The Sun. — London, England, 1862-06-25 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Dion Boucicault, Lessee. TO-NIGHT , Wednesday, June 25, 186', the performances will commence at 7, with the S VITAL FIELDS WEAVER : Messrs. Atkins, F. Robinson, Sara Stevins. After which, THE COLLEE,sf BAWN : Messrs. Dion Boueicault, H. Vandenhoff, F. Robinson ; Madame Celeste, Jessie APLean, Stevins. To conclude with THE KISS IN THE DARK : Messrs. Atkins, Farrell ; Mrs. G. Jordan. Box-office open from 10 to 5. THEATRE-R 0 Y AL, HAYMARKET. Lessee Mr. J. B. Buokstone. THIS EVENING, at Seven, MRS. WHITE. Mr. Comp ton, Miss Caroline Hill, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (I'Sth time) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. S 9 _ • Followed by a new Spanish titled LA CONiRA BANDISTA. Senora Peres N senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOSr. 14 0Y AL LYCEUM THEATRE. AA) Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 191st Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." THIS E VENIN G. PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Declish. Messrs. Waiter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After which, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interlude, entitled KILLARNEY. Miss Anna Whitty and Miss Lydia Thomson. To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T FIELP IT. Characters by Mr. Addison, Mr. Warlow, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—air. F. D. Chatterton. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7, Box-office open daily from 11 tills. Commence a 7 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr A. Harris. THIS EVENING, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. ifiss M. Harris. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis de Franchi, Mr. Charles Kean ; Messrs. Jordan, Everett, R. Cathcart, Meadows, &c. • Mesdames Fielding, Chapman, R. Lecl erc q, H en d erson , and N. Chapman. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW THIZATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPIII.-- Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TO-NIGHT, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAISE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, Emery ; Misses K. Kelly, Laidlaw, K. Bland, and Mrs. H. Marston. To be followed by THE COLLEEN BARN. Messrs. C. Verner, Emery, Killington, Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith,"Romer ; MIAS Agnes Burdett, Miss Woolgar , Mrs. Billington, and Ore. H. Lewis. To conclude with THE SHILLING DAY. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Emery, miss Latimer, Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL - . STECKEL, '[he Greatest Trapeze Performer in the World, at 10 o'clock. Immense success of the Grand Selection from Donizetti's Opera, " DON SEBASTIEN," (Produced here tor the first time in this country). Arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell and Signor Tivoli. 'rho Great Comic Trio, Eugene, Dnley, and Unaworth (the original of the celebrated Stump Speech, " Or any other man Also the following array of Comic Talent, viz.:— E. Marshall (in Paul Pry), J. G. Fordo, A. B. Hollings worth, Miss Georgina Smithson, and Joe Brown, the re nowned Dancer. T H E OX F O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET. The miraculous STECKEL, Champion of the Trapeze, in new and unapproachable feats. Verdi's "LA TRAVIATA," "IL TROVATORE," " SIMON BOCCANEGRA," &c. dm • G. Linley's "JOLLY BEGGARS ; " G.A. Macfarren's " MAY DAY. ' Principal Vocalists Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert. Full Band and Chorus. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comic—Miss Caroline Parkes, Mr. W. Randall, and those unrivalled Ethiopian Comedians, Rumsey, Newcomb, Little Bob, E ugene,an d Unsworth (the original "or any other man"). Admission, Bd.; Balcony and Stalls, Is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Shortly will be produced Verdi's Great International Exhibition Cantata. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.; THIS DA.T.—Morning, 1212. 3 7m.—Afternoon, lh. Om. To-lionatow.-Morning, lh. 20 m. - -Afternoon, lh. 43m. 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. Between " A West Londoner" and " A Member of the Thames Embankment Committee," the truth has come out : and we doubt not, but that before very much longer it will have prevailed. His Grace the Duke of Mucci:Kum, it now appears— and it appears with a clearness that removes the simple statement of the fact beyond the reach of all further contradiction—obtained the renewal of his lease of Montagu House, in Whitehall Gardens, about ten years ago, by what billiard players would call a fluke. There was some uncertainty at first as to who it really was that had signed the original Treasury Minute granting this extraordinary bene faction—at the expense of the public—to the high and mighty Duke of BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY. What added rather ludicrously to . this uncertainty, making the confusion worse confounded, was the rather remarkable circumstance that the very states man who, it turned out afterwards, had himself actually signed this unfortunate Treasury Minute, was the one who formally brought the accusa tion of having signed it against his wholly inno cent successor in the responsible office of Chan cellor of the Exchequer. In unmeasured terms of virtuous indignation, Mr. DISRAELI charged Mr. GLADSTONE with having been guilty of this extra dinary dereliction of duty. As Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. DISRAELI, to his credit, be it said, had declined to have anything what ever to do with the renewal of the lease of Montagu House recognising, as he could hardly fail to do, how seriously a renewal of that lease would be calculated to militate against the interests of the public at large in regard to the great projected work of The Thames Embankment. Startled by the haughty reprimand administered to him by his predecessor, Mr. GLADSTONE at once said that he would immediately look into the matter ; avowing at the same time that he had no recollection at all of having had anything, either directly or indirectly, to do with the transaction. Well, preposterous to relate, immediately Mr. GLADSTONE had looked into the matter—what should the " fact' , of th e matter turn out to be, but that the Treasury Minate renewing the lease of Montagu House for the personal advantage of the Duke of BUCCLEUGH, the lease I • nveighed against so deser vedly, and in such unmeasured terms of indignation, by Mr. DISRAELI, had b een si gne d b y M r . , DISRAELI and not by Mr. GLADSTONE! Here wee a. veritable instance o f the l iteral exe muntication of Lord CA S TLEREAGH'S ludicrous figure of speech about a man turning his back upon himself! Mr. DISRAELI, in this case of Montagu House and th e Duke of BUCCLEUCIT, had actually done it. R e had signed the Treasury minute in the August of 1852—without having at the time the faintest notion in the world of what he was doing. As already remarked, he had positively refused before then to renew the lease for the personal advantage of even so eminent a subje3t of the Crown as the Duke of BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY! And then afterwards he had been deluded into stfiling his signature to it. Whoever had contrived to obtain the Minister's signature thus surreptitiously— slipping the Treasury minute in amongst the pile of miscellaneous documents then from day to day requiring the authenticating scrawl of "B. Drs RAF.Li"—had deliberately filched the concession from the right hon. gentleman, in opposition to his own previously and emphatically expressed decision as Chancellor of the Exchequer. U pon whomsoever the responsibility of this very adroit transaction may rest, it Is certainl y inconcei va bl e th a t a grea t pa trician like his grace, the Dike of BUCCLEUCH, can regard otherwise than with feelings of surprise and indignation , ' th e- f urtherance of his own interests by any such singularly left-handed proceedings. More especially, one would think, must the Duke , •4„. • • Ilmon% THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1862, of BUCCLEUCH be reluctant to avail himself of a renewal of a lease so obtained, when the whole transaction is virtually repudiated by both:sides in the Home of Commons, when it is reprobated in the very strongest language by Mr. DISRAELI and by Mr. GLADSTONE, by the Chancellor of the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer. However this I - may or may not be—the renewal of the lease, no matter how obtained, has been completed. The Treasury Minute, signed in the dark by Mr. DISRAELI, in the summer of 1852, is now, in the (summer of 1862, still in existence—with the then Minister's signature affixed to it. The successor of Mr. DISRAELI as Chancellor of the Exchequer had, of course, no alternative whatever but to accept the consequence of the melancholy and mystical Minute, signed in an evil hour by his predecessor. What Mr. DISRAELI had committed the office to do—the holder of the office after him did ! C'est tout—and certainly that "little all" is quite enough under the circumstances. For, what now is the situation P Why, the situation is simply this—that to-morrow the Thames Embankment Bill will be printed in a manner so different from what it had originally, that it will then be found by the public to provide for carrying the northern em bankment of the river Thames no further than Scotland-yard ! There—at that sacred point upon the borders of the tabooed slip of land known as Whitehall Gardens, the works are to stop ! And this simply in deference to the wishes, the whims — the fastidious predilection for retirement from the ways of the vulgar multitude—of certain influential residents there in Whitehall: More particularly in 1 compliance with the requirements of his grace the noble occupant of Montage House, the Duke of BUCCLEUCH and Conpßivcilmixim. Co-^ .”^h thinita be, and overcome us like a summer cloud"—in this month of June, 1862--- ,, without our special wonder," without raising a storm of indignant opposition against these obstructors, against the arch-obstruc tor of this grandest among all our great metropolitan improvements ? We cannot for one instant believe this. We cannot seriously imagine for one moment that, in these days, any such flagrant sacrifice of the general good to the whims of any one man, no matter how high born he may be, no matter how wealthy, or how influential, or how socially puissant, can now, in 1862, be quietly, and meekly, and meanly tolerated. It is incumbent upon us one and all to protest against it—and to do so promptly, loudly, and unmistakeably. London has now, by a happy fortune, installed in the civic chair one of the most popular, and deservedly popular, Lord Mayors who has for a long while past occupied that responsible post of the chief magis tracy. Let this popular Lord Mayor convene a'public ' meeting, an aggregate meeting, a monster meeting to protest against this wretched attempt at subser viency to one of our great nobles, in contempt for all those interests and advantages of the community at large which must, by that one act of subser viency, be sacrificed. Is it to be conceded to the Duke of BUCCLEUCH—or any other man—that this magnificent project of a grand embankment along the northern border of the Thames can be cut short abruptly at Scotland-yard, and thereby conspicu ously marred—at his one haughty mandate ? A Parliamentary Committee conforming to his wishes thus miserably in the sight of all England ! It is inconceivable that any proceeding of the kind can be allowed to pass sub silentio. For ourselves, we cannot believe for an instant that the free-born citi zens of London and Westminster will allow it to pass at all, The Bill may be printed in due form to-morrow, altered in the outrageous manner we have signified, by the timorous hand of the Committee, at the behest of a great Duke. But—the bill so altered must just simply be altered back again. The obstructive at titude assumed some few years back by the Duke of ATHOL up in the far north of this Island. of Great Britain, was but a mere nothing to that now assumed by the Duke of BUCCLEIICII under the very shadow of the Palace of the Legislature down at Westminster. It cannot, we repeat, be in any way whatever connived at. The House of Com mons will, we are absolutely, certain of this, see that it is not tolerated. And meanwhile, we are equally well persuaded, orr the other hand, that the population of London will not look on at the con tention about the matter here in dispute, in silence or with indifference. Mr. ESTCOURT is out of court. He consents to be nensuited, for the simple reason that he does not suit—anyone. He does not appear, indeed, to have found an avowed supporter. Good man—a better one need not be—he thought in his simplicity he could please all parties, he found that an inde pendent Conservative has as little chance as an in dependent Liberal. With a somewhat magnani mous demeanour, indeed, Mr. ESTCOURT withdrew his resolutions, declaring that he did not care to carry them by a small majority, all appearances in dicating that a division must have left him in a very small minority. His own party would have fur nished almost as many opponents to rating owners as Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S ; and if they might Dot have liked to do anything so uncourteous as to vote against one of their most respected men, they would doubtless have walked out of the house rather than have walked into the lobby with him. The anti -rate party may be said to have:achieved another triumph. Another proof has been afforded of the impossibility of any other plan being adopted than that of Sir Roux TRELANNY, or of Mr. BRIGHT and Lord EBURY, which is, in deed, but virtual abolition. It is once more shown that no ingenuity can devise a compromise which shall be tolerated by all parties. Whoever is com pelled to pay exclaims against the compulsions The rich owners of property grumble as much as a little dissenting tradesman. Ia theory, the owners contend that they pay the rates now—and Mr. BERESPORD HOPE, if we remember rightly, said that he should raise all his rents by the amount from which abolition would relieve the occupiers. Yet these occupiers kick exceedingly against being saddled with the rate directly, which they now assert that they pay indirectly. We should resist it on other grounds. We do not think owners, kilY more than occupiers, should be compelled to support either the fabric or the service of our churo l „ . They may be Nonconformist owners, for there a re p le nty such. The owner o f property surely has contribution t o much r ight to ask exempti on f rom what he disapproves as tho occu pier. However, owners seem to be averse to being rated to keep i n repair the parish tenants attend, although to be themselv es churches which their Ba ur e c n b t m A. en. lf This any professing essential ought to teach all parties the distasteful ness of compulsory religious pecuniarily' benefited by church -rates, persons are it is those whose property the Church renders more desirable as a residence, yet even these person s dis like to be taxed to keep the Church in repair. Mr. ESTCOURT shares, with many others, one strange delusion. He thinks the fabric of the Church has a better claim on compulsory support from all parishioners than the requisites for wor e ship_ He proposes that the rate should be volun tary for washing and mending the surplice, com pulsory for white - washing and repairing the build ing. Now, we admit that the churches are parish THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY ' , IVENING, JUNE 25, 1E629 property, and so far national property. We think, too, that the parish should require the building to be kept tenantable. But by whom ?=that is the question. We reply unhesitatingly—by the rent free tenants. If the use of the church be conceded to one sect in the parish, it may be the largest, but in some parishes it is the smallest, then, that sect which claims exclusive use ought to bear the charge exclusively. If other sects are required to repair the building, be cause they are parishioners, then they ought, because they are parishioners, to have the right to conduct their own services in the place alternately with the others. Such is the the practice in some places on the continent, and then an equal rate on all to keep up the building would be quite fair. Not improbably the time may come when English men will wonder at their ancestors for confining public national buildings to the worship of one sect; and they will think us exceedingly illiberal and narrowminded, that three or four services, in accordance with the views of different sects, oould not be peacefully celebrated in one Christian Church on the same Sunday by different bodies of Christians. Sir GEORGE GREY, the only member of the Government who spoke, affirmed strongly that Mr. ESTCOURT'S plan would only create more con fusion and than now existed; and he denounced with not a little caustic the conduct of gentlemen who, at the same time, objected to pew rents, and yet claimed for certain wealthy families the right to appropriate pews. On this subject, Mr. BUXTON, speaking, he said, from personal knowledge of the poorer classes, took the same view which we gave the other day, that that part of , +l, „ had so r^- 14 -c. of independence, that they liked the chapel better than the Church, because they then paid what they could afford for their pew, and felt themselves as independent as their richer neighbours. Mr. DISRAELI came out with some pompous platitudes on the question, which we should have thought good taste might have led him to avoid, although he has had high Whig example. " After a quarter of a century, we had discovered that Church rates involved the principles of a National Church of local government, of the privileges of the great body of the people, and of the predominance of the majority on which our whole social system depends." If Mr. DISRAELI really believes all this parade of great principles to be bound up with Church-rates, we must confess that our belief in his capacity and judgment must be altogether changed; and if he does not, which we are sure is the truth, why does he condescend to such Cider Cellar de clamation. Mr. DISRAELI throws 'on the Govern ment the bringing forward of a plan. As they decline, we submit that the leader of the Opposi tion is the next person responsible. For the sake of sufferers under the Cotton Famine, of commercial men who may have transactions with the Government, and of India also, we ask the at tention of the public to a case which requires, we fear, the support of public opinion. We need not say that we have not the slightest interest in the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company beyond that, which on public grounds we took in the com pany at its commencement. We then carefully examined its claims to such aid and co-operation as the Government of India could legitimately furnish ; our readers may remember that we were satisfied then, and we have ever since had increasing reason to be satisfied, that the enterprise would as cer tainly as anything human could, be a profitable one to those who embarked in it; while to the natives of that part of India, it would prove one highly beneficent, being at the same time advantageous to the Indian public treasury. We need not re trace nla ground—indeed, that ground' is better understood now than it was even a few years ago. A few sentences embody the chief advantages of the scheme. Water for irrigation is the wealth, but also the want of India, the water being abundant, but running away wastefully to the sea. Cheap convey ance for its produce, especially for the distribution of the local and interior produce, is an equal neces sity. The Company's scheme therefore embraces the distribution of the superabundant waters, by canals which at the same time convey the produce; with the addition of tanks, and of dams across rivers. The Company, the natives, and the landlords, that is the Government are to share equitably the pro ceeds of the works. Lord STANLEY, one of the most business-like and enlightened Indian secretaries we have ever had, and whom it would be well for India and Eng land if party considerations allowed us still to have in that post, agreed in December, 1858, in order to facilitate the raising of the requisite capital, to guarantee 5 per cent. on a work which should be estimated to cost a million sterling. In January following, in accordance with the agreement, his Lordship directed the Madras Government to select a suitable project—this was done—and the Madras Government, in July, 1859, reported to the Score tart' of State that their most competent engineer, to whom they had referred the matter had selected what is known in India as " the Toombudra project." Unfortunately, for this business, the Government had changed in the interim, and Sir CHARLES WOOD had succeeded Lord STANLEY. We must not weary our readers with details and unknown Indian names; the sum is this—the Company accepted the " Toombuddra project "—but when the Madras Government Engineer, and the Company's Engineer went more carefully into the matter, they reported that an extension of the canal and irriga tion scheme which would cast £350,000 more was so desirable that the whole ought to be received as one scheme, and the guarantee of five per cent. extended to the whole. We are sorry to say that Sir CHARLES WOOD, without any communication with the Company, wrote to India himself, requirine the limitation of the scheme to what would cost only the £1,000,000. The consequence was that a modified scheme would at an enormous proportionate cost, benefit but about 500,000 acres ; while the entire scheme, at about one-third more outlay, would extend the irrigation over four times that space. When the Company knew of all this, they handsomely offered to raise the additional capital, without guarantee, receiving themselves the profit of the additional capital. The Government law officers declared this to be a fair and proper solution of all difficulties, and certainly every honourable man of business will concur with them. It seems scarcely credible that Sir CHARLES WOOD would neither guarantee the capital and take a part of the profits, nor allow the company to do the work with unyuaranteed capital; such, however, was the fact ! The Company now took high legal opinion, which with the case they stated, was sent to Sir CHARLES WOOD. It was in favour of the corr.- pany's legal right, according to the agreement with Lord ST ANLEY , to t h e whole scheme. Sir CHARLES WOOD disputed th e l ega l op i n i on, a edi ng, t h at t h e L°l3:lPany had omitted cer t a i n matters . Th e direc tors of th e C ompany asked for the omitted matters, offer ing to re - state the case—Sir CHARLES WOOD refused i Re refused any kind of arbitration—he would hear o f nothing but his own proposal ! Thus arbitrarily and dictatorially dealt with the Com pany, confident in their legal position, fell back upon the original agreement ; and ppared a draft ( LATEST' deed in accordance with it, which they forwarded to Sir CHARLES WeD. This, he sends to Madras, with a leer he would not permit the company .to see. It is greatly, therefore, to the credit of the fitter that they have made one more attempt to induce the Secretary for India to act cordials with them, and have transmitted to him a letternntaining a final offer on the basis of conciliatin. With great liberality they propose to limitthe Government guarantee to the original millio; but the Govern ment is to have the advantage a its being a first charge on the whole returns ; thee, that is from the unguaranteed capital included, hus lessening the Government risk. The effect of mother part of the arrangements is that the Gownment shall be promptly repaid any advances t may make ; and that if the profits exceed 12 )er cent., which is the ordinary Bazaar rate of irterest in India, the Government is to share equally with the company. When to these very libera! offers we add that the district is so peculiarly favourable for the growth of cotton, that the Caton Supply Associa tion have memoralised Sir C.WooD earnestly for his countenance, we think ye have shown that this is in every way a case inwhich public opinion ought to be strongly expressea. It must—if the long delay be yet further lengthened, and that while India is starving for want of water and Lanca shire for want of cotton—it must be brought before the House of Commons. We cannot conceive of any public reasons which can influence the Indian Secretary. Private ones are equally out of the question. Whatever they are, water for India and cotton for Manchester, cannot wait for Sir CHAR. WOOD. unless he can. can tell us the reason why. ALGERIAN COTTON, LAND, AND IRRI. GATION COMPANY. gard's army. Tennessee is confirmed. from home. E W S. AMERICA. ,eERLII.OHEMIAN, BY TELEGRAPH TO QUEBEC AND FROM LONDONDERRY.) NEW YORK, TUNE 14. The New York World strongly opposes the fur• ther issue of 150,000,000 dole. demand notes. The New York Journal of Commerce says that if evil follows ultimately, as it is almost sure to do in every case of violation of sound financial prin ciples, it is to be hoped that its approach will be so gradual that all will be prepared for it. It is reported that 30,000 bales of cotton have been burnt in the neighbourhood of Memphis. An application has been made to ship 6,000 bales from Memphis. The Secretary of the Navy has sent a letter to Congress suggesting the establishment of a navy yard in the valley of the Mississippi for construct ing iron-plated ships. He says : "It is a duty as well as a necessity to make the United States a great naval power. Experience admonishes America not to let war come upon her unprepared; yet war may now be pending. The calamity that might follow neglect should warn America to be prepared. It . is no longer doubtful that the future safety of America is dependent on her naval strength and efficiency. America can now commence the construction of a navy adapted to present times under as favourable circumstances as any nation. No nation can have the advantage over America if she now avails herself of the means and opportunity." The Federals occupy James Island, near Charles ton, under the protection of the gunboats. c0va5a5.r............... ... .0.1.6.1.a0.1.va." ......... ...... r ..4.2. 4 have been reinforced with 30,000 men from Beaure- Federal Commodore Dupont thought the attack on Charleston could not safely proceed until the Federals were reinforced. The reinforcement of the Confederates in East COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEW YORK, JUNE 14, EVENING. The Saxonia and the City of New York, sailing to-day, take 1,800,000 dols. in specie. The China and the Bavaria were intercepted off Cape Race on the 14th inst. Money abundant. Gold 5& prem. Exchange advancing. Bankers' bills 1161. Stocks advancing. New York Central, 954; Illi nois, 64; Erie, 384. Cotton steady; middling upland, 312 c. Flour heavy, and sc. lower. Wheat dull. Corn declining. Provisions inactive. Coffee steady. Sugar quiet. Molasses, good inquiry. MEXICO. NEW YORK, JuNE 14. Intelligence from Mexico states that the French have fallen back to Orizaba. Another fight took place near that town between the Reactionists and the Liberals, the French supporting the Reac- tionists. Both sides claim the victory. The French are awaiting at Orizaba instructions TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Through your columns, I beg to ask, would it not be desirable that the directors of the above company announced the time they have fixed for closing their share list, and relieve the anxious suspense of intending share holders ? Also, how they purpose allotting the shares ? It is to be hoped that no undue influence would be brought to bear in favour of the prortoters, but that all should share alike: In many companies recently brought out the direc tors and promoters have monopolised nearly all the shares for themselves and friends, to the entire exclusion of the general public, who have been led to believe by advertise ments, &c., that they could get as many shares as they choose to apply for. It is to be hoped this will not be the case in the Algerian Company. I am, sir, yoar obedient servant, ONE OF THE FIRST APPLICANTS. London, June 25, 1862. THE FRENCH TREATY. The following is a statement of the imports for consump tion of principal articles into France from the United Kingdom in the first five months of 1862 compared with the corresponding period of 1859. The figu res are t a k en from the French official returns : Linen yarn quintal of 220,4 lbs. Coal )1 Iron, pig .. If Iron, bar 72 Coffee of first 1862. 1859. 2,019 812 5,859,346 5,311,635 707,020 75,960 237,902 7,233* fusion Linen cloths Machinery francs 4,701,361 t Cotton manufactures (taxed ad valorem) Woollen (exclusive of carpets) ~ 18,850,683 112,361: M Total impoitations ; imports from England not distin guished. t There appears to have been no importation in this period ; the total value of machinery imported for consump tion during the year, however, was 3,475,760 francs. : Total for the year; imports by months not distin guished for 1859. The Earl of Dudley's ball is postponed until to-morrow evening, Thursday, the 26th. Spener's Gazette of Berlin states that the Princess Royal is in an interesting position. The King has, in consequence, ordered special prayers to be offered up in all the churches . Owing to the general belief of a speedy recogni tion of the Kingdom of Italy by Russia, Gen. Durando is already spoken of as the future ambassador to the Court of St. Petersburg. The Moniteur de la Meurthe states that three days ago two enormous wolves attacked the sheepfold of a farmer at Relaicourt. They killed two sheep, one of which was left on the spot, but the other was dragged away to a distance of more than 500 yards. Two other sheep were seriously injured. The wolves, being disturbed by the , people of the farm, fled towards the village, when the inha bitants were alarmed and turned out with their dogs in pursuit. They, however, got off. GLASGOW, JUNE 21.--Cotton : We have had an active market this week at stiffening prices. A fair inquiry has resulted in a good business, considering the size of docks, daily. Goods and Yarns : The market has been active during the week at advancing rates. Good yarns are getting exceedingly scarce and dear. Iron : The pig iron market has again been heavy during the week—prices having given way fully 6d. per ton, on light export returns and unfavourable weather, 525. ld. cash, the lowest price accepted for warrants. To-day there has been more in quiry; 525. 3d., cash, might have been made, but sellers held for 525. 41d., and there was little or nothing done. G.m.8., No. 1,61 s. Pd. ; No. 3, 50 s. 6d. ; No. 1, Gart sherrie, 565.; Coltness, 575.; Calder, 535. ; Glengarnock, 525, 3d.; Forth, 525.; Kinneil, 625. 3d. GREAT FIRE NEAR ST. KATHARINE'S DOCK.— Last night, shortly after eleven o'clock, the inhabitants of East Smithfield were suddenly alarmed owing to a fire of a serious character breaking out in the extensive range of premises belonging to Mr. Henry Worley, export cooper, situate in Loote's-buildings, East Smithfield. The engines quickly arrived, but the flames continued their work of de vastation, awl it was past one o'clock this morning before the flames could be 'extinguished, and not until the exten sive premises of Mr. Worley were destroyed, and the con tents consumed. READY IN SEASON.--A lady at Brighton lost an infant child a short time since, and came out in deep mourn ing. When asked why she put on mourning for the death of an infant child, she replied, "I didn't put on mourning for the child alone ; but my husband is ailing, and I don't think he would live long; so I thought I would be pre pared." BULL FIGHT EXTRNORDINARY.—On Tuesday morning last an extraordinary and fatal fight took place between a furious bull and an entire horse at Lynn, both being the property of Mr. James Coker. It appears that they were both grazing in a field near the Chase, and early in the morning, for some reason or other, they engaged in deadly combat, from which they could not be parted. The sight is described by an eye• witness as a most terrible ono, these noble animals tearing up the earth, and making the air reverberate with their hideous noises. It was soon found that the struggle would be fatal to one if not both of the COmbetentP, and at length rho hull's terrible horns baying done frightful execution, actually goring great holes in the body of the horse, the bull became the victor, the horse, which was worth £6O, dropping down dead. THE LEGITIMATE KING OF HUNGARY.—It may be remembered that a member of the French House of Croy, which claims to be descended from the early kings of Hungary, lately published a pamphlet inviting the attention of the Hungarian people to his own rights as the legitimate heir of Arpad to ascend his ancestral throne as soon as the independence of the country should have been achieved.. The publication of the pamphlet, how ever, drew upon the son of Arpad no greater mark of at tention than a printer's bill, which ho demurred to, and for which, accordingly, a legal judgment was obtained against him. The illustrious scion of Hungarian royalty, M. do Croy Chanel, " Prince Augustus of Hungary," applied on Saturday to the Civil Tribunal of the Seine, demanding that a judgment by default, condemning him to pay a sum of 2,817 f. toM.Krautz,wholesale stationer, should be quashed, on the ground that he did not owe the money. The counsel fur M. Krantz, in opposing the appli cation, stated that in August last M. do C ray Chanel had obtained for his client a quantity of paper for printing a pamphlet advocating his (M. de Croy's) claim to the crown of Hungary, as being a direct descendant of Attila, the chief of the Huns. The paper was furnished, and the pamphlet, entitled " Les Fils d'Arpad," was sosn after published. Not being able to obtain payment, M. Krantz commenced legal proceedings, and a judgment was given in his favour, as we have already mentioned. The Tribunal, after hear ing the defendant's statement, decided that M, de Croy had alleged no valid reasons in support of his application, and accordingly confirmed the judgment. Tue Manchester and County Bank have appointed as their manager Mr. Alexander Wight, of the firm of Heugh Wight and Co., of Manchester, and formerly manager of the Charing-cross branch of the Union Bank. Mr, George Illingworth, formerly 20 years with Messrs, Cunliffe, Brooks, and Co , Manchester, has been appointed sub-manager, t FRANCE. BOURSE, dune 24.—The market maintains the buoyancy it had acquired yesterday, and the im proved tone has been strengthened by the arrival of the English funds with higher quotations. Threes are now firm at 68f. 60c. The Railway Share Market has been also firm, with an advance on some of the lines. The market closed as follows :- 4t per per Cents ... 97 65 Bank Shares 3185 Do. end month.... Credit F oneier 1665 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 50 Italian Loan 72 85 N'ew 3 per Cents .. 63 55 ltoruan Do, end month.... 68 60 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 852 50 Spanish Threes 52 50 Do. end month.... 857 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1265 .. 1265 Northern New ditto . 995 Lyons and Mediterranean 1100 .. 1102 50 Geneva Southern 852 50 , , 850 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 615 ,-- .. 616 25 THE HUMAN SKULL IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sitt,—ln accordance with the suggestion of a leading morning newspaper, we have examined the gold-mounted skull in the Chinese Department of the Exhibition. Without speculating too nicely upon what might have been the character of the occupant of this skull, like Hamlet over " poor Yorick," we pronounce it a full-sized and well formed skull, an evidence that it belonged to a male adult who was no idiot. It is well developed in the coronal region, indicating that it has been the casket of a cultivated mind. Indeed, it may have been the head of a poet, a philosopher, a statesman, or one in authority—possibly an Emperor. It has not the appearance of a thief, a robber, or a male factor ; on the contrary, all the phrenological indi cations are that this deserted mansion was once occupied by a sensible, refined, and religious man. We are, Sir, yours, &c., FOWLER AND WELLS. 149, Strand. IMPORTANT CASE UNDER THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' AC7. At the Manchester County Court yesterday, before Mr. E. Ovens, the new judge, the case of John Dixon and James Whaley v. John Chadwick, Joseph Ingham, and Abraham Howard, was heard. Mr. Leresche appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hopwood for the defendants. The case was argued at length before the late judge, Mr. Brandt, on the 3d of January. Mr. Brandt took time to consider his decision, but he died before he had given judg ment, and a new trial was consequently neces sary. The plaintiffs, as trustees of the Steam Engine Makers' Friendly Society, which has its head-quarters in Faulkner-street, Manchester, sought to recover the sum of £Bl 12s. ld. from the defendants, as trustees of the North east Manchester Branch of the same society. 'lnc) oteam .r.Juglue =rTstlirra' lJuulc t J wuala La or various branches, distributed throughout the coun try, and is managed by an executive council,to whom branches are required to make a periodical return of their receipts and expenditure. From this return the general secretary equalises" the funds; that is, he orders the branches whose funds are above a certain proportion to each member, to pay the overplus to those branches whose expenditure has reduced their proportion below the average. On the Ist of June, 1860, the North-East Mancheider Branch received, in pursuance of this rule of the Society, the sum claimed. Subsequently, a dispute arose between the branch and the executive, which ultimately resulted in the branch withdrawing from the general body and joining another Society called " The Amalgamated Engineers," taking their funds with them. Application was made to the Court, under the 44th section of the Friendly.Societies' Act, which, it was stated, conferred upon the Judge all the:powers of the Lord Chancellor, arid left no appeal from his decisiOn. One of the rules of the Steam Engine Makers' Society provides that the funds of the various branches shall only be used for the purposes of the Society, viz., for the relief of the members in cases of sickness, accidents, &c., and it was contended on behalf of the plaintiffs, that the defendants having used the funds for purposes other than those of the Society, were bound to make restitution. The facts of the case were admitted by the defendants, bat it was argued that, inasmuch as the members had subscribed their fair proportion towards the funds, the moneys in hand were their own, and not those of the Society, and therefore they had a right to do as they liked with them. The judge interrupted Mr. Hopwood's defence, and said it was quite clear that the defendants had no right to the money; it belonged to the general society. The money they received that year they might have been called upon, had they remained attached to the society, to pay to some other branch the following year. It was, therefore, clear that they had no private property in it. He should give judgment for the plaintiff's, the money to be paid in a month.—The judgment was afterwards reduced to £7O, on the representation that the re mainder had actually been appropriated to the purposes of the society.—This decision was looked forward to with much interest, as it was stated that other branches were in the same position as the North-east Manchester.— Manchester Guardian. THE LATE FAT /I DISPUTE AT BALROTHERY. (From the Dublin. freeman.) A report having reached the town of balbriggan on Friday, at about four o'clock, that a man named James M'Guinness had been strangled to death by a person named Owen Callaghan, in a dispute which originated about a small piece of land, a party of constabulary, under the command of Sub-Inspector Carey, were immediately afterwards on the spot ,• they made search for him in his own house and in several others in the village of Balrothery. Shortly afterwards word having been sent by a mounted policeman to the surrounding stations, the parties from those barracks, together with the Balbrig gan constabulary and Mr. Carey, scoured the demesnes of Hampton and Ardgillan. Callaghan was arrested at about half-past five o'clock by Mr• Madden, J.P., about half a mile from Callaghan's house,from information received by that gentleman , Head -constable M'Gonigle being within a feW perches of him in pursuit. Henry Davis, Esq., coroner, arrived at Balrothery on Saturday, 21st, at three o'clock, p.m., where he was joined by Messrs. Hans Woods, G. F. Black burn, John Madden, and John Baker, magistrates. Shortly after the prisoner arrived under an of constabul ar y, i n charge of Mr. Carey, 5 1113- inspector. escort The coroner having sworn a jury, took the fol lowing evidence : Alicia Kelly sworn—Saw Callaghan seize hold of M'Guinness by the collar and shove him twice; be fell, and Callaghan took him up and shook him against the wall until he got black in the face ; be then let him out, and in a few minutes after M'Guinness fell down dead. Anne M'Namara sworn—Saw Callaghan seize hold of deceased. by the neck and chuckle him. John Murray sworn—Saw Callaghan take a grip of deceased's neck by the handkerchief, his knuckles being next his neck ; saw him fall shortly after, aLia hia math and lips black and a few bruises on his neck.'. Dr. Symes, of Skerries, made a post mortem examination of the body ; found his left lung in an apoplectic state, and also a small abscess and rupture of blood-vessel in left lung, which, in his opinion, caused death; the rupture of the blood-vessel would be caused by passion, excitement, or violence ; examined his brain, and it was not congested. The Coroner addressed the jury, who consulted together for about ten minutes, and returned the following verdict :—" That lames M'Guinness died at Balrothery, on the 20th inst., of apoplexy of a diseased lung, caused, in our opinion, by excitement in a quarrel about land with Owen Callaghan, and in which quarrel Owen Callaghan assaulted de ceased by shaking him by the neck, and although we do not find the assault has caused his death, we are of opinion that Owen Callaghan should be made to answer for such assault before the magi" s trates." The prisoner was immediately afterwards dig charged from the custody of the police. GARIB-4LDI IN GENOA. A letter from Genoa, dated June 21, says sent off a few lines just as the Tuscan post came in, but before I had even time to read the letters a messenger from Albaro brought the news that Garibaldi was to embark at 4 p.m. He has been staying with Teresita and her husband i n their villa in Albaro, and spent the greater part of this morning with Cattabene, in his cell at Sant Andrea. The detention of this officer is a great grief to Gari baldi. He was with him in America. It was be who, with 300 men, defended Cajazzo against 4,00 0 Neapolitans, nor ceased defence until half his men were killed. Himself, with ten officers and ninety' nine soldiers, carried wounded prisoners into Capes' I saw him there really covered with wounds the day' after, and I remember all his anxiety was to say a few important words inEnglish,which had no refer ence whatsoever to his own condition. And la° W to see Cattabene ill, still suffering from his wound s in prison, on charge of complicity in the Pare ° , Bank affair, is grievous beyond word s t o hi s Wive chief. True, Cattabene's passp or t was f oun d on one of the thieves, but when confronted, none of the°l - him, and common sense would lead one t o conclude that a man, intending to participate iii such a deed would not give his own passport to his accomplice. Of course , we cannot expect magistrates and judges to feel that absolute faith in his innocence that is felt by his general and fellow officers and soldiers; still, to say the least, here the course of justice is very, v ei l tardy. From Cattabene's cell Garibaldi passed to that of Serafino Melis, a Sicilian, and one of the thousand new belonging to the Royal Marines. He also has been lying 52 days in prison without hay' ing once been examined. After these visits the General went back to Albaro, and returned to embark about five a.m. , looking so young, so radiant, and contented that ago said to each other, he looks as if he is not to stay' long at Caprera. One or two outsiders ventured to ask his companions if they knew where they were going, and were answered by a smile of compas sion. Not one of them has any definite idea of their destination, but they do not seem exactly aware that Garibaldi would have chosen to plant cabbages or trim the vines of Caprera. Missori and Nullo, " the bravest of the brave," as Garibaldi styled them on the lst of October; Civinni and Guastalla, and Chiassi, men of the pen and of the sword ; Guerzoni, ex•secretary of De Pretis, ol d Dr. Ripari, and the faithful Basso, with his tlvo i sons, are his comp an i ons , an d never was th e ge nera better surround e d. Bi x i o an d M e di c i , M asto an d Mario were with him to the last on board the Tor toll, a small new steamer hired from Rubattani. faint hope has been excited that Ratazzi, finding himself hedged in by command of the Emperor on one hand, and the threatening aspect of the Italian people on the other, has adopted the audacious ex pedient of sending Garibaldi to Naples. Should this prove the case, all Ratazzi's sins will be for gotten, and Naples rescued from the anarchy or ganised at Rome. It sounds too good to be true, and it is rdther to be feared that the Government seeks to place a few leagues of ocean between Italy and Garibaldi. FRANCE AND MEXICO. La Patrie publishes the following : " We are assured that the last despatches from Mexico announce that the Expeditionary Corps of General de Lorencez occupies an excellent encamp. ment in the province of Puebla, the most healthy and the most fertile of the country ; that he is well supplied with provisions, and that he may, without any danger, pass in that position the season of the great heats, which terminate on the 15th September. In presence of these reassuring facts it is proposed to delay for some days the departure of the rein forcements, to make them leave France in such guise that they will not reach Vera Cruz till early in Oc tober. Our troops will thus avoid the great heats, and will have for the operation in Mexico the four most favourable months of the year as regards climate and salubrity : that is to say—October, November, December, and January." La Presse has the following : _ _ - " The contingents of the troops which are now preparing for departure in various points will not go directly to Mexico: they will stop at Martinique and at Guadaloupe, so as to reach Vera Cruz to wards the end of September, when the great heats will be over. The last despatches from General de Lorencez allow this delay in the despatch of the reinforcements. Our little Expeditionary Corps is encamped at Amazoc, in an excellent position, and it is scarcely probable that the Mexicans will attempt to dislodge it. In consequence of this in telligence the departure of General Forey seems to have been postponed; it will probably not take place till after the return of M. Dubois de Saligny. As regards Admiral Jurien de la Graviere, who is much esteemed in Mexico.. he will sail at once. He will have under his command one of the finest squadroas in the worid,consisting of the three follow ing divisions :—The Mexican division, tie Antilles division, and the American coast division. It i s also said that Captain Roze will be raised to the rank of Rear-Admiral, and ,will retain the command of the Mexican division, which he is exercising ad interim since the Admiral's departure." La Patrie says that the other divisions will be commanded by Rear-Admirals Reynaud and de Cande. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A COALPIT.—OR Friday evening last, Charles O'Connell, redsman, residing at 21, Charlotte-street, Bridgeton, was killed in Eastbank Coal pit, Shettleaton, while he and another man, named Patrick M'Lachlan, were propping up the roof. The rcof fell in and killed him on the spot. M`Lachlan escaped unhurt. LICENSING REFRESHMENT-HOUSES.—Yesterday morning, in pursuance of orders issued by the Home Se. cretary, a number of constables were employed in each of the metropolitan divisions of police to visit all coffee-houses and other places kept open for the sale of refreshments in their several districts, and all who were found trading with out licenses were informed that, unless they took out the same forthwith, they would be proceeded against for the penalties they had incurred. The whole of the night saloons in the vicinity of the Haymarket and Leicester square were visited, as a preliminary, it is said, to their suppression. THE COURT OF CHANCERY. —The sittings for after Trinity Term commenced yesterday, The cause list of the Court of Chancery shows an entry of nine appeals and five causes before the Lord Chancellor and tha Lords Justices; 117 causes, &c., before the Master of the Rolls ; 43 causes, &c., beforeVice-Chancellor Sir R. I. Kindersley ; 57 causes, &c., before Vi ce - Chancellor Sir J. Stuart; and 163 causes before Vice-Citmelfor Sir W. 1", -Wood. CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.. At the High Court of Justiciary, held yesterday, Mary Scally, , or Scolly, was placed atthe t ar, charged with murder, in so far as on Monday bar, charged 3d March, 1862, anl at known or s nears t e part s h s e ear ry of the Bridge, Po in and Clyde Canal the attackedpa r is h b o e f r F m a l a k l i e r k illegitimate, wickedly child, and thenfeloniously about four or five days old, now deceased, and did throw or put into the Canal, and leave it there, in conse quence whereof it was drowned and deprived of life, and was thus murdered by her; or otherwise, that she attacked and assaulted the child by obstructing its respiration with her hand, by which it was suf focated or strangled. The prisoner, on the c h arge b e i ng read over to her, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide. This plea having been accepted by the Solicitor- General, Mr. Badenoch Nicholson, who appeared for the prisoner, proposed to adduce evidence as to the character of the prisoner. John Malcolm, examined by Mr. Nicholson, de poned—l am a fa rmer at Bothkenna, Orchardhead. The prisoner was a domestic servant in my employ ment for three years previous to last Martinmas. She bore an excellent character while in my em ployment. She was a kind and obliging girl. Rev. Mr. Ste venson , examined by Mr.. Nich o l son —I am minister of the parish of Bothkenna. The farm of Orchardhead is in my parish. lam aware that the prisoner was a servant at Orchardhead. I had frequent opportunities of knowing her charac ter, which I considered very good. Mr. Nicholson then briefly addressed the Court for the prisoner. Ho said she was between nine teen and twenty years of age, and when her youth and the circumstances of the case were taken into account, he had no doubt their Lordships would deal leniently in the case. The prisoner's father had used language towards her which no amount of vice on the part of a child could justify a father in using. When the prisoner was only three days delivered of the child he told her that she would not be allowed to sit at his fireside with any man's child, and then drove the girl from the house. Considering the manner in which she was compelled to leave the ) house—a poor girl driven from her father's house in a cold wintry day—he thought he need not ask the sympathy of their Lordships for the prisoner in her wretched circumstances. The Lord Justice-General, in passing sentence, said that it had been proved that the prisoner was a person of good character, and her counsel had stated the circumstances under which she had com mitted this offence. The prisoner was relieved from the charge of murder, but she was still convicted of an ect of violence towards this child. The indict ment stated that she deprived the child of life in one of two ways , e i t h er b y throwing it into the Canal, or by feloniously attacking and assaulting it with her hand, or in some other way obstructing the respiration of the child. He presumed it was not the first of these. If it were, it were difficult to understand how her case could be anything else than murder. In regard to the second way, it was possible that the prisoner may not have apprehended the result which might ensue, and might have acted harshly, but without the intention of pro ducing death, although exposing life to risk. The Court were disposed to take a lenient view of the case, but the p un i s h ment could not be li m ited to imprisonm en t. T he sentence of the Court was three years' penal servitude. The prisoner, who sobbed and moaned heavily during th e w h ole of the proceedings, was then re moved. A GREENWICH COLLEGE-MAN KILLED ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY. —Yesterday aftern oon, about four o'clock, an aged man named Thomas Payne, an in-pen sioner of Greenwich Hospital, was run over and instantly killed by an express up train, near the Erith station by the North Kent Railway. It appears that the deceased had improperly got on to the line of rails for the purpose of speaking to some person at work near the spot, and being deaf, did not hear the advancing train until it was too late to escape. THE ROBBERY Or £285 at MANCHESTER.--Yes terday tho Manchester city magistrates discharged Mr. John Green, the Nottingham flourdealer, who was appre hended in his own town on suspicion of having a guilty r e de fence, k n owledge of the fact that a £ lOO- note, received by him f ro m amen unknown, was stolen from M r . G eor ge Wh a it es , Manchester,foefn,said a um n A b l e r ; o E f Nottinghamciwar des, N'ho gentlemen appeared for e r e ready to w the to bear testimony to Mr. Green's character. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mine premium , and the short exc h ange on London is 25.27, per £1 sterlin l , 3 . On comparing the se ra t es w i th the English Mint pr i ce of is 17s. 101 d. per ounce f or standard gold, it appears . goldthat about 3-1 the per cen t . d earer i n L on d on th an 11 2 1 1 p mark, and Paris. By advices fr om H am b urg the price of gold is 6 and the sho r t exc h ange on London Is 13:53 about per 4 .. 1 sterling, Standard gold at the E ng li s h Mi n t price is,therefore, the same price in London and Hamburg. London for bill s a t The course of exchange at New York t o 60 days' sight i s 115 to 1151 per these S tates, ft and the premi um on rates there is profit on the impol tation of gold from t gal is about 44 per cent. At thhe United Der. William Coulson, the chief of th e brave sin to rescue th e poor buried miners at Hartley, o u noblyn, eN' and whose name will l ong b e a house hold word in 0 " m - i n i ng districts of N ort h umberland and Durham, basin an d chain by a st been presented with a va l uable gold watch body of miners in Westphali a. • a D O VER, Tuesday.—HisGrand Ducal Hi g h nes s s olso the Prince rince of Hesse, with his brother and suite, arrived here this afternoon, and was received on landing by the naval, military, and municipal authorities, who accompa nied his Highness to the Lord 'Warden Hotel, where the mayor (Mr. Birmingham) and the corporation had the honour to be introduced to Colonel Du Plat, and presented an aldress. After dining at the hotel his Highness Left by the Soutt. Eastern Railway. Mr. Seymour Toulon and Mr. Eboral accompanied the train to London. THE POPE'S APPEAL. --Ana I infallible ?Or any other man ?—Punch. THE MUSIC FOE THE FUTUE.—Promissory notes. —Punch. A PROPHET RIGHT.--A recent American mail stated as follows the Federal ar m y go i n g into The New York Times' co rres p on d e nt thinks th ere i s a probability of trenches before Ri chmond. " The latest accounts show that the p rop h et 2,000 or 3,00 0 Federals.—Punch• was very right, at l eas t t o t h e ex t en t of MONUMENTS OF DELAY.—The Temple of Diana at Dphesus, we are informed by a classical scholar, took not less than 22 years in building. This is certainly along ng period the c omp l et i on of a monument, but we know of on e th at, if you only give it time and fairlp th th ink v will cer tainly beat it b y h alf a century at leas t , and that Nelzon Colt ,--.Punch.