Eighty mite of the Royal Athillery, with six gums, from Leith, are to be statiooed os th e North loch, and are to fire a royal salute on the statue being unveiled. A dinner is to be gives in the aftersesse et Tuesday to Mr. Brodie. the sculptor of the statue, in the Royal George Hotel, at which the Lord Provost will preside. The annual games of the Perth Highland Society are to take place also on Tuesday. Business generally is town will be =speeded for the day. The following are the military arrangements that have been made in connexion with the ceremony :—A boon of the 15th Hussars from Hamilton, and a battery of Artillery from Leith Fort, will arrive in Perth daring the course of to-day. A detachment of the 74th Highlanders, mosisting of 10 officers sod 320 men, will leave Edinburgh Castle and proceed to Perth early on Tuesday morn. lug by special train, and will ieturo in the evening after the ceremony is completed. A detachment of the Wed Highlsoders,comistinget 12 officers and 360 men, from Glasgow and Paisley; and • detachment of 7 officers sad 1.30 men from the tt.d Depot Battalion at Stirling will also leave for Perth early on Tuesday morning, and will return the same day. There will be in all about 1,100 regular troops parrot, is addition to the Perthshire trifle Volun teers, 'rho are expected to take part in the promediegs. The moms will be ueder the command of Major-o*mm' Walker. C.D.s cessmanding the forces in Scotland, with Colossal G. Hyde Page, A.D.C., Acting Assistant Adjutent- Gewersh—Brotessers. • CZYMPAL PALLOR. -- ONE SRILLING DAT. Norma, Anwar 29.—Adaoloioos on payment, 16,279; *SW by moos tickets. 1,878 ; beta, 1d.157. MTr re LONDON, TUESDAY EVXNING, AUGUST 80, 1884. AMERICA. (fox ova 111.30L161. NEW YOBS, Almon 14. The news from Mobile continues to occupy publics attention almost to the exclusion of every thing else. Nothing has as yet been received from Admiral Farragut, but the despatches which are published in the Richmond papers, and which are regularly forwarded to the War-office by General Butler, are as full and explicit as could be desired. The main facts are that Farragut has forced the entrance to the harbour, has destroyed the whole Confederate flotilla (except one gunboat), including the famous iron-clad rani the Tennessee, of which the Confederacy entertained great expectations, and this has been followed by the evacuation of Fort Powell and the surrender of Fort Gaines, a very strong work, provisioned, according to the Rich mond Enquirer, for six months, and garrisoned by 600 men. The Tennessee was the most formidable ironclad yet constructed by the Confederates, and her loss is doubtless a great mortification. The Richmond despatch says she was destroyed after a "desperate engagement." Admiral Buchanan, in command of the flotilla, bar been captured, with the loss of a leg. He is the anise who commanded the Merrimac in her famous onslaught on the frigates Cumberland and Congress, in Hampton Roads, in the spring of 1862, and afterwards in the conflict with the Moni tor. He was badly wounded on that occasion also. The surrender of the town of Mobile does not follow as a matter of course upon these successes. The whole line of the harbour up to the town is lined with batteries, and at the upper end the larger vessels of Farragut's fleet cannot take part in the attack, owing to the shallowness of the water. But it is most likely that the Monitors, of which Farragut has now three—one having, according to the Confederate account, been sunk—will, with the gunboats, suffice for the remainder of the work, particularly as the capture of Forts Powell and Gaines will enable the land forces to co-operate by continuing their advance along the shore. This force is not large, but, on the other hand, neither is that of the enemy, and it is not likely that Hood, from whom only reinforcements can be drawn, will venture to weaken himself at present in order to reinforce the garrison of the town. Report says that the place is held mainly by militia, nearly all the regular troops having been sent to Atlanta some time ago, and there is every probability that such is the case. The account. agree in describing the fortifications of Mobile as very strong, and of immense extent. The shores of the bay bristle with them, and in fact every approach that the Federala are likely to take has been covered with earthworks. But to hold them all would require a very large army, instead of a few brigades, com posed mainly of militia; and a large army is some thing which the Confederates cannot spare just now, either for the defence of Mobile or any other points besides Richmond and Atlanta. Thia is the third time that Farragut has carried a fleet past forts which the Confederates believed impassable. By the first he captured New Orleans ; by running past the batteries at Port Hudson he assisted ma terially in the reduction of Vicksburg ; and if his "running past" at Mobile should lead to the fall of the place be will unquestionably be entitled to some share of the credit of the capture of Atlanta, should it be captured. His successes are a striking illustration of the value of strong faith in war as well as in other things. He has unbounded faith in wooden ships and big guns, and cannot be persuaded that any fort can bar their progress. Ile has never had ironclads under his orders before, and has not had a very high opinion of their capabilities ; but an officer who saw him a day or two before the attack on Mobile tells me that he was in great glee over the prospect of using them in this affair, and was determined to test their attacking as well as resisting capacity to the uttermost. The importance of these operations is due much less to the destruction of the Confederate flotilla than to the probable effect of the capture of Mobile upon the operations at Atlanta. Mobile once taken, it would become a " water-base" for Sher man, the thing of all others which be moat needs, in ceder to secure his position in Georgia. Gunboats could then ascend the Alabama River as far as Montgomery, the capital of the State, which could be fortified and made a aecopdary base like Chattanooga, from which movements might be made against the remaining points of importance in the south-east, which are not already assailable from the sea. I am assured that the plan of attack on Mobile is Sherman's, and that he has always considered the capture of that place as the complement of his movement on Atlanta, and essential to its perma nent success. Accordingly, ever since General Canby took Banks's place in command of the army in Louisiana, be has been busily engaged in organising the bind fore, which has accompanied the fleet, and I believe be is himself in command of it. This bas, of course, led to the withdrawal of a large part of the troops previously stationed along the Mississippi, and that of Arkansas River, and the guerillas are consequently more active in those regions than they have been for some time past. The negroes on the leased plantations are often murdered, and also persons suspected of Union opinions, or who have taken the oath of allegiance under the Banks' regime ; and steamers on the Mississippi are frequently fired on. It is curious to see, however, with what frantic eagerness the Times and its correspondents rush to the conclusion, based on these facts, that " the Federal conquests in the south-west are rapidly passing from their grasp." As I have often said before, outrages by guerillas will only cease when the war is over, or, in other words, when the South ceases to have any large organised force in the field. The guerillas, in all taws in 1 which they are not mere brigands, plundering and murdering persona of all shades of opinion alike, are simlpy acting as auxiliaries to the armies of Hood and Lee. It is in order that the Federals may have greater difficulty in operating against there gentlemen that such worthies as McNeely and Qusntrell continue to rob and assassinate. If the armies at Richmond were not in existence, however, two-thirds of them would undoubtedly go home, for most of them have sense enough to know that the Southern Confederacy cannot be eata bliahed by isolated attacks on farms and houses. Those who kept the field longer would be the mere robbers, deserters from both armies, and scamps of all climes and creeds, whom the civil war has enabled to gratify their instincts with comparative impunity. ♦ residuum of this sort is 'at by every war in every country which happens to be the theatre of it ; but its existence proves little for the progression of a country in a military sense. The South has abandoned all pretence to hold the south west on this aide of the Mississippi by regular armies, and as long as this is the aims it is puerile to pretend that because it is haunted by robbers whom the Northern armies cannot control, that therefore the North has lost its hold of it. I can see by the tone of the newspapers that you are labouring in England under a reaction from the deep impression produced by the vigour of Grant's onslaught at the opening of the campaign, and that there is now a general disposition to behove that because Richmond has not been captured the cense of the North is once more hopeless. I can only say that here there is not the shadow of a tendency to take a gloomy view of the situation amongst those who ever took a hopeful one. Ido not think that the Northern public was ever one jot less confident of final success, or less determined to persevere, than it is at this moment, and the events of the campaign, though they have not been such as many people I hoped for at the outset, have certainly not been such, so far, as to cause any despondency. There has been but one disaster—that of Banks in Loui siana ; but it had no result beyond the ices of men and material: Thi 7•611141 bare nowhere der' recoiled one step, while ate at leant of the two great armies has been making a triumphal pro gress into the very heart of the enemy's territory. Grant has not taken Richmond, but he threatens it more closely than it has ever been threatened before. The great " invasion " of Pennsylvania turns out to be a mere " raid," or else a very feeble Attempt to cause a diversion. M'Causland's cavalry, which occupied Chambenburg, has been overtaken and defeated in Virginia by Averill with the loss of four guns and all their baggage. And if Mobile and Atlanta fall, as seems likely, it would be bard to say what more brilliant or fruitful result, for the summer's work, the North could have wished for. In short, it is worse than raah— it is foolish—in a war like this, ever to attempt to pass judgment on a campaign until its close. Next November will be the time to sum up the gains and losses of both aides, and pronounce positively whether or not the Federals have been justified in persevering through another season, but not sooner- If at that time it can be fairly said that the Fede ral' have gained no ground, and the Confederates lost none, the doubters will be indeed justified in doubting, or something stronger ; but I still think that not only will this not be the case, but that, as I have more than onoesaid, this campaign, if it does not close the war, will make the end perfectly plain. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, ArrousT 29. APPOIRTMENTS Gotta C. W. Hope, to tho Brisk (eammissioaed). mender G. L &divan, to t h e St. George (additional), for minim in the Coast Guard. Limaesant C. L. Oxley, to the Wolverine. Paymaster W. L. Notoock, to the flutings. Naval Cadet (nominated) H. W. S. L Montgomery. CHATHAM, Aoncer 29. The War Department transport Bomarsuud arrived aloopide the Ordnance Wharf this mornieg, hav ing oil board MIVIKI of the large 100-pouoder 64 tons smooth bore wrought-iron guns, being the first portion of the arma ment for the iros-clj frigate AchOles, 20, 1,250-horse paws , which is to he armed exclusively with gum of Wet orsesquewee of the Achilles not being reedy to receive her armament on board: orders were received for the gluts to be unshipped at the gun-wharf, sod during the day they were leaded and placed in store. They are the but of those 100-pounders which have arrived at this port from the Royal Gun Factory for naval purposes. DESTRUCTION OP AN ENGLISH SHIP BY CHINESE PIRATES. (From the Straits Times, July 16.) - - This morning, by the Chow Phya, four persons arrived from the ill-fated brig Lonna, of this port—via., the gunner and his wife, the Chums* cook, sad a Chiliw passenger, who suppose themselves to be the sole survivors of the mew of the unfortunate vessel. The vessel loft Hong Kong on the 18th of May, 1864, sad cc the 30th was becalmed off the ooast,of Hainan, bat not in sight of land, when she waa attacked by what the gasser supposed to have been a Mama or Canton junk heavily armed. The Lamm kept Ler off by constant tiring of bee bow gun until it became so much boated that it burst the breeching' and fall overboard. The vessel was then at the many of the junk, which having got under the brigs sten fired shot and shell into her cabin window for some time • the pirates then boarded, on which moat of the crew of delays, beaded by the Smug, threw some spars overboard, jumped after them and swam away from the vessel. The mate was killed, the captain was shot in the thigh and dropped on the deck, and the gunner, though wounded in the breast by a meaket ball, managed to throw the captain into the cable, where be remained about two hours. The Orates in the meantime ransacked the vessel's cargo, of which they took about one half ; they then draggeii the captain oo deck, cut the mate's dead body in half, cut off • ens of the caplaina hands, and commenced torturing kick by cultism off his toes to make him declare whether there was money on board the vessel or not ; they at the sane time threatened the life of the gunner aod his wife—who eseleg this threw ha wife and child overboard and jumped after them with a board. Captain Ross threw himself alter them and swam away from the vessel, the captain's son, a boy "bone tee years old, being taken on board the junk. The Chrome cook saga, however the pirates afterwards quarrelled among themselves about him, tied his hands, and threw him into the sea ; after four hours Captain Rose, being exhausted with loss of blood, soak. The gunner's child sash on leaving the vessel. As near as the gunner can tell, about 10 o'clock at night be saw a vessel, which proved to be the Young Greek, and which he hailed ; she bore to, lowered a boat, and picked up the gunner and his wife. The Louisa at this time was on Ors about two miles to lee ward. The Young Greek lay to till morning, then sent a boat to the brig, which was at thhi time burnt to the water's edge, and took off the Chimes cook and passenger who were in the water hanging to the anchor ; nothing was seen of any others of the crew, and the vessel proceeded to The gunner states that the captain and mate fought with great determination, and but for the nufortnuate accident to their gun, be thinks they would have beaten the junk off. Had it cot been for th e Young Greek heaving in sight, the Louisa would have added another to the list of miming vessels in the Chinese sea, for which, not tuifrequently, ty phoons are bald responsible. Extract from log of the Britishibarque Young Greek. At 4 p.m. light sirs from S.S. E. Saw a column of smoke bearing S.E. 15 mile ; supposed, it to be a steamer. At 5 p.m. saw a beat with big sails standing towards us. Rea- soning that the smoke was large in quantity and lighter coloured that a steamer's, concluded it to be a vowel on fire. Tacked ship and stood towards her hoisted after lights end tired several guise to at b oat'sO attention. At 11 p.m. passed Mom to leeward of the wreak totally on Bra Atl2midniehttacked had stood back to windward. Fell in with and picked up two Malaya, one man and one woman. The Malay then informed um that it was the brig Louisa, Captain James Rosa, of Siappore. Was attacked by pirates. They killed the chief officer and !several of the crew ; the remainder jumped overboard. The captain also jumped overboard, after having one of his trends chopped off. Get ling very dark, and after lowering the boat a second time, and not eurseeding in rescuing any of the renairstag crew, we lay to until daylight, hoping to find some more of them. Atdaylight stood across to windward of the still burning wreak, hoping that the wreck would drift faster than a toms oe a spar or other buoyant article in the water. Not sac. ceeding in finding any, stood tow.nds the wreck, which was then burning to the water's edge, and foiled two mom, who were hanging to the anchor. The pirates carried off the eaptaia's boy, about the years of age. She wee attacked sod set as fire in lat. 170.30 N., lose. 110.40 E. Bangkok. July 8 Mocres or CANTVRBURY.—The Rev. Charles Pleerepeet Betehinaon, has hem liesamed be the ours of Yolkeatene ; the Bow. Alemeder Bala Coombe, LA., to the can of fit. Peel's, Maideame • the Rev. W. Champion Streathald, M.A., to the care of Plaztol ; the Bev. Arthur Dues, to the care of Beveaosics ; the 1t... Jobe Mama& Miler, to the care of Great Chart ; and the Bor. Ashton 0/11061011. ALA-, sad the Rm. John Charles Buchanan itaidall, are each to he collated to se licoorsrr canonry is Oasterbary Cathedral. [Stamped, id. Addidonal.] MUSIC. FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS. HEREFORD, II MAY. The Hereford and Birmingham musical festivals are each triennial, occurring in the genie year, and usually, for the convenience of the professionals engaged, so ar ranged as to follow closely the one upon the heels of the other. Hersfordthis year takes the lead, and compionthe present week, Birmingham following .seat week. This is the one hundred and forty-first meeting of the "Three Choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester." The sale of tickets has been unusually large. Nearly all the reserved places have been already secured for the Messiah (Friday), sod the sale of tricots for the other oratorios and for the evening concerts has bean unprecedently good. But the aftentime oared to Artois ace sot Walled to the mirk resting, foe lbw is is Addilaa a regalia to-morror L and a ,Howes) show as Friday,io say nothing d the stymied visit of tine Premier. Lind Falteerstofi will amiss is Herefordshire on Friday, and it is hoped will WOWS the invitation of the stewards to he present at the performance of the Messiah at the cathedral on that morning. The pro hrionals engaged for the festival have nearly all arrived, and this morning has bees occupied in rehearsing the ora torios at the cathedral, the rehearsal of the secular mule following at the Shire-hall in the evening. These, of cower are private. To-morrow the real business of the festival begins. The present festival is held under the patronage of bee /Nasty the Queen. their Royal Highnesses the Prince and 'Prisms of Wales, and the Dubs of Oandosidge. Lind BONNY is proidinit, and the Bishops of Hereford, Wares. ter, and Gloucester and Bristol viospresidents. The principals espied are :--Sopranos—Madernoisalle Titiens and Madame Lemmene-Sherrington ; contraltos— Ma dams Sainton-Dolby and Mn. Weise; tears-11u Sires Reeves and Mr. Mentem Smith ; basses—Mr. Bentley and Mr. Weiss; solo instrumentalists—Mr. 111* Maros% Mr. T. Haw, and Mr. G. Collins ; organ —Mr. Arnett (Gloucester Cathedral) ; pianoforte—Mr. Done (Worcester Cathedral). Condocter—Mr. G. Towns bend Smith (Hereford Cathedral). The choral band is much larger than on the occasion of the last festival in 1861, arid is relented from the three cathedral choirs, Bristol, and the *howl societies of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester; the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, Loehr, Oxford, he. Mr. H. Blagrove leads the band. The programme for the week may be briefly sketched. It commences at an early hour to-morrow morning with service at the cathedral, and a sermon by the canon in recd. deuce, the Rev. W. E. Evans. The early marries will be con tinued daily, the members of the three choirs supplying the musical portion. To-morrow's oratorio is Haydn's Creation, which will be followed by the overture to Meedebeoha's St. Paid, and Beethoven's service in C. All the principals take part in the morning's work, and also in the concert of secular magic at the Shire-hell in the erring, the prin cipal features of which are a selection from Weber's (Theron and the Jupiter symphony of Monet On Wednesday morning Mendelsaohn's llijah will be gives, and is the erring another concert of secular manic at the Shire-hall, including Benedict's can. tate Richard near de Lion. For Thursday morning the programme presents great variety. In the first part we have Spohr's Fall of Ba&ylon, and aerial's Staled Mater; and for the second, Meador from Headers Judas Matra. hams and Israel in Egypt, with the addition of the splendid air "Angels ever bright." Foe Thursday evening's concert we have the music to Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendel...oho) sod a miscellaneous selection. On Friday morning the Messiah, and in the evening a chamber concert. A grand ball winds up the week's festivities. The railways run extra sad cheap trains, and put on a " special," to start alter the evening concerts to ceighboar ing to was—Woruceter, Malvern, Gloucester, Leominster, he. DRAMA. ADZLPHL A new comedietta, in one act, called A Woman of Remus, which is obviously adapted from the Fresch, was produced at this house last night with perfect gnomes. Though representing a phase of life which could hardly occur in this country—a large wine merchant's business carried cc over her husband's head by a managing woman amidst something like drawing-room surroundings—it is quite amusing enough to overcome this defect. It is some what longer than the one act comediettas, but there is sufficient plot, with a dash of character, to make it interesting. The adaplation,which is reported to be by Mr. Benjamin Webster, jun., is carefully and smartly written—if we ex cept the constructive fault of speaking too much about a certain invisible Julia. The elaborate comedy of Masks and Paces, with Mr. Webster's deservedly popular impersonatiou of Triplet, and Mrs. Stirling's genial representation of Peg Walington, still holds its place in the bill. OLYMPIC.—Mr. Horace Wigan, one of the most versatile, artistic, and thoroughly aatiatactnry actors au the Eoglimb stage, announces that his benefit will take plans o• Thursday next. The pieces chomp are The Ticket-44.44m Man and All that Glitters is sot Gold. :; EWSPA PER • • & 4 [TWOPENCE A WIFE KILLED BY HER HUSBAND. Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday the prisoner Wilkinson was brought up at the Clerkenwell Police Court in the custody d Inspector Potter, of the G division, charged with having wilfully murd ered his wife Elm; Wilkinson, egad 28. He gave the name of Henry Wilkinson, aged 29, and described himself as a stonemaeon's labourer, residing at 9, Cross street, Hatton-garden, St. Andrew's. Inspector Potter, G divisioo, attended to watch the oasa on behalf of the Commissioners of Polies. Mrs. Sarah Collier, of 9, Creseretrest, Hatton-garden—l am the wife of John Collier, a seaman. I live in the same hones as the prisoner on the second floor, and the miasma and his wife on the first floor back. At ten o'clock lest night the prisoner's wife came Into the bones with me. She said she was afraid that her husband would beat her, and that he had hada drop to drink. Mr. Raker—Was the wife at ten o'clock well and sober ! The witness Yee ; she was well and sober. The prisoner was not in the house then. I put her to bed in the same bed and in the same room as my anat. I went to bed in the back room, and we slept till 12 o'clock. All was quiet till that time, whee I beard the prisoner on the stairs, and he came to my door. He knocked at my door, and asked me if his wife was there. I said she was not. He then kicked at the frost door, sad asked if his wife was there. My mint answered, and I thought abs said she was there. The primmer pushed open the door and went in. I heard a quarrel and • great con fusion, and in a few seconds I went in. When I went in my aunt was getting out of bed, end the wife was on the left hand aide on her knees on the floor. The prisoner was standing over her very angry, in fact, in the height of passion. He struck her several times on the forehead and on the throat. Mr. Barker—What did he strike her with? Whines—The prisoner struck her with Ins 6st. Ido not bear* la! had mythic is4eie . idiodor her ose kick between the stomach sad the lunge, on the pit of the stomach. After the kick the unfortunate woman lay on her side. I asked her if she was much hurt, mid she said she was. She then vomited • little blood. The pri soner appeared very sorry, helped me to raise his wife, and got on his knees aod bathed her temples. He afterwards satiated her and helped to carry his wife into his own room. He then went and fetched • doctor, and I remained with her the whole of the time. Mr. Barker—Did the unfortunate woman live long ? Witness—From the time of the luck to the time she died was sham an boor. The doctor came and gave her soma brandy. The prisoner fetched the brandy. He did everything be could to restore him wife. She poke after she said she mu in much paM. Mr. Bari er—Wben the prisoner struck the deceased did he my anything? Witness—He was making use of very bad and disgusting lan tdr i arker—Before she said she sou badly hart did she say anything? Witness—She said, " Oh, mistress, he has given me my death blow !" The prisoner then knelt down and began to cry. It um when I saw him lie down that !said, " Are you rag much hurt " Itarket—Haveiou ever seen the pris' osier Muse his wife previous to this. _ _ _ Witness—l am sorry to say that I have frequently seen the prisoner ilium his wife bdore. He was very kind to her when sober ; and so he wee to his two children. Mr. Barker cautioned the prisoner, and asked him if be wished to sib the witness any quesitiona. The prisoner, wbo seemed to feel his position very acutely said he did sot with to say anything. Mr. Barker (to the witness)—Was the prisoner drunk or sober when he came in? W item—He wa; very drunk ; god the language be wade • use of wee very fearful . All the time he was beatiog her he was nokkiog use of very ,Ind language, and saying he would give it to her. Inspector Potter irked foe a remand, to enable the surgeon to make a post morsels ',animation. Mr. Harker remanded the can for a few days, and refused to take bail SIR GEORGE GREY'S NEW PUBLIC- nousas cueit-m—l6i. CRYSTAL PALACE. Yesterday the first annual fête of the London Gymnastic Society was held at Sydenhans. This aneociatios owes its existence to a. German body of a similar character which was established MOW lew years ago is Loodoe, node: the name of the Tuners/via, soda which the •nasal gatherings at the Crystal Palace are already favourably known to the public. This society having purrs to such unwieldy dimensions that an amicable secession became necessary, • section of the English mambas formed themselves into • sew meociasico, which held a fete of its own last year. Since then it has been remodelled under its present name, and it her takes. up is quarters in St. Mania's-Lae. It already numbsm about 250 members. Yesterday thirty oompititors preseated themselves—a very small proportion of dices who had entered their names ; bat it would appear that some feeling of modesty deterred • large number from making their debut in public. The first prize, • elver cup, was awarded to Mr. Henry Brooks, of Loodoo, who bad made 69 points ; the mooed, • silver medal, to Mr. H. Ahreaa, of Bremen. who bad made 67.1 poises ; and the third, • silver medal, to Mr. Cooper, of Birmingham, who had made 65.5;points. Them prime ware open to all cowers. A fourth prim, also a silver medal, open to members only, was awarded to Mr. Richards, of Loedos, who hied made 56.3 palate. Certificates of honour were also presented to Mr. Robert Rogers, cf London, for minim a querter of a mile is 55 seconds ; to Mr. Brooke, fora high tears of 72 ischee; to Mr. Ahrens, for a long Impel 15 feet 5 inches; to Mr. C. M. Cooper, of Birmingham, for climbing • rope to the height of 85 feet ; to Mr. Cole, of Loudon, for slow movements, and to Mr. Lee, of Manchester, for rapid move ments upon the horizontal bar. The certificate for per formances on the parallel bars was given to Mr. Greenman, of Interlaken. The competitors displayed a most credit able proficiency on the part of the members of the society, and went far to show that the youth of our large towns have so ineptitude for athletic sports. It should be stated that several gentlemen besides those who actually cat tended for the prime took part ia the exercises. Mr. Wazal, jun., in particular, performed some really surprising feats upon the horizontal bar. There was a vary coosiderable atteadaacs of visitors, the management having liberally granted admiasion to those who had taken tickets for the FOrleillre fête last week, but who bad not been able to use them on account of the unfavourable Mate of the weather. Them was a good sprinkling of officials wearing soarer and other bodges of the order—not to speak of at !east two peewee who were arrayed in Lincoln green, sad who where provided with ar rows and bugles tad other attributes of the " merrle grease wood." There were also excursionists from Calais and Boulogne who contributed a few Free& uniforms .so the crowd ; and the band of the Fire Brigade of Bt. Pierre les Wale gars a coated in the greed orchestra. There was a balloon ascent of Mr. Cos well, and a grand display of the whole series of the fountalaa. Altogether the attraotioes were of an nnueuelly varied character; sad the weat►er being coos more tine sad bright, the fate pawed off is the mei pima{ raw. TO TKO ZD/TOZ OF THE ELFII:SB. Sra, —The operation of this new act of parliament, which was mud far the purposed checking the immoraliv ties of the Haymarket and the night houses of the metro polis—end which has proved effective for that object—is owning much inconvenience to poisons employed in news- paper printing offices, more particularly to those espied is printing the morning papeis—their fatiguing work (which in all done amidst the heat and glue of gu) ending, and their necessity for refreshment and relaxation taking pia,e just at the time prohibited by the act, namely—from one to four o'clock in the morning. During the passing of this bill through parliament this inconvenience was pointed out to Sir George Grey by a de potation who waited upon him for that purpose, on which occasion the right hoe. gentleman promised that the mathd should receive his favourable coosideratioh; sad a clause was afterwards introduced into the bill giving the Commianiemers of Police power to grant licensee of exemption on special es. anions. The deputation applied to the City C0W1314600111, of Police for licenses of exemption under this clause for the houses by which they had been in the habit of being sup plied with refreshments on leaving off work, and were in formed by the commissioner that " the terms of the act do not admit of his granting a license exempting any person from the provision* of this en except upon some special occasion, and be reignite, therefore, that he is amble to anode to the application . Persons employed in the various markets an also pre vented from obtaining noismary refreshments ; and the proprietor of ► house near Newgate-market ham been rum mooed for supplying the railway and market porters with their breakfasts of coffee, ho., before four o'clock in the learning. The seen was dim:timed oa his pronisisg to die. consume that portion of his hosizins. A letter has beau published from a landlord at Poeder's-end, in which it is stated that his tavern was used by carriers and hay carters, who halted at his house between I and 4 o'clock in the morning on their way to the London markets, but he was forced by the police to close his doors against then, leaving them, without " bit or map," to stretch themselves ea the roadside to rest, sod wee compelled by the same authority to refuse their hones admission to his stable. By this act, however, which causes such inceovenience to working people, licenses can be obtaioed for balls or eater tainroents at fsahiocable rooms or hotels, or for purge:me at amassment, sod the aristocratic tourist and traveller cat °Maio his refreshment at the railway statieu. Lange hotels sad clubs are also exempted from its tipeastion. Surely it is passible that a similar asastra4oll may be made in the operation of this law, which peewee so unfairly and injuriously upon a hard•workin` section of the cost• musity. —I am, Sc.. Aug at 29. A COMPOSITOR. The deliberations of the International Medical Coafermee at Geneva have terminated, as has been briefly stated, in the conclusion of a moveotion in tea articles, which affirm the neutraliaation of all military hospital., of the whole official medical staff, and of the wounded. The governments which took part in the negotration, not having all been able to mead in doe nine to their 4300111A1 MOOOllOl the powers oeoessery to proceed to the signature of this diplo matic act, twelve states only figure therein em contracting parties, namely Prams, flu Grand Dually of Baden, Bel gium, Denmark, Spam, the Grand booby of Haase, Italy, Rolland, Portugal, Prussia, Switzerland, and Wurtembers. But the protocol having been left open, there is every rea son to hope that all the other powers will soon accede to the convention. THE DROUGHT. —The remarkable continuance of uninterrupted dry weather that lias been experienced in this country has, perhaps, been felt mom severely an the Midland counties than in any other put of England. Since the month of April there bas been no rainfall in Woross. Weald, e, Gloucestershire, and Herefordshire, beyond a few showers, the effects of which have disappeared on the td- lowing day. The consequence is that, although the weather has lately been much cooler, the dryacas continues, and in the al:eines of fog and dews, the gram is haiversally turned brown, and cattle have to be fed at hay and cake. As the winter comes on there must necessarily be a great dearth of fodder, as the root crape have very generally faded front the long OODUALIDOOD of dry weather. Butter and milk have also risen to an unusually high price from the same cause. Sheep appear to thrive on the dry grass, but take to water. which ia mutual with them, sad are healthy sad fat. There is • great scarcity of water everywhere. The field pools and rivulets are dry, and the wrings are failing, rendering economy ia the use of water for all canary. The oelebrated springs en the Malvern= e are a almost dried up, and waterdriaken lied their petriebewerean almcet as costly as alcoholic drinks. Railway tealea bars been delayed owing to the scarcity of water at the Minima for supplying the anginas, and even the shipping in seam of the Welsh ports bare been delayed sailing from iaabßity to obtain a supply of water for consumption, while is Rear, Leedom and other localities, even soarer the Midleada, there have been some seasonable downfall. In the three societies above named there has been DO rein (beyond • &DIVOT or two) for fear minas, and the earth is cracked and dried for some feet deep. In Glouoieterabire Lord Fitsltardinge ha &ea Ida tenantry permission to lop the eta taw far heed ter sande. - s 1 I I oi