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FOR TOURY.ST.S AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. 310SE8 and SON have made preparations, on an =casually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses., see following advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. 4 - 1 The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENGE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every srticle sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, er made to measure, for all ages, and all Masres. Commodious apartments for measuring Ind fitting in the spacious and elegant Show ROOT as, which contain a very large and diver sified steek 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 ,e 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 Stork or hiosiery and Drapery, lints 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 ure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and p Ist-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts art' closed every Friday evening at sunset till SeA`urday evening at sunset, when business is m‘sumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Tlabitmakers, Woollendrapers, Ha tters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turors, and General Outfitters for all Clak gars. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. crry ESTABLISHMENT.: 155, 3IINORIES 155, MINORIES 157, MINORIES sz, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, E,.LDGATE 3 ALDO An 87, ALDGATE 88, ALD GATE so, A.LDC ATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET NO7, NEW OXFORD-STREET 'OOB, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET HART-STREET HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD MR, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 284, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch : 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. R. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHF.N. At 8, FORMOSA. new four-act Drama, by Dion Poucicault: Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Britt sin Wright, .10hr. Rouse; Airs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce of BORROWED PLUMES. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, MY PRECIOUS BETSY : Mr Atkins and Miss > liza Johnstone. At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE HEARTH: Messrs R. T hil lips, E. Atkins, Stuart, C. H. Stephenson, W. IT Ehurne, Dal ►ton, C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Mrs M. Eburne. Mrs Leigh Murray, Miss Eliza Johnstone. Mrs Stoker, &c. To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr Atkins and Mrs. Leigh Murray. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Mann icr. Mr. Vining THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, PBESUMPTIVI EVIDENCE, in 2 acts, by Dion Boncicault. After which. Handel's Opera of ACIS AND GALATEA : Cupid, 3liss Summers: Acis, 117 r Verncn Rigby; I amon, Mr Montem Smith; Polyphemus, Herr Formes; Galatea, Miss Blanche Cole. Musical Conductor, Mr J. L Hatton: Concluding with the Farce of A. QUIET FAMILY. Doors open at half-past 6, commerce at 7. Prices: Stalls, 7s: Dress Circle, is Upper Boxes. 4s: Pit. 2s; Gallery, Is. Private Boxes, £2 12s Gd, £2 2s, and £1 lls ad. OYAL STRAND THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs Swanborough. 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"1 1 HE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " I supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W ALEXANDER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, N o. 4, Old twendish street, Oxford-street UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS TO LET, consisting of Three Rooms and Dressing Room, with use of Kitchen. Nice clarden. Fou minutes' walk to 'Bus and Rail to City and Wee Paul's-raod, Camden-square, NA V. COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGFRS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Anneal Payment of 43 to 46 ss. insures 41,000 at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. R A ILWAY ACCI DENTS ALONE may be provided against `iy Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the-Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 34, CORNB ILL and 10, REGENT MEET, LONDON. WILLIAM J. WAN Secretary, BpaTA N NIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Tread Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. 011 N GOSNF.LL and CO.'S CHERRY t'- , TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decry, and imparts a pleavant fragrance to the breath. Price Is. 6d.—llod Enll Wharf, 03, Upper hantes- street, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the publi, to a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6th, and 15s. each including brush. Red Bull Wharf Argel passage, 98, Upper Thome& stivet Undo; Ed, town, LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Established 1836. Subscribed capital, £2,500,000, in 50,000 Shares, of £5O each. Paid-up Capital, .£1,000, - 0 - 00 - ilieserve Fund, £500,000. itscioits. Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. I Frederick Francis, Esq. Thos. Tyringham Bernard, Frederick Harrison, Esq. Esq. I Lord Alfred Hervey. Philip Paton Blyth, Esq. William Champion Jones, John Wm. Bnrmester, Esq. Esq. Thomas Stock Cowie, Esq. James Morley, Esq. John Fleming, Esq . William Nicol, Esq. GENERAL 'MANAGER. William M'Kewan, Esq. CHIEF INSPECTOR. W. J. Norfolk, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. James Gray, Esn. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. HEAD OFFICE. 21, Lombard-street. MANAGER. Whitbread Tomson, Esq. A S , ISTANT-MANAGER. William Howard, EN. At the Half-yearly General meeting of the Proprietors, held on Thursday, the sth August, 1869, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street Station, tho following re port for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1869, was read by the Secretary. PIIEDERICK'FRANCIS, Esq., in the Chair. The Directors, in presenting to the Proprietors the balance-sheet of the Bank for the half-year ending 30th June last, have the satisfaction to report that, after paying interest to customers, and all charges, allowing for rebate, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the not profits amount to £85,010 2s. 7d. This sum, added to £5,817 4s 10d, brought forward from the last account, pro duces a total of £90,827 7s. sd. They have declared the usual dividend of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 2f per cent., for the half year, free of in come tax (being at the rate of 17 per cent. per annum), which will absorb £84,601 9s. 10d., and leave £6,225 17s. 7d. to be carried forward to profit and loss now ac count. By the recent appointment of Hr. Whitbread Tomson as Manager of the Head Office, a vacancy has arisen in the Auditorship, which, in accordance with the Deed of Set tlement, it will be in the power of the Proprietors to fill at the annual meeting in February next. The dividend and bonus (together £1 14s. per share) will be payable at the Head Office, or at any of the branches, on and after Monday, the 16th instant. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, 30m JUNE, 1869. DR. £1,000,000 0 0 To capital paid To reserve fund To amount due by tbe Bank to customers' balances, &c. To liabilities on ac ceptances, covered by securities --- 13,366,810 18 9 To profit and loss balance brought from last account 5,817 4 10 To gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for lad and doubt ful debts 26g,406 1 1 269,223 5 11 £15,636,064 4 8 CR. By cash on band at Head Office, and branches, and with Bank of England £1,864,743 1 7 By cash placed at call and at notice, covered by secu rities •-:---- £3,063,512 19 0 Investments, viz.:— By Government and Guaranteed Stocks 1,300,123 10 8 By other stocks and Eecurities 59,581 3 8 1,359,705 0 4 By discounted bills, and advances to customers in town and country 9,361,787 5 8 By liabilities of custo mers for drafts ac cei ted by the Bank (as per contra) 1,4:5,025 16 5 10,816,823 2 1 By freehold premises in Lombard street and Nicholas-lane, freehold and leasehold property at the branches, with fixturea,and fittings By interest paid to customers By salaries and all other expenses at Head Offices end branches, includ ing income tax on profits and salaries 105,073 18 11 .£15,636,064 4 8 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. To interest paid to customers as above .E 52,977 0 8 To expenses, ditto To rebate on bills not due, carried to new account To dividend of 6 per cent. for the half- year To bonus of 21 per cent. To balance carried forward .£2';9,223 5 11 By balance brought forward from last account .£5,817 4 10 By gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for Lai and di,ubt ful debts 263,1W3- 1 1 £269,223 5 11 We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing balance-sheet and have found the same to he correct. (Signed) WILLI A 31 NORMAN,/ Auditors. E. H. SWAINE, London and County Bank, July 29, 1869. The foregoing Report having been read by the Seem tary, the following resolutions were proposed, and unani mously adopted :- 1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for the xse of the Shareholders. 2. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company. (Signed) FREDK. FRANCIS, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved, and carried unanimously :- 3. That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be pre sented to Frederick Francis, Esq., for his able and cour teous conduct in the chair. (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy Chairman. Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) F. CLAPPISON, Secretary. LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, —that -a DIVIDEND on the CAPITAL of the Company, at the rate of Six per Cent. for the half-year ending 30th June, 1869, with a BONUS of Two and a Half rer Cent., will•be PAID to the Pro prietors, either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY, the 16th inst. By order of the Board, W. McKE WAN, General Manager. 21, Lombard-street, Aug. 6, 1860. NEATII AND BRECON RAILWAY COM PANY (AMALGAMATION AND AMEND MENT) ACT, 1869. NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Share holders of the Neath and Brecon Railway Company will bo held at their Offices, 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria street, Westminster, on FRIDAY, the 13th day of August next, at 10.30 a.m., for the following purpose, viz. : Tolidopt and put in force the several powers conferred by the "Neath and Brecon Railway (Amalgamation and Arrangement) Act, 1869." _ D. HOWELL MORGAN, Secretary. 1, Westminster Chambers, Westminster, Victoria-street, S.W., July 29, 1869. ,GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. FOURTEENTH HALF-YEARLy GENERAL MEETING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the FOUR TEENTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the POPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be hold at the CITY TERMINUS HOTEL, Cannon-street, in the City a London, on TUESDAY, the 10th day of August, 1869, at One o'Clock in the afternoon precisely, for the purpose of receiving the Directors' Report, and for the transaction of other business. And Notice is Hereby further Given, that one of the Directors of the Company, viz., Sir Edward William Watkin retires by rotation at this Meeting, and, being eligible ' offers himself for ro-election. And Notice is Hereby Further Given, That any Pro prietor eligible for the Direction, intending to become a candidate for election at this meeting, 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 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 Auditor, 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 meeting of his intention to offer himself a& such candidate.- SALISBURY, Chairman. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopsgate Terminus, London, July 22d, 1869. GUARDIAN FIRE Est ablist AND LIFE OFFICE led 1821. Subscribed Capital.. 11, Lonthar,l-str E DIREC CHAIRMAN—WiII DEPETY-CHAIRMAN - F Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Hy. Bonham.' arter, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, Esq Charles F. Devas, Francis [fart Dyke, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Goodson, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Thomson Hankey Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemacb, Esq. ACTUARY—SamI. Brown, Esq. The full benefit of the Abolition of the Government Duty will be afforded to Insurers. 2rcepectue and Forms of Proposal free on application to the Yuctrarte Agent!, or t 9 the seorotaa7. Two Millions. ?et, London, E.O. 3TOPS. Liam Steven, Esq. rederiek 11. Janson, E-q. Richard M. Ilarvey, Esq J. G. n übbard, Esq G. J Shaw Lefevro, Esq, M.P Martin, Esq Rowland Mitcheil, Esq Jl.nies Morris, Esq A braham J. Hoberts, Esq Henry Vigils, Esq rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1869. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND CALEDONIAN RAILWAYS. Further Improved Service, by the West Coast Route, between London (Euston Station), and the North of Scotland. FROM LONDON.—On and after MONDAY, the 9th instant, the 9.0 p.m. Train from Euston Station will be carried on Express, so as to arrive at Aberdeen at 2.0 p.m. the following day. TO LONDON.—On and after TUESDAY, the 10th inst., a New Train will leave Aberdeen at 9.0 a.m., Glasgow (Caledonian), 1.45 p.m., Edinburgh (Caledonian), 2.0, and arrive in London at 3.15 a.m. For further particulars see Bills. August 6, 1869. 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. 3IARRISON, Great Orford-Ertreet,Norwich. THE " SINGER" SEWING MACHDTES, THE "NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY. STITCII. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. TILE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THF. BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p -Inbar simplicity of thess Machines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a rew hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free. TIIE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CHEkPSIDE. Branch Depots or Loca Agents in every Town rrilE OXFORD.--INAUGURATION THIS JL EVENING.—Open until Throe o'clock by Special permission.—A GREAT ENTERTAINMENT by GREAT ARTISTES.—SuporbIy Decorated and Appointed. of ARGYLL and in the other house, thanks to Mr. GRANT DUFF, his Grace's able deputy in the gover nance of that department. The Telegraphs Bill is another most important work, happily, though only after many anxious delays, accomplished. Among the noticeable projects undertaken, but not carried through, may be enumerated—the sanction of of the Permissive Bill, the legalising of Mar riage with a deceased wife's sister, the application to personal property of the Statute of Distribution, and the transference from the north to the south side of the Strand of the site for the new Courts of Law or Palace of Justice. The oddest Budget that ever Chancellor of the Exchequer devised has been passed quietly, though in the midst of a good deal of wonderment. There have been two or three rather startling Ministerial indis cretions that have fortunately had no evil re sult in the end—such escapades as those two indulged in by the President of the Board of Trade to the bewilderment of his colleagues—first his speech from the Treasury Bench about an Irish Land Bill all ready cut and dried in his pocket—secondly, his astounding letter about the Lords, in which he referred to them not as though they were an assembly of grown men, but as though their House were a nursery of very unruly little children. There has been a certain degree of solicituie felt, off and on during thissession, lest the Lords and the Com mons might—as they fortunately have not—come into collision. Once there was a chance of a,Bill of Pains and Penaltiesbeing Fussed summarily through the House of Commons at the instigation of the Government—the necessity for any such exceptional proceeding being avoided at the last moment by the voluntary resigna tion of his office by the culprit of the hour, to wit his Worship the Mayor of Cork. Incidents of interest have not been wanting in effect to enliven the dull and morelaboriousproceedings of Parliament in either branch of the Legislature. IVHEx Mr. LOWE chooses to give six reasons to the House of Commons for any of his actions, we may safely assume that he has said all that it is possible to advance in favour of his own case; and as he has taken upon himself the responsibility of setting aside three Acts of Parliament, upon the faith of which the Dagenham Dock Company have ex pended 170,000, we look with some interest to the reasons which he assigns for a course which is happily so unusual. If the executive officers of the Govern ment were in the habit of interposing their judgment and authority after Parliament had given ifs sanction to the outlay of capital for a particular purpose, the consequences would be _ _ . the destruction of all confidence and the termination of all enterprise. What should we think of the Board of Trade if they refused their sanction to the opening of a railway constructed under Acts of Par liament on the ground that the public service did not require the accommodation ? Such a course would be precisely analagous to that which has been taken by the Commissioners of Customs in refusing to allow the Dagenham Docks to be used for the purposes for which they were constructed. Upon an appeal to the Lords of the Treasury the late Government decided against the Commissioners; but )Ir. Lo WE has determined to support them, and deals, as he states, with the case on its own merits. His reasons for refusing permission to the company to land goods are, first, that the docks are ten miles from the Custom House. As this circumstance was known to Parliament when they granted powers for the construction of the work, it is clear that the Treasury are not entitled to urge this fact against a project to which they should have objected at the proper time, if at all. It would be monstrous to allow the Government to sanction a large expenditure and when it has been incurred allow them to turn round and say your locality is unsuitable. In this case, however, the distance is a positive advan tage. The wharf is wanted for the purpose of landing cattle and dangerous articles, such as petroleum and naphtha. These dangerous goods are Low landed in the midst of crowded docks and a dense population, and it would be a great advan tage to take them further from London. Mr. LOW E's second reason is the want of adequate accom- .odation for the trade. The Commissioners state that no warehouses or shelter for gocds have been erected at the wharf. Here we have apparently some reason for their refusal, but it is apparent only. The directors of the company have thought it better to erect their warehouses alongside the Tilbury Rail way, with which the clocks are connected by a tramway 11 miles in length, and to take the goods, immediately on their being landed, along this tramway to the warehouses. The arrangement possesses many advantages, as it keeps the ware houses more private and less exposed to the work men engaged in discharging the vessels. If the owners do not object, we do not see what grounds of complaint the Customs' Commissioners can have. The third objection is the expense of sending officers for supervision. As the Dock Company have offered to pay this expense, we do not see the force of the objection. The fourth so-called reason is the risk to the revenue from the lonely situation. As the Customs permit the landing of goods in places which are much more remote, there does not appear to be any ground for raising the objection here. Neither can the danger be very great, as the company do not ask for permission to land goods on which duty is payable. Tile fifth reason is the necessity of grant ing licenses to other places if the license is granted in this case. This objection is ingenious. Mr. LOWE is well aware that to no other places not yet licensed has the sanction of Parliament been given, and, therefore, the argument does not apply. It is, however, lamentable to think that the restric tive regulations of the Customs throw the whole of the shipping trade of this country into the hands of a few persons or companies who can obtain a Custom-house license. The sixth " reason " is the most wonderful of all. It is founded upon " the absence of any proof that additional accommodation was required for the City of London for the purpose of collecting the Customs' dues." Surely Mr. LOWE must have been misreported here. Does he imagine that the end and object of trade is the collection of Customs' dues, and that so long as the officers of the Customs are not incon venienced no harm is done ? It would be hard, indeed, if no one was allowed to land goods at any place until he had proved that his doing so was necessary to the convenience of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs. Is Mr. Lowz adopting this tone as the most rapid mode of realising Mr. BRIGHT'S idea of a free breakfast-table. The advocates of Cus tom-houseabolition will no doubt welcome him as their ablest ally. It is, however, rather hard that the capital expended by the Dagenham Dock Company should be sacrificed to Mr. Lowx's p e culiar method of seeking freedom of trade. When his end is accomplished we hope he will not fail to compen sate the Dock Company, who are, at present, the victims of the experiment. But even for such an object we cannot allow Mr. LowF , to assume a superiority to Parliament which the principles of our Constitution do not sanction or contemplate. With the exception of the second reason, which we have shorn to be unfounded, there is not one of the arguments used by Mr. LOWE which could not have been considered and determined by Parliament when the Acts veers passed which autho rised the construction of the Dagenham Docks. It would be a novel principle if an executive board had the power to set aside Acts of Parliament after individuals had expended large sums on the con struction of works under the sanction of the Legis lature. Such a power would be fatal to commercial progress. Existing companies will always have an interest in preventing the development of competi- tion, and if there is a board to which they can run at any moment to stop their competitors, they will be sure to display agood deal of activity in that direction. The forma of the House do not allow of a discussion being taken when a question is asked, and the late ness of the session will probably prevent the possi bility of bringing the subject again under the notice of Parliament until next year ; but if Mr. Lows does not change his mind, there is little doubt that he will then have to explain his "reasons." In the meantime a grievous injustice is being inflicted both upon the shareholders of the Dock Company and upon those traders who are desirous of using the accom modation which has been provided at so great a cost ; and the works are going to destruction before they have been used for the useful purposes for which they were constructed. Wiz are in a position to confirm the report that the English Government have refused to recognise Major JAMES HAGGERTY as United States Consul for Glasgow, to which post he had been appointed by President GRANT. The inhabitants of the great Northern town were, it will be remembered, much excited when the news of this nomination reached England, some weel s ago. Who Major JAMES HAGGERTY was seemed involved in some doubt; but the balance of evidence appeared in favour of the conclusion that he was an American Fenian. It was asserted, on the one hand, that be was the Major JAMES HAGGERTY of Colonel CORCORAN'S C9th New York Regiment—a notorious Fenian. On the other hand, some of the people of Glasgow, after they had got over the first serious burst of indignation and had inquired into the matter, announced the discovery that Mr. HAGGERTY was no Fenian, but a genuine native of Glasgow itself, and therefore the most suitable person to be its Consul. Major HAGGERTY of the 69th Regiment had, it was said, been killed. But the Nw York Times was so confident of the "Major" being a Fenian that it deemed it necessary to explain his ap pointment. The Administration, it said, in all pro bability knew nothing about Mr. or Maj or HAGGERTY. The changes which are made in the public service when a new President comes into office are so numerous that it is quite impossible for the Cabinet to person ally note them all. Major HAGGERTY might, amongst hundreds of others, be recommended, might present good credentials, and be set down as Consul without the remotest conception on the part of the Ministry as to his real character. This explanation seems reasonable enough, and the more so as we cannot readily credit President GRANT with a wish to send over an officer who would be person ally offensive to the British people. But whatever may be the circumstances under which Mr. HAGGERTY was appointed, the English Government has refused to acknowledge him as the American repre sentative at Glasgow. It is the practice, we need scarcely say, for consuls to present their commission to the authorities of the country to which they are accre dited, in order that the appointment may be sanc tioned by an esequatur—a document securing to the holder certain privileges and immunities. The exequatur of Major HAGGERTY has been withheld, thus sheav ing that his previous career furnishes some grave objection to his officiating in this country. The occurrence is somewhat awkward, but there is no reason to apprehend any serious difficulty. If, as the .21'ew York Times says, the American Ministry made this appointment unwit tingly, there can be no reason why Major HAGGERTY should be retained in opposition to the wishes of the English Government. LATEST INTELL EGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, August 7. The steamers which leave to-day for Europe take out $900,000 in specie. The North - German Lloyd steamship Union arrived out yesterday at 11 p.ra. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1361 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 136 r; the lowest, 136. Sterling Exchange on London llO.. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 9 it " 1885 " 1867 122. 116. 1411. 29. Cotton —Mid. upland 33ic. Petroleum—Standard White 32c. Flour, extra state, $6.45c. to $7.05c. Corn, old mixed, $1.12c. 10-10 Illinois Erie August 8. General Rosecranz has declined the Democratic nomination as Governor of Ohio, on the grounds that his business engagements and his duties to his family preclude his accepting the appointment. Nearly complete returns show a Conservative ma jority in Tennessee of 65,000. The weather yesterday was generally favourable for observation of the solar eclipse. Many successful observations were made by delegations of various colleges and scientific societies. Great darkness prevailed, and in some parts of the west there was a total eclipse. The event created much alarm among the negroes and ignorant persons.j Reports of the crops in Western Canada are favourable beyond precedent. The New York Herald declares that the people of the United States are almost unanimous in favour of the recognition of Cuban independence, and of a vigorous reinforcement of the rights of American citizens abroad, adding that Congress dare not oppose the popular feeling on these points. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 9. The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Tripoli, from New York, arrived here at 8.40 a.m. to-day, with 81 passengers. She landed 19 passengers and despatches, and proceeded at 8.50 a.m. for Liver pool. All well. VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, July 18. The Victoria Parliament is engaged in discussing a Land Bill. The revenue return for the quarter ending the 30th of June shows an increase in the receipts of £llB,OOO as compared with the corresponding quarter last year. Business is dull, and stocks are large. Discount unaltered. NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, July 15. Parliament will meet in September. The business of preserving meat for exportation _ to Europe is increasing. A number of diamonds, four gold nuggets, and rich quartz reefs have been found recently. Intelligence from New Zealand announces that a new Ministry has been formed. It has declared its policy with regard to rebels to be of a defen sive character. Two hundred rebels had surrendered. BRISBANE, July 13. The Queensland Parliament i s sitting, and a proposal has been brought forward for paying the members. In Tasmania rich quartz discoveries have been made. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, July 18. The mail steamer Malta takes to Gallo over 100,000 ounces of gold, and £29,400 in sovereigns. The Yorkshire has sailed for England with 16,750 ounces, and the George Thompson with 8,875 ounces, - ARTISTES : Soprani—Misses Dolaro, Gould, Evans, and Rivers. Tenori—Messrs. St. Albyn and Mitchell. Bassi—Messrs. Rivers and Jennings. Serio-Comic—Misses Davies, Villiars, and Sherrington. Duato —Kato Bella and }ratty. Trr cy. Comic and Character—Messrs. C. Sydney, A. St. Albyn, and Raynor. Forest and Sons, Grotesques, Musical Artistes, and Clowns. Mr. Leslie, the greatest Ame►ican artiste who ever visited England, is engaged exclusively at this establish ment (his first appearance). Raslus, the Reman Gyrist, in his Terrific Sensational Act—(his first appearance---exclusive services secured). At Ten o'clock, a serio-comic Cantatina, entitled " The Apple of Discord !" Written expressly for this Hall by Albert Grey, EQq. The dresses aud appointments by Mr. S. May, the eminent Costumier, Bow-street. "God Save the Queen" will be sung by the Principals and Extra Chorus. Musical Director—Mr. Jennings; Acting and Stage Manager—Mr. Yuxley. Doors open at 7.30, commence at s. N.B.—This Evening (the Inauguration Night) admis sion to all parts, 2s. 6d. On Tuesday and thereafter. Area 6d., Stalls ls., Balcony Stalls (reserved and num bered) 2s, Private Boxes 10s. and 15s. . , To-morrow the Hall will be thrown open Free as a GRAND CAFE, from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. for Dejeuners a la fourchette, Luncheons, and general refreshments. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING. at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8 FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, John Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUM t. S. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. Tins EVENING, at 7, MY PRECIOUS BETSY: Mr Atkins and Missjdhnstone. At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE HEARTH: Mr R. Phillips, Mr E Atkins, Mr Stuart. Airs M. Eburne, Mrs L Murray, &c. And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. Tins EVENING. at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. TILE TOODLES. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; esdames Goodall. Lydia Maitland. Button. To eonplude with THE CHOPS OF TIIE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James, ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. THIS EYENING, at 7.30, A ROVING COM 11 ISSION. After which CHECKMATE. Followed by THE MILITARY BILLY TAYLOR. To conclude with IN FOR A HOLM t Y Mr Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver Miss Saunders, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Man‘ger, Mr. Vining, TIM EVENING, at 7, PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE. After which, A`JI s AND GALATEA : Herr Formes, Mr V. Rigby, Mr M. ~w ith, and Miss Blanche Co:e. To conclude with A QUIET FAMILY. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under tho Management of Miss Marie Wilton Trtis EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss \i arie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE CD RISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL EIAMB 11 A PALACE. THREE BALLET i Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. ls. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL C RDENS, Regorge-latk, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Adutission, .Is.; on lileadays, Cd. Children under twelve, 04 - y .45,) '%::=44,11 , 117 . ,r _44 _✓ ; _ _ , LONDON, 310ND.1 .1 UGU.,.7 9, 1869. The session now immediately about to close has been at once laborious and brilliant. It bas covered with honour the new House of Commons—the out come of the enlarged constituencies. It has shown to view the most powerful and popular Premier of this generation at the head of the largest majority ever known to have been at the back of a Minister since the earliest reform of Parliament. If in popu larity Lord PALNIERSTON may be said to vie in his day, with Mr. GLADSTONE in ours, the latter, thanks to that serried and enormous majority, is be yond all comparison more powerful as a Prime Minis ter than Lord PALMERSTON in his palmiest days could ever have even affected to be. It is in this sense, therefore, that we have spoken—that we have been justified in speaking—of Mr. GLADSTONE as the most popular and powerful Premier of our generation. Supported by the immense gathering of Liberals at his back, on the benches to the right hand of Mr. SPEAKER, the Leader of the Govern ment has been enabled to get through the chief part of the work, undertaken, by him, to be done during the present session of Parliament. And, considering how vast, how vitally important, and in many ways how wonderfully complicated very much of that work was visibly in itself, before it was commenced, it is matter for amazement and for congratulation that so much of it has been accomplished, and ac complished, too, so very thoroughly. If nothing else had been done this year by the Lords and Commons, in Parliament assembled, than the pass ing of the Irish Church Bill, the session of 1869 would have been remarkable in the annals of the Legislature. Herculean as that task was, it was ac complished within considerably less than half a year, in spite of the most determined, and, for a while, it must be added, the most impassioned opposition. Within less than five months the particular work under taken was completed. It was on the Ist of March that the bill was laid before the House of Commons by Mr. GLADSTONE iu a speech as elaborate, as lucid, and as comprehensive as he has ever delivered within the walls of the Legislature. After passing through a variety of vicissitudes, it—the Bill—finally received the Royal Assent on the 28th July, and has, therefore, now, for a week or two, been un fait accompli. Apart from this one great achievement of the session, the Go vernment and the House of Commons have not been idle or forgetful of the understanding between them as to what legislative labours should be done, if possible, or at any rate attempted. Attesta tions of this are visible in the New Bankruptcy Bill, in the Endowed Schools Bill, in the Bill for the Protection of the Funds of Trades' Unions, in the Bill for the Superannuation of the Bishops, in the Bill fcr the batter regulating the importation of Foreign Cattle, in the Bill (Lord PENZANCE'S Bill) for -Wowing the parties to give evidence in divorce cases, ind in Mr. FAWCETT'S successful endeavour to fling open the gates of Trinity College, Dublin, to Catho ies and to Nonconformists. Those and other reme lial measures have been carried through Parliament, fide by side with the great measure already particu larised as the work of the session—the Bill for the disestablishing and disendowing of the Irish Church As a State institution. A flood of light has been hrown, both in the Lords and in the Coin :Lions, on the complex question of Indian finance, thanks to Secretary of State, the Duke TRADE AND FI2ITANCE. The The United States, however, do not stand in the posi tion of Austria. On the contrary, like ourselves, they have never made an appeal to a foreign money market fox assistance, and therefore they have the same justification as ourselves in taxing the interest on their debt. In point of fact, we believe that it is merely suggested to adopt the English system of collecting the income tax, which allows of deductions by bankers, etc., on all such payments, which are, therefore, not entered in the income-tax schedule. So far as legal justification goes, there is every opportunity for the Americans to adopt the plan if they are so inclined, and we do not see the remedy that the European bondholders would have under the circumstances. There is no doubt, however, that such a course wculd not be prudent. The fact of such a very large amount of bonds having been sent over here is a sufficient indication that the present use of European capital is of great service to the Americans, and the whole transaction savours very much of a foreign loan. The interest paid, under the circumstances in which the trade of the United States is at present placed, may be fairly regarded as the consideration for capital loaned, and it will be seen, when the subject is looked at in this light, that it would not be prudent to tax such interest. We do not anticipate that the suggestion will be carried into practice, but the Americans will do wisely to take into consideration the fact that there is at present a very heavy trade balance against them, which has been temporarily settled by the shipment of hive-Twenties which can at any time be returned to them, and a large portion of which would probably find their way back I o New York in the event of any impost being laid upon them. This would lead to serious consequences; but, apart from this, there is another considera tion which will probably induce the American Government to hesitate to adopt the system which hasty politicians are about to force upon their notice. It is evidently their policy to enhance the value of their securities as much as they can; and, if possible, to force them above their par value—which is not at all impossible to happen if the Americans keep undeviating good faith with their creditors. By so doing they will be better able, when the proper time arrives, to consolidate their debt, and to substitute a bond bearing a lower rate of interest for the Six per Cent. Bonds now in existence. The tax, however, would tend to make the bonds unpopular, and would have the effect not only of immediately lowering values, but also of attaching a sus picion to the financial action of the Government. A rumour is circulated that Sir Wiifrid is likely to be called to tho Upper Ifouse. Two measures which have crepe down from th:.: Lords to the Collin - Tits—the Halitual Criminals the Bishops' Iteeigmtion Bill—have Leen published, "as amended in Committee." Lord Lyttelton, Mr. A. Hobliouse, QC., ar.d Bev. 11. G. Robinson are gazetted Commissioners for the purposes of the Endowed Schools Act, 18G9 ; and Mr. 11. J. Roby is appointed secretary. The post of side-de-camp to H.R.11. the Field- Marshal Commanding-in-Chief is vacant by the promotion of Colonel Curzon to be major-general. It is likely to bo filled by Lieut.-Col. the Lou. W. J. Colville, who has discharged the duties of an assistant-inspector of volunteers. During the recces Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Lowe will pay a visit to Ireland, and will be entertained in Dublin to a great banquet. The Freeman says that the visit of Mr. Gladstone is with a view to satisfy himself, by personal observation, of the real state of the country, and especially as to the state of land tenure. The post of Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, duricg the alsence of Mr. Seton Karr, has been offered to and accepted by Mr. C. Aitchinson, of the Bengal Civil Service, a civilian of 1856-7, and with ono exception, that of Mr. Wyllie, the late unseated member for Hereford, the youtgest gentleman who has filled the office in recent times. 4 r The Esmonde will case is a ga i n under trial in Carlow, before Mr. Justice Lawson and a special juty. Mr. Butt applied on Friday for a postpon ement, on the ground that the jury panel was not properly formed, but the Court overruled the objection. The trial is regarded with great interest, and involves a largo endowment to Trinity College. The foundation stone of a new ball which is to be presented to the inhabitants of Forfar by Mr. Peter Reid, a confectioner in the town, has been laid with Masonic honours by the Gland Master, the Earl of Dalhousie. His Lordship also placed the corn , r-stone of a now Court-House in course of erection for the county of Forfar. The day was observed as a general holiday in the burgh, and the proceedings passed off most successfully. Another case of rattening has occurred near Shef field. A scythe-grinder, named Kay, who was in the employ of Mr. G. Hellewell, of Eack - enthorpe, Las been rattened of three grinding bands. Kay is a member of the Grinders' Union, and is not backward in his payments ; but it is be lieved that he works a little unaer the other men, and that this is the cause of the visit of "Mary Ann." Ho was rat tened about 18 months ago. The report of the Joint Committee of the Lords and Commons on the despatch of business in Parliament has been published. It suggests that (xpedition in legisla tion might Le ot tained by the introduction of le.i;al and ecclesiastical bills in tho Lords; but it is added that the arrangement must bo left to tho discretion of Ministers. The appointment of a joint Committee of Referees on " Opposed Private Bills" and of a joint Committee on Stand ing Orders is recommended. Her Majesty held a Privy Council on Saturday at at Osborne, which was attended by the L )rd President of tho Council (Earl do Grey and Ripon), the Lord Privy Seal (Lord Kimberley), the Secretary of State. for India (Duks of Argyll), and the Lord Chamberlain (Viscount Sydney). Arthur Helps, Esq., was clerk of the Council. At the Council the Queen's Speech on the forth coming prorogation of Parliament, by commission, was sub mitted to her Majesty, and approved of. A Welsh will case has been tried at the Hereford Ass'Z2S. A woman who had lived w:th h r cousin, to whom she had borne children, was thought to have died intestate. Her property in default gassed to her brother, with whom she had quarrelled. Suddenly, however, a will was produced by one Roger Williams, written by him, and purporting to be " marked" by the deceased, giving her property to her cousin. The man, however, bore a bad character, and it was alto n that the deceased could write. The jury therefore declar(N, the will a forgery. A fatal boat accident has occurred at Dover. Fuur n left the beach at East Cliff in a small sailing boat, and It. th i g ?ct out on the to r v y go Iron D al. The br,cz ) freshened to such a tlegre3 that the fulness of adi caused the boat to lie over. Two of the men insisted n the sail being reduced, or they would bo landed. They Nvero placed on shore, and the other two w,nt out again. Soon afterwards tho boat filled and sank. One only of the nu was picked up by a French boat. The other, supposed to have been drowned, was Mr, C. Hills, a coach tatile.er in _ . Pau.. The peculiar circumstances in which the United States have been placed since the attempted secession of the Southern States have caused such an intimate connection between political and commercial affairs that it is difficult to separate the one from the other. Agitations, ostensibly commenced on behalf of commerce, are not unfrequently set in motion by the political wire-pullers of Washington, and no little suspicion, therefore, attaches to the scanty information that arrives through the cable. A somewhat remarkable, but by no means astounding, piece of news has this week arrived from New York, which we are inclined to believe is the result of a political agitation of the kind referred to ; nevertheless it deserves more prominent notice than it has yet received, as, should the course recommended be adopted, it would have an important bearing upon commercial interests. It has been proposed to tax the interest on the American Debt held in foreign lands—a step which, for cur own part, we have always been prepared for, and which is defen sible on very important grounds. It is only fair to the Americans to state that the subject has never been seriously discussed in either branch of the Legislature, being merely an agitation of a particular section, and probably set in motion from sinister motives. We wish to point out, however, that in taxing the coupons the Americans would be merely adopting the plan now fol lowed by the British Parliainen t, which Las always, and with evident justice, taxed the interest payable to those foreigners who have chosen to invest their capital in English Government Stocks. In so doing, we standin a very different position to other European States--Luch as Austria —who have latterly laid an impost upon the interest pay able to foreign holders of their bonds. We have never made an appeal to any foreign market for assistance in our financial difficulties ; on the contrary, the whole of our debt was raised at home, and we are, therefore, justified in taxing the interest upon it to any extent we may choose. The ease of Austria, however, is materially different. Here a direct appeal was made to foreign— and particularly to the British—money markets, and investors, in complying with the demand, were not aware that, by an arbitrary Act of the Reichsrath, they could be mulcted of a considerable part of their dues, or that Austria would in any way be able to free herself from her engagements. We shall not stop to inquire into the con sequences of this egregious folly, merely remarking that, after the success that has followed this act of national dishonesty, one cannot be surprised at agitations arising in more needy and more hardly-pressed States for the adoption of a similar course. The hidden clanger, how ever, has now revealed itself, and will be sufficiently guarded against in any future loan. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times observes that, unfortunately, the questioa brought forward last week by Sir Roundell though of the utmost importance, is just one of those which are too often postponed without scruple to a 111 ° 1•° convenient season. Perhaps no one but himself COu b ' have induced the House of Commons at this period of the session to listen with patience to an exposition of the COw flict between the Marriage Laws of England, Scotland and Ireland. Everyone is award of this conflict, an admits it to be a great scandal, from a scientific point 0 ' view, but no one is specially concerned to remedi, it. Moreover, in thi s i ns t ance th e i n j ury inflicte d on the whole community is not at first sig bt apparent. The inconsistency of requiring marriages to be public in England, yet allowing R° 111313 Catholic priests to celebr a t e secre t marr i ages i n It elan' ,, is rarely brought home to the popular mind, except wile it is illustrated by a great scandal like the Yelverton cas e ; The Scotch marriage, by rerba de pra-SC2lii, is concleinacu by every jurist out of Scotland, but Scotchmen are se oe ; what loth t o p ar t w ith it , an d th ere i s no strong p r actica l motive for interfering with them. In short, the es tablish meat of an unif orm marr i age l aw f or G rea t B r it a in all Ireland is essentially a work to be undertaken by a s t r° ,, Government, but a work, it is to be feared, that a strg' Government can afford to put off indefinitely. The course for the commissioners would doubtless have beepto ignore all distinctions grounded on differences of creed, to prescribe general rules for previous notice, public at t ' s• tation, and subs equen t reg i s t ra ti on, l eav i ng each ele nomination to add its own religious ceremony. C° , 11 .; sidering what has been d one even i n R oman Cath °ll- States on the Continent, and considering also the Pr e• vailing tendency of opinion in thi s coun t r y, we are 1 1 prepared to adopt Sir Roundell Palmer's view that e 31.1.1 a settlement wauld hav e been utt er ly h o p e l ess . -At tl,B c ; same time the commissioners probably j u d g ed vvise l3 : l 4 preferring the other alternative, and recommending tel for this purpose all duly authorised ministers of 4 ., denominations should be made regi s t rars by the Sta te ' The paramount objects, as we have so often pointed o at, are due notice, full publicity, and the preservation ° trustworthy evidence. So long as these are adequat e !, secured, it is a point of secondary moment whether t'l" matrimonial knot is actually tied by a civil registrar a' clergyman. The Foci remarks that few animals without the Pe l ' ll of expressing themselves—not even th e li on anti the unicorn—have exercised such regular and strong Pol ib f l i e influence as whitebait. For half a century n early dinner to which they give a name known throughout t°, civilised world has been a b o nd o f un i on k ee ping sta tes men together, and a solace to which w e a r i e d Cabin et,: harassed with foolish catechisms, bitt er oPPenello and untoward events, have looked forward the reward of patience and pers ever ance. 1 4, whitebait dinner of Greenwich is the landne lv that speaks to the wet and weary ma r i ner , w ho has bee o tempest-tossed by the sea of politics, of the haven Wi ler, he will be at rest—where he may sleep without watell and eat his dinner instead of m e r e ly b o lti ng his f° ° t, The Ministerial whitebait dinner had become, in isc .f an institution of yearly inauguration, the celebrati on o v e which was impressively ann o un ce d an d j o yf u lly reedit' A i public newspapers. It was th e p rece d en t o f the )Z o l a ; it was the harbinger of the St a t e Coach P' l :, the cream-coloured horses and the Life Guards' esceiri:i of the Prorogation and the Grouse Shooting. great institution is in danger. Th e ruti tio Spirit of Revolution that has overthrown Established Church in Ireland has not hesitated to oi ° , deadly blow at the G reenw i c h di nner . A vo i ce of la r r o o f tation has come up to us from that ancient borough picturesque one-legged and one-armed sailors, of tea t. shrimp shops, and of lordly hotels ; and it says that et . Cabinet, of which the member for Greenwich is the corao stone, will separate without drinking the stirrup col'r either the Traf a l gar or th e Shi p . Th e Gl a d s t one Gre veo ment will not do the whitebait dinner. t The Standard s a y s th a t th e o th er d ay th e P re siders for the Board of Trade was asked about a recent action negligence brought against a railway company by 5 professor of calistheni cs , w h o caug ht h er f oo t i n a l 9i , e n o. the carpet of a st a ti on wa iti ng - room , an d sue d the c OB pany for damages. Not only does he look upon the e'ro as " most monstrous," but he had no end of hard O w for persons injured in railway co lli s i ons . He cited to case of a man brought into court on a st re t c her, of s r en t the judge spoke as " near death's door," and he then Ti o on, in his favourite vernacular, to describe "a s) d 6 i i t st which he considered to be littl e bett er than swi ll to practised upon railway companies," who, accordiago the theory of the President of the Board of Trade, cl° o ,:sl make themselves inter e sti ng subjects f o r leg'is l3 a d sympathy by killing a few dozen passengers a ye ar 0 14 reducing seve r al h un d re d s t o a con diti on o f hopeles s 1 1 0 t life-long suffering. 'The Standard protests against introducti on o f thi s new f as hi on o f rev i ew i ng t h e care considered d ec i s i ons o f d u l y - appo i nte d tribunals, gy be Cabinet Mini s t er , w h o b egan b y acknowledging td- IJ II did not know whether the judge was right about the ~00 or the jury ab ou t th e facts but who nevertheless Wen' of to use language implying that a large el 3 q:0 11 severe sufferers are little better than prof es T swindlers. R a il way compan i es h ave at le" sa` ample means of resisting unjust claims, , 0 1.4, of detecting f rau d u l en t ones as any pr i vate indiv l , o s `beiv and, F) far as we can jud ge f rom reported cases, quite an avera ge amoun t o f rea diness to avail 0 0 '4 t ,ll of them. Mr. Bright can hardly be unaware of a ' rt t and therefore it is altogether inexcusable on his Pa - ver act as if ho were vested with a censorial jurisdietio,,afactS the judges who lay down law, and juries who fiol..„ 0 0 . : which militate against the interests of those great eT s 'por' tions by which the carrying trade of the country conducted. of The Star says it is possible that some of the A°, o o 9 ', parliamentary procedure might be advantoe - 0 - t h e shortened, but the real hindrance to b us iness lies I ce ssi ti c e abuse of them, w hi c h i n p rac ti ce g i ves an al s o power to insignificant minoriti e s. It may -- s tilt' 0 observed th a t a d m i n i s t rat i ve re f orms are con o f til d retarded or prevent e d by th e organ i se d res istance, ye3s great public departments. The Admiralty for illa t y e eic, may be said to have defied its assailants and cen t its responsible chi e f s t o i ng l or i ous i nac tivity acco a we know, has at length been lauclahlY 11° 0 plished by Mr. Baxter. In other services ego, has been done. Mr. Cardwell has yet t t o ° distinction as a military administrator, and ‘: - ous. d i s t that lie is superior to the portentously sag e John Pakington. The reorganisation of t h e , h gr e y Department advances but slowly, whilst on ' 6O O 0 questions of military education and prom ss lvi se d purchase, the Horse Guards and its irresponsib le - Otie lJ- 0 have so far held their own. On both of the last-Ille 1 1 5v e , subjects there has been abundant inquiry, and 1 re fc right to complain that no well-considered Pla,n„ ° o Bo o le, is yet before the country. Difficulties will, ",; o ers' e st have to be encountered, but they are not in s : 1 1 Y oo 't and it must not be forgotten that e a ' to fr, that we persist in an obsolete system add s in, v, expenditure and increases our weakness as a na it Cardwell has a great opportunity before him. to e cl something for the friends of popular institutleforinot that their hopes are not disappointed, that ,„a , re ruin ol y Parliament has given us wiser and better u,.°', e ssr c o t and added to the happiness of the people. T ue a g r stg stituencies enabled Mr. Gladstone to perforn' to no o , l o deed of national justice, and we believe that in `,. 0 0 a liberal and beneficent policy he may continued support and undiminished slmpathy. . 0 to 0 0s t f ia Humour, according to the Daily News, s e jeclk,, o r rapidly passing into the domain of disused an d rle 6l '; o er faculties. The outrageous word-twisting of the o d de"iti writers has almost extinguished that finer rather tbsl sense of drollery which consists in ideas t i o ns ° fl ea safely co in' sounds, and there are no pleasanter manifea s t teele' f iftl than in the periodical writings of Addison and o f P i few more powerful than in the scathing Pag e ' e - vver The finest productions of humorous genius ar rio usP o d thought and observation, with something of A l i t brig p o t v o pose visible at the bottom of the flashing stream of fancy. Could a n tue e Y it s o profoundly sensitive and meditative na ? produced the great works of Creva ntV ow r O , O ll the lowest of Sh a ky eye's drolleries, and J! , a ncl;',ol, matter you find in them. Take the'ltighertol, P o l o st: might expand them i n t o b oo k s . Falstaff, in s ea and Bardolph—what a riot of fun there lf u l a es?„0 0 1 characters ; and yet what a mysterious welts,oa oi 10' . depth of life ! Wh a t i n t u iti o ns of human,_„t what suggestions of charitable allowance, n i an, o at the wonderful, incornprehensible nature i ,i e gree , t or ° through all ! The same in kind, if nut Chs_geri be said of all great works of humour:,eir. all o w comic characters are alive at this day ; t a ess entgoit does not depend on the delineation of term s,e t nerisms, or the reproduction of slang er 1 3 1 . JP, of the dramatists contemporary with Slialgje' fo r hi same kindly faculty, though none to the _IP' for I , l t i s tpl e ' l . o the eighteenth century was remarka,bre_i 610 .1 4_ throughout. Fielding, Smollett, Sterne, o ,fitr oin ic o ! s 0 , 0 1 ; were only the most illustrious of an army „ t io e ,! of the most genuine order. These are ti .v e_ (r an, it have added largely to the mirth of succesSi f _r „ o ar of Englishmen, and who will continue tc, be ' matter and their style as long as the Lug em la"teer° shall endure. yohin, c f the or di , The Telegraph thinks, on the whole, on the ir f evi o may, perhaps, be satisfied with the report °n pulse °f eat ance at the Wimbledon Review, which tlN,, ie doq us iss' o t bridge has rendered to the War Office. not drawn up in terms of indiserintinat.ee'edrerttisisiiilo4l3l laudation ; indeed we may question wn ;_ reas ts e v ols 4 s strike a of disappointment into the n a t tilefislin'.si who were present, as actors and speetatorsitoysj s i va j e ep scene of July the lith. And yet 1,2 1 w arra! e irs c s, has said nothing that is not fairiY,, ie pa rti p , the facts of the case. No doubt, A t , forc e , rs to o . of a regular force in the review—a re l- 1 to , o ope j -,to with much preparation, halt marched fo r _ . , n , eu t t u r. present in time—permitted the coin:nein, tions at a stated and comparatively ran M . 4 doubt, also, the attendance of Volunteers:_ v il e ' peen:, fn ic reit v not so large as it might, and should, I _ . ' ifor t t ion es iv e ll o o necessary consequence, there teas all " :_ ie brig 3 ,ol /j l Ol . up of uniforms some battalions rt;:lescoili,rsaicicoens.,e•teter,o;otoift could not but detract both from the apl7 1 . 111 us to the thoroughl easy movement of teers as a holy are so sensible, sas s ] their inevitable inferiority in cif f e el '. o n i cid e" is the regular army, that they wind rt(o)n their nt th,rie„icl any criticisms which may be p ase tit Pr ese eri"sti l Y failures in matters of detail. Butthe't its Presl?„,,,,p,stie, throughout the force a vague sense „ fl i s ialtv„ to 40 ! efficiency are not so much the obrct e r ea.t!„' re o f and desire as they should be. 'I her e . ai l l s t to ee l ' s ; se' s :eel pose that the Duke of Cambridge s in rtiog ul e r t. 11°s eal, rjr , sitive body of intelligent men, sm e minded and self-distrustful Volunteer, it s neglectsatisfac satisfactory indifference iffseuriesntcaen substance e t iiis headquarters 'repor trinay ton e i 6°17 rigs PaiosaAtructiQD• 0