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UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS TO LET, consisting of Three Rooms and Dressingßoom, with use if Kitchen. Nice Uarden. Four minutes' walk to Bu, and Ea.; to City and West-end.-44, St. Paul's-raod, Camden-square, N.W. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, ANI) GENERAL LTFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, £220,000 ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, £1,598,000 SPECIAL NOTICE. MI Persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale oefore June 30th, 1869, will be entitled at the NEXT Bon: , lo one year's additional Share of Profits over later Entrant& Tables of Rates and Forms of Propoßal can be obtained of GEORGE CUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. F OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every &Aide sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, or made to measure, for all ages, and all :lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring And fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Eooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should lie accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be cheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps. and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses 'of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, lIINORIES 156, MINOBIES 157, MINORTES 83, ALDOATE 84, ALDUATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATk 87, ALDGATE 88, ALDOATE 39, ALDOATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET sO7, NEW OXFORD-STREET , 08, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. 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JOHN MESSENT, Manager. TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHEERT TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any toot} powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects 11 enamel from deev, and imparts a plea,ant fragrance t. the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper Thames-street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMA RELLA restores the Human Hai to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the al , of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect jog this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the publi, In a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., is. 6d., and 1.53. eacl, tncludiog brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passsage, 93, Upper Thames street Loudon, E.C. 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. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street, Norwich. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBEN- TUBE STOCK. The Directors are now prepared to enter into arrange ments for converting the Debentures of the Company into equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments of the same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment of Debentures falling due. Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound, can be subscribed for and transferred. A commission of (one-half) per cent. is allowed to applicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Com pany's books free of all expense. The interest will be paid half-yearly on the 15th January and 15th July . by warrant. The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same priority against the property and income of the Company as the Deb uture Bond Debt, ranking before the Com pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions (130,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (13,000,000) annually. Further particulars and forms of application may be obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. Euston Station, July, 1839. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. The BRANCH LINE of Railway from CARNARVON to LLANBERIS is NOW OPEN for Passenger 'Traffic. For particulars as to Trains see the Company's Time books. W. CAWKWELL, Genoral Manager. Euston Station, July, 1869. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the East and West India Deck Company HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a Half-yearly Court or General Meeting of tie said Company will be held— pursuant to the directions of i.ct Ist and 2nd William IV., cap. 52—at the Dock House No. 8, Biiliter-square, on FRIDAY, the loth day of July next, for the purpose of choosing and appoint ing Directors in the room of those going out of office by rotation. The Directors retiring by rotation on the present occasion °frer themselves for re-election. At this Meeting a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company for the Half-year ending the 30th June. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, 6th July, 1869. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at two o'clock precisely. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.O. DIRECTORS. CHAIF.MAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPIITY-CHAIRMAN- Frodei ick H. 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An Annual Payment of £3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against `)y Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Ittilway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, CORNUILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. ,WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-FORFEITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME. BRITISHEQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen-street-place, Southwark Bridge, E.C,I NEW POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies issued. 1568 1869 In Weeks. .. 86 -L11,250 ... 108 -- 18,481 Excess 22 £4,231 In 52 weeks ending April 7111, 1869 ... 3,105 —£539,442 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. THE « SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The pecnliar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a rew hours. Illustra•ed Price Lists post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 14.7, CHEAPSIDE. Branch Depots or Luca Agents in every Town THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY MARKET. THIS EVENING, THE OLD GUARD : Messrs. Sol Smith, G. Murray, ;flag Llewellyn. dr.e. ALL FOR MONEY : Miss Amy Sedgwick. And A QUIET DAY. Miss Polly Marshall, THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL THIS EVENING, at 7, DOMESTIC ECONOMY : Mr Geo Bel more and Mrs Leigh Murray. At 8, THE WILLOW COPSE : Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs A. Stirling, G. Delmore, G. J. Taylor, Stuart, C. H. Stephen on, Ashley; Miss Furtado, Mrs A. Mellon, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss M. Harris. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLB ORN. Tilts Evvento, at - .30, THE SMOKED MISER. After which, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL: Alr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. J. C. Cooper, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. C. Cloghlan, Mrs. HermannVezin, Mrs. C. Horsman, &c. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, - FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke; Miss Baton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; % , esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland. Bufton. To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James, ROYALTY THEATP.E. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. Tins EVENING, at 7.30, IN FOR A HOLIDAY. Followed by A ROVING COMMISSION. And THE MILITARY BILLY TAYLOR. To conclude with CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Day, Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver, Miss K. Bishop. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton Tuts Evituota, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, 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 ALHAMBRA. PALACE. THREE BALLET 4 . Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. 1e Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regert's-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. „Aut. LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 12,, 1869. A political juncture of considerable importance seems to have arrived by an odd coincidence on this day, Monday, the 12th of July, 1869, for England, and France, and Ireland simultaneously. In Ireland, to day has been looked forward to, especially in the North, with some degree of eagerness and solicitude as the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne—when the unfurling of the Orange flag is generally, in the _.yes of every Wearer of the Green, as irritating, as (naddening, one might say, as the flutter of the red cloak of a toreador in the eyes of a bull in a Spanish amphitheatre. In England the turn-point of the political crisis of the hour is marked ou the papers of the House of Lords for this evening, by the order of the day for the Third Reading of the Irish Church Bill, and the notification immeclia‘ ely appended to it by the Viscount CLANCARTY, that he will move instead that the third reading of the Bill shall be taken this day three months or, in plainer words, of course, that the Peers shall b 3 asked to stultify themselves after all their discussions, after all their divisions, after all their amendments, by re jecting altogether the very measure they have bean, during these last few weeks, so elaborately tinkering. In France the political crisis is of a yet more formid able character--expectation being aroused in reg ird to this particular sitting of the Legislative Chamber of to-day by reason of its being understood as not by any means improbable that an Imperial manifesto 'maybe read by M. ROUSER announcing the deternai- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1869. nation of his MAJESTY as to the alternative on the one hand of what is called Personal Government, other wise an Autocracy, and on the other hand of Govern ment henceforth by means of a Constitutional Sove reign and Responsible:Ministers. A disturbance in Ire - land leading—unless effectually guarded against by the authorities—to possible bloodshed and eventual perse cution ! A collision, here, in England between the Lords and Commons, resulting, it may even yet be, unless evaded by concessions on the part of the Go vernment, or on the part of the Opposition, or on the part of both, in radical changes in the character and in the working of the complex machinery of our Constitution! A contest in France, first of all within the Legislative Chamber, afterwards, it may be, in Paris, and in the larger towns, and more orless through out the whole country, between the opposing forces of Imperialism on the one hand, and on the other of those new Revolutionists the champions of a system of purely Parliamentary Government ! Critical as the juncture, here, in the midst of us, yonder to the right hand and yonder to the left hand, undoubtedly is, we cannot, for an instant, ourselves, regard it, whether in England, in Franc; or in Ireland, with anything whatever of anxiety. In each instance it is grave, no doubt, but, in our view, at least, not likely to result in anything disastrous. We say this out of our own earnest and deliberate convictions, and because we are neither optimists nor pessimists. Legislation upon this matter of the Irish Church may be delayed, probably will be delayed until another session. But that, as we conceive, will be the worst that can happen, as the result of the antagonism which has sprung up between the Lords and Commons of the United Kingdom. Eventually the Lords will have to yield, the Commons will carry out their determination, the Opposition will go to the wall, the Ministerial mea sure will be carried. But, as to all this being only effected by means of a Radical Change in the Con stitution, we do not for one instant believe it. Par liamentary Reform was carried without its involving a Change in the Constitution. So was Catholic Emancipation. So was Free-Trade. So will this equally great and just measure for the disestablish ment and disendowment of the alien State Church, hitherto maintained, as it were, by main force, cer tainly in defiance of the will of the nation, in Ireland. As to Civil War being kindled, as the result of all this, in Ireland herself between the wearers of the two opposing colours of Green and Orange, we are equally incredulous. We regard it as about as likely as this long-talked of collision between the Lords and Commons, as the result of which the Lords ought long since, as a political institution, to have disappeared altogether. Equally satisfied are we that the Emperor NAPOLEON will prove himself, at this un doubtedly grave juncture, possibly the gravest junc ture that has yet occurred in the annals of his reign, perfectly equal to the emergency. Ile will no more withdraw at the hand of his body guard, and with flying colours, like King CHARLES X.—hewill no more skedaddle without an affectation of dignity or a pre tence of courage as did Louts PHILIPPE, than he will meekly lay his hand upon the hollow overhanging the basket of the guillotine, as did Louts XVI. No—we repeat it—he will show himself, and that betimes, perfectly equal to the emergency. It is out rageous to talk of the autocratic power of NAPOLEON 111., as though it were some grinding and pitiless despotism. During the reign of this tyrant Free Trade, for example, has been established. And if the Edifice yet remains to be crowned—freedom of speech and freedom of writing are matters of every day occurrence over in Paris, as the reports of the discussions in the Legislative Chamber, and as the printed columns of a score of different newspapers, clearly enough demonstrate. IN the summer of 1803 the French Minister of Agriculture appointed a commission to inquire into the state of education—especially technical—in Ger many and Switzerland. The results of this Commis sion's labours have been translated for the information of our own Parliament, and are now published in the shape of a Blue-book. The facts are certainly as well worth knowing in England as in France; and it must be confessed that they are as humiliating as they are remarkable. No one questions that we are behind hand in education, both elementary and technical ; the superiority of the German States passes un challenged ; but we are apt to forget how far we are in arrear unless constantly reminded of our deficiency by these stern figures and averages. Whilst we have been botching at our educational system for the last quarter of a century, with a result far from satisfac tory at the best, the Germans and the Swiss have long enjoyed an organisation under which ignorance is positively impossible. Throughout these diverse States, from Republican Switzerland to Imperial Austria, almost every child goes to school, and almost every grown-up person can read and write—many can do much more. In England many thousands of children never receive any instruction; Not one-half grow up with a fair education. Very different is the case with the Germans and the Swiss. Even in Austria the average number of children who attend school is seldom less than 95 per cent, of the whole. In Prussia 974 out of every 1,000 children between the ages of 5 and 1 are receiving education. In Saxony there are appa rently no absentees whatever. Equally striking are the effects of this universal system of instruction. In Baden it was found that of the lowest class—the offenders condemned to imprisonment—ninety seven per cent. could both read and write. In Prussia and Saxony the result is the same. In Bavaria the average is a little, but very little, lower. The reports of the English Education Council never contain any figures like these. It is doubtful if the average attendance at English schools much exceeds one-half the number of children who ought to be found there. Nor are the results more satisfactory ; for of the pupils who leave school at the full age, it is a melancholy fact that 40 per cent. are inefficiently educated. Such a remarkable difference can be owing only to •some great superiority of system on the part of the Germans and the Swiss; and the French Com missioners, who have to deplore the same inferiority in France that we find in England, attribute it with out hesitation to compulsory attendance. In all the German States and the Swiss cantons, what ever the form of government or religion, law and custom make primary instruction compulsory. " Nowhere is it admitted that fathers have the right, to the prejudice of society, of with holding from their children this nourishment of the mind any more than they can deny them that of the body." Special supervision is exercised, in order to see that this great duty is properly performed, and it is further secured by penalties—first warning, then a fine, and lastly imprisonment. In some cases bad roads and difficult mountain country require some relaxation of these rules, but everywhere are they accepted in principle. Indeed, no attempt is made anywhere to evade them on other grounds. The i p n e t n o a a l t i h e a s b a i r t a n r rarely public opinion c p ted, inio for np r r t e h v e law e ntsit has a i ns frpassedinfringe ment. e ment. In one case an army colonel had a contingent of 800 recruits sent to him, of whom it was found that four could not read. The circumstance was deemed so extraordinary that an inquiry was held to ascertain the cause, and the parents who had thus neglected the education of their children were strongly censured. The French Commissioners, like our own school inspectors, hold that compulsory attendance is the sole cause of the difference between bad and good education. Not only do they recommend that the principle should be at once adopted in France, but they see no aifilcultyin doing so. In Prussian Poland and other provinces where the compulsory principle ha been introduced of late no obstacle nor inconvenience whatever has been experienced. These facts are indeed well worth consideration. When the supe riority of one nation over another is thus marked it is impossible to be certain that the difference will not some day have the most serious consequences. The French authorities are convinced that no expen diture of money, no progress in morality and civili sation, will of themselves suffice to make education general. Our own experience is rapidly establishing the same conclusion. WOMEN are of some use after all. True, HELEN lost a city, and EVE a world ; but a woman, name unknown, has saved a Ministry. On Thurs day night Mr. LAYARD put his foot into a very awkward scrape. He, the First Commissioner of Works, had entered into a contract with some workers in mosaic for a job in the House of Commons without having previously obtained the sanction of that House. It was undoubtedly a most improper proceeding. One member after another get up full of virtuous indignation to denounce this infringement upon the most cherished privilege of the Commons, the Power of the Purse. Ministers made but a lame defence, and had much better have made none. Altogether there was no reason why some modern 11A3IPDEN should not propose and carry a vote of impeachment against Ministers for violating the Constitution. Things looked very ugly indeed. The journals were fulminating, the Governor of the Tower was prepar ing apartments for the Cabinet, Ministers were shaking in their shoes, CALCRAFT was practising decapitation upon cats. There was every prospect of a grand tragedy within sight of that very Trinity House where only a few days before Mr. LowE waxed merry, to the indignation of Mr. DisnAELI, when a deliverer appeared in the person of a fair anonymous letter-writer. That letter at once changed the whole position. Ministers no longer quaked, and even Mr. LAYARD, the arch offender against whom the thunderbolts of parlia mentary wrath were hurled on Thursday, was on Friday night the hero of sympathetic cheers and laughter. His deliverance was wrought in the following manner. Mr. HERBERT had proposed that the grating in front of the Ladies' Gallery should be removed, and he gave it to be understood that he was asking that change in the name of those whom it would affect. The House was placed in some difficulty by this proposition. On the one hand, hon. members did not like to give an ungracious refusal to a moderate request ; on the other, they could not but fear the results which would attend so grave an innovation. It was, in fact, the thin end of the wedge. If ladies once obtained admission within the House, even of that qualified sort which is granted to " strangers" and reporters, who could tell where they would stop ; whether, in fact, they would stop at all until they got possession of the SPEAKER'S chair ? The matter was a serious one; and for Mr. LAYARD, a new-made bridegroom, decidedly embarrassing. A happy thought struck him. Perhaps, after all, Mr. HERBERT was wrong; perhaps the ladies did not wish to have the grating removed. At all events, he would inquire. He did so ; he asked two hundred frequentresses of the House, and found that only two of them desired the altera tion, only one per cent. that is. This was reassuring, and he determined to fortify himself with a written letter from one of these female poli ticians which should express the views of her friends. That letter the First Commissioner read, amid loud cheers and laughter. The writer declared that it would really be a serious injury to the ladies if the gallery were thrown open. At present they could hang up their bonnets and shawls, and lie about in deshatille,and go to sleep while the bores were prosing. Once remove the grating and all that happy abandon would come to an end. They must wear all their most costly costumes, they must preserve the most staid decorum, they must feel conscious that they no longer came to see, but to be seen, and—was it vain to think so ?—their pre sence would often disturb the eloquence of their dearest male friends below. These arguments were so conclusive that Mr. HERBERT withdrew his pro posal. The grating is, therefore, to remain until such time as Mr. MILL has the pleasure of introducing Miss BEcuER to Mr. DENISON as member for Man chester. LATEST INTELL IGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN IRELAND. GALWAY, Monday Morning. Captain Thomas Eyre Lambert, of Castle Lam bert, county Galway, was fired at and wounded, but not fatally, within a few yards of his house, last night about 10 o'clock. Three shots were fired, and the last lodged some slugs in his head. The extent of injury is not known. One man has been • arrested on suspicion in the mail train at wood- Station. AMERICA. NEW YORK, July 10. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times considers that the ultimate fate of the pro posal to grant houses and glebes to the religious ministers of Ireland must depend upon the growth of the feeling of equity in the English nation, and upon the readiness to recognise this feeling by the English Ministry. Should it be rejected it is quite plain that the Lords will abide by their determination to postpone the question of the trusts of the surplus funds of the Establishment. Al; other occasions of possible difference between the two Houses will admit of settlement, but we are per. suaded that it would be a delusion to hope that this point will be relinquished. the postponement of the destination of the surplus is, no doubt, an evil, even though it be true, as it certainly is, that no real surplus can accrue for many years ; but to pass a clause providing that the fund when realised shall be wasted, unless Parliament steps in during the interval to alter its uses, would be a greater evil. The proposition of the Government for the application of the fund may be said to have combined almost everything that is bad. So far as it offered a choice of purposes, it was an invitation to jobbery. So far as it proposed to exonerate the county cess it was an offer of a bonus to the land. lords of Ireland. The remaining uses were not inaptly described by an apologist as forms of legalised charity, and we have been surprised to hear the language used in defending them. The experience of our own parishes under the old Poor Law, the lessons of our local charities, go for nothing. We are seriously invited to establish organisations which have been tried and found to be simply demoralising. It is in Ireland, a country already suffering from the evils most vigorously generated by such causes, that it is proposed to put them in opera tion on an extended scale. If the surplus cannot be uti Used it should be saved from being wasted, and it is probable that the bill will become law, amended in this if in no other particular. It is said, observes the Standard, that Mr. Gladstone will reject the Lords' amendments, and pitchfork into the Upper House a number of new peers sufficient to give him a majority there. But that is very improbable, and nearly impossible. To ensure the success of the scheme these new peers must be at least fifty in number, and even if we suppose that the peers w ho now support the Govern ment submit to this cheapening, this degradation of their nobility, where is Mr. Gladstone to find the raw material out of which he is to manufacture his noble men ? Would any man with an atom of self-respect con sent to accept such a peerage, and to bear it always in his mind, and know that the public bore it in mind, for what he was created a peer ; not for any merit of his own ; not for any services to his country ; not by any favour of his Sovereign, or even for services to his party ; but solely to vote as Mr. Gladstone bid him, and to degrade and destroy the great assembly of which he had become part. Of course there are the eldest sons of Whig peers, whose calling up to the House of Lords would not he so repugnant to those peers themselves ; but the eldest sons of Whig peers are many of them members of the House of Com mons, who desire to remain there, and whose seats, more over, might, in the event of vacancies, be lost to the party. We do not believe in this wholesale creation of peers. It is a menace which, it is hoped, will frighten some of the Conservative peers, who, it is fancied, may be weak enough to prefer to remain members of the House of Lords with the brand of surrender at discretion to the House of Commons upon it, to being members of a little more numerous body, and still preserve, at least, the show of independence. It is not the Church or the Conservative party which has anything to apprehend from the rejection of the Lords' amendments. The consequences of that step will be full of disaster to the Government and the Liberal majority of the House of Commons. The Telegraph refers to the case of a milkmaid in Devonshire who has just been sentenced to seven days imprisonment for stealing half a pint of milk from her employer, a local clergyman. Theft is theft, whether the criminal has purloined a bottle of milk or a bag of cove. reigns. Nor is it easy to believe that the case in question was the woman's first offence. A country gentleman, even if he be in holy orders, may reasonably object to being robbed by his servants. Nevertheless we have surely a right to expect at least as much kindness and consideration from a clergy. man as from a layman ; and we cannot affirm that we know many laymen who would have acted like the hero of the story, as it has been related to us. We may not believe that it was the woman's first offence ; but it was, at any rate, the first that had been detected, and a Christian gentleman might surely have told the woman to go and sin no more. Yet the same stern magistrates who gave Mrs. Lock seven days' imprisonment for " convey ing" a pennyworth of milk can, under other circumstances, be marvellously mild. Just above the narrative, which wo have repeated from it local newspaper, stands the record of an offender tried at the same time, and by the same justices, who had fastened an ounce and three-quarters of lead to his flour scale—against the cus tomers, of course--after having disarmed suspicion by the ingenious expedient of sending ether scales to be tested by the authorities. Allowance will be made in weights and measures for reasonable wear and tear; but as we never yet heard of a case in which an ounce and three-quarters of lead had been fastened to the scale in favour of the consumer, we fear that the tradesman was as familiar with giving false weight as Mrs. Lock wa s with helping herself to her employer's milk. Under these circumstances, there must be, in the public view, a very ugly discrepancy between the sentence of a ten-shilling fine and that of seven days' imprisonment. We don't say it is against the law, nor that " Oke's Synopsis" will not hear their worships out ; but we do say it is "hard lines" for the elderly female purloiner, and that, if one be wicked at Luppitt or Ottery, it is better toa be very wicked while you are about it. The Daily IVews declares that we should not degra:. music from being an art into a mere fashion. There ars numbers of people who attend concerts simply to see others and to be seen, who are utterly forgetful of the performances. Like other arts, too, music, to be duly appreciated, must in some degree at least he understood. A good deal of trouble is taken by parents to have their children taught a technical acquaintance with an instrument, and it frequently happens that pupils are put to such hard practising at an immature age that they afterwards get a distaste, if not a disgust, for the accomplishment it was proposed to teach them. Then, again, it is utterly a waste of time, temper, and money to endeavour to make a child without a musical ear fond of music. It is as foolish as to try and teach a thick-headed boy to write poetry, except that in the latter case a step may be made in facility of expression. Yet it is rare, indeed, to find people who are destitute of thcfaculty. Lamb humorously described himself as being without an ear for music ; but in his further explanation and apology lie clearly shews that he was deeply sensitive to the impressions of the art. It is almost impossible to believe that a man of genius could be deaf to music. We know what Shakspere said With refe rence to bins who bath no music in his soul. Pythagoras was represented by the modern poet, who told us— " There's music in all things, if men had ears; This earth is but an echo of the spheres." - " When she had passed it seemed like the ceasing of ex quisite music," writes Longfellow. Byron speaks of the music breathing from Zuleika's face ; Mr. Tennyson of a woman " musically made," and so on and on. We should bear a few of those notions in mind when attending many of the tempting music feasts that go on around us. Nor should we be ungrateful to the artists who bring to us gifts from the masters. Singers or players sincere and accomplished in their respective vocations are worthy not only of patronage but of esteem, and should not be still, jetted to the flippant inattentions which so often mortify and disturb them in the concert-rooms. The Herald, in commenting on the chief features of the Bankruptcy Bill, says that, as was remarked by Lord Chelmsford on Thursday night, the present inclination of the commercial mind seems towards keeping the adminis tration of bankrupt estates as much as possible in the hands of the creditors, leaving a court only a minimum of power to supervise their proceedings. In harmony with this, trustees have been clothed with discretionary powers so wide that they would be more than men if they should remain proof against all temptation to abuse them,nor can we help fearing that the supervisory powers of the court will be pretty freq uentl y called into requisition. However, there will be very much less scandal in creditors asking the court to keep their own deputies in order than in continual complaints that the court itself is so cormorantic as to eat up whatever mis fortune or mismanagement has left in the debtor's pos session. On the whole, though the bill cannot be con sidered by any means a perfect measure, it represents a great improvement upon the present law, and, as such, we trust it will pass safely through such parliamentary perils as yet await it, receiving, it may he, such further amend ments as time and opportunity may permit. The Star, in referring to the recent emigration statistics, says that they supply information on an interesting point —the occupations of the immigrants; but hardly suffi cient information, as the occupations of nearly three fifths of the number are " not specified." B o far as they go, however, the figures confirm previous impressions as to the people who are most at tracted by a country like America. Out of a million accounted for, Wi,ooo are labourers, 26-I,COO farmers, 1116,000 mechanics, 71,000 miners, 68,000 servants, 13,000 clerks, and the numbers of any other class, whether tailors, or shoemakers, or lawyers, are quite in significant. There are entries, it is tru , , of 138,000 "merchants," and 21,000 "mariners, " but these seem unintelligible, as not quit e consi.stent with what is known of American needs. "Merchant," however, is an elastic term, and America receives *many who change their trade. It is plain that the people wanted, as a rule, are labourers and farmers--there being fewer openings for miners and mechanics,and almost none at all for other trades and professions. The more agree able occupations are perhaps as keenly competed for in America as elsewhere, and it is only a large and sudden emigration which can absorb a iew of those who follow them. The circumstances which conduce to emigration are probably, therefore, no lasting. ltrale labour and farming are daily and rapid!! diminishing in proportion to other departments of human industry ; and with that diminution the attractive force of America will cease. The social problems of the Old; World must be settled in the end, without any reliance on evaigriktim • • . THE ROMAN CATHOLIC 1318.TIDPS AND CONCURRENT ENDOWMENT. The Earl of Denbigh told the House of Lords on Friday night that the Roman Catholic bishops had refused to accept glebes. This has caused a great deal of comment. The Earl now writes that he was under a mis apprehension. He " finds on more precise inquiry that the meeting was one of the 'National Association of Ireland,' a body which can in no sense be held to represent ecclesiastical authority." The Earl adds that though compelled to vote against the Duke of Cleve land, yet he concurs in the plan proposed, as a matter of justice, and hopes that if it be not now acceptable to all parties, the day is not far distant when, both as a matter of justice and policy, it may be found possible to carry such a measure into effect. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 136 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 136 ; the lowest, 135 i. Sterling Exchange on London lO9B. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 9 " 1885 ll9l. " 1867 117!. 44 10-40 Illinois l43k. Erie 2B. Cotton—Mid. upland 34lc. Petroleum—Standard White ... 34c. Flour, extra state, $6.20e. to $6.80c. Corn, old mixed, 100 e. BOSTON, July 10. The extra Cunard steamship Tarifa arrived hero at 8 a.m. to-day. QUEBEC, July 10. The Allan (Glasgow) steamship Peruvian ar rived here to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 10.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 57i Credit Mobilier 243 75 End of month — Credit Foncier 1640 -- End of month.. Bank Shares 2980 Ital'an Fives 54 80 End of month — Ottoman Loan 324 Do. Debt 44 10 Spanish Threes 29 Home Debt '24 50 I Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans ... 942 k Northern ... lO7O Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 615 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard s2Bk North of Spain 54 Sarrtgoi7sa, - I:isman '731 . ... ........ .... 56 The gold medal Congress voted George Peabody has arrived at Peabody Institute, and is on exhibition there. Accompanying it is a richly illuminated book, con taining the Congressional resolutions on voting the modal. Mr. Peabody writes from Salem to an intimate friend My health is not as good as on my arrival, and I am going to consult a Boston physician. I cannot seo my way clear to go South before August." He also corrects two prominent errors made recently about him. " One is in regard of my age, which will be 75 in February next ; and the other is the value of the site given by the City of London for my statue. Its estimated value is £10,000." I)UNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., .I.l.fast; Cr 4, Beaufort-buiPlings, Strand, _London, W, C. -- [Ad Tel libel:tent CONCURRENT ENDOWMENT. By a majority of 35, the Peers have refused to make the Protestants pay for their ecclesiastical residences and glebe lands. The Archbishops of Canterbury and Dublin, and the Bishops of Bangor, Derry, Lichfield, London, Peter borough, and Tuam went with the majority. It will be seen from this that only four dignitaries of the English Church took the trouble to record their votes on this ques tion. The majority also included the Dukes of Abercorn, Buccleuch, Beaufort, Buckingham, Manchester, Rich mond, Rutland, and Wellington ; the Marquis of Salis bury ; Earls Derby, Harrowby, and Russell ; and Lords Cairns, Chelmsford, Churston, Congleton, Grinstead (Earl of Enniskillen), lledesdale, and Talbot de Malahide. In the minority were the Dukes of Cleveland, Norfolk, and St. Albans ; the Marquises of Ailesbury and Nor manby ; Earls Cowley, De Grey, Denbigh, Fitzwilliam, Fortescue, Granville, Grey, Kimberley, and Spencer; Lords Dufferin, Monteagle, Romilly, Somerhill (Marquis of Clanricarde), Stanley of Alderley, and Sundridge (Duke of Argyll). The Earl of Shaftesbury and Lord Westbury were both absent, as were also the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Carnarvon, and the Earl of Malmesbury. THE IRISH PEERS AND THE CHURCH BILL. A meeting of Irish Conservative peers, convened by circular, and intended to be strictly private, was held at the residence of the Duke of Abercorn, Chesterfield House, South Audley-street, on Saturday, for the purpose of coming to some decision as to certain parts of the Irish Church Bill. As we have stated, the meeting was pri vate in the strictest sense of the word. NotwiLhatanding that every endeavour was made by the reporters both to obtain admission into the meeting and to learn the result of it afterwards, their efforts were unavailing. The Duke of Abercorn himself stated to the representatives of the Press that he could give them no information ; and this was said to the reporters of both the Conservative and Liberal journals. We understand, however, that between sixty and seventy peers were present, and the meeting occu pied some two hours. Amongst others, the following were present:—The Duke of Abercorn, Earl Bandon, Viscount Templetown, Lord Henniker, Lord Carbery, Earl of Sheffield, Earl of Clancarty, Lord Middleton, Earl of Clonmel, Earl of Bosse, Lord Dunboyne, Lord Dunsany, Earl Powis, Earl of Limerick, Earl of Bantry, Lord Vesci, Earl of Portarlington, Marquis of Westmeath, Earl of Leitrim, and Lord hlawarden. ART AND LITERARY GOSSIP. Mr. Tennyson is at present staying in Paris, negotia ting with Gustave Dory for the further illustration of his works.—Mdlle. Christine Nilsson has declined an offer to sing in her native country, pleading that she is engaged for two years from the present date. Mdlle. Nilsson goes to the United States in the autumn of next year, returning to England for the season of 1871.—Another new theatre is about to be erected in London, on a site in the Strand. Miss Litton, of the Gaiety and Princess's Theatres, will undertake the management. —The Emperor's Prizeof £BOO was awarded at the three-monthly meeting of the French Institute to M. Henri Martin, for his "History of France."— The Antiquarian Society of Scotland have just received an interesting donation to their museum. The relics con sist of the sea-chest and carved cocoa-nut cup which were the property of Alexander Selkirk, the prototype of Robin son Crusoe. These were with him in his solitary residence on Juan Fernandez.—The International Exhibition of Works of Art at Munich will probably be opened on the 20th July. Almost all countries will be represented in it. Austria sends 327, Italy 225, Belgium 05, Paris GO, Hol land 53, Switzerland and England 19 objects for exhibition, while America, Sweden, Denmark, and Russia each send several pictures. r. 11. F. Chorley is occupied with his promised life of Rossini. LORD GRANVILLh'S GOUT. No such bad case of gout es Lord Granville is at presen' ,uffering from Las ever been seen in the fie L-h in either House of Faith:nicht. Lot d Palmerston used to come down to the Ilouse of Commons sometimes with a gouty arm in a sling, and for several of the latter years of his life he was obliged to wear large and soft boots. During die Commons debate on this very Church Bill, Mr. Disraeli appeared for a whole week with a largo cloth shoe; but since Tuesday night Lord Granville has not been able to wear a shoe of any kind on his right foot. On Tues day he entered the House on crutches, his right foot being encased in a cloth shoe of Brobdignag proportions. Ile was obliged to' stand on one leg while addressing the House, and, when sitting, the aching limb was supported on a large cushion. By Thursday he had become so much worse that his foot was wrapped round in bandages with an outer covering of a silk handkerchief. Once seated be could not rise without crutches, and when the House ad journed his valet entorA the House with a sort of little Bath chair, on the seat of which the noble earl placed his knee, and in this position rolled himself out of the ante-room. On Friday night the wheeling chair, the crutches, and the cushion were again in requisition, and his foot was still much swollen. At times he seemed in great pain ; but even physical suffering could not ruffle his fine temper, and he conducted the business with that courtier-like grace and conciliatory ability in which ho has no equal in either House of Parliament. Rightly fathered or not, this child has been affiliated to the Eight llon. Benjamin Disraeli, &c., &c.:— At a dinner party the other day the conversation turned on Mr. Gladstone. " Gladstone," said Dizzy—" Glad stone has not a single redeeming—vice." THE LANDING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—The New York papers state that the French Atlantic Cable is to be landed in America about the Ist of August, at Duxbury, a town of four or five thousand inhabitants, thirty-six miles south-cast of Boston. It is described as a very retired place, hitherto but little known, but likely now to grow in importance. A challenge from the London Canoe Club has been made to Harvard University to send a canoeist to row in an international race between England, France, and America, soon after the University four-oared race between Oxford and Harvard. The Harvard Boat Club fear that they will not be able to comply. If, however, they can, without serious inconvenience, do so, they will. AN ART BLUNDER. —Lord de l'lsle and Dudley has given notice in the House of Lords of his intention, on the 26th inst., to ask the Secretary for the Colonies upon whose judgment and responsibility a picture in the National Gallery, representing Christ blessing Little Children, ascribed to Rembrandt, but by many persons supposed to be a spurious work of little or no value, was purchased at the price of 27,000. THE ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE.- We are unable to record any improvement in the Bishop's health, and there has been little or no change in his condi tion for some weeks past. His lordship suffers much at times, and is very weak, being quite unable to attend to business. Nevertheless, his mind continues perfectly clear ; and it is hoped that, according to his own wish, ho may return for a time to Rose Castle towards the end of the present month.—Carlisle Journal. TALKING SHOP. —A neighbouring farmer in a remote district of the Yorkshire welds recently met a country rector who had been two years absent on travel. "Mr. Rector," said the farmer, " you've been to the Holy Land, I hear." " I have, John, and got safe back, you see." " Well, I often thou't I'd like to hear about that spot. It 's a fine country, I lay." "Well," said the rector, " I saw Lebanon and Jerusalem, and the twelve palm trees, and the wells of water in the great desert, and we went across the Jordan, 'and we went up Mount -" "Excuse me interruptin' YOU, Mr. Rector, noo. But if it be a fair question, boo was turmets (turnips) looking out yonder ?" Mr. Villiers, M.P , writes denying that the Civil Pensions Bill is intended to benefit him. He thinks the present system, however, most unjust. The right hon. gentle man says —" Mr. Fawcett's amendment would not in any way have prejudiced any claim I might have thought it right to make, since when I took Oleo under Lord Aberdeen I unfortunately surrendered a life appointment oWar greater value than any pension that would accrue to me now. When I accepted the office of President of the Poor Law Board, with a seat in the Cabinet of Lord Palmerston, I did not consider whether a pension was attached to that office or not, and it was only upon resigning, after seven years' service, that I learnt the unjust and capricious manner in which Ministerial pensions were then provided, Qi this, however,l h&v9 LIGYOX ;34440'tki11P911)P10,14" A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND A ROYAL DUKE. A London correspondent —a member of the House of Commons—writes thus to a contemporary :—A curious story was current in the House the other night. You remember that when the Viceroy visited this country no escort was forthcoming to take him to Buckingham Palace. Sir R. Anstruther, the member for Fifeshire, who has himself been in the Guards, made some very strong remarks at the time upon the manner in which business was conducted at the Horse Guards, and said that he wondered not that this escort in particular should have been late, but that any escort should ever be in time. The Duke of Cambridge was very much nettled at this criticism, and sent one of his aides-de-camps to remonstrate. So far, I believe, the story has been made known to the public Sir R. Anstruther was canny enough to ask the aide-de-camp to put his complaint in writing. If that had been done, Sir R. Anstruther would have read the letter to the House, and the Duke of Cambridge would have had to apologise at the bar for breach of privilege. I recollect seeing a gentleman brought to book at the bar not many years ago for precisely this offence. The officer was too prudent to write any thing, but nevertheless the Duke had to apologise— only fancy that ! Afterwards, the Speaker took the matter up, and instead of supporting the dignity of the House, as he was clearly bound to do, he sent for Sir R. Anstruther, and asked him to retract a little, hinting that his language had been rash and improper. The gallant member, however, got rather in a huff, and naturally so. The end of it was that the Speaker had to offer something of an apology too, so that Fifeshire has received the sub• mission of two of the greatest people in the realm—H. R. H. the Comminder-in-Chief and the Speaker. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 1869. Manchester is preparing for a week's fete. The Royal Agricultural Society is on a visit to the city, and Man chester men are priding themselves that the show in every respect exceeds any previous exhibition in connection with agriculture held in this country. Whether that be so or not, next week promises to be a joyous festival. The Prince of Wales and the Princess will visit the Exhibition on Tuesday, the 20th inst. On the 21st they will have the "pleasure of receiving addresses from the corporation, ecc." and make a progress through the city. In addition to their Royal llighnesses, amongst the distinguished visitors will be a deputation of the "Societid des Agriculteurs de France," consisting of his Excellency M. Drouyn de L'Huys, President, M. Edouard Leconteux, Secretary, M. le Comte Diesbach, The following have also received and, it is believed, accepted, offers of hospitality in Manchester and the neighbourhood :—The Duke of Cambridge, the Prince Teck, the Duke of Buck ingham, the Duke of Sutherland, the Duke of Buccleuch, Viscount Bridport, the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Keste ven, the Duke of Richmond, Lord Tredegar, Lord Walsingham, Lord Chesham, and Sir Edward E. Kerri son. The trial of implements commences to-day, and will be continued through the week. The tents are already erected, and the yard is fully ready for the influx of cattle and strangers. On Friday the implement yard will be thrown open to visitors ; and on Monday the entire yard will be so thrown open. The price of admission on the first two days will be 55., the third day 2s. 6d., and the remaining days of the week ls. TRADE AND FINANCE. The payment of the dividends, which commenced on Tuesday last, has greatly added to the amount of capital seeking employment in Lombard-street, and it would almost appear that we are again about to enter into a period of inaction, equal in intensity to any experienced during the last three years. We are now in a very dull portion of the year, and the de mand for money is likely to be the more restricted on that account. With the approach of autumn, when the import trade assumes its largest proportions, more inquiry may be anticipated, but there appears to be no present prospect of any return of activity in the market. A large influx of capital may be expected in Lombard-street, as the pay ments for interest on foreign bonds and bank and railway shares will be very heavy, and it is difficult to see, there fore, how the present official rate of interest can be main tained. There is one feature in trade which may have some effect upon the value of money. Cotton has taken a decidedly upward course in value, and our advices from the Eastern markets are such as to lead to the belief that a heavy demand for goods for export will soon set in. A considerable business has been concluded this week, but even this will probably be checked if the advance in the price of the raw material continues. No very great demand can be satisfied out of present resources, and in looking at the question of the probable future supplies, there is room for a further considerable improvement in the quota tions for the raw material should trade be resumed in the Manchester market on anything like its ordinary scale. At present prices, however, this is not likely to be the case ; and, in the event of any great advance, the activity which has sprung up will probably soon subside again. The Eastern markets, however, must be nearly bare of goods, and the deficiency must be supplied sooner or later. The corn trade has shewn a remarkable degree of firmness for the time of year. Immediately before harvest there is a natural tendency towards lower rates in the value of cereal produced ; but the position of the trade this year is so peculiar that the reverse has been the case. Notwithstanding the glowing accounts received from many quarters as to the prospects of the crops, there is a growing belief that wheat will be very variable both in quality and quantity. For this reason no little anxiety has been shewn on the part of millers to secure as much as possible of the splendid quality of 1868, which bids fair to assume a standard of value in the market during the ensuing season. The import trade also presents features which should produce caution in submitting to any decline in the rates. The accounts from the North of Europe report great damage to the crops from the unfavourable weather, and much excitement had prevailed in the wheat trade in conse• quence throughout the Baltic ports. Prices there are too high to admit of operations to this side, and our chief sources of supply will therefore be Russia and the United States. From these latter our receipts will probably be heavy, but some time must elapse before they can make their appearance in the market, and until then the tons of the trade here will be firm. A woman charged with stealing a sovereign at the Middlesex Sessions pleaded kleptomania. Her husband was bound over to bring her up for judgment when called upon. A petition of Ellen Howard on behalf of her infant Eon, claiming to bo Earl of Wicklow, was heard by a Com mittee of Privileges on Saturday, and their lordships ordered that Mr. Sergeant Ballantine may be at liberty to appear 1 0 counsel for the petitioner, if he think fit, in addition to Charles Clark. A French savant, in giving a relation of the curious maladies which attack the organs of vision, ear / that some time ago a whole regiment in garrison A t Strasbourg was found to be suffering from a strange disease; the soldiers could see very well during the dal , but directly the sun set they became quite blind, and could distinguish nothing by the light of the most brilliant lamp. In another case a gallant tar became suddenly affected in a strange manner ; when a ship appeared on the horizon he could see the yards plain enough, but not the masts ; or horizontal lines, and not perpendicular ones. CABINET COUNCIL.—At the Cabinet Council held, on Saturday, in Downing-street, the Ministers present were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lora Chancellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce' the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, the Rig ht Hon. E. Cardwell, the Duke of Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. J. Bright, the Right Hon. G. J. Goscheri• the Marquis of Hartington, and the Right Hon. C. Fortescue. ------- ADMIRAL FARRAGUT AND THE DUCHESS OF SOMERSET.—In the new book entitled "Admiral Fax ragut's Flag Afloat" the writer relates this characteris tic anecdote:—" On the day preceding his departure from London, when her Grace the Duchess of Somerset sil' s earnestly entreating him to dine with her for the fourth time on the morrow, gratified with her emprcssenten t manner, he grasped her band with both of his own and exclaimed, ' But, my dear fellow, it is impossible I' The Duchess was delighted with the term of endearme nt, claims it as a legacy from Admiral Ferragut, and relates it with the liveliest pleasure." STEAM CARRIAGES ON COMMON ROADS. -- 111 Paris a new mode of locomotion has been started, whial• if it should prove successful, will solve a very old proble l3l. 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