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F OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A . RARE COMBINATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every srtiele sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, w made to measure, for all ages, and all :lasses. Commodious apartments for measuring mud fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diser &Hied stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should ..e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or in j ured will he cheerfully exchanged. or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Cape. and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonta are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollen drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shne Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, 31LNORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINOItIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATB 87, ALDGATE P. ALDGATE 49, ALDGATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 536 NEW OXFORD-STREET %07, NEW OXFORD-STREET *B, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET• 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCI. 117, TOTTENHAM-COURT - ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT - ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch : 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buchstone. THIS EVENING, THE OLD GUARD: Messrs. Sol. Smith, G. Murray, Trafford, H. Naylor. Mag Llewellyn. After which, ALTJ FOR MONEY: Miss Amy Sedgwick, Miss Maud Haydon, Miss Stephens ; Messrs. G. Jordan, H. Irvine W. H. Vernon, H. Naylor. fie. To conclude with A QUIET FAMILY: Miss Polly Marshall, Kiss Coleman ; Messrs. W. H. Vernon and Charles Swan. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. rHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 1- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr G. Bel more and Mrs. Leigh Murray. At 8 o'clock, THE WILLOW COPSE: Mr. Benjamin Web ster: Messrs. A. Stirling. G. Belmore. J. G. Taylor, Stuart, C. H. StephensOn, Ashley: Miss Furtado, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. L. Murray, Miss M. Harris. THEATRE -ROYAL, HOLBORN. Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. Fourth Week of " The School for Scandal." EVERY EVENING, at 7.30, the very laughable fare THE SMOKED MISER. At 8 o'clock, Sheridau's inimitable Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Supported by the following celebrated artistes :—Barry Sullivan, J. C. Cowper, George Honey, W. H. Stephens, Charles Coglan, D. Evans, Lin Rayne, A. Bernard, E. Dyas, and W. Arthur; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane Rignold, Miss Louisa Thorne, Miss Amy Fawsitt, and Mrs. Charles Horsman Acting Manager—AmoitY SULLIVAN. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. i% Sole Lessee and Mahageress, Mrs Swanborongh. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. 'Make and Belford ; Mesdames Button and Hughes. After which. 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Newspaper Agent, 1\ o. 4, Old ravendish street, Oxford-street. ITNFURNISHED APARTMENTS TO LET, ) consisting of Three Rooms and Dressing Room, with use of Kitchen. Nice klarden. Four minutes' walk to 'Bus and Rail to City and West-end.-44, St. Paul's-raod, Camden-square, CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, £220,000) ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, £1,598,000 SPECIAL NOTICE. All Persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale refore June 30th, 1869, will be entitled at the NEXT BoNrs to one year's additional Share of Profits over later Entrant?. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of GEORGE CIITOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London. S.W. B RITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION Head Offices, 429, Strand, London. Tho distinguishing features of this Association are Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt settlemPnt of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. J 0 N GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decty, and imparts a nlew•ant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, 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 of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public In a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles. 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Ball Wharf, Angel-passsage, 93, Upper Thames. 'toot Loudon, E.Q. fIRY ST AL PALACE. GREAT FIRE WORKS at Half-past Nine TO-MORROW EVEN ING—not Ten as at first ILAvertised. One Shilling and Sixpence, ickets at Exeter Hall and Crystal Palace up to Seven o'clock THIS EVENING. Extra and Special Trains from all Stations, but Visitors should Come Early. - CALLAGHAN'S OPERA, RACE, and FIELD GLASSES, of Matchless quality. 23A, NEW BOND-STREET (corner of Conduit-street). N.B.—Sole Agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodities valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission to Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street, Norwich. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBEN- TUBE STOCK. The Directors are now prepared to enter into arrange ments for converting the Debentures of the Co= any into equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cent. Deben ture Stock, and also to receive applications for allotments of the same Stock, at par, to be applied in the repayment of Debentures falling due. Any amount of Stock, not being a fraction of a pound, can be subscribed for and transferred. A commission of I (one-half) per cent. is allowed to applicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Cem pany's books free of all expense. The interest will be paid half-yearly on the 15th January and 15th July . by warrant. The Stock thus raised will be entitled to the same priority against the property and income of the Company as the Debenture Bond Debt, ranking before the Com pany's entire Stock and Share Capital of Thirty Millions 030,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income now amounting to upwards of Three Millions 03,000,000) annually. Further particulars and forms of application may be obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. Euston Station, July, 1859. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. The BRANCH LINE of Railway from CARNARVON to LLANBERIS is NOW OPEN for Passenger Traffic. For particulars as to Trains see the Company's Time books. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, July, 1869. E AST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the East and West India Dock Company HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a Half-yearly Court or General Meeting of the said Company will be held— pursuant to the directions of Act Ist and 2nd William IV., cap. 52—at the Dock House No. 8, Billiter-square, on FRIDAY, the 16th day of July next for the purpose of choosing and appoint ing Directors in the room of those going out of office by rotation. The Directors retiring by rotation on the present occasion offer themselves for re-election. At this Meeting a D:vidend will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company tor the Half-yeas ending the 30th June. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLLN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, 6th July, 1869. N B.—The Chair will be taken at two o'clock precisely. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CIIAIRMAN - Frederick H. Janson, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham-Carter, Egq J. G. Hubbard, Esq Charles Wm Curtis, 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 Abraham J. Roberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Henry Vigne, Esq T h o m s o n Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq. Acrt - Arx—Saml. Brown, Esq. N.B.—Fire Policies which expire at 'Si idstmimer must be re newed at the Head Office or with the Agents, on or before the 9th of July. The full benefit of the Abolition of the Government Duty will be afforded to Insurers. - ----- Prospectus and Forms of Proposal free on application to the Company's Agents, or to the Secretary. COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUFI IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of .£3 to £6 Is. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCI I )ENTS AISONE may he provided against `sy Insurance Tickets for Singlesg Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Cr6fl:B at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices,'64, CORNRILL and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. WILLIAM J. `'IAN Secretary. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-FORF ti.ITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME. BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen-street -place, Southwark Bridge, E.Cj NEW POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies issued. 1863 1869 In Weeks. .. 3 .. 3 .. 86 -.C14,250 ... 108 - 18,481 Excess .. 22 £1,231 In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1869 ... 3,105 —£539,442 A MORNING and EVENING DRAUGHT of LAMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE is most agreeable and efficacious, preventing and curing levers, skin complaints, and inflammation. It instantly relieves the most intense head • ache and thirst, and if given with lime juice syrup is a specific in gout and rheumatism. 113, HOlbern hill, London, E.C. HE " SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. -THE " NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. THE " SINGER " SY.S.YING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED .0 - . THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WaH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The peculiar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a rely' hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free. TILE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CHEAPSIDE. Branch Depots or Loca A gents in every Town THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, THE OLD GUARD : Messrs. Sol Smith, G. Murray, fag Llewellyn. &c. ALL FOB MONEY : Miss Amy Sedgwick. And A QUIET DAY. Miss Polly Marshall, &C. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. Tins EVENING, at 7, DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Geo Eel more and Mrs Leigh Murray. At 8, THE WILLOW COPSE : Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs A. Stirling, G. Belmore, G. .T. Taylor, Stuart, C. H. Stephen-on, Ashley; Miss Furtado. Mrs A. Mellon, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss M. Harris. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLB ORN. Tam EVENING, at 7.30, THE SMOKED MISER. After which, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. J. C. Caw per, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. C. Coghlan, Mrs. HermannVezin, Mrs. C. Herman, &c. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. Bel ford, Clarke ; Miss Bufton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; NI esdames Goodall. Lydia Maitland. Bufton. To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M Oliver. TIM EVENING, at 7.30, IN FOR A HOLIDAY. Followed by A ROVING COMMISSION. And THE MILITARY BILLY TAYLOR. To conclude with CLAUDE DUVAL: Mr. Day, Mr. Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss IL Oliver, Miss K. Bishop. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Marie Wilton THIS EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montagne, Addison, Glover, and Bancroft• Mrs.l3nckingham White, Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALFIANIBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET?. Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-T,aik, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d, 1 1 14 63 ir ir g g 44* i 1 It __,..,..ew, t .../ A ., ___, ",' ,19•45%". LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1869. France has now a magnificent opportunity. It has been accorded to her by reason of what is not inaptly termed a peaceful revolution. The Imperial Manifesto read by M. ROUIIER to the Corps Legis latif, on Monday, the I.2th instant, effectually crowns the edifice by placing the Emperor NAPOLEON at the head of a Constitutional Government. Personal Government in France has, already, by this act on the part of the SOVEREIGN, virtually ceased to be. Purely despotic institutions exist no longer for forty millions of . Frenchmen. The concessions announced through the imperial message are six in number, and are all of them of the most practical and comprehensive character. They insure to France the priceless boon of Parliamentary Government. They bring the Exe cutive power face to face with the national represen tation. They assimilate the French Chamber with the English Commons. They secure to the Legislative Body a complete mastery of the taxation of the country. They suppress, henceforth, the incompatability hitherto exist4titlegally between the function of Deputy and tho lu ottce of Uinieter. The twenty-first year of the regime of Louis NAPO- L EON, the eighteenth year of the reign of NAPOLEON witnesses the re-establishment of those consti tutioral and parliamentary institutions which disap peared, suddenly, as if by a thunder-clap, almost im mediately after the February Revolution. Political order has grown up out of the chaos resulting from the last great revolutionary outbreak, insomuch that in 1869 we see restored many of those constitutional guarantees which disappeared in 1848 under the terror of the Red Revolt of June, when the Republican fasces were replaced by the drip ping sword of the military dictatorship accorded to the Democratic hands of General CAVAIGNAC. That insensate movement on the part of the ultra revolutionists caused France to retrograde from a Democracy to a Despotism. A temporary dictatorship was, in the course of two or three years, transformed into an imperial depotism—the mass of the French population preferring to secure Order at any cost, rather than run the desperate hazard of relapsing into Anarchy. Since the re-establishment of the Second Empire under NAPOLEON 111., how ever, the constitutional aspirations of the more in teligent part of the French population have been re viving, have been expanding, first of all almost im perceptably, but of late very apprecbialy, and, by none more than by theEmPEßon himself, very recognizably indeed. So recognizable to NAPOLEON 111. has been this advance of Public Opinion, that he himself was the one to give the mot to the popular movement when he spoke, some few years since, as of the goal to be arrived at, of the crowning of the edifice as, already, even then, visibly capable of accomplishment at some future date by himself and by France. That date has now arrived—possibly earlier than the EMPEROR had anticipated, though, certainly, not earlier than France had hoped. The day has come, however. Personal is henceforth to be replaced by Constitu tional Government. As attesting conclusively that the die has, beyond all recall, been cast, that, in very deed and truth, alea jacta est it is especially noticeable that almost simultaneously with the reading of the Imperial Manifesto, that at any rate immediately afterwards, the Ministry of Imperialism, pur a simple, has resigned. M. ROUHER and his colleagues, individually and collectively have placed their resignation in the hands of the SOVE REIGN. And that resignation has been at once accep ted by the EMPEROR. Nominally it is resignation, actually it is dismissal. The Administration under the system of Personal Government, could not possibly, could not at least with any appearance of decency be the Administration now under the system of Con stitutional Government. Especially was there an imperative necessity for the withdrawal of the ablest Minister of them all, the Minister of State, M. ROUHER. The Presidency of the Senate has, it is said by La France, been offered to M. RoullEr. by his Imperial Master in recognition of his undoubtedly great past services. Twenty years have elapsed since he first took office under the reigning Prince, in 1849, that is, when he first held a Ministerial portfolio in his then capacity as Mi nister of Justice. Among all the statesmen of the second empire, he has been the readiest, the most energetic, the most indefatigable—he has long had no rival in any way to compare with him as the oratorical mouthpiece of the Imperial Govern ment. So lon g asPerson al Government continued in the ascendant, he served his purpose well. That system has had its day, however. It has run out. And M. RoullErt, perforce, ceases his peculiar impersonation, his singular role as Alinister of State—marked on on the one hand by the most profound obsequiousness to his Imperial master, and on the other by the most insuferable arrogance to the popular representatives. In reference to the reconstruction of the Ministry, it is rumoured at Paris that the Marquis de LAVALETTE will be replaced as Minister for Foreign Affairs by the now ambassador to the Court of St. James's, namely by the Prince DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE, that M. BAROCHE Will be fol lowed by some one else yet unnamed as Minister of Public Worship, and that the same will be the case with regard to M. GRESSIER, the Minister of Public Works. But that in the work of reconstruc tion, M. MAGNE will retain the Ministry of Finance, M. FORcADE de la ROQUETTE, the Ministry of the In terior, Admiral RIGAULT de GENOUILLY, the Ministry of Marine, and Marshal NIEL, the Ministry of War. Another verynoticeable rumour is, that.M. EIsIILE OL LIVIER has declined to accept any portfolio. Who is to be the new Minister of State, in the place of M. RoUJIER, no one has as yet ventured to conjecture. Whoever may be nominated to that high office by the EMPEROR, will hardly, less than France herself, have, in truth, a magnificent opportunity. WE have now reached the most critical stage of ' all. The Irish Church Bill—an Irish Church Bill, rather—has passed the House of Lords, but it is not • the bill which passed the House of Commons. The two are different in detail and different in principle. The magnitude of the difference may be summed up in a line : the Commons have sanctioned equal dis endowmen;, the Lords unequal endowment. The Commons have decided that, after vested interests are satisfied, no portion of the funds shall go to ecclesiastical uses ; the Lords have decided that they shall go to such uses, but in such a way that the Church of the minority is left with nearly all the Church revenues, the Church of the majority with a miserable pittance. Which policy will prevail ? Mr. GLAD STONE has once more, and more explicitly than ever, stated that his Government will not consent to what is called concurrent endowment, nor to the postpone ment of the appropriation which is merely and avowedly a means of obtaining concurrent endowment at some future time. We have not the least doubt but that the House of Commons will support him in this matter. The Liberal party owes its present strength in the House of Commons greatly to the injury which the Conservative party inflicted upon itself by its supposed inclination for levelling up. Nothing has happened to shew that the opinion of the nation is different in July from what it was in November. Certain Whig peers, whom Mr. GLADSTONE (lid not include in his Cabinet, have, indeed, taken up with Lord MAYO'S discarded pro posal ; but Lord WESTBURY, Lord HALIFAX, and the Duke of SOMERSET are simply three noblemen with as little influence over public opinion as any three men who have held high office. Lord RUSSELL'S influence is not much greater. Lord STANHOPE'S is none at all. The Times approves the plan, and that is no doubt the strongest support it has received. But the Times is no longer the oracle that it was. It is but one of many oracles. Rather, the age of oracles is past, and men treat their journals no longer as popes to be believed implicitly, but as advocates whose opinions may be right, but are not unfre quently wrong. The position is as follows. The Lords having once, by a considerable majority, rejected concurrent endowment, have, at the last moment, by a majority of only seven, accepted it, and embodied it in the bill. It must be admitted that even if the Govern ment were at liberty to accept this alteration at all, the circumstances under which it hcs ben made do not give it weight. A majority so small and so tardy in a House that is certainly not in prac tice, however it may be in theory, of co-ordinate authority with the Commons, would scarcely justify even a much weaker Minister than Mr. GLADSTONE 111 violating his promises or reversing the policy which the nation has emphatically endorsed. It is inevit able that Lord STANHOPE'S amendment should be rejected in the Commons. We believe it to be almost inevitable that the alternative pro- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1869. posal the postparement of the appropria tion should be rejected. Other changes, of somewhat lesser importance, made by the Lords will be disallowed by the Commons, and the original bill will be once more sent to the Upper House. Will their l.rdships incur the responsibility of throwing it out ? We fear that they will. Many of the Conservative peers who voted for the second reading did so avowdly on the understanding that if their amendment were rejected they would reject the bill. Since then they have been encou raged in their resstance by the Tinier, which, through lack of mixing with the middle classes, they think represents the convictions of the nation. It is well known that many of them declare their inten tion of throwing out the bill time after time if they cannot work their will upon it, We greatly fear, therefore, that a serious collision is at hand, and that it will involve serious aarm to two institutions which we wish to see preserved—the House of Lords and the Church. Should our fears be realised,it is the Peers and the Bishops who will be responsible for any harm that may be done. THE discussion in the House of Commons touching our policy in Central Asia ought once for all to dispose of that question. It is important and, unlike many foreign matters nearer home, easy to master; but the principles which should guide the action of England are not less plain and simple, andit is difficult to conceive of any necessity for deviating from them. Russia has long owned that large section of the Asiatic continent which is included under the title of Siberia ; but this region, though one-third larger than the whole of Europe, is comparatively worth less—barren, bleak, and so thinly populated that the entire fire million square miles of Russia in Asia do not contain as many inhabitants as London. It was not to be expected that an essentially aggressive people would rest satisfied with such an inheritance. Accordingly, for the last twenty years Russia has pushed steadily southwards and eastwards :towards India, just as in Europe she has advanced towards Constantinople. The great region lying east of the Caspian Sea between Siberia and India has gradually been overcome until the greater part of it is now Russian territory. It was natural that this rapid approach to the Indian frontier should excite alarm both at home and in our Eastern Empire. When the news came that the Russians had taken possession of Bokhara the question whether we should interfere in Central Asian politics was seriously discussed. Bokhara, it is true, is separated from British terri tory by at least 1,000 miles of difficult country, but the previous progress of the Muscovite arms left little doubt that this space would soon be overcome. It was asserted, too, that Persia was on intimate terms with Russia, that the SHAH, in fact, was the CZAR'S vassal, and that Affghanistan would soon fall a prey to the great Northern Power. These two States were the only barriers—and very weak ones— to the Russian advance. If they fell, the whole space between the Indian frontier and St. Petersburg would be Muscovite territory. Should, then, England interfere by occupying Affghanistan, or by any advance beyond the Punjab, so as to take possession beforehand of some of the territory which would otherwise fall a prey to Russia ? This was the question which arose some little time ago. It was promptly decided in the negative, later events have confirmed that decision, and there is no likelihood that it will be disturbed. There can be little doubt that the Russians will advance further, probably the Anglo-Indians will soon have them as their neighbours; but this does not necessarily involve any injury to our Indian interests. Other things being equal, it is better to have a civilised than a barbarous neighbour. The only way in which we can suffer from Russian con quest is by an attempt to wrest the Indian Empire from us, but that any such attempt will be made may safely be pronounced the wildest of chimeras. It by no means follows that because Russia overcomes the mountain tribes of Tartary she is doing so only as a preliminary to a conflict with British Power in India. By no possibility could such an attempt be successful. The Indian frontier is many thousands of miles from the centre of supplies in Russia, the intervening distance is all overland, and the newly-conquered district is destitute of roads, much more railways. The idea of Russia assailing under such disadvantages a civilised Power close to its resources may be pro nounced preposterous. To advance beyond the Indian frontier would only be to occupy a region which can be of no use to England, and at the same time to increase the distance between the British outposts and Calcutta, and to diminish the space between the Russian advanced guard and St. Petersburg. Any intervention of this kind, therefore, is out of the question. The Asiatic continent outside India may safely be left for Russia to take, in the hope that the investment will be found more profitable. But the expediency of getting on friendly terms with these natives races, the Affghans and the Persians, is a question far more worthy of discus sion than that of forestalling Russia in conquering them. English trade with Persia is already very considerable, and may be enlarged. Such trade is likely to prove profitable under the independence of Persia than under Russian rule. It is natural that the conquering Power should wish to retain the good things for itself. Russia has already acted on this principle in Central Asia by imposing a very heavy tariff on the importation of British goods. Until, therefore, the Muscovites become enlightened enough to lower their duties a little more, the English Government may do wisely in keeping on good terms with the SHAH. Another consideration pointed out by Sir STAFFORD NORTH COTE is of importance, and applies equally to Persia and Affghanistan. The recent annexations in Central Asia have been brought about by Russia coming into contact with lawless tribes in a state of anarchy, who have provoked incursions which have been not unwillingly undertaken. Anarchy is common enough in Affghanistan, and it is quite possible that the lively people of the country might soon " pro voke an incursion " from the Russians. By helping to sustain a strong native Government in Affghanistan, the interference of Russia may be prevented, the conquest of Affghanistan avoided, and a native independent State preserved as a barrier be tween the Russian dominions and the weakest frontier of India. This amount of interven tion the English Government has adopted. SHERB ALI has been aided a little, and comparative order for the first time reigns in Affghanistan. But, as a general principle, it will be found better to leave Central Asia to the natives and the Russians. The best Central Asian policy is no policy at all. In overrunning this region, Russia is only following our own example and con forming to the general rule that countries thinly in habited with barbarous tribes must inevitably fall to a civilised Power. It is rather satisfactory that the progress of Russia southwards is likely to bring a long unknown land within the reach of civilising influences. And if the Russians will but moderate their love for an excessive tariff, they will make very good neighbours. With some slight differences of detail, this view of the question was taken by Mr. EASTWICK, the member for Falmouth, in his exhaustive speech on Friday evening, and by all the succeeding speakers, The subject may be considered disposed of. e '.`t't1,4 14 7-1v (1 4 *....,,,1 , ,‘ . -'-',' 47,' ) _,,,, Tit , filt 1 ,, -;--i ,, i' - --- - 4 asnTzt -,. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, July 13. The Queen, accompanied by his 11— - ness Prince Leopold, drove in ..,yat High day afternoon. Lite grounds yoster- Her Al^' v — j esty, accomp an i e d by PriIICCOS LOUiLO, oat put tbie ippraing. MANIFES7O OF DON CARLOS. PARTS, July 4, 1869. Up to the present moment the Duke of Madrid has published no manifesto. He considered it essential to make no promise to the people of Spain until the time was come when he could make good his promises. The legitimate desires of his supporters having, however, led him to feel the advantages that might accrue from an exposition of his political views, Don Carlos has recently addressed to his brother, the Infant Don Alphonsus, the following letter, which has appeared in various Spanish newspapers : " My dear Brother,—Several pamphlets and newspapers have already sufficiently expressed to Spaniards my senti ments and opinions, as a man and as a king. Neverthe less, yielding to a strong and widely-expressed desire, which has been conveyed to me from all parts of the Peninsula, I now address myself, not only to you, my dear brother, but also to all Spaniards, who, without ex ception, I look upon io the light of brothers. "It is impossible for me, my dear Alphonsus, to come before Spain as a pretender to the Crown. I believe, anl I am justified in that conviction, that I already wear that crown, and that Ido so in virtue of a sacred law. I was born to rights which involve inevitable duties, but I de sire that these rights should be confirmed by the affection of my people. It is my duty to consecrate to my people all my powers and all my thoughts ; to save them ; and, if need be, to die for them. "It is needless to say that I aspire to bo the King of Spain, and not the king of a faction ; for what man, worthy of the name of sovereign, would be content to reign over a party ? It would be beneath me to descend, in any de gree, from that elevated position of true royalty which must ever raise mo above all minor and less noble con siderations. "It is my desire and my intention to be King of all Spaniards. I exclude none. Not even those who call themselves my enemies. A Sovereign knows no enemies. I appeal to all, without excepting even such as have shown themselves hostile to my cause. I appeal to them in the beloved name of our country. For even did I not need the aid of all to establish myself on my law ful throne, I need them, each and all, to aid me in estab lishing the solid and enduring basis of the Government of the State, and to procure true liberty and fruitful peace to nay beloved Spain. " When I reflect upon all that is necessary to attain so great an end, the grandeur of the enterprise fills me with consternation. I am, indeed, conscious of an ardent desire to begin the work, and a firm resolve to go through with it. But I cannot conceal front myself that the difficulties aro incal culable, and that it will be impossible to overcome them without the generous aid of all that the kingdom of Spain holds of most disinterested and most honourable. But, above all, we need the concurrence of the nation as repre sented by the Cortes, in which will be found united all the vigorous and conservative powers of the kingdom. " With the aid of the Cortes I purpose to give Spain an established law, which, as I have already expressed it to the sovereigns of Europe, will be definite and Spanish. "It was together, my dear Alphonsus, that we studied modern history, and that we reflected upon the great catas trophes which should serve as instruction to Sovereigns, and lessons to their people. It was together that we learnt that every age may, and indeed must, have its own special necessities, and its natural aspirations. " The old Spain had great need of reform, and modern Spain has been cruelly disturbed. Many things have lacen destroyed, few have been bettered. Ancient institutions have been overthrown, and some amongst them can never rise again. Efforts have been made to replace them by modern inventions, which, hardly created yesterday, have already seen their day. In spite of all that has been at tempted, we may say that all has still to be accomplished. We are in the presence of an immense undertaking, no less than that of a social and political reconstruction. We have before us the august task of raising in our desolated country a noble edifice, on foundations of which the experience of ages has proved the solidity ; and in which all legitimate interests and every respectable opinion and aspirition will be fully and satisfactorily represented. "I am not deceiving myself, my dear brother, when I confidently assert that Spain hungers and thirsts for law and order. She knows the urgent necessity of an ener getic, firm, and honourable Government; and she desires earnestly the rule of laws equally binding on high and low. Spain will suffer no outrage on the creed of her fathers. Happy herself in the full possession of Catholic truth, she knows that, in order to fulfil her Divine mission, the Church must be free. She knows well that the 19th cen tury differs from the IGth ; but she is resolved at all costs to preserve Catholic unity ; the greatest of our glories, the spirit of our laws, and the bond of union of her sons. "It is true that during the tumult of the revolution evil deeds have been committed, but at the same time conven tions have since been made which we hold ourselves bound religiously to observe and execute. "Taught by sad experience, the Spanish nation will no longer submit to fraud and subterfuge. She wills that her king be truly a sovereign, and not a vain shadow. She insists on a Cortes that shall form a regular and pacific assembly of independent members, and not a meeting of tumultuous and inefficient deputies and ambitious officials, forming a servile majority or a seditious minority. " Spain has ever been averse to the principh of central isation. My convictions are well known ou this important question. And while the revolutionary spirit would class the Basque Provinces with the rest of Spain, I, on the contrary, desire that all the other Provinces should enjoy an organisation equally liberal with that of the happy and noble Province of Basque. It would bo my wish that each r.amicipality end each Province should possess its own privileges, at the same time avoiding such abuses as would interfere with public order. "My sole ambition, and my own ardent desire, is to confer on Spain that liberty which, in spite of the false and lying outcry of some misguided men, she has never yet known. I would see my beloved country enjoying theliborty which is the offspring of truth, which is opposed to a fatal licence, misnamed reform, and which is based on the just observance of all rights, human and divine. " We, the sons of kings, are well aware that the nation s not made for the sovereign, but the sovereign for the nation. We know that while the king should be the first nobleman and the most honourable man of his country, he is bound also to be the father of tho poor and the de fence of the weak. v " We have at this time, my dear Alphonsus, to grapple with a question of the highest importance to, our country —she question of finance. The prospect of a deficit which all the resources of the country aro inadequate to cover, and the imminent probability of bankruptcy, is very seri ous. It is difficult to say if Spain can avert this terrible catastrophe, But of this I am certain—namely, that it can only be effective by the intervention of a legitimate Sove reign, and a firm will, which may work wonders. "lf ,the country is impoverished, let, at least, all live within their means, without excepting the Ministers and the King himself, who should not forget the example of Henry the Needy. Let the King be the first to set this laudable example ; the rest will follow. It would be well to suppress certain offices, to diminish the body of subor dinates, and to decrease the number of the provinces. A more judicious administration, greater encouragement of agriculture, and further protection of commerce and in dustry, may yet save the credit of the country. It is true it is a labour for Titans, but I count on the concurrence of the Government and the people. It will be necessary that while observing strict economy we should remain true Spaniards, content with the products of our own land, and only anxious to possess ourselves of such manufactures as are essentially useful. History informs us that at one period the commerce of a nation now noted for its wealth was very languid. In consequence of which the principal inhabitants adopted the fashion of wearing solely the fabrics produced by native industry. The example was universally followed, and in a short time the financial dif ficulty was overcome, and the country became rich and prosperous. "1 am persuaded that I have mastered the true and the false of certain modern theories; and I am convinced that the introduction into Spain of the commercial liberty which France finds it so difficult to accept, and which is rejected by the United States, would prove fatal. The efficacious protection of native industry, and progress througb protection ; this must be our principle. It is in consequence of the just appreciation which I think I have formed of the modern theories alluded to that I am able to give credit even to many of those who appear most hostile to my views. Whatever is reasonable and legitimate in their appreciations does not date from yesterday, but takes its source from ancient truth, too often forgotten in these days. They deceive the people who call them sovereign. But it is a great truth that virtue and knowledge are the first titles of nobility, that the person of the poor man is as sacred as that of the noble, and that the law should equally protect the cottage and the palace. If the old in stitutions for the protection of the poor against the op premien of the rich do not now suffice, lot new ones be added. Jestice cannot be extended to all, but the general preoccupation of a good government should be the welfare of the humbler classes, and the provision, direct or in direct, of labour for the industrious, and of a superior edu cation adapted to the requirements of all, thereby leaving the highest offices of the state open to these who by their science and talent have made themselves worthy to fill them. "Span has always respected and loved the poor. The revolution has not done so. Those of the people who have called for a Rep u bli c are already beginningto per ceive this fact, which every day becomes more All are beginning to believe that a Ch-' r . gable. can do more for the we" —.iet 4 an Monarchy three hundred pel 4 ..,.re of the nation than gating sovereigns quarrelling and dis- a tumultuous assembly. Factions, and the .leads of factions, are ever on the look out for their own advancement, for power, and place, and money. But what can a Christian king have more at hoart than the good of his people ; what cai"give him happinoss so groat as the attachment of his subjects? "In cherishing these sentiments, my dear Alphonsus, I ana but remaining faithful to tho good old txaditions of the ancient and glorious Spanish Monarchy. But this fidelity to the past does not make me less sensible to the requirements of the present, nor less alive to the necessi ties of the future. I am fully aware of the terrible re sponsibility in attempting the restoration of Spain. But success would be the noblest glory. Born to the throne of Spain, and considering my rights as involving a sacred obligation, Ido not shrink from that responsibility, and my highest ambition is the glory of bearing it. I have the intimate conviction that, with the help of God7and of the people of Spain, I may achieve such success a's shall cause future ages to say I was a good King, and to call Spain a great nation, And do you, my brother, who have the happiness to serve in the army of our glorious Pontiff, ontroat of that august spiritual Sovereign to con fer His Apostolic benediction on myself, and on my be loved Spain. May God have you in His holy keeping. _ Your brother, Paris, the 30th Juno, 1869. CARLOS, LATEST INTELL LGENCE (REUTER's TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. WASHINGTON, July 13. Mr. Fish, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, an nouuces that an agreement has been arrived at for a joint commission to meet bcre to settle the Mexican claims of American citizens. NEW YoRK, July 13. A riot occurred here last night, a procession of Orangemen being attacked by a paaty of Catho lics. Thirty persons were injured, but the police succeeded in quelling the disturbance. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1374 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1374 ; the lowest, 136'1. Sterling Exchange on London llO. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 9 64 " 1885 l2li. " 1867 l2Ol, 10-40 Illinois 144. Erie 2Bl. Cotton—Mid. upland 34lc. Petroleum—Standard White 3lic. Flour, extra state, $6.20c. to $6.80e. Corn, old mixed, 100 c. QUEBEC, July 12. The Allan (Glasgow) steamship Damascus ar rived here to-day. AUSTRIA AND BELGIUM. VIENNA, July 11. The Austrian Red-book published to-day con tains a dispatch of Count Beust to Baron \Varner, dated Bth July, in which he refutes the assertion that Austria had exercised a pressure on Belgium at the desire of France, and says :—" The French Government never communicated to us its negotia tions with Belgium. The Belgian Minister at Berlin, Baron Northomb, having expressed a wish to ascertain the views of Austria on the Belgian railway question, I the less hesitated to communicate my purely personal views to a Belgian Statesman, as I considered that the interests of our policy of peace would thus be furthered." .Baron Beust adds that he communicakd his despatch of theist of May, which was sent,o Baron Nothomb, to the British Government because it then appeared to me, in order and germain to the object of a peaceful settlement, not to conceal from that Government that, according to my conviction, the British Cabinet showed itself less favourable to Belgium making the needful concessions than was in accordance with the common interest. SERVIA. BELGRADE, July 13. The President of the Regency closed the session of the Skuplschina to-day. He said :—" Servia's internal independence is established. The people have given themselves a constitution. Servia has obtained liberty without bloodshed. If liberty be united with order Servia will flourish." HOMEWARD BOMBAY MAILS. MEssINA, July 13. Tha Peninsula and Oriental Company's steame Poonah passed Messina at noon to-day, en route for THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. . FORT MINOU, JA 14. Colonel T. G. Glover, RE., telegrapharas fol- lows : 10:a.m., Greenwich time. No news from ship. Despatched at 10.5 a.m., Greenwich time. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 13.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : 4i per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Fives 54 65 3 per Cent End of month 7l 47i Ottoman Loan ... 327 50 Credit Mobilier End of month... Spanish Threes Credit Fonder _lO.lO - - Home Debt — End of month... Deferred ... cs. Cash . ... 945 - - RAILWAI Orleans , Northern .„ -1077 i Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 613!% Western Eastern • • — Sardinian Austrian Lombard 52 7} North of Spain Saragossa Roman 55 MARKET S-7 MS DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. July 14.—Sales probably 10,000 bales. The market steady. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and Vie short exchange on London is 25f. 200. per £1 sterling On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 I'm 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is dearer in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on Loudon for bills at 60 days' sight was on the 10th inst. about losi per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE aro the properties of Lamplougu's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or binary affections. Pleasant palatable, and invigorating. Sold by all Chemists.—[Advt.] LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. 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If the Moderate Liberals did not persist in the demand for Ministerial responsibility, they might at least ba , , e demanded that the obscure points of the Emperor's pro gramme be explained,its various stipulations more exactly defined. The Journal des Debuts, without wishing to commit itself to a judgment which can only be certainly expressed when the Senate has finished its work, believes that the people of Paris will give these concessions a hearty welcome. It is impossible to be wrong in saying that the reforms must have a great and beneficial effect. The Republican SRe/e thinks that when the C hamber wishes further reforms it will now be able to obtain them easily. The Constite t fennel calls the change a great step in the direction of parliamentary govern ment, and the Libute says much the same thing. As to the Imperialist journals their opinions may be taken for granted. The Ministry have resigned and M. Rouher has gone. This is a great fact. When the Cabinet is reconstituted the changes will be found to have been few, but the retreat of the great Imperial phantom will console the nation for the presence of the minor shadows. The Emperor's decision to part with his most faithful servant looks like a guarantee of his wish to carry out the new reforms thoroughly. Not only will the Ministry of State know M. Rouher no more, but the Ministry of State itself will disappear. This is another all•important decision. The Ministers of Finance, Interior, War, and the Navy will remain. The portfolio of the Emperor's Household is suppressed as well as the Ministry of State. The department of Commerce will be sepa rated from that of Public Works ; M. Gressier will retain the former, and M. Louvet will take the latter. M. Segris will become Minister of Justice. M. Chevandier de ValdrOme will take a new department—that of the Post Office and the Telegraphs. M. de La Valette will retire, but it is not known who wilt succeed him—very probably the Ambassador at London. Of all the changes the retirement of M. de La Valette is most to be regretted. It will be seen that these removals are not important except in the one case of M. Rouher. Neither 011ivier nor Buffet, the leaders of the Tiers Parti, will form part of the new Government, which will remain an essentially Imperialist one. The suppression of the Ministry of State, and the retirement of the states man who holds it, is the one feature of the crisis which will inspire confidence. The appearance of the Legislative Chamber yesterday was probably the most brilliant that has been seen under, the Empire. Prince Napoleon and a host of smaller cele brities, the Princess Marie, and a flock of lesser luminaries, especially deputies' wives were present. There was not a vacant seat in the House, and the heat would have been much more endurable if one seat had not in many cases to do duty for two. M. Rouher was very pale and wan, and he read the Emperor's message as if it was his own, death warrant, which, in a sense, it proved to be. When he had finished his performance, which wag executed in a very tremulous manner, the Chamber partially emptied, and the House proceeded to " constitute " itself by the election of secretaries. All the six chosen were Imperialists or,men of the Third Party; but it is worthy of note that the Opposition candidate, M. Magnin, got ninety votes—a number which may be taken as indicative of the full strength of the Left previous to the change of parties which the reforms may bring about. To-day there was a short and stormy sitting. The Chamber met only to be prorogued —a step which the Emperor thinks necessary, in view of the coming changes. M. Schneider pointed out that the prorogation was the natural issue of the Ministerial crisis, for, in fact, at that time there was not a Minister in the House; but the Left would not be satisfied with this explanation. 3 1 . Jules Favre complained of the prorogation on the ground that all the elections were not yet confirmed. Fifty five seats yet remained unvalidated. Was it fair, asked M. Favre, to leave these gentlemen for an indefinite period in such a state of uncertainty? He declared that the prorogation was improper (inconvenant.) Other depu ties of the Left spoke to the same effect, but though they succeeded in creating a tremendous uproar, they did not of course retard the prorogation. The Chamber broke up in the midst of the most lively agitation. As to the merite of the case, I may remark that as the fifty-five unfortu nates who have not been " confirmed " are almost all Imperialists, it is strange that the Radicals should trouble themselves about their fate. On the other hand, it may be urged that the verification of powers is a matter which does not require the assistance of the Ministers, and that the prorogation of the Corps Legislatif before the right of all its members to sit has been finally ascertained is quit e without precedent. On Monday M. Schneider, the President, had informed the deputies that they would meet to-clay to continue the verification of powers. When they did meet they wer e confronted with this decree of prorogation. Nobody, n ot even the President himself, expected it. The Chambe r has been dissolved without accomplishing the work fo r which it was specially convened. The Temps looks upon the proceeding as inexplicable. The trial of the hotel-keeper Pontlevoy, whose story I told you yesterday, has terminated. He was charged with attempting the murder of his wife, and with actually killing her paramour, in pursuance of a deliberate P 1313 ,. and not in the heat of vengeance. But though there w 36 no disputing the facts, French juries have no mercy fo r victims of this kind, and Pontlevoy has accordingly bee n ' acquitted. The invariable result of these trials in France —and unfortunately there are a good many of them', ought to be a caution to such offenders as the man wil oll/ Pontlevoy disposed of. What the papers truly call "un sanglant drame just happened in the Gard department. A man who he', been separated from his wife for some time on account o£ her misconduct, decided, after a philosophic train ? f t e, thought, that life was no longer worth having, and th at would therefore take leave of it. He proceeded to the house where his wife lived, stabbed her, and cut his own throat. In his waistcoat pocket was found a letter stating. that he was perfectly sane, but hehad found life insupP °rt able. He had therefore made all preparations to give e; little trouble as possible. Those who found his body wer e to carry it to his residence, where they would fin d 13 io coffin, which had been ready a long time, and a sufficient sum of money to pay the cost of his burial. He had Ii wise thoughtfully provided several bottles of cll. liquors, in order that those who kindly performed the 1.”: offices for him might celebrate the event with suital)Lu rejoicing. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETTYS ENGLA.ND AND WALES A scheme for a new and improved railway oommunicatinti between England and Wales has just been proposed by 311'1 '1 Hamilton Fulton, the engineer, which will shorten the *I T tance between London and South Wales by 25 miles. more important change will be effected in the gradients. the Stroud Valley line these vary from 1 in 60 tot whereas in Mr. Fulton's line they are not to be steeper that", lin 200. Should this project bo successful, it is expe t i e e .. 4 that tho traffic in coals, iron, 3.7 c , would increase raP tth ' l : l4 It is estimated that in coals alone an increaSe— traffic of two millions of tons would avuilop pass over this line. This is not the first scheme of t r e kind which Mr. Fulton has propounded. Five y ears ag° proposed to cross the Severn, near Chepstow, by a 12 , level bridge, and an act was obtained for the c onstruc t s of the line, but the powers of the act have now exPire DJ The new railway would pass from Wootton Bassetb9 Malmesbuty and Thornbury, and pass under the Severtj' tlf a tunnel, to join the South Wales Railway. Its total 10 4 . 4 would be 401 miles. Tho length of the tunnel, which substituted for the high level bridge of the fore; scheme, would be about three miles. Its construction doh not offer any great difficulties to the engineer, as it care run through rock and* red marl, which would se c t oi it from irruption from the river, and would be a t so sr a c ,.j a depth that any number [of shafts could be construtottivt at a small expense. The estimate is £1,200,000, tt £29,000 per mile, and the projectors of the scheme °.° od, fident of Government support and assistance. 9 - 3e5 : f • ticipAte a high rat the re traffic of £l2O per mile passes over the line weeldYt vt. would be more than 10 per cent. upon the prefl°°d ° lt lay after deducting 50 per cent. for working exP ens f,!i,, aS is believed that the receipts w i l l b e g reater than '''G'rest, the line will be a short link on the main through t he So uth, Western Railway, and la , g interests are involved i n 04 ei Wales, London, Br'stol , Watoiferd, and other p arts ' vs towt a in the south and west of England will by rn ee svii tb this new route obtain Nia Bristol , di rec t railway es ter. Wales, and so save a circuit of 55 miles by I° gr ll _ fall Bristol, it is Said, rt coin aan export trade, and ' ton's railway is the first step towards its attainment* Of -thy The death was announced ou Tuesclal . 11 1104 . . Canon Thornton, the oldest clergyman in diocese of Peterborough. He entered 83-dal.! prey College, Cambridge, in the first year of t uu . as n the century, and took his 8.A.. degree in 1804._.1)1' fell ordained in 105 by Bishop Spencer Mandan,Manda n, l o wing year was instituted to the ,Rectory of 4 0 ,.„ Ras which ho hold up to the time of his death. in 184 :: .9 GAO nominated by Bishop Davys to an LonoF,rY ReletiggiNgl; .C(0;00 1 . ,