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FOR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on n a unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every grticle sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, or made to measure, for all ages, and all :lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring end fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. 31')S ES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should Se accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will he cheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement. can he made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voveze. Lists of Prices, with Pules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Beady-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following aro the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT.: 155, MINOILIES 158; MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 8 ALDGATh 87, ALDGATE 88. ALDGATE 39, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH'. 506 NEW OXFORD-STRENT ¶O7, NEW OXFORD-STREET , 08, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET HART-STREET USIM-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 253, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F.D. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF TIE KITCHEN. At 8, FORMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion Boucicault Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright Johi. Rouse; Mrs Billington, Misses M. Brennan, Macdonald and'Katharioe Rodgers. To conclude with the farce cf BORROWED PLUMES. HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. • Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING : Messrs. C. H. Stephenson and Dalton: Miss M. Harris, Miss Nelly ITarriß. At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE HEARTH: Messrs R. Flail lips, E. Atkins, Stuart, C. H. Stephenson, W. H. Eburne, Dal ton, C. J. Smith, R. Romer: DTrs 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 Manager. Mr. Vining THIS EVENINCI-. at 7 o'clock, PRESTJ3IPTIV F. EVIDENCE, in 2 actß, by Dion Boncicault. After which, Handel's Opera of ACIS AND GALATEA : Axis, Mr Verncn Rigby: amon, Mr 3fontem Smith: Pnlyphe: mus, Herr - Formes: Galatea, Miss Blanche Cole. Musical Con doctor, Mr J. L Hatton: Concluding with the Farce of A QUIET FAMILY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Prices: Stalls. 7s: Dress Circle, 5s ; Upper Boxes. 4s: Pit, 2s; Gallery, Is. Private Boxes, .f. 2 12s 6d, £2 2s, and Ll lls 6d. p OYAL STRAND THEATRE. J 11 , Sole T.essee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Cl arke. Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. 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T HE LATEST EDITION o f " TIIE SUN " I supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W 4,1,11:XAN DER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, k.o. 4, Old tavendish street, Oxford-street UNFURNISHED APARIMENTS TO LET, consisting of Three Rooms and Dressing Room, with use of Kitchen. Nice Uarden. Fou minutes' walk to 'Bus and Rad to City and Wes Yours-rued, Camden square, N'.W. 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 P A SSENGFRS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of £3 to £6 Zs. insures £l,OOO at Death, and - an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY .ACCIDENTS ALONE may be provided against `33 , Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Jonmies. Fpr partieLlars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, COitNHILL and 10, REGENT STB.EET, LONDON WILLIAM J. VIAN Secretary. BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION T-Tead Offices, 429, Strand, London. The distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. JOIIN GOSNRI,T, and CO.'S CHERRY TOOT II PASTE is greatly superior to. any tooth powder; give s the to>th a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from deciy, and imparts a pleat - ant fragrance to the treath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, y 3, Upper Thames-street. London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect in this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public In a more concentrated form, and at a lower prico. Sold in bottles, 30. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 13s. each. including brush. Re d 13-ull Wharf, Ana Paollage) 9 8 , 141 3 01 Thames street E.Q. town. L ONDON AND COUNTY BANKING ;„, COMPANY. Established 1836. Subscribed capital, £2,500,000, in 50,000 Shares, of £5O each. Paid-up Capital, £1,000,000 ; Reserve Fund, £500,000. DIRECTORS. Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. I Frederick Francis, Esq. Thos. Tyringham Bernard, Frederick Harrison, Esq. Esq. Lord Alfred Hervey. Philip Paton Blyth, Esq. William Champion Jones, John Wm. Burmester, 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. Sherriug, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. James Gray, Esq. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. HEAD OFFICE. 21, Lcmbard-strut. MANAGER. Whitbread Tornson, Esq. A ASISTANT-MANAGER. William Howard, Esq. At the Half-yearly General meeting of the Proprietors, held on Thursday, the sth August, 1869, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street Station, the following re port for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1869, was read by the Secretary. FREDERICK 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 net profits amount to £85,010 2s. 7d. This sum, added to £5,817 4s l Od, 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. id. to be carried forward to profit and loss new ac count. By the recent appointment of Mr. 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, ou and after Monday, the 16th instant. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, 30TH JUNE, 1869. DR. To capital paid up To reserve fund To amount due by the Bank to customers' balances, &c. £12,411,805 2 4 To l'abilities on ac ceptances, covered by securities 1g,366,810 18 9 To profit and loss ba!ance brought from last account 5,817 4 10 To gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts 263,406 1 1 269,223 5 11 £[5,636,064 4 8 CR. By cash on hand at Bead Office, and branches, and with Bank of Eng!and... £1,864,743 1 7 By cash placed at call and at notice, covered by secu rities X 3,063,512 19 0 Investments, viz. : By Government and Guaranteed Stocks 1,300,123 16 8 By other stocks and Securities 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 eel ted by the Bank (as per contra) 1,455,035 16 5 10,816,823 2 1 By freehold premises in Lombard street and Nicholas-lane, freehold and leasehold property at tbe branches, with fixtures and fittings By interest paid to customers By salaries and all other expenses at Head Offices and branches, includ ing income tax on profits and salaries 105,073 18 11 £15,636,061 4 8 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. To interest paid to customers as above To expenses, ditto To rebate on bills not due, carried to £52,977 0 8 103,073 18 11 new account To dividend of 6 per cenL for tho half- 20,314 18 1 year To bonus of 21 per cent. To balance carried forward 59,718 14 0 31.882 15 10 6,225 17 7 £20,223 5 1 By balance brought forward from last account By gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts £5,817 4 10 £269,223 5 11 We, the uadersigmel, have examined the foregoing balacce T sheetand have found the same to be correct. (Signed) WILLIAM NOR3IA-N,} Auditors. R. H. SWAINE, London and County Bank, July 29, 1869. Tho foregoing Report having been read by the Secre tary, the following resolutions were proposed, and unani mously adopted : _ 1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for the use 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 Jute, 1869, with a BONUS of Two and a Half per 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, 1869. NEATII AND BRECON RAILWAY COM PANY (AMALGAMATION AND AMEND MENT) ACT, 1869. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Share holders of the Neath and Brecon Railway Company will be 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.:— To adopt 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. CIREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. kA 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 held at the CITY TERMINUS HOTEL, Cannon-street, in the City of 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 re-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 ompany, 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 Seen-tary notice in writing, under his hand, for a period of not h. ss than fourteen clear days previous to the day fixed for the meeting of his intention to offer himself as such candidate. fiALISBURY, Chairman. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopsgate Terminus, London, July 22d, 1869. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIF E OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital... Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CIIAILM AN —William Steven, Esq. PFPITY-CIIAIRMAN Flelliiirk IT. Janson, Eq. Henry }Tull , Berens, F.,.q Rielar.l M. II: - .rvey, Esq Hy. Bonham- arter, Esq J ti. I lubt a d. Esq Charles Wm ( urtis, Esq G. J Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P Charles F, Devas, Esq John Martin, Esq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq A braham J. Roberts, EN Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Hankey. Esq SECRITARY—Thomas Tallemaoh 6 Esq. ACTUARY— Sarol. Brown, Esq. The full benefit of the Abolition of the Ctoverumcut Duty will be aff.,rded to Insurers. Prospectus and Forms of Proposal frog Oa aPPliatigla to the ggrepargeg Aggite ; or to the segrotar7. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUSI I 7, 1:-69. L ONDON 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 remunerativeCommi4sion to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. THE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES, THE " NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. THE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p lunar simplicity of theca Machines enables any one to acquire tb,ir perfect use in a Yew boors. Illnstra:ed Price Lists post free. TIIE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CHEAPSIDE. Branch Depilts or Loca Agents in every Town THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. (Joie Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At S 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 r.S. like the wonderful founder of his Dynasty, he che rished throughout the whole of his wanderings in foreign lands, upon both sides of the Atlantic, a pro found conviction that it was reserved for him, in the fullness of time, to redeem the fortunes of the impe rial family,!of which by reason of the deaths succes sively of the King of ROME, and of his own two elder brothers, he had become the recognised_ head or representative. Excited by this conviction, firel by this not very un natural ambition, he twice, as the world very well knows, essayed to hasten the time when he was to assume his place at the head of the French Government. First of all at Strasbourg, and afterwards at Boulogne sur frier. Twice tried for his life—that is upon the close of each of these desperate and abortive attempts to revolu tionise France by a coup de main, in the name of NArOLEON—the future Emperor wassentenced, on the second of those memorable occasions, to undergo the penalty of perpetual imprisonment in the Fortress of Ham. After enduring six years' incarceration, there, as a Prisoner of State, he contrived, on the 25th of May, 1816, to effect his escape with singular address, with wonderful presence of mind, and under the most romantic circumstances. Within two years after that, he had been summoned back to France. immediately after the Revolution of February, 1848, having been spontaneously elected, by acclamation, to a seat in the National Assembly, by more than one enthusiastic department. A few months afterwards his name was carried to the head of the poll, by very nearly six million votes, as President of the French Republic. Confirmed in that position, after the crisis of the coup d'etat, and that, morever, by a majority of nearly seven million votes— he was declared EMPEROR a year afterwards by nearly eight million votes, and as Emperor has ever since then, for seventeen years, been reigning over France with despotic and irresponsib'e autho rity. At the end of these seventeen years he has, now, spontaneously delivered back into the hands of France the supreme power entrusted to him, first, conditionally, in the December of 1818, secondly, and again conditionally, in the Dec of 1851, and thirdly, and lastly, and quite unconditionally, iu the Decem ber of 1852, by the great mass of the adult male popu lation of the country. Restorer of Order, Autocrat of France, Leader of the Armies in the field, Liberator of Lombardy, the faithful ally of England during all these years, during peace, and during war, in the Council Chamber and upon the battles of the Crimea, of China, and of Japan—.NAPOLEON 111. has, now, emulated, after seventeen years, the wisdom attained amongst ourselves, gradually and through the lapse of ceutu:ies, by according to the millions obedient to his authority the blessings of Constitutional Govern ment. This is beyond all question the noblest of his achievements. It is the ripened fruit of his exile. It is the worthy crowning of his am bition. " Out of the nettle danger" he has " plucked the flower safety." Having said which, we would end where we began—NAPOLEON 111. has left to himself little beyond a General Amnesty, with the bestowal of which upon his coun try, fittingly to commemorate, on the fast approach ing 15th of August, 1869, the centenary of the birth, on the 15th of August, 1769, of the Emperor and King—NAPOLEON THE GREAT. IT is not easy to recognise the principle on which a sudden opposition to the Habitual Criminals Bill has been got up at this late period of the session. It is true that though the necessity for some more stringent dealing with the criminal class has long been imperatively called for, yet this measure introduces a somewhat new principle into the treat ment of crime in England, and makes very serious changes which ought not to be sanctioned without grave consideration. But this full inquiry has undoubtedly been given. The measure has just gone through the Upper llouse, where—at a time when the Lords had little to do—it was sifted with great care, and with the assistance of the legal wis dom so abundant in the Peers' Assembly. An eminently Conservative body has sanctioned a measure proposed by a Liberal Government. It is indeed still justly within the province of either party in the Commons to raise objections; but it is wholly nnfair to urge the plea of too little de liberation. The measure has had full consideration, it remains in principle what it was when the Lore's first took it in hand, and it is satisfactory to find that it is now likely to pass, and that a much-needed experiment is to have a fair trial. The object of this change in the criminal law is to attempt to more effectively restrain the depredations of systematic offenders. These are now kept in safety during their terms of imprisonment. But the period they spend in gaol is generally short, is often curtailed, and whilst they are at large they are under no restraint whatever. The great defect of our present arrangements is that men who are known to be incorrigible law-breakers are let loose again and again upon society to carry on a nefarious trade which no one expects them to abandon. It is contended that a criminal who has been more than once condemned comes under reasonable suspicion as to his future career, and that it is as much within the province of the law to prevent crime as to punish it. Acting on this theory, the Habitual Criminals Bill provides that offenders who have been twice convicted for felony shall be subject to the surveillance of the police for a period of seven years. Third convictions may be followed by surveillance for life. Persons who have once been convicted, and who are found in posses sion of stolen goods, are to be deemed guilty, unless they can prove their innocence. All convicts are to be registered, with a view of more effectually watch ing their movements after release from prison. The pawnbrokers, a class which contains many honest dealers, but also very many abettors of crime, will be closely watched, as will keepers of thieves' lodging houses. Some alterations worthy of remark have been made since we first noticed this Bill. A clause providing that a sen tence for a third felony conviction following the second within five years should not be lighter than seven years' penal servitude has been struck out. Other amendments have been passed, giving the court power to absolve a criminal from the consequences of a second conviction in cases which seem to require it, thus mitigating the rigour of the surveillance principle without infringing upon it. Harshness will be guarded against by this power of exemption, but the system originally laid down is ret a i ne d. Th e Bill will become law substantially in it s p r i s ti ne f orm . 'What will be its consequences, is a prediction which cannot be hazarded of a measure which is necessarily an experiment. There can be no hesitation, however, in deciding that this very stringent law—for stringent it still remains—is justified by the neces sities of English society. No one desires to be too hard even with criminals; but the Legislature ought surely to first give its solici tude to honest men, Hitherto the chances of the law have been all on the side of the rogue, and the result is that crime has become a vast organisa tion which must now be broken up. ILFRACOMBE REGATTA.—Of all places on the English coast, we consider Ilfracombe to be the best adapted for a regatta. Its situation in the fair way of the Channel is admirably suited fur testing the sailing quali tit.s of the craft engaged, and at the same time affords to the spectators an uninterrupted view from the Capstone Ilill of the whole course. The yachts being thus always in sight, the interest excited by each race is sustained throughout. On the 17th and 18th August, pr i zes amount ing to :£l5O will be co mpe t e d f or by yachts, pilot, and other sailing and r ow i ng b oats. Sw i m i ng ma t c h e s an d sports of different kinds will follow, and there will be a grand display of fireworks and a flight of of balloons at the close. A full military band has been engaged, and a public dinner will be given on ono of the days, and a ball on the other. THE REPRESENTATION OF CORK. The Weekly Register says it is reported that one of the seats at Cork will immediately become vacant. By the Church Disestablishment Act passed last week, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton has been appointed one of the three commissioners to carry the disendowing clauses of the Act into effect. This renders the permanent Under- Secretaryship of the Treasury vacant, and it is reported that the vacancy will be filled by Mr. Maguire. The hon. gentleman sat for Dungarvon from July 1852 till July 18G5, when he was elected for the City of Cork. The name of Mr. Massey is mentioned as his probable successor in the representation of Cork. Mr. Massey is now chairman of the Nati'nal Bank, and was formerly Chairman of Ways and Means in the House of Commons before he went to India as Minister of Finance at Calcutta. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS Mr. J. J. Mechi, the well-known agriculturist, of Tip tree Hall, writes to the Times on the spontaneous combus tion of hay-stacks:—"A 11,mentable, but easily preventible, destruction of food and valuable property is occurring in ' many counties by the partial, or total, spontaneous com bustion of hay-stacks. The crop this year is unusually heavy, and for want of sufficient manipulation, or hay shaking, the grass has failed to lose 60 out of the 75 per cent. of water that it contained. The consequence is a generation of confined steam and a partial carbonization or total combustion of the stack, and, in some cases, of the adjoining buildings. About three years ago a farmer con trived a simple mode of prevention, which was manufac tured by a large Suffolk firm, and which (says Mr. Mechi) I at once purchased at a cost, I think, of 3Ss. It is simply an iron pipe of 21 inches in diameter, riddled with holes, and having a pointed wooden nozzle. This is driven horizon. tally into the stack where any undue heat is suspected, the pent up heated steam finds its way into the pipe, and passes at once along it to the outside, where an elbow pipe isattached to give it an upward and better draught. When the weather is cool the elbow is occasionally removed to get rid of the water resulting from condensed vapour. No one need have an injured stack, or deteriorated hay, if this simple instrument be used. The pipe may be with drawn by a horse when no longer required in the stack. By watching the stack at dawn of day or by the sus picious aroma, one may always have due warning of danger." RATES OF FREIGHT AND CHARTER. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.) The tonnage loading on the berth for India, China, and the Cape of Good Hope amounts to 53,241 tons, and that for Australia and New Zealand to 50,685 tons. There is not much alteration in berth freights to the East. Several ships have been placed for Bombay. There is still some inquiry for Calcutta. There is not much demand for tonnage for Galle or Aden, and these rates are slacker ; whilst for Bombay 2s. is offered above last week's quotations. With good inquiry for medium-sized ships, 255. is now being paid for Singa pore from Wales, and £25 from the Tyne continues to secure first-class handy ships. There is a fair inquiry for tonnage from the rice ports, at 655. for large and 70s. for small vessels. £3-1 is being offered from the North for Muscat and Bombay. There is very little being done in guano chartering. For Callao 265. to 275. is being offered, at which rates tonnage does not cane forward. 355. for coal, and 375. 6d. for iron, can still be had for San Francisco, with no advance from 555. per ton wheat home. Iron freights are extremely dull, 17s. for Savannah and 18s. for New York being the highest rates obtainable. There is also an order for Trieste from Gloucester at 18s. Bates for the West Indies are easy. There is an inquiry for St. Thomas at 17s. There are several steamers offering for the Baltic at lower rates. Cargoes, however, are secured with difficulty. There is a slight improvement, however, in the grain freights homewards. From the Danube there is an inquiry for small steamers Sept. loading at 10s. GI Large boats, however, are taken reluctantly at 9s. 6d. There is no alteration in the Azoff and Black Sea rates. For Brazil and the Plate there is more demand for ton• nano at about la. advance on last week's quotations The branch line of the Midland Railway from Mangotsfield to Bath was opened on Thursday. The Rev. Mr. Murtagh, Far's% pfest of Kilcullen, county Kildare, regrested the pr. y rs of his congregation on Sunday last for Mr. Gladstoto's speedy restoration to heal l i, pasting a culogium on the Premier's ' honesty and intiep'cli!y" in cal ry:t g tho Irish Church Bill to a succes ful isstr. Correspend.nts of the Church 7 lines are discussing the propriety of starting a Wcshian Society within the Chur..ll of England. They propose to call themselves "Wesleyites," and to adopt " the ordinary sysh m of the Wesleyan Methodist StTftratiste," so far as pract'cable, keeping consistent with the princip!c s.f the Catholic Church and of the English Church in particular. The law has (nee again been cleearel about the Dunkold Badge toils, which has caused si much stir in the neighbcurhrod of Dundee. It has betn dcci led that the Duke of Athol° is quite justified in demanding toll, and Mr. Robertson and the mob are quite wrong in attempting to Prevent Lim. Their destruction of the bar was altogether illegal. The adjourned inquiry as to the cause of the ter riLle disaster at llaydock, by which 59 deaths were caused —for we regret to say that another man died on Wednesday —was resumed on Thursday, when the two Government in spectors were examined. They loth agreed that the very large use of powder in the Wigan mini s for blast ing purposes was most reprehens.ble. Mr. Higson thought that the cause of the explosion might be traced to be Ebots fired in the colliery, which he believed might have ignited the gas. Mr. Dickenson said if be was theGovern mcnt inspector of the Wigan collieries, he would endeavour immediately to stop the frequent practice of Wasting. It was h'ghly dangerous, and unmining like. THE NORTH-WEST PROVINCE OF CANADA.— We understand that the Hon. W. M`Dougall has sig. nified his acceptance of the Lieutenant-Governorship of the North-West Province, the transfer of which terri tory will be formally made to Canada within a very few weeks. The Hon. William Rose, his brother delegate in the arrangement of the terms of transfer with the Colonial Office and the Hudson's Bay Company, has resigned the office of Finance Minister of the Dominion, anti will permanently locate himself in this country for the purpose of carrying out the financial arrangements preliminary to the construction of a railway to the Pacific through British American territory. We understand he will join the house of Baring Brothers. His successor at the finance bureau will probably be Sir George Cartier.-- London Scotsman. AN ENGLISH NOBLEMAN KILLED IN A DUEL.— The following story is going the round of the Paris papers :—" It is well known that Princess Mary, sister of Prance Napoleon, owns a villa on the Lago Maggiore, near Belgirate. The villa was let this year to an immensely rich English nobleman, Lord S--, who took possession of the premises in the company of a beautiful miledy, believed to be his wife, and the two lived together for some time in a style befitting their social position. A few days ago three other English gentlemen made their appearance in Belgirate. One of them was the husband of miledy, who had eloped two years agowith Lord S—. After a long and fruitless search, the husband at last got upon the right scent, and his seconds waited upon the seducer. A duel has just taken place on the Swiss border. The parties fought with pistols at a few paces distance, and Lord S— was killed upon the spot." The Dublin Evening Mail publishes a letter ad aressed by Mr. Johnston, M.P., to Mr. Chichester Fortescue, with regard to the intended commemoration of the relief of Deny on the 12th inst. by the Apprentice Boys. Mr. Johnston "hopes the Government will give instructions that will prev:mt any attempt on the part of the local authorities to int. rfere with the usual eeremon'al." Mr. Johnston says tae adcis d Alto Apprentice Boys in 1860 to continue tick celebrations; "he so advises them still." "All Ulster (ho rdds) will sympathise with Derry in this," and be thinks it tut courtesy to put Mr. Fortescuo in pos session of the fact. The progran me of the commemoration it.cludes a presentation of a sash and medal to Mr. Johnston. The "associated clubs" aro to march four abreast to the cathedral, ar d after service to go fu m thence to tl.o The office] s d mcn.bers of dubs pre to appear with sashes rnd imigLia, and the "general wearing of the city colours.-- crimson— in lo.lettes and ribbons is request( d." THE DUKE OF NEWCALTLE'S AFFA/RE4.— ' A case arising out t,f the disastrous condition of the I'n'to of Newcastle's affairs was adjudicated upon by the mad er of the Rolls on Friday. Mr. Henry Padwick, the Duke's judgment creditor, had presented a peti ti in which prayed two things. The first was that the court would declare what interest his Grace pos. sessad, under his father's will, in the house in which he resided in Carlton-house-terrace ; and the second, that it would give the Sheriff power to sell such interest. Whilst fully convinced that the Duke had an interest in the property, Lord Romilly ruled that the provisions of the Act under which the assistance of the court was sought rendered it imperative that the land should have been actually delivered in execution, and as in this instance the creditor had no !large ou thglap : d . a cl 4 -1 migiasul THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tuts ErENING, at 7, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: Messrs Dalton. C. H. Stephen-on: D^ iss M. Harris and Naas N. Harris. At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE HEARTH: Mr R. Phillips, Mr E Atkins. Mr Stuart. Mrs M. Eburne. Mrs Leigh Murray, &c. And DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Atkins and Mrs Leigh Murray. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanhorowth. 1 tits EVENING. at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. THE TOODLES. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; % , esdames Goodall. T.ydia Maitland. Button. To emwtude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James, ROYALTY THEATRE. tinder the Management of Miss M Oliver. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, A ROVING COM ►t IsSION. After which CHECK3IAT E. Followed by THE MILI VARY BILLY TAYLOR. To conclude with IN FOR A HOLID ►Y Mr Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver Miss Saunders, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mir. Minim;, THIS EVENING, at 7, PRESD3IPT iVE EVIDENCE. After which, A D GALATEA : Herr Formes, Mr V. Rigby, Mr M. , mith, and Miss Blanche Cole, To conclude with A QUIET FAMILY. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton This EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. ➢lontague, Addison, Glover, and Baneroft; Mrs. Buckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss 3larie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE CH RISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and t.-"aturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL AL II AMB It A PALACE. THREE BALLET 3 Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at S. Is. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL G NEDENS, Regert'sq.atk, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Adutission, ls.; on Mendays, 6d. Children under twelve, Al 10 4 Q , t. " . '" , - ,--- :•*--f- & ; 1 Q 1 7 1) del; LONDOIV, SATURDAY, AUGU,S7 7, 1869. A startling intimation has but just now been flashed along the bed of the Atlantic to America, the acknowledgment of which will be somewhat eagerly, we will not say anxiously, awaited. The intimation is simply this, that her MAJESTY'S Govern ment is understood to have refused exiquatur to Captain HAGGARTY, or in other words has declined to recognise his nomination as the United States Con sul at Glasgow, on the plea that he has played the part of a Fenian on the other side of the Atlantic. A decision of this kind, under ordinary circumstances, might not unnaturally be expected to result in an ernbroglio—would almost inevitably have so resulted in the old days when communications between the two coun tries were not, as they happily arc now, thanks to the elec!ric cable, instantaneous. B,Jore any calamitous incident could possibly result on either side as things are now—from an occurrence like that just referred to—the two Govern ments can always, by an intercommuncation frankly of the sentiments entertained by each, arrive readily enough, at an honourable and rational understanding. Presided over as the coun cils of the United States and of the United Kingdom are by reasonable men, we count upon this rationable and honourable understanding being ar- rived at, in this particular matter of contention be tween them, as to the recognition or not of Captain HAGGARTY (as the United States Consul atGlasgow), by her MAJESTY'S Government. Beyond an amnesty, the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. has left himself little or nothing to concede, as a boon to his people, on the approaching centenary of the birth of the founder of the Napoleonic Dynasty. Twenty-one years he has had power in his grasp. Seventeen of these years, the later seventeen, he has bee❑ EMPEROR, with autocratic authority. Thirty five years he was either in exile or imprisonment— thirty-five years being the lifetime, according to statisticians, of a whole generation. Seven years he was a child-Prince during the reign of the First EMPEROR. The significance of his career can already te, in a great measure, appre ciated. " Count no one happy," said the wise philosopher, " until his death." Pronounce no final opinion upon any man's career, in other words, until it has been completed. Acknowledging the shrewdness of this famous dictum, it is never - theless impossible not to arrive at some proximate notion of the value or worthlessness of any man's career, when the date is approaching of what is fanci fully, and as most physiologists now agree in think ing, fantastically called its grand climacteric. On the 20th of April, 1808, NAPOLEON 111. was born in the Palace of the Tuilleries. He was the first Impe rial Prince born under the Empire, and the incident of hisbirthwasannounced by the flash of arms and the firing of cannon from one end to the other of the gi gantic dominion then ruled with that rod of iron the conquering sword of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE—"one of PLUTARCH'S Heroes," as, in his youth, old General PAOLI prophetically called him—one of whom it is in no way extravagant to speak as of the moder❑ C-ESAR, ALEXANDER, SESOSTRIS, Or CHARLEMAGNE. Baptized on the 4th of November, 1810, by Cardinal FESCH, and having as his sponsors the Emperor NAPOLEON the GREAT and the Empress MARIE LOUISE, the now Constitutional Sovereign of France passed the earliest years of his childhood in the midst of the Imperial family, i❑ the very heart and centre of a political system, which wasthe very arche type of what is meant by a despotism. Exiled with the rest of his house, after the catastrophe of Water loo, when he was just seven years and two or three months old, the future heir to the fortunes of the GREAT NAPOLEON, passed from childhood to youth, and from youth into manhood, under the strength ening influences of adversity. As a sojourner in Switzerland, in England, and in America, he, through out that probationary interval, was enabled by zircutnstances, thoroughly well to appreciate the inestimable advantages conferred upon man kind by free institutions, whether under a Constitutional Monarchy or under a Republican Goyernment. A fatalist in a great 1110161110) A STONE-DRESSING MACHINE'. A new system of stone-dressing is being used on the Thames Embankment. The machine used, which is an American invention, consists of a simple arrangement by which a block of atone can be made to travel beneath a transverse bar, carrying either a series of chisels or a single knife. To this bar a kind of oscillatory motion is imparted by a crank axle, so that the action of a work man's hand and mallet is very exactly imitated, but with a speed and force that no workman can attain. Certain varieties of granite that have hitherto had no market value, on account of their extreme hardness, the cost of dressing having exceeded the worth of the material, can be worked by the machine with the utmost facility. The ordinary process is first to subject the rough stone to the action of a row of chisels, separated by interspaces, so that the surface is grooved, and then to replace the chisels by a continuous blade, that reduces the grooved surface to ene that is uniformly level. Two blocks of Portland stone were exhibited, measuring about Gft. in length by2lin. in width and 14in. in depth. One of these blocks had been dressed by hand by a skilful workman, who completed his task in fifteen hours and a half. The other was dressed by the machine, in the presence of visitors, in two hours -July, and the machine-dressing was certainly superior in finish to that done by hand, with the single exception that an accidental notch in the blade displayed itself as a con tinuous ridge on one of the surfaces. The inventor con siders that one-horse power should be used for each foot in width of the surface acted upon ; and, of the machines exhibited on Friday, one was worked by steam and one by hand. The latter could be turned easily by a single man. Some of the softer varieties were inclined to flake under the chisels, and the large pieces that broke away left gaps too deed for the continuous blade to level. Difficulties of this sort will, however, probably be over come. BENJAMIN HIGGSINTHE BANKRUPTCY COURT. The case of Benjamin Ilig,gs was again before the Bankruptcy Court on Friday. It was a sitting for last exam ination and discharge, but the bankrupt being absent, there was, of course, no one either to examine or discharge. Mr. Eley, for the assignees, mentioned how the matter Mood, and as the bankrupt had absconded, he supposed that he would be proclaimed in the usual way. Mr. Bannister said that he represented the Great Central Gas Company, which the bankrupt had defrauded to such an enormous extent, and he desired his friend Mr. Eley to give him the assurance that active exertions were being made to apprehend the bankrupt. lie believed that if proper efforts were used he might be brought to justice. Mr. Eley objected to being questioned. lie did not admit that Mr. Bannister bad any locus st«ndi, as he did not represent a creditor who had proved. His Honour said that there was a claim upon the pro ceedings. Mr. Eley : I do not mind stating that the assignees have not yet received any information as to the bank rupt's whereabouts. Mr. Bannister : I should be glad to know that the machinery of the court is being employed for the appre- hension of the bankrupt. • Mr. Commissioner Holroyd : I have no doubt that the assignees will do their duty. In the meantime the sitting will be adjourned sine die, and as the bankrupt has failed to surrender he will be proclaimed at the rising of the court. LAW AND POLICE. BREACH OF PROMISE.—A court crowded with ladies heard on Friday, at the Croydon Assizes, the case of " Morony v. Lee," an action for breach of promise of marriage. The defendant was a lieutenant in the 13th Light Infantry, and meeting her at Gibraltar in 1867, he promised her marriage. Their ages were about the same, they were equ'als in position, and she seems to have been much attached to him. But his father was opposed to the engagement, and he abruptly broke it off. The usual epistolary evidence was given in, and skewed very clearly the nature of the relations between the parties. The plaintiff seems to have acted in the most ladylike manner. The promise the defendant admitted, and also the breach, the jury therefore had only to assess the damages. They returned a verdict for £2,000. A SIMILAR CASE.—In a somewhat similar case sent to the Sheriff's Court, at the Manchester Assizes, a milliner and dressmaker was awarded £2OO for injury done to her affections. The defendant was the son of an iron mer chant and brush manufacturer, of Blackburn. lie carried matters so far that he commenced buying the furniture, and even leased the house. But suddenly he stopped all such proceedings, and soon afterwards married another woman. THE MURDER BY A LUNATIC IN MON3IOUTIISHIRE.— The facts of a recent murder by a lunatic in Monmouth shire will be remembered. An insane fanner, named Lane, went to a neighbour Nicholls, and suddenly, with out provocation, shot him. There could nut he slightest doubt of the state of mind in which Lane was. At the Monmouthshire Assizes he was brought before a jury, found not guilty on the ground of his lunacy, and ordered to be confined durinu her Miiipct 3 :',, ploacm-p A DANGEEOUS BOILER.—The magistrates of Bradford nad before them on Friday a case relating to a dangerous boiler. The boiler was shewn to be unsound, and the magistrate ordered the arrest of the owner, who was liberated on undertaking to remove the boiler as soon as possible. Three blue-bcoks relating to the Bombay Bank Commission were issued yesterday morning. They contain minutes of the evidence taken in England and India before the commissioners appo'nted to iLquite into the failure of the bank. The High Sheriff of County Antrim Las fixed the 16th instant for the nomination of candidates for the vacancy created by the death of Vice-Admiral Seymour. the poll ing will come off on the 19th. Only two candidates were in the field. Lord and Lady Spencer arrived in Dublin yesterday morning. There was no public demonstration. The Lord Mayor welomed the Lord Lieutenant at Westland-row, apo logising for not having had time to get the corporation together to prepare the address which it is intended to pre sent to his Excellency. "He died worth so much." Would that it could be said, Ile died worth so many. To " much " the proper substantive is money ; to " many," friends. Surely the bes kind of property is affection : and at any rate it is the only kind you can carry with you to the grave.--. Arthur Helps, in Good Words. A CITY ANTIQUITY. — In pulling down some houses in Birchin-lane, an interesting relic of Roman antiquity, as it is supposed, has been discovered. The ob ject is a tomb of brickwork underneath the foundation of the house. On opening it a skeleton was discovered, with a lamp at the feet and a vase of gold coins at the head. There was a date inside the tomb, which has been read by a very retrospective antiquarian as B.C. 407. SUNDAY TRADING BILL.-Mr. Thomas Hughes, ALP., accompanied by a deputation of Lambeth trades men, has waited on the Secretary of State for the Home Department and presented a memorial,signed by upwards A 20,000 persons, complaining of the great increase of selling and hawking goods on Sundays, and of the great difficulty experienced by private members in bringing this subject before Parliament, and praying that during the recess her Majesty's Ministers would be pleased to take the matter into their serious consideration, with a view of making it a Government question. A DANGEROUS STEAM ROLLER. - There are dangers as well as advantages connected with steam rollers. One being used at Birmingham ran away the other day. It was going slowly down hill doing its work well when a pin in the braking apparatus gave way, and the engine started off at a rapid pace down hill. The two men in charge did their best to bring it to a stop, but it got completely beyond control, and running on to the pavement dashed into the factory of Messrs. Elkington and Co., the well-known silversmiths. Two windows and part of a wall were smashed in, but fortunately no one was injured. The men jumped off before the collision occurred. THE WIMBLEDON' VOLUNTEER REVIEw.—The report of the Commander-in-Chief on the Wimbledon Review will be read, after the military criticism which the review evoked, with some interest. His Royal High ness says the combination of regular troops with volun teers was a great advantage, although the falling off in the numbers of the latter is made the subject of regret. With regard to the way in which the the manceuvres of the day were executed, the Commander-in-Chief says, half apo!ogetically, that " consilering the limited space at his command, he was on the whole well satisfied." He urges the desirableness of volunteers joining more fre quently in battalion drill, and also, on occasions like the Wimbledon Review, strongly recommends that there should be some officers of the army on each brigade staff. WORKMEN'S TRAINS.—The extension' of the system of workmen's trains, so as to include the outly ing suburbs of London, is exciting considerable interest a song working men in the metropolis. A meeting with this object was held on Friday night at the Silchester Hall, Notting-hill, at - which Sir Charles Mke, M.P., spoke. It seems that the railway companies are unvilling to grant the additional facilities demanded of them, on the ground of the extent to which they are liable for damages if an accident occurs. To Meet this difficulty, Sir Charles recommended that a bill should be brought into Parliament reducing the liability of the 'companies, in respect of workmen's trains, to a maximum penalty of £lOO. A. regolutip was paned eudiping 41*.m ------ ....,c : - ........- - ,,,,,,:a... 0 ,,,.. _A__ —.- ....4 -we... ...4.+. i l li ' VisitNt ''' ' s=-1 ' S' ) --,---- ' ';'' ,2 '' '`T ---- ' 411 , 444 i 4.',.• HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, August 7. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal HigL nesses Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked in the grounds this morning. LATEST INTELL MENG:B (REU7ER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, August 6. The Inman Royal mail steamship City of Cork arrived here to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1364 ; the highest quotation dar ;ng the day was 136 ; 1- ; the lowest, 136. Sterling Exchange on London llOl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188? 44 " 1885 1231. t 4 " 1867 1221. 10-40 116. Illinois l4ll. Erie 2Bk. Cotton—Mid. upland 33ic• Petroleum—Standard White 32c. Flour, extra state, $6.45e. to $7.05c. Corn, old $1.12c. According to Mr. Adam Moffatt's report the week's receipts of cotton have been 1,500 bales, and since the Ist September, and taken by American spinners direct, 2,351,500 bales ; shipments to England, 4,000 bales ; to France, 1,000 bales ; to the Continent, 200 bales ; and since the Ist of Sept., 1,430,000 bales. Stock, 35,000 bales. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Aug. 7. At a full sitting, yesterday, of the Hungarian Delegation, Herr Pulszky expressed his approval of Count Beust's policy in Eastern German affairs as conducive to the interests of the Monarcbp• Both llerr Pulszky and Count Zichy spoke in de fence of that policy against the attacks of hi• Szedenyi. Herr von Orezy, in the name of the Government , gave an analysis of its policy, which he asserted wa g dictated by a desire to preserve and develope the interests of pe..ce and liberty in its relations with the East and West. Such action, however, not meeting always with the same friend by sentiment ° could not show an equal success everywhere. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 6.—Three o'clock—The maro closed as follows :- 13 per Cent. End of month_ Italian Fives 543 2° 3 per Cent End of month 72 721 Ottoman Loan ... 327 ---; Credit Mobilier End of month... Spanish Threes - .., Credit Fonder —1740 Home Debt — .-- End of month... Deferred -- RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Western Northern .... llOO Strasburg • • • . 6OO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern__ 6161 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 5571 North of Spain — Saragossa Roman 5l T/Ll/N/NG REPOR7 S. -o- - - MIDDLEHAM.-0a Tuesday Dawson sent Pretender, Argyle, Lord Hawthorn, Derventio, and Thorwaldsen a nice half-speed gallop of a mile and a ha:f. Tabou ret ' Mandrake, Cawdor, Eskdale, and Performer did steed): mile work. Mast erman ' s S awyer went a goo d ga llop °.; a mile and a half. Honestish; sentry, and Oreusanella dl - steady a half W u °,ric or . k. 33 1 r N ig ,ti g d b n - s es a d ild y cl . - - sU ß o r r ig n a tcs d s f e Lt c t, t iackinertire nau Vansittart a good gallop of t wo mil es . M yoso tis, Terro r,nci and Lady Henrietta went the same distance steadily' Masterman's Sawyer and Honestish galloped a 'I I° and a half. Osb orne sen t Ki ng ' s C ross an d Bertha a mile and a half. Weatherstar went steadily by himself' Dawson's repeated Tuesday' s wor k. Thursday.—Daw °ll sent Outfit, Tom Bowline c, Brother to Strafford, Pre tender, Derventio, Thorwaldsen, Argyle, Lord Ilawthorof Lady Mary, and Sweet Sound a nice half-speed gallop o f a mile and a half. Lawr ence , M an d ra k e , T a b oure t, Tyc o ' dale, Cawdor, Priest, Departure, and colt by Rapid R ll°a : cantered a mile. Osborne's repeated Wednesday's and Briggs's were sent the mile and a half twice. 10 th Wolverhampton Stakes next week we have King's Orli and King of the F a irie s . Th e fi rs t- name d i s ve ry vi e :i f and will run well. Gouda ma y be sen t f or the BRIO': but] he is out of form. Bracken, Three par Cent., 10ik-; ret, Inon, Bertha, Artichoke, Flyi ng Jib, Pomfret, Lithe Duke, Catalonia, King of the Fairies, Hymen, and Sall - 4 are all fit and well for their engagements at Paisle3 an Radcliffe. h MALTON.— In the Renfrewshira Stakes and the . 01 1 0 Members' Plate wo have the Cure colt out of Ellen ' ill Fair, who has undergone a thorough preparation, an i 0 fit to run for a man's life. Whichever race they slip u d ' id for I think him sure to win. At Windsor, in the 0 9 ' 13 ; 0 cap, War is engaged, but the old horse I have not ei- 0 since Sunday last, owing to his having been in physi c ' j ; Peck's in good work are Blacklock, Amendment, Tas. ( lil a tr ' Portugal, earfax, Nutbush colt, Londesborough, and ""'" d _ iniquo ; J. Shepherd's George Osbaldeston, Ladyzotle.iltde Hock, and Glenlivat ; R. Peck's Better Half, Prior, 80-Peep, Light Cloud, Di Spanker, and Nil Desperal,dti.,_ The following of l'Anson's are all well and fit to r lll3 Consternation, Blair Athol filly, Janet Rawcliffe, , lip Rubini, and Sir Digby. Scott's in good work are The I v Taraban, Viscount, Fecialis, Toison d'Or, Royal Oak, 06 bleman, Goldsborough, Viscountess, and the hand° filly Silver Band. cLznz.—T hursday—T he P a l mer l e d Pero o°lll° KINGS a good gallop of a mile and three-quarters, both g °ll3 l well. Pero is fit to go into s t rong wor k on the reture ° Porter with the remainder of the team. Rosicrucia n th led Salamis at half-speed a mile and a half. The °the ft, were doing healthy exercise in the hollow. Ambi tioe Blue Gown, and Morna have just returned home fr°l33 Brighton. STANTON.-At Wolverhampton we have Sportsman°bon' gaged in the Stakes, and should he be wanted he W ill ; dangerous. Lady of Croome, Paiwitine, Catton, 1 . ° , 1 1 0 1 ° 1 , the Valley, Bon Block, Sportsman, Parma, and ~ j ), ;. -t i r Evelyn filly are eutired in the Enville Plato, anu,,;f ol . subscribers had better watch the moves concerning "" to " d, The two last-named are good enough to win if 1 v , i7 513 h . jet Princess, Catgut, Alma Mater, Soldier's Daughter, :"st, filly, Collegiate, Nightshade, Chamade colt, an an d George are entered in the Eleventh Biennial Stakes' in the last named is the best. Oracle and Sportsma n ‘' re n ,ill the Patshull Stakes, and whichever they Wall about win. LAMBOURNE.—At Wolveihampton we have idst:''' t a Lady Day, Zara, and Five per Cent. in the F irst [i e be of the Eleventh Stamford Biennial, and Idstoue vr``' our best. Should ha be sent, he will take so ul° °II:4' r ip 9 4 At Windsor, we have Lady of Lyons and Xis - 7i n if in the (newer Stakes, and Lady of Lyons W ill " w se l t. a ore ISLEY.—At Wolverhampton, Dalby and W i engaged in the Wolverhampton Stakes; path)" i° l + o •: cif and doing steady work, but I don't fancy b ° Winifred's form your readers know. Acorn and buts Beaconsfield, in the Borough Members' Pla:ni well, and I like the latter's chance the best, an d would run kindly she would about win. Maidens '''f9ra Holyrood, and Hollandaise are in the Eleven th Stan Biennial Stakes. Maiden's Blush is not good enouP, - neither of the other two will run. 0 - MR. EDMOND BEALES.—It is said that Mr . cmutmurdtßjet hi a id le g s es isto be rewarded for his po litical sery i the vacancy that will shortly occur in o ne of the C° t iceit l S °t b ve most ungrateful p o s f t H he e for hlm.— Law Times. ohoayserenamrneendt notit, atnoddoit:roeill"eibos D ior A veteri nary certificatn, signed by Mr. John gall or ton, V.S., of Brighton, Of the a e of Mr. Milforci's _ br m Nancy (6 yrs), has been lodged at Messrs. g Wea thel ,Isv's office. • hea li YoIZN SALM—Messrs. Tattersall will have some nii st sale catalog'oes of yearlings, &c., for the Yor Me' week. ivf Igic" P blu C e ° sTe u a:e s s al cital:Elts.ol7" Scarlet cap. —Mr. Hookah : White, •--e ~.., . Mr. Milford: Black, yellow P I I