The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-12 00:00:00

RIISTAL PALACE. N ' CThe PRIZES WON at the NATIONAL RIFLE ASS OCIATION MEETING at WIMBLEDO, will be publicly presented to the successful COMPETITORS on the Great Orchestra, at the Crystal Palace, on MONDAY n ext, July 14 , by his Royal Highness the' Duke of CAIsI BRIDGE, Commander-in-Chief. The Great Handel Orchestra will be appropriately deco rated for the occasion, and such general arrangements made that 20,000 visitors or ma see and hear the interest ing proceedings at this more great na y tional ceremonial with ease and comfort. To afford all classes the opportunity for attending, the admission-will be ONE SHILLING. A limited number of reserved seats will be issued at Half-a -Crown each. May be had at Exeter Hall up to 12 o'clock on Monday, and afterwards only at the Ticket Stands in the Crystal Palace. CRYSTAL P ALACE.— MONDAY NEXT. Orchestral Band at l2 30 Display of Fountains at Distribution of Prizes Continued at Organ Performances at.. 5 30 Military Bands during the day. Doors Open at Nine. Admission One Shilling. " F U N " EVERY WEEK. ONE PENNY. THEATRE -ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. TO-NIGHT, Saturday, July 12, 1862, the performances will commence at 7, with the SPITALFIELDS WEAVER : Messrs. Atkins, F. Robinson, Sara Stevins. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN : Messrs. Dion Boucicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson ; Madame Celeste, Jessie M`Lean, Stevins. To conclude with THE KISS IN THE DARK : Messrs. Atkins, Farrell ; Mrs. G. Jordan. Box-office open from 10 to 5. THEAT.RE-ROYAL. HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Bucketone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. Mr. Compton, Miss Caroline Hill, &c. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (173 d time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenclaard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothorn. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entit►ed LA CONTRA BANDISTA. Senora Perea Nena, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, THE RENDEZVOUS. Messrs. Higgie, Meadows, &c., and Miss Maria Harris. After which, at a quarter to Eignt, KING HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Charles Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. Charles Kean. To conclude Co with mm THRICE MARRIED. ence at 7. No half-price. 1.11 OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. .111; Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 206th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Miss Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. Followed by a new Farce, entitled THE COLLEEN DAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Mr. Charles Selby and Miss yydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, 7, Box-office open daily from 11 tills. to commence at Commence a 1 NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEA D HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, D. Fish er, P. Bedford, , BiMissllinK. gton, C. J. Smith, Stuart , Eburne, &a ; MissWoolgar Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L Toole, P. Bedford, Emery, Miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis. • Commence at 7. STLEY'S ROYA L AMPHITHEATRE._ A Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. Revival of "Mazeppa." THIS EVENING will be performed MAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse of Tartal7, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. To be followed by a brilliant routine of novel and daring Scenes in the Circle. Concluding with a Comic Ballet, in which the Misses Gnnnis and the whole of the Corps de Ballet will appear. Commence at 7.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle. et ANTERBURY HALL. The renowned Performers, DEBONNAIRE and AUGONARD (from Paris), will make their first appearance on Monday evening. Grand Selection from Donizetti's Opera, " DON SEBASTIEN," Arranged and conducted by Kr. Jonghmans. The Great Comic Trio, Eugene, DuleV, and Unsworth (the original of tbe celebrated Stump speech, Or any other man "). And a great array of other Comic Talent. T HE 0X F ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET. " TEE DAUGHTER OF THE ISLES," a Cantata composed by H. LESLIE, Esq., and written by A. MATTHISON, Esq., in honour of the Marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, EVERY EVENING, in addition to the usual entertainments, which include operatic selections by Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus ; the Comic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes and Mr. W. Randall, the Ethiopian oddities of Rumsey, Newcomb, Little Bob, Eugene, and Unsworth (the original " or any other man"), and the astounding feats of the miraculous BTECKEL, Champion Trapezist. Admission, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. ed. 111:1;1:. ,a.3' LONDON ra71.7)(1F._ THIS DA.Y.—Morning, 2h. sm.—Afternoon, 2h. 30m. To-Xonßow.-Morning, 2h. 58m.—Afternoon, .3h. 21m. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. _ i OP )t .`)l'''t ~, ...,..., ~.,., t y ", ‘ ,- ; .-.7''':":•t;-,:i`:..;-:\V--....:4'1` '- - -,., _.,• , 4".‹,-,4, i • ;., %,,e:, r ,....,^ .. - , ~ ii I' -- .. ,1 7-1. "--- : 744 ' .1) , t' Je•;' , ,R _ll(frZ.;?.; !!1: o cc_ 1 ~ - ~~ -rR THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1862. While we still hold, and with increased confi dence, our opinions on the Fortifications Scheme, we think Lord PALMERSTON and his obsequious majority have erred in not yielding for the present on much lower ground than seeing things as we do. We cannot in this case attribute much weight to the numbers who vote with the Premier. The reason is that the appeal to their former vote has been so reiterated, and so tauntingly pressed, that for shame's sake too many would not reverse it. That that vote was obtained on represen tations now proved to be false is certain ; and despite the remarks of Mr. GLADSTONE, it is equally certain that when he surrendered the demand for eleven millions of money into the hands of the Pre mier, it was because he would not make the demand himself. Indeed his speech last night amounted to no more than that he was, with the rest of the Cabinent, officially an d constitutionally responsible for it. "He assented Upon considerations which appeared, and still app„ r , to him sufficient." What those considerations w ere he does not tell us. Were they, that, much as he deplored what he thought a useless waste of public m oney —on which account he could not bring himself to propose and defend it—he still thought that his fiscal measures and the French treaty were of more consequence than that large sum of money ; and, as his retire ment would have shattered the Ministry, and put off indefinitely the accomplishment of his financial ' objects, he thought this reason sufficient for con tinuing in office. Paying little regard, therefore, to a merely self justifying majority or Mr. GLADSTONE'S concur rence, we do affirm that the strong difference of opinion which has shown itself both amongst the ablest professional men, and the ablest civilians, on the subject of the fortifications, is reason enough why Lord PALMERSTON should have paused. Even at his age he may live long enough to repent of having built these fortifications, by dealing with the House of Commons in what Mr. OSBORNE justly characterised as "the sic rob sic jubeo style," or in plain English the style of— --I am Sir Oracle, When I speak, let no dog bark. There are certain little erections built on the termination of lofty hills in some parts of the country, which ever after have borne the name of " Such an one's FOLLY." The time is not fur distant, we believe, when any one of the forts now building, will be Painted out to strangers by the local cicerone, as a " PALMI.P.STON'S Folly." W e must put the case thus. Money is almost certain this year, through the great cotton failure, to run short. Iron -clad shi p s ar e agreed on a ll hands to be essential; and by expending what permit on them, W e s h all be money a bad, year will certain of &sing so far right. There is no difference o f opinion on that point. On the forts there is the greatest difference of opinion. One, therefore, we say of two things a reasonable Minister ought to do. Either he ought to spare the country the expenditure at a time when its danger from the distress of its manufacturing millions is a far greater dan ger than that of an invasion some years hence—for the forts will be of no use for years or if in creased defence be really urgent, then as all the au thorities agree, let the first thing in importance be the first attended to. Let the Thames, the Mersey, the Clyde, and the Tyne resound with the building of iron ships. If we get up our forts, or get them half built, then their advocates being judges, they cannot hinder an invasion elsewhere. But if we get up an iron navy as superior to all nations as we have the power of doing, invasion is absolutely imprac ticable. We could lock up any fleet of transports in Cherbourg or Brest till they rotted. Without dog matising, therefore, in favour of an opinion we do not doubt, we are entitled to ask—that, as no one denies the necessity and efficiency of iron ships, while the highest authorities and the best civilian judges are divided on the efficiency of fortifications, the money should be spent on what is certain to be effective ; and, that the nation's pocket should have the benefit of the doubt. We mean that till the utility of forts is as generally admitted as that of ships. Lord PALMERSTON should not risk the hard-earned millions of the nation on what as so many believe, will prove but PALMERSTON follies. _ . Nothing surely is better made out than that our fleet is our reliance. It kept us safe from invasion in the time of the first NAPOLEON, and if there should be a fiftieth NAPOLEON, he will fare no better than the first while we maintain our naval supre macy. Once let an enemy get so far as to place himself within range of Portsmouth or Plymouth dockyards, and we would give but little for them. These forts are after all a craven looking sort of thing for Englishmen. We quite sympathise with Mr. OSEOENE's senti ment that they are an insult to our navy. Useful things for French and Russian fleets to skulk be hind no doubt—Englishmen, like Spartans, know a better way of defending their soil. They defend it by advancing. They defend it as DRAKE did when he singed the King of SPAIN'S beard. As he did when he and his companions went out to meet the Spanish Armada. Nor have we now a niggard money-loving Tudor QUEEN with her hand on the key of the Treasury door, starving the fleet for want of ammunition, and preventing the complete destruction of the enemy by her miserable parsi mony. We confess we dislike forts which seem to say, we are afraid an enemy may come here. We have no such fear. We believe in our "first :ine of defence." And, if we want a second line, it shall be a second line of Warriors and of English Moni tors. These forts betray, indeed, the timid caution of aged landsmen, rather than any apprehensions of our sailors, old or young. We own that we are ashamed of them. As to the debate of Thursday night, long as it was, we fear too few have read it. If they have, we think they will agree with us that Mr. OSBORNE was really unanswered. We reasonably fear that his prediction will be verified to the letter, when he said, " Parliament goes on year after year vot ing these sums, when the noble lord threatens them with a dissolution. They care more for their individual pockets than for the pockets of the tax-payers at large. But I tell the noble lord and his supporters that I am not content to register the imperial edicts of a dictator. Yes, of a dic tator—l repeat the word—whose 'plans, if carried out, mean increased expenditure, and who is leading the country into heavier taxation and to financial embarrassment." Strongly as we share the popular sentiments in regard to our jovial Premier, we must yet deal honestly with him, and we do think that in this business he is sacrificing, unconsciously, the inte rests of the country to a personal crotchet. So strong, indeed, is the concurrence of reason and authority for creating an iron fleet, that it looks as if the Premier had some deep laid scheme to in crease the magnitude of the more aristocratic ser vice, the army. He will first get his forts, and then come forward and tell us, that now we have got them we must add fifty thousand more men to the army to man them. Yesterday's ceremonial at the International Exhibition down at South Kensington passed off to every one's admiration—to the admiration, that is, of every one out of the seventy thousand persons who were present as spectators. In the history of this second gigantic display of the accu ' mulated products of the world's art, science, and in dustry or manufactures, the 11th of July will take rank as the companion festivity to that which ren dered memorable the Ist of May, 1862. In some respects, the 11th of July will be looked back to by those more immediately interested in the fortunes of the Exhibition, as a date more memorable even than that of the Ist of May. Upon a moderate calculation, it is estimated that altogether nearly three times as many beholders were present yesterday, both within and without the walls of the building—we find it still difficult (almost impossible) to call it the Palace —of the Exhibition, than was there assembled on May-day. The prevailing melancholy which clouded the glory of the inauguration, though not of course absent from the minds and hearts of those who witnessed the Distribution of the Prizes among the throng of exhibitors, was more subdued, was at any rate certainly less apparent. Not but what one and all yesterday thought still with poignant regret of the premature disappearance from amongst us, of the gifted and virtuous PRINCE, from whose cultivated intellect and active benevolence the idea of these superb International Exhibitions originally emanated. • Time, however, while it has failed in any way to obliterate the recollection of the over whelming magnitude and of the irreparable nature of this loss to the QUEEN and the country, has in some measure assuaged the bitterness of our regrets. Besides which, it must be borne in remembrance that the ceremony of last May-day was here and there rema r kable for very painful reminders both visible and a • udible of the death of the PRINCE CONSORT. At the commencement of that cere mony, at the filing off of the magn ifi cen t p rocess i on , all who were present th ere upon the occasion of the o pening of the Internati onal Exhibition of 1862, profoundly were affected by the point bl a nk re-announce ment, as it were, of th e f act o f that lamented calamity at once to the nation and to the S OV EREIGN: its s a d and signal notification circumstance that t h e New by the be opene d vicariou s l y Exhibition had t o by the his Royal Highness C ommander- in - Chief. bile the guns w ere The widowed QUEEN —W firing, and the drums roiling, and the ,ion that the is trumpets sounding, in declar, 'World's Fair of 1862 was Inaugurated—was hastily speeding nortawards ; seeking distraction from her sorrowful thoughts by a hurried journey to her Scottish retreat at Balmoral. Again, any m omentary exultation in the crowd assembled together on that once Ist of May, was dashed by the renewal of the general grief felt at the demise of the PRINCE CONSORT by the choral voices of the musicians peeling forth those exquisite lamenta i tions on the memory of " ALBERT THE GOOD," arti culated by the plaintive words of ALFRED TENNY SON, and by the pathetic music of STERNDALE BENNETT—recalling to mind, with mingled pride and grief, him who had— "Borne the white flower of a stainless life, In that fierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot I" Yesterday the mere repetition of the circumstance that the chief personage present, the leader of the ceremonial in his capacity as the appointed Distri butor of the Prizes awarded to the Exhibitors, was H. R. H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, rendered the incident somewhat less melancholy than upon the Inaugnrative Day. It seemed, yesterday, in some measure a mere matter of course that the stalwart form of his Royal Highness should close the courtly procession, and that his hand, and no other, should distribute the Prizes, just as a little more than two months ago his voice had announced the International Exhibition to be opened. The ceremony of the distribution was, as might have been expected, in no way whatever comparable to the ceremon y of inauguration. Saving and excepting the proces sion which filed through the edifice between the throng of well dressed spectators, there was little or nothing to be seen as a ceremonial. There was the Exhibition itself, of course, in all its complete ness as it certainly was not on Mayday. And to wit ness that Exhibition, and to scan the faces and fea tures of the eminent public men recognisable in the procession as it passed, as nearly as might be com puted, at a glance, three times as many beholders assembled on the 11th of July as there were collected together on the Ist of May. Those who were pre sent yesterday beholding, as they could not fail to do, upon all hands the brilliant and complete suc cess which had resulted already from this daring enterprise ! As a whole, no doubt, the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park surpasses, in our mere memory of it, the actual and substantial fact of its far more gigantic successor, with its far more costly, and in several respects its far more wonderful contents down at South Kensington. But then the Exhibition of 1851 was, in all the circumstances attendant upon it, exceptional. It was the first of these great International Expositions. It .was as such especially, the cynosure not only of neighbour ing eyes but of foreign eyes as well, of the eyes of spectators for the first time upon such an occasion, for such a pacific cause assembled together in one edifice, bringing with them specimens of their art and of their industry from the uttermost ends of the earth. Just as (architecturally viewed) Captain FOWKES'S building at South Kensington is the veriest abortion, Sir JOSEPH PAXTON'S fairy-like Crystal Palace in Hyde-park, was a lovely and radiant masterpiece. The effect of that crystalline edifice, with its matchless collection of the treasures of both hemispheres, glittering there during all that glorious summer :of 1851, upon the Hyde park greensward, was a fact not to be re peated. It lives still in the recollection of us all—as with the splendour of " one entire new and perfect chryssolite." We looked not for its repetition in the new building erected eleven years after to be the temporary receptacle of the second, the present International Exhibition, And, therefore,:not looking for that repetition, we have not been, as we assuredly must have been other wise, doomed to disappointment. The wonderful collection now on view at South Kensington—the collection for the pick of the marvels in which the principal exhibitors yesterday received each respectively the award of the commemorative medal —that extraordinary collection of specimens of art, and of produce, and of machinery, and of manufac tures surpasses in its completeness as such, as an International Exhibition, anything of the kind that has ever yet been brought together. With the re cognition and acknowledgment of that fact we must, perforce, rest satisfied. And in itself it is assuredly sufficient to satisfy us that the Exhibition of 1862 will infallibly be looked back to as having been in all essential particulars brilliantly successful. So looking back to it, when, like its predecessor of eleven years ago it shall have been again scattered, and shall have been brought to end, like a tale that is told—there will still survive in our recollection as " things of beauty that are joys for ever," various wonders of art, that after the lapse of years will still be distinctly visible :to the " mind's eye." Such wonders of art as, according to their re spective merit, let us say—that marvellous pair of seated figures in the Roman Court, the " Sybil" and " Cleopatra !" Or GIBSON'S exquisitely beautiful " Venus," tinged with a faint and deli cate flesh tint, and bearing in her hand the golden apple, the prize of her perfect loveliness ! Or, again, that astonishing group, in bronze, of "The Wrestlers." Or even MINTON's richly-coloured and sparkling Majolica Fountain. The warmest supporters of the North are com pelled to acknowledge a grave defeat in the battle we heard of by the last telegrams. As they were from Cape Race, only the next packet can bring us any details, and these even will probably present the least dark aspect of a dark affair. For our selves, we can feel none of the partisanship which some of our contemporaries seem to cherish so strongly. The anti-negro, anti-commercial, anti- English feeling and policy of the North balances so nearly with the pro-slavery, free-trade, and Euro pean leanings of the South, that we find the scales cscillating strangely when we endeavour to arouse our enthusiasm for the North. The Northerns are freemen, but, singularly enough, they are now shed ding their own blood and that of the South like water : for what object ?—To reconcile themselves with the Slave States, and to make the infamous Fugitive Slave Law yet more than ever a reality. Even within the last few weeks these Northern freemen, with a war around them of which they wish us to believe that slavery is at the bottom, sent back fugitive slaves under this disgraceful law to the masters who claimed them. Mr. COBDEN and Lord PALMERSTON had a discussion the other night on Providential retribution. Without touch ing on the transcendentalism of the subject, we must all believe that obvious causes and effects are , the arrangement of the Providence which governs the world, and judged by this standard, few his torical retributions can be more obvious than that which Northern debt, defeat, and expenditure of life, as well as money, are inflicting on the Free States. They nursed slavery in the South as long as it was politically gainful, they have indulged the most heartless and cruel feeling towards every fellow-American who had a trace even of the Afri can colour on his finger nails, they refused, when the South rose to make slavery its sole object, to abolish it—and now the South is overwhelming them with debt and disaster. The sins of the North are finding them out at Ricitmond, and even at Charleston. g At na t e hnetl : tter place the defeat was a cruel one. I r t e is i sithilsa, to too the toomany in this war. The Northern generous confession of the Southerns themselves' fought most creditably. The evidence from both aides is conclusive, that, with the exception of one regimentthe 46th New York —the men both advanced and retreated with the gre atest courage and coolness,under what was, w ith ou t exaggeration, a murderous fire. But, again, they were badly led. The officer in command was THE "'SUN, "7LONDON,'SATITRDAY EVE KING, JULY 12, 1862. in fault. General BENHAM is, indeed, it is said, to be brought before a court-martial, but that will not restore the legions of this modern VARUS. Charleston will now be safe probably for a long time to come. It was supposed that it was to be a 4th of July present to Mr. LINCOLN, and a topic for the oratory of the day. The orators have had a mournfully different story to tell of the city which began th© rebellion. But of Richmond the story was worse. The Grand Army defeated, and huddled together be tween the little river Chickahominy and the large river St. James, is the topic there. Further con sideration only confirms the views we briefly ex pressed on Thursday, on the first receipt of the intelligence. We cannot perceive the slightest evidence of the retreat of the right wing to the back of the left wing for strategic purposes, except, indeed, the strategy requisite to avoid utter rout and destruction. JACKSON, who showed such ability in the Valley of the Shenandoah, before his opponents knew that he had left it,was at Richmond, showing equal ability in the greatest battle of the war there, and again proving himself victor even over M'CLELLAN. Nothing can alter the facts : First. That the right wing was pushed back completely behind the left. Secondly. That in so doing it had to abandon the Richmond and West Point Railway, from which the army received its supplies from the York River. Thirdly. That this involved the abandonment of the White House, a grand depot, quite a canvas town of military stores, not far from West Point. Fourthly, that :the whole army of M'CLELLAN, which had been hoping to get into higher and healthier ground, is now compelled to post itself between two rivers; and, fifthly, that it has given up in vesting Richmond, and, according to all appear ances will have enough to do to resist Con federate attacks. Unless M'CLELLAN can attack the city, which is improbable in deed, or can retreat with the disgrace of being driven from the Confederate capital, he will have to go into summer quarters in a very un healthy position. His loss of men from sickness is described, even by friendly journals and writers, to be something fearful. What will be the effect of the Charleston and Richmond victories on the North ? The first was, of course, a comparatively small affair, and may be set down to obvious incapacity of officers who had the lives of brave men at their disposal. Still it shows that Charleston is not to be taken any day. But the Richmond affair will show that some one is greatly at fault, or that the North is not strong enough for its work. It is now plain that M'CLELLAN'S demands for reinforcements were not made without reason, unless, we suppose, which is not likely, that his men were de ficent in courage. Mr. STANTON, the Secretary for War, is always said to be his enemy, and much blame may be cast on him. M'CLELLAN appears to have aimed at a semi-investment of the city, and he may not be strong enough for that. But be the blame where it may, the superior ability of Southern generals, and the superior fighting of Southern soldiers has again been illustrated. There were no gunboats to aid. the North here, and it does not appear as if the Federal soldiers could easily beat the Confederates without their help. Whether or not the North be irritated and stung to greater exertions, it is certain the South will be encouraged and emboldened to fight with greater determina tion than ever. They will not easily surrender the fruits of recent victories—the increased quan tity of provisions grown in the South this summer will amply supply their necessary wants, and they will now assuredly not, give in for want of luxu ries. Manchester may calculate now ou a long and weary war, for we do not imagine that Northern ambition is at all likely at present to succumb to reason. As, therefore, the South is not to be con quered in a campaign, Manchester must arouse itself to its primary duty. The Prince and Princess of Hesse arrived at Brussels on the afternoon bethre last, having landed at Antwerp from the Victoria and Albert royal yacht, in the morning. The Princess was dressed in mourning. The Count de Flandre went to meet them at Antwerp, and accompanied them to Brussels, where they were received at the Northern Railway station by the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and conducted in State carriages to the Pa lace. The English and Prussian Ministers were present at the station. The Prince and Princess were to leave the next day for Germany. A new comet was discovered on the 3d inst. at Marseilles by M. Tempel, in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It is rapidly journeying towards the polar star, and will soon, it is believed, be visible to the naked eye. RAIN IN ENGLAND.—As a matter of fact, Eng land, though a rainy country, is far surpassed by Norway and even by a part of Spain. Except in such an abnormal year as 1860, sunny weather during six months at least may be reasonably expected as the rule and not the exception. Yet the misty ideas of the Roman historian still float in people's minds. Even if dispossessed of the notion that England as a country is remarkable for rain and clouds, every one transfers the notion to his own county or to some other county where his summer holyday was once spoilt, so as to suit his particular grievance. Devon and Westmore land are special victims to this, but Lincolnshire is the gene ral scapegoat for atmospheric sins. It is but quite recently that railroads have informed people that its inhabitants are not web-footed, and do not keep boats instead of carriages. It is supposed to be the home of fogs, mists, and anguish miasmata. Only those who are deeply read can discrimi nate between the fens, wolds, and marsh into which it is physically divided, and the leaping-poles, still to be seen in a few districts, serve to keep in a state of credulous vitality the fabulous notions which have been mentioned. Yet, notwithstanding its evil odour, statistics disclose to us that Lincolnshire is among the driest counties of England.— Once a Week. THE CORONERSHTP OF THE WESTERN DIS • TRICT.--Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, a special County Court was held at the Town-hall, Brentford, before the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, assisted by Mr. James Burchell and the Under-Sheriffs, for the election of a Coroner for the Western District of Middlesex. Only two candidates offered themselves—Mr, Frederick Charsley and Mr. Jas. Bird—both attorneys. Mr. Tootell proposed, and Mr. Wools seconded, the nomination of Mr. Charsley. Mr. Parnell proposed, and Mr. J. H. Walker seconded the nomination of Mr. Bird. Mr. Charsley said he had come forward as a candidate unshackled by party feeling. Ho was not there to represent the brewing, licensing, or sport ing interest, but as an independent man having some expe rience as to the duties of the office. If he resided a few yards out of the county, was that a circumstance to separate him from soliciting their suffrages ? It had been stated against him that he held several offices. He was the coroner of South Buckinghamshire, and knew something of the duties 4. - 4 the office. He was willing, if elected, to give up all his appointments. Mr. Bird on coming forward, said he had been long connected with the county. His opponent had come from a neighbouring county, and had told them he would resign his appointments if he was elected, but he would very likely find it impossible to do so. It had been circulated that it he was appointed he would discharge the duties of coronership by deputy. lie could assure them he should do nothing of the kind while in health. The Sheriffs asked it any freeholder had to propose any other candidate, and no one coming forward a show of hands was taken, and declard to be in favour of Mr. Bird. A poll was then demanded on the part of Mr. Charsley, and the special County Court was then adjourned to Monday next. The poll will be open one day, from 8 to 4 o'clock. The " Havelocks," or 48th Middlesex Rifle Volu nteers, under the command of Lieutenant -Colonel George Cruikshank, assembled at the Wellington Barracks, St. James's Park, on Monday evening, for the purpose of in spection by Lieutenant-Colonel C. Morris, C. 8., when the corps were put throu g h various movements b y their colonel and also by the Mak & and the adjutant. After the inspec tion Colonel Morris addressed the men, and expressed him self satisfied with their state of discipline, considering the short time the corps had been embodied. The corps there marched, with their brass and drum and fife bands, back to their head-quarters, Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn - fields , GOING TO LAW. --In the superior courts of com mon law, 114,850 writs were issued for the commencement of action in the year 1861; i n t h e co unty courts, 903 ,957 plaints were entered ; in the sheriff's court of London and the borough courts, 30,507; maki ng , in all, 1,049, 31 4. The entire adult population of England and Wales, both me n and, women, is not more than ten times the number. Viee-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne's time as Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies and North America expires in January next, and rumour has already assigned Rear -Admiral Erskine as his successor.—A7my and Navy Gazette. We are glad to be enabled to announce the safety of Her Majesty's sloop Mutine, which by the last accounts from the Pacific was reported to have been wrecked. The Mutine was at Panama on the 13th of June.—Army and Navy Gazette. _ _ The Second Chamber of Holland is continuing the debate on the bill for abolishing slavery in the East Indies. Art. 3, fixing the surveillance of the State at ten years, was adopted by 42 to 46. Art. 4, declaring that the State should direct and encourage the immigration of free labourers, was passed with amendments on the details. The debate on Art. 5, concerning indemnities to slave holders, is not yet determined. EMIGRATION TO BRITISH COLUMBIA.—The Silis tria, belonging to Messrs. H. T. Wilson and Chamber's White Star line of packet clippers, sailed yesterday for Victoria, Vancouver's Island. This is the first ship sent out by this firm to Vancouver's Island. Besides a full cargo, the Silistria also took out 250 passengers, of whom 30 were in the poop. A letter from Alexandria, of the 29th June, in the Progres of Lyons, says :—" The rise of the Nile has commenced, and the Government, in view of the inunda tion, is adopting precautionary measures. The heat is excessive here. The works on the Isthmus of Suez are being urged on most energetically. There are upwards of 25,000 men at present employed in cutting the canal. The news from the Lebanon are not satisfactory, as it is said that the Druses of the Haram testify some intention of again rising against the Christians." CAMBRIDGE, July 11.—A large salver, and other elegant pieces of silver plate, were yesterday presented to Mr. Romilly, the late Registrary of the University, in tes timony of the unvarying and obliging courtesy with which for 30 years he had discharged the duties of his office, and as a mark of the great esteem and regard in which he has ever been held by all who know him. The testimonial was presented by the Master of Emmanuel College, in the name of the subscribers, and in the presence of those who were in Cambridge. The exertions of Lord Ranelagh to develope the volunteer movement are deserving of praise, but the mode in which his lordship has sometimes desired to assert his individuality has not always been equally fortunate. No one who knows Col. Morris will imagine that he is likely to exaggerate the importanoe of his duties, but when he was sent upon duty by the War-office to inspect a gathering of volunteers, it certainly argues an indifference to the first principles of military discipline on the part of the senior officer to say to the inspector that " he disallows his right to interfere." Col. Morris has, we believe, made a repre sentation of the facts, which has led to a strong letter from the War Department to Lord Ranelagh ; and we are very much gratified to learn that his lordship has not adhered to his original languaga.—Army and Navy Gazette. THE KIRKCALDY BURGHS.—A vacancy in the representation of these burghs is, we learn, about to take place through the resignation of Col. Ferguson, owing to continued bad health. Though it may be some days before the necessary preliminaries are completed, Col. Ferguson is understood to have already applied for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, or some other nominal office, the acceptance of which vacates the seat. From what we hear there is likely to be a perplexing abundance of Liberal can didates.—Scotsman. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—We under stand that the Minister of War of France has, at the re quest of the council of this society, kindly permitted the bands of the Zouaves and of the Gendarmes of the Imperial Guard to prolong their stay in London until after Wednes day next, for the purpose of performing in the gardens of the society each day until then. Without this permission they were to have left London on the 13th (Sunday). CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday morning a great deal of excitement was caused in the vicinity of Newington causeway, owing to the body of a male child having been found with its throat cut in a frightful manner at Bridge house-place wrapped in brown paper. It awaits an inquest. DEATH OF AN INFANT FROM REPLETlON.—Yes terday Mr. 11. Raffles Walthew, the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, resumed an adjourned inquiry at the Wil liam the Fourth, West-street, Mild-end Old Town, on view of the body of Emma Wood, aged one year and 9 months, who died from eating a large quantity of beefsteak pudding, under the following circumstances :—lt appeared from the evidence that the mother, about ten days since, gave the deceased some beefsteak pudding for breakfast, althou g h of such tender age, and shortly afterwards she was seized with illness. The • medical gentleman called in found the deceased in great pain The stomach was dis • tended and death soon took place. He had since made a post mortem examination of the body, and had found in the stomach about Boz. of beefsteak pudding. He had mea sured some of the pieces of meat, and found them one inch and a half in length. The meat was in an undigested condi tion, and had, in his opinion, produced death through in flammation of the stomach. The deceased was in a weakly condition, and such a quantity of meat and pudding was not fit, oven for anadult person, at breakfast. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the opinion of the medical gentleman. THREATENING NOTICE.—Some excitement has taken place at the Royal ArsGnal, Woolwich, in consequence of Mr. Nathaniel Norman, assistant constructor at the car riage department, having received a letter containing a rough tracing of a coffin, and threats of assassination. The following is a correct copy of the document, which is badly written :—" 9th July, 1862.—Mr. Norman,—This is to corshorn you against your coming fate —prepare yourself for i will take your Life befoi e a weak from this you are the workmans enemy in this place and your Life i will take be• fore you see next month--you d— coundrel and to h yoy will go." The police are now engaged in an investigation of the matter, and it is believed the writer of the document will be discovered. DINGWALL.—A MAN KILLED BY A BULL.—A melancholy accident, which has since unfortunately proved fatal, occurred near Dingwall, on Monday last. It appears that Mr. William Macdonald, brewer and innkeeper, left town on the day in question with a cow, which he was to leave at the farm of Pitglassie, in this neighbourhood. On arriving at his destination, he drove the animal into an en closed park wherein were two bulls, and then rashly at tempted to drive one of the two, a y oung b east, out by the park gate. The infuriated bull at once rushed at him and dashed him to the ground, and then backing for a short distance, and lowering its head, prepared for another as sault, when assistance opportunely arrived, and the animal was driven off. On examination, it was found that Mr. Macdonald had been so severely injured that he had to be at once removed to town, and placed under the care of Dr. Robertson, who found that almost all the ribs on the left side had been fractured by the force of the blow. Mr. Mac donald lingered in great agony until Tuesday evening, when he expired.—Ross-shire Independent. RETURN OF THE BISHOP OF MALTA.--A. letter from Valetta, dated the 4th inst., states that the Maltese have not yet got over the excitement caused by the return from Rome of Monsignors Pace Forno, the Roman Catho lic Bishop. His progress from the landing-place to his palace in Valetta presented a scene of frantic enthusiasm. The demonstration, however, was chiefly confined to the lower classes. They took the horses out of his carriage and pulled it into the town amid the most vehement shouts of " Viva Papa Re I" and the waving of innumerable yel low flags. In the evening a partial public illumination took place. The bishop was bearer of a letter from the Pope, thanking the Maltese population for their address of condolence and bestowing upon them his Apostolic bene diction. The Pope has conferred upon Captain Cal verfique, who commands the French packet which con veyed the bishop to Civita Vecchia, the decoration of the Cross of St. Gregory. The Governor, Sir Gaspard Le Marchant, paid a State visit on the 26th ult. to Monsignors Pace Forno, in return for a farewell paid him previous to his departure for Romo. THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN SCOTLAND.—The wheat and barley harvest in Stirlingshire will be some weeks later than in previous years. Owing to the excess of moisture, the crops have made but little progress during the past month ; but although it is anticipated that on many farms there may be a deficiency in the yield, a few weeks of warm and genial weather would go a great way in rendering the harvest abundant. Oats in low grounds have been all but swamped by the superabundant moisture; but on the high grounds they have a much better appear ance, though, taken as a whole, they appear thin. Pota toes look well, and from what we have seen of the esculent the quality is good and free from disease. The yield of hay is abundant, although thin, and there has been a defi ciency of clover. Beans are all in bloom, and in a very forward state. Turnips, which were late in being sown owing to the adverse weather, are, of course, especially in the low-lying grounds, in a backward state. The gardens also suffered greatly from the rains and high winds, but in all probability there will nevertheless be considerably above an average of the apple and pear crop.—Edinburgh Courant. A statement just published of the exports of Colonial Produce to France during the eight months ending the 30th of April last shows that, with the exception of coffee, the increase of general trade between England and France since the date of the complete operation of the treaty has not had much influence in stimulating activity in the ship ments from this country to France of those articles of colonial produce of which this country is the en trepot. The value, however, of the coffee exported hence to France has increased from £8,313 in the eight months ending April, 1860, and £82,014 in 1 861, to - 0 168,881 in 1862; of indigo, the amount was 1 '30,754 in 1860, X 187,599 in 1861, and 1144,859 in 1862 ; of rice, £33,121 in 1860, £148,658 in 1861, and £59,976 in 1862 ; of cotton, £222,318 in 1860, £219,633 in 1861, and £293,_ . 988 in 1862; of silk, £971,509 in 1860, £2,627,660 1861, and £2,250,658 in 1862 ; and of wool, £367,709 in 1860, £595,762 in 11861, and £510.190 in 1862. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, JULY 12. The Moniteur of this morning announces that the Emperor arrived yesterday at Vichy, and that the Empress is staying at St. Cloud. The 3loniteur also says :—" The news from Mexico of the 15th ult., published in the Madrid papers, has not yet been confirmed," TURIN, JULY 11. To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, Signor Rat tazzi sad " The Chamber knows what our foreign relations have been for the last two years. Having no re presentative at St. Petersburg, it has been impos sible for the Government to open direct negotiations with the Government of the Czar; but the Empe ror of the French, ever having the welfare of Italy in view, interposed his good offices on her behalf, and his efforts have been crowned with success. The Czar has declared himself disposed to receive an Extraordinary Italian Mission, after which regular diplomatic relations will be reestablished between the two countries. As there has been no rupture with Prussia, we have been able to enter into direct negotiations with the Government of that country. A despatch from our representative at Berlin an nounces today the recognition of the Kingdcm of Italy by Prussia. The diplomatic documents rela tive to Russia will be laid on the table, and I hope in a few days to be able to do the same with those relating to Prussia." Signor Rattazzi then announced the betrothal of the Princess Pia to the King of Portugal. The Minister added : " Italy takes her place among the Powers of the first rank in Europe. She will be able to fulfil the expectations universally formed of her, and will be a powerful instrument in extending liberty and civilisation." The Minister of Finance then presented a Bill granting the sum of 500,000 lire for the dowry of the Princess, the urgency for the discussion of which was agreed to by the Chamber. A committee was appointed to congratulate the King. PARIS, JULY 11. The news received from Madrid of a Provisional Government having been established in the city of Mexico is considered doubtful. The Moniteur of to-day gives an account of the reception of the Emperor at Bourges. His Majesty, in reply to the address of the Mayor, said that he intended to create a great military establishment at Bourges, which, on ac count of its central position, would increase the defensive forces of France. In reply to the Archbishop of Bourges, the Em peror thanked him for his proofs of devotion, and added that, in the presence of injustice and ex citement, he would remain immovable in the line of policy which he had followed, and, while main taining intact sovereign rights, he would seize every occasion for expressing his respect for religion. PARIS, JULY 11. The Petrie of this evening says ; " We have every reason to believe that the nego tiations between France and Russia have brought about a general understanding. The two Govern ments are said to have agreed on the mode of ex amining and solving the questions relative to the Christians in the East. They have by mutual con cessions arrived at a complete harmony of views on these questions, as well as an identical appreciation of Italian affairs, admitting the recognition of existing facts. The two Governments have agreed upon the course which it is desirable for the Cabinet of Turin to pursue in questions yet un settled, in order to avoid acts productive of compli cations. This understanding between France and Russia extends also to a solution of the Schleswig question." THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Tagus, with the Peninsular mails. from Lisbon on the 7th inst., arrived off Hurst Castle telegraph station at 8.15 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 11.—The market has displayed much more buoyancy, and a fair amount of business h a s been done at an improvement on the preceding closing rates. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f. 40c. Railway Share Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3150 Credit }ander Piedmontesc FivQs 72 95 Italian Loan 7O 65 Roman — Austrian 4t per Cents. 97 25 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 45 New 3 per Cents Do. end month — Credit Mobilier 825 Do. end month 825 RAIL, Spanish Threes 50 50 Home Debt "AYS. Orleans Cash. Account. 1000 .. 1000 Northern 998 75 .. 997 50 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1033 75 .. 1082 50 Geneva.. Southern BOB 75 .. 808 ;75- Western 541 25 .. 542 50 Eastern Sardinian .. Austrian Lombard 607 50 .. 607 50 FRANCE AND RUSSIA. The Patric last evening (11th) contains the fol lowing communication, with the signature of Louis Bellet " We believe that the negotiations between the Govern. ments of France and Russia have had a favourable result, and produced a general understanding between the two Powers. " The principal points as to which this understanding has been effected are said to be these :—France and Russia have come to an agreement as to the mode of inquiring into and solving the questions that refer to the position and interests of the Christians of the East. France, stipulating on be half of the Roman Catholics, and Russia on the part of the members of the other churches, have, by mutual conces sions, attained a complete accordance of their views on this point. "The two Powers have also arrived at an identical appreciation of the affairs of Italy; while admitting the necessity of recognising existing facts, they have come to an understanding as to the manner in which it is desirable that the Cabinet of Turin should enter on the subject of questions that still remain unsettled, principally with the object of avoiding every act from which difficulties for Europe might arise, and dangers for Italy herself. " Finally, the understanding between France and Russia has a reference to a settlement of the dispute that has so long existed between Denmark and the German Powers. " We do not wish to give these statements more impor tance than they, perhaps, really possess ; but it seems to us difficult not to see, in their general bearing, the indications of an alliance between the two Governments." POLAND. The Gazette de St. Petersburg of the 6th inst. publishes the following despatch from the Grand Duke Constantine to the Emperor : " WARSAW, June 4. " To-day the Council of Administration, the Council, and the Society of Credit, have waited on me to offer their congratulations. I have been especially affected by the compliments of the officers of the army. The regiments have asked permission to send deputations tc-morrow, to congratulate me. " My health is good ; I have no fever. " the assassin is named Jarozinski, a head work man in the shop of a tailor," THE EAST. T on the auth or ity o f a despatch f rom he Constantinople, Presse announees; that the repairs of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem have been commenced. The works are to be executed at the joint expense of France, Russia, and Turkey, under the direction of an Armenian architect. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is the account for month ending Thursday, July 10 : ASSETS. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch-banks . Bills due to be paid to-day.. Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 71,940,811 f. 62c. are from the branch banks 305 , •554 , 866 73 F. C. 78,148,0.')3 05 294,073,867 - 397,773 76 Bills in the branch••banks .. Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch-banks 242,128,673 •• -- 10 7 7 454 384 3 5 2,420,500 -- Do on French securities .. .. 117,141,800 Do in the branch-banks . .. 16,489,800 Do on railway shares and bonds .. 47,627,31)0 -- Do in the branch-banks .. .. 26,826,850 -- Do on Credit Foncier Bonds .. .. 406,600 -- Do in the branch-banks • • • • 350,100 -- Do to State by treaty, 1848 .. .. 60,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund .. 12,980,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds .. .. .. 29,676,140 26 Rentes immobilised (law of June, 1857) .. 100,000,000 -- Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. .. 4,000,000 -- Real property of branch-banks .. .. 5,768,523 -- Expenses of administration .. .. 2,414,107 10 Sundries 14 , 460 , 126 97 1,391,328,655 86 Capital LIABILITIES. . • •.•• • • , 7 91 250 000 New Capital.' 91 50 000 • . •• •• • • 7- 9 7 Reserve-fund 12 980 750 14 New Reserve 9 125 000 --- Reserve-immobiliere . .. .. 4,000,000 -- Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 of law June 9 1857) • • " 2,316,503 57 Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and the branch-banks 794,113,175 Dn. to order (Post-bills) .. . . . . 5,097,590 7 9 ... . Bills payable at sight 5,347,361 -- Acc. cur. of Treasury Credit or .. .. 134 , 599,157 23 Various accounts current .. ~ • . • • . 367 181,260,056 30 • • • Do. branch-banks 240 7 598 -- ,r Dividends to be paid .. .. 6,888,803 ea Arrears of values deposited . 8,112,394 34 Discount, interest, and expenses .. . ... . 1,478,490 64 Re-discounts of the last half-year .. 1,405,519 5 3 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 5,863,255 57 1,391,328,655 86 It appears from those returns that whilst the metallic reserve has declined, the discount accommodation and amount of notes in circulation have increased considerably. The falling off in the metallic reserve amounts to 241 mil lions, there being the small augmentation of 21 millions in the branch-banks against a diminution of 27 millions in the central establishment. The discount accommodation shows a large increase both in Paris and in the departments—in the former 45 millions and in the latter 224. The advances on French Stock, railway securities, and bullion present no very remarkable modification. The item of " Advances to the State" has been increased from 30 millions to 60. On the side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have in creased 341 millions. The account current of the Treasury has advanced 81 millions. Private accounts-current are 27 millions higher in Paris whilst remaining unchanged in the provinces. The whole amount of the metallic reserve at present is 392 millions to 799 millions of notes in circu lation. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Hon. William Ritchie, Advocate- General of the Presidency of Bengal, and member of the Supreme Council of India, was first proved. in Calcutta by the relict, and on the 21st ult. proved. in the London Court with reference to the property in England, the personally in this country being sworn under £25,000. The executors appointed for the property in India, in conjunction with the widow, are Lieut,-Col. Sir R. C. Shakespear and. Lieut.-Col. E. W. S. Scott ; and for the property in England, D. S. Morice, Esq., of Coleman-street , together with the widow. The testator has be queathed to his relict a legacy of £2,000, with a life interest in his property, with the exception of that derived under his father and mother's -marriage settlement and as heir-at-law to his brother. This excepted property is to pass to the testator's two sisters, equally between them. The property be queathed to the widow for life is on her decease to be divided amongst the children. There is an an nuity bequeathed to a sister of a cousin of the tes tator, whose death occurred during the frightful scenes of the recent mutiny in India ; aznuities are also left to the testator's servants. The will was executed in England in 1855, and two codicils were added in 1857-9, which were executed in India. The will of Col. Sir Geo. Henry Hewett, Bart., of Old Hall, Netherseale, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, was proved in London on the 20th ult. The personalty was sworn under £16,000_ The executors nominated are Lady Hewit, the re lict ; the Rev. Henry Majendie, M.A., Prebendary' of Bangor and Sarum, and Vicar of Speen, Berks ; and the Rev. Prancis Dear, M.A., Prebendary of Salisbury, and Rector of Bishopton, Wilts. The testator succeeded to the baronetcy in 1840, on the death of his father, the late Right Hon. Sir George Hewett, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in India and Ireland. The testator's will, bearing date 1855, is strictly confined to the members of his family. To his relict, Lady Hewett, a life in terest in the funded property is bequeathed, and she is also appointed residuary legatee. To his son and heir, Sir George John Routledge Hewett, the present baronet, certain landed property and tem' ments are devised. On the decease of the widow , Lady Hewett, the funded property is directed to be divided equally amongst the testator's two 0 119 t a l ahnsed:t rank o km r d o a of übguhr Colonelnt e - r s s q . ui an r S et r ate George , Army.t heag e the f e7 testator,. d.i e d in held May 3r The will of Edward Norman, Esq., of Mistley, Essex, was proved in London un d er £ 200,000 per sonalty, the executors being his neph ew , th e Rev. Charles F. Norman, M.A., Rector of Portishead, Somerset, Robert S. Green, Esq., of Beaumont, Es sex, and W. Brooks, of Mistley, merchant. The testator died on the 28th March last, having exe cuted his will in July, 1861, which is of very ample dimensions, rendered necessarily so owing to the numerous bequests and directions contained in it. The testator bequeaths to his relict a life-interest in certain estates in Essex and Suffolk, an annuity of £l,OOO, and a legacy of £2,500. Upon the decease of his relict the estates enjoyed by the widow are to pass to the testator's nephew, the Rev. Charles F. Norman, and to his children, together with the family portraits, which are to be retained as heir looms. The rev. gentleman is also appointed resi duary legatee. Certain other estates are devised to other of his nephews. There are legacies and an nuities varying in amount to the testator's brothe rs, sisters, nephews, nieces, and other trenches of his family. The testator, who appears to have had a great many persons in his employ, has been most liberal to them in his will; we notice very hand some bequests to his clerk, Mr. Brooks, to whom he leaves certain matters connected with his mer cantile transactions ; also, his pocket-chronometer, as a token of kindly feeling and special renarem brance; and to Mr. Brooks's children he has left legacies of £lOO each. To the Mistley Norman Na tional Schools, erected by the testator, he leaves a reversionary interest in £5OO ; also, a sum of £3OO, the interest to be applied in clothing ten boys a nd ten girls of the schools ; and a sum of £2OO, the interest to be expended in an annual entertainment to them. To the. Essex and Colchester Hospital, 120 guineas ; Royal Free Hospital, Blind, Deaf and Dumb, and Infant Orphan Asylums, and Refuge for the Destitute, £lOO each ; and to the Clergy Widows and Orphans Asylum, the Ipswich Hospi tal, and Idiot Asylum, Colchester, 50 guineas each. —lllustrated News. THE SALMON FISHING ON TIIE TAY AND EARN . —Since these rivers were flooded, some excellent sport has been obtained on them, especially on the higher parts of the Tay and lower parts of the Earn. In the end of last week one gentleman caught six large salmon weighing from 1016. to 181 b., besides several dozen of very fine trout, some of which weighed 21b. Towards lower extremity of the Earn several heavy salmon were got last week. Otters, how ever, frequent the Earn and Highland portions of the TaY, and are destructive to both salmon and trout- RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIA" mENT.—Yesterday, in the House of Lords, owing to the state distribution of prizes at the International Exhibition, only three committees sat, the others having adjourned over until Monday. The traffic case of the West Riding, Hull, and Grimsby Railway occupied Lord Wodehouse'S committee all day; and all the bills of the Edinburgh , Perth, and Dundee, and Fife and Kinross Railways, and of the Somerset Central and Dorset Central Railways 'wet ° passed in Lord Redesdale's committee. Having passed the preamble of the Middle Level Drainage and Navigation: undertaking, the Duke of Montrose's committee proceede d with the consideration and settlement of important clauses' with a view to give it due force and effect. The question s as between the Belford Level Corporation and the Middle Level Drainage were settled, the committee apportioning e the surplus funds so as to give as approximately as possible 1 each level the benefit of the surplus. They amended ,th clauses having reference to the repairs of the outfall the bursting of which caused the recent inundations, an d decided that they would not interfere with the questis n now pending in litigation before the courts of law.