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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the FOUR TEENTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the I'OPMETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the CITY TERMINUS HOTEL, Cannon-street, in the City of London. on TUESDAY, the 10th day of August, 1869, at• One o'Clvck in the afternoon precisely, for the purpose of receiving- the Directors' Report, and for the trap-action of other business. .And Notice i+ Hereby further Given, that one of the Dir etots of th,t Company, viz., Sir Edward William 'Watkin retires by rotation at this Meeting, and, being eligible, offers himself fur re-election. Ant Notice is Hereby Further Given, That any Pro prietor eligible for the Direction, i tending to become a candidate for election at this meeting, must. give to the Secretary nctice in writing, under his hand, for a period of not less than fourteen clear days previous to the day fixed for the meeting, of his intention to offer himself as such candidate. And Notice is Hereby further Given, that Charles Morgan. Esq.. one of the Auditors of the Company, retires by rotation at this Meeting. and being eligible offers him self for re-election, and that any person eligible for elec tion by the Company as an Aulitor, and intending to offer himself as a. candidate for such office, must give to the Secretary notice in writing, under his hand, for a period of not less than fourteen clear days previous to the day fixed for the muting of his intension to offer himself as such candidate. SALISBURY, Chairman. J. B. ()WEN, Secretary. Bishopsgate Terminus, London, July 22d, 1869. A GENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodi ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission 'o Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &e. Apply with two stamps to 11. MARRISON, Great Orford-street, Norwich. THEATIIF.-ROYAL, ADELPIIT. Tests EVENTNG, at 7, DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Geo Bel more and Mrs Leigh Murray. At S. MASKS AND FACES. Mr Benjamin Webster : Messrs B. Phillips, Ashley. Stuart, C. H. Stephen•on. Mrs A. Mellon. 3 . iss M. Harris, Miss Furtado. And ONE TOUCH OF NATUItE : Mr. B. Webster and I iss Fut tutu. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Tins F.VENTNG, St - .30, THE SMOKED MISER. After cvlaieh f THE SCHOOL FOR Sc ANDAL : Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. J. C. Com per, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. C. Z.'oghlan, Mrs. lierinannVezin, Mrs. C. Horsmo.n, &c. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborongh. IHIS EVENING. at 7.30, AMONG TETE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. THE TODDLES. JOAN OF ARC.: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; esdames Goodall, Lydia Maitland. Buf ton. To ennelude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James, ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. Tins EVENTS°, at 7.3(), A ROVING COMMISSION. After which CHECKMATE. Followed by THE MILITARY BILLY TAYLOR. To conclude with IN FOR A HOLID AY Mr Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Saunders, &c. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie \V ilton THISEVENtrG, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Clover. and Baneroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. Af terwhich, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 9.nd 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL TIANIBI?A PALACE. THREE BALLET -3 Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. Is. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL G •VI:WENS, Regent's-pack, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on ifeadays, Gd. Children under twelve, Gd r-P-1N 4 4 . : ,- A , ii i ;F . ~p , 3 ~,... ' 4 - fi" - T - 6`.1 ' Utto VI/ 4 j 8, ii,--i._.7. 7 - 1 , -o . _-- , ,,,i5::/„,,3--r--,-1 LOA' DON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1869. Not the least surprising result of the Parliamentary Session now drawing to a close, is the fact that, in stead of having diminished, it has very considerably raised the character, and position, and authority,:and general influence of the House of Lords in the na tional estimation. The Pi itne Minister himself has said it. Mr. GLADSTONE'S eulogium upon the House of Lords was, in all essential respects, the most emphat:c, and in ev, ry way the most no•iceable, among all the carefully apportioned and weighty, because thoroughly well-considered, panegyrics, making up the bulk of his latest and not least remark able oration in the popular branch of the Legisla ture. It is a conspichous characteristic of the results of the po'Lical year TIOT drawing rapidly to an end, that thy •e, nearly one arid all, fallen within the category of those parti cular surprizea, the recognition of which leads us to say, by an odd idiom, that wa have been agreeab7y disappointed. To mention but one other of these surprises in reference to this Upper House —There is not only the really startling and surprising fact we have just been referring to, namely, that the House of Lords, instead cf having been in any respect lo xercrl, has been very considerably indeed raised in the popular consid.ration. There is besides this within the recognition of us all the really quite as sarprii ing fact, in its way, that the newly-nominated THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 28 1869. F OR TOURIS I'S AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. MOSES and SON have ride prcTaratio7:s, on an unismity 1 trg,l.l in crfry d-rart n..ent cf to sr I.usit.eis. For trAes and ad dresses, Pee foro*ibg a Ivertiseuent. A IIATIE COMBINATION'. Thp Pitiff; c omr,t-NATIoN (‘-f' rxer.L. LET:CE Cf , EAPNESS will be four' in ever• stick Fold by F. MOSES and SON. Every (lcser'ption of Clothing ready made. tr.2de to measure, for all a2;oF, and all dasFeg. ...... commodlore= apartments for measuring end tit tire. in the spacious and eleant Show eoreus,y Lieh contnin a very large and eivcr satied of materi.l4. For the convenience of Ladies accompa y ing their Pons there is a distinct department for Your g GPTlVenwn's Clothirg. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by K NIOSE!,-; and SON enables them to guart.ntee a fanitleFs (trd.rs hem persons who are not known to 11. e firm should i.e neeompanied by a ri mit three, or a Tendon r•femiee. Any article not worn or injured will be cheerfully ,xeltanged, or, if desired, the money will he returned. All Cto,ds are marked in Plain Figures, from N.hieh no abatement can he made. The Stork of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and ('ape. and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. _ _ Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requislto for the verace. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-men sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-crop. E. MOSES earl 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, liabitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, - Hosiers, Boot and Shc.o Manufac turers, end General Outfitters for all Classes. The following aro the only addresses - of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY EST.kBLISHMENT. 155, MINORIES 156, 311,NORIES 157, M INORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDG AT F; 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGAT - b S 7. ALDGAT 83, ALDGAT 49, ALDGATE OXFOTID-STREET BRANCIT. 664 NEW OXFORD-=;TREP.T 507, NEW OXFORD-5T . 1177T +OS, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COT RT-110AD BRANCH. 117, TOTTENITAM-COITRT-ROAD 133, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. _ . Country Branch : 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. `2O, BRIDGE-STREET, ERADFORD, YORKS, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. 2. (..!I)sttPrton. On SATURDAY NEXT, Julyll will be represented fcr the first time on !my stage a orrma of modern life. in fur acts, called FOli NIOSA; or, The Railroad to I 7 uin. Written by Dicn Bourica.ult. he fo lowing performers have been selected to re present the numerous charact , rs with whi h this niece abounds: Messrs. Barrett. H. Irving, David Fisher. F. Charles, Brittain Wright. 3oht. Rouse, J. Morris, J. Ro , nolds. J. B. Johnstone, Webber. Cullen, Mitchenson, and J. B. Howard , his first appear ance in London) ; 11r4 Biilington Misses M. Brennan Beatrix Shirley, E. :quart, Dalton, Mervyn, Ilan, and Katharine Rodgers. The scenery in London and on the Thames has been painted by William Beverley and assistants. The performances to commence with the farce of BELLES OF THE KITCHEN, in which the celebrated Yokes Family will appear. To conclude with the farce el FARROWED PLUMES. Stage Manager. Mr Edward Stirling. Doors open at half-past six: commence at seven o'clock. Box-office oxen from ten till five daily. rHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. ANNUAL BENEFIT of MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, and Last Night of the Season. THIS EVENING. at 7. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Bel more and Mrs. Leigh urray. At Eight. the popular comedy of MASKS AND FACES: cr, Before and Behind the Scenes: Triplet (his or'ginal character). Mr. Beniamin Webster: I eg Woffington, Mrs. Alfred Mellon; Mabel Vane, Miss Fur: ado. After which, ONE OUCH OF N 1 TITRE: William Penholder (his original character), Mr. Benjamin Webster; Constance, Miss Furtado. Private Boxes, Stalls, &c , to be had at the Box-office from 10 till s.—No fees. THEATR E-R Y A 110LBORN. Sole Lessee and 3fanagor, BARRY ST'LLTVAN Last 10 Nights of " The School for Scandal " and of the Semmes Season, EVERY EVENIN . O, at 7.30, the very laughable feree of THE SMOKED MISER 2tB o'olo k, Sheridan', !n!rnits - ttle 'omeel7 of THE r, FOR. SCAN? , A : , 171 , 1 ,-, r'etl 1w tile f lkwin celel.rated Vie t ;4fc 7 tiCk'Ai - Yeu:t l F : iV - g.n. r T!5 -. :07.1,ift IrtiFte','T.TceNrfigt; E. Dyal and W. :Mrs. Hermann Vezin. lklislt Jane Riimo!d, Miss Louisa, Thorne, Miss Amy Fall's:ft, and Yrs. Lharles Horsman Acting , Manager—Amor.r Suiravix, p OYAL STRAND THEATRE. p), Sole T.esßee and Mann::.,•erc , ss. Alm Swanl orough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG TEE DEE ~ KEII3 : Yr Cl ar,:p. F,0,!0we.1 by THE TO(J) LES Mr Clarke. 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Red Bull Wharf, Angel passage, 93, Upper Thames street - London. E.C. r Leader of the Lords—that is, of the enormous majority in that House, meaning the great party of the Conservatives—instead of finding at the close of the session that the authority entruste 1 to him in that capacity had already, within an interval of some four or five months, slipped out of his possession, awakens not only himself but everybody else to the recognition of the truth that it is more fixed within his grasp than ever, and that in one sense as a party leader, as a Constitutional party leader, he has shown himself to be master of the situation. Only promoted to the House of Lords on the formation of Mr. DISRAELI'S Ministry, and consequently bolding his own there as one of the youngest of the recent accessions to the ranks of the peerage, Lord CAIRNS has, within these last few days, evider.ced his readi ness aLd his capacity to deal with a great emergency. The determination with which the ex-Charxellor entered upon there recent negotiations with Lord GP.ANVILLE, as the representative of Her MAJESTY'S Government, is almost wholly, if, indeed, it be not wholly, unparalleled in the history of this country, since. the first commencement of the great epoch of its existence u..der a purely constitutional Government. A Parliamentary Chief has never acted more boldly, more 1 romptly, or with a more masterly precision than Lord CAIRNS took upon himself to act with upon this recent occasion. He had had the leadership of his party confided to his keeping. He has now fill: ly earned a right to its retention. And he has done so by assuming to himself a responsibility the magnitude of which it would be almost impossible to exaggerate. But for the resolution he has dis played in this matter, but for the extraordinary moral courage he has very signally shown himself to be possessed of, what, in point of fact, might not at this moment have been the peril in which the whole machinery of our Constitution would, in all human probability, bare been placed ! An agitation of an alarming character would for certain be spreading at this present instant far and wile all over thecountry. The people would havebeen angered to the very last degree against the Lords as obstruc tives. A collision sooner or later between the Lords and the Commons would have become a matter of certainty. What the ulterior consequences of all this might have been—probably not later than next year, possibly this very autumn--it is not agreeable, even now that the danger has passed by, to contemplate, even in the way of vague conjecture, as a hypothesis. That imminent danger—a danger that, until but, as it were, yester day, seemed, in a manner, to be all but inevitable— Lord CAI RNS has been the immediate means of avert ing. Thanks to the courage with which he took upon himself the responsibility of acting off-hand for his Party, a compromise, a most honorable and a most conscientiously considered compromise, was entered into, was rendered possible, was providentially realized —to adopt a recent phrase, within the six tieth minute of the twelfth hour. Instead of storm, and turmoil, and chaotic confusion, all has, since then, in the political world, been calm, and orderly, an I perfectly tranquillised. The Lord of Misrule, but yesterday, seemed to be dominant, ap peared certainly to be in the ascendant. Whereas to-day the councils of the nation have the aspect, on the contrary, of being presided over by the genius of universal reconciliation. Lord CAIRNS, has not only, as we conceive, deserved well of his peers by his last, act of benignant audacity —be has, also, de served well of the Crown and of the Nation. Thanks to his quiet determination, within a few minutes conversation with the noble Earl, the 1 eader of th t Government is tha Home of Peers, the noble and leant ed lord has swept aside, as with a wave of the hand, a whole world of difficulties. The responsibi lity thus assumed by Lord CAIRNS is so enormous and weighty in its character, at the same time that ins assumption by him is so benignant and tranquilis ing in its inune hate consequence-, that it is but just an I fair, it is but right:aul remarkable that it should be taken fully, and promptly, and gratefully into the national consideration. THE Telegraphs Lill passed through the committee of the House on Tuesday morning by large majori ties ; but while nearly all the voting was in favour of the bill, nearly all the talking was against it. No one seems to imagine that the Government will lose by the purchase, but some honourable members feel profound regret that the telegraph companies should be so well paid. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was anxious to explain that he alto gether washed his bands of the transaction, and would not regard himself as in any way responsible for the " immense price" which the Government was called upon to pay. Mr. LOWE will not, how ever, find it so easy to relievi himself from responsibility. What he inherited from his prede cessor, Mr. HUNT, was a conditional agreement, which he was at liberty to carry out or not as he pleased. Mr. LOWE stated to a deputation a few weeks since that he had not decided whether or not he should conclude the agreements with the telegraph companies, and the Marquis of HARTINGTON dis tinctly informed the House on Monday night that they were at liberty to proceed with the measure or otherwise as they pleased. Mr. LOWE himself said that he would not proceed with the bill unless the House gave the Government a permanent monopoly, which is a conclusive proof that he had the power to reject the bill if he disapproved of it. While Mr. Iltryr may claim the credit of the measure if it is a good one, Mr. LOWE cannot avoid responsibility if it is a bad measure. Mr. HUNT made such arrangements as enabled Mr. LOWE to hold in his hand for twelve months the offer of the telegraph companies to sell their business. He was thus placed in the most advantageous position that a dealer can occupy, and it is certainly his fault if, under the circumstances, he has made a bad bargain for the country. He is not generally supposed to be the man to make an improvident bargain, and as in this case he has had abundance of time to consider the transaction, we may assume that he has fully protected the national interests, and that the public will not suffer in a pecuniary sense from the agreements which he has sanctioned and concluded. The penny postage was introduced by ROWLAND HILL, and carried out with the approbation of the country at a large pecuniary sacrifice. Our tele graphic arrangements will be placed on a uniform and moderate system, not only without loss, but with a positive advantage to the Exchequer. It is to be hoped that the advantages which may be con ferred by cheap telegraphy may not be marred by a rigid determination to extract a large profit out of the telegraphic service. Mr. LowE's determination to secure a permanent monopoly does not augur well for a liberal administration of the service under his dominion; but even Mr. Lowit will scarcely be able to act constantly in defiance of public opinion, and when the advantages of a w ell organised system of telegraphy are felt, there will be a universal demand for its extension. No one will regret that the telegraph companies are well paid for their development of a system from which so much public advantage has already result«l. That their businas has been found on examination to be much more profitable, and there fore much more valuable, than it was supposed to be, is in all respects a matter for satisfaction. We must not forget that for many years the business of the companies was carried on under very discouraging circumstances, and that they deserve the credit which is due to perseverance under difficulties. That a more liberal policy on their part would have been also a more profitable one to them selves we are all now aware, but we do not all know the difficulties whiCh prevented the adoption of that policy. T hose who retire from the telegraphic ser vice will do so with the consciousness that they have been engaged in an undertaking that has largely contributed to the national prosperity ; and we repeat that it is a source of unmixed satisfaction that they retire from the position which they have so long occupied with that abundant reward which in this country usually follows persevering and well directed efforts. ALMOST every mail from India brings some grati fying detail of the progress of enlightenment amongst the native population. Some years ago a Brahmin, named MOOLJEE, ventured to visit England. The offence was considered unpardonable by . a caste which regards itself as far superior to any other sec tion of humanity, and which looks upon contact with any other race as contamination. For crossing the ocean the unhappy MoOLJF.E was ex communicated, and was thus condemned to a social ostracism, of which "few out of India can have any idea." But light will make way even amongst Brahmins, and one by one the members of MOOLJF.E'S caste began to recognise him again. It might not, perhaps, after all, be such a heinous sin to visit England. Encouraged by this removal of the ban, ➢IooLaEE has started for England once more with—strange to say—six more Brahmins. More wonderful still, their departure was witnessed by hundreds of their sect, who wished them God speed. Nor is this all. From time immemorial it has been part of the Hindoo creed amongst the higher castes that no widow can marry a second time. As most Hindoo girls are wedded when children, and as many never see their husbands after marriage, this is a cruel and inju rious restriction, which the British Government has done its utmost to remove. During many years all efforts to this end proved vain. But the tide has just turned. One Hindoo judge offered himself up as a sacrifice for the rest of his countrymen, and advertised himself in the papers as ready and willing to marry a widow. His challenge produced no effect for a long time. No woman dared to face the prejudices of her race. But the first plunge has been taken at last, and one of the most important items of news from India during the year has been the plain state ment that a Brahmin widow has married again. Unfor tunately, the Brahmins have not yet got over their horror. To go to England was bad, but that enormity might be overlooked. For a widow to marry is clearly an inexpiable offence. There is great lamentation in the land; the Brahmins are weeping for their widow, and will not be comforted because she is not. The Indian editors sagely suggest that this excitement should be allowed to cool down a little, and the great re-marriage principle will win in the end. It seems they are right, for the latest great announcement from the empire is that another widow has resolved to marry again. LATEST INTELL [GEN CE (REU'rER'S TELEGRAMS.) - - -- P ---- -. THE JOURNEY OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. BRUSSELS, July 28. The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived here yesterday, and were received at the railway sta tion by the King, who conducted their Royal High nesses to the Palace. A STRANGE WILL CASE, During the hearing of an application to Lord Penzance on Tuesday for a second grant of probate, some curiou circumstances came to light. It seems that aperson named Richard Ingall died in April 1807, and in July of the same year his wife sold off all the property and went with one child to Mexico, leaving another (the present applicant) in this country. Soon after her arrival in Mexico Mis. Ingall got married again, and there the affair seems to have stood for some months. The father of the deceased happened to come to London, and there met with afriend who remembered attestinganother of Ingall's wills than that on which the wife acted ; but as there was at that time no property, things were allowed to remain quiet. Lately, however, some £OOO or k7OO had come to the estate, and Mr. Bayford to-day asked for a grant of probate on this will, which the person in London spoke to attesting. Citations had been served on the administratrix in her husband's presence, and she had been ordered to return the letters of administration, but had failed to do so. There was a diffi culty in the way of twice granting probate. Lord Penzance said that, under the circumstances, he would grant the application. It was unfortunate that the ad ministratrix bad not returned the letters; but all these facts would have to be recited on the grant. THE SALMON FISHERIES COMMITTEE. The select committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the working of the existing salmon fisheries laws met again on Tuesday, Mr. D odds in the chair. The examination of Mr. Frank Buckland was pro ceeded with. He said that it would be impos sible to make one general rule that would apply to all cases of salmon fishery as regarded nets. He considered that it was very desirable there should be a maximum as well as a minimum size of net ; and that a power should be reserved in any Act of Parliament for the making of by-laws to meet special circumstances. lie described the large amount of fish caught in the river Tyne from year to year, which was enormous. He considered that the employment of the Coastguard and the police in the protection of the fisheries would prove very bene ficial. He thought that power should be given to the conservators to regulate the size of the meshes, subject to the control of the Home Office. He considered it desirable that a small mesh of net such as the Act of 1861 prescribed should be used at certain times of the year whoa there were no salmon in the river. Scurbs then came up, and the two-inch nets would not take them, and consequently a great many escaped. The power should be given in the first instance to the conservators, and in all cases sanctioned by the Home Office having central power. The minimum size of the mesh, be suggested, should be an inch and a half ; and the maximum size three inches. He also thought that Parliament should sanction the use of trammel nets, where they may be neces sary, under proper regulations. With regard to the licenses, he thought there should be a graduated scale and a maximum scale, because in some cases a man having paid a £5 license might catch £4CO worth of fish in the year, while another, having paid the same, might only catch one &h. He would suggest for the consideration of the committee that the rod licenses should pass on from district to district, because in some instances a tourist would in fishing pass to several dis trict rivers in a day or two, and by the present law he would have to pay for each. Therefore he (witness) thought the license should be allowed to pass from one to another, and the money afterwards divided between the conservators of the districts. The license he would have made personal. The licensed rods, he thought, ought to be numbered, because when poachers were pursued they left their rods behind, and there being no clue to the owners of the rods, they escaped detection. He considered it most important that the law with regard to the annual close-time should be altered. That opinion, however, was totally against the conclusion come to upon that point by the Royal Commissioners in 1860. In Ireland and Scot land the number of days for fishing was 168, and he would have it altered, so as to commence a little later or earlier than the Ist of September, according to the circumstances of the districts. In England the number was 154 days, but he would not have that altered. Power should be given to conservators to apply to the Home Office to have their close-time varied, so as to meet the differences of early and late rivers. The cause of the rivers being late was owing partly to geological causes, partly to temperature, and partly to the formation of the rivers themselves. The committee soon afterwards adjourned. THE LATE VICE-ADMIRAL SEYMOUR, C. 8., M.P. —The death of this gallant and distinguished officer tool; place on Sunday, at Tetworth, Sunnioghill, and not at Hampton Court, as stated. Mr. Llngfellow, the poet, is at present in Oxford The degree of D.C.L was conferred on Tuesda; in F p cis.) Convocation upon the poet. There was a large attendance of Whs. The proceedings wt re quite formal, end only cc- cui led a few moments. Mr. Vernon Ilarcotrt has given notice that on Thursday he will ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department wl.et Ler her llajesty's Government will be pie -1•, red, in tLe n. xt sei-sicnrof Parlia meat, to introduce a bill for the reform of the registration of the municipal and par litmentaiy voters in England and Walt s. On Friday elating Sir Reundell Palmer intends to call the attention of the House of Commons to the report of the Marriage Law Commissioners; and will inquir' whether the Government contemplate introducing a mea sure next session for the purpose of establishing a marriage law as nearly as possible uniform for all parts of the United Kingdom, upon principles of equality as between all churches and religious denominat!ons. TILE CROPS IN TUE MIDDLE STATES.—A private letter from a traveller in Pennsylvania and Western New York writes as follows :—" The wheat crop in Pennsyl• vauia is the largest known for six years. Farmers have just commenced harvesting it. Many of the farmers here who were offered $2 50c. per bushel for their crop last year held it for a rise,' and now it is a drug on the mar• ket at $1 25c. Add to this the bountiful crop now being cut, and New England may expect to buy flour for $5 pet bushel. The same is true of the wheat crop in Western New York. Fruits of all kinds are also abundant." A STRANGE FRIENDSHIP.—A manor house, near Fleetwood, has recently been taken by :Messrs. Porter and M'Candlish (of the firm of Sykes, Porter, and Co.), and while the lawn was being mown, the eggs in apart. ridge's nest were accidentally destroyed. The parent birds were consequently left desolate, but they soon found little ones by adoption. A hen in the neighbourhood had taken under the maternal protection of her wings some young partridges, which she was rearing with a commendable constancy, but suddenly the partridges whom the mowers had bereft of their offspring made their appearance in front of the coop, and the consequence was that the young partridges left their adopted mother and took to birds of their own feather. They have not, however, forgotten that a debt of gratitude is due from them, for although they now absent themselves daily from the hen's coop, they return every night, and rest there until early morning, when they are again regularly called for" by the two elderly partridges. PARLIAMENTARY CHANGES--By the death of Admiral Seymour. which was reported on Tuesday, the present House of Commons has lost its eighth member since the opening of the session. The Liberals who have died are Sir A. W. Buller, Sir R. Clifton, Captain Calcraft, Sir J. Johnstone, and Captain Speirs. The Conservatives who have been removed by death are Mr. C. Bell, Sir T. Gresley, and Admiral Seymour. The mortality in the peerage has, as usual, been more than twice as high as in the Commons, not withstanding the late hours of the latter and their 200 additional members. Seventeen peers have died since the beginning of the session, viz., the Marquis of Anglesey, Earls De laWarr, Fingall, Glasgow, Radnor, and Wicklow, Viscounts Gough and Strangford, and Lords Broughton, Castlemaine, Cloncurry, Hawke, Kenyon, Leconfield, Stanley of Alderley, Taunton, and Wynford. The viscountcy of Strangford and the baronies of Broughton and Taunton have become extinct, and the youthful Lord Kenyon will not attain his majority until 1885. The average age of the deceased pears is 73 years, and of the Commons barely 50. THE PRUSSIAN AR3IY.—The ue of the single eye•glass is becoming more prevalent in the Prussian army than is acceptable to the notions of some of the generals of the old school. In the garrison of Coblenz, where the Queen Augusta Regiment of Guards is quar tered, it is adopted by many of the officers. An officer of that distinguished regiment, Major von der Hardt, was lately transferred to Moyence, and on going out with his brigade, glass in eye, was informed by the colonel that the commanding general positively prohibited its use by the officers of his garrison. The gallant major was much dismayed, and urged that after sixteen years' use of the glass be could not suddenly dis pense with it ; ire requested an interview with thegeneral, which was grafted, but the general was inexorable. In this emergency Major von der Hardt applied for leave, and returned to Coblenz and laid the case before General llerwarth von Bittenfeld, the commander-in-chief of the Bth Army Corps. He, unwilling to decide on so delicate a subject, availed himself of the King's presence at Ems, and verbally consulted Lis Majesty, who characteristically replied, "In God's name let him wear his glass, so that my oilman can see I don't care if they use one , glass or two."— Peal .111 - all Gazelic. AMERICA. NEW YORK, July 27. The Inman Royal mail steamship City of Limerick arrived here yesterday. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1371 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1371 ;• the lowest, 136}. Sterling Exchange on London llok. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188" ) tt " 1885 l22i. tt " 1867 l2lk. 10-40 Illinois 1421. Erie 29 . Cotton —Ali!. iiphue..l 3lc. Petroleum—Stand:lH White :121o. Flour, extra state, $6.70.J. to $7.30c. Corn, old mixed, $1.12e. QUEENSTOWN, July 27. The Inman Rcyal Mail steamer City of Boston, from New York, arrived here at 1.10 p.m , and having landed mails and passengers proceeded im maliately for Liverpool. All well. Specie, 425,000 dollars. SOUTHAMPTON, July 24. The North German Lloyd steamer Berlin, from Baltimore, has arrived here with 100 passengers and a full cargo. On the 17th she spoke the Eng lish barque Rosalind ; on the 22d the ship Almira ; and on the 24th the Bremen barque Jenny. The North German Lloyd steamer Union sailed to day for New York with 40 sacks of mails, pas sengers, a full cargo, and French jewellery to the value of 59,900 francs. BOMBAY MAILS. MALTA, July 27. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta, from Southampton, 17th instant, arrived at midnight on the 25th, and left for Alexandria at 7 a.m. on the 26th, The Tanjore leaves at midnight for Southamp ton, where she may be expected about the night of the sth proximo. JAPAN. HONG KONG, July 7. Intelligence received from Japan states that the finances of that country are very disorganised, and that paper money is being forced on the people under pain of death. Trade, both native and foreign, is paralysed. ITALY. lIRINDisi, July 28. The Oriental and Adriatic Company's steamer Cairo, 84 hours from Alexandria, has arrived here with 22 passengers, four of whom are English. She experienced strong head winds on her passage. LIVERPOOL, July 28. The Inman steamer City of London, which left New York on the 24th inst. for this port, will bring $1,000,000 iu specie. 13ounsE, July 27. F — R T A h iN re C e E o . 'clock — Tlie market closed as follows : 4i per Cent. End of month_ ltalian Fives 55 30 3 per Cent End of month._ 71 921 ; Ottoman Loan ... 328 Credit Mobilier End of month... Spanish Threes Credit Foneier ...1672 50 Home Debt — End of mouth— I Deferred Cash RAILWAYS. Lyons and A10 . d .. i . t . e . r .. r . a . ... e . a .. u .... ............................ Orleans Northern Southern__ G B l6 l l Western ....................................... 50,31 • • ........................ 7 ~nlb .5ardinian ard... ....................... ...... ... .. .1...................... 1 5 °, 55 58 ; 7 1- i. Austrian ....................................... 8161, ................. North of S • paiu Saragossa Roman LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL Min.—MRS. S. A. 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Our readers have had already presented :o them descriptions of the laying of the shore end of the able at Brest, and of the departure of the mighty ship for America on the 21st of June. Up to the 24th of June !verything seems to have gone monotonously well. The machinery acted admirably, and every person did his work with coolness and precision. A FAULT. On the morning of the 24th of June, 2.30 a.m., while the crew were, many of them, quietly sleeping in their beds, the strident clanging of the alarm gong which hangs outside the testing room, and the noise of people running about on deck, aroused them. The engines of the ship were reversed at full speed, and in little more than a minute her way was stopped. Paying out ceased instantly, and powerful " BU:l:pt.'s" made of plaited hemp were bent on the cable. Then came a pause, during which the elec tricians set themselves to work to define accurately what was the matter. 'their verdict soon followed. A fault was pronounced to have passed out of the ship and to be about a mile behind. Picking up commenced almost immediately. The large grappling drums in the bow of the ship (winked by a sturdy and wondrously powerful trunk engine) were made to exert their strength upon the cable, and to pull it on board over the stern ; the move ment of the paying-out machinery being simply reversed during the process. In two hours' time, when 932 knots had been pulled back, orders were given to stop, and the recovered portion was cut out, and with it the hateful fault. Splicing was commenced forthwith, and by 9.30., ship's time, they were once more " paying out " again ; the delay having teen exactly seven hours. The magnificent manner in which the picking-up machinery did its work was wonderiul. The cable came on board slowly and regularly, without jerks or starts, and at no time did the strain (although they were in 2,000 fathoms of water) exceed 78 cwts., not half the breaking strain of the cable. The small distance which the fault was allowed to go overboard contrasted most favourably with the similar accidents of 1E65, when the fault on one occasion was allowed to get thirteen miles astern of the ship, and the picking-up 'machinery, when called upon to do its work, was not only most obsti nate and irregular in the performance of it, but was ultimately the indirect cause of the breaking of the cable. The cause of the fault was found to be a minute perfora tion of the gutta percha, covering of the conductor. The perforation was pronounced on all sides to be old and not recent, since the edges of it were discoloured and the cavity filled with fine granular matter. It had probably originated during manufacture, but had not become mani fest until the cable was subjected to the strain and pressure of the paying -out machinery. ANOTHER FAULT. Things again went on well until the 26th of June. Just a 3 the breakfast was being thought of, the gong again sounded, and again the cry of a fault was raised. A delay of nearly three hours took place in consequence. Seven hundred and thirty-six knots were taken o❑ board. The picking•up machinery again acted faultlessly, and recovered the cable with a steadiness and regularity that caused its praises to be upon every lip. Although in 2,500 fathoms of water, at no time did the strain on the cable exceed 64 cwts. When the fault was reported 630 miles had been paid out. The fault was somewhat similar to the previous one. It was a puncture extending exactly to the conductor. It had the appearance of having been made with some semi-sharp instrument, as a nail, or piece of sharpened wire. It was rough inside, and the general opinion seemed to he that it was recent. A STOR3L-THE CABLE BROKEN. But the most trying, the most exciting time, was during a storm on the last days of June. Ihe following is an ex tract from the diary on page July 1 :—" On the afternoon of the 29th the weather began to change ; the sky was overcast, and a breeze spr4ng up from the south. This continued to increase till, by ten or eleven p.m. (when most of us turn in '), it was blowing half a gale of wind. One could not help thinking that if any fault occurred during the continuance of the night wind all might not go so well. The gong aroused us from our slumbers at five a.m. cn the morning of the 30th. The ship was stopped, and picking up was com menced as quickly and as easily as on any other occasion, but the movement of the ship was several times greater than it had been at former times. The wind had increased in the night, and now it was blowing a gale, and in order to keep the stern of the ship directly over the line of the cable it was necessary to Lack her almost at full speed directly against both wind and waves. This, of course, made her kick and heave tremendously, and three or four times she shipped green seas over her stern, fairly drenching those on duty there, and breaking the little gallery an Ltd the stern V wheel. Orders were given to be in readiness to buoy the cable if necessary ; but, as the fault was pronounced to be close at hand, the process of picking up was continued till about G ve knots had come on board, when, a heavier sea than usual striking the ship, she gave a kick so sudden and severe that the cable was unable to Lear the extra strain thrown upon it, and it parted on beard, some 2CO feet beyond the drum. All check being thus suddenly r, moved !rem the cable, the drum began to revolve with great rapidity, and the broken end to make frightfully rapid progress towards the stern of the ship, over which it would have disappeared in a very few seconds had not the stout fellows on duty with the stoppers put forth their utmost strength, and so managed to save the French Atlantic Cable literally by a few inches. The buoy was in readiness, and in an incredibly short space of time the buoy-rope was made fast to the end of the cable, and the buoy itself cast adrift. Two other buoys were then let go—one by the Great Eastern, and another by the Sean deria—to serve as mark-buoys should any accident befall the buoy which held the end of the cable and grappling become necessary. The Great Eastern be haved as she alone could behave under a storm. She was not absolutely steady of course, but ro ll e d tole rably freely, and pitched slightly now and agai n . D ur i ng the whole time that the wind continued we were able to assemble at mess, and take our meals not only without discomfort or inconvenience, but even with great decorum and uerfect regularity." RECOVERED. Towards the afternoon the weather moderated ; and by six :o'clock July 2 the tempest had dwindled to a calm. All being prepared, a boat was lowered with a few expe- rienced "bands" in her, who soon managed to attach the chain of the buoy to a stout rope conveyed from the ship. The later was then cast adrift, and once more the cable, banished for a time, was hanging from the Great Eastern. Picking up then commenced, and by half-past seven the end of the cable bad come over the stern of the ship, and an hour later the electricians pronounced the fault to be on board. Splicing commenced forthwith, and by 10.30, to the unspeakable delight of everyone, they were again "paying out" and making way westward. This was the first time in the history of submarine telegraphy that a cable bad been cut, buoyed, and picked up again in such deep water during the process of laying. INCIDENTS. Several incidents are described from July 4th to the 12th. Slight gales gave a little variety. The ships changed their course on July 9, to get clear of the fishing banks, where the cable might be caught some fine day instead of cod. Under date July 11, there is a record of a kink. "A kink occurred in the coil as it was passing out; the engines were reversed in an instant (obeying a signal transmitted from the tank), but luckily the kink straightened itself before reaching the jockey titi heels of the paying-out gear, so that but for the stopping of the ship we should have known nothing of this little accident." Under date of July 12, he writes :—" Rain downpouring in torrents was suc ceeded by a very thick mist, which caused great uneasiness. Nothing could be done in it. The dense mist hemmed us in completely ; it whirled up and down the decks in thick white rouleaux, and enveloped the yards and masts in dim obscurity, condensing on the rigging, and falling like a thick rain upon the deck. At nine a.m. this morning we had reached, it was thought, that spot to which the William Cory had brought the shore end from St. Pierre; but it was, of course, impossible to discover the buoy which held the end. As there v.as no probability of the fog clearing off for some of hours (the wind being in the south), it was deemed advisable to pay out a good amount of slack, and buoy the cable, and then when the fog cleared, it would be a simple matter to pick up both buoys, splice the two ends of cable together, and so corn )lete the line. This idea was carried out. TILE CABLE LOST AND RECOVERED AGAIN. It was thought that now nothing but a trifle remained to be done ; so on July 13, when the splice was being made between the two ends, everybody looked compla cently on the work. The Great Eastern had recovered the shore end of the cable, and the William Cory was picking up the Atlantic end, when a cry was raised th%t the pin of one of the shackles uf the buoy rope had broken, and she had lost the cable. "We could not say how soon fogs might come again; no time was to be lost; so, with less than an hour's delay, Sir Samuel Canning and staff was safely on board the Cory, and grappling commenced about 11 a.m., the ship going to windward of the line of cable, and drifting slowly across it. At 4.30 p.m., after three or four fruitless attempts, she signalled that she had the cable at her bows. Considering that the depth here was eighty fathoms, this certainly was a most rapid piece of grappling. By 11 p.m. the recovered end had been spliced to the shore end, and Brest and St, Pierre were placed in electric cclinzaapicatiml: SPIRIT OF Tilli-P63-1:10 -O. The Timcs, in referring to the passage of the TelegrAl o Bill through committee, says that the public mind bra been clearly made up that the acquisition of the tele' graphs is desirable, and even if the scheme fell through for the present it could not be abandoned. Mere pest' ponement would, unquestionably, therefore, have no other result than that of forcing us to pay a still higher price at • a future day. Government, in short, can never expect to improve upon the terms now accepted. The purchase has become a necessity, and it cannot be completed toe promptly. In short, the present advantages which this measure promises to the public are immense and ind a. bitable. The only question was about the futureo which, it was feared, might be injuriously affected hi t he monopoly clauses. The arguments on this subi eel, were more evenly balanced than the division would ja i : cate. We still doubt whether the plan of the Governme nt was either politic or necessary, but we acknowledge it hs° been shewn by the discussion that the point is of lens practical importance than at first appeared. The question is evidently thus reduced to a very narrow issue. I li° absence of a monopoly would be a sligl.t advantage to the public in insuring the adoption of improvements, and i f 4 concession would also Le a slight advantage to the public in protecting them against opposition in the most lucre. tire parts of what will now be their own business. 1116 House of Commons have decided that the latter asiv aly tage is the greater. It is certainly true that in open competition the Government would be hamper ed by the obligation imposed on them of charging a uniform rate all over the country ; and if it be an advantage to b e able to telegraph to every corner of the kingdom for shilling, we must not complain of paying for it by being unable to telegraph to Manchester for less. Moreover' whether the Government have a legal monopoly or lit they could not fail to enjoy a practical monopoly. 33a ; the monopoly is now restricted to " electric " signals, a ° ' thus limited it will be comparatively innocuous, and we must expect to make some sacrifice for the advantages w e bill will otherwise confer upon us. The Standard, referring to Longfellow's becoming a D.C.L., declares th a t thi s i s no t th e fi rs t ti me that Oxford : has expressed - h e r w illi ngness t o d o hi m h onour . This is n et the only occasion on whi c h th e p rem i er un i vers ity in 01 ' England has declared that she was anxious to bestow well-deserved token of recognition upon the premier Pe et of New England that has sprung up, lik e th e co ral Tee s " , across two thousand miles of Transatlantic surge. 'Wi le ,' more than a year ago, when the festival of the Enceee' ll was in due course of celebration at the old academy on tbs, banks of the Isis, the author of the " Golden Legen d received and accepted the greatest tribute of resPe ° which the greatest university in the world can besta t i But the dispensation of events was in this instance J ° an untoward character ; and whether it was at tP : butable to unpunctuality in the matter of train" or to any other of the retarding causes which render railway travel a question of probabilities rather thanf certainties, Mr. Longfellow was a day too late for the fair, and did not arrive at the City of Spires till the O le ; bration in the Sheldonian Theatre was fairly over. I' M he has been allowed to choose his own time, and in sp i t e of the fact that the streets and quadrangles of Oxford be ° at this moment an extremely close resemblance to t be f physical features of an academic Sahara, the car d " Evangeline" and the metrical memorialist '9 " Iliawatha " donned on Tuesday, before, as we t 'l/ told, " a numerous and gaily-dressed company of ladit the impressive robes of a Doctor in Civil Laws. fellow, irresistible as his melody is, is not the poet every-day life ; he is the poet of our vacation iuter vam o : He does not, he will not, wrestle with the stern fac ts existence as Jacob wrestled with the angel in pr a y ~e 0 Holiday contemplations, pla c id and b e a u tif u l—that i 5 metier. And wh en we sa y that we discern a peculiars h'e ness in the pe r i o d o f th e aca d em i c y ear a t which t o American p oe t h as rece i ve d hi s aca d em i c h onou rs, We fe , not disparage hi s gen i us ; we s i mp l y t h ew th a t we °PP - elate it. The Post refers to th e ac k now l e d ge d f ac t th a t disease is more fatal to an army th an th e enemy . I t was n ot in vais that the Emperor Nicholas reckoned on the ser vices ; January and February. P u t i n t ru th near ly All t s months, after a certain p er i o d, t oo k arms on his side, s a for a considerable space of time, out of every hund e re s men whom we lost, from ninety-six to ninety-eight Pe cent. succumbed to disease. Many diseases, such as ° es fever, dysentery, diarrhoea, and pulmonary aire eti %cl arise so obviously from the soldiers sleeping on the gn i s that they may correctly be said to be generated by tin practice. In the Crimea the men wrapped thernselselif, their blankets and lay down to sleep upon the] frozen • mud, ankle-deep, at a time when were dying at the rate of a hundred per dii s se Sick men in the regimental hospitals lay upon et ground in wet marquees with only a single bla b at to cover them in the m o nth o f J anuar y. With 0 hope could the surgeons administer remedies to Paa °ll o whose recovery under such circumstances was next t° fi impossibility ? In one way or another " keep the 1 01° v the ground" has been recognised as a cardinal poin t !fa/. observed in the encamping of an army. It does not, rbt ever, seem to have occurred to anyone that this m' s a s s be better d o n e by i n t erpos i ng a mattress of air belly:or, the soldier and th e ear th . than by either cotton or strain till some years ag o , M a j or M`Guire, taking a hin t f ul is t' the sister service, hit upon the device of a Ulan. i s hammock, consisting of a blanket hung upon tw° l i j ss g 0 sticks, which raises the man sleeping in it ten incites " the ground. Amongst othe r t es ti mon i a l s t o its superiebriiii we have that of Lord Napier of Magd a la, whose f iat , i s s blanket-hammocks was so gr e at th a t h e telegraphea se, one thousand fi ve h un d re d o f th em , an d the Post beloilo Major M`G u i re ' s pl an w ill no t b e p u t as ide unless it os be proved that there are other and better means of a° ing the end at which it aims. Lord The Daily News thinks of all living public men 10 0 Salisbury is the one who, during the last:few weeks 00 shewn the profoundest capacity of sinking. s i nc e has retirement from office in Lord Derby's Government be of s figured in the bat masque of politics under the guise statesman. Beneath this domino few people, it is s e sstis of necessary to say, recognised Lord Robert Cecil. P o ol late some persons cleverer than their neighbours Pe llu . oat themselves that not only was the dress changed, b a "„ e lit the person beneath it was altered. Baffled by Mr. Di s : se r defeated in an unequal encounter with a man who, Pu'oe sing genius, knowing the world, and understandilloh spirit of his time, had three qualification s his self-constituted rival lacks—Lord Salisbu r Y ode r for the moment shocked and surprised into 111 , 0 0 tion and common sense. But surprises e'"--001 last long ; shocks, after an interval, ilr e . e s over. The nature of which Lord Salisbury 119 ° tri o ell get the better has returned. Lord Robert Cecil, w'bees' his raw animosities and untaught prejudices, il aa ss ster transferred to the House of Lords, which he is no 'Rost qualified to lead than Mr. Charley is competen t t° o ser the House of Commons. Mr. Disraeli gained An•ge whelming victory over Lord Robert Cecil in 1861 ' es ely has inflicted upon Lord Salisbury a discomfitur e afl 0 51 plete in 1869. In five or six years Lord Salisbu r tolie make and shew himself fit to lead the Howie a oess But his apprenticeship is not yet half over. In thel3l lo' time a man who, like Lord Cairns, will do ws'gs.-slol.° Disraeli tells him, as soon as h e fi n d s that wm a " be tter Derby tells him is impracticable, is, perhaps, (6 0 leader—we use that word i n d e f au lt o f a mores ".. es oel one—than the man who, lik e L or d S a li s bury, P ° 'Uetl° neither the faithful p re j u di ces o f th e one nor th e ° A sp discernment of the other. For the present " the teripol marquis" is as completely out of the running as Malmesbury himself. of ° el The Telegraph calls attention to the grievances tigptt in the matter of dress, especially with regard to the en, so t hideous chimney-pot hat, and asks, Why are w e, Ts but foolish? Here are chains upon our wrists — w e 11 : 00 to raise our hands and they will fall off ; and Y e ) us t Ae will be the first to raise his hands. Surely, ne af s ISO" ss ' sole Establishment, got rid of Toryism and Protection and Ol e Establishment, we may get rid of our hat°' 111 w ee er e respects we may have improved, but our heaoP` re lift] as hard, as tight, and as uncomfortable as they /4 ",!t the years ago. There have b een t r ifli ng differences A . P: e D ee/ brim. The chimney-pot has been higher or it °applied lower ; but the sam e ti g ht com pression i° /Of' to the forehead as in the days of our fathers' to return to our st ar ti ng -p o i n t, w hile we s° o o bi ourselves about m an y thi ngs , su rely it Vi :f C a fl well to give a th oug ht t o our beads. - I ° . ' ; as s the processes of thought go on correctly w ithin w e es tb e maintain—especi a lly i n suc h swe ltering we athe s a Us °d present month of July—th e o ld time-honoured rervittiss across the forehead, the ma r k o f our apathy an d 15 tiss tr ue to mere habit and c us t om ? If sentiments of all male Lond o ners this very daY , isfonicv o y ou could get at d oos i _ persuade them to act altog e th e r as one man, we soa just! of us hurl our chi mne y-p o t s upon th e pavement' an so th e upon them with that " one consent" so d ear r ing Psalmist. In the c oun t r y, w h o dreams °f w e t lea" chimney-pot ? On f ore i gn t rave l s , who does n t e to ok his chimney-pot at h ome ? It i s o nly in the g rey we exactly where the heat is greatest, and wher e ssus laY , s ir , obliged to move ab ou t our b us i n ess at all ho urs of wssioath that the Demon of th e Chi m ney-pot masters 0 . iiiics ols° o and reduces us to abject slavery. Felt hats, with his o'0; 1 straw hats—every man does what he lilies es t °VI head in the country ; but in London and the g reat we all go mad together. The Gazette announces that her Alsit 4 , appointed Mr. Antony Panizzi, the late i libraria n British Museum, and Lieutenant - Ge neral Edn'ra ab 0,191 Knights Commanders of the Bath. The G a zette . o te notifies that Dr. Norman M`Leod has been AP°IIIA Dean of the Order of the Thistle a nd of the Cho.Pel in Seotlaucl.in the loom of the late Dr. gulf, i