The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-28 00:00:00

THE INTERNATTOWAL UNIVERSITY BOAT RACEC Of the result — of the International Boat Race between the Oxford and the Harvard crews our readers have already been informed. To say all London witnessed the gallant aquatic contest, is to contradict the well-known saying that there is nobody in London now. The latter statement has been PO frequently repeated during the last four weeks that one was almost inclined to credit it even in spite of the evidence of the senses to the con trary. Not that the assertion is wholly without justifi cation. August is undoubtedly the dullest and dreariest month of the whole twelve in London. Still it is a monstrous hyperbole, an audacious figure of speech, to say that " London is now empty.F v This was proved to a demon stration by the demonsnlaion of Friday evening, when some hundreds of thousands—a population that would, in fact, constitute a large city anywhere else—turned out to witness the long-talked-of international boat-race between the men of Harvard and Oiford Universities. So far from London being depopulated, the real fact is that if the little sprinkling of sportsmen, and bathers, and tourists, were never to return, they would not be missed out of the mighty ocean. In its most depleted state, this " mighty sum " may be said to he " just less than Jove, and much above a king." THE WZATIIEI4 The weather was magnificent, rather erring on the side of excessive warmth perhaps ; for therekh obliging breezes fanned the public's flushed and irrigated cheek, a fiery glare filled the sky, and the earth was parched with a heat the like of which has hardly been felt this summer. A deep blue cloudless sky, sunlight blazing down so that every stone and brick sparkles and glitters, a still dead heat, an air hot and crisp and dry. To us in England such weather as that of the Anglo- American race-day—and, indeed, of the days which proceded it—is very rare indeed; and in the memory of those who keep records of the sea sons, the Harvard week is likely to be long treasured up as a model of what an English summer can be when it_tries. Weather more favourable to the Ame rican crew could not have been secured had it been pos sible to have weather, like boats, made to order, and had Mr. Elliott, their builder, been studying climate ever since his arrival here. The Harvard four, tanned as they are by exposure to the blazing sun of their own latitudes, must have felt more at home under 95 deg. Fahrenheit than their opponents, who, on the shadowy streams of Thames and Isis, have been but little inured to tropical hest; Thus it was that on the day before the race, which was also a hot one, the Oxford, in their flannel jerkins and caps, looked pale from the atmospheric effect, and, probably, in some degree from anxiety ; while the Har vards, lighter clad, and with white handkerchiefs bound over their heads and temples, seemed to be quite at ease. THE CROWD ANI THE STEAMBOATS. Although, by strict letter of the law, the traffic of the river was to be so far stopped as to force the bulk of the public to take the road or the rail, the Thames did not by any means neglect to contribute his quota to the great Metropolitan gala in his territory. From noon to three o'clock a numerous fleet of small boats, carrying sail or rowing up with the tide, extended in a continuous—almost unbroken—line all the way up from London Bridge to Putney. A pleasure gig or- two, with parasol, lace shawl, and the owner thereof, would occasionally relieve the less ornamental part of the fleet ; and at one part of the course a water veloci pede, propelled by a modern mariner, formed an object of what was passing attention in the truest use of the adjective, seeing that most other craft left the veloce far behind. That mighty crush, race, and turmoil of steamers which has so long been at once a source of excitement and of dread at , great boat-races was entirely avoided through the regulations of the Thames Conservancy forbidding that kind of traffic. A single " Citizen," for the conveyance of the umpire, and the Sunflower for the accommodation of the representa tives of the American and Metropolitan press, were the only vessels permitted to accompany the race; and from three o'clock all the regular traffic under Putney Bridge was stopped. - A short distance above the aque duct, heavy barges or keels were moored in line right across the river,, and so effectually bound with chains that all passage beyond their range of defence was impossible. The steamers were thus, after the appointed time, ex cluded. On the left shore of the river the small boats, to the number of a few score only, were huddled together, as though afraid to venture out upon the tempting expanse of smooth water, which, in all its length and breadth and full volume of tide, lay invitingly before them. From Putney to Craven Point, and as far beyond that as the eye could reach, the river was clear of craft— a fact probably un precedented in the recollection of that proverbially long lived bird, the oldest swan on the river. Removed from off the surface of the water, the British public took a noble, justifiable, and good-humnnred revenge by spreading themselves over the whole available space of the fund. The people by thousands lined the tow-path thickly all the way up as far as could be seen, the crowding being most dense in front of the London Boat House, where the crews were expected to embark. On the river itself the bright crimson pennon of the Thames Conservancy and the professional blue of the police boats were all-pervading. The stalwart members of this floating foree were everywhere in action, pulling about from place to place in all the consciousness of duty, and in full and free possession of the luxury denied to their brethren ashore, of going on the beat in their shirt-sleeves. The Fulham side, with its massive and rich foliage, drooping willows, fresh green sward, and charming villas, was thickly studded with people, even the reverend precincts of tie Bishop's lawn being for the nonce invaded by spectators of the international race for honour and renown. The iron aqueduct in the back ground was too good a spot for a bird's-eye view to be entirely tenantless ; the old wooden bridge beyond, with its ceaseless stream of carriages, horsemen, and pedes trians, had also many less temporary occupants. All these points of sight-seeing were not enough. One adventurous party, prohibited the water, had, it seems, determined to try the air, and take, not what is figuratively called a bird's-eye view, but an actual bird's view, by floating aloft in a balloon. The Captive lay crippled in her cell, but in the far distance, like a speck against the sky, there was evidently a rover aloft, who, favoured by the south-easterly wind astir, bid fair to reach the scene of action in time to test the reconnoitring powers of his aerial machine. In the absence of the ordinary causes of bustle, the crowd was tolerably quiet, the great bulk remaining fixedly on the tow-path awaiting with anxious interest the commencement of actual operations. Over all this animated scene the sun, beaming with a degree of power seldom experienced in these climes, cast a gilding, brightening the long lines of the people here, throwing them into the deep and grateful shade of the well-clad trees there, glaring with fierce heat on the decks of the steamers, and glittering in dazzling brightness on the crystal surface of the water. TEE CREWS. Just after Putney Church clock had chimed out five there was a stir in the crowd by the boathouses on the Putney side; a shout, and a clapping of hands. A few moments elapsed, and then the Oxford four were seen seated in their new boat by Salter, lying low at the water's edge, almost surrounded by a dense and sombre-looking multitude of spectators. Pulling gently into mid-stream, the four gallant youths rested on their oars, and there, in the full view of the assembled thousands, sat, the sole object on that wide expanse of water, awaiting the arrival of their opponents. -In a few minutes ogre the Harvard pew were seen seated in the boat built for them by Elliot, and they, too, received from the vast concourse afloat and ashore a repetition of the acclamations that had greeted their honourable friends and opponents. As both crews paddled down towards the umpires' boat, there 'vas, for the first time, an opportunity of fairly comparing and contrasting the two. In the Oxford boat were four young and highly-trained Englishmen commending them delves to the national sympathies by honourable ambition. To most men the ordeal they were entering upon would have been a cause of sufficient anxiety to affect their usual appearance. As for the Oxford stroke, he did not appear to be concerned at all. Had Mr. Darbishire been out as one of a scratch for an evening trip, he could hardly have been more at ease. He showed an easy confidence that approachaialmost b non chatance. Mr. Tinnd showed some signs of anxiety, and go too did Yarborough, and perhaps Willan also. In point of form little need be said beyond the fact that the four seemed to have recuperated after the rather severe work they had done in the first part of their training. They looked well and fit, shewing neither an excess of con fidence nor signs of depressing doubt as to the result. The same general remark will . apply to the de meanour of the Harvard four as they paddled up to their station. In point of physique there were .material features of difference between them and the Ox ords. The latter • looked young, sturdy, and rather heavy, wore light guernseys, covering the arm nearly to the elbow, and straw hats, and, with the exception of Mr. Willan, all were of fair rather then lark complexion. The Americans were all dark ; their brown anus were bare to the shoulder, giving them a semi-Indian cast, which was heightened by the effect of the white handkerchiefs which Loring and Simmonds wore bound round their heads and temples. With the exception of Mr. Simmonds, who is as broadly and sturdily built as any Englishman, the crew are light and wiry men, and, as they bent forward and took light, fast sweeps of the oars, they suggested ideas Of _swiftness and force which the heavier and less pliable crew in the Oxford boat certainly did not inspire. On the one side was perfection of training for a loud race, requiring us)t .merely UMW and cudilrauc9 ) but a high iissucaltdiadieffilalimAtlitlimainisi of men who could row a stern race without unduly forcing the pace, conscious that their powers, if carefully econo mised, will befriend them when the time of trial really comes. In tie American boat was fiery spirit, energy, and dash—a do-or die spirit that works itself out rapidly to the last throb ; a crew, in fact, that would adopt for a four miles' race the tactics that would serve them only for two miles. Such were the impressions that naturally arose on the forms of the two crews. THE STAUT. Harvard won the toss, and took np its position on the Fulham side ; and Oxford on the Putney side. Now the umpires' boat, with starter on hoard, drew along side ; the two boats were held back each by a friendly hand from the barges, and the supreme moment had arrived. The Thames watermen were, as a class, in favour of Harvard, Harry Kelley refusing to hedge his money to the last, and pronouncing the affair a certainty. The gentlemen, on the contrary, believed in Oxford firmly. The excitement culminated after this, and all were silent. Thefe was a momentary delay when the starter, Mr. Mande, shouted, " Are you ready ? " as a preliminary to " Off !" The Oxford boat returned a stentorian 1" twice, but tc the third time of asking all was well e iand the two boats glided swiftly off amid tremendous dicers, which were taken up again and again, and came \bacic to us like echoes from thousands of eager waiters who were far away out of sight towards Mortlake. It is impossible to do jus tice to the sight and scene now. The bright %brown skins of the Harvard men, bronzed with exposure to - the sun ; the mountains of undulating muscle they displayed—Mr. Simmonds's arm is certainly larger than anyin the , Oxford boat, even that of the gigantic Tinnd sinking into the shade beside it—the play and dash about their puffing, and the splendid heart they were in, gained them quite as much cheering as was accorded to the Oxford crew. • The Americans took the start. and kept it gallantly for at least two miles. HARVARD AHEAD. When in the first few strokes it was seen that the Harvards were drawing away, a tremendous shout of mingled cheers to them, and of encouragement or urgency to Oxford, arose from the throng on both sides of the river. Away went the Harvards at a headstrong pace of forty-five strokes per minute, applied so well as to send their light boat along without a dip, without a jerk, and with the even continuous action of a screw-steamer. Oxford, calm and unexcited, laboured away in the rear, now drawing a little closer as the Harvards half-relapsed; falling back almost imperceptibly as the others put it on, but sticking doggedly, imperturbably to their 38 to 40 strokes per minute. So they rowed on for nearly half a mile, the Americans, well up to the Middlesex shore, laying themselves to their work with intense ferocity, and sending their boat along at a pace which, if maintained throughout, must inevitably have won them the race. Their friends on board the two steamers following were loud in applause. As the boats darted up to the Craven Point, Mr. Burnham, the coxswain, aiming to take a course which would have been perfectly legitimate had the water been free, drew his boat nearer to that of Oxford, and as the latter, profiting by the deviation, drew up a little, there was some danger of the race being marred by a foul. Seeing this, and taking the only way that was open to him to avoid it, Mr. Burnham called on his men, and, directing them outwards, again took them away from the Oxford boat. The deviation was a slight one, but an un doubted error. Oxford had so far managed her boat as to diminish the first lead of the Harvards to half a length, and at the crossing from the Craven to a quarter of a _length. They failed, however, to overhaul them completely ; and when, as both aimed straight up the river towards the next point, at the Soapworks on the Surrey side, Harvard put on another spurt, their boat, responsive to the fast and well-directed strokes, again darted a full length ahead. They looked to be full of life and vigour ; Oxford, by comparison, seemed languid And slow. Harvard increased their lead before reaching the Soapworks to one length and a quarter, appearing at the same time to be using less violent efforts than they made at the start. OXFOUD PICKING UP. Up to Hammersmith Bridge the Harvards undoubtedb, looked best. But their rush, the way in which they pulled on with determination without allowance, soon told. After Hammersmith Bridge came symptoms of distress. The courage and the determination svere there, but the bodily powers were failing. still the cheers went on. Double-knock shouts from AmeriCan friends in the two steamers, hearty English cheers from the shore went on Still, but as Chiswick was approached Oxford was seen to be creeping up ; she took the lead, and Harvard never recovered her lost ground. THE FINISH'. Meanwhile the Oxford boat gradually drew up, and or. nearing the oil mills came abreast of the others ; op posite Chiswick Church a fine spurt brought them to the front with a clear lead. Round Chiswick Eyot the boats passed with very slight change in their relations ; but what change there was served to enaLle Oxford to forge ahead, and to lead ly a clear length. Here the American co::swain, Mr. Burnham, resorted to a plan for the spurring on of his crew seldom or never, we think, witnessed in Erilish waters. Re leasing his hold of the tiller, he proceeded to use his hands as ladles for throwing water in the faces and on the bodies of the oarsmen. At the 'West Middlesex Water works Oxford maintained a good lead. Near the bridge the Harvards put on a spurt, or rather tried, for they had already begun to spew strong signs of fatigue, and the boat answered not to their efforts. The race was, in fact, virtually over, though the Oxonians came within the pos sibility of losing when within two hundred yards of home. Just as the crew was gaining the winning post, a man, dressed like a gentleman, pulled a boat deliberately in front, amid such a burst of execration from the bystanders as made him look pale, foolish, and abashed. A lady was with the fellow, or it is quite possible more serious consequences would have followed. As it is, the person may congratulate himself upon furnishing the solitary exception to a day of general order and good feeling. The danger to the crew was escaped, however, and Oxford shot past the winning post three lengths ahead. Time.—Oxford, 22min. 400ec. ; Harvard. 22min. 46 !,sec. AFTER THE EACH. As soon as the race was over, the small craft, hitherto confined, burst their boundaries, and spreading all over the river proved in their dispersion how vast must have been the numbers when closely packed. It is impossible to estimate with anything like numerical accuracy the extent of the crowd ; but in the judgment of many well qualified to form an opinion, the concourse was greater than that seen at Epsom on a Derby Day. The new regula tions of the Thames Conservancy have proved to be highly efficient, not only in the important matter of securing to the competitors a clear course, but in the not less desirable end of providing for the protection of life from accident, while affording the public a really better view of the race than they were able to obtain under the old system. At Mortlake on land a scene of the wildest excitement took place amongst the immense mass of people who had congregated to witness the finish. Hats were thrown into the air, songs of jubila tion were sung, and on every side enthusiasm of the most unbounded character was displayed. The narrow streets were blocked with vehicles and per. sons on foot, and it was with the utmost diflicultj that any progress could be made. Several rather seven accidents occurred in consequence of the reckless manner in which some persons persisted in driving. The duties of the police were, as may be well imagined, of the most difficult nature, and but for their presence in such num bers, doubtless the list of accidents would have been materially increased. Confusing, however, as was the scene in the streets, it was nothing as compared with wl at took place at the Mortlake, Barnes, and Putney Railway Stations. The Oxford crew rowed gently down in front of the press steamer for some miles on its return, and were apparently cool and fresh. It is, we are.sorry to say, stated that there was much " welshing," the great names of well-known list-keepers being assumed by the unknown and impecunious, and printed cards were ex changed for money with frequency and ease, ANOTHER ACCOUNT. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The week just passed is as a rule the dullest of the year in London, but the most exciting event of 1869 happened to occur yesterday in the Harvard- Oxford University Boat Race. This has enlivened with a gleam of life an intolerably stupid scene, and brought travellers back as quickly to the metro polis as they had left it a few weeks ago. Com mencing this article before the event, we cannot till its conclusion know the result, but whether Oxford wins or Harvard the good derivable from these friendly contests will not be the less substan tial. The gallantry with which the Harvard boys have crossed the broad ocean to compete in a foreign land for the palm of excellence with the most renowned of all champions, in his own lists, at his own door, and with his own weapons, has excite ! universal admiration. The world is always capti vated by " pluck," and none the less that it may end in defeat. Indeed defeat often enhances the admiration, for the 300 at Thermopylae would not have secured a deathless renown had they instead of perishing in the pass put their foes to flight; nor would the Balaclava charge live in story if the Russians had broken, leaving their guns in the hands of the six hundred. The admiration ex cited by the gallantry of the act is then indepen dent of the result, and this feeling has created for THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1869. Harvard a very favourable impression, which has not been a little increased by the quiet unassum i manner, the diligent work, the intelligence with which they correctly perceived, and the readiness with which they adapted themselves to the new position. Fine, muscular, well-formed young men, they were admitted from the first to be physi cally fitted for the task, but many changes were rsecestiary to fit them for such a race over a course differing so totally from that to which they had b e en accustomed. The speed with which these changes were effected astonished the more slow goi ng English people, and whether the race be won or lost which we record below, it is generally admitted that a few weeks more training over the new ground might have had a decisive influ ence. The boat brought over by the Harvard boys was considered uncouth, as it differed in form from those used on the Thames. The style of the crew was pronounced to be bad ; hence in the com ments of the English papers commendation was confined solely to the physique of the men. The race being regarded as a dead certainty in favour of Ox ford, the critics could afford to begenerous in advice, and they suggested improvements in the form of the crew, as well as changes in boats and oars. But though this dose was administered ad nauseam the tone of the press and the reception of the young University men were such as to gratify the Ameri can people. Not only was a deep interest taken in the event, not only have unusual efforts been made to give the American crew fair play, and to keep the course clear, but the sympathy with the 1 , pluck" of Harvard has carried not a few Eng lishmen to their side, who would be gratified to see them win. It has also become known in England that Harvard being a Cambridge University and a genuine chip of the old block, the light blue is on this occasion represented by the American offspring of the English University, after the mother college had been so hopelessly beaten that no more run ning was expected from that quarter. If Harvard defeats Oxford, a hearty chuckle will be heard in the halls of learning which line the Cam. Hence the contest in England does not assume a wholly international character, for Cambridge can see in the crew sent from the college founded by a man of her own, in a town named after herself, representatives, however remote, of herself. Nor when glancing over their names, is there one which may not often have been heard within her walls. Not even a tinge of the foreigner is to be detected there, and the chances are that the forefathers of all, a few generations ago, had their places among the progenitors of the very men whom they did their best to defeat. Another circumstance adds to the inte rest of the race. The Harvard crew have attained to the sort of fame in America to which the Oxford crew have attained in England. The rival univer sity of Yale has for years been defeated by them as Cambridge by Oxford, and the two now meet as did renowned champions of old, after carrying off all prizes obtainable in their own country. Doubtless the Americans are weighted by the changes they have been compelled to adopt ; but this is the very fact which conveys public sympathy to their side. Their usual number is six, but in this race they row four (though Oxford changes from eight) ; at home they do not carry a coxswain, the bow oar steering by an apparatus he adjusts with his foot. This on the Thames would be impossible, with its compara tively narrow water, winding course, rapid cur rents, and numerous obstructions; therefore the change was necessary, though a great change, ex tending even to the construction of the boat, and turning the bow oar, that is, the place into which the best man is put in America, into the stroke oar, the seat of thebest in England. But the greatest change of all was from Lake Quinsigamund to the Thames, from a broad, placid basin, to a turbulent, tide-af fected, swift running, muddy river. This necessi tated practice, of which the Americans have heartily availed themselves, though the question is whether the period allowed them to master the difficulties of the change has been sufficient. The main benefit of these friendly contests is in the friendly feeling they engender when conducted with a generous fair play. They all help towards that most desirable of objects, to interest Englishmen in American affairs, which cannot be accompliihed until a knowledge of the country is acquired. '.Uhat ignorance is the parent of most of the mischief, and the surest way to avert misunderstandings and to get the two nations to pull together is to teach each a knowledge of the other. These friendly rivalries have this effect, often perhal s, unconsciously, to the individuals. Hundreds of thousands of EngliAmen, to whom the name of Harvard carried no metniug, will now know all about the most ancient of American Universities. The ignorance of England on America must be ex perienced before it can be believed in the United States. Even Cambridge, if the American papers do not belie that seat of learning, in replying to llarvard, addressed the letter to the town of Harvard in such a way that the post-office sent it to a little village in Massachusetts, where it lay for days, until the thought crossed the mind of the postmaster that it was intended for the University, when he sent it to the town of Cambridge, wherein the University stands. Loring put •on the steam, and his crew answered the call so well that they passed:under the Hammer smith-bridge a length a head, the time being 8 min. 30 sec. From that point Oxford began to gain, but the prodigious efforts of the Americans long baulked the attempts of the English crew to pass them; such desperate work could not maintained against the better training of the Oxford crew, who got abreast of them at the foot of Chiswick Eyot, but it was not till Chiswick Church was reached that Oxford was ahead, the time being 13 minutes 5 seconds. It was than that American pluck and bottom were really displayed, for although the circumstances were desperate, what the English press had all along foretold, then occurring, yet the Harvard crew never for a moment relaxed their efforts. But they could not conquer fate, and they had the morti fication to see the Oxford craw slowly but surely draw ahead, till at Barnes-bridge they were throe lengths in ad vance the time being 18 min. 3 sec. Again Loring made a last despairing effort, and again the Americans began to gain ground, but the pace could not be kept up, though they ended close behind the English crew. This was the best race ever run on the Thames, the interest never flagging, the crews being beautifully matched, the time 22 min. 18 secs., and the Harvard boys lose a race they may well be proud of having run. Of course such efforts told fearfully on the men, both crews coming in amidst loud cheers, equally distressed. By Benson's Chronograph the time was 22 min. 411 sec. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. RECONSTRUCTION ( F THE IRISH CHURCH. Though the mode of re-forming the disestablished Protestant Church in Ireland remains, so far, a Chinese puzzle, almost everyone having his own plan, yet the Times correspondent is able to congratulate the clergy and the laity on the moderation and for bearance they have shewn at this crisis. It is due to the prelates to acknowledge that they have been the first to recognise the conditions of the recent change, and to make generous advances to the laity. The latter, on their part, have shewn a deferential delicacy in their demeanour towards the bishops, while firmly maintaining their right to a share in the management of the future Church. The laity, however, are still in want of a leader. They have resolved to hold preliminary meetings next week, and it is thought best in many quarters that the bishops should be invited to preside. They are the proper heads of the Church, the natural links between the clergy and the laity. But should they decline, it is proposed that the Dukes of Abercorn and Leinster be asked to come to the rescue. The Bishop of Cork, following the example of his brother of Down, has held a conference of the clergy and laity at Fermoy. He suggested that district con ferences should be held, as best calculated to elicit the collective feelings and opinions of all classes. It was finally resolved that a conference be held in Cork in order to constitute a diocesan synod of lay and cleri cal members. THE RACE. The day was lovely, without a cloud to break the glare of the sun ; but a fresh wind blew till evening, when it moderated into a gentle breeze.. From Putney the banks were densely thronged with a crowd such as had never been seen before between that town and ➢lortlake. To those on the river the people appeared like a wall on each side, with a white topping, while every rising ground, every housetop, every window, and many trees, were crammed with eager gazers. Oxford came out first, being greeted with loud cheers, as they got into the boat, and rowed down to the umpire's steamer. Almost immediately after came Harvard, and amid cheers as loud, took their places and pulled into the middle of the stream. There was little to distinguish the crews, but the blades of the Oxford oars were painted dark blue. They wore straw hats, while the Harvard men had scarcely any covering on their beads, which felt the force of the strong sun, evi denced by the dip of hands into the water to damp their hair. The Oxford coxswain wore the University colour, while the Harvard coxswain was dressed like the rest of the crew in a close fitting Guernsey. The weight of the rival crews is variously give; but we believe this table to be the most accurate : lIARTARD. ST. LB. 1. J. S. Fay, Boston 2. F. 0. Lyman, Hawaian Islands 3. W. H. Simmons, Concord A. P. Loring, Boston (stroke) ll 2 A. Burnham, Chicago (coxswain) 8 0 OXFORD. ST. LB. 1. F. Willan, Exeter 2. A. C. Yarborough, Lincoln l2 2 3. J. C. Timid, University l3 8 S. D. Darbishire, Balliol (stroke) J. H. Hall, Corpus (coxswain) 7 2 Blaikie was, appointed to officiate as starter, Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., had accepted the post of referee ; the captain of the London Rowing Club, Mr. Gulston, had been chosen by the Americans as their umpire, Mr. Chitty having undertaken that duty for the Oxonians, and failing him W. Ireland. It was evident to those who visited the scene that no effort had been spared by Mr. Lord on behalf of the Thames Conservancy to keep the course clear, for which object that gentleman and those associated with him had worked hard for seve ral hours the previous day. A body of police on board a steamer patrolled the river, and they came down about 5 o'clock, and left again so as to insure the removal of every r obstruction. The crews were afloat a few minutes after 5, but it was 12 minutes 6 seconds past that hour before they got away, the Oxford on the Surrey side and the Harvard well towards the Middlesex bank. The excitement was marked in the crowd as the men waited for the signal. The eager line of faces was fixed on the boats, and the hum of the multitude murmuring across the river suddenly rose into the shout—" they are off!" That Harvard had many backers was evident from the frequency of the red rosette, but the scores of thousands who mounted the dark blue made the other colour the exception. The Stars and Stripes flew on many flagstaffs, and it was evident that numerous eyes were gladdened to see Harvard rapidly draw ahead of the English crew on the start, who had lost the toss, and with it the best side. The pace was tremendous, Harvard keeping it up at 45 strokes per minute, which sent their boat to the front, making the time to Hammersmith the fastest on record, while the ,etting rapidly rose on the American crew till the figures were even. Instead of soon falling off, the pace increased with Harvard, till on clearing Craven-point they were half a length ahead. By the time the Dung Wharf was passed, the Americans were ahead of the Oxonians, but in attempting to draw in front of them their coxswain steered widely, which told against his men. The Oxford coxswain, more accustomed to the work, took a better course, and began to lesson the distance. Still to the Crab Tree they were a clear length ahead, making the time in but 5 min. 15 seconds. On reaching the Soapworks the Harvard boat was but little ahead, and the odds itgaiA were MI the side of the Orford **ow, gore THE HONOUR OF KNIGHTHOOD. Rumours of the bestowal of knighthoods have been floating about, as is usual in the recess, in con nection with the names of several public men. The Telegraph, however, definitely announces two gen tlemen to whom it has been positively decided the " golden spurs " shall be given. Dr. James Alderson, President of the Royal College of Physicians, and for merly of Hull, is the first name mentioned. Mr. Cooke, the great promoter of the Electric Tele graphs, is the other. Mr. Cooke was partner with Professor Wheatstone and Mr. Ricardo in the first Telegraph Company; he constructed and completed the first wire along the Great Western Railway from Paddington to Drayton ; and has been connected with most enterprises of the kind since. • Now that the telegraphs are looked upon as indispensable necessities, at a time when they are being extended generally throughout the kingdom, and are considered of so much importance that they have been taken under the care of the Government, the bestowal of an honour upon him who worked the system before its value was acknow ledged, and while its commercial success was doubted is peculiarly meet and fitting. SMALL FARMS. The rapidly augmenting interest 'n the great land question has called forth an interesing little letter from " John Allen," of the Shrewsbury neighbour hood, protesting- against the system of doing a wa y with small holdings, and allowing only large farms. Such a policy may save trouble to agents. But it diminishes the opportunities for the thrifty and industrious cottager to better himself ; it widens the chasm between class and class ; and the sum of human happiness is thereby diminished. " John Allen" lives in an old-fashioned Shropshire parish, where there are holdings of three, five, twelve, twenty-five, fifty, and a hundred acres. Many of the families have lived on the same land for many generations. The cottagers and the farmers are bound together by many mutual acts of kindness. In seed time the farmer lends his teem to his poorer neighbour. In harvest time the debt of charity is gladly repaid with willing service. This points to a method by which small holdings can he made, not only productive of the greatest happiness to the greatest number, but in an economical sense equal to large farms. It is true that the great cul tivator can bring scientific appliances to bear which are not at the command of any single small holding; Alt the co-operative system may be, and indeed is, Idopted. Good implements may be bought con jointly and passed from one poor cultivator to mother. Thus may the superior individual energy f the peasant proprietor and the capital of the large farmer be combined. AN INTERNATIONAL OCEAN RACE. The gallant example of the Harvard crew has proved contagious. We are after all to have a great international yacht race. The challenge of Mr. Ashbury, the owner of the yacht Cambria, has been accepted by Commodore Bennett, of the American yacht Dauntless. The race is to be held during the ensuing month of September, across the Atlantic, to the Sandy Hook Lighthouse. CATTLE DISEASE. Foot and mouth disease, which is spreading s'. ..apidly in England, prevails, or has prevailed, in almost every part of Europe. In Belgium, Ger many, and Austria large and small farmers suffer alike. Pleuro-pneumonia is likewise very common on the Continent. The Belgians say that both diseases come from Germany. The Germans affirm that they pass to their country from the East. Mr. Howard, who is getting up information on conti nental agriculture, found that a Hungarian proprietor *hose cattle suffered very severely from the foot .nd mouth disease, was remarkably successful in raring it by the following simple means : Take honey 11b., muriatic acid l:joz., mix them well filth a wooden spoon in an earth enware vessel ; apply, with a wooden spatula, about a small dessert spoonful to ,he tongue ? leaving the animal to distribute it over the inside of As mouth by the champing motion which is sure to follow its application. Take aloes rec tified spirit &pint, alum A oz. dissolve them in one pint uf water ; mix, and applya little twice a day between the claws. ltyc meal, ground very fine, is placed in the manger. S'OMMUNICA.TION DC. ft4cEEN RAILWAY PA SSr.NGEI: S AND GUARD. On most railways the system of a cord passing over pulleys has been adopted as the means of affording the passenger communication with the guard in case of danger. No cord apparatus, how ver, is attached to the saloon in which the Queen regularly travels to the North. This is fitted up with the electric apparatus —a handle communi cating with electric alarums. When the handle is pulled, the alarums are set ringing, the noise con tinuing untiLthe guard comes to the compartment which has raised the alarm and resets the apparatus by means of a special key in his possession. This tact, at all events, shows pretty clearly which system the directors consider the most effective. A - RAILWAY GRIEVANCE. The public has a just cause of complaint agains . the railway companies in the matter of cm ercrowd mg. The compar t men t s o f ra il w ay carriages are too often crowded w ith more passengers than they can comfortably' co n t a i n ; a nd it not unfrequently happens that undesirable society is thrust into first and second class carriages, to the annoyance of those , who have paid extra money for select com pany. Every visitor to the Crystal Palace knows that a first-class carriage does not always ensure corresponding accommodation, and that compart ments which are constructed to hold ten aro often overloaded with fifteen. The climax of this species of ill-treatment seems to have been realised by a traveller who journeyed from Plymouth to London the other day. This passenger took second-class places for himself and two ladies. All went well until the change of carriages at Bristol, when it was found that there was "no room." One carriage used as a post-ollice - was detached : and the officials saw no necessity for replacing it. There was only one alternative : to be left behind or get into the luggage-van, two of the compartments of which had been cleared out. One was occupied by a coffin containing a dead body, and into the other, without light or ventilation, the traveller and the two ladies were compelled to get. THE BISHOP OF 'WINCHESTER. At the opening of the new church at Richmon. on Thursday, by the Princess Mary of Teclr, Bishop Ryan and the Archdeacon of Surrey both referred to the efforts of Dr. Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, towards increasing the church accommodation in his diocese. He h a d been unwearying in his exertions towards providing ecclesiastical accommodation for the people. The„ 13ishop thought the results had beeti rather disappointing to eatifestness, the popu lation having increased in greater ratio than the accommodation. Archdeacon Utterton, however, stated that during the episcopacy of Dr. Sumner the number . of sittings in the diocese had doubled, and upwards - of three millions sterling had been vent in ituilding or rostoration. CHTTRCH PATRONAGE. Some persons are disposed to believe that the Duk St. Alban's -in conceding to the parishioners of Redbourne the right of choosing their own clergy man, has not set a salutary example. Grave, scandals, it is feared, may be the consequence if the principle of parishes electing their own ministers be very generally adopted. AU the uproar and party feeling of a political contest will be realised in the election of a clergy man. But it must not be overlooked that the patronage of more than twenty benefices is now vested in the parishioners, several hundreds are in the hands of trustees, and some thirty are disposed of by the Church Patronage Society. What " grave scandals" occur in these cases ? If a little excite ment is developed in the process of choosing, is it a worse evil than treating the parishioners like children, and selling the supervision of souls to the highest bidder ? DR. LIVINGSTONE. The whereabouts of Br. Livingstone is still On. subject of many theories. The one of Captain and MrS: Burton, that he is detained a captive at Cazembe, has been set down as " mere:surmise ; " but those who support it arc writing very strongly in its favour. The country around Cazembe, it is pointed out, is com -paratively unknown ; enough has been discovered to make Livingstone's captivity a probability. The race inhabiting it is fond of lying and thieving, and it has long been thought dangerous to go amongst them. Moreover, it is argued, the other countries are not worth exploring ; this is. In the latter opinion Sir Roderick Murchison, our chief geographer, does not share. MILITARY MURDERS. The numerous murders through gun-shot wouna inflicted by soldiers have naturally turned attention to the expediency of preventing, or at least restrict ing such crimes, by withdrawing the service ammu nition now carried by soldiers in their pouches. Several high authorities opposed this sugges tion in the House of Commons. Colonel North said that such a measure would hurt the feelings of the soldiers. Colonel Annesley feared it would injure their efficiency. Sir John Pakington urged that it would cast a slur on the whole army. " A Soldier," however, points out that formerly his brethren were much given to using their bayonets in the settlement of their little quarrels, and that pre cisely these objections were urged when the wearing of side-arms was forbidden except when on duty. Formerly a soldier never appeared out of barracks, unless on fatigue duty, without side-arms. And yet that change was much more offensive than the one now proposed, for everybody could see the side arms, whereas nobody knows whether the soldier is carrying ammunition or not : Having in earlier life served thirty years, and com manded a regiment six years, I claim to know something about soldiers' feelings, and am sure that the objections are trifling, and that the advantage would be permanent. OVERCROWDING IN BARRACKS. Another step in the direction of economy, and probably of increased mortality, is said to be seriously under official consideration. It is thought possible that more soldiers can be put into our barracks than there are at present. Experiments, a contemporary says, are being conducted in the barracks at Gosport and Portsmouth to obtain data as to the possibility of increasing the number of inmates in each room without injury to health. Surely, after the evils of overcrowding have been so clearly demonstrated, thiscannot beintended. The revelations recently made tend to shew the need in most cases of increased accommodation. Steps in the direction of greater regard for the soldier's convenience were expected. TII2 .E AGE DZIP2ICULTY. Mr. Angus Holden is trying an interesting ei:peri• ment with sewage at Bradford. The corporation of that town have placed at his disposal a piece of ground adjoining the main sewer outfall, and here Mr. Holden has erected works to test the practica bility of deodorising and utilising the polluted waters hitherto flowing from the within, and poisoning the streams of the district. The apparatus came into operation only a week ago ; but hitherto the results are satisfactory. The process adopted is of French invention, and under its operation the foul water is completely deprived of its impure matter. Of course this is only a small experiment. In order to purify 21, millions of gallons a day an outlay in plant of £14,000 would be needed. The cost of working this quantity would be about fal Bs. 4d. daily, or one penny for every 1,000 gallons. Against this is to be set the value of the manure extracted. How much of this 2 millions A gallons would yield is not clear ; but it is thought there could at all even t s b e no great loss. Mr. Holden calculates that the manure extracted by this process could be sold for 17s. Gd. per ton —one 'mirth of the pride charged at Leamington—and yet yield a profit. The experiment is viewed with much interest by the people of Bradford, simply because they are compelled to find some means of preventing the pollution of the local streams before January 1872. CO-OPERATIVE SHIP-DUILDING. The prospects of shipbuilding on the banks of the Thames are looking a little brighter. For several years past this industry has been in a woeful state of stagnation in East London. In the hope of restoring the trade to something like its former pros perity, the shipwrights of Deptford have had the project of a co-operative yard under consideration. A difficulty has, however, arisen. The Admiralty has been asked to let a portion of the dockyard; but, in reply, the authorities state that offers have been made for its purchase as a whole. The Dept ford shipwrights consider this good news. It frustrates to some extent the co-operative project, but it is believed that the yard under its new owners will find work for many persons who are sadly in want of it. ARBITRATION. The delicate position of an arbitrator in trade dis putes is admirably illustrated by a fact on which the Beehive comments. Mr. Rupert Kettle has been spoken very highly of, but he does not appear to have been above suspicion. When at Manchester he was severely watched. It was 'whispered mysteriously that he dined with a party of masters, and was observed in conversation with their secre tary. His decision was immediately said to have been unduly influenced, and probably he would have lost all confidence had he not denied both of the statements against him. Thus, the insecurity of such a position is shown. An arbitrator in such a case is a judge only by the courtesy of those who employ him; he has no power to enforce his deci sions. SHAKSPERIAN OBSCURITIES. Mr. Dion Boucicault and Mr. Chatterton both tell us that it is impossible to put Shakspere's plays upon the stage, as the public does not appreciate them. The Daily News suggests as one among many reasons for this that the chief of our poets is occasionally obscure. Meanwhile a discussion has been going on in its own columns on the meaning of the passage from the speech of Isabel in "Measure for Measure." Act 2, Scene 4. Angelo has just said 44 We are all frail," and Isabel replies: Else let my brother If not a feodary, but only he, Owe, and succeed thy weakness. Mrs. Cowden Clarke and another correspondent, who explain this not very intelligible passage, point out that " else " is often used for " unless it be so ;" " feedary " is a legal metaphor founded on a distinction between possessing freehold and holding under a feudal law in common with others ; " owe" may be interpreted " own." The passage may therefore be read thus ; "Unless we are all frail let my brother die; he is weak with others, possessing a common lot with them, succeeding to an inheritance you yourself possess." AT.j.': , TRALIAN AND CHINA TELEGRAPHS. If the numerous submarine t e l egra ph enterprises now in project come to maturity we shall soon have a complete system of cables round the entire world. One of the most important o f th e sc hemes at present under consideration is that for carrying the telegraph system of British India into other eastern lands. At present the wires of our Asiatic Empire end at Point de Calle, in the Island of Ceylon. It is designed to extend them to the Straits Settlements, China, and Australia. This en t erpr i se w ill b e wor thy of atten tion, as affording a trial on a very extensive scale of Mr. C. F. Varley's light cable. Sir W. Thomson, who has carefully compared the merits of the heavy and light sy s t ems , decides in favour of the latter. It is, of course, of much less weight, and therefore not so liable to injury in laying down. Perfect protec tion to th e e le c t r i c w i re i s a fforded by the light cable. Nor are these its only merits. " On a bad bottom, in deep water, the new form of cable would bo safer in respect of listing a greater number of years than an iron-clad cable, as the rusting of an iron wire at places where it may hang over rocks is a conceivable cause of loss." COPYRIGHT IN DESIGN. Is there :Filch a thing as copyright in architectural designs ? Much has been said of late about pre venting the theft of ." children of the brain." i s th e architect's offspring safe from piracy ? "An Archi tect," who writes to the Bwlder, says that the con tractor who is carrying out a structure from original plans of the writer has actually copied the design, and is erecfng a similar house not a quarter of a mile from the original one. Is there any protec tion in such a case ? JURIES. Mr. Baron Biamwell is a judge with decidedly original views and a marvellous independence of commonly-received prejudice. 'Without a particle of what is called "sentiment," he often disgusts those who would " appeal to his feelings" by the seemingly harsh way with which he sef aside arguments intended for the sympathies. His opinions have accordingly a peculiar interest, are weighty . because practical, audalways deserve consideration. His decla ptiom Acacerainguurien,therefore,olicht not 114 overlooked. He stated, with much emphasis, before the Commission on the Scotch Law Courts that if be wanted the truth to be ascertained he would prefer an intelligent man who had been in the habit of exercising his faculties all his life to twelve men who might, or might not, be intelligent, and certainly had never before considered a subject together. This means of course that a judge is better than a jury. But the learned Baron did not think it best that a judge should find a man criminally guilty ; he referred rather to civil cases. He detailed a list in which a jury could not be trusted :—ln actions against railway companies, and in those on behalf of a discharged servant, juries generally go wrong; they are sure to do so in actions brought by tradesmen for goods supplied to infants or to wives, and they are always wrong in actions as to malicious prosecutions ; in cases of running down, they usually find for the plaintiff. In the latter connections Baron Bramwell related how two ►nen came into collision. Both brought actions ; they were tried before different juries ; both obtained damages. Moral: Always, if you meet with an acci dent, bring an action. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The Cinibria tas arrived in England with the passengers and crew of the wrecked steamship Gcr. mania, but nothing from the wrecked mails bearing our address has been received. As our usual files of papers were on board, we presume the address has been obliterated by the salt water. A heavy sea was running at the time, about five o'clock on Saturday morning, when the vessel struck on the rocks of Seal's Cove, Trepassy Bay. For three weeks a dense ‘ fog bad hung over Newfoundland, and wrecks are reported on the island in every direction. The ss. Cleopatra, from Montreal to London, ran ashore the same evening, about four miles from the steamer Germania, and the passen gers and crew had to make their escape in open boats to St. John's. Besides $75,000 in specie, the Germania had a cargo valued at $104,000, consist ing of .47,487 pounds of bacon, 349 cases sewing machines ; 60 cases, 766 bales and 9 hogsheads tobacco ; 4,300 boxes of extract, 1,380 barrels of rosin, 7 packages pumps, 6 packages brass, 37,500 pounds grease, 100 barrels beef, 2 bales furs, 9 boxes of clocks, 25 barrels maizena, 52 casks asphaltum, 41 logs walnut, 2 bales skins, 333,271 pounds tallow, 24 cases cigars. The names of her passengers will be found in the list of the Cimbria. The vessel, one of the finest on the Atlantic, was built in 1862; length 300 feet, breadth 40, depth 28, with four decks, having accommodation for 200 cabin and 600 steerage passengers ; measurement, 2,800 tons ; horse-power, 600. Among the ships which ran ashore is numbered the San Jacinto, on Body's Island, South Carolina, while on the voyage from New York to Savannah. The steamer Yankee has been sent to her assistance by the Wrecking Com pany, with divers, steam-pumps, anchor, cables, &c. It is not an easy matter to say where President Grant is, for his movements are rapid and uncer tain. A telegram of the 21st says he was staying at Newport, another of the 24th announces him to be visiting in New Hampshire. The latest mail news is that he arrived at New York from Wash ington on the 12th inst., that is, the day after the Cabinet meeting ; that he left again on the 13th for Pennsylvania to pass a few days with Gen. Kane, after which he was to return to Washington. At New York the President stopped with his brother in-law, Mr. Corbin, when a number of people called to pay their respects. Secretary Fish left the same morning for his home at Garrison's Landing, on the Hudson, and, according to the telegraph, there is not a Secretary at Washington. The President's touring is censured by the Democrats, as well as by Mr. Phillips of the Anti-Slavery Standard, but it was the practice of all former Presidents up to the time of Mr. Lincoln, the events of whose term nailed him to the seat of Government. A case of deep interest has arisen at New York, as it has almost brought into conflict the State and Federal authorities, in the person of a Texan named Pratt, formerly a Confederate Colonel, who had fled from the military of his State, accused of murder, and was taken among the captured fillibusters who formed Ryan's command. He was brought before Justice M'Cunn, who ruled " that a murder is not an offence cognizable by the United States authorities, save when com mitted in a place over which Federal authority is undisputed. He held, also, that the prisoner bad not been regularly committed even by a United States Court." Anticipating his discharge, Marshal Barlow transferred the prisoner to fort Schuyler, for which Justice M'Cunn signed a warrant for the Marshal's arrest as well as for that of Major Taylor, the U.S. army officer commanding the fort. In the emergency, Barlow sought the President, from whom he received a short but decisive autograph note, directing him to uphold the authority of the United States by military force if necessary against any attempt of the State authorities to release Pratt, who was to be given up only on the requisition of a judge having authority over the case. With this order the Marshal proceeded to General M'Dowell, who detailed 50 men, armed and officered, to guard his office. Justice M'Cunn, having carried the matter to this extremity, appears nervous and un decided as to his future course, and he delayed action from Saturday, the 14th, to Monday, the 16th instant. A strange story is circulating in connec tion with this Judge's doings, who, not content with the Pratt affair, and the trouble it causes, desired to get hold of Harwood and Hatcher, the alleged English forgers, and release them also. A hint to the police of what was intended induced them to ship both back to England. It appears that those interested in Alabama claims find that the " waiting" policy pays no one, least of all, them. It is all very well for men who had lost nothing, and who have nothing to lose, but a probable gain in keeping open a good source of agitation, to advocate the American policy of wait ing. They are likely to wait long enough, if that satisfies them, before England again moves in the matter ; and perhaps they might wait until the States under whose commission the piracy was effected become rich enough to pay the bill. But those who have claims appear not to relish the new phase the question has assumed, although one of the Boston men, who have called a meeting for the 18th August, strenuously supported the view taken by the Senate. A man who has a genuine claim which his creditor could satisfy is not very wise if he insists on a slice of the moon instead ; but that is very nearly what the Boston man did who sup ported Mr. Sumner's demands. Major-General Canby, commanding in Virginia, has, in the Order, the text of which we give, re voked that of General Stoneman, by whom officials, not Executive or Judicial, were exempted from the operation of the Test Oath. This Order is regarded as an assurance that, unless hindered by the Presi dent, General Canby will impose the oath on the members of the Legislature : "Hdqrs. First Military PiAtrict, Richmond, Va., Aug. 3, 1869. " GENERAL ORDERS No. 93.—50 much of General Orders No. 83 of March 22, 1869, from these Headquarters, as re quires Commissioners of Chancery in the class of civil office exempted from the operations of the joint resolution of Congress, passed Feb. 6, 1868, removing from office all persons who cannot take and subscribe the oath of office of July 2, 1869, is hereby revoked, and persons hold ing such office will, in future, be requested to subscribe to such oath. All persons now holding such office who can not take the said oath are hereby removed. "By command of Brevet Major-Gen. CANBY." The ball for the change of the national capital .having been set a-rolling, it is not likely to meet with any impediment to check its course at St. Louis, where an enthusiastic meeting was held to take action on the subject. Five leading citizens were selected to make all the arrangements neces. nary for holding a National Convention, a resolution to that effect being passed in these words : " That this meeting favours the calling of a National Convention at St. Louis for the purpose of a mutual con sideration of tha subject of the removal of the National Capital to the Mississippi Valley, by chosen delegates from the States, and by thus doing hasten the final settlement of the question." The Convention will meet at St. Louis on the 20th October. The Massachusetts Democratic State Conven tion have nominated John Quincey Adams, son of Charles Francis Adams, late Minister to England and the former unsuccessful candidate, as Gover nor. John Quincey Adams is a good candidate, but were he the angel GABRIEL he could not suc ceed as a Democrat in Massachusetts. His office in Boston was taken possessiod of by a correspond ent, who then and there "interviewed" WO {or New York paper, th e S un . While a sserting that f talk of his recei v i ng th e D emocra ti c nominatio n ; the Presidency was nonsense, he anticipated th e ha , mocratic nomination for Governor of Blas e° setts, and so far he has been correct. Healluded to the leaders of the Republican party as " bons," and pronounced Governor Hoffman to w oof , the best Democratic can did a t e f or the Presid e . 0 . The resolutions adopted by th e Massachusetts Utieos vention denounced the p resen t s y s tem of ta ga to and the high tariff, favoured the early retaronroB specie payments, the e n f orcemen t of the M e tso f doctrine, and complete p ro t ec ti on of the rig h a d e naturalised citizens abroad. No mention Wa s I/3 of the national debt. nad a ' Sir John Young, th e G overnor -G en eralof r 00 proceeded to Halifax to meet Prince was received enthusiastically, the city beivg minated, and an imposing procession,civil an de ad, Lary, being formed. The City of Paris 111 to splendid run out, the passage from Queen s ,; ° b W oral Halifax being accomplished in six days, 14 crag and 30 minutes, which is increased by di ffere- er eg' longitude to six days, 21 hours, 11 minutes, n ail e ing for the voyage 131 knots, or 151 statut e Ael per hour. Sir John Young, Sir Hasting s ous t of and the Bishop of Halifax, arc making the jil l yof the occasion ; the former taking the opportune 110 Arthar , his visit to repudiate at a banquet give n ;,, c of honour his Quebec prediction of the severs3"ol the Dominion from Great Britain. He e nll „ s pro' that a change in the nature of relations / 1 " bable. The New York Herald and numerens tbot American journals express regret that Prince f ol will not visit the United States, where the g e regard for the Queen and the reception th e f ig r ot ili of Wales had met were guarantees that h e be cordially welcomed. al S i) A curious order has been issued by Gel ler •of t wo man at the request of th e S ecre t ar y and Au to/ o f the Treasury, and by direction of the Se ere ttof nar. There appears to b e a practice the Tbe of drawin g p a y t w i ce f or t h e same Aerie tad tlO opinion of these high officials is therein steel bf is' this practice is too com m o n t o be calls: 4 ov advertence, and to be accounted for other w ; . eo ies l by deliberate design. It may be very e lfor t he thus to turn time to account, drawing Pal offsr same month from every Treasury that i be b y th 6 came near; but the disadvantage is felt t of t he Secretary who is striving to make the mesthst 00 finances, so these gentlemen are informed hl tb e " the next case of two pay accounts signed bea d, same officer for the same month reachingll ocl° quarters, he will be tried by court-mar dal, the 14th Article of War. pais ° An effort is being made to move the 000 0 , 3 00 11 reservation in Kansas further South, leaving Af t ' valuable Osage lands open to white settleme'oolo Sidney Clarke, of Kansas, is in Washingt °ll it i i th e business, after having had an interview 11 , to be chiefs. Be strongly a d v i ses i m mediate sts COPP r„,,00' taken in this matter, to b e su bmitted to ito oa e ' That district appears to be a very W 7°lll o oB gr. and to be rapidly filling up with settlers. ar ia . says that all the Kansas Indians are P re i be foch ° go South; and that all will be located 0 1' p ools' territory, but there they must be secured airs clef; nent homes. Advises from the fren t ' eh iss ioa e cidedly favourable, and the Quaker e01 133 d to P re' hope to gain time, which they much ne e of vent future outbreaks. Two soo in , Mormonism shows signs of esplit• ecl gsar Joe Smith, David and Alexander, hav e , ~,s a llt t , Utah, and claim to succeed to their fa tne ", rity, making things very uncomfortably aortinbof ham Young. They oppose polygamh, as to itio li ii , to have been introduced against the l' atit holl,"„'" 41 . their father, quoting their mother as 31 : t ot to which Brigham replies by abuse e L i vate re According to Sir Samuel Bowles the e n Tbe Utah is changing, as well as its institutioer, ood; is a growth in the moisture of the sul' illi th e (I .d lessening need of artificial watering fo r _,,r 01 7 0 crops. Salt Lake grows in size and fres h ' at the rate of a foot a year ; t h e jorda t ; i1 : 01 1 p in width and sluggishness of moveme nt ' tisf rains are palpably on the increase. a ide° 0 , o Bowles holds th a t th e G rea t Basin, on ce Id c ° filled with water, is slo w ly re turning to its kill be dition, and that the Mormon diffictliti oelf settled by a deluge. ac iooo 0 0 0 The other telegrams this week ars that is AclS, received at New York from the Sandwich O . h , oo l ' c if d that his Royal Highness the Duke of Ediup' l . l. o s l/ ro ce be eo the Galatea, en route for Japan, had been o rdi ii . p g Wpr°' at Honolulu. An extensive system of saluq h 00 0 ftr discovered on the Mexican frontier, in 1 : 1 :1:c o; s it t: 0 ; i : minent merchants of New Orleans are imPL,, B I oo minent American journals consider the Congress is calculated to exert a powe rf ,„ ll d to 1) : $0 , politics. The continued drought is rep or t- terp aou great damage to the corn c r ops in the `Vect or Si lfr ern States. York 0 0 be yorP• . s to The Siamese twins arrived at I f w it! day, the Bth inst. If the report n ow ulfTh ic a relied on they never entertained the fote a ll o 's i ° o separated, the story being a device of Vs r at i o n t ec lip s capital out of the trip. Instead of Sefaf ho ce i S ti which joins them appears to have shrunk , ",„ saw "loft them closer than ever. They are about w t 0 , 10 00 1 for the remainder of their lives at 3 113° 00 00 P e e Carolina, where they formerly lived as ° wa sh ef oof t° ' 4 ; 30 years. If true that the separation story tion t/1,4 up for sensation, they carried out the dec°r oo d o a v ga igv What was more likely to cause a run i n 11 , tbig °i . 1 : 0 11° !,, C1 ; announcement of the last appearance o. `, united couple ; and what a better menus o' o 7 clwof the vertisement than a series of paragrap hs „ 0 014 1.0 ° 1 4 ; best calculated to excite attention going so oth papers . ? The morality of the proceedingo'noielp S a d tion, but if Barnum was the adviser, h i l e t bineillie bit bear lightly this little "drapery:' ° s ' fe eliob t hro:; it num cannot stand—another humbug ; s o d 0 0 . 0 d, him so heartily t o j o i n aga i ns t Mumier , vr e ng° o mind into th e wor k on w hi c h he is Humbugs of the rob" ' .pop 60e ig or ADVERTISEMENT. Holloway's rillo s • t , fog, d e l, Spirits.—Debility.— Some defect in di g/yiv,,,ghto d re th e e re c a au s s to e m o tt f e i h n , en th ta e l lo d n e x pression ; on r° - t honti l fu7 d e or and is succeeded by more l h is o t pe o f f ul g a i n inl if e a h r i4 ;; ll / c li ll , Holloway's Pills have been re novir th n72 .o 2:l ,Boo , actioc o ,e r, effecting this desirable c hange the morbidly sensitive or most'delicatacrZon, remove all obstructions, regulate all Tie ie pleg f l ti oo e t rest depraved humours by. purifying 0 . 0° of gorating the stomach. Their medl Aand edictal relieve, and stimulate every organ a nd 0 / ,,T0 v io whereby the entire system is renovated. . 11 t he before disc o v e r e d ac t s so beneficially pervoll'l circulation as Holloway's celebrated -"and ° t a e !lon op , o I ADTERTISEMENT. I I Consumptio.o2 everyfe7ric,Opts bilious, stomach, and iver complaints P i e verY aggravated and accelerated by drugs c alth-r eetc' fbi o ,o , perfectly curable prow Du BARRY'S -°- f ca ses _O-Orr o.o' Arabica Food, as ed by thousands 0 . wer_,,, 4 0, considered hopeless ; such as incliges t l on o liar asthma, consumption, habitual constipo,tio. . 0 ;$ derangements, lnemorrhoids, liver coull?l'ldipliti vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throst rs , ril e t otl+; s of colds, influenza, noises in the head and .e n " ir ritow eb Or t o, OD, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgid cho, . c , l , or °S OO i lot e . d . nest, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, L.- - P' s l i ce 4 spasms, nausea and sickness even in Pr,e he ch , L .03 1 ;"!, iug flts, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness. o 4lers,,foo"' f'04,19: pit of the stomach, and between the s!,a°, 1 1 0 15:, 0 , few; —The Pope's health restored by L,`,.`" o f 68,413—" Rome, July 21, 1866. Thehea,r,rother,:Ar9_',4o,lo6,; excellent, especially since, itbandonin€ tia . S l ll,eit, confined himself entirely to Du Barry 6 1 ' 1 ; o i d o ti fi i ;ve: , a of su which pis i h n e g consumes ly e nea a l plateful atilia noorgeortes,a Aril',loo§i cannot praise this excellent food too „,;15,. J oue r , _. du Midi, July 25. Cure No. 46,270. thirty yeiV do iy i pt9 o o, merchant, of Fernley, surrey, ° f Partinant or D 0 ;40 spitting of blood, liver derangement, „o,o3oog;fri,, Lord Stuart de Deems, LT,' 'l,Fiftf t , o 9 l of many years' dyspepsia.—NOr 49 ',-, B u siiess+ . ( 00, un i , or' able agony from dyspepsia, ne.r v k l e ,o, 010.' t stipation, flatulency, spasm s, sic _ e tae wit boa ~„0 Jolly." Important Caution.—Be wa ' b d. ,12 and more than sloppy imitations t? ° Mae 119+, 1 00 d 2 a .ibsl E s; 6' 4 , ,A.l l l 3 , le 2 A o;! ° :po .2 l.o ll 're / 01 Baron In tins, b a i t g s s OS lbs 40s.—Also Du BARRY'S RILVAI,O_ f ry c upEL T a ro ter , 6 POWDER is packod in tin cup 3 00,1 5 b57 0 0 0. ,, at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 e 3os V o t-T o d P n li a d in ; e l is lb ni 2 o s st9 d au ; —being about one penny per cup. I"' n receiP' Stre et ' free of carriage in England on _ Y Du BARRY and Co., No. 71, Regan all Grocers and Chemists EL w i.t if o e T— of P . Hooper, —On Exeter lila JACKSON— KENNEDY -- BIRTHS 1 Ce? f%°t 0, A est Ham, at tbe 26th inst., at 17, 80,t0n_r,99,0v, w, w , Captain G. H. Elliot, R.. 1., 01 ,,,,, w ife 0f HOOFER •- On the 27th inst., at ilburn, Im- Esq., of a daughter. DO MARRIAGES 1 . 5 . 11 co On the 26th °f dP at Al ,I,P 1 'h i " Pe .0154' Henrystance ' Isaac Jackson, Esq., (1_,,.,5n0e ~,, Forest- fv e, to Jane, daughter of .4. - . tit' ~ Hall, Stratford -green. prisooo,l bass y, • n the barrister M'CLURE —TuDon 0 2sth ins t., at Ora , tf j olor" ‘Col'Iltrl; jets SI only surviving daughter I deff DE'ATI3S. Id ° -re i 0 3 ° - 31ANDER—On the 25th inst., Henry v , l' -° • t.' V il • os ter , DIAcALEsTER—On the 25th inst., at .0 01 Colonel Macalester, 1.C.H., aged SO. RewE:aacirg:Aeocidf 181313-3ii.rrakleSniiri le,;::: L '""---" ondon: Printed and Published by WILL'II2)). i o rt f N th o e . 112, Strand, Printer, at THE t he Offic e Precinct of the Savoy in the County of , QP• fttlirdrtit August 2s, leis. ."41 ■