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W.C., on TUE:DAY, the Gth day of July, 180, at Two of the Clock precisely, Viscount RANI LAGH in the Chair, to receive the Report of the xecutive Committee, and for general purposes. By order of the Board. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. London. June 22, 180. Prospectuses of the Shars and Deposit Investing Depart ments and of the Building and other Advance Departments sent free of charge. Present rate of interest, five per cent, per an num czlazes and four stir cent. per annum on Deppsit Ac count 9, payable half-yearly. CALLAGHAN'S OPERA, RACE, and FIELD GLASSES, of Matchless quality. 23A, NEW BOND-STREET (corner of Conduit-Street). N.B.—Sole Agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the Storms of the past eighteen months the National Lifeboat Institution contributed to the saving of 1,270 lives from various shipwrecks and 32 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended X 27,641 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting 43,793 for rewards. The Institution has now 207 Lifeboat Stations under its management. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London lnd country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 11, John-street Adelphi, London. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro - Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims.' JOHN MESSENT, Manager. ROBERT MARTIN COLE, deceased.—Pur suant to an Act of Parliament, 22 and 23 Vic. cap. 35, intituled "An Act to farther Amend the Law of Property and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS HEREBY G I VEN, That all Creditors of R. 3.1. Cole, Into of No. 22, Sydney- street, Fulham-read, Bromptoo, in the county of Mid , tb.sex, Commander in the iloval Navy (who died on the Gth day of April, 18691, and whose will, with a codicil annexed, was duly proved on the 7th day of June, 1869, by Joseph Marsh, one of the Executors therein named, and all other persons having any claim or demand against the Estate of the said Robert Martin Cole, are hereby required to send particulars in writing of their claims and demands and of the nature of the securities (if any) held by them to me, the undersigned J. Chapple, of No. 25, Carter-lane, in the city of Lon don,Solicitor to the said Executor on or before the 31st day of July next, after which time the said Execu tor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Robert Martin Cole, amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the debts or claims of which the said Executor shall then have had notice, and that the Exe cutor will not be liable for any debt or claim of which he shall not then have had notice. _ _ Dated this 21th day of June, 1869. J. CITAPPLE, Solicitor for the ExeCutor. T HE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE "NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The peculiar simplicity of thew Machines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a few hours. Illustra:ed Price Lists post free. 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Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street London. E.C. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENIN(I, BLUE DEVILS: Mr Compton and Mrs Fitzwilliam. After which. MARY WARNER: Miss llill. Miss Bateman. Messrs. Howe. Compton, &c. Concluding with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS: Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, Kendal; Miss F. Wright, Miss F. Gwynn. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tins EVENING, at 7, DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Geo Bel more and Mrs Leigh Murray. At 8, EVE: Yr Benjamin Web ster, Mr H. Nev,lle, Miss Furtado. Mrs Alfred Mellon. tr.. And MD YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL? Mr. G. Belmore. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. IHrs EVENING, at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Baton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; ‘:esda,mes Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Bufton. To conclude with HER AND DYE GLOBE IITEATR',.-ROYAL. THIS FvENTNG, at 7, BLOW FOR BLOW: MeE , ,rs. W. Farren, Vernon. David Fisher, J. Clarke: Miss Lying. Foote. At 9. 5, the new burlesque TII e; CORSICAN IiOT IiERS: Messrs. J C:arke, Marshall. Andrews. and Hurlstone : Mesdames Julia St. Ueorge, Berend, Braman. and C. Thorne. P.OYALTY THEATP.E. Cruder the Management of Miss M . Oliver. lxts ETENING, at 7.20, IN FOR A ID 'LID •Y. Followrd by A ROVING COM , IISSION. And THE MILI 'ARY BILLY AYLOR. To conclude with CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Day, Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver, Miss K. Bishop. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN% THIS EVENING, a.t THE SMOKED MISER. After which. THE SCHOOL FOR R; 'ANDAL : Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. J. C. Cov per, Mr. (Lumley, Mr. C. :,, , eghlan, Mrs. Hermanuirezin, Mrs. C. Hursman, &e. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Tilts EvENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Baneroft; Mrs. 'Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After tihich, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL 11 AIM HA PALACE. THR EE BALLET~ Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regert's-wk. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve, 64. 3 ., &._ Il ' *li lt IZ 7 ' Mt &ice; ' LONDOW, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1869. Parliament is now earnestly engaged in both Houses in legislative labours of the most practical and business-like character. Lords and Commons were alike yesterday sitting for several hours toge ther, in Committee. The Peers, as a Committee, were engaged upon the Irish Church Bill—the Com mons on the University Tests Bills. Clause after clause, as in each instance, was taken carefully, yet rapidly into consideration. Clause six was the last dealt with in the Bill, relating to the University Tests now passing through the House of Commons. Clause ten of the Irish Church Bill was the latest dealt with in the Lords' Committee. If only the noble lords could take example from the Duke of LEINSTER, as readily as did the Earl of CARNAPXON last evening, we should have no cause for complaint as to any unnecessary de lay in the examination of the Lords' amendments. His Grace, rising simultaneously with Lord CARNAR VON to claim the attention of the Committee, and having priority conceded to him by the noble Earl, in obedience to a loudly expressed wish on the part of their Lordships, summed up all that he was de sirous of saying in the following laconic sentiment : "I trust that no alteration will be made in the clause as it stands, for the result will only be to keep the country for another year in hot water." Not a. syl lable further ! Having said that, the Duke of LEIN STER had said everything, and sat down. No won_ der the House, or rather the Committee, re sponded to a speech so terse and so entirely to the purpose with " cheers and laughter." No wonder the Earl of CARNARVON debarred only for a few seconds from addressing their Lordships. Imme diately upon his rising in due time to that end he prefaced his remarks by:observing, " I will endea vour to compress my ideas on this clause into almost as ft.w words as those of the noble duke" —a promise which, in point of fact - , be thereupcn tolerably well fulfilled. Again, we say, if only noble lords generally would but emulate the brevity and precision of his Grace the Duke of LEINTER ! The luxury of grouse shooting would in that case never run the risk of being vexatiously postponed. The midnight sittings of both branches of the Legislature would not then be of frequent recurrence. Heredi tary and popular representatives would not then, as often as they do now, instinctively during each Parliamentary session, find reason to cor rect the very rare and exceptional errors of reporting, arising out of their o'wn en tangled sentences, slip-slop phraseology, maun dering and most illogical arguments, and often not easily comprehensible articulation. The difficul ties of reporting the public out of doors have pro bably no conception of. They are often so nume rous, and to non-professionals so utterly bewildering, that it seems next to the miraculous anything cohe rent being made out of the mumbled and jumbled twaddle of those who are there and then being reported. Consequently, if only the mass of those who speak in both Lords and Commons—not, of course the leading debaters in either House, not such men as - Mr. GLADSTONE, and Mr. DISRAELT, Mr. LOW E, and Mr. BRIGHT in the Lower House, or, again, such orators as in the House of Peers as the Earl of DERBY, or the Marquis of SALISBURY, or the Bishop of OXFORD, or the Bishop of PETERBOROUGH, but instead o: those the general run of speaker in either branch of the Legislature—if only those would but generously, wisely for themselves at the moment, and humanely for their hearers and their readers afterwards, when reported, if only they would follow the thoroughly good and novel course pursued by the Duke of LEINSTER last evening ! The beneficent consequences resulting from their so doing would, in that happy and most desirable contingency, be scarcely calculable. The session would be shortened. " Han sard," or, in other words, the official report of the Parliamentary debates, will no longer bs a Sepulchre of Speeches, but would dwindle annually to a little pocket volume, a Lbook for agre able and handy reference. Iho newspapers would not periodically be unreadable for the most part to non-politicians, as they frequently are now adays, and have been, for that matter, time out of mind, and that, too, in the very pick of the season. For the hint of so wholesome an innovation as the one so practically suggested and illustrated last evening by the Duke of LEINSTER we are, in old fashioned phrase, beholden to his Grace as, at the least, to an intending benefactor. MANY of our contemporaries seem to undergo a remarkable process of conversion at irregular periods. Nothing can exceed the vigilance with which they watch over the interests of the people whilst the party they represent is shivering in the cold of Opposition. Every abuse is actively looked after ; the stagnant depths of every branch of the Administra tion are indefatigably stirred up. But the disadvan tages of too much zeal are rapidly appreciated when a change of Ministry takes place. Party journals are capable of easy regeneration. The " organs " which were so insatiable for reform whilst in Opposition, are content in office with just that amount of change which will enable them to decently get through their time. It is only on this theory that the remarkable apathy of the leading Liberal papers to certain important questions which ha've sprung up since last December is to be ex plained. No appeals, for instance, can induce our Liberal contemporaries to take any notice of the arbitrary doings of Her MAJESTY'S Cus toms Commissioners. The question affects the whole interests of trade ; the grievances complained of are of the most serious character. The Commis sioners, mostly by a foolish clause inserted in the Customs Consolidation Act of 1853, have been invested with almost unlimited power of intervention in trade affairs—with an amount of control, in fact, which renders them quite independent, at present, of any other authority. The whole question of Customs' jurisdiction needs revision, and especially is it necessary that their power of grant ing or withholding the right of landing goods at ports and wharves should be placed under the control of some really responsible department. At present the Customs Commissioners can refuse the right of landing to any owners of dock property, and thus have it in their power to virtually frustrate their undertaking, even when the works are conducted under an Act of Parliament. In the case of the Dagenham Docks, the company was empowered to construct by three separate Acts of Parliament; but the power to allow the landing of duty-free goods belongs to the Commissioners, who refuse it. They cannot take away the company's property ; but in withholding the permission by which alone the property can be of any value, the Commissioners set the decision of the Legis lature at defiance, and bring the company's works to a standstill.. Nothing can be more glaring than the injustice of this case. A company was formed to construct docks, wharves, warehouses, and the like, at Dagenham Lake, situated on the Thames, a few miles east of London. The cheapness of the land, the convenience of the site for the storage of goods, and other advan tages, all promised a lucrative trade. Many commercial men of high position pronounced in favour of the enterprise. Three Acts of Parliament were obtained during the space of eleven years, a large sum was subscribed, and £160,000 spent. Part of the works was finished, and ready for earning revenue ; but when the indispensable permission o land duty-free goods was asked from the Commis sioners it was refused. If goods cannot bo landed, the whole object' of the undertaking is palpably frustrated ; and such has been the case. The construction of the docks has been stopped, and the capital remains unproductive, simply because of an arbitrary decision which the Commissioners will not retract, and which, because a Liberal Government is in office, the Liberal journals and M.P's. who represent commercial interests cannot be induced to notice. •We have previously considered all that the Commissioners have to say in defence of this proceeding. They argue that the works at Dagenham would be of no public utility ; which in the first place is not true, and in the next place has nothing to do with the question. One hundred and thirty-three City merchants, brokers, and shipowners, none of them shareholders in the company, have testified that the docks would be of great service in affording means for the storing of dangerous goods, instead of consigning them to crowded neighbourhoods, as at present. But it is not the proper duty of the Commissioners to decide, in spite of Acts of Parliament and private enterprise, whether such an undertaking is likely to be useful or not. It is quite clear that if they take upon themselves this function they are assuming the power to veto all enterprises of the kind. Nobody in future would be able to construct a dock without first asking permission of these potentates. So far from attempting to engross any such power, their duty evidently is to interfere with com merce as little as their , position will permit,leaving private enterprise to the full responsibility of those who conduct it. is to the cost of maintaining a staff of officers at Dagenham, that objection is at once met by the fact that the company is quite willing to bear all expense arising from this so urce. The remedy for this needless injury to a great interest is very simple. It is true, indeed, that the whole jurisdiction of the Commissioners needs careful revision in the way of curtailment; but this can be done only by means •of the Legislature. A law moderating the power of the department, and furnishing more efficient means of control, is much needed. But an Act of Parliament is not required to meet this special case, which is simply an undue exercise of an administrative function. An e:aravagant law must, in most branches of legislation, have a pernicious effect until it is altered; but this is not necessarily the case in matters affecting the Executive. If undue power has been conferred upon any one department, as in this case, it is always in the power of the higher Administration to restrain it. The extrema lex of theory may be readily modified by the equity of practice. Neither the Customs nor any other department would venture to persist in an unjust and arbitrary act against the will of the Ministry. The Government has the power to re dress this injury, and if it decline to do so, it be comes the duty of the Press and of the represents, fives of the nation to insist upon justice, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1869. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, June 29. The members of the new Corps L6gislatif met together yesterday for the first time. The attendance was very large, but the business done was very small. Some dis turbance had been expected from the mob, which, it was counted upon, would assemble to gaze upon the chosen of the people, and a large body of police was assembled in the vicinity ; but though the mob, or more pro perly the crowd, did gather together, the disturbances never took place. Inside the House the benches, both those belonging to the deputies and those set apart for the public, were crowded. Jules Favre was there, thus disproving by ocular demonstration the malicious report of his death which was circulated a day or two ago. Gambetta, who was regarded perhaps with more curiosity than any other member, took his seat right up on the extreme set of benches which have been appropriated by the Left. Raspail sat near him. Neither the grave, pale look of Gambetta nor the white hairs of Ilaqpail betoken anything of the revolutionary spirit. In Gambetta's outward appearance there is no trace of the fervid eloquence and splendid elocution which startled Paris seven months ago. Then Gambetta was unknown to fame ; now he is universally recognised as the future leader of the Left. Garnier-Pag6s, Thiers, Bancel, and all the leading Liberal celebrities were in their places. At a quarter past two the business commenced. M. Rouher, who reads by no means so well as he speaks, fumbled through a communication from the Throne. This document was short, but the Assembly rightly regarded it as of great importance. It betrayed none of the spirit of the Mackau epistle. The letter to the obscure politician seemed to indicate that the Emperor will make no conces sions ; the communication read by M. Rouher is quite consistent with the most extensive reforms:— "The renewal of the Corps Ldgislatif by universal suffrage is a natural occasion for the nation to manifest its ideas, its aspirations, and its wants. But the study of the political results of that manifestation must not be preci pitated. In the ordinary session the Government will submit to the high appreciation of the public powers the resolutions and projects which appear to it most likely to realise the wishes of the country." This, at all events, is not a declaration against reform. From several benches these sentences called forth applause ; though the " Irreconcilablea," of course, pre served the gloomiest silence. Already rumours of the coming contest are circulating freely. It is questioned whether the majority will admit any interpellations ; but if it does, it is expected that some of the Left will put a question respecting the recent riots. The Liberals are about to form three committees, headed respectively by M. Thiers, Favre, and another, in order to concert a common line of policy against the Government. The strong Left of all shades will be tolerably united on many questions, and the most active opposition is said to have been decided upon. We are promised for certain a fiery dispute about the validity of certain elections, Not fewer than fifty will be contested. The Bishop of Nimes has written a pastoral letter of some importance about the General Council. This prelate thinks that the Council will go in for Infallibility and all the doctrines of the Syllabus. The great balloon has gone up and come down again in safety. The disastrous voyage of the "Gant" has not been repeated in the case of its still more gigantic suc cessor, "Le Pole Nord." The voyage was short, but its success is said to have been so complete as to hold out the most encouraging hopes of the future of aerostation. The greatest balloon ever launched in the air—twice the size of the " Geant "—has been successfully navigated from the Champs de Mars to Auneau, in the department of the Eure et-Loire. The distance was short, but the navigators found night coming on and the wind taking them in the direction of the sea. Before morning, such was the speed of the balloon, they might have found themselves with nothing in sight but sky above and sea below. They therefore descended. The apparatus seemed indisposed to stop its triumphant career, for it went down very slowly and dragged a long time ; but not one of nine persons who made the voyage— four of whom bed never been in a balloon before sustained the slightest injury. Some im provements in the machinery of aerostation have been suggested by this exploit, amongst other changes the ordinary ship anchors used for stopping the aerial craft must be abandoned, and anchors specially constructed for ballooning purposes. The most valuable result of this trial, however, has been the clear proof that the largest structures can be managed without difficulty, and, indeed, with a regularity of which the smaller balloons are not capable. Thus, through this ability to increase the size of the balloon, the material used in the construc tion of the envelope may be made so thick as to be im pervious to gas. This is a great point. "Le Pole Nord" will make another voyage shortly. The rage for mixing in fashionable circles causes some people to do strange things. A young man, who had neither money nor family nor wit to recommend Yin, managed to c ain admission to some of the best middle class society here by the simple expedient of mounting the red ribbon of the Legion of Honour. He had no more claim to the distinction than to the dignity of Grand Officer, so inopportunely conferred upon M. Jerilme Pal, id ; but the pretence answered its purpose. lie starred it for seine time in the moderately-good salons, danced with the daughters of the middle-class, and was ,general:y prosperous, until his career was cut short by his enforced appearance before a functionary of justice, whose pertinent questions as to the ribbon admitted of no satis factory reply. He will pay the penalty of his ambition by imprisonment. PARLIAMENTARY AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE. -.0.- At the sitting of this committee on Tuesday, Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes, two of the judges appointed to try election petitions, were called as wit nesses. Mr. Baron Martin said that he bad tried eleven election petitions in different parts of the country, and be was of opinion that bribery was not so prevalent as was popularly supposed. In many instances the allega tions were absurd. At Norwich and Bradford the cor ruption was extensive. At the latter place out of 150 public-houses ICB were opened free. At Salford a great deal of money was expended in drink. The election at Wigan was specially pure. The Liberal candidates— against whom alone a petition was presented—determined that no public-houses should be used at all. It was, however, found on the following day that the necessary rooms could notbe obtained anywhere else, and the public houses were therefore hired, but the landlords were paid £lO each not to supply any drink. The petition at Beverley disclosed the fact that some 800 persons were bribed ostensibly for the purpose of the municipal, but in reality for the purpose of the parliamentary, election. The expenses of the West minster election were enormous. Mr. Smith, the successful candidate, had to pay £9,000, and it was the learned judge's opinion that he was robbed throughout the election. Ilad he had a despotic authority, and not been called upon simply to follow the law as laid down, he was inclined to think that be should have unseated Mr. Ripley at Bradford and Mr. Smith at Westminster for excessive expenditure. There was a very general desire on the part of the candi dates who were examined before him to get rid of bribery and corruption, In the majority of instances they appeared to be entirely ignorant of the practices that, had been pursued. The interpretation of the law of agency at elections had been very clearly and unanimously settled between the three election judges. It was, as far as he could judge, univer sally admitted that nominations were practically worth less. Were the public-houses closed, the evils of the nominations would be materially lessened. Mr. Baron Martin expressed a very decided opinion that no public-houses should be opened on the polling-day, and amidst much laughter he announced that one of the electors at Norwich was treated to such an extent, that when he was brought up to the polling-booth he could not be got to vote for either of the candidates, but persisted in exercising the franchise in favour of the brewer whose liquor he had consumed. In answer to Mr. Ward Hunt, the learned judge said that the Act of Parliament had done much to diminish bribery. Public-houses ought never to be employed as committee-rooms. There should be no means of supply ing drink indiscriminately. To Sir George Grey: The law of agency was an ex cessively harsh law. There would be great danger in doing away with it. By Sir F. Heygate : Had heard no complaint of the paucity of polling-places.. By Mr. Brand : Had found in the course of his inqui• ries that enormous sums were paid for committee-rooms at public-houses. The case of Lord Albert Pelham Clinton was be fore the Ccurt of Bankruptcy on Tuseday. A Cabinet Council will Le held at the official re- Fidenee of the First Lord of the Treasury, Downing-street, on Saturday. The San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press condenses the following instances of the profits o f farming from the report of the Department of Agriculture for February :—Mr. Itankirr, - of Monmouth, Illinois, last year raised 575 bushels of corn on five acres of ground, which he sold for forty-five cents a bushel, realizing 8'258.75. The total cost of raising the same, including $25 allowed for rent of ground, was $86.50 ; leaving $172.25 net profit —or $34.45 per acre. Mr. Brerras, of North Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, reports a net profit of $28.76 per acre on 13 acres, planted in corn and pumpkins. Mr. B. A. Leonard, of Monmouth County, New Jersey, reports a profit of a'small fraction short of $BO per acre on 85 acres of land, devoted chiefly to manual petatom and twain. THE VICEROY AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE, The fete to the Viceroy of Egypt given on Tuesday at the Crystal Palace was an undoubted success. It con sisted of a concert and a grand display of fireworks. For the concert the vast space of the Handel orchestra was filled by an imposing array of upwards of three thou sand executants, in the assembling and organising of whom the exceptional resources of the Sacred Harmonic Society have been called into requisition. By such forces, under the experienced and skilled direction of the conductor of that society, and of the Handel Festivals, Sir Michael Costa, effects of grandeur and sublimity, especially in the choral performances, wer' again attained to a degree that could scarcely have been anticipated as possible before the institution of those multitudinous gatherings. The first part of the concert :entirely sacred) was not attended by the Khedive. The second part had already commenced when the royal party made its appearance. The royal boxes were grandly fitted up with mirrors, pictures, &c. The Viceroy appeared in the centre com partment, taking the most prominent seat, with the Prin cess of Wales on his right, and the Prince on his left. The other boxes were soon filled by the attendants. A momentary attempt was made by the pe,.ple present to get up a cheer of welcome, but it was act encouraged, and the overture accordingly proceeded, much to the disap pointment of those who had determined to make the first appearance of the Viceroy the signal for an ovation. After the concert the party dined, the guests being Lord and Lady Westmoreland, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord and Lady Vane, Lord Lennox, the Duchess of Abercorn and two daughters, Dr. W. H. Russell, &c. But the great part of the night's performances was the fireworks. At 10 o'clock a salute of aerial maroons announced that the grand pyrotechnic fête had begun. Before the smoke which issued from the maroons had cleared away the glare of lights began to rise from the lower grounds. Portfires threw a crimson glow over the foliage of the trees and shrubs, and the green turf assumed a half-white, half-verdant hue. While this weird aspect was presented to the visitors, kaleidoscopic combinations of colours continued to meander through the long bright lines of the builsling„ the thousands of people who lined the terraces and stood in groups upon the ground were thrown into quaintly picturesque prominence when the sister magnesium balloons ascended slowly, and glided across the sky, forming in their course spiral columns which seemed like moving wreaths of snow. A salvo of shells followed in which floral designs, accidentally formed, constituted marvels of brilliant illumination. In the set piece erected in honour of the Prince and the Princess of Wales the initials of the royal pair were gracefully intertwined. The monogram "...I]," which was represented in red letters surrounded by a corona of green leaves and the motto " Ich Dien," stood out in bold relief on the second glittering circle, on which the colours continually changed. The pro minent feature of the display was the set piece especially arranged in honour of the Viceroy. On its face three resplendent crescents were dis tinguished in the midst of a circle of brilliants, and as its bright lights faded away, and the grand cascade of fire began to descend, at first a few drops of golden rain fell on the walk, which appeared like a causeway covered with snow, and a thin, bright stream of yellow tint softly glided down . with a gentle plash. Then ten thousand coloured balls of every hue, thrown hither and thither, as it were, by the hands of not one Briareus but a hun dred, illuminated the long, bright plane of its sum mit, and a tide of golden fire rushed down with a booming roar. How the comets descended from the towers and how the fountains were illuminated has often been described before, and it is only necessary to add that during the visit of the Viceroy nothing was omitted which could detract from the fairy-like prospect. The display was concluded with a grand giraudole of rockets. There are said to have been more than 30,000 persons present, THE MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE OF A LADY. The inquest on the body of a well-dressed lady, found some time since floating in the Thames, has concluded. It will be remembered that a Mrs. Smith came forward and identified the dresses, &c., as those of her daughter. She had married a clerk to the Admiralty, who had more recently held an appointment at Malta. Her husband had died at Malta, and she, returning, was very much depressed. She went to see her late husband's brother on the 24th of May, and never returned. The inquest was adjourned that the brother-in-law might come forward. He did so at the inquest on Tuesday, and said he was a clerk in the City. He had a brother named Charles Bunker, who was formerly a clerk in the Admiralty, but more recently, and at the time of his death, held an appoint ment at Malta. His brother was married in. London about five years ago, but he did not know the maiden name of his wife, or any of her relations. On the 24th of last May his brother's wife called upon him at his office in the City, and said she had come home from Malta on the previous Saturday, his brother ,axing died there. She was stopping with her mother, Mrs. Smith, at Arthurstreet, Chelsea. She ap peared to be overwhelmed with grief at the loss of her husband. She bad a black tag with her, which, she said, contained some papers belonging to her late husband and four sovereigns. It was about eleven o'clock in the morning when she called upon him. After some conversation about her husband's death she promised to see witness on the following Sunday, at his private residence. He then saw her to the sta tion, and procured her a ticket for Victoria, as she said she was going back to her mother's, at Chelsea. Had never seen her since. He could not identify the rings, but could swear to the outside clothing as being the same as that worn by his sister-in-law when she called upon him. Mrs. Smith was recalled, and said the deceased returned home from her visit to her brother-in-law at lne o'clock on the 24th May. She had her tea,•and left home again at 5 o'clock, saying she was going to meet Mr. W. Bunker in the evening. Witness pressed her to stay at home, but she persisted in going out. Before she went out she said she was very unhappy, and had nothing in the world worth living for. Had never seen her daughter since. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased was found drowned, but there was no evidence to shew how she came into the water. LAW AND POLICE. THE EARL OF WESTMORELAND. —Another application was made in Judges' Chambers on Tuesday in the case of the Earl of Westmoreland. The present application had reference to the executions for £12,000, levied at the suit of Messrs. Beyfus on the Earl's town residence, in Green-street, Grosvenor-square. Mr. Ouvry, solicitor for the Dowager Countess, had made an affidavit claiming the property for her ladyship. An issue was agreed to, the Countess to be plaintiff, the property at the town residence to be sold with the exception of some family plate, and the money to be paid into court to abide the event of the feigned issue. RAILWAY TICKETS.—Dr. Armstrong, of Peckham, was summoned before Mr. Patteson, at Greenwich, with travelling on the South-Eastern Railway line and alighting at a station other than that stated on his ticket. The conditions on the ticket specified that it would be concelled if used for any other station than that marked on it. The defendant admitted that he bad alighted at New Cross station in order to reach home earlier ; but he contended that Now Cross was within the metropolitan district, and the ticket bore the words " Gravesend to London." He had refused to pay the excess fare demanded of him on principle, in order to obtain a legal decision. Mr. Patteson said the case was one of great importance both to the railway company and to the public, and he should take time to give his de- THE LONDON, CHATHA', AND DOVER RAILWAY.—In Vice-Chancellor Stuart's Court, on Tuesday, in the suits of " Waterlow v. Sharp," and " Gardner v. Sharp," the right of the London and County Bank to prove against the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway for the amount which the directors had overdrawn in their dealings with the bank, was discussed. On a previous occasion the Vice-Chancellor gave the bank leave to prove for any balance that might be due. An appeal was taken to the Lords Justices, who refused to hear the ease, as no specific sum was named, The balance had since been ascertained to be £67,769, and the Vice - Chancellor was of opinion that the bank was entitled to prove for the balance. THE VICEIIO Y.— Arrangemeuts are in progress for celebrating the Viceroy of Egypt's visit to IVoolwich by a grand review and sham fight iu which 10,000 troops will be engaged. TIIE NEW PEERS.—Lord llo, in the peerage of Scotland, is gazetted a Baron of the United Kingdom, taking his title from Dunning and Pitcairns, in the county of Perth. His lordship was a Scotch representa tive peer in the last Parliament, but through his support of the Suspcnscry Bill he was opposed in December last by the Earl of Kellie, and failed to secure re-election. PETO AND CO.—ln the Court of Bankruptcy an application was made to expunge as proof for k:),SOC made by Stuckey's Banking Company against the joint estate of Peto and Betts, upon a promissory note, signed by Sir S. M. Peto and Messrs. Betts and Crampton. The signataries promised to pay the amount named, " jointly and severally, and any two of us jointly." The Commissioner held that " any " must be con• strued as being synonymous with "every," and there fore declined to expunge the proof made against the joint CASH DEPOSITS. The necessity of caution in dealing with advertiser; who require cash deposits is strikingly 'hewn by some extraordinary disclosures which have been made in a case before the Bristol Bankruptcy Court. The bankrupt, John Walker, carried on business as a dyer, and towards the close of 1867 he inserted adver tisements in the Christian World and other newspapers for " a manager for a branch establishment in a fashionable watering place." The appointment was to be permanent, one condition only was imposed— the applicant was required to deposit £75 with " the firm." Of course, there were numerous applicants ; and this fact seems to have led "the firm" to increase the deposit until it reached £l5O. In September last two applicants, named Cross and Webber, paid £1.5" each as deposit, and were thereupon appointed " managers " at Exeter. When they arrived in that city they discovered that the firm had no business premises there. In March last, Mr. Thomas Stott, of Manchester, was tempted to reply to one of the bankrupt's advertisements, and, being " accepted," he paid a deposit of £l5O, and was appointed manager at Penzance. Mr. Stott proceeded to that town with his wife and family, and when he arrived there he found himself in the same predicament as Messrs. Cross and Webber. The bank rupt seems to have received several hundred pounds as " security," none of Which he has returned. AN IMPORTANT .1)I FORCE DECISION. o---- In the Court of Divorce, on Tuesday, the !earned judge gave his decision in the case of " Buck master v. Buckmaster," which involved the impor tant point, whether the fact of a wife receiving money to renounce cohabitation was a bar to her subsequently proceeding to obtain a divorce on the ground of desertion. The petitioner was formerly a servant in the respondent's father's service, and they were married. The respondent's parents objected to the marriage, and there was no cohabitation. The petitioner filed a petition for a restitution of conjugal rights, but subsequently received £lOO not to " molest" her husband. He sub sequently lived with another woman. Lord Penzance said the principle he had laid down on a former occasion when a somewhat similar, though in some points different, case was before him, was that the fact of the wife taking money, and cohabitation not having been resumed, prevented her from alleging with foundation that her husband had deserted her. In the present case coha bitation had not been resumed ; but as there had been adultery on the part of the respondent, the wife could have a judicial separation, but not a divorce. The counsel for the petitioner said he would consult his client as to whether a decree for a judicial separation should be accepted. ASCENT OF A BALLOON 121 , THE CHAMP DE MARS. __-~-.. Advices from Paris say that the Champ-de-Mars was on Monday the scene of an interesting spectacle. An im mense concourse of pople assembled to witness the ascent of the " Pole Nord," which is said to be the largest balloon ever inflated. It is double the volumno of the famous "Geant" in which Mr. Nader performed his peri!ons voyage, and will contain 10,000 cubic metres of gas. The diameter of the balloon is 27 metres, and its total weight 36 metres. IL weighs 1,600 kilogrammes. The filling process commenced at 5 a.m. The crowd assembled early in the day, and went on increasing until at half-past six p.m. the impatience of the spectators broke the barriers, and they poured like a torrent into the enceinte of the Champ de Mars. At a quarter to seven o'clock the balloon ascended in splendid style. The enormous balloon went up majestically, and the wind carried it rapidly towards the west. The "Pole Nord" has been styled the Great Eastern of the air, and, in fact, it dis places quite as much air as the Leviathan displaces water. Eight persons ascended with the balloon under the superintendence of M. Yon. They aro all scientific men, provided with instruments for making observations. AN AMERICAN PRISONER AT PARIS. A complaint has been made to the American Legation at Paris which is likely to give rise to some diplomatic correspondence. The complainant, Mr. Warren, an American citizen,- was arrested - during the recent imattes. He states that he is a botanist, and has spent some months in Paris for purely scientific purposes, never troubling himself about French politics. He was seized and roughly handled by the police agents while he was walking quietly along the Boulevard lee Italiens on the evening of June 10. His papers and money were taken from him, and he was locked up in a cell in the Conciergerie all night, though he was suffering severely from his wounds. The next morning he found means to send a message to the American Legation. After remaining all day at the Conciergerie he was tal , ..en to Fort Bidtre, and shut up with 100 other prisoners in case mates. The day after he was released, in consequence of the interference of Mr. Washburne, the United States Minister. Among other grievances, the police failed to return 400 f. which they took from him. A young Ger man cavant was also arrested without reason, and dis charged after being incarcerated in the Conciergerie and Bicare without apology. M. Louis Jerdain, the veteran writer of the Siecle, has been sentenced to a month's impri sonment, besides the inevitable fine. In the Probate Court on Tuesday Miss Shedder: applied for a rehearing of her application fora new trial: Lord Penzance said he could not hear her, but sho might appeal against his decision to the Court. The re-organisation of the Admiralty departments will most probably take place on the Ist proximo, and the services of the clerics whose names aro down for retirement in most cases will in all probatility be retained until the end of the ensuing quarter. We believe this is brought. about to some extent in consequence of the Treasury with holding the authority from the Admiralty, without tho sanc tion of which Mr. Childers' Board at Whitehall aro unable to move. IcOyEL QUESTION.-A novel question in appren tice law came up for settlement last week, in the Glasgow Sheriff's Court. An apprentice, sent by his employers to Greenock, refused to travel by the third-class " stand-up " carriages, and was dismissed for disobeying orders. He brought an action for wrongful dismissal. Evidence was given to the effect that apprentices in similar establishments in Glasgow enjoyed third-class "with seats." The defen dants also brought forward evidence to shew that their practice had invariably been to send the boys in the "stand-up." The Sheriff decided in favour of the defendants. VICTOR HUGO'S NoVtL.—The readers of " L'Homme qui Rit " cannot fail to be surprised at the apparent caprice which prompted its illustrious author to give the name of Homo to a wolf, and the name of tirsus to a man. A friend of M. Victor Hugo's, however, attempts to explain the puzzle by tracing it to its probable origin—namely, to a quotation from Hobbes's " Homo homini lupus." M. Hugo's fancy played with this saying, and twisted it about. It did not suit the purpose of his story to imagine a man as a wolf to his fellow-man—it was enough to imagine him simply a bear. On the other hand, he imagined the reverse of Hobbes's suggestion—a wolf that would be as man to man. MURDER IN LONDONDERRY. —A shocking murder has been committed at a farm-house in Londonderry. A farmer, named M'Erlane, residing between the villages of Bellaghy and Castle Dawson, county Derry, accompanied by his wife, left home on Sunday morning to attend chapel, leaving a servant girl, Elizabeth Nogher, in charge of the house. Upon their return, about halff-paSt one o'clock, they found the door shut and the girl Nogher lying on the kitchen floor insensible, a part of her skull blown away and the brain protruding. She never spoke, and died at seven o'clock the same night. It appears some person had entered the house, took down a gun from above the fire place, put on a cap, and discharged the gun at the head of the poor defenceless girl, and then put up the gun where it had been taken from. One man has been arrested on suspicion. How CUCKOOS CARRY THEIR Etas.--A corre spondent of Land and - Water contributes the following item of observation on this subject :—" Having observed in a magazine of last year the mention of a cuckoo having been shot on the wing, and having on being picked up slipped an entire egg out of its mouth, I resolved to inquire if there were any natural provision for securing the egg in the throat while the bird is seeking a proper place in which to deposit it. I fortunately found a bird-stuffer in the very act of preparing a specimen of this eccentric creature with the throat laid open. At my request he put his knife to the skin of the part immediately below ti mouth, and exposed just such a sac as I was looking for, empty, but large enough to hold an egg. He afterwards put a bradawl down the throat, and, with little care, found an orifice distinct from the gullet, justa behind the tongue, leading into a cavity closed at the lower end. This was evidently the same sac which he had previously pierced from within, a little above the base. It would be well if some clever anatomist would carefully extract the internal membrane of the throat of the bird, and gi ve an accurate description or drawing of it, including th e larynx, which must have a peculiarity of its own. If I have not been mistaken, I think the existence of this sac, coupled with the incident before mentioned, proves that the method of this bird is first to lay the egg o n th e ground, and then to swallow it into the special receptacle and carry it away to place it in the first convenient nest Lt pay find," $7 l tig As; 16'1 (Q, it Ti t /I ry 4} HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 29. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and. Prince Leopold, arrived at Windsor Castle shortly after 11 o'clock this morning from Buckingham Palace. LATEST INTELL MENCFA (REU'ER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW Yon K, June 29. Locusts are committing terrible ravages among the crops in Utah and the adjoining territories. The Hamburg and American steamer Hatranonia arrived out at 3 a.tn. to-day. COM3,IEIICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSIING PRICES. Gold closed at 137 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 137 i ; the lowest, 137. Sterling Exchange on London lo9i. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 9 ti " 1885 llB. t 4 " 1867 ll9l. 10-40 Illinois 1431. Erie 291. Cotton—slid. upland 34le. Petroleum—Standard White Flour, extra state, $5.95c. to $6.55c. Corn, old mixed, 100 c. According to Mr. Adam Moffat's report the receipts of cotton for the last four days has been 3,000 bales against 4,000 last week. Ship ments to England 5,000 bales against 4,000 ; to France none against none; and to the Conti nent none against 1,000 bales. TILE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. The following telegram has been received from Sir William Thomson : MiNou, Wednesday Morning. Tests in Minou continue satisfactory up to pre sent hour, 6.45 Greenwich time, Wednesday. CHINA. HONG KONG, June 9. A scientific expedition from Australia has ar" rived here. The Imperialists had gained a signal victory over the Mahomedan rebels ; 20,000 of the latter were killed. Advices from Japan state that further insults have been offered to foreigners, and disturbances were expected. ITALY. FLORENCE, June 29. The Duchess of Aosta is considered out of danger. ROME, June 29. At the festival of St. Peter and St. Paul the Pop° performed High Mass at St Peter's. The Austrian and French Ambassadors, and the ecclesiastical , civil, and military dignitaries attended. The Pope read the usual protest against the in vaders of the patrimony of St. Peter. BOMBAY MAIL. AIESSINA, June 29• The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria passed through the Straits of Messina at 8.3 0 this morning, en route for Marseilles. MALTA, June 29. The Pera, with the heavy portion of the above mail leaves at midnight for Southampton, wbcre she may be expected about the night of the Bth proximo. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Poonah, from Southampton 19. h June, arrived at Malta on the 27th, at 9 a.m., and left at noon on the 28th for Alexandria. THE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, June 8. Exchange on London, 18; ; on Hamburg, 973. Coffee, good first, 7,500 reis ; stock, 110,000 bags sales, 35,000. Exports since the departure of the last mail—to the Channel, (figure omitted in transmission); to the North of Europe, 20,00 0 ; to the Mediterranean, 13,000 ; to the United States, 30,000 ; and to other ports, 3,000 bags. Flour; 30. Wood, 39. Cardiff coals, 21. Newcastle coals, 21. Cadiz salt, 8 30. Freights, 35. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE Al MILL-HILL. Yesterday Archbishop Manning laid the first stone of the permanent buildings of " St. Joseph's College of the Sacred Heart for Foreign Missions' —a college founded " under the especial benedic tion of the Sovereign Pontiff and of the Arch bishop and Bishops of the English Hierarchy," for the purpose of educating missionaries for the con version of the heathen, and for the work of the Church in the British Colonies. This institu tion bears some analogy to our own St. Angus' tine's College at Canterbury, and to the Serai naries des Missions Etrangeres established ja France under the auspices of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. The site chosen is high and well adapted for the purpose, consisting of nearly 30 acres, adjoining the house at present occupied by the students and their principal, the Rev. Mr. Vaughan. On the arrival of the corn pany yesterday they found prepared for them a sumptuous dejeivier, given, we believe, by LadY Herbert, who numbered among her guests, besides the Archbishop, Dr. Morris, Bishop of Troy, and Dr. Cornthwaite, of Beverley, a large number of the London and Westminster clergy, the Marchioness of Lothian, the Ladies Howard, the Ladies Noel, Lord and Lady Herries, the Master of Herries, and about 200 other members of the Roman Catholic aristocracy. After a short address by Archbishop Alarming, a procession was formed through the grounds, a short service of Latin prayers was said, and the stone was solemnly blessed and sprinkled with holy water. " Benediction" was afterwards said in the temporary chapel, and the company dis persed. The new b u ildings, which are to be in the L om b a rdo-Venetian style, will be in the form of an irregular quadrangle, with a cloister running round it, and a church and tower at one corner. They are designed by Mr. George Goldie, of Kensington pro-Cathedral" in th e course o f e rection near P square, who is also the architect of the new Roman Catholic h illimore-gardens. Wh en com pleted the is intended to a ccommo d a t e about 8 0 s tudents, who, as well as the principal and the pro feEsors, will occupy ea c h a s i n gle-room ; and the ra nge of business will embrace a common room , college library, hall, and refectory, together with a hand some chapel, 100 ft. in length, which it is intended to utilise also as a parochial church for the Roman Catholics of the neighbourhood of Mill-hill. IV -0 believe that this is the first purely Missionary Col lege established in England by the Roman Catholics since the Reformation. - o PRICE OF GOLD. rile quotation 01 gold at Paris is about at par, and t .c short exchange on Loudon iss2st. 181 c. per £1 sterling comparing these rates with the English Mint price of C 3 08.100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is slightly dearer in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 6 1 days' sight was on the 28th inst. about .00f per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation o f g old from the United States. ;