The Sun. — London, England, 1862-07-16 00:00:00

"F U N EVERY WEEK. ONE PENNY. ALAIS BE CRISTAL.—BLONDIN stir la P CORDE VOLANTE, DEMALN (Jeudi), quatre heures. CRYSTAL PALACE.-BLONDIN will repeat his extraordinary LOW ROPE PERFORMANCES. TO-MORROW (Thursday). Reserved seats will be provided, which may be had at Exeter Hall up to 1 o'clock to-morrow, and afterwards only at the ticket stands in the Crystal Fake ; price Salt-a-Craven each. CRYSTAL PALACE. TO-MoitnoW. -- BLONDIN'S extraordinary PERFORMANCES, with and without the balance Pole, on the LOW ROPE, will, amongst others, include the following Feats : Clog Dance. Basket Dance. Stilt Dance. Somersaults over Burning Candles. Great Chair Feats. La Tour du Chapeau. Overture on the Violin. Flag Dance. Drum Polka. Darin Somersaults. Commence at FOUR o'clock. Admission, ONE SHILLING. CANTERBURY HALL. The renowned Ten,Performers DEBONNAIRE and AUG ONARD (from Paris), at o'clock. Grand Selections from "DON SEBASTIEN" and "IL TROVATORE," Conducted by Mr. Jongtmans. Principal Artistes —Miss Raynorßussell, Signor Tivoli, and Mr. Unsworth, In his celebrated Stump Speech, " Or any other man " the original), in conjunction with Eugene and Duley, forming the greatest Comic T r i o i n L on d on. A l so th e following Comic Talent, viz, Mr. J. G. Forde, Ar. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth, and Miss Georgina Smithson. Gallery of Modern Paintings. T H E OXF OR 1), 6, OXFORD STREET. " THE DAUGHTER OF THE ISLES," a Cantata composed by H. LESLIE, Esq., and written by A. MATTHISON. Esq.,in honour of the Marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, EVERY EVENING, in addition to the usual entertainments, which include operatic selections by Miss Russell, Madame Enderssohn, Messrs. Morley, Greene, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus ; the Comic performances of Miss Caroline Parkes and Mr. W. Randall, the Ethiopian oddities of Rumsey, Newcomb, Little Bob, Eugene, and Unsworth (the origin ai " or any other man"), and the astounding feats on the Flying Trapeze of DEBONNAI ttE. Hall, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. THEATRE-ROYAL, iDRIIRY-LANE. Mr. D. Boucicault, sole Lessee. This Evening, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. Messrs. Atkins, F. Robinson ; Sara Stevens. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. sir. Boucicault, Mdme. Celeste, &c. To conclude with THE KISS IN THE DARK. Com mence 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 TRABAN DISTA Perea Nena, dtc. And FAMILY JARS. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. This Evening, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Benjamin Webster, J. L. Toole, &c. ; Miss Woolgar, &c. And THE SHILLING DAY. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. This Evening, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. After which, at 8, THE COR'ICAN BROTIIERS. alr. 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 KILLAitNEY. Conclude with THE COLLEEN BAWN SETTLED AT LAST. Charles Selby and Lydia TticomPson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. This Evening, MAZEPPA :. 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 DAY. -Morning, sh. 1 0m.—Afternoon, sh. 30m. 70.m0 , R0 w.-Morning, sh. 51m.—Afternoon, 6h. 12m. NOTICE. All remittances are, henceforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. i f C 4t ) j/ f'.• ' % ' " a , . -:,...- I' '' ''.• -1, . , --:''''. - ---- 1- . --- T - -;'• ':- . 7 1 0 ',,,,-- _ , eoe -ec '' 7. i. 4, -f . ,, • . ~: - -/ '•i - - -- - .3- • '"-'i- -- ---41,i q V. 4 , -- , „:,. , ~,,,,...t 2 .): 74(1- 0 , . 4 . 7 "Pn ' io - 1 :; 1 - P '2 "---- ---:._,_:___,, -:,_ ...,:-----'- 4,-, ' THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1862. WE felt little doubt that when a man like Sir CHAS. WOOD accused such a man as Mr. LAING of blundering in his accounts, the accusation could stand only so long as it should remain unanswered. We have had too many proofs that Sir CHARLES is a person who owes his position solely to his connec tions, and who, as Cardinal WOLSEY told his re proacher, had he been born a butcher, would have remained a butcher, to doubt that Mr. LAING, who owes his position to his ability, would in a short time expose the splenetic charges of his in competent official superior. This Mr. LAING, worn down as he is with his Indian labours, has done at once, in the " Minute'' before us. It is one every way worthy of a man who is, not only nobly con scious of integrity and industry in a most responsi ble post, but worthy of one who must feel that he is dealing with obstinacy and stupidity such as nothing but Whig connections could have placed at the head of the Indian Government. Our readers lately saw how Sir C. WOOD has been doing his best to th wart the policy of Lord STAN LEY in encouraging one of the most vain -able companies ever formed for the investment a English capital in India—his conduct in that .ease really amounted to bad faith as well as stu pidity. Now, we have our Indian Secretary per -Tersely insisting on a mode df stating accounts which his superior in knowledge and intelligence rejects, and then because be did so turning round and lecturing the official inferior, but intellectual superior, as if Mr. LAING were a " blunderer" and the 'mute Sir CHARLES WOOD—how appropriate the n ame —had found him out. Perhaps our readers who do not care about figures will read with molt interest the manly closing Paragraphs of Mr. LAING'S minute : " I now conclude the last line s which I shall write in the ca pacity of the Financial Mem ber of the Council of the Governor-General i n India. whether my health would h a ve perm fitted of my return is doubtful , but of course this despatch decide s the question. A fter of the co ncluding in what I b e li e ve to be the si g nal s uccess concluding act of ni Lord Canning Indian administration, of that serve under a minister who views a material so differently, as to think that it cane for public censure and disavowal. "It is now just 18 months since I first l anded in India,from and during this period I have been absent six months severe illness. " I found India with a deficiency estimated by th e Go vernment at £6,000,000; I leave it with a surplus. " I found it with an annual expenditure, open to revision, of £29,365,066 ; I leave it with one of £23,454,087 661 found it with a cash balance below £12,000,000; I leave it with one of £17,783,978. "I found it with gloom and despondency prevailing/ great animosity of races and parties, and wide-spread dis affection and discontent ; I leave it with one universal feeling of hopefulness and satisfaction, and amidst general expressions of loyalty aild attachment from the natives of India to the British rule. " I have no wish to cla.'m more than my fair share of credit as a member of Lord Canning's Government for these results, but if they have failed to secure me against the repeated expression of disapproval and disavowal on the part of the Secretary of State, I am recompensed by the consciousness that I have had no inconsiderable part in bringing them about, =der the guidance and with the con stint confidence and apr royal of that illusteous statesman who o ha s b een taken from , us, and in cordial co-operation with o colle agues such as Sir Bartle Frere and Mr. Beadon, havew been selected as the fittest men lor the highest posts in India. If I required any further .consolation I should find it in the belief that there is not in 1:I.: a who does not recognise that ,single intelligent man of any glass, race , o r reli gion as a minister o f India, under most ; fearlessly arduous circumstances, 1 have endeavo ured to do in y ccut and faithfully, and that my labou rs have teen :attended . wi n the wh o l e w ith more success than any one in i'adia 'a Ventured to an- ticipate." LAnd what now is the gist of the case-- no actual deficiency of receipts and excess of expenditure— nothing calling for help from England, nor even for help in India—nothing whatever affecting re sults—the whole is a question of the mode of stating accounts. Even had Mr. LAING been wrong, it would have been no "blunder"—it would have been a simple difference of opinion as to how the same items should be arranged. It is not denied that Mr. LAING'S " estimates of revenue are mode rate," but, "The Secretary of State," Mr. LAING remarks, "says that I have a deficit, not because I am short of cash and ask for assistance, but because he argues that certain items of account ought to be entered differently. When it comes to remittances he does not ask me to remit money which he does not want ; all question of the railway exchange disappears, and the fact remains that after paying all charges upon me in India for two successive years, and remitting all that the Secretary of State asks for to meet charges in England (irrespective of railway construction, which is charged to capital account), I should find myself with a large increase of cash balances if I did not volun tarily part with a portion of it, by remitting taxes and:pro moting public works and education." It seems that this ungentlemanly, rude blunder ing on the part of Sir CHARLES WOOD is not new. Last year he said there were mistakes which would result in a deficiency of a million sterling. Here is Mr. LAING'S reply : " My answer is, That after paying for opium advances £714,000 more than either I or the Secretary of State anti cipated at the time,we have been able to expend upwards of £:00,000 more than was intended in pushing railway feeders and roads in cotton districts ; and yet we close the year with £17,783,978 in the Treasuries, :which, after pro viding for all known claims in India or England, contain fully £700,000 more than at the beginning of the year. " This is a fact not an argument, for the money is there in actual rupees, and I defy any one to say how it got there, except from a bona fide excess of receipts over payments. If this be a deficit of £595,515, as the Secretary of State argues, I can only say that ten years of such deficit, in stead of loans, would give a nation an accumulation of mil lions of treasure ; and that any mode of making entries or stating accounts which show such a state of things to be a deficit, is, on the face of it, contrary to the Secretary of State's own canon, of showing the income and expenditure of the country as nearly as possible as they really are." We know that readers generally are not fond of too many figures ; we spare them, therefore, too many at once ; but we can assure them that the minute is so full of such racy and complete exposure of official Whig Duncedom—the reader must excuse such language, for we can find none fitter—that we may very probably return to it soon again. We can, however, conceive of nothing more disgraceful to Sir CHARLES WOOD than that he should venture to parade his own conceits in acrount•keeping before the public as the blun ders of a gentleman so much the more the right man in the right place, as Mr. S. LAING. A terrible onslaught upon the Commissioners for the great International Exhibition of 1862 adorns the current number of the Quarterly. Adorns it we say advisedly. For the article here referred to is trailed over, and festooned. and garlanded with a prodigal abundance of the flowers of invective. And no wonder. Now that we are in mid July, at the height of the summer solstice, we may say it. For the results from first to last have surely proved by this time to have been consistently throughout the very perfection of mismanagement. The Exhibition of eleven years ago, the initial Exhibition in that exquisite Crystal Palace which glorified 1851, from May to September, might alone, one would have imagined, have guarded us from the risk of anything like all this portentous blundering. Nay, if the bright Example, held up to the Commissioners of all future Exhibitions by that first exposition of the arts and indus try of all nations, had not been sufficient as an incentive to those intrusted with the conduct of the arrangements of its present gigantic successor down at South Kensington—there were Warnings enough in all conscience scatteredthrongh the intervening years between our First Exhibition and our Second Exhibition. There was that Beware ! audibly sounded to us, from the other side of St. George's Channel, by the more than question able close of the Dublin display—an enterprise that Mr. DARGAN'S splendid munificence alone saved from the disgrace of bankruptcy. There was that other Beware ! still more audibly resounded to us, from the opposite shores of the broad Atlantic, by the total and absolute failure of that most melan choly New York Demonstration. But no—all the plainest experience won eleven years ago from our own signal successes, successes which were after wards in some measure enhanced to our more perfect appreciation by their partial renewal in 1857 down at Manchester—all the solemn and emphatic warn ings coming to us, between while, from more places even than merely Ireland and the North American continent—everything in the way of encourage ment, everything in the way of warning, went for just absolutely nothing. Blundering was to be from beginning to end the system to be acted upon, 'consciously or unconsciously it matters little, by the Commissioners for 1862. The Second Great International Exhibition was to surpass all others —and it has entirely done so. It is not only bigger, it is not only more comprehensive—it is beyond them all, even the most notorious of them all, in those peculiarities of bad taste, of false economy, and of confused and confusing modification upon modification, which have already won for it its now admitted pre-eminence as—we repeat it—a stupen dous exemplar of the very perfection of mismanage ment. There is the building itself. An absolute monstrosity of its kind, even in some respects when ' viewed simply as an engineerin g exploit, or still more flagrantly when looked at as one of Mr. DICKENS'S whimsical characters expresses it " architectoora loorally !" There is that grand sweep down the , nave contrasting even now so lamentably with the picturesque and superb perspective of the nave, sparkling a whole decade since under its glittering arch of glass in the midst of the Hyde-park green sward ! that amazing nave still littered deplorably down at South Kensington with sundry fantastic structures miscalled Trophies—but preposterously blocked up originally with the most ludicrous jumble of absurdities. There and then during the earli er derisive critic .of Blarney Ny e , with the .May, says our justly indignant and dolls critic in the Quarterly, " The Groves of fousttoarneer and good taste in comparison stearine, and Lady Q porcelain, t he nave to a striki n • conglomeration of telescopes, organs, light houses,, obelisks, pickles, furs, stuffs, r oeking.horses, alabasters, °diva, which reduced R similitude of a tra veller's description of Rog-lane, Canton." Again, there were the very ceremonies of the Inanauration —by the e q x uisitely ingenious 6 mismanagement of Sig nor V E RDI was g ra tuitously i which, Sns ulted, Dr. STERNDALE BENNETT was unnecessarily huffed, and M. COSTA tt.rust into an extremely awkward and invidious predicament • Then, too, there were the Catalogues —catalogues even n ow b u t partially \ P ublished. One of those actually it,sued, moreo ver ' —though given to the public in a c omplete form—.. having, in another sense, with a literal significance ' in the word, been ev en th e n " part:ajj y" published ! Published and written so p ar tially, indeed, that, after arousing a storm of indi gnatiJn against it as a piece of gratuitous impertinence, it had to be withdrawn —as an official blunder no longer in any way to be tolerated. Glancing at the contents of the Exhi bition Palace—shall we it ?—and then turn ing for a moment to their consideration in ' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 18.62, one only particular—it was recognised at the first glance, it is appreciable still more now that ample time has been allowed us in which to recognise the fact is its full and deplorable integrity, the space set apart for our Imperial Allies across the Chan nel, just by way of example, is miserably insuffi cient. Yet, when it is remembered how the whole scheme was set about originally, it is scarcely mat ter for surprise that it has led to all this blundering by retail and by wholesale, in minutim and as a whole. Recollect how things have stood there all along in regard to the accumulation of the funds required for the carrying out of the enterprise. " There were," quoth the sardonic critic in the Quarterly, " the Bank that advanced, the sub scribers who guaranteed, the New Commission that managed, the Society of Arts that advised and that waited for its windfall, and the Old Commission that sat in its counting-house counting of its money!"' We believe the true reading is "counting out its money," but that, to be sure, is neith er h e r e nor there. The sketch, as jotted down by the ' facetious reviewer, is true to the life otherwise. And assuredly, remembering how certainly between two stools one comes to the ground—between half a-dozen the downfall is pretty sure to be speedy, inevitably, and reiterated. Casting a retrospective glance at the history of Exhibition Number Two, so far as that history has yet advanced, it is quite impossible not to recognise in the lamented Death of his Royal Highness the late PRINCE CONSORT atonce a Reason and a Consolation. A Reason for all these blunders on the part of the Commissioners. A Consolation in the thought that even supposing these to have been unavoidable under his wise and judi cious direction, his Royal Highness has at least been spared the recognition of such flagrant and syste matic mismanagement. Had he himself been spared, however, it is inconceivable that things could so have been mismanaged. His refined taste, his pru dential forethought, his ample share of that gift of common sense which is so seldom vouchsafed to any one in such affluent abundance could not, we insist, have rendered this multiplication of blunders upon blunders down at South Kensington in any way possible. The reflection is but another reminder of the magnitude of that loss which is, indeed, irrepa rable both to the country and to the SOVEREIGN. The Police are still at it, we observe, down at the International Exhibition. They are there still at it —obdurately and obtusely. Following persons of the utmost respectability—watching them into a crowd of ladies fashionably attired in crinoline— and seizing them there abruptly on a charge of picking pockets. Any one is liable to this kind of treatment. The reader of these words might himself just as reasonably, on his next visit to that scene of suspicion to the Mind Detective, be summarily nipped by the arm by Policeman X 99 or Police man A 1, and walked off as a supposed member of the Swell Mob, first to the police station, and after wards to the magistrate's office. Yesterday we recounted in these columns the treatment endured in this way but very recently by a man of un doubted probity, a friend of the member for Roch dale, and himself a member of the Society of Friends into the bargain, who was twice hauled before Mr. DAYMAN, the second time on remand under sureties, as a reputed thief. To-day, we have to comment upon a charge in every particular quite as unfounded. The charge in this instance was preferred literally by that egregious wiseacre immortalised through Mr. THACKERAY'S amusing Ballads' anent the same—Policeman X. In this instance even, be it said—by Policeman XX. The numerals appertaining to those two constables of the X division were, it should be espeeially borne in mind, 121 and 117. These wiseacres yesterdays it appears, in pursuance of the favourite practice now in vogue among the policemen engaged at the International Exhibition, brought two perfectly honest and respectable visitors before the magis trate at the Westminster Police-court, upon a charge of having attempted to pick pockets, like that unfortunate gentleman, the Quaker of Mac clesfield. One of the prisoners turned out to be the servant of a barrister, residing at Hatcham— his employer giving him, quite as frankly, the highest character for honesty and integrity, as he had given him the day before permission to go to the Exhibition. This " young man from the country," poor, honest fellow, little ima gining when he went there that he not only went to see sights but to run the risk quite innocently of having his character frightfully jeopardised ! Not only was this accused spoken of, in the police-court yesterday, by his employer, as a thoroughly honest person who was incapable of the act with which he was charged ; bat that same employer spoke also, while still upon his oath in the witness-box, positively and distinctly as to the known respectability of the other prisoner, his ser vant's companion. At the close of the proceedings yesterday in the Westminster Police-court, we are glad to observe that the magistrate—prior to dis charging the two worthy men who had been thus un justly accused—reprobrated in the strongest terms, but quite deservedly, the disgraceful conduct of certain members of the police force in preferring, upon the lightest suspicion, these disgraceful charges against wholly innocent persons, who turn out, one after another, upon inquiry to be men of undoubted respectability. MEXICO is not the most attractive subject to Englishmen, and we cannot be surprised that Lord R. MONTAGUE should commence his observations last night with the announcement that the House was to be counted out, or to find that at eight o'clock his prediction was fulfilled. It was, indeed, very obliging of the House to hear three or four speeches out on the subject—by that time it had, doubtless, heard all that could interest even the thirty-three who then had to leave, through the apathy of their brother legislators. His Lordship, indeed, said that the tw oppositions were agreed to give him the cold shoulder, and to avoid a vote on his motion that the Government should give better and fuller instructions to its Mexican repre sentative, Sir CHAS. WYKE. We cannot see that our Government is much to blame. When we come to hear all, what seems most objectionable of all, and has now proved to be the cause of the chief perplexities—the joint expe dition—does not appear easy to have been evaded. After the robbing of our Consul by the Mexican President of the day—literally taking the money from under our official seal ; and again, the plun dering of our money when under escort by an officer of the Government, it became impossible for us not to demand redress. When, at the same time, the Spanish and French Governments, aware of what we were doing, told us that they had similar claims to prefer, and meant to \ e . acrce them, it was difficult without show ing undue suspicion and discourtesy, to tell that the— "-, we could not act amicably together. We Must) therefore, throw the entire blame on the French G " nitivel e rnrnent. The three Powers had defi- Y a g re ed not to interfere in the political affairs of the co unt faithful to the :Y. England was from the first Spain was at last, France never WE:Reg:merit, m arch on the allies hoped by steali ng a , and , in landing first at the port of Vera Cruz, to see the count? Y rise in her favour. Di sa ppointed in this, she aided With the En lisp ; but then the French had introduced the refugee General AiatoNTE, and began to play their cards for a Monarchy and a French Protectorate. A treaty was negotiated by the three Powers, but , the French suddenly and violently broke it off ; and on very frivolous pre texts refused to have anything to do with the GovernmentJUAßEZ, who is now in power in Mexico. the beginning of the pr e sent end. Spain and England w ithd rew on th e groun d This f was o f French faithlessness to its agreements, and we know the sequel in Mexico, France finds herself co mmitted to retrieving the honour of her flag in a cause which has no supporters in Mexico. Her own Generals now confess that there is not a Mexican monarchical party. It is made matter of complaint by Lord M ON TAGUE that we refused to ratify a treaty made by our representative in Mexico with JUAREZ out of deference to Fraice. Indeed, his lord ship had little else to complain of. This, however, is altogether denied. Tie real reasons are very sufficient. The money was to have been secured to us by a loan from America, but America refused to make the loan to Mexico for which, as inconver tible paper would have been of no use, the Amerio cans had the best of reasons. The American security was to have been the sale of church and waste lands ; and as they would not have it s the security was offered to us. All will agree that a treaty based for satisfaction on such a security would have been very undesirable for us, and it was therefore properly rejected. As we have already remarked, we are thankful enough to be rid of the business, though not thankful that the cost of an expedition has been blunderingly in curred. TEE LUDGATE-HILL TRAGEDY.—A paragraph appeared in one of the evening papers, which was copied into most of otr morning contemporaries, stating that the Secretary of State had sent his warrant for Mrs. Vyse's removal to Bethlehem Asylum, and that she had actually been removed there. On the contrary the unfortunate lady up to this afternoon is at present in the governor's house, in Newgate, no order having been received for her removal. There is no foundation for the report that the Prince of Wales is about to visit Russia. His royal high ness will accompany her Majesty to Balmoral next week, and will remain for some weeks in the Highlands. A GALLANT YOUTH.—The colonel of an infantry regiment, who shall be nameless, being hard pressed, showed a disposition not only to run away himself, but to order his regiment to retire. In fact, a retrograde move ment had commenced, when my gallant and dear friend, Lord Charles Spencer, aide-de-camp to Sir William Stewart, dashed forward, and, seizing the colours of the regiment, exclaimed, "If your colonel will not lead you, follow me, my boys." The gallantry of this youth, then only 18 years of age, so animated the regiment, and restored their confi dence, that they rallied and shared in the glory of the day. —.Reminiscences of Captain Gronow. The Parisian world is on the qui vive to visit the Hotel de la Paix, which has been fitted up with great taste. The kitchen, in which 28 cooks are to officiate, the dining saloon, adapted to receive ZOO guests and 100 waiters, the ball•room, the vestibule, afford much gratification to the curious ; 700 chambers, a telegraph communicating not only with each of them for the ordinary purposes of the bell, but with the theatres, and indeed with the whole of Europe, are amongst the marvels ; but not only will the stranger be enabled to sleep and dine with every possible luxury around him, but his intellectual wants are supplied-books of reference, dictionaries in all languages, manuals, news papers from every corner of the earth are gathered together for him in the reading. room. Mr. Kidd says—" It is quite practicable to have a sparrow that will sing —and sing well I He will imitate a canary so as to completely puzzle you as to his identity unless you look at him while singing. THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The mackerel fishery will soon close off the eastern coast, and it is satisfactory to find that it is, on the whole, likely to be remunerative. The deliveries made of late at G'eat Yarmouth have been large, and, as the fish have been landed in excellent condi tion, high prices have been realised, the last quotations being from 15s. to 235. per 100 for good over-day fish, and 18s. to 28s. per 100 for fish kept in ice until land was made by the crews who took them. From Lowestoft the advices are not so hopeful, the catches made having been effected at a great distance from land. At Yarmouth, however, the results obtained have put the owners of boats in high spirits, and operations will in future be carried on with re newed vigour. The Midsummer herring fishery has been a failure all along the coast ; some fine fish have, however, been taken, and have realised 10s. to 1 ls. 3d. per 100. Many of the boats have already "made up" without clear ing their expenses. The prosecution of this fishery at all is deprecated by many, as it is considered prejudicial to the catches, which would otherwise be made later in the year. INTERVENTION IN AMERICAN AFFAIRS.—Mr. Lindsay's motion for Friday next now appears in the ;el lowing form 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 ability to support their indepen dence, that the propriety of recognising these states as an independent nation is worthy of the serious and immediate attention of her Majesty's Government, and that this house will cordially support her Majesty in endeavouring, in con cert with foreign powers, by mediation or otherwise, to bring to a termination the existing contest in America." SUICIDE OF A RETIRED LICENSED VICTUALLER. —Yesterday afternoon Mr. James Field Hickley, aged 45 years, of No. 3, Norfolk-place, West Hackney, Shackle well, committed suicide. The deceased bad been living in a retired manner for some time, and recently he had been observed to give way to despondency. He retired to rest at his usual hour and nothing more was seen or heard of him until yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, when one of the servants went to the rear of the house and discovered the deceased lying on the floor of the water closet with a frightful wound in his neck, from which blood was flowing copiously. He was quite dead, and near the body was found a large carving knife. The deceased had been the proprietor of a public-house at the east end of the metropolis. It is believed that he had lost some property which gave him great uneasiness and preyed upon his mind. THE FORTHCOMIN G ENTERTAINMENT AT GUILD HALL.—Great preparations are being made for the grand entertainment which is to be given in Guildhall to-morrow (Thursday) evening by the corporation of the city of Lon don, in honour of the International Exhibition, and espe cially of the foreigners of distinction now visiting this country. Some 3,500 persons have been invited, including his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt, and several other foreign Princes, her Majesty's Ministers, peers of the realm, members of the House of Commons, the ambassa dors and representatives of foreign countries, the Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition, the Judges, the masters of the various civic companies, representatives of corporate bodies in the metropolis and of art, literature, and science, with many others. His Highness the Viceroy of Egypt , with the me m b ers o f hi s s u it e , h as b een pleased to accept the invitation, and upwards of 250 other distinguished foreigners are expected to be present. The Guildhall. the Council Chamber, and that of the Court of Aldermen, the ancient crypt, with all the adjacent apartments, are being elaborately decorated for the occasion under the general supervision of Mr. Banning, the city architect, and a com mittee composed of Aldermen and Common Councilmen, meet from day to day to forward the necessary arrange ments. The entertainment will consist of a grand ball, to be preceded by a concert, which will commence about nine o'clock. According to regulations issued by Mr. Commis sioner Hervey, carriages conveying company to the enter tainment are to approach Guildhall through King-street only. Those of the Foreign Ambassadors, Ministers of State, peers, judges, and distinguished foreign visitors, on arriv ing to take up, will be placed by the police in King-street, on the western side, and in Cheapside, westward of King street, in single rank. The carriages of the Lord Mayor) Aldermen, Common Councilmen, and officers of the Cor poration, on arriving to take up, will be arranged by the police along the easter n side and in the Poultry, in single rank. No will be permitted to le ave i ts place until called to ta i when it will appro ac h Guildhall c arra k g e e up, through King-street, and, a ft e r taking through Basinghall-street. up, will pass off TAXATION IN FRANCE.—The Moniteur publishes the official return of the receipts of the taxes and indirect revenue for the first six months of the present year. They amounted to 575,207,060 E, being an increase of 50,196,000 f. over the corresponding period of 1861, and of 53,791,000 f. over that of 1860. In comparing the six months of the pre sent year with those of 1861, the items of revenue which show an improvement are registration dues 13 , 66 7, 000f ' ; duty on the manufacture of beetroot sugar, 8,913,00 0 f. ; customs' duties on sundry merchandise, 7,501,000 f.; duty on foreign sugar, 6 ,597,000 f. ; duty on potable liquors, 5,696,000 f. ; salt duty, 3 , 5 96,000 f.; duty on corn, 1,97,,000f.; sale of tobacco, 1 , 8 49,000 f.; postage, 1,445,000 f. ; stamp duties, 822,000 f. ; sale of gunpowder, 728 , 000 f.; sundry duties, 3,11,000 f. ; registered letters and money orders, 70,000 f. The items which s how a de crease are : duty on French colonial sugar, 1,940,000 f. ; sundrycusto exportms' eustom s ci dut u ie t s ie , B 6 , 3 07 1 ,010,of.; transit 03;onavigationduesp,o2sOta3g,0e onoof., foreign letters, 27,000, PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO MR. FISHER HOBBS, —We understand that a movement is on foot to present to Mr, Fisher Hob'" s a testimonial of respect i n acknowledg ment of h'; long and valuable services in the cause of Bri t:l7:itagriculture,—Essez LATESr NEWS. PARIS, JULY IG. The lifonitezer of this morning publishes intelli gence from Vera Cruz to the 15th, and from Ori zaba to tho 11th ult. The French troops still occupied the same positions, and the state of their health was very good. General Douai arrived at Orizaba on the 10th with 45 waggons, proceeding on the 11th to take the command at Cordova. Upon the Bth a second convoy, with provisions for 25 days, left Vera Cruz. Twenty of the waggons were captured by the Mexicans. On the 15th General Marquez, with 1,500 men, arrived at Vera Cruz from Orizaba, and was pre paring to depart to join General Lorencez. The health of the fleet was excellent. The Guer riero and Iphigenie, with 300 sailors, were expected hourly. The 11 , 1oniteur also contains the following intel ligence from Cochin China : The Government of Hue has accepted the ulti matum of General Bonnard. " Iwo plenipotentiaries, with a suite of 133 per sons, have arrived at the French camp, to learn the conditions of peace. " There is every reason to believe that a treaty of peace was signed on the 31st of May." BELGRADE, JULY 14. A Turkish war vessel has been wrecked near the Iron gates. An Austrian vessel took in tow three barges laden with the guns and munitions of which the cargo of the Turkish vessel consisted. A portion of this cargo was disembarked yesterday at Felistame, and the remainder of it will be taken to Belgrade. BERNE, JULY 16. The Federal Assembly has elected M. Fornerod, of Baude, as President, and M. Dubs, of Zurich, as Vice-President of the Swiss Confederation for 1863. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 17, The Vectis and Delta, with the Bombay mail of the 27th June, left this day at 4 p.m., for Marseilles and Southampton respectively. The Delta may be expected at Southampton about the 28th inst. The Benares brought the mail to Suez, arriving there on the 14th. The Bengal left Madras for Suez on the 27th June. TURIN, JULY 15. The London house of Semenza. and Co., repre senting several English capitalists, has obtained the concession foc constructing railways in the island of Sardinia. The contract was signed to day by three Minis- ters. A yearly interest of 6 per cent. has been gua ranteed. The company will receive 200,000 hectares(soo,ooo acres) of land. BERLIN, JULY 15. To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Minis ter of War laid a bill on the table for an extra ordinary credit for the Marine Department. The Minister said : "For several years the project for establishing a fleet has been discussed by the Government. On account of recent inventions nothing has yet been decided upon, but the necessity of pre paratory resolutions for the extension of the naval force of Prussia is evident. The loss of a whole year would be very serious. A credit is therefore requested, without the plan for the establishment of a fleet being at the same time communicated to the Chamber. The Government hopes to be ena bled to communicate this plan during the next winter session." A special committee of 19 members has been elected to report upon the demand of the Minister of War. EVENING. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Minister of Justice gave explanations in reply to questions as to the tribunals exclusively reserved for the mili- tart'. He stated that a feeling of unity has hitherto prevailed between the people and the army, not withstanding this exceptional military jurisdiction, and was therefore not endangered by its existence. The Government would, on that account, nit intro duce the desired bill changing the existing law upon this subject. The Minister of War admitted that the gulf be tween the people and the army was a lamentable truth, but declared that it was still further enlarged by the insults directed against the army ty the press. The army sympathised with the people but not with its abusers. BOMBAY, JUNE 27. Major Green telegraphs from Cabul that a battle has been fought between the troops of the ruler of Herat and those of Dost IVlahomet. The latter lost many chiefs of note. The particulars have not yet been received. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Shirtings active and advancing. Mule twist firm. Cotton firm. Exchange on London, first-class credits, 2s. Oad. Government Securities.—Four per Cents,, 95 ; Five per Cents., 1051 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 113. Freights to Liverpool for cotton, 475. 6d. (BY TELEGRAPH TO BOMBAY AND FROM SUEZ.) CALCUTTA, JUNE 26. Shirtings advancing. Mule twist quiet. ... Exchange on London, first-class credits, 2s. 00. Government Securities.—Four per Cents-, 9 34; Five per Cents., 1041 ; Five-and-a-Tlalf per Cents., 1124. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 15.—The market opened with a tendency to a further improvement, but the upward tendency was eventually checked by repeated sales for Tealisation. No material decline, however, has been caused up to the present time, Threes, for the Account, being now firm at 68fr. 50c. Railway Share Market have been rather offered. The mar ket closed as follows : 4t per Cents 97 Bank Shares 3155 Do. end month.... Credit loncter 1735 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 50 Italian Loan 7l 45 New 3 per Cents .. Roman Do. end month.... Austrian .. Credit Mobilier.... 826 25 .. Spani,h Threes 5O 50 Do, end monih.... 8 28 75 Home Debt .. — RAIL -WAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 995 ; • • - 25 996 Northern . 996 .. 990 New ditto..... —.. - 7 - 0 Lyons and M e di terranean 1 068 7-5 • • - 10 . - .. Geneva... 7 50 875 808 3475 Southern BO .. ... 545 .. 545 Wester n Eastern 537 50 .. 536 25 .. , 370 .. 370 Sar dinian ... . 495 75 493 Austria n .. 6 ... Lotrbard --- a political i n t en t i n the name The Deb a t s sees Which has been given to the newly-born child of the Grand Duchess Constantine. It seems that the name of Waclau, the Polish of which is " Venceslas," has never figured in the Russian calendar, but " belongs to the grand family of the western Sclaves, of which the Polish nation is a mem ber." AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, JULY 15. The Royal Mail steamship Jura, reported Qt Lon donderry, from Quebec on the sth, and with advices from New York to the evening of the 7th inst., via Cape Race, has arrived, From Washington the following are the latest advices " WASHINGTON, JULY 4. " The _Richmond _Examiner of July 2 gives the following relating to the battle of Monday. It says on Sunday morn • ing Generals Hill and Longstreet, with their divisions, crossed the Chickahominy, and, late on Monday, at tacked the enemy about five miles northeast of Darlington, on the Newmarket road. The conflict was terrible, and by 8.30 p.m. the enemy had been driven back a mile and a half. At half-past 9, being heavily reinforced, the enemy made another stand. The loss here on the enemy's side was terrible. The situation being hopeless against such overwhelming forces, General Hill slowly retired. At this moment, seeing their adversary retire, the most vociferous cheers arose from the whole of the Yankee line. The fight ended there for the night. The _Examiner says it thinks the division which went into the fight on Friday, 14,000 strong, could only number 6,000 men for duty en Tuesday, and that the loss of life exceeds that of any battle or series of battles yet fought. It also says, Jackson and Hughes' division at tacked M'Clellan's left flank, on the west side of the Chick a moniny, 17 miles from Richmond ; later in the day Ma gruder fell upon his right flank. Fighting was going on until Tuesday night. " The above extracts from the Examiner relate to Tues day's battle, in which General M'Clellan's despatch of yesterday said the enemy were badly beaten. " Advices received at the War Department show that them was no fighting on the Peninsula up to 5.30 p.m. " Accounts from Warrenton state that there was no enemy there, the 200 rebel cavalry seen on Wednesday having disappeared. Some of the women threw knives and other articles from the windows at our forces. " The soldiers at Manassas and Callette are celebrating Independence to.day." The correspondence of the Evening Post gives the following, dated " In Camp, June 29th, 1862 " "Direct communication with General 111‘elellan is tem porarily suspended, and, in the absence of definite tidings, our camps are filled with rumours and speculations. From all we can gather, however, there is reasen to believe that all is going well, and that General M'Clellan has been thus far successful. " I learn that General Stoneman is confident that it Was Stonewall Jackson who attacked him and followed him down to White House by way of Old Church. Another version of the engagement of M'Call's and Porter's divisions with the rebels is to the eftect that Jackson came down upon our lines at Hanover Court House, and that Magruder crossed the Chickahominy at Meadow Bridge, so that two separate bodies of the rebel forces attacked our right flank. These are camp reports, and it is impossible, as yet, to trace them to any definite source. I give them for what they are worth, The New York 7imes, of July 3, says : "General M'Clellan established his head-quarters on Monday on Malvern Hills, one mile back of Turkey Island Bend. "At 10 o'clock on Monday evening firing was heard for two hours in the direction of White Oak Swamp. where Ayres was holding the rebels in check, who were attempting to cross. An immensa force of rebel artillery and cavalry, fresh from Richmond, then appeared on our left, when Porter's and Keye's commands went to assist the artillery. A most terrific fight ensued, and it became evident that the overpowering force of rebels was gaining, when the gun boats Galena and Aristuok opened with their 51-pounders upon the traitors. " The fight continued until dark, diminishing away into occasional musket-shots. About 10 in the evening, Prince de Joinville, Duke de Chartres, and Count de Paris left the head-quarters. They embarked t n board the gunboat Jacob Bell, with official despatches from General M'Clellan to the Government. General M'Clellan accompanied them to the boat and bade them a final adieu. When the Jacob Bell left all was quiet along the river." THE NEW WAR IN CHINA. Since February last we have been at war, if fighting several battles, the capture of several towns, and killing several thousands of people, may be taken as signs that a new contest in Ct.ina has be gun. At present we act as allies with those Chinese troops who were so lately our enemies, and fight against the Taipings who were engaged in fighting against the Tartar Government at the same time as ourselves. For several months past our soldiers at the North have been drilling the Tartar troops, and drill-sergeants are behind at Takoo (the place so memorable as the scene of Tartar perfidy when Admiral Hope was defeated), to drill, perhaps, the very men who were agents in that perfidy. Indeed, our troops are now withdrawn to assist the same Admiral Hope at Shanghai in his endeavours to protect the Government which he and these troops were sent out to fight against. The Chinese are famous for doing things in a precisely contrary way to ourselves ; but nothing they do could so surprise us as this extraordinary contrariety in the proceed ings of our officials in China. Chinese agents are in England to arrange for the assistance of a fleet of gunboats ; they even name the naval captain they wish to be sent in command; his salary is' fixed ; and though Mr. Layard has declared that the Go vernment have not yet come to any decision in the matter, still it is probable that the request of the Chinese Government will be granted, for the French, who are again cur allies in this new war, have named the officer they have appointed to take com mand of the artillery in the Chinese army. Before the arrival of the last mail from China, Mr. Layard stated that it was the intention of the Government to supply the Chinese with arms and munitions of war at cost price. These matters are important, for they serve to prove that it has been a settled inten tion for some time past to throw off the mask of neutrality, and help the Chinese Government in earnest to put down the rebellion. Though several battles have already been fought, the Gazette has long kept silence regarding them; in fact, very little is known about them. ThiS new war, how ever, is a much more serious affair than is generally believed.—London Review. THE LAST CHARGE AT WATERLOO. It was about five o'clock on that memorable day that we suddenly received orders to retire behind au elevation in our rear. The enemy's artillery had come up en masse within a hundred yards of us. By the time they began to discharge their guns, however, we were lying down behind the rising ground, and protected by the ridge before re ferred to. The enemy's cavalry was in the rear of their artillery, in order to be ready to protect it if attacked, but no attempt was made on our part to do so. After they had pounded away at us for about half an hour, they deployed, and up came the whole mass of the imperial infantry of the Guard, led on by the Emperor in person. We had now before us probably about 20,000 of the best soldiers in France, the heroes of many memorable victories ; we saw the bearskin caps rising higher and higher as they ascended the ridge of ground which separated us, and advanced nearer and nearer to our lines. It was at this moment the Duke of Wellington gave his famous order for our bayonet charge, as he rode along the line : these are the precise words he made use of—" Guards, get up and charger We were instantly on our legs, and after so many hours of inaction and irritation at ma'ntaining a purely defensive attitude—all the time suffering the loss of comrades and friends—the spirit which animated officers an .l men may easily be imagined. After firing a volley as soon as the enemy were within shot, we rushed on with fixed bayonets and that hearty hurrah peculiar to British soldiers. It appeared that our men, deliberately and with calculation, singled out their victims; for as they came upon the Im perial Guard our line broke, and the fighting became irre gular. The impetuosity of our men seemed almost to para lyse their enemies : I witnessed several of the Imperial Guard who were run through the body apparently without any resistance on their parts. I observed a big Welshman of the name of Hughes, who was six feet seven inches in height, run through with his bayonet, and knock down with the butt end of his firelock, I show d think at least a dozen of his opponents. This terrible contest did not last more than ten minutes, for the Imperial Guard was soon in full retreat, leaving all their guns and many prisoners in our hands. The famous General Cambronne was taken prisoner fighting hand to hand with the gallant Sir Col in Halkett, who was shortly after shot through the cheeks by by a grape-shot. Cambronne's supposed answer of , d Garde ne se rend pas" was an invention of after - times, !in he himself always denied having used sue'a an expression. —Reminiscences of Captain Gronow. • The following passage of a letter in the Moniteur has attracted some attention :—The battle before Richmond is looked upon as a complete defe ,t for th- Federal troops. great battles The most devoted partisans of the North admit that the re verse is of the most serious character, not only for the posi. tion of Gen. 111‘Clellan, but a!so for the Northern cause. f k p h a u n e b r l a e i rsrhaarenesg two arrangement will be em boldened Within the space of one week both lost by the North. Under these circumstances it is to raise their voice." hoped that the partisans me Vienna Gazette the followi ng notice, i n which may be seen an indirect reply to the • • of Italy by Russia : recog. ninon "Baron Wins are the Nea o liter). Envoy Extraordinary and MinisterPePlenipotentiary,'Neap - who has been accredited to the Austrian Court, has h a d the honour of a solemn audience of the Emperor to presen t his letters of credence." t THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY The jubilee concert in commemoration of the society's fiftieth season, took place on Monday night at St. James-hall, that place being chosen instead of the Hanover-square Rooms, in consequence of the large scale on which the concert was got up, and the provision which it was necessary to make for the accommodation of a great audience. The following programme will enable our musical readers to form an idea of the character of the con cert, and the extraordinary amount of talent en gaged in the performance:— P..RT I. Overture (Leonora) Recit. and Aria, " Riuscito sono alfin," Mr. Stanley (Matilda von Guise) Hummel. Concerto in D minor, Violin, Herr Joachim Spohr. Hymn, for soprano voice, and Chorus, " Hear my prayer," Mme. Lind-Gold schmidt (accompanied on the organ by Mr. E. J. Hopkins) Mendelssolm. Fantasia, Pianoforte, with orchestra and chorus, Mrs. Anderson (her last appear ance in public) Finale, " Loreley," Solo, Mdlle. Titiens, with Chorus Overture, composed expressly for the occa sicn S. Bennett. PART 11. Sinfonia in C (Jupiter) Scena, "Ma la sola," Mme. Lind-Gold schmidt (Beatrice di Teada) Theme variee, Violoncello, Signor Piatti Piatti. Arietta, con Coro, " Invano alcun desir, Mdlle. Titiens (Armida) Aria, " With j.y the impatient husband man," Mr. Santley (The Seasons) Haydn. Overture (Euryanthe) ..... Conductor, Professor Sterndale Bennett, Mils. D. The overture, composed by Professor Bennet, for this occasion, is a work which does the highest honour to his genius, and will add to his already high reputation. Madame Goldschmidt created s' great sensation, especially in MendelgQchn's beauti ful hymn, which must always be one of her most striking performances, not only from its vocal power. but its earnest and fervent expression. Madlle. Titiens made an equal impression in the tremeno dous scene from "Loreley," far transcending in in tensity of passion any singer we have ever heard perform it. Mr. Santley gave great effect to the fine scena of Hummel; and Joachim and Piutti were as delightful, and as successful, as usual. There was a most crowded audience; the whole concert from beginning to end was a scene of animation and excitement, and the Jubilee Concert will undoubt edly be tt . memorable event in the annals of the Philharmonic Society. GA VAZZI ON ROME FOR THE ITALIAN CAPITAL. A meeting was held last evening in Orange street Chapel, Leicester-square, for the purpose of listening to an address delivered by the well-known Italian Reformer, Signor Gavazzi. The minister of the chapel, the Rev. W. For saith, presided, and briefly introduced the lecturer. After rapidly sketching the historic ability of the House of Savoy, Signor GAVAZZI said the Italians loved their King, Emmanuel, whom they had chosen, because, like Victoria, he respected the liberties of his subjects. It had been said he was , fonder of shooting pheasants than his subjects,; but; for governing he had more common sense than an his Ministers put together. Liberty was a conge nial plant to the Italian soil—nine parts were noW free, the tenth must follow: (Cheers.) They could suffer with their Roman and Venetian brethren, and they must have them too free. Garibaldi had more work yet to do ; wherever ne went the Austrian and French spies were on his track ; still the great re formation must go on. That great general—be (Gavazzi) believed there was not such another man, so bold, unselfish, so patriotic—he was loved; that was a weak term,hewas adored-politically speakingp he was worshipped. He was no diplomatist—be was too straightforward. What was diplomacy P It was the devil's art of the science of lying beau• tifully with a brazen face. (Laughter.) Provi dence had made certain geographical limits, and had placed a certain people within those limits. Rome and Venice were within those limits ; but in one were the French, in the other the Austrians. Did the French speak Italian P No. Then, let them go to France. Did the Aus trians speak Italian ? Thank God, they did not. Then, their place was Austria. There let them go, and the Italians would then call them friends. Napoleon had made war for an " idea." Now be kept his soldiers at Rome to protect the Pope, but in reality his object was to prevent Italian unity. The lecturer concluded a most enthusiastic ad dress, which was loudly cheered, by expressing his opinion that the day was not far distant when the Italians would possess as their capital, Rome, now the scene of disorder, and supported by a foreign Power. MANUFACTURING DIFFICULTIES AND DISTRESS. To sum np the actual position in a comprehen sive glance : The enormu - as price which cotton has now reached will necessarily compel manufacturers still further to reduce their consumption, so that it is next to certain that not more then 2:5,000 bales a week at the outside will be used up for home manufacture and export together. With the stock on hand on the Ist of July (say 200,000 bales), and the 500,000 or 600,000 bales which will reach us by the end of the year, we shall be able to meet the demand for thirty weeks. We shall not, there fore, be actually denuded of cotton before the 31st of December. What will happen then, or before then, we dare not even conjecture. We We do not wish to argue that the catastrophe is not imminent, or that it will not be terrible ; but only that it is not so near at hand as at first ap peared. Neither is it improbable that between now' and Christmas some light may dawn upon our prospects. In any case, if the worst comes to the worst, we are reduced for an indefinite time l o nger to subsist wholly on the cotton we can obtain from India, Egypt, and Brazil, there would still be enough (taking into account the economy that would be practised, and the substitutes that would be con trived, and allowing for the demand of other coun tries) to give our operatives aiway, at least, two days' work a week. This is bad enough; but this is the worst conceivable. Let us see what this amounts to. It is estimated that the number of hands actually employed in cotton factories is about 500,000, and that their habitual weekly earnings average ten shillings each. This would give £250,000 as the sum distributed among them each week in wages. But all subsidiary and dependent trades, which are too numerous to be specified, and which include a great deal of the coal and railway traffic of the North of England, will suffer a pro portionate reduction. The amount now paid in wages to the people thus employed can only be guessed ; but it can scarcely be less than another £250,000. In case, then, of the worst arising, we may assume that the weekly income of these work ing classes concerned will be reduced from one million to about £35 ),000 or .E 400,000. Part of this must be met by augm,mted poor rates ; part by increased economy; part, safld a g reat part no doubt, by absolute privation .--London Peview. LAND IMPROV— EMENT IN IRELAND.—The annual report of the Board of Irish Public Works is chiefly occu pied with an account of the operation of the Land Ire/ rove ment Acts. 200,203 acres have been thoroughly drained under these Acts at an average cost of 17s. per acre; 6,503 acres in 1861 and the first quarter of 1862 ; and con• siderable portion has been subsoiled. The draining ha s proved a prelude to the extension of rota.ive hubbaadrY the suc c throughout the cou n t ry. The tenant-farmers are proud of s of the drainage and of the superior craps pro duced from land formerly waterlogged, and consequently them.alm As made almost waste. N o teaching or description, writes an active cans wa cler gyman, had any effect upon them, but one year's ex ample of th e i mprovement before their own eyes convinced uunuesaurl y i ja unusual numberthisyoeafra,prpalirctalytiownsith a for drainage w nag to e give e mployment to the labouring p oor w h en i t was most required, and the Treasury consented to apply to Parlia ment for an extension of the amount of loan that may be made to a proprietor from £5,000 to £B,OOO. Twelve leans hav e b een sanct i oned, annunting to £7,150, for the ereetnea , t labourers' dwellings, and 19 more applications have been received. That part of the report which give an account of public works at h a rbo urs s t ates that the b oard have n o doubt of brin g i ng th e wor k s o f i mprovemen t at Dowela. dee to a close in the course of this summer. I I