The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-18 00:00:00

ORTAL PALACE. -- TO - MORROW (SATURDAY). —HALF-A-CROWN. Children under Twelve, ONE SHILLING. Open from Nine in the Morning until dusk. CRYSTAL PALACE.—DRAMATIC FETE, TO-MORROW.—The Fair will be Opened at Twelve o'clock by Proclamation. Richardson's Theatre, the Circus, the Gipsy Tent, Messrs. Toole and Bedford's Photographic Establishmen', Mr. Rogers' Poses Plastiques, and all the other varied amusements, will commence at the above hour . Great Picture Gallery of original works, by the best masters, on view and sale. Victoria Cross Gallery of War Pictures, by Desanges. Photograhic Exhibition. Fine Arts Courts. Thousands of Flowers in full bloom. In the Exhibitors' Department strangers to i London the in will Stud on sale all kinds of manufactured arts greatest variety, and of the choicest description. The China, Glass, Stationery, French, Industrial Fur niture, and Foreign Courts, and the Carriage Department, will be found worthy the attention of visitors and pur chasers. The Palace will be opened at Nine, and remain open till Dusk. Admission, Half- a-Crown ; children under Twelve, One Shilling ; season tickets free ; admitting until May 1, 1863, Oneq:ailach. ISSIONERS of the METRO POLIS E COMMPOLIS TURNPIKE ROADS NORTH of the HAMES will hold a SPECIAL MEEING, at their Toffiee, No. 22, 'WHITEHALL PLACE, in the Parish of SAINT MARTIN -IN-THE - FIELDS, in the City of West minster on FRIDAY, the Ist day of August, 1862, at the hour of One in the Afternoon, for the purpose of consulting as to the erecting, upon, across, or upon the side of, the m a rylebone and Finchley Turnpike Road, of any Toll- Gate or Toll-Gates, Side-Bar or Side-Bars, and in what situation or situations the same shall be placed. By order of the Commissioners, GEORGE LABALMONDIERE, Chief Clerk and Secretary. Metropolis Roads Office, Whitehall-place, 18th July, 1862. "Fi UN" EVERY WEEK ONE PENNY. CIANTERBURY HALL. The renowned Performers, DEBONNAIRE and AUG ONARD (from Paris), at Ten o'clock. Grand Selections from "DON SEBASTIEN" and "IL TROVATORE," Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Principal Artistes—Miss Raynor. Russell, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Unsworth, in his celebrated Stump Speech, " Or any other man " (the original), in conjunction with Eugene and Miley, forming the greatest Comic Trio in London. Also the following Comic Talent, viz, Mr. J. G. Forde, air. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth, and Miss Georgina Smithson. Gallery of Modern Paintings. THE 0-X F ORD, 6, OXFORD STREET. "THE DAUGHTER OF THE ISLES," a Cantata composed by H. LESLIE, Esq., and written by A. ILLTTIIISON, 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 on the Flying Trapeze of DEBONNAIRE. Hall, 6(1.; Balcony and Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 105. 6d. THEATRE-ROYAL, , DRIIRY-LANE. Mr. D. Boucicault, sole Lessee. This Evening, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. Messrs. Atkins, F. Robinson ; Sara Stevens. After which, PHE COLLEEN PAWN. Mr. Boucicault, Mdme. Celeste, ,tc. To conclude with THE KISS IN THE DARK. Com ,nence at 7. ---- THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. This Evening, THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Buckstone, Sothern ; Mrs. C. Young, Miss Oliver, Arc. With LA CON TRABANDISTA : Perea Nena, Sze. And FAMILY JARS. Commence at 7. ---, NEW THEATRE-ItOtAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. This Evening, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Benjamin Webster, J. L. Toole, to. ; Miss Woolgar, Ica. And THE SHILLING DAY. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. This Evening, O TO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. After w hich, It S, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Mr. Charles Kean, & C . With THRICE MARRIED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. This Evening, PEEP O'DAY : Messrs. Lacy, Falconer, Addison ; Mrs. Bowers, &c. Followed by KILLARNEY. Conclude with THE COLLEEN SAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Charles Selby and Lydia Thompson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. This Evening, 3fAZEPPA : Mr. C. Mortimer. Brilliant Scenes in the Circle by the unrivalled Troupe of British and Foreign Equestrians. Concluding with a favourite Farce. Commence at 7. . HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT.—Morning, 6h. 31m.—Afternoon, 6h. 50m. To-moßßow.-Morning, 7h. 13m.—Afternoon, ;h. 37m. 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. THE SUN LONDON, FRIO T EVENING JULY IS, 1862. NI . A . \ nt ' .-.-------'..-- , '',•-•,- 11 , 14.v ..1e ! . !,',.-,4 , - ,,, C,'•514 ‘. ... -4, 1. '‘, .1, .0... ' ....",'" .:,' ; . ..-.: - ' t :rt ,. ...'' :,k177, t4 * . C . ** -- , • ;i r s, - ' 1....?! ... L.; (..... „,ettlir-w-,,L, ' ',An. ~ . it - THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1862. The last version of Mr. LINDSAY'S very important motion for to-eight is given as follows :—" That, in the opinion of this House, the States which have seceded from the Union of the republic of the United States have so long maintained themselves under a separate and established government, and have given such proof of their determination and ability to support their independence, that the propriety of offering mediation, with the view :of terminating hostilities between the contending parties, is worthy of the serious and immediate attention of her MAJESTY'S Government ; and that this House will cordially support her MAJESTY in any measures she may consider it expedient to adopt, in concert with other Powers, to put an end to the civil war in America." It will be seen that the resolution now leaves the question open—what shall be the object of the mediation ! The differ ence in the new version of the motion is that it does not specify " recognition" of the South as worthy of consideration, and does not almost hint at forcible intervention by the addition of an alter native " otherwise" to mediation. We have little doubt what the reply of the Go vernment will be. To do nothing is not only the easiest course, bet may also be the best one ; and such plenty of argument may be found on its favour, little lik e i• y any th a t it is Government would desert such well p rotected o% , iial entrenchments. That we o ught not to rdeddle w i t h t h e i nterna l strifes of other nations, is a doctrine England has so long maintained that she would have it thrown in her teeth at once were she to intervene by force, and we think justly so. The mediation is reduced, therefore, to one of diplomacy --to one in which we must not hint, a threat which we are even to thi n k of following up by a war to enforce our views. All is to be amiable, pacific, and benevolent. Is such a mediation possible ? It seems to us, we confess, impracticable. Unless the European Powers are prepared to unite to say that this war shall cease, it will not cease. No object can the mediators propose but that of separa tion into two Governments. The South will hear of nothing less—the North will never consent to it unless coerced by the courage and ability of the South, or by an overwhelming combination of other Powers. Now we hold, as we have before done, that the moral right of France and England to re open the cotton trade on behalf of their starving citizens is strong enough to override the technical and artificial right of Americans to stop the trade and starve us. We should not feel the least scruple on that ground ; but would mediation on such a basis as recognition of the South, even if backed by all the Powers of Europe, be successful. We believe th at th e insatiable ambition of the North, with its long-cherished " manifest destiny" notions, would rende r • • it futile. Thus, look at it which w ay we will, there seems to us to be but one point really needing decision that iF, are we pre pared to reopen the Southern cotto n trade by force, should that be necessary. It we are not, we m ay as well leave things as they are. The Yankees would snap their fingers at even a unanimous re presentation of all the Five Great Powers of Europe, and think themselves brave fellows for doing it. We are by no means sure that they would not declare war against them all with plea sure ; their bitterness being really directed against the mother country only. We have, however, every reason to believe that such madness would be of very short duration, and the probability is that a universal European acknowledgment of the claim of the South to in dependence would dispose all the cool-headed men of the North to embrace the opportunity of with drawal from a struggle in which the North seems so likely to be foiled. Let the resolution, there fore, be expressed as it may, the real question is that of recognising the South, with all the conse quences likely to follow. A contemporary tells us that we have an easy way oat of our own great difficulty. "If (he says) we were to put a differen tial duty of 6d. a pound on American cotton, and help on our cotton industry, until India, thus stimulated and guaranteed, had produced her stores, that would be our ultimate possibi lity of loss." We might in this way spend a few millions, and look quietly on while America was retiring to jungle. We wonder that the one insuperable objection did not occur to our contem porary. We have often wished we could give a guarantee to India such as would call forth her best efforts by laying a heavy duty on slave grown cotton—but unless we could get all the manufac turing nations to do the same, should the civil war subside and the American cotton trade be re-opened, our neighbours would obtain their cotton on terms which would enable them to distance us in any mar ket. They would obtain their supplies, indeed, all the cheaper, in consequence of our refusal. As things stand, hopeless as it would be to think of bringing France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Spain into a treaty to lay a ten years' heavy duty on slave grown cotton, it would yet probably be for their ultimate advantage as well as ours. They all want, as well as we, to create varied sources of supply, and not to be henceforth dependent, any more than ourselves, on America alone. Were such a treaty possible, and were it coupled with the exclusion of the produce of American looms from every European and colonial market, we might leave the combatants to fight out their quarrel with perfect indifference. Again—Where are the Police P A member of Parliament is on his way from the House of Com mons to the Reform Club, when, at one o'clock on Monday night, or more strictly speaking on Tues day morning, he is brutally struck down in one of the most public places in all London or West minster. A very few years ago the terrors of Burglary and Garrotting frightened the capital from its propriety from Bow to Hammersmith, from Highgate to Norwood. The West-end generally, but more particularly the ill-starred neighbourhood of Notting-hill, became for a while the scene of these disgraceful outrages. Insomuch that towards the close of the period still borne in painful remem• brance by many as the time of the burglars and garrotters, one of those preposterous pieces of ex travagance, the farces generically known as "Adelphi Screamers," enabled all the unscathed Londoners, who had survived the epoch of danger just then coming to its close, to laugh at the recollection of the panic it had not unnaturally given rise to in many a suburban household. To laugh at the remembrance of that panic as then and there de picted by two of the drollest of our low comedians, in a fugitive piece, entitled " A Night at Notting hill." The burglars, then driving for a while a roaring trade here in the metropolis, have since that favoured period flitted away (after the fashion of Mr. SYKES, when London became too hot for him) to distances more or less remote in the pro vinces. Only occasionally obliging the inhabitants of the capital every now and then at uncertain in tervals with their nocturnal attractions. As to the garrotters, they unhappily have remained all along rather more faithful to their principal scene of action. Not but what several of the country towns have had the honour of casual visits from some of the more adventerous and nomadic professors of the dreadful art. In the metropolis especially, however, the system of garrotting has flourished all this long while almost unremittingly. The police cases have, it is true, demonstrated the fact varyingly—but with the maintenance of a frightful average. Sometimes for a very brief interval, indeed, the crime has seemed to lapse out of view altogether; only to crop up again, however, in more miserable abundance. And between whiles, when there were apparently no distinct cases of garrotting —not a doubt but that many a prostrate man picked up by the police towards the small hours in a state of insen sibility, owed his condition to the attentions of some vanished garotter, rather than to those convivial influences which induced Mr. BEN ALLEN to knock double knocks at the gate of the Borough-market under the mistaken idea that he was on his own doorstep. Flagrant, however, though the conduct of these ruffianly garrotters has but too often been before now in various parts of the metropolis, and at different times since their cruel system of rob bery by all but assassination, came into vogue—we do not remember any instance that has yet been related in which there has been manifested a more audacious defiance of detection than in this very last instance, in which the victim of the assault is a member of Parliament. Mr. PILKINGTON'S treatment by the garrotters has been de scribed both by Lord HENRY LENNOX 1 in the House of Commons and by Mr. PILKING TON himself out of it. Both accounts being wonderfully minute and circumstantial. The noble lord's account of the occurrence, as given viva voce to the house last evening, ran as follows :—" On Thursday morning last, at one o'clock," said Lord HENRY LENNOX, " the hon. member for Blackburn, having been performing his duties at the house, proceeded on foot to his hotel. On reaching Waterloo-place, near the Guards' Monument, he Was assaulted, but by whom he had no recol lection. The attack was so sudden that he neith er saw the assassin nor remembered feeli ng the blow. In a state of partial in sensibility he crawled to his hotel, when it was found t h at serious personal injuries had been inflicted upo n him, His jawbone had been much cut ; there were severe contusions on the head, and a very suspicious sensation round the medic al men too clearly t he' throat showed he nature o f th e gar rotting .. i ns trument that h a d been an hon. to d e appli me mber of th at House on his way home a home through one of the most crowded thoroughfares of the me ' To which particulars we me tropolis," w ould add that s found tobe minu s l ai the hon. member w a s Watch arrival at home, his when, upon his pocket s came to be examined. His ow n account of the t r ansae _ m Prea —.. tion is giv en by us in another part of our i sion, where the outrage is described at more length. From all whi c h it w ill manifest how daring was the assault mad e upon t h e Member for Blackburn, whether regard b e h a d t o the time or to the place selected for its perpetration. It is idle, of course, to argue that nothing could have been d o ne to prevent the risk of finch an occurrence. For the case of Mr. P - ILSINGToN is not, in itself, by an y j gleans an exceptinnf 4 i cse, beyond the Mere 7 -- circumstance of the exceeding audacity of its per petrators. A similar inciden takes place as we learn almost simultaneously in another particularly public part of the metropolis, namely, in Bond-street. The statistics of garrotting of late years would would present a very fright catologue of outrages to view if they were only brought together (as we trust that under the circumstances they now will be brought together at some metropolitan member's suggestion) in the form of an authentic parliamentary paper. It is idle, we repeat, and monstrous, to argue quietly that nothing can be done to guard the people of this civilised metropolis, and members of Parlia ment themselves, from the recurrence of these brutal outrages. If our police constables were less assi duous in the day time in their suspicious regard of innocent visitors to the Exhibition, and in actually taking into custody persons of the highest respec tability upon utterly groundless charges of attempt ing to pick-pockets—her MAJESTY'S lieges, and among them the people's representatives, would not be so liable to be half-strangled in Bond-street and in Waterloo-place—in this last mentioned instance, at a point as public as midway between the Duke of Yoßx's Column and the Guards' Memorial, between the United Service Club and the Athenaeum. What is the interpretation of GARIBALDI'S Sici lian fulminations against the French EMPEROR. We adverted to some of them a few days ago, and co mpared them with the polite and diplomatic e xpression of the same sentiments by Lord Rua- SELL himself. We observe that his supporters in the Italian Parliament have made the very same comparison; they have represented his denuncia tions as only the frank soldier's utterance of the diplomatist's generalising statements. If Lord RUSSELL may, in a despatch to Lord COWLEY which was to be read to M. TIMUYENEL, say, that the position of the French at Rome was such a violation of international law, and of principles in which the French and English Governments had agreed that it could not last long, GARIBALDI might be excused for personifying the outrage in the man who places the French soldiers where they are, and for denouncing the " autocrat and the wilful tyrant." Such is the representation of his friend CRISPI. RATTAZZI, on behalf of the Go vernment, affirmed that the Sicilians were so strongly attached to the war-cry, " Italy and VICTOR EMMANUEL," that this was one chief cause of GARIBALDI'S success. He denied that there was any danger in calling the Sicilian authorities to account for being present while GARIBALDI insulted the EMPEROR. But GARIBALDI, according to the Turin news papers, rather waxes warmer than otherwise. "People of Palermo !" he is reported to have said, " Your aspirations are those of the Peninsula. Let all Italians be unanimous in one will—the unity of the country. But let us have no words; let us have deeds and protests—not in writing—the pro tests of a brave people determined to free their brethren still groaning in fetters. The master of France, the traitor of the 2a of December, under the pretence of screening from harm the person of the PoPE, of protecting religion, Catholicism, oc cupies Rome. It is a false pretence—or lie. He is actuated by covetousness, by a robber's lust, by an infamous thirst for empire ; he is the first sup porter of brigandage; the chief of Southern assas sins !" He goes on to exhort the people to arm themselves, to be each ready with a dagger ; to be prepared, if necessary, for a new rehearsal of the Vespers; he denounces Murat ism as proconsulship of France, and of course does not forget him in whose name the French " tyrant" perpetrates his crimes against Italy :—" The Pope- King, or the King-Pope, is a negation of Italy. Our Government is not strong enough to shake off the yoke of France. The people must strengthen them by its compactness and energy. Let us throw our well sharpened weapens into the scales of diplomacy, and diplomacy will respect our rights ; she will give us Rome and Venice. The programme with which we crossed the Ticino and landed at Marsala must still be ' Italy and Victor Emmanuel.' The same programme will lead us to Rome and Venice." And this is the strain of all his addresses as they are reported in the Rapers—denunciation of Bourbonism, Muratism, and of the Pope, but chiefly of the EMPEROR, because, but for his "infamous" thirst for empire and consequent occupation of Rome, all the others would be harmless. What means this new eruption of GARIBALDI'S indignation ? Is it the long pent up fires of a generous and brave nature, unable longer to endure the hypocrisy of the French EMPEROR, and deter mined to risk everything rather than see Italy ex change an Austrian for a French yoke ? Or has any one given him the hint that his invectives, while necessarily disclaimed and censured by the Italian Government, would yet be acceptable to it ? GARIBALDI, we may be quite sure, is not the man to forget that the blows inflicted on Austria by a French army rendered Italian unity possible in 1859 and afterwards—and he would be, willingly, grateful—but the same generosity'which would dis pose him to condone the treachery and violence of the French Government in respect to Rome in 1849, if France honourably atoned for the crime of subverting the Roman republic, must turn to con tempt of a Government which persists in the crime it ought to blush for. No words of GARIBALDI can be tco strong, in the judgment of any noble mind, to express the perfidy, selfishness, and meanness of the EMPEROR'S Government in Savoy and Nice, in Gaeta, and in Rome, since the Austrians were ex pelled from Lombardy, and Italy was becoming in dependent. The revulsion of a pure and noble soul like GARIBALDI'S from all this baseness may well, therefore, be the sole cause of his language. As to the prudence of all this there will be diffe rent opinions. GARIBALDI and his friends think nothing will drive Louis NAPOLEON out of Rome but exposure of his crime, or force. He evidently thinks the French—for GARIBALDI carefully dis tinguishes between the EMPEROR and the people— will at last get ashamed of their EMPEROR'S policy when it drives the WASHINGTON of Europe to paint him to all Europe in his true colours. Those who censure GARIBALDI remark that, by gaining the recognition of Russia, the EMPEROR has laid the kingdom of Italy under fresh obligations. This the more liberal Italians deny. Russia and Prussia are but the shells of the oyster, Rome is the oyster, and that the EMPEROR keeps. Moreover, the Turin Government had to humble itself to break ing up the Polish school as the condition of Roman recognition. Besides Italy does not want the pa tronage or protectorate of France—if France will do her justice, and cease to rob her of her capital, she could wait for Russia and Prussia to come in when they pleased. There i s ne consolation for the friends of Roman and Italian liberty—the longer the EMPEROR up olds the Pap a l ty rann y th e w orse does it appear to all Europ e . F at h er P ASSAGLIA ' S unansw erable de monstrati on that the temporal Princedom is no part of the P opedom, and that it would be for the good of the Chur c h to renounce it, has been followed by a pamphlet, no t less able, by a German Catholic, DOLLINGZR, reviewed in the number of the Edin burgh just issued, whic h ceti, Co ., Doctor m shows at lengthes substantially to the sa me conclusion ; siii that the temporal power was a late incident, and has been a very precarious, often injurious, adjunct to the Headship of the Catholic Church. The Ger man Doctor hates the Italians, still he is not blind to the intolerable wretchedness of the Roman Go vernment, and the reasonableness of their wish to change it. When a German Catholic argues thus, it is evident that the opinion is spreading that the independence of the POPE is not furthered by his dependence on French bayonets, and by his civil government being the very worst in all Europe. At present papacy is a miserable illustration of worldly en and mal-administration. This n hardly mbe theit i an edifying example for the Bishop e a a b of Roman Catholic Christendom to set to his flock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Last night Norma was repeated for the second time. It was, doubtless, in consequence of the extraordinary success of Mdlle. Titiens in the character of Norma, on Saturday evening last, that the house was crowded to excess. At the commencement of the opera there was considerable disturbance for room in the pit and gallery. At last, in answer to loud calls from every part of the house for Mr. Mapleson, that gentleman came forward. At his appearance the clamour abated, and he proceeded to assure the audience that he regretted deeply the inconvenience from which they were suffering, while he thanked them heartily for the proof of the extent of their patronage. In conclusion, he said that all persons who desired it should instantly have their money returned, or tickets handed them for another night. This announce• ment had the effect of allaying the dissatisfaction, and the performance was permitted to continue without any farther interruption. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—Last night a fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr. E. Hnmm, a hatter, carrying on business at No. 55, Holywell-lane, Shoreditch. The flames commenced in the second-floor workshops, and owing to the inflammable nature of the goods on the pre mises, the flames spread rapidly. The engines of the parish, with Barton, the parish engineer, and several of the London Brigade, including the land steamer by Shand and Mason, quickly attended under the command of CaptAin Shaw and Foreman Bridges and G. Gerrard. A good supply of the East London Company's water having beer procured, all hands went to work, but the flames could not be ex tinguished until the workshops in which this fire began were burnt out and the roof destroyed. Forttnately, Mr. Humm was insured in the Norwich Unica Fire.office. There was also a fire on the premises bebnging to J. Burton, a lodging-housekeeper, No. 8, Kiaierton-street, Knightsbridge, which destroyed the Jewel part of the building and severely injured the upper portiti. Unfortun ately, the occupier was uninsured. This fle was caused from a spark flying out of the gate and settitg a quantity of linen in flames. THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY AND THE FLEET SEWER.—We are glad to find that the accouds supplied of the accident to these works on Wednesday sere somewhat exaggerated. The sewer, which, from beir4 overcharged with storm water, forced itself into the belimouth of the line, was a small auxiliary, forming one of ti e district con uexious with the Fleet-ditch, in Maiden-lane King's .cross. The rush of water into the railway works a t the station now approaching completion at King's •crosi was alarming for a short period, and threatened to beco a e much more extensive, but in consequence of the very hort time the storm lasted, the flow of water into the wok s did not ex ceed 21 feet in depth. All fear of further harp was over come by 12 o'clock at night. The whole of he works, both upon the line and the sewer were yesterdp going on as usual, every possible effort being made on he part of Mr. Jay and his numerous staff of men to rekir the damage occasioned by the fracture of the sewer cok e weeks since, so as to get the permanent way finished tothe temporary station for the City at West street, near Faiingdon-street, as soon as possible, and on bdhalf of the Metbpolitan Board of Works to rebuild the sewer and make god the roadway the entire length of the breakage. THE HOP PLANTATIONS.—ROCHESTR, July 16. mulch continues a crop as was to Notwithstanding e t t the e u p n t g o e s n p e i a e l t w e f e a s t o h r la r g at first anticipated, the bine in most of he plantations has an exceedingly healthy appearance, Ind the Mid summer shoots are growing strong and vierously. The slight boar frosts which were experienced few mornings since have given a severe check to the hope in some o f th e grounds, but in consequence of their healtly condition the mischief will be but trifling. In all the grtnds the plant s have a moat luxuriant appearance, and shokld there be an agreeable change in the weather, a fine crap may be safely anticipated. Within the last few days (tyre have been a considerable increase in vermin, but these are looked after by an amazing number of "niggers," which destroy them by myriads." In some of the more protected lands the plants are already coming into burr, promising a somewhat earlier crop. The number of acres of hops under cultivation is believed to have decreased this year, but it is probable that; notwithstanding this circumstance, the returns this season, owing to the superior cultivation and other causes, will show a growth as large as that in some of the best years. FEARFUL SCENr.- —Au Bell', troupe or eques trians were proceeding through George's-street, Kings town, on Tuesday, previous to the Mid-day performance, a man named Kelly, a shoemaker, incautiously got too near the van containing the lions, for the purpose of teas ing them, when one of the beasts caught his arm in her talons and dragged it into the cage, lacerating it in a fear ful manner—literally tearing all the flesb away from the shoulder downwards. The lion also clutched at his face. It was a fearful moment of suspense—the people about the cage were bewildered, and totally powerless to render the least assistance. Mr. Batty, the great lioa tamer, seeing how matters stood, rushed boldly into the cage and beat the brute with a loaded whip which be carried, and succeeded in forcing the lioness to let go her prey. But for Mr. Batty's intrepid conduct and timely assistance, the unfortunate man would have been torn to pieces. To save the man's life it was deemed necessary to amputate the arm—Dublin Freeman. The most careless may now have sobe idea and feeling of what it must be to live in Russa. While, in the chief cities, the great merchants are failiig every day, and the insurance offices are bankrupt ; andwhile, in the country, the families of nobles do not know which way to turn to obtain the luxuries of life, which have become necessaries to them, or even to get clothes to wear, the out side world at least learns to pity them, and it is enough to make anybody shudder to think of living in a groping panic from day to day, not knowing whoa to trust, and afraid to let anybody in, for fear of fire-balls and lucifer matches. While it is quite true, however, that society there is in a fearful suspense, awaiting a hurricane, with out knowing to what quarter to look for it, or how to make preparation against it, it is also true that this state of mind is so far from being anything new, that Russians may suffer less from it than we should. The gantry of South Carolina declare that they enjoy life under conditions which would spoil our pleasure in everything, —under dread of fire, dread of being out after dark, dread of country rambles, dread of poor whites in the woods, and of poor blacks in their own houses ; and in the same way the Russian gentry think themselves the gayest people in the world, in their life of social precariousness, and of restric tion on personal action.—Once a Week. BRAEMAR. —A GENTLEMAN LOST AMONG THE HILLS.—On Wednesday,morning the 9th fast., an 'elderly gentleman of the name of Jones left the lavercauld Arms for a walk on the Glencallater Hills, to collect geological specimens. He ordered a carriage to be in waiting at Locheallater at five in the afternoon, which was punctually attended to, but he did not make his appearance. Consi derable alarm was felt at the hotel when the coachman re turned at 11 o'clock at night, and reported that Mr. Jones had not appeared. A man on horseback was immediately despatched to the Glen, and at early hour in the morning a body of young men and guides were sent to scour the.hills. On Friday the search was continued; the people of the village having turned out in numbers sufficent to make a thorough examination of the hills, lakes marshes, and waterfalls. About 11 o'clock a.m., Mr. Jceies was found near the top of a precipitous cliff over whici he had fallen. By a lucky chance his geological hammer lad caught in a cleft of the rock, and to this he had clung. He was quickly extricated from his dangerous position, whsre he had been for 42 hours. He had sustained no serious bodily injury, and is doing well.—Scotsman. HOPS IN ENGLAND.—AIanY futile attempts were made at an early period to cultivate hops inEngland. Mr. Scott, while acknowledging that the best plants could be obtained from Flanders, censures the Flemings for " dazel ing us with the discommendation of our 5031 e," and asserts that we need not go abroad for that which we can find at home. This was a little ungrateful. The hop, it is true, grows wild in England, but it has never been brought to complete perfection. The conclusion arrived at by a Par liamentary committee in 1857, after listening to a great deal of evidence, was that the best hops in Europe are grown in Bavaria and Bohemia. Those mown at Farnham are con sidered the best produced in England. Next in quality are the hops of Sussex and Kent. Latterly, the crop has failed to a very large extent, and the growers must be well-nigh disheartened by their many losses. In the debate which took place on the hop duties in the session of 1861, a mem ber, who had for some years cultivated hops on his own land, stated that he had occasionally been in doubt whether the hops on his poles were worth picking —so poor were they in quality, and so unduly severe was the pressure of the duty; for it is a strange anomaly th a t th e same duty Is charged on hops of the worst quality as on hops of the best. —Once a Week. The following facts with regard to the telegraph to Utah are of interest :—The distance by the route fol lowed was 3,242 miles. Repeaters were used respectively at New York, 234 miles ; Pitt s b urg , Pa., 709 ; Cleveland , Ohio, 795; Chicago, 111 ., 1 , 159 ; an d O ma h a , N e braska t er ritory, 1,984 mil es —fi ve repea t ers i n a ll. The total amo unt of battery use d was a b ou t 750 cups o f Grove. The l o ngest uninterrupted c i rcu it was from Omaha to Salt Lake, a diatance of a little more than 1,200 miles,—Tanania Star, i LATEST NEWS. REPORTED SURRENDER OF THE FEDERAL ARMY. ------ - - We (Times) have received the following telegram from our agent at Cork : " CORK, JULY is. " The Glasgow has arrived. Her departure was delayed for an hour to receive a telegraphic des patch from Baltimore, dated July 3:— " "BALTIMORE, JULY 3. I" A communication from Fortress Monroe, of the 2d inst., states that Generals Gorman and Meade had arrived there, wounded. They state that the divisions of General M'Call and General Reynolds have surrendered to the Conferederate forces. " ' General M'Clellan was on board the Galena. " General Jackson was in the rear of the Fede ral army, and Pricein front of it. " General lee refuses, on the part of the Con federates, to grant any terms of capitulation, and demands from the Federal troops an unconditional surrender. " ' These details are given from the statement of the wounded General Gorman. " ' The Federal flags have been taken down from the newspaper offices in Baltimore.' " [Our local agent vouches for the receipt of the telegram from the Glasgow ; and we give it only as a report, requiring future confirmation.] FRANCE. The steam transport Moselle, Captain Ravel, which was to have sailed to-morrow evening for Vera Cruz, has received pressing orders, which oblige her to anticipate her departure by 24 hours. She will sail this evening, with 1,400 tons of pro visions of every kind for the Mexican expedition ary corps, which will thus receive, by this single ship, the enormous quantity of 280,000 rations, —enough to provision an army of 7,000 men during 40 days. Strict orders have been at the same time received in the port to push on by all possible means—work ing, if necessary, day and night—the preparations of the Mayenne, which is to be enabled to sail at the same moment with the rest of the fleet. This vessel will enter the basin to-morrow, and will be ready in less than eight days. The Hotel de la Pais was opened on Tuesday. Two days previously several families had arrived, and, owing to their pressing entreaties, were taken in. A dinner was given on Tuesday by the Com pagnie Immobilier to about 300 persons—financial, industrial, artistic, &c. The dining-room, which is richly ornamented, is pronounced by competent persons to be a very handsome one. The archi tectural beauty of this room when lit up by a thousand gaslights were seen to great effect. The dinner is reported to have been excellent, and the attendance to have left nothing to be desired. The band of the Cuirassiers of the Guard played while the guests were at table. SERVIA. The Servian Envoy, the Pays states, has not yet quitted Paris. He will not proceed to England till he bas had an interview with M. Thouvenel. The Turkish Commissioner at Belgrade, according to the same journal, supports the Governor of the Fortress, against the opinion of the Consuls. MEXICO. The Patrie states that its last letters from the city of Mexico describe the population as very excited. The authorities have endeavoured to obtain the sig natures of the foreign residents to a declaration that they had not been subjected to annoyances of any kind from the Government of President Juarez. The greater number of foreigners have refused to sign any declaration to this effect, as it is entirely opposed to the truth. The same measure was to be resorted to in the cities of Puebla and Gua naxuato. The foreign residents in Puebla are very numerous, especially the French. Juarez, it is added, by this expedient is endeavouring to deceive Europe. The same journal has letters from Vera Cruz to the 15th of June. At that date the steamer Mas sena, the steam corvette Berthollet, and the hos pital transport Amazone were at the Island of Sacrificios ; the despatch boat Marceau and the Sevres transport were at anchor off Vera Cruz. The other ships of war of the naval division were cruising on the coast, or ordered to the Antilles on service. An attack on Vera Cruz by the Mexicans was expected, and on the 14th the French had made a reconnaissance in the neighbourhood of the town, but none of the enemy's force was discovered. The Patric contradicts the report that 10 soldiers of the French escort to the convoy that left Orizaba on the Bth of June had been burned alive by the Mexicans, into whose hands they fell as prisoners. The now Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, at Constantinople, has received instructions to protest against any Conference relative to the affairs of the Principalities in which he is not admitted to take part. The Dowager-Queon of Naples has arrived at Marseilles, and proceeded immediately to Zurich. CIRCASSIA. A letter from Soukum-Kale, under date of the 20th, states have just learnt that a column of 4,000 Russians has been surprised by moun taineers in the defile of Dekuako, in Abaseh, near Schiaguaschia ; the former were utterly routed, and nearly all destroyed. A large supply of mu nitions and several pieces of cannon fell into the hands of the mountaineers. Nothing could have been more opportune, as supplies are much wanted and will prove most useful. A.deputati on of all the tribes, consisting of Kiortan Oglou, Ismail Ef fendi, Osman Effendi, Shiek Ismail, Ismail Bey, Braki-Zade, Hadji Hassan Effendi, Hassan Effendi, and others will shortly leave for Constantinople, and from thence proceed to Paris and London to present a memorandum to the respective Govern ments, urging: European Powers to induce Russia to terminate the war against the Circassians—a people whose country has not been conquered, and a war which is pursued in a manner which is at once an outrage on humanity and a violation of the law of nations. ITALY. A Turin letter, in the Nord, says :—" The Italian Government intends giving a special brilliancy to the mission which is to proceed to St. P e t ers b urg to notify the constitution of the kingdom of Italy. Gen. Cialdini, who it appears is decidedly to be charged with the office, will be accompan i ed by a suite of high political and aristocratic notabilities. Without seeking indications too far, it may still be permitted to consider as significant the choice of the conqueror of Castlefidardo and Gaeta for the mission which he is called on to fill towards the Russian Government. In Italy, it is not the Government alone which takes into account the extreme importance of the recognition by Russia, for as far as the extremities of the Peninsula the importance of that event has penetrated. After Bologna, Reggio, and Rome itself, the towns of Sicily have been illuminating in honour of that circumstance." The Opinione, the Gazette, and the Espero, all Turin journal?, were seized on the 14th for having published the speech delivered by Gen. Garibaldi to the National Guard of Palermo, at which the prefect and general in command of that force were present. RUSSIA. A letter from Warsaw of the 10th, in the Debats, says :—" The following are some fresh detaisl re lative to Yaroszinski, who.fired at the Grand Duke Constantine : After having given different names, and when he was told that his declarations were contradictory, he refused to making any avowal, saying that he was lost beforehand, and that it must be the same thing to his judges whether they condemned Peter or Paul. ' Death is cer tain for me ;' he constantly repeated, get on w ith the trial therefore; what is the use of all those torments ?' For two days he refused to take any food, saying that he must die one way or another. His appetite was, however, at length excited by placing some roast meat before him, and when he had taken one mouthful he continued to eat. On being asked whether he had any accomplices he made no answer on the point. He said that he had purchased the revolver from a dealer in old iron. He certainly displays a firmness which might have been put to a better use : the Marquis Wielopolski has obtained per mission for the trial to take place before civil judges assisted by military ones. His Imperial Highness has declared that the proceedings shall be public ; the Procureur will be present at the sittings, which has not been the case in any politicals trials since 1831." The journal de St. Peterebourg publishes two telegraphic despatches respecting the state of General Count Luders. According to the first, dated the 9th, the swelling of the wounded jaw had increased, and the pain was incessant, but rather less intense; that of the following day states that the sufferings of the Count had diminished a little, and that he had obtained some sleep during the night, but that he still remains very weak. The same journal also publishes a despatch from the Grand Duke Constantine stat ing that his wound is going on favourably, but that he is not yet able to put on his coat. GREAT FIRE IN CONSTANTINOPLE. One of the most extensive and disastrous fires that have visited Constantinople for many mouths past broke out on Monday, the 9th inst., in an old flour mill in lumar-Bazaar, Kassim Pasha, and, under the influence of a brisk north-west wind, spread rapidly to the adjoining houses, the whole of which were wooden, and speedily became enveloped in flame. In little more than twenty minutes the conflagration had extended to the large baths and the flour mills of the quarter, and from them to Chiatmamedjid, Yahya-kehaja, and Uzoun7yol— literally licking up house after house, as the blaz ing tide rolled on before the wind. The extreme narrowness of the streets, or rather alleys— which at many points were literally only wide enough for two persons to pass at a time—im mensely aided the progress of the flames, and the houses being—owing both to their age and the long summer heat—as dry as tinder, the engulphment of the whole in the fiery flood was the work of almost less time than we have taken to tell it. Half a score of the miserable engines which form the only provision of the kind as yet known to the capital, were speedily on the spot, but in spite of their puny irrigation the flames rapidly advanced to wards the quadrangle facing the marine barracks, and seized on the local station of the toluombafres (fire-men) and the large depot of charcoal imme diately behind the barracks. A few minutes suf ficed to consume this couple of buildings, and it speedily became evident that little short of a miracle could save the barracks themselves. So intense was the heat that the lead on the dome of the small mosque attached to the latter melted, an d ran down the walls in a stream of liquid fire, which severely scalded more than one of the dense crowd of would.be salvors of the building. At this juncture, when the barracks were virtually resigned as a prey to the flames, two figures were seen on the roof of the building, so near to the rolling flood of fire that it coruscated round them like a nimbus, threatening at each moment to suck one or both into the blazing abyss. They were instantly recognised as the Sul tan and the Capitan Pasha, and the effect on the labouring crowd of soldiers, sailors, and firemen was absolutely electrical. In a few seconds the roof of the barracks was covered with eager com batants of the flames, and his Majesty was actually forced back out of the imminent danger into which his humane zeal had thus drawn him. The whole force of the engines was then turned on the bar racks and the adjoining provision stores, and in less than half an hour all danger to this important pile of buildings was averted. From that point the Sultan proceeded up the valley to the scene of the disaster's more successful activity amongst the dwellings of the poor people who were doomed to lose their all by the calamity. It is no courtly exaggeration to say that his Majesty literally ex posed himself like a common fireman, and largely contributed, by his example and his directions, to the ultimate reduction of the conflagration. Seve ral of the chief Ministers were also on the spot soon after the outbreak of the flames, his Highness the Grand Vizier being the first, followed speedily by the Seraskier, and Admiral Mustapha Pasha, the reit; of the Arsenal. Though the fire broke out about 1 p.m. the Sultan did not leave the scene of the disaster till nearly 7 o'clock, when the demolition of several houses in the line of the flames finally arrested their progres s The usual happy peculiarity of Constanti nople fires has, fortunately, to be here again reported ; great as was the destruction of houses, no lives were lost. In the falling down of one of the houses demolished to stop the flames, the Seraskier, Mehemet Ruchdi Pasha, was struck by a falling beam, and wounded in the head. His Highness was promptly carried up to Mr. Ottoni's, and there received all needful attention. The in jury, we are now happy to learn, was but slight, and the Pasha was yesterday able to resume his duties at the Seraskeriat. The official returns of the calamity report 352 houses, 318 shops, 2 baths, 3 schools, 2 flour mills, 1 oil do., 3 mosques, 1 fire men's barrack, and,one charcoal store, as destroyed by the fire. The sufferers from the calamity are for the present camped in the Petit Champs, in tents provided by the Government, by which also supplies of food and other necessaries have also been furnished by the Sultan's orders." A LIFEBOAT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. ORMSBY, NEAR GREAT YARMOUTH, July 17. The Caistor, lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was yesterday lying on the beachrreadyfor immediate service duringthis stormy weather. About 2 p.m. we were visited by a very heavy lthunderstorm, accompanied by terrific flashes of lightning, which struck the lifeboat. The electric fluid appears to have entered, at the mizen masthead, and proceeded downwards to the iron keel. No injury is done to the boat. The mast -25ft. long—appears as if burst from head to heel, and a long splinter driven out of it. Two men. Robert George, age about 73, and James Webster, about 36, and also two boys, Wickerson and Goulden, between five and six yews old, were taking shelter under the bow of the boat from a very heavy shower of rain and hail, and were ren dered insensible for a short time. Mr. Palmer, of Yarmouth, and Dr. Woodman, of Ormsby,. were shortly in attendance, and under their care the sufferers are likely to do well. George's injuries are in the leg and foot, which are scorched in several places. This morning he is able to leave his bed. Webster's arm is lacerated, and the sleeve of his coat was torn t o s ome ex t e nt. He is w ell enough to visit Yarmouth this morning. seemed stunned more than hurt. Som e hai r on the top of Wickerson's head was singe T hed and his cap boys o different past winter and spring, ren . mpor tant services ever driven off. This valuable lidfeebroeadtonhats, during wi the t occasions come of the mos t 1 suffe ring hum, t u o n t a h n e i t y b , r i a g s the crews of sixteen men performed by a lifeboat to schooner Sisters, of Whitby, and hooner Trial, of Poole,Bbueffloeiri can testif: The eo n of the late Prince of Capua, uncle to the ,is about to enter th e I ta li an army . Th e t S:veirtewill be remembe re d , gave in his adhes i on to Victor E m manuel soon after his nep h ew was -f orce d t o qu i t Gaeta ; and that adhesiou h as , i t i s said, been acknow l edged j d a e t p e o Ps deposed u ign an d a mply recompensed, THE BALLOON COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. It will be remembered that on the 22d of March the balloon committee of the British Association resumed the attempts they had made some time before to ascend from Wolverhampton to make certain meteorological observations in the upper strata of the atmosphere. Two failures took place Mr. Glaishcr and Dr. Lee came again from London to Wolverhampton on Monday afternoon, but uo favourable opportunity could be found till yester day (Thursday) morning. On that day the work of inflating the monster balloon commenced at about half-past five in the morning, and ceased at nine, by which hour 66,000 cubic feet of gas had been thrown in. Lord Wrottesley and the Hon. Arthur Wrottes ley were at this time upon the ground, in addition to Mr. Glaisher and Dr. Lee. A large number Of the inhabitants of the town were also present. The leading objects sought to be obtained are first to ascertain the law of the decrease of temperature ill proportion to elevation, and second to determine the distribution of moisture throughout the atmos phere. By half-past nine the car had been attached- At 9.43 the vast machine was liberated, and ascended right majestically under the guidance of Mr. Cox well, amid the warmest plaudits of the specta tors. Mr. Glaisher seemed even more composed than the aeronaut himself, and having politely and characteristically acknowledged the farewells of Lord Wrottesley and others, at once applied himself to the preliminary work of arranging his instruments; and this he was observed doing as long as he could be observed. The man of science sped on his aerial voyage at about 30 miles an hour in a direction E.N.E. At 9.56 he had sailed beyond the reach of all observation, even with a telescne. Mr: Glaisher contemplated remaining up six hours, and of descending twice before he made his final ascent to the desired maximum altitude of five miles. By this means he would be able to make ex periments that would be a check upon each preced ing series, and consequently increase their value. The direction, however, in which the wind was blowing would render the carrying out of this in tention somewhat difficult. WOLVERHAMPTON, TEIIIRSDAY EVENING. Mr. Glaisher has descended, and retrhrned here. He reports that at the highest altitude, he attained he found the temperature was 14 ; Vile air was very dry, and the electricity positive. AN ELOPEMENT FRUS7.RATED. On Monday no little gossip was occasioned in Cheltenham from it becoming known to a highly respectable tradesman's wife that her husband (who is in a large way of business) was on the eve of an elopement with a nurse residing near Clarence square. The gentlemva made himself perfectly secure that he had so arranged all his plans that discovery was impossible, but the event proved otherwise. It appears that Mr. T. (the party in question) some twelve months ago, having occasion to take some goods in his trade to a gentleman's house, became quite smitten with the charms of the nurse. She inquired if he was married, and he replied, " Yes, and unfortunately got a wife and three children." Nothing daunted, the nurse, knowing he was a man of means, encouraged his visits, received a handsome gold watch, writing desk, &c., as presents, and frequently used to meet him and take a day's excursion. These facts be came known to Mrs. T., and her husband was watched from his private residence td the shop. At nights he was also watched closely, but he gener ally gave his wife the slip. About a month ago, Mrs. T. came upon the pair together, and after lecturing her husband (who made himself scarce) she gave the nurse a thrashing ; of course thinking that that would put a stop to their meeting again. For a few days all went on at home quite happily, until Monday, when the contemplated plot was discovered. Mr. T. went to the shop as usual ; he shortly afterwards quitted, leaving a servant girl in charge. He had not been gone long when a woman came in and inquired for him ; the girl asked her to leave her message ; she replied she had a note for him, but could not leave it. Mrs. T. called in at the shop soon after, and was in formed of the circumstance. Finding her husband did not return, she was determined to watch the ma donee of Miss -, and shortly before the departure of the three o'clock train out came the nurse, dressed in all her best, ready for the trip. She had not got far before Mrs. T. overtook her; her hat and feathers, as also her dress, were soon in ribands, and the expectant lady, who was so shortly to be off in the train with him whom alone she said she loved, ran away and took shelter in a fruiterer's shop in the High-street. She was soon run to earth by Mrs. T., and followed into a draper's shop. A crowd of upwards of 100 persons were assembled, who hooted the nurse home, and she has not been seen since. The gentleman was ready for the start, close by the station, where he was met by his wife, and after some persuasion he went home, we trust a better and a wiser man. All the luggage had been packed, and was ready for a long journey. Bristol Post. DEATH FR 0111 A STEAM-BOILER EX PLOSION. At the Royal Infirmary yesterday, Mr. Ilerford, the city coroner, resumed an inquiry respecting the death of Thomas Kelly, aged 12 years, son of Thomas Kelly, hand-loom weaver, residing in Lee street, Oldham-road. Thomas Marsh, sewing machine manufacturer, Butler-street, Oldham-road, said he had an engine of a half horse power, and it was unemployed from Whit Week until Thurs day the 10th instant. He examined the engine, and made such repairs as were necessary. Before starting the engine he felt convinced that it was in working ord er . H e did not exam i ne t h e boiler, but it was a good one when put down BilC months ago. He filled the boiler with water en Wednesday night, and lighted the fire. At seven o'clotk the next morning he stirred up the fire and opened the damper; the deceased was standing by, and witness left him there. The steam was not sufficiently up to work the engine. He had not been long up stairs when a noise, as of bricks falling, attracted his attention, and upon running down he found the cellar full of steam, and the lad much burned and scalded. The boiler had burst. There was no steam-gauge, but he tried the safety' valve before going up stairs, and found it in per fect order. It would bear a pressure of 231 b. to the inch. The deceased told witness that he was sitting close to the fire grate when the boiler ex ploded. He was taken to the Royal Infirmary, where he died on Monday, the 14th inst.—Robert B. Longridge, chief engineer of the Steam Boiler Insurance Company, said he had examined the ex • ploded boiler, and found that it measured 4ft. by 2ft., and was made of tin. plates. It had one safety valve leaded to a pressure of 231 b. to the square inch. It had a wat er gauge , but no pressure g auge . At the bottom of the boiler, a few inches from the injurious from often back end, was a fusible plug, which had b een com monly used in that description of The plug plate w as completely corroded, being leak ing,was thu s not only causinguseleesosrrboustion of the boiler plate. In paper for a space of 9in. in circum ference, case the being the centre. f n e o r e n thicker He believed that the p l a t e co uld . not have been corroded so much th than e plug six months with the water from the mains. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death.— Uwe cheater Guardian. KENTISH VOLUNTEERS. --A review and field-daY of the whole Volunteer force of the county of Kent t9A p l ace yesterday at Old -park, near Canterbury, in the pre sence of many thousands of spectators. The prizes won at the annual county prize contest, w hi c h took place on Tues * day and Wednesday, were awarced to the successful com petitors by the Lord-Lieutenant. At two o'clock yesterday the various corps a ssem b led, and after the usual inspection by Viscount Sydney, the Lord-Lieutenant, and a numerous staff of office rs, the entire force marched p ' ast, the Artillery in brigade, and the Rifles in battalion order. The Kentish grey uniforms of th e 4th and sth Rifle battalions presente d a striking contrast t o those of the other battalions, and the soldier-like bearing of each corps evinced that the most persevering a ttention had been given to th e d u ti es o f drill during the past year. The several brigade and battalion_ evolutio ns occupied ab ou t th ree h ours, an d ten roun d s et blank ammuniti on were di spose d o f b y each brigade a nd battalion, th e company and file firing being excellen t : A larg e volunteer s b e l ong i ng to various znetroplitan corps w" ) r number of the military f rom th e garr i so n and _ a mong the spectators. At th e t erm i nat i on th e _ review the Lord Lieutenant ex p resse d hi s entire satisfaction with the gene ra l a pp earance an d hi gh state of efficienci which had been manifested by the large volunteer arWY that important county. tic I of toi 26 9,t SNI tot lib( fro an tai prl in, di , bn 1