The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-25 00:00:00

\~ THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Bnckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. With HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Mr. C. Mathews. And HALLOWEEN. By the Leclercqs. .Commenoe at 7. j, YAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, will be performed HOME TRUTHS. After which, the French vaudeville, MILITArRE ET PENSIONAIRE. Characters by the Zouaves. And LA CORDE SENSIBLE. Followed by AN AMBUSCADE AT INBERMAN. To conclude with BOWL'D OUT. Commence at 7. A DELPHT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. r - Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Ben.). Webster. Mr. B. Webster will make his first appearance (since his re turn from his provincial tour) in the course of the present month, at his Annual Benefit, particulars of which will be duly announced. 12th week of the favourite American Actress, Miss Julia Daly. ttiS p VENING, THE HARVEST HOME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, I'. Bedford, D. Fisher, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer ; Mi.s Woolgar, Miss ti. Simms, Miss K. Kelly, and Miss Lnid!aw. — Atter which, TIIE FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Mr. Paul Bedford and Miss Julia Daly. To conclude with OUR GAL. Miss Julia Daly, Messrs. Eburne, Ward, and Romer. Commence af 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 28. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orcht stra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ' • t Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. ocl. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting. Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. TRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. TO-NIGHT, M. TALEXY'S BENEFIT. M. Talexy has the honour to announce that his Benefit will take place TO-NIGHT (Wednesday), on which occasion Mdle. Doche will make her first and only appearance this season ; also Mdle. Fix, M. Paul Devaux, M. Gravier, Mdle. Borghi- Mdle. Brunetti, M. Belart, M. Gassier, M. Chapny and Mdle. Ferraris will appear in COMEDIE, VAUDEVILLE, and GRAND CONCERT. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. • Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Commence at 8. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5 A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. An Extra Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY next, July 28, commencing at Two o'clock. This Evening, the Historical Spectacle, entitled FAIR ROSAMOND, Or the AMAZON CRUSADERS. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena. To conduce with THE SPOILED CHILD. Little Pickle, Miss Amelia Smith. Doors open at hall-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolt'. CONCERTS.- CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA. FAUST. First Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Piephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Slobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is, Hall. 6d. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual entertainments. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.---SUN OFFICE, JULY 25,1860. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 59—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.05 ; rising rapidly. WlND—North - Westerly; rather fresh, with coo] weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnxs DAY.—Morning, 6h. 36m.—Afternoon, 7h. lm, To-moßßow.-Morning, :7h. 27m.--Afternoon, 7h. 56m. - \ • , r ". • "" THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1860, -t-- It is now certain that the young REHOBOAM of Naples has gone on his knees to the King of SAR DINIA. The POPE'S blessing will no longer avail ; the heretic alone can save him from GARIBALDI ; and so, to the excommunicated VICTOR EMMANUEL, the most faithful of the sons of the Church is obliged to turn. We hope, however, the excommunicated King neither will deliver, nor that he can if he would. He has sent his adjutant to GARIBALDI, Lord JOHN RUSSELL tells us, on the authority of the Neapolitan Minister in London. But we may remember that gin Sicily GARIBALDI is not yet subject to the King of SARDINIA ; we may also remember that he has objected to immediate an nexation, on the very ground that his policy being Italian, he would be embarrassed by separating the cause of Sicily from that of the mainland. It may be well, diplomatically wise perhaps, for the King of SARDINIA to keep up appearances with the man who is still formally King of NAPLES. But a living messenger can carry unofficial as well as official messages, and we may hope that the KING'S personal opinion, and his diplomatic repre sentations, will dash considerably ; and GARI BALDI is not the man to shrink from assuming responsibility. It would, indeed, be most disastrous for the future of Italy if her WASHINGTON were not suffered to work out his own plans. We can but believe that he has the entire and well merited confidence of the King of SARDINIA, and that that Monarch will not authoritatively interfere with the proceedings of the noblest of his subjects. He trusts Count CAVOUR, too, as a diplomatist; but the KING, himself " a soldier every inch of him," must have far more sympathy with the deeds of GARI BALDI than with the despatches of CAVOUR. All Europe would confess that he ought to have; GARIBALDI has shown a most rare combination of qualities more frequently separated. To an enthu siasm for Italian liberties which nothing can sup press, he unites the almost cool-headeness, and with unusual moderation, gentleness, and kindness, he possesses beyond doubt the greatest courage and firmness. His dimissal of a man of LA FARINA'S standing from Sicily, because he :obstructed his policy of Italian union, and advocated the NAPO LEON-CAVOUR policy of a Confederation, showed as much moral courage and firmness as his behaviour at Palermo did of the more common physical quality. We will still hope, therefore, that GARIBALDI Will take his own course. If he do, we may safely predict that the young BOURBON will soon be packin g up his valuables. The Bombarder of Palermo, the murderer of hundreds of his o wri subjects there, has already, to "present bloodshed," withdrawn his troops from Messina and the adjacent fortresses. It was, doubtless, very wise mercy. Messina is not a plac e to be taken in a day or a week, even by GARIBALDI, if defended by determined soldiers. But defended by men, the great majority of whom would pref er Q ARt , iLDI for their comma n d er , an d his cause to teheeeisrs n, there could b e no quest i on about the n n w f h recalling them. And yet we may well ask, f or Purpose P To hand over the capital to GARILALII7Ithz soon as he presents himself at its gates? meaning of the petition to 18th"doubtedly the n hated King of SARDINIA to " Stop GARIBALbi • If soldiers could do it the King has now plenty of them I probably not many short of eighty or one hundred thousand now that they are all collected together; but with the exception of a minori ty of mercen ary *Sans the army prefers the Hero of Palermo to the cruel young coward who employs them chiefly against citizens. And then the whole population is utterly weary of their King, and justly distrust- • ‘s, ful of any promises he can make. He has no guarantees to give, which they can none, we hope, which they will, accept. We await therefore, with eagerness and with hope, the next week or fortnight's news. We trust that the Italians in Naples, as in the Duchies, will give LOUIS NAPOLEON'S confederation scheme to the winds—that Naples and the Roman States will soon be united with the North of Italy—that the Quadrangle will soon follow—that a united Italy will laugh at all Dictators of the Tuileries—and that the record of history for the year will be that GARIBALDI, by his skill, single-mindedness, and boldness, brought to nought the counsels of the Imperial ACHITOPHEL. Is the Empire weak or strong ? If " twenty legions" are strength, the question is soon answered. But if we ask what is the nature of the strength which trembles before the fairest discussion, we must hesitate for an answer. Perhaps we should give two answers, according as the question referred to foreign or domestic affairs. So long as France. can be made to consider it her cal glory to win battles against old empires, and to fix her own natural boundaries in defiance of European settlements, the Empire is strong. A loan of £20,000,000 can be raised, and the national debt increased to any extent, if it all shall bring glory to France. The Empire is strong if it can find a series of pretexts for displaying in any way the continental supremacy of France. Already she boasts, as a stalwart garotter could do, that take any power singly, and she could beat it; that she could only be beaten, as most rogues are beaten, by a combinaticartf the honest. Of course with an army and navy se powerful for attack on its neigh bours, the Empire is strong if attacked by them. The sum is, the Empire is strong if its resources are required for defence, or for " glorious aggression." But in the other view of the question " The Em pire" seems to be weakness itself. It has no confi dence in its policy or its measures. It can tolerate scurrilous abuse, even, perhaps, evoke it intention- . ally, the effect being in France as elsewhere, that the abused are the gainers in the sentiments, if not in the deliberate judgment, of all respectable persons. It can of course accept advocacy, the only takeoff in Paris being that the flattery is apt to be too transparent, and occasionally blundering. What it cannot sustain is the criticism of inde pendent men, who respect themselves and their cause too much to descend to scurrility, but who are quite competent to pronounce a just judgment on the general policy and the particular measures of their Government. How can a Government be called strong which dares not face the remarks of such men, It way be able to fight the world, but quails before its own subjects. It could laugh at, could profit by threats from England or any Con tinental Power, but it cowers when an intelligent man of reputation says--I propose, in a journal I have purchased, to chew that you are right when you are right, and that you are wrong when you are wrong. Our readers will at once see that we refer to the remarkable affair which now forms the subject of so much discussion in Paris, and which may yet come before the French Courts of Law. There can be no doubt that the French Minister of the In terior, M. BILLAULT, has committed the Empire to a statement which will so little bear the light, that the President of the Council has publicly denied it , on the ground that it was too " stupid " to be made by a person of such intelligence as the Minister ! It is, however, the stupidity of truth. Two galling facts are incontrovertible ; that M. BILLAULT did hold the language with which he is charged; and that he did so because he had nothing else to say. He could not face the criticisms of the proposed journal, and yet he was compelled to own that his fear was their moderate and respectable character. We may briefly recapitulate the principal facts. The Courier de Paris was in the market. M. GUERARD desired to sell it, for the very excellent reason that he was losing money by it. M. LEY MARIE wished to purchase it, and did so, seemingly thinking that by gathering together able writers for it, he could make it pay. According to the law of our enlightened neighbour country no one can undertake the management or editorship of a journal without the authorisation of the Go vernment. This M. LEYMARIE, in his simpli city, had taken to be a matter of course, as a journal is valuable property, and he had in this case paid a bona fide consideration for it. He applied accordingly to the head of that depart ment. M. DE LA GUERONIERE, and, surprised at the delay, sought a personal interview; but the subordinate, after trying to evade by vague gene ralities, wished him to see the Minister of the Interior. He obtains an interview with his Excellency M. BILLAULT. " SO, it is an Opposition paper you wish to. establish ?" M. LEYMARIE—" No'; if by opposition you mean a determination to—.l will not say systematically—defame, but even to criticise. Yes ;if opposition means examining with independence the acts of Government," M. BILLAULT—" I will explain myself, n n _ mistakeably. Every citizen can legitimately express through the press his thoughts on public affairs ; but it is my business to see that the administration is not disquieted, and that it is not embarrassed." M. LEYMARIE—" The study of social and political principles, carried on on principle, and without party spirit, can by no means create any danger to the State." M. BILLAULT—' I No, not danger, but an embarrassment. In my opinion, an opposition paper conducted by men of note and respectability, who combined, without distinction of party, talents acknowledged and sanctioned by public favour, would by that very fact acquire a disquieting influence. The more a paper so conducted was constitutional—the more care it took not to infringe the law—in a word s the more moderate it was the greater would be the inconvenience !" Two days afterwards M. LEY, MARIE received from M. BILLAIJLT a curt reply, without any reasons assigned, that " his demand could not be granted !" Next, M. D'HAUSSONVILLE, a shareholder, calls on M. DX LA GUERONIERE, and gives the public his account of the interview in a pamphlet, in which all the details of the whole affair were made public. He drives the poor subordinate to very close quarters on the question of tke power of the Minister of the Interior to annihilate by two lines of writing without a single reason, what, up to that time, was a valuable property. Adopting the views of his chief, he was compelled to maintain that " the Government must have certain indispensable guarantees before allow ing persons whom the public would feel pleasure in listening to, to discuss the general interests of the country to address it." M. D'HAUSONVILLE could not divine what securities were wanted. Modera tion was not doubted, but it was also the thing feared ; as to " friendship" to the Government, the official was reminded of fdets in 1852 which pre.. eluded the possibility of that ; and the conversation closed with a promise that it should be communi cated by the subordinate to his chief, with an inti mation t hatIVI.D'HAUSSONVILLE was at the service of the latter at any time. Some days passed over ; and the strange state ment of M. BILLAULT was then brought under the notice of the Council of State by M. EMILE OLLI VIER, one of the deputies of Paris. It was on this occasion that M. BAROCHE, the President, deemed it self-contradictory on account of its "stupidity." But M. DE. LA GUERONIERE, himself a councillor, did not venture a denial. The Moni- I teur published the debate. M. LEYMARIE then availed himself of a press law, which requires any journal which has "indicated" an individual, to allow him fair space to defend himself, and sent round a letter, in legal form, demanding its inser tion. The Ministers sent round an order to the papers not to publish the letter, and now M. LEYMARIE has no means of bringing the matter to a public issue but that of prosecuting the news papers for not inserting the letter in accordance with the law; when, of course, their plea will be that they were ordered not to do it. So now stands this precious business. And, any- thing more humiliating to an " Empire," most of our readers will think it is hardly possible to con ceive. It is an open confession that all genius and talent must either enlist itself amongst the corps of Imperial laureates, or be silent. France is fond of classical examples; she will surely think of none so appropriate as the brief description of the reign of DOMITIAN by the inimitable historian of the deeds of AGRICOLA. Can such repression last ? Is so great a people—for a great people after all the French are—so degraded that it will submit to the compulsory silence of all its most able men, and see none but flatterers or revilers allowed to write ? The noblest instincts of our nature demand that the doc- trine of M. BILLAULT should be to the empire the handwriting on the wall. It is a confession that, weighed in the balanced of talent and impar tiality, it is found wanting. ~`'~. ,~ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1860. L AT E S N E kV b. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TOPLITZ, JULY 25. Baron Von Werther, the Prussian Ambassador at Vienna, arrived here yesterday evening at the same time as the Emperor of Austria. The Austrian Ambassadors, at Berlin and Dres den, have also arrived. PARIS, JULY 24. The Porte has instructed its Ambassadors at Paris and London to officially communicate to the Courts of the Tuileries and St. James's the conclu sion of peace between the Druses and Maronites on the 10th inst. In the official communication the Porte, although expressing its satisfaction at this happy event, adds, that it will, nevertheless, pursue with the utmost rigour the authors of the recent massacres, and that Fuad Pasha had to that end been invested with the most ample powers, not only to punish the guilty parties, but also to take such measures as would prevent the recurrence of fresh conflicts between the Druses and the Maronites. MARSEILLES, JULY 24. Letters from Naples to the 21st inst. announce that Garibaldi had fat Palermo with from 8,000 to 10,000 volunteers. It was expected that Garibaldi would soon effect a landing on the continent. The chiefs of the revqlutionary movement at Naples had caused an illumination of the whole city to take place. Crowds of people shouted " Garibaldi for ever," in defiance of the Royalists. VIENNA, TUESDAY, JULY 24. The Emperor left at 2 o'clock this morning for ToPlitz, accompanied by Count Rechberg, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the First Adju tant-General. Count Rcchberg was accompanied by M. von Biegeleben, Ministg-Councillor. • TOPLITZ, TUESDAY, JULY 24, The Emperor of Austria arrived here at 4 p.m, to-day, and was received with royal honours. The Austrian, Bohemian, Prussian, Saxon, and Bavarian flags had been hoisted on the public buildings. BERNE, JULY 24. The Federal Council has received information that the Conferences on the neutrality of Switzer land will bo indefinitely adjourned, as Austria ab solutely refuses to take part in a Conference should Sardinia be admitted thereto. COLNEY BATCH LUNATIC ASYL UM. Yesterday the patients at the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum were regaled with their summer treat, in the grounds, which has now become of annual observance ; and any one who witnessed their enjoyment yesterday will well understand how it affords them matter for pleasant recollection during the curren t year, and equally pleasant anticipations for the next. For it must be remembered that by far the most of the cases in this Asylum are cases of chronic lunacy (of various degrees of intensity), which it is not likely that a few months will bring to an end. In such cases variety of occupation, harmless diversions, and pleasant pastimes, particularly out of doors, when the weather permits, is in a high degree beneficial. Yesterday the weather, notwithstanding its threatening aspect, held up wonderfully during the time allotted for the entertainment, which commenced at four and termi: nated at about eight o'clock. The patients who were able to attend, about 560 women and 200 men, went in proces sion from the centre of the building, accompanied by the band of the Royal Artillery, to a large field adjoining, which was decked with flags and provided with refresh ment booths—two for the patients, at the expense of the asylum, and one for the public. Various games, such as Aunt Sally, the sticks, cricket, &c., occupied the men; drop the handkerchief, and other, feminine amusements, engaged the attention of the women, while a few of each sex joined together in the more accomplished and elegant diversion of dancing. Quadrilles, polkas, and waltzes were very creditably performed. The patients and their attendants seemed to vie with each other in good humour and merriment, showing one of the advan tageous effects of the modern system of the mild treatment of lunatics. Several of the magistrates were on the' ground, and entered heartily into the spirit of the scene. There was also a large attendance of ladies and gentlemen, attracted by the interesting character of the fete, to whom admis sion was given by tickets from the magistrates. We must not omit to notice a small bazaar, or fancy fair, presided over by the matrons of the asylum, at which were exhibited and sold various articles of fancy needlework—specimens of the industry of the patients. Yesterday morning the remains of Lord Elphin stone were deposited in the Catacombs, near Godstone, Surrey, in the presence of a numerous circle of relatives and friends. The inscription plate bore the following : John, 13th Baron Elphinstone, in the peerage of Scotland, and Baron Elphinstone in that of the United Kingdom, G.C.8., G.C.H., and P.C. ; Governor of Madras, 1837; Governor of Bombay, 1853 ; born June 23, 1807 ; died July 19, 1860. Whatever may have been the opinion in the House of Commons on Monday night as to the possibility of the speech of Lord Palmerston producing panic, it has had no effect of that kind in the city, where his reasoning and statements have been simply regarded as a dignified expression of the thoughts which for two or three years past have occupied the mind of every prudent man. The stock market opened with a decided tendency to firmness, and the general transactions of the day were at an advance. Consols for money, which left off yesterday at 93 to k, were first quoted 93k, and soon improved to 931. They then fluctuated between 93 and 93/, and the final price, notwith • standing the heavy decline at Paris, was 93k. For the ac count the latest bargains were at 93/. The French tele grams clamouring for " revenge" in Syria failed to have so much effect as might have been anticipated, in consequence of the reported pacification between the hostile tribes; and the news of the evacuation of Sicily by the Neapolitan troops was regarded favourably.—Times City Article. THE GREAT EASTERN AT NEW YO:ItIC.-13y the arrival of the Europa we learn that the price of admission to view the Great Ship has been reduced to 50c. on the seventh day of exhibition. On the previous six days the admission was 100 c. (1 dol.), and the average number of visitors was a trifle under 2,000 per clay. The reduc tion in the price of admission to half a dollar has been followed by a considerable Increase in the visitors, the total number for the last three days (9th, lOth, and 11th) being 11,682. Arrangements have been made by the directors who accompanied the ship to secure the 'services of Mr. darret ) an active and expe rienced shoivman, who will undertake the work of organis ing excursion trains, and taking the necessary steps for stimulating the Curiosity of American sightseers. Short trips to sea the Great Eastern are being arranged for, and will shortly take pl ace . Th e t o t a l r ece ipt s f or th e ex hibition of the ship in nine days have amounted to about £2,600. The precise sum is not known by the board in London, as the return of the number of visitors for two of the days has not yet bean received. Tilt DISGRACEFUL OUTRAOtB Air ST. GEORGE'S- Iig - THE - EAST.—Yesterdity evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of. St. Geage s-in-the-East was held in the school house, Rattliff-highway, in reference to the present stated the parish. Mr. Stevens ) a member of the vestry, took the chair. He said, with evident satisfaction, that he had heard the first sermon, upwards of 18 years ago, that the Rev. Bryan ling had preached in their church, and the last s'ormon he would ever preach there, two Sundays ago. He congratulated the meeting upon the stectstS of the agitation and talked, in a strain of gross ignorance, of "s oun d Protestant principles," telling the people who listened to hint that it was "their indefea sible right to worship in their parish church according to the forte and manner prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer," Alluding to the case of Rosier, the speaker de clared that Mr. Elliott, the presiding magistrate at the police court, had misstated the law in fining Rosier £3, who against this " most monstrous decision" had appealed to quarter :sessions. A committee was appointed to take the necessary steps to raise a " Protestant Defence Fund," in order " to resist the machinations of Puseyite intriguers in the courts of law." It was also agreed that an appeal should be made to Protestants throughout the kingdom to aid them in their efforts to vindicate the Protestant re formed faith and stop the progress of heresy in the Church of England. A vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding closed the proceedings: VERDICT FOR MR, 0. TATER.—The great record of " Harnett V. Lever," the trial of which occupied three days, and excited considerable interest, terminated on Friday evening in a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff was a pass'engd on board the Indian Empire, and the action *as brought to recover damages, laid at 11100 ) for breath of contract, work an d labour, and allege ill treatment during a voyage of 36 days from New York to Ireland. It will be remembered that the vessel encoun tered very tempestuous weather, and with great difficulty reached land. The jury brolight in a verdict substantially for the defendant on all the issues, and accompanied the finding with strong observations, exonerating the captain and officers of the ship from imputations which had been attempted to be cast upon them by the plaintiff. As affect ing the character of the Galway line, the trial was regarded as one of great importante,•and the result has affordd the utmost satisfaction to the friends of the Atlantic Company. PRICE OF 001.11—The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 26.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 10fd. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is rather more than 2-10ths per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore nearly 1-10th per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 to 110 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is in favour of England ; but, after making allow ance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. DAYS OF GRACE.—It is the common practice, we know, for insurance offices to allow so many days of grace for the payment of the premiums, after they have become actually due. Supposing, then, that Mr. Blank, having effected his insurance, were to die within the days of grace, but before payment of the premium, what would be the consequence ? It is a momentous consideration, and d eci s u i o n n f o . r t r n e a t h e l a y has never v e,however, r e t e h e e i v d e i d e t any u mof direct judicial Mr. Justice Willes on this point, given casually in a case when it was not absolutely necessary that he should allude to it; and we shall do well to weigh his words eareful!y—" On this" (he was speaking of p th re e m c iu on in d s itin l o vere tht n a at pa a id p w ol i i t c h y sh intt o i u r l t d y d b a e ys v ) oid if the "there isa question which parties would do wisely not to raise : whe ther that condition has reference only to a policy for future years, or whether, if the premium be paid after it is due, and within such limited time, the executor can recover if the life dies within such days of grace. I think that then thirty days are only with reference to the insurance of the life for future years. I think the office is bound to receive the premium within the thirty days, and to go on insuring for future y ears if the person assured is still alive, but that they are not bound to do so after his death." It will be well, then, we may infer, for Mr. Blank to pay his premiums punctually, and not to compel his executors to raise this question.—Dickins' All the Fear Round." FRANCE. BOURSE, July 24.—The market continues in a feverish state, and Threes, for the account, have declined to 67f 90c ; Mobilier are now at 670 f ; Orleans, 1,352 f 50c ; Lyons, 883 f 75c; Austrian, 501 f 25c. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 96 90 Credit Fonder Do end month.... 97 —1 Belgian 4f — 3 per Cents Do. Ord month 67 801 Roman Bank Shares 2810 I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 670 —, Spanish Threes 47a Do. Account 670 —lRome Debt . . RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1355 -- .. 1355 -- Northern ... - .. 945 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 880 .. 880 Geneva .. 365 Southern 5Ol 25 .. 497 50 Western - .. 570 -- Eastern - .. 615 -- Sardinian 4Ol 25 .. 397 50 Austrian Lombard QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRESIDENT BUCH.ANAN. (From the Boston Courier.) Notwithstanding the two wars and the constancy of the abuse of Americans and the institutions of America by the press of England, there is still a " fellow-feeling " between the two nations. Jonathan is too /nighty a man to be affected by diatribes of the cockneys of London, and althotigh he often suffers himself to be irritated, upon reflec tion he owns that he likes England. The following corre spondence interprets the true sextiments of America and England iintsfOtNT 13t OitArtAN TO IatJE2N VICTOMA: " To her Majesty Queen Victoria,Ll have learned from the public journals that the Prince of Wales is about to visit your Majesty's North American dominions. Should it be the intention of his royal highness to extend his visit to the United States I need not say how happy I should be to give him a cordial welcome to Washington. You may be well assured that everywhere in this country he will be greeted by the American people in such a manner as can not fail to prove gratifying to your Majesty. In this they will manifest their deep sense of your domestic virtues as well as their convictions of your merits as a wise, patriotic, and constitutional sovereign. " Your Majesty's most obedient servant, " JAMES BUCHANAN. " Washington, June 4, 1860. " QUEEN VICTORIA TO PRESIDENT BUCHANAN. " Buckingham Palace, June 22, 1860. "My Good Friend,—l have been much gratified at the feelings which prompted you to write to me, inviting the Prince of Wales to come to Washington. He intends to return from Canada through the United States; and it will give him great pleasure to have an opportunity of testify ing to you in person that these feelings are fully recipro cated by him. He will thus be able, at the same time, to mark the respect which he entertains for the chief magis trate of a g, eat and friendly state and kindred nation. "The Prince of Wales will drop all royal state on leav ing my dominions, and travel under the name of Lord Renfrew, as he has done when travelling on the continent of Europe. " The Prince Consort wishes to be kindly remembered to you. " I remain, ever your good friend, " VICTORIA n.,, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF =MONS-Am - sr 24. NAVY (PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT). Motion made and question put, "That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to issue a Royal Commission to cou gh'. the present system of promotion and retirement in the Royal Navy, and the present pay and position of the several classes of naval officers, and to report what changes therein are desirable with a view to the increased efficiency of her Majesty's naval services." The house divided—Ayes, 56 ; Noes, 89. AYES-56. Astell, J. 11. Jolliffe, Sir W. Parker, Major W. Bail, E. • ICekewich, S. Paull, H. Beamish, F. B. Kennard, C. Potts, George Beeeroft s G. S. Lacon, Sir E. Quinn, Peter Ilenyon, U. Leatham, E. Redmond, J. E. Bernard, IV. S. Lecke, Sir H. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Lever, John 0. Roebuck, J. A. Cave, S. Lindsay, W. S. Selwyn, C. J. Cochrane, A. D. Lovaine, Lord Smith, Sir P. Corry, H. L. Lyall, G. Somes, Joseph Cubitt, Ald. Lygon, Hon. F. Spooner, R. COM, George Malins, R. Sullivan, M. Disraeli. Benjamin Miles, Sir 'W. Sykes, Col. W. H. Esmonde, John • Miller, T. Talbot, Hon. W. C. Estcourt, S. Mills, A. Taylor, Hugh Farquhar, Sir M. Montagu, Lord R. Whiteside, Rt Hn J. Freeland, H. W. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Gladstone, Capt. Napier, Sir C. TELLERS. Hennessy, J. P. Northcote, Sir S. Whitmore, H. Horsfall, T. B. Pakington, Sir J. S. Seymour, Sir M. NOES-89. - Atherton, W. Dunlop, A. Norris, J. T. Ayrtnn, A. S. Dunn, John Padmore, R. Bagwell, J. Ewart, William Paget, C. Baines, E. Ewart, J. C. Paget, Lord C. E. Baring, Sir F. Ewing, H. E. C. Palmerston, Visc t. Baring, Thos. Geo. Gibson, T. M. Peacoeke, G. M. Bazley, Thomas Gilpin, C. Peel, F. Beale, Samuel Gladstone, W. E. Peto, Sir M. Biggs, John Goldsmid, Sir F. Pilkington, James Black, Adam Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Ricardo, J. L. Brady, John Gurdon, B. Rothschild, Baron L. Briscoe, J. I. Hadfield, Geo. Roupell, W. Brocklehurst, John Headlam, Thos. E Russell, Sir Wm. Bruce, H. A. Herbert, H. A. Scholefie,d, W. Buchanan, W. Herbert, S. Stacpoole, W. Buller, J. W. Ingham, R. Staniland, M. Caird, James Ingram, H. Stansfeld, J. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Kershaw, J. TrelawnY, Sir J. S. Childers, H. C. E. King, Hon. L. Villiers, Rt. Hon. 6. Clive, George Knatchbull-Hugess Warner, Edward Cogan, W. H. Laing, S. Watkins, J. L. V. Coningham, Wm. Langston, J. H. Westhead, B. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lawson, W. Whitbread, S. Crawford, R. W. Lee, W. White, Jas. Dalglish, Robert Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Williams, W. Deasy, Rickard Lysley, W. Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C. Dillwyn, Lewis L. M'Cann, J. Wild, James Dodson, John G. Mainwaring, T. Douglas, Sir C. Martin, J. TELLERS. Duff, Major. Mitchell, T. A. Brand, H. B. Duke, Sir James Mo rr is, D. ' Dunbar, Sir Wm. HARVEST PROSPECTS ON THE CONTINENT.—The latest accounts recei v ed by the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, as to th e a pp ea rance of the growing crops in France, favour th e h ope o f a good average year. There is one remarkable fact to be observed, which is, that every crop is good of its kind —corn, hay, the vines, and all de scriptions of fruit. The accounts from the seaports on the Baltic are not favourable. The reports from Italy generally are good, with the exception of those from Naples. The accounts from Spain are favourable, except those from Cata lonia, LITERATURE, High Church. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is in many respects a work of power and ability. There is some degree of originality in the plot, vigour in the style, and interest in the charac ters ; and there is, moreover, what is rarely found in controversial novels, a tone of candour, modera tion, and fairness to opponents seldom met with either in life or literature. The story is founded, as may be supposed from its title, on those un happy revivals of extinct forms and obsolete cere monies which have of late years occasioned se much dissension in the national church. The author's convictions are evidently strongly opposed to the system, but he has not attempted to discuss or dilate upon the theological or ecclesiastical sub tleties of the question. He has abandoned the usual battle-field of accusation and retort, and contents himself with drawing a forcible picture of a parish town embittered by eccle siastical broils, and disgraced by riots and con tentions in the sacred precinets. He shows us the misery brought into one or two families divided by the rival factions, and thus practically puts the question to the common sense and right feeling of all conscientious persons, whether it can be the duty of a Christian minister to bring about these great evils in his parish, for the sake of resus citating outward observances, which, in their own day, were devised for the purpose of encouraging reverence and devotion, and were assuredly never intended to produce those scenes of strife and riot which have lately disgraced our metropolis. The author's strong point is the libe rality with which he treats his opponents. The offending curate himself, Mr. Geoffrey Stone, is possessed of many admirable qualities, and secures a large share both of the interest and re spect of the reader, notwithstanding the in flexibility of his temper. He is a high-minded and conscientious man, sincerely devoted to his pro fession, and, as he needed to be, physically as well as morally brave. His error is that of many other good men, namely, an obstinate conviction that no way is right but his own. "The Rev. Geoffrey Stone was one who sought to do good, strengthen the weak, and lead sinners to repentance—but then he would do good, strengthen, and support, only in his own way. In his heart, though he might not have acknowledged it, there was no other method to extend the power of the Church, and increase the number of its servants, save that of Geoffrey Stone's. He had fathomed the great secret, and he and his father intending to set to work earnestly in the course of Christianity, had raised their banner—a little too bright for these practical times, perhaps—from the crumbling steeple of St. Jude's." The wretched result of all his plans and projects wounded him deeply. When events had thickened, and were hurrying on to the final catastrophe, he looked back with regret. In the solitude of his chamber, looking out on the stately old church so soon to crumble beneath the torch of incendiarism, "there was held before him, as by some mysterious hand, all that he, with his talents,his religious earnestness, his desire to do good, might have effected, and then rose to appall him the hideous reverse of the picture, and all the evil passions and irreverence that had grown with his persistence, and been the result of his preaching." The writer does not fall into the common error of painting one side entirely unprejudiced and blame less, and the other bigoted and intolerant. With a skill truer to life and nature, lie shows us the evil extremes into which both parties were carried by the angry passions roused by the spirit of anta gonism. " Pamphlets on all sides, and by all writers, proved everything but the virtue of conces sion—taught everything but peace on earth and goodwill amongst men, Shake the Church to its centre, and turn it from a house of prayer to a house wherein the devil riots and takes stock of souls, but do not budge an inch for conscience sake !" The story is full of inte rest, and though the troubles of Martin Chester and his wife date from the High and Low Church disasensions, yet the moral of the tale is of far wider application. Here, sgain, the author enlists our sympathies on both sides ; for the quick feeling, impulsive wife, whose impressionable nature and deep religious convictions render her so warm and constant a supporter of the Tractarian innovations, and for the high-minded conscientious husband,who is justly incensed by his wife's opposition to his wishes and deference to a man he dislikes.' Both are greatly to blame in the final quarrel—Martin for his unjust suspicions and severity, and Ada for her indiscretion and wilfulness. There is much painful truth in the picture of two persons of excellent intentions and high principles, possessing a warm affection for each other, gradually, through a series of misunderstand ings and mistaken actions, arriving at open rup ture. We leave the reader to learn the sequel from the work itself, in which the interest is sustained with great ability. The story of the murder is very cleverly managed, the deception about Samuel Buries being kept up to the last. We could have wished for a brighter ending, but it serves to point the moral the more forcibly. It shows us not only the dangers of Tractarianism, and the evils of paroehial dissensions, but the sorrows awaiting stern and unforgiving natures, the bitter regret and remorse that shall attend those who suffer pride and self-will to render them deaf to the voice of affection. Many of the characters are vigorously drawn, and the work id altogether one of remark able promise. • Curiosities of Natural Ristory. Second series. By Francis S. Buckland, M.A. Bentley, The success of his first series, which we are happy to say has reached its fifth thousand, has induced Mr. Puekland to present number two to the public, and as the present -volume is in no way inferior to its predecessor, we may con. fidently look forward to the appearance of ether members of this interesting family. As in the Wizard's book, the professor of the black art can at will display on each succeeding page a grisly skeleton or grinning clown, so is it optional for the reader of these pages to select a series of amusing anecdotes or scientific researches, or to combine amusement and instruction at one time. The author does not profess to go deep into any subject, but as Peter Parley's tales first sow the seeds of a desire for information in the child's mind, so do these sketches produce in the matured inte lect a thirst for a more complete investigation of the wonders of creation. The following extract may help to solve some of the mystery connected with strange beasts and demons supposed to exist in olden times "I fancy f have discovered, as a pendant to Cheirothe• rium,' above mentioned, a remarkable creature which ex ists in our own time, and its habitat is somewhere in Lon don. During last winter, I frequently observed in the London streets, when the pavement was covered with snow, or with mild that would easily take impressions, foot-Marks of a very remarkable and puzzling kink. A creature wearing a human hab•nailed boot had evidently passed along, het the creature had not left the spoor,' or track of an ordinary man, for the iron-shod heel was sepa rated some two feet from the quay well armed toe, and the interspace between them was not marked with any im pression, so that the animal could not have had a sole to his foot. In its journeyings, strange to say, it had invariably Walked backwards ; the turning up of the mud at the heel showed that, moreover, it had never walked in the centre of the pavement et in the street, but always at the road-side of the pavement. Vol. days and days I hunted this crea ture by its track, up Regent-street (it never went over the crossing), down Oxford-street, both east and west, but I never could come up with it. Its home seemed, from the track, to be somewhere in the densely populated neigh bourhood of St. Giles'. As the Cheirotherium of ancient geological days was so christened on account of the track he made, I did not see why this Prse-Adamite animal, 'the beast with a hand,' should not have a modern cousin, 'the beast with a foot,' the true nature of both being un certain at their first distotery. I therefore christened my mysterious creature Peclothetinin,' or 'the beast with the foot,' a provisional name, until I could make out its real name and nature. The snow melted and the mud was nearly dried up, and I thought I shoula toyer solve the mystery as to what Podotherium was. At last, one day, after a heavy shower, I crossed the tracks very strongly' and recently Marked, by Wellington-street, Stand ; I fol lowed them up instantly, and found that this mysterious creature was only a poor old cripple, who, having lost his feet, could not walk upright after the ordinary fashion of men ; he could only crawl along upon his knees, after the fashion of the monks of old, who have worn away with their ascending knees the stene steps going to the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Necessity, in Podotherium's case, had been the mother of invention. He had cut an ordinary bob-nailed boot in two, had affixed the heel part on to his knee, and the toe part on the place where the foot ought to have been ; so that as he crawled along upon his knees, the heel part of course had been going foremost, giving the appearance of a man walking backwards. Podotlierium ' was gaining his livlihood by selling to passers-by tin funnels, which he carried on a string round his neck, and he therefore always kert, as his footmarks indicated, to the roadside of the pavement to solicit custom. As Cheirotherium in time was proved to be a gigantic sort of frog (whose restora tion we may see, by my friend, Mr. 'Waterhouse Haw kins, at Sydenham Crystal Palace), and now is known by the name of Labyrinthodom, on account of the laby rinth-like structure of the teeth; so Podotherium' proved to be simply poor old -- of Seven Dials, the tin funnel -maker. This story may seem absurd to many of my readers; but I would beg them to recollect what consternation was caused by the newspaper accounts of some mysterious footmarks in the snow in Devonshire, not very long ago. At a time when superstition swayed the minds of most men, some convulsion of nature might leave signs not to be accounted for by reason, or accident might lead to the same result. It is. only natural to suppose that imagination should have been called in to explain that which reason could not grapple, and that that ever ready agent pro duced a monster capable of setiing the vnvesti• gations of modern naturalists at defiance. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES.—TUESDAY. The Craven Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added ; optional selling weights, &c. ; if not for sale, 71b extra ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile. 10 subs. Mr. Sargeut's Crater, by Orlando, 3 yrs (not to be sold), Bst 71b (inc 71b extra) Mr. T. Parr's Gaspard, 4 yrs (not to be sold) 9st 61b (inc 71b extra) • (A. Day) 2 Mr. Nichol's Bel Esperanza, 6 yrs (Z 100), Bst 41b (Bullock) 3 The following also ran :—Zuyder Zee, Golden Pippin, In dependence, Nana Sahib, and Newstead. Betting-2 to 1 agst Crater, 4to 1 agst Zuyder Zee, 6to 1 agst Bel - Esperanza. Zuyder Zee got off in front, with Newstead and Bel Esperanza second and third, Crater and Independence being the last two. The old horse carried on the running into the straight, and Nana Sahib showed close at her heels, in company with Bel Esperanza, Crater at the same time running through his horses. As they ap proached the Stand enclosure, Crater, who seemed beaten, "stuck to" Zuyder Zee, who compounded before re ching the Stand rails, and Gaspard and Bel Esperanza went in second and third. The favourite widened the distance be tween himself and his pursuers at every stride, and won by three lengths; two lengths between the second and third. The last three were beaten off several lengths. Lady Peel did not pass the post. The race was set for two o'clock, and the flag dropped at five minutes past, the starter being compelled to wait for Golden Pippin, who was the last saddled. Value of the stakes, £95. The Lavant Stakes, of 50 sous each, 30 ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b ; penalties for winners ; the second to save his stake. Half a mile. T.Y.C. (12 subs.) Mr. Merry's Phemy colt, Bst 71b (Custance)t 1 Lord Stamford's Walloon, Bst 101 b (inc 31b extra) (A. French; deciding heat, Aldcroft)t 2 Mr. E. Hall's Lady Chesterfield, Bst 31b .... (Charlton) 3 Mr. J. Day's Monastery, Bst 71b (A. Day) 4 Deciding heat betting : 6t05 on Walloon The non favourite made all the running, and won easily The race was set for half-past two. Value of the stakes, £340. The Gratwicke Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 51b ; certain allowances ; the second to receive 100 sovs. Mile and a half. (15 subs). Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's Winton, Bst 101 b .... (Wells) 1 Lord Derby's Sagitta, 7st 131 b (Fordham) 2 Lord Ailesbury's Plumper, Bst 21b (L. Snowden) 3 The following also ran—Brown Bess filly and Ebony. The Stewards' Cup, value 300 sovs (handicap), by sub scription of 10 soya each, with 100 added from the Race Fund ; the surplus to be paid to the winner in specie ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. (79 subs). Lord .An3aesley's Sweetsauce, 3 yrs, 7st llb (J. Snowden) 1 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Maggiore, 3 yrs, Est 41b (car Est Sib) (A. Edwards) 2 Count F. de Lagrange's Zouave, E 6 yrs, Bst 61b (Hearnden) 3 The following also ran—Catawba, Miss Julia, Twi light, Fort-a-Bras, King of the Forest, The Rover, Montebello, Enfield, Zitella, Lupellus, Seclusion, Allegra, Ethiopian, King of Diamonds, Oliver, Conju ror, Nicholas, Reynard, General Hesse, Man at-Arms, Gibraltar, Clemanthe, Spicebox, Lucy, Cecilia, Chore Amie, Apollo, f by Pyrrhus the First—Sneer, Her Highness, f by Annandale—Margery, Suburban, Viroflay, Narcissus, and Provision. Captain Little declared to win with Man-at-Arms. Betting-6 to 1 agst Maggiore, 100 to 15 agst Seclusion, 10 to 1 each eget Man-at-Arms and Montebello, 100 to 7 agst Narcissus, 14 to 1 each agst Nicholas and Enfield, 100 to 6 agst Sweetsauce, 20 to 1 each agst Catawba, Zitella, King of Diamonds, and Clemanthe, 25 to 1 agst Lupellus, 33 to 1 each agst Miss Julia and Spicebox. Some delay occurred at the post, and soon after the horses were called together Ethiopian and Veroflay overpowered their riders and ran to the Grand Stand before they were stopped. A good start was ultimately effected, Maggiore taking the lead, with Sweetsauce, Zouave, Enfield, Zitella, Seclusion, and Miss Julia showing prominently in her wake, the others running in a body so close together that even the jockeys themselves could not accurately determine their re lative positions. At the Stand enclosure Sweetsauce headed Maggiore, Zouave and Catawba being next. A very pretty race ended in favour of Sweetsauce by three lengths ; a length between the second and third ; a 119 ad between the third and fourth. About.three lengths off came a number in a cluster, headed by Man-at-Arms, King of Diamonds, Lupellus, and Seclusion. The last lot comprised Conjuror, Trovatore, Rover, Enfield, Miss Julia, and Twilight. The race was appointed to take place at a quarter to four—the start was made at a quarter past. Value of the stake £490, with the Cup, value £3OO. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; for 2 yr-olds, Est 31b ; three, Bst; four Bst 81b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st; m and allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 300 soya, &c. Half a mile. (9 subs.) Mr. Payne's Kingston filly, 2 yrs, 6st 31b (car. 6st 51b) (Parsons) 1 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Bayard, 2 yrs , Est 31b (A. Edwards) 2 Mr. Mundy's Malta, 2 yrs, Est 31b (J. Hayhoe) 3 Mr. F. Aming's Chelmsford, 2 yrs, Est 31b ...(J. Daley) 4 Mr. G. Hard's Stella, 2 yrs, 6st 31b (T. French) 5 The Ham Stakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for two-year-olds; colts, Bst IMb ; fillies, Bst 71b. 31b and 61b allowances. The second to receive 200 soya out of the stakes. T.Y.C. (22 subs.) Mr. Payne's Catalpa filly, Bst 41b (L Snowden) 1 Mr. Merry's Starlight, Bst 101 b (Custance) 2 Mr. Eastwood's East Stanley, Bst 71b ..... (J Snowden) 3 Lord Exeter's Knight of St. F atrick, Bst 71b (G Fordham) 4 The following also ran :—Jingling Johnny, Physalis colt, and Voltigeur filly. Fifty Pounds, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; win. ner to be sold, Sce, List mile. (5 subs). Mr. Sargent's Physician, 5 yrs, 9st.. ..... (G. Fordham) 1 Baron Rothschild's Newstead, 4 yrs, Bst 91b.... (Wells) t Lord Palmerston's Romsey, 4 yrs, Bst 91b. (A.-Day) t Mr. Munden's Endymion, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (carried Bst 21b) (Roe) 4 LATEST GOODWOOD STAKES BETTING. 4to 1 agst Satellite (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Gridiron (offered) 7to 1 agst Tocher (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Wallace (taken) 100 to 8 agst Riseber (taken) 20 to 1 agst Claire (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. 4to 1 agst Satellite (taken) sto 1 agst Gridiron (taken) 6to 1 agst Tocher (taken) 100 to 8 agst Wallace (taken) 16 to 1 agst Flitch (taken) 16 to 1 agst Claire (taken) 20 to 1 agst Avalanche (taken) 20 to 1 agst Riseber (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cheesecake (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 4to 1 agst Starke (taken) sto 1 agst Butterfly (taken) 7to 1 agst Horror (taken) Bto 1 agst Dangu (taken) AQUA TICS. .TEMPLE - UNITY AQUATIC CLUB. The members of this club rowed yesterday, with the fol lowing results : Messrs. Peat, Kemp, Jones, Barnes ; Mahom, coxswain (red) Messrs. Gardner, Sawer, Smith, Dyer; Sbaw, coxswain (white) Messrs. Mason, Rogers, Warwick, Reeves ; W. Gardner, coxswain (blue) Two other crews started, and they rowed from Putney to Chiswick, for silver prizes. For a'considerable distance the leads alternated, and then Red went away, and ultimately won easily. The race between White and Blue for second place was very hard, and after several changes White was ahead by a length. ARIEL ROWING CLUB. The gentlemen of this club rowed a pair-oared race yes terday, or rather finished an undecided one from the 10th inst. The distance was Putney to Hammersmith, the prizes silver cups ; Messrs. Westell and Jones; Pattison, coxswain (red).... 1 Messrs. Rowbery and Hopton ' • Hall, coxswain (green) 2 The last pair had t he lead for half a mile, when the other came np, and a desperate struggle ensued for a mile, both being level all that time. At length Red got the best of it , and won by a length. HUNGERFORD AND WHITEHALL REGATTA. The annual regatta of these parishes was rowed yester day, managed by F. Jones and R. Piner. FIRST HEAT.—G. Bencraft and J. Kippen, pink, were first ; C. Campbell and E. Emery, red, second ; and J. G od frey and A. Tomlinson, yellow, third. SECOND HEAT.—R. Piner and A. Tough, blue, were first; J. Chatley and J. Braithwaite, green, second; and yellow third. GnArrn HEAT.—Blue were first by four lengths ; Pink second by three lengths; Red third. CHRISTCHURCH AND OLD BARGE-HOUSE REGATTA. • The men of the above places rowed a capital regatta on Monday for a purse of sovereigns given by the residents. FIRST HEAT. W. Tayler and J. Brown (pink) 1 W. Wood and T. Sheppard (red) 2 W. Sharrington and R. Waite (blue and white) 0 SECOND HEAT. C. Coombes and T. Holmes (yellow). 1 R. Swathe and J. Knox (green) 2 T. Taylor and T. Hague (blue) 0 GRAND HEAT. W. Tayler and J. Brown .. 1 C. Coombes and T. Holmes The whole of the heats were well contested throughout. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very scanty supply of English wheat was on offer in to-day's market. For both red and white qualities there was a fair, though not to say active demand, at quite Mon day's advance in the quotations. Upwards of 20,000 quarters of foreign wheat having come fresh to hand, that description of produce was less active; nevertheless prices were well supported. Floating cargoes were in fair request, on former terms. We have to notice a slow inquiry for barley. In the quotations, however, no change took place. Malt moved off slowly, at previous rates. prices. There was a fair sale for oats, a t very full Both beans and peas were ste ad y , and the flour trade was firm, at extreme rates, although the imports from abroad continue liberal. ARRIVALS TIIIS IVEEIC. Wheat. Barley., Malt. Oats. Flour. E n glish.... •• .. 640 ® I 1,20 • • — F oreign 20,420 25,280 —47 - 1ri5h........ ' BOO I 2 ,700 saek s 2.920 brls. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are moderately good, and the trade renerally rules heavy, as follows : - B ee f, 3s Od to 45 8d ; mutton, 38 4d to 5s 2d; lamb, Fs Od to 5s 10d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per Ms. by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The trade generally rules firm, and prices are fully sup ported. Duty, £125,000 to £130,000. LA IV INTELLIGENVE.--(THIS .DAY), COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Irice-Chancellof Sir John Stuart) THE AGAPEMONE—JUDGMENT., NOTTAGE V. PRINCE. His Honour this morning, in delivering judgment in this case said. In tie month of June, 1848, the defendant, Henry Thomas Prince, obtained from Miss Louisa Nottidge a. transfer in his own name of two sums amounting together to the sum of £5,728, 3 per Cent. Bank Annuities. This was stated eo be the whole of her remaining fortune, and her whole means of subsistence, and the defendant claims to be entitled to retain it for his own use, as a. free gift obtained by him from this lady, who died.. intestate in the year 1858. Her brother was the plain-- tiff' who had instituted the present suit, as her legal and personal representative, to recover the whole of her personal estate. The bill stated that the alleged gift to the defendant was obtained by misrepresentation and deception, and obtained under the influence of a gross delu sion circulated concerning himself, and used by him for the purpose of obtaining her confidence in him and obtaining the transference of her Bank Stock more effectually to him, and which he obtained under the impressim of such delusions and such influence. If these alle gations were sufficiently proved the defendant could not be allowed to retain the property. Whether the gift was obtained under the influence of deception or delusion it could not stand. Whether, continued his honour, the deception or delusion is temporal or spiritual is. immaterial. If the gift is made under the influence of de-. lusion it is - void. This influence and delusion is clear... Thero is ample evidence to show that the defendant exer cised power and undue dominion over the mind of Miss, Nottidge. The evidence is clear that he assumed a fals& character, and in the character which he assumed he induced this lady to part with her property. It is nothing that ho entertained the same delusions. He, describes in his cross-examination what his delusions~ were, and the deceptions practised against this lady which induced her to part with her property—that he acted under the authority of God and influence of the Holy- Ghost, and required a portion of her property for his service and other necessary purposes. His Honour read several__ extracts from the evidence prodUced, and observed that the. , law was clear on tie subject, that no gift was valid by any one under the undue influence of another, and referred to the decided cases of Guardian and Ward, Solicitor and f Client ; and in France to confessor and priest, where publi. c policy required, even in Catholic countries, that no gif t whatever should be offered by the confessor or taken by th, priest or the religious order to which he belongs for reli gious services. Happily the high character of the clergy in this country renders such cases as the present comparatively unknown. •His Honour came to the con clusion that the transference of the bank annuities by the late Miss Louisa Nottidge to the defendant was null and. void, and the plaintiff was entitled to a decree in his favour for re-transference of the same as her legal personal repre sentative, and decreed accordingly. The rights of the sisters, or next of kin, can be disposed of afterwards. Mr. Malins, Q.C., stated that there was now omly £4,557, and not £5,000, as formerly, in the bank. His Honour observed that, on the plaintiff showing the decree to the Bank, he would obtain a re-transfer of the stock, and all questions could be settled afterwards. At the conclusion of the judgment, which occupied onl y ten minutes in delivery, the audience expressed their apps bation of the result by a simultaneous burst of applaus on leaving the court. The court was densely crowded. Several gentlemen assembled round the doors at an early hour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY-) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOUR IN HYDE-PARK.—Fredik . Bishop, a labouring man, was charged as follows: Albert Jones, 510 A, said he was on duty in Hyde-par k the previous day, when his attention was called to the pri soner by a nursemaid, who said the prisoner was acting i n a disgraceful manner. He went to the spot pointed out b y the female, and found the prisoner acting as described, tv females having just passed him. He then took him int a) custody. Prisoner said he had nothing to say. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was a perfect pest. Ire was doing all the mischief he could in ruining young p( sr sons' minds. Committed for three months with hard labour. AN OLD OFFENDER.—Mary Welsh was charged w ith stealing a fowl from the shop of Mr. J. Taylor, poulterer, Little Pulteney-street, and also a piece of bacon front •the shop of Mr. Henry Webber, Brewer-street. The prisoner paid Mr. Taylor a visit, and after leaving the fowl was missed by a shopman named Goodge, and on his fetching her back it was found under her shawl, as Om) the piece of bacon. The prisoner was then taken to Ihe shop of Mr. Webber, when the piece of bacon was at onbce missed from the board. The prisoner, who is an old offender, and wished the cf tse settled at once, was committed for 21 days with hr ;rd labour. THAMES. A TILL ROBBERY.—George Ward, a stout and powerfi 11 fellow, about 19 years of age, was brought before 1113 c. Yardley, charged with stealing 2s. 6d. in silver from a 1511 in the Brunswick Arms beer-house, Blackwall. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Foster, the propriie tor of the Brunswick Arms, that he and his wife had 1 oft the bar for a short time yesterday afternoon, and upon t re entering it at opposite doors saw the prisoner coming ron nd the bar with something clenched in his hand, and the till wide open. Mr. Foster seized the prisoner, ani said. to him " You scoundrel, you have robbed me." The prism zer immediately put something in his mouth.' Mr. Foster grasped him by the neck, and said " What hieve you there ? " to which the prisoner anawened " What I have I mean to keep." Mr. Foster ea id " You shall not swallow the money," and compressed his throat so tightly that the thief could neither swallow an(y thing or utter a word. In this position they remained wail a police constable named Farling, No. 79, arrived, on whiieh the prisoner took his handkerchief from his pocket and applied it to his mouth as if he was wiping it. Farling seized the handkerchief, when the prisoner withdrew it from his mouth and found in it a shilling, two sixpences, and a throe.. penny piece, the exact amount which the prosecutor mimed from his till. One of the sixpences was a very peculiar one and the prosecutor was enabled 'positively to say it was in his till 6 minutes before he seized the prisoner. Mr. Yardley—ls the prisoner known ? Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner had been in his custody. It was three years ago, or more. Parling said the prisoner had been"in custody very re cently for a similar offence, and was acquitted. Mr. Yardley asked the prisoner if he would plead now or prefer being sent to the sessions for trial. The prisoner—Settle it here at once. Mr. Yardley—Do you plead guilty or not guilty ? The prisoner-1 am guilty. Mr. Yardley-4 convict you of larceny, and sentence you, to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, July 25.—Wind this day at noon—North- , West; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. LIMERICK, July 22.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Clarins, for Quebec. CLYDE, July s.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Albert and Victoria, for Bombay; Champion, and Renfrewshire, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, July 24.—Wind Ellen Oliver, from Quebec. PILL, July 24.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Expatoria , from Gloucester. H OL YHEAD, July 24.—Wind N.—Arrived—Acadia, s c r ew steamer, from Alexandria for Liverpool, short of coals. Quebec ; Superb, PLYMOUTH, July 24.—Wind N.W.—A.rrived—Sarah, from Rio Grande , Sailed — Eliza , for for Newfoundland. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wedn3sclay Morning. Wind calm. • Arrived.—Contender, from Seahum ; Leinst er , s t eame r, from London; Jessie, from LlanellY Flambe, from Chestr Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Foyle, steamer, from Dublin; steamer Y; Foyle, steamer, for Jer sey ; G eorg es, for Guersteamer, for Camilla, from Odessa . L o S n a d i o l ed n Cherbourg. Sailed—C on for (By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Win d ; tide 4th hour's ebb; weather fine. Ornen, from. A r rived —Gustav Wasa, steamer, f ro m Gothenburg William Larrandse, f rom Constantinople; Soderham ; Promessa, from Berdianski ; Coburg, Ame thisomlamb, and Sunbeam, from Riga; D. C. Pote, 'Javan' nab ; Fodres Mindes, from Soderham ; C oun tess of Fife, from Hamburg ; Veritas, from Bloneeorg ; Mari& Lines, from St. Petersburg. Wind N.N.W., fresh. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. POISONING CASES IN LIVERPOOL—LIVERPOOL , Monday. —Thomas Winslow, who is charged with having poisoned four persons by having administered antimony to them, was again brought before Mr. Raffles, the stipendiary magistrate, at the police court to-day. Mr. Aspinall, bar-- rister, who is prosecuting on behalf of the Crown, applied for another postponement of the case, on the ground that the extensive series of analyses being made by eminent chemists was not yet completed. Mr. Cobb opposed this application, as these adjournments would entail the neces sity of the trial being delayed to the winter assizes, i n stead of taking place at the ensuing su mmer assizes. Mr. Aspi nall replied that the postponement of the trial would be le the advantage of the prisoner, as it would give time for the preparation of his defence. He decline d to give any pledge as to when the case would be p roceeded with ; and the prisoner was remanded for another week. CRICKET.— I'HE FIRST ELEVEN V. THE N 1.21.0 FOURTEEN.—This new match was commenced at Lord's yesterday, the wet on Monday preven t i n g the stumps from being pitched. The score is as f olows :—Eleven, first innings, 130 ; second innings, 10, with a loss of on e wicket: Fourteen, first innings, 128. The match will be resumed this morning.