The Sun. — London, England, 1869-07-15 00:00:00

FOR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment pf their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. t i RARE COMBINATION. The RARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CHEAPNESS will be found in every ttrticle sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, or made to measure, for all ages, and all dasses. Commodious apartments for measuring Ind fitting in the spacious and elegant Show klooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-measure introduced by E. NOSES and SON enables them to guarnntee a faultless fit. Orders from persons who are not known to the firm should be accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be cheerfully exchanged. or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats aril Car. and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, andi 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 Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The following are the only addresses :of E. MOSES and SON : LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, 31ThIOBJES 156, MINORIES 157, MIN.MRTES 93, ALDOATE 84, ALDGATE 85, ALDGATE 86, ALDGATI 87. ALDGATE 88. ALDGATE SP, ALDOATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 506 NEW OXFORD-STREET ' , 07, NEW OXFORD-STREET , 08, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD BRANCH. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138; TOTTF.NTIAM-COURT-ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. • Country Bunch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnckstone. THIS 'EVENING, THE OLD (WARD: Messrs. Sol. Smith, G. v urray, Trafford, H. Naylor Mag T.lewellyn. After which, ALL FOR MONEY: Miss Amy Sedgwick. Miss Maud Haydon, Miss Stephens; Messrs. G. Jordan, H. Irving W. H. Vernon, H. Naylor. &c. To conclude with A QUIET FAMILY: Miss Polly Marshall, kiss Coleman ; Messrs. W. 11. Vernon and Charles Swan. Box-office open daily. Commence at Seven. rHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 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, JL Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN. Fourth Week of " The School for Scandal." EVERY EVENDIG, at 7.30, the very laughable fare THE SMOKED MISER At 8 o'cloek, Sheridan'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 rforsman Acting Manager—AMoitY SULLIVAN. '11) OYAL STRAND THEATRE. _l%, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. THIS EIihNING, at 7.30, FOX v. GOOSE. Messrs. fluke and Belford : Mesdames Baton and Hughes. After which. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs Thorne. 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THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W ILLEXA.NDER (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, No. 4, Old ravendish street, Oxford-street UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS TO LET, consisting of Three Rooms and Dressing Room, with use of Kitchen. Nice Garden. Four minutes' walk to 'Bus and Ra 1 to City and West-end.-44, St. Paul's-rand, Camden-square, N.W. • CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GEN E R A L LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing, £220,0001 ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested, £1,598,000 SPECIAL NOTICE. All Persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale before Juuo 30th, HO, will be entitled at the NEXT Boxts to one year's additional Share of Profits over later En trants. Tables of Rates and Forma of Proposal can be obtained of _ _ GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, Loudon. S.W. BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION . Head Offices, 429, Strand. London. The distinguishing features of this Association aro Equitable Rates, Undoubted Security. Prompt s.sttlement of claims. JOHN MESSENT, Manager. JOHN GOSNFLL and CO.'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth pow:ler ; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleaeant fragrance to the breath. Price ls. fid.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper T hames- street, London. No riuNG IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA. AMARELLA restores the Human Ilah to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JITO. 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, 38. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 13s. each. Including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel passage, 98, Upper Thames stmi rondo, E.C. CRYSTAL PALACE.— THIS DAY and EVENING. GUINEA SEASON TICKETS at all Entrances up to 9.30 this evening, but purchasers must come prepared with written or printed name and address. - Note—These tickets admit this day, and to the great fetes, &c., up to Ist July, 1870. CRYSTAL PALACE. FIREWORKS. THIS EVENING.—This great display will com mence at Half-past Nine o'clock, and not at Ten as at first announced. Visitors should avail themselves of early trains. The Brighton Railway Company announce that they have arranged separate platforms for first-class passen gers leaving the Palace for Victoria. By order. July 15, 1869. Note.—Extra Trains from Kensington will return to Euston and Metropolitan Stations and Kensington about eleven o'clock this evening. For exact times inquire at Kensington Station. CRYSTAL PALACE—The GRAND DISPLAY of FIREWORKS and ILLUMINATION of FOUN TAINS will be REPEATED on the same scale of mag niilc?uce THIS EVENING (Thursday), at Half-past Nine. The Pyrotechnic Programme, which will be carried out by the Company's pyrotechnists, Messrs. C. T. Brock and Co., of Nunbead, will include the Sister Magnesium Bal loons, Illumiration of the whole of the Grounds and the Water Temples by Coloured Fires (a mealy grand effect, and one simply unattainable elsewhere) - Great Set Pieces - the immense Cascade of Fire (flanked by gigantic palm-trees), throwing its glittering spray over an area of nearly fifteen thousand feet—Batteries of Guns and Ro man Candles—Descent of Fiery Comet, tte. A Military Band will perform during the display. Velocipede Races, Feet, Slow, and " Without Elands," at 7.0 ; Opera "Lurline," at 3.0. Croquet Match till 4. Admission, 2s. 6d., or by Guinea Season Tickets free. VELOCIPEDE RACES.—THIS EVENING, at Seven.--CRYSTAL PALACE. T HE UNITED LAND COMPANY (Limited). Notice is Hereby Given, That an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the Offices, No. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C., at Two of the Clock p.m., on TUESDAY, the 26th of July, 1869, when the Directors will declare an interim Dividend for the four months ending 31st July, 1869. By order of the Board. CHARLES LEWIS GRITEIEISEN, . _ Secretary. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, London, July 12, 186'. 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. A GEN TS WAN TED EVERY \` HERE X- to introduce comniodi ies 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. 111ARRISON, Great Orford-street, Norwich. L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. CONVERSION OF DEBENTURES INTO DEBEN- TIME STOOK. The Directors are now prepared to enter into arrange ments for converting the Debentures of the Com - any into equivalent amounts of Perpetual Four per Cet.t. Deben ture Stock, and also to receive applicat'ons for allotments of the same Stock, at per, 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 (cne-half) per cent. is allowed to applicants, and the Stock will be inscribed in the Com 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 (X 30,000,000), and will be the first charge on a net income now amounting to upwards of Three Millions (X 3,000,000) annually. Further particulars and forms of application may be obtained by letter addressed to the undersigned. STEPHEN REAY, Secretary. Euston Station, July, 18S9. 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. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY, The COURT of DIRECTORS of the East and West India Dock Company HE HE K Y 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 lath 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 Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company for the Half-year ending the 30th June. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, 6th July, 1869. N B.—The Chair will be taken at two o'c7ock precisely. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICE. Established 18 - 21. Subscribed Capital Two Millions. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.O. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WiIIiam Steven, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN- Frederick H. Janson, Dq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Richard M. Harvey, Esq Hy. Bonham-Carter, Esq 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. B. Farquhar, Bart James Morris, Esq James Goodson, Esq Abraham J. Roberts, Esq Archibald Hamilton, Esq Henry Vigne, Esq Thomson Hankey, Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemach, Esq. ACTITARY—SamI. Brown, Esq. F.D.—Fire Policies which expire at 31 idsummer 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 aff, rded 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 SUM 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 .f 3 to £6 ss. insures £l,OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCIIkENTS ALONE may be provided against Insurance Tickets for Single or Double Journies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Railway Stations, to the Local Agents, or at the Offices, 54, CoaNtuu and 10, REGENT STREET, LONDON. WILLIAM J. WAN Secretary. MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY. NON-FORF I,ITURE POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMBER of PAYMENTS. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIME. BRITISHEQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 4, Queen-street-place, Southwark Bridge, E.CJ NEW POLICIES ISSUED. New Policies issued. IP6B 1869 In Weeks. - 86 -C14,250 .„ 108 - 18,481 Excess .. • • •• In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1869 22 £4,231 ...3,105 -£539,442 THE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE.—The most powerful nutritive cordial ever introduced; restores to their normal condition all the secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health depends. It is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from its containing. among other ingredients, pepsine and phosphate of soda, will prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Vide Dr. HassalYs re port. Price Bs. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 225. BAUMGARTEN et Co., 520, Oxford-street, W.C., London. Car riage free on receipt of remittance. J. " SINGER" SEWING MACH IN ES. THE " NEW FAMILY" SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBIIOTDERY- STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Came for Travelling. THE " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The peculiar simplicity of these Machines enables any one to acquire their perfect use in a tew hours. Illustrated Price Lists post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTUItiNG COMPANY. Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 147, CREM'SIDE. Branch Depots or Loca Agents in every Town THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tam EvzNING, THE OLD GUARD : Messrs. Sol Smith, G. Murray. 3leg Llewellyn. &c. ALL FOR MONEY : Miss Amy Sedgwiek. And A QUIET DAY. Mies Polly Marshall, &c. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. Tars EVENMG, at 7, DOMESTIC ECONOMY: Mr Geo Bel more and Mrs Leigh Murray. At 8, THE WILLOW COPSE: Mr Benjamin Webster, Messrs A. Stirling, G. Belmore. G. J. Taylor, Stuart, C. H. Stephen-on, Ashley; Miss Furtado. Mrs A. Mellon, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss 31. Harris. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. TraS F.VE vivG, at-.3n' THE SMOKED MISER. After which, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. J. C. Calk per, Mr. (.4. Hone:, Mr. C. Ooghlan, Mrs, liermannVozin, M. C. Horstaan, &c. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs.Swanborough. TIM EVENING, at 7.30, FOX v. (300 SE. Messrs. Bel ord, Clarke; Miss Enfton. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, fames, Fenton; t , esdames Goodall, T.yilia Maitland. Button. To conclude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James, ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mies M Oliver. 'rifts EYE24INa, at 7.P0. ISi 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 M. Oliver, Miss K. Bishop. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Mario Wilton TillB EVENING, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Gloer, and Bareroft; Mrs. liukiiinshani White. Miss C. Addison, and Mies Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD, And A LA= =ME. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALFIAMBRA PALACE. THREE 13ALLETS. Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. is. Box-office open from U to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve. 6d. =23 • THE SUN, LONDON, THUISDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1869, Archbishop of CAVERBURY affirmed that none more keenly felt the nconveniences arising from the present state of thigs than the disabled bishops themselves. We dc not like to contradict the Primate of All Enland, but we may at least be allowed to say that he bishops take a singular way of manifesting thir concern. It reminds us rather of Chief Jutice LEFROY'S anxiety for the administration of iustice. When well on in the nineties he used to think that no one could lay down he law so well as himself, and that the public wouk sustain a grievous loss if he ceased to sit and dos on the bench. That was an exceptional case, not often seen in the legal profes sion. We wish we ould say the same thing of the clerical. But with thepresent condition of one-half of the Province of Qnterbury we are unable to do so. We are ompelled to urge, with the Duke of SO3IERSEI, a nobleman with whom we do not often find ourselves agreeing, that this bill shill not be permissive but compulsory, and that he same arrangement which is to be made for ascert ai ning if a bishop is mentally incapable of superintending a diocese shall be made in order to ascertain Ihysical incapability. Bishops are scarcely likely to deal very severely with bishops. If the inquiry were eitriisted to priests or deacons, a somewhat severe standard might be formed as to the degree of impotence which would necessitate retirement, for a vacancy involves promotion. But a bishop would remenber that he, too, might some day be subject to an eriscopal inquest, and he would be merciful, in the hop of obtaining mercy. Exception was taken, and not unnaturally, to another provision of this bill. It is proposed that an imbecile bishop shall continue to receive all the income save £2,000 a year. A retiring bishop is to reside in the episcopal palace. We had supposed that episcopal palaces were considered necessary in order that the bishops might be in a central position for adminiApr;ng :4- the palace is rather for the personal comfort of the bishop, and that he has a vested interest in it which does not cease even when he no longer performs episcopal functions. This is a light matter com pared with the amount of revenue which is to be given to a coadjutor. £2,C00 a year is not a small sum, it is true, and there are few countries out of England where bishops get so much. But if £2,000 a year is enough for doing episcopal work, from £3,000 to £B,OOO is something more than enough for doing nothing. If it is absolutely neces sary that a bishop should possess the income of a nobleman, it must be as necessary whether the bishop be sole bishop or bishop coadjutor. The coadjutor will have to provide for travelling expenses, charities ; subscriptions, and, in fact, everything which the bishops now have to provide, except a house in town. But we presume that this last charge will cease altogether so soon as a suffragan is appointed. If the bishop is incapacitated for work, he will be incapacitated also for sitting in the House of Lords. The saving thereby effected might be added to the income of the suffragan. As it is, the Arch bishop of CANTERBURY'S Bishops' Resignation Bill is very like the Irish Church Bill, as the ARCHBISHOP and his friends have made it. The disendowed Church is presented with nine-tenths of its endow ments, and, by way of satisfying the four-fifths of the people who do not belong to it, they are offered a concurrent endowment out of funds which do not exist. The imbecile bishop, if he happens to preside over the diocese of Winchester, will enjoy Farnham Castle and £G,OOO a year; the working bishop will receive £2,000 a year, and have to find lodgings. SOME ten years ago a venerable member of the House of Commons used to introduce every year a bill to prevent housemaids from falling out of win dow. It was one of the stock pieces of the year, and it was as much a matter of courseas Mr. BERKELEY'S motion on the Ballot and Mr. SPOONER'S on May nooth. The Marquis TOWNSHFND is as eccentric in his legislation as old Sir CHARLES BURRELL, but he has a good deal more imagination. The venerable member for Shoreham wearied the House by the time that he had got through his annual performance for the third time. The young Marquis provides the Peers with endless variety. He, too, has had an anti-falling-out-of-window bill; but his boundless fertility has produced a large number of other measures. He has proposed one to govern the metropolis, another to govern cabmen ; he has attempted to put down mad dogs, ditto quarrelsome women. His last performances have been two bills, whereof one is to com pel children to go to school, the other is to prevent their going out to nurse. His measures are generally twins, and they are always stillborn. He makes a short speech on the second reading, is answered by Earl GRANVILLE, who suavely suggests that the bill might be improved, or by Lord SALISBURY, who sarcastically tells the enthusiastic legislator that it is hopelessly absurd. The Marquis then rises and says that in consequence of the opinions expressed by their lordships on both sides of the House he will withdraw his measure, and withdrawn it is. Perhaps the funniest performance of this amiable young nobleman's is his " Infant Life Preservation Bill." We have all heard of baby-farmers We know that infants in their nursing arms have a remarkable tendency to get " over aid," and to suffer other calamities which do not promote infant longevity. But we do not know how to put down this trade of baby-nursing, for if maternal instinct is stronger than law, and unmarried mothers desire to get rid of their offspring,itisthemost difficult thing in the world to baulk them. Yet the ever-ready Marquis TOWNSHEND has a scheme of his own. He proposes that no person shall be allowed to take charge of a baby who has not received a license from a magistrate. Unfortunately, this bill had one serious defect, as the Marquis's bills usually have, and that defect proved fatal to it, as these defects always do. It was pointed out by Lord SALISBURY, amid shouts of laughter, that this measure would prevent mothers from taking charge of their own babies without the permission of a justice of the peace. As Lord MORLEY well observed, if the " Infant Life Preservation Bill" were passed there would be no infant life left to preserve. So the usual result followed, and the bill was withdrawn. We would suggest that in future the Marquis should get his bills drawn by a profes sional .parliamentary draftsman. It would save the House of Lords a good deal of time and himself much ridicule. S y r, "V4l::lrPoir ' T IT V I I I 14 1: 1 ____P-_ " i " tlitn LI; t , I 4 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, July 14. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High. ness Prince Louise, drove in the grounds yester day afternoon. - Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, went out this morning. 7 0 THE EDITOR OF 7 TIE TIMES. . Sir,—Observing in your notice of the divisions of Monday night that I am named, among others, as having voted for the Dul , e of Cleveland's amendment, and as being absent from the division on Lord Stanhope's amendment, allow me to state that on the occasion in question I paired in favour of Lord Stanhope's amendment with Lord Sher borne.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, LYTTON. 12, Grosvenor-square, July 14. ARCHBISHOP MANNING will, on Sunday next, assist pontiffically at high mass and preach, at the new Pro- Cathedral in Kensington. THE WEATHER 1N THE NORM—A good deal of rain fell in the county of Northumberland yesterday, and the wind wile from the north and cold. It was blowing hall a gale at awn. LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1869. An alarming probability is now looming up before us—namely, that, for some weeks to come, the columns of the public journals throughout the coun try will be flooded with what has been affectedly called Extra-Parliamentary Utterances. The stump will, in all likelihood, during another dreadful in terval, come to be regarded, for a while, as among the number of our recognized political institutions. The alternative to be discussed will, as a matter of course, be—the Iriih:Church Bill, as it was originally introduced in the House of Commons by Mr. GLAD STONE, and as it was passed through that House by overwhelming majorities of the Liberal Party—and that same Irish Church Bill, as it has been sent down from the Upper House to the Lower, altered out of all shape and recognition by the Lords' Amendments. That theme will be argued now for weeks to come, in the English sense of the words, on the Platform. That theme will, in the American sense of the word, be the Plat form. Already, it would be hardly extravagant to assert, that the matter—about which we are going to hear so much more—has, during these last two years, off and on, been discussed usque ad nauseam. Th.ro scattered far and wide among our population who have long since coma to be sick to death of the whole of the hackneyed technicalities or phraseology of the sub ject still under legislative consideration. Scarcely a new thing is left to be said in regard to disestablish ment or in regard to disendowment. All the casual variations there have been sparsely noticeable, here and there, in the continued agitation of the matter still in dispute, have, in nearly every instance where they have been in any way now carefully scrutinised, proved to be mere variations in language—some new phrase, implying and involving a very old and a very familiar notion. Thus, what was spoken of last year by Lord MAYO, as " levelling up," has come to be called this year, Lord SALISBURY half thinks ungrammatically, "concurrent endowment." The old changes will be rung all over again outside the walls of Parliament. Those members of the Lords and Commons especially who missed their opportunity of taking part in the discussion on the Irish Church Bill, when the measure was actually under the considera tion of the Legislature. will —many of them at least—seize the opportunity afforded by means of the public meetings now immediately about to be holden, of pouring forth their carefully-prepared, but as yet undelivered, opinions upon the prominent question of the hour. Foremost among these popular demonstrations—the first of a series of similar public meetingsorganizedunder the authority of the National Reform Ution—was the immense and enthusiastic gathering which took place last evening at St. James's Hall, with Mr. SAMUEL MORLEY, the hon. member for Bristol, in the chair. On Tuesday evening there were precisely similar meetings held at Leeds, at Bradford, at Stockton-on-Tees, at Dewsbury, at Manchester, and at Huddersfield. The same argu ments were employed by the different speakers. The same, or very nearly the same, resolutions were pro posed, and seconded, and as a matter of course carried afterwards nemine coptradicente. The meaning of all this is, that what is wanted by the people out of doors is—the Bill of the House of Commons, not the Bill of the House of Lords—the Bill of the Govern ment, not the Bill of the Opposition. The dictum first uttered iu reference to the earliest Reform Bill, and uttered, moreover, then, in the first instance, by the late Mr. HUME, is again the phrase of a great popular movement—to wit, " The Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." However or whenever that Bill will come to be law, come to be law it will for a certainty. Not by a compromise. The Bill, as it emanated from the Government, as it was sent up to the Lords from the House of Commons, will—sooner or later, this year or next, this session or, it may be, in an extraordinary and, in a manner, supplemen tary, session, to be held during the early autumn—be passed in its integrity. It is purely a question of time. It is simply a matter of arrangement. The so-called Reaction is, as every one knows, the merest phantasy, the veriest moon shine—in the minds of the more exalted Conserva tives a simple craze or hallucination. It is nowhere visible. It is nowhere audible. All eyes are looking in one direction. All hands are pointing in one di rection. And then some amazing organ of the cause of Conservative Reaction will coolly assert that the direction, seen or pointed at, is one diametrically opposite. To all intents and purposes the Irish Church is utterly gone already as among our na tional institutions, is even now virtually disesta blished and disendowed. As to that problematical matter yet left for consideration, namely, as to what is to be done with the surplus—whether that surplus shall be applied, as the Government and as the House of Commons propose, to the relief of the County Cess, in the matter of the Lunatic Asylums, and so forth, or, whether it shall be de voted, as the Lords' conceive preferable, to the pur poses of what Lord MAYO called " levelling up," and what Lord SALISBURY does not like to call " concur rent endowment"—it has been pleasantly suggested that it might be held over until next session when it (this surplus) may be applied rather conveniently in the general settlement of the still greater problem yet remaining to be solved, namely, the Irish Land Question. Tho notion thus thrown out is, as it seems to us, about the only accep table notion which would be suggested in the way, at one and the same time, of a compromise and of a postponement. But it seems so acceptable at the first blush that it is certainly worthy of being taken by the Government into very serious consideration. THE value of the " Bishops' Resignation Bill," introduced by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY on Tuesday night, may be gathered from the fact that it need not affect one of the bishops whose notorious incapacity has for so long been the cause of grievous scandal to the Church. If this bill were to become law to-morrow, the whole South of England might continue in its present bishopless state until the sees became vacant in the ordinary way. The bill provides only that men t ally im becile bishops shall be compelled to retire; physically impotent bishops may continue to superin tend their dioceses from their bedrooms, if they choose to do so. That they would choose to do so is not a very improbable supposition. The Bishop of EXETER, for instance, has special reasons for resign ing, but does not resign. No other invalid bishop is a nonagenarian, no other has a bishopric of such small value, no other has a lucrative canonry in addition to his bishopric, and which would leave him with a handsome income even if he resigned all claim to his episcopal revenues. Yet Dr. PHILLPOTTS does not resign. What reason, then, is there to suppose that the juveniles of 80 without canonries would avail themselves of the powers; which this hill confers upon them ? The LATEST INTELL IGENCE (REU'TER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. BREST, July 15. Colonel T. H. Glover, R.E., telegraphs as for- lows : " A message was received here at 10 p.m., Green wich time, from Gooch to the Emperor of the French, congratulating his Majesty on the comple tion of the cable to St. Pierre. Since then Gooch telegraphs to me at 11 p.m. Greenwich time that up to the present tests are satisfactory, and will be continued through the night. " The Great Eastern will leavdon Thursday (to morrow) and expects to reach England about the 25th or 26th. The intention is to commence the other section from St. Pierre to Duxberry tomorrow. " Weather at time of telegram leaving was fine at St. Pierre. DespatcLed at 11.30 p.m. Green wich time (14th)." AMERICA. NEW YORK, July 14. The Cunard steamship Scotia arrived here at 2 a.m. to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1378 ; the highest quotation dur ing the day was 1378 ; the lowest, 1368. Sterling Exchange on London llO. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188 9 " 1885 l2lB. " 1867 1204. 10-40 44 Illinois 144. Erie 2BB. Cotton—Ma upland 34ic. Petroleum—Standard White 3l4c. WASHINGTON, July 15. General Grant bas issued a proclamation order ing the elections in Mississippi to be held on the 30th of November. A separate vote will be taken upon the sections of the new State Constitution, which provide for the enforcement of the Test Oath and disfranchise ment of rebels. Mr. Seward has gone to Alastia. SOUTHAMPTON, July 15. The North German Lloyd steamer New York, from New York, arrived off the Needles at 9.15 this morning. SPAIN. MADRID, July 14 (Evening). In to-day's sitting of the Constituent Cortes, General Prim declared that Senor Ardanaz, the new Minister of Finance, would re-establish the credit of Spain abroad by showing respect for obligations contracted, and by the payment of all just claims. The new Cabinet is regarded by the public with satisfaction and confidence. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 14.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month... Itaßan Fives 55 5 3 per Cent End of month 7l 57i Ottoman Loan 327 50 Credit Mobilier End of month... Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1642 50 Home Debt — End of month... Deferred — RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans ... 945 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 6131 Western Eastern .. Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain SaralTossa Roman 800 5421 Anthony Trollope's New Story. ?he Vicar of Bullhampton. By Anthony Trollope. No: I. Bradbury, Evans, and Co. Another serial story by Anthony Trollope, and, again, about clergymen ! It might be objected cynically, upon the toujours perdrix principle, that Anthony Trollope is almost always writing thus about clergymen, only for this—that he is never better, that be is never so recognisably at his very best than when his imaginary people are living, moving, and having their being in the clerical world. "The Warden" and " Framley Parsonage," and " The Last Chronicles of Barset" are about his three best books, are about his three happiest efforts —the last-mentioned of the three is, to our think ing at least, incomparably his masterpiece. Hence, the very fact of this serial trending in the same direction, makes it in a manner doubly welcome to us, and we hail the first number of it accordingly. Although it provides us, this initial number, with no more than seven opening chapters, it is so freshly written throughout that we are already familiar with the whole of the scenery in the midst of which the story will doubtless, from its very title, principally ie, and we are even now intimately acquainted with the chief personages peopleing the pages of the imaginary narrative. Bullhampton proper, meaning the little Wiltshire town so called—its charming Vicarage—the local squire's estate and residence, " fantastically named" Hampton Privets —the ramshackle old mill of Jacob Brattle, lying picturesquely and prettily in the midst of the Water Meads—many of the quaint little ins and outs of the continguous locality and the clustering tenements—we seem to know all about them even at starting. Then as to the dramatis personz, they are sketched in so vividly, that, although they have been only just now introduced to us, we appear to reckon them all up among our old familiar favou rites, or at the least acquaintances. The two heroes of the story, lay and clerical—namely, the Rev. Frank Feuwick, the Vicar of Bullhamp ton, and his old college friend and intimate, Harry Gilmore, of Hampton Privets, the Squire of Bullhampton. And, together with thee, the two heroines, one already married, the other doubtless to be married—Janet nee Balfour, the young Vicar's wife—and her friend, Mary Lowther, from Loring, in Gloucestershire. Together with these, we already seem to know all about the Brattles down at the Mill—that doggedly obstinate, irritable old Pagan, Jacob Brattle, the miller ; his good-wife, with piety and excellence, one is almost tempted to say, enough for the pair of them ; their scapegrace of a youngest son, Sam Brattle, and their ruined young slip of a daughter, the father's darling, poor Carry, and her plain, brown-visaged elder sister, Fanny, "aigood as gold, the glory and joy and mainstay of her mother." As yet we have had, of course, but the merest glimpse, here, of what the plot of the story is likely to be ; but it promises so well that we shall look eagerly for the sequel. In keeping with the general freshness of the tale, "The Vicar of Bull hampton" is noticeable for inasmuch as it intro duces to the serial-novel-reader a new illustrator— H. Woods—who, iu one of the pictures at least, has contrived to hit off, at once, two of the leading characters, the obstinate, irritable miller, Brattle, and tieuwick, the kindly, observant Vicar of Bullhampton. MADAME TITSSAUD'S.—The excursion trains, from almost every part of the United Kingdom, are just now bringing hosts of sightseers to the metropolis; anil to ovoiv one we would say—" Do not leave town until you have 1 een to Baker-street, and have seen the great wax work exhibition, where not only life-size portrait models of the statesmen of the day may be seen, but some of the most elegant and costly Court dresses, manufactured in Paris by the first houses, are also on view." DoNNILLE and Co., Belfast, dare the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion Quotations on application to Afeaus. Dunvillo and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buillap,Strezd,Londou, Tertisement,.. CORRESPONDENCE 1110111 PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, July 14. The sudden shutting up of the Corps Ldgislatif has caused such widespread dissatisfaction that I doubt not the Chamber will soon be called together again. The Press almost unanimously condemns it; the murmurings of the public are very general. By some it Is whispered that the prorogation has been effected in order that the Senate may be able to cut down and restrict the programme of reform without let or hindrance from the Corps L4islatif, but I am not disposed to attribute any such sinister design to the Emperor. He is excessively attached to his prerogatives, which is not unnatural in a sovereign who has reigned absolutely for eighteen years. The great blemish of the message which was read on Monday was the great importance attached to the preservation of the Imperial prerogatives, and the evident desire to make it appear that the reforms were coming from him as a free gift, and not as a response to the demands of the nation. This is the secret of the unpopular prorogation. The Emperor does not wish it to be understood that lie is yield ing anything. He desires to appear in the light of a bene factor who is conferring upon the nation privilegeswhich it has no right to expect, and hence he has thought fit to get the Corps Legislatif out of the way altogether. It is true that the deputies would have no power to discuss the reforms, but they might give trouble by interpellations. They might act as if they had some share in the reforming business, whereas the Emperor clearly indicates by his Message that he desires all the credit to himself. It is difficult, however, to justify the adjournment of the Chamber before the business for which it was specially convened is finished. In England the House of Commons is always adjourned during a Ministerial crisis ; but in France there is no such connection between the Ministry and the Parliament. The Ministers are not members of the Corps L6gislatif, nor are they responsible to it—at present, at least. It is most probable, however, that the Chamber will soon assemble again. The Journal Officiel has announced that the Emperor will receive the deputies to-morrow, at the Palace of Saint Cloud. This shows that the departure of the members from Paris is not desired. The semi-official Patric says that the prorogation of the Chamber for a few days was absolutely necessary, but it will be convened again as soon as possible. The uproar in the Chamber when this prorogation was announced surpassed even the most riotous performances of the present session. M. Jules Favre was beside himself with rage. He declared that the prorogation was not only a deadly injury, but one which proved the impotency of personal power. How he made out this latter conclusion I cannot tell, for his voice was lost in the din. The President called him to order. M. Favre then said that the prorogation was not merely an impropriety, it was an infringement of the Chamber's dignity. He was called to order again. Then he went hack from the tribune or pulpit, from which the deputies speak, to his seat ; but not feeling satisfied with his performance, he again roared out above the tumult that the proceeding had no parallel in history, that the Chamber was subjected to humiliation, and that personal power would not survive the event. Such violence on the part of Jules Favre is unprecedented. He is one of the most moderate, as he is the ablest, of the Republicans, and it must have been a deep sense of injury which led to this explosion. The fifty-five deputies whose elections have not yet been confirmed are especially indignant at the prorogation— though most of them are Imperialists. They have addressed a memorial to the Emperor, praying him t• convene the Chamber again. All accounts agree that the programme orreform was not decided upon before Saturday, but the writers who profess to be acquainted with the seerets of the Cabinet differ materially in their versions of what took place at the last meeting. The Gaulois says that the Emperor sat in a deep arm-chair, with his legs crossed, ques tioned the various Ministers, took their opinions, and then drew up and signed the programme himself. The Empress is represented as " animated and anxious." M. Rouher " spoke in a tone of concentrated rage." The Patrie, on the other hand, affirms that the Emperor was not the author of the Message. The versatile M. Rouher drew it up voluntarily. All the Ministers and all the members of the Privy Council were gathered at this meeting, which lasted from seven o'clock on Saturday evening until ten. M. Rouher, "in a tone full of emotion," prayed his Majesty to sign the Message. " I cannot be suspected of partiality on behalf of these measures, but I believe the hour is come to adopt them." His Majesty did adopt them. If M. Rouher really drew up the programme which required his retirement for its consummation, if he really recommended the Emperor to take a step which must end in his own political downfall, he must be credited with the most patriotic and disinte- rested action ever recorded of him. The contest for places to hear the debates is so keen this season that a lively traffic in tickets is carried on. Twenty-five orders for admission arc delivered gratuitously by the porter to those who call for them early in the morning. These are snapped up and sold in the course of the day at the door of the Chamber just as if the Corps L6gislatif were a theatre. It is curious that whilst the price of these tickets last session ranged from two francs to three and a half, this year they vary from seven to ten, although the Chamber is engaged only in the dull work of confirming returns. Such is the growth of public interest here in parliamentary proceedings. M. Thiers is credited with a remarkably neat mot apropos of the message. A deputy observed :—" Well, Liberty is brought to bed at last." " Yes," was the reply, "but it is by a Caesarian operation !" THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) WIMBLEDON SWEETMEATS.—BuII's-Eeyee. NOT ABDICATED YET.—Lord Derby still seems to reign over his party, an d not to h ave forfeited his claim to the title of " Th e E( a)r l K i ng. " Box ET PILETEREA NIHIL.—Mr. Grenville Murray makes light of the effect of Lord Carington's tap on the head. But to judge by the disgraceful scuffle in Marl borough -street Police-court, he was decidedly afraid of the effect of Mr. Newman's box on the ear. THE CHANGELING.—Nurse Canterbury (holding out the infant, " Irish Church Bill") : "Which we've took the greatest care of 'im, mem, and 'ope you'll think 'im grow'd." Mrs. Prime Minister : " That is not my the-ild —not in the least like it." "COMING EVENTS," &c.—ln the match at Wimbledon he Commons beat the Lords. In the contest between these two bodies, expected to come off immediately at Westminster, many persons arc hoping that the Commons will be again victorious. Betting in favour of the Lower House. OH, WOODMAN !—A correspondent of the Times calls attention to the deplorable and disgraceful fact that several of the finest trees in Kensington Gardens, and particularly five or six noble old Scotch firs, have been brutally felled. Who was the Vandal that—by the hands of his servants —felled them ? He must be a very stupid feller. A DOUBLE MEANING FOR Dis-ENDowmENT.—People seem to forget that the monosyllable "dis," used in com position, has two meanings. There is the Latin "dis," Which means separation ; the Greek " dis," which means doubling. In the case of the bill fOr "Disendowing the Irish Church," the Commons employ " die" in the former sense ; the Lords, in the latter. (From Judy.) The Normal State of our Work-girls—Sew, sew ; and Judy is afraid, in many respects, it is but too true. A Claw OF CONDOLENCE.—We cannot help feeling sorry for the American gentleman who has been refused admission into the sacred salons of the Reform Club. We presume he will return by the Black Ball Line of steam packets to New York. And we wish he would take his friend Bright with him. (From Fun.) THE BALANCE OF NATURE.—It will be found, as a rule, that after " hot words " a coolness springs up. THROWN-UP FROM THE DOWNS. —When is a pigeon's photograph like one of Pickford's vans? When it's a carrier's carte. A PRETTY SITUATION.—The following advertisement has plunged us into deep meditation. What does it mean ?--" Governess (Nursery), to teach English and music, and take entire charge of them and their wardrobe ; a young lady ; the highest references can be given. H. M., e.c."—English and Music want looking after so much in these clays that we are delighted to hear of any one who will take entire charge of them. But we are puzzled about their wardrobe. English may have its ideas clothed in good language, but how is music's ward robe to ho understood? Its nether garments possibly would be c(h)ords. The Birmingham meeting in favour of " the bill, tho whole bill, and nothing but the bill," is to be held at six o'clock on Saturday evening, in the open space at tho back of the Town Hall. it is stated that two of the borough members—Mr. Dixon and Mr. Muntz —will be present. The Irish Church Bill as amended by the Lords was published on Wednesday. The original text as the Lords received it has been printed with lines drawn through those parts which have been struck out, and additions made by the Lords tinted italics. The fast thirty-five thus _ sr AlitigaiPElßGat_ THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. The feeling of the country with respect to the Lords' amendments to the Irish Church Bill is being actively displayed in public meetings throughout the provinces. During the last few days these have been very numerous, and the prevailing sentiments displayed, whether at Glas gow or at Sheffield, at Reading or at Bradford, have been singularly unanimous. Concurrent endowment, as was foreseen by those best acquainted with the temper of the English middle classes, finds little favour, and in Scotland the indignation which its mention has provoked has been very strongly manifested. SIIEFFIELD. A very enthusiastic demonstration in favour of the Ministerial measure has been held in Sheffield, in Para• dise-square. The Mayor presided, and the assemblage was one of the largest that has been seen in Sheffield since the election. The two borough members, Mr. Hadfield and. Mr. Mundella, were present, and as it was the first occasion on which Mr. Mundella has addressed his constituents since his election, his friends gave him a very cordial reception. Mr. Hadfield and Mr. Mundella both supported the first resolution, which declared the establishment of religious equality in Ireland to be alike necessary, just, and politic ; and condemned the charges made by the House of Peers in the Irish Church Bill to be subversive of the principles of the measure. Mr. Hadfield declared that they would not submit to the dictation of a clique in the House of Lords. Mr. Mundella, who spoke strongly in behalf of the Ministerial measure, declared that nothing on earth, not even the wishes of his con stituents, should induce him to vote for concurrent endowment. Sooner than be a party to endowing a new sect he would walk out of the House of Commons to-morrow. The day was coming, and, as a Churchman, be did net care how soon it came, when State endowments must altogether cease. The House of Lords rejected everything that touched their ideas of religion or privilege, but they must be brought into harmony with the House of Commons ; and such displays as that meeting presented would best effect that. A petition to the Commons in favour of religious equality in Ireland as asserted in the bill was agreed upon, to be presented by Mr. Hadfield. At the close of the meeting in the Square, the crowd insisted oi;t taking the horses from Mr. Mundella's carriage and draw, ing the hon. member to the Pack-horse Inn, from which he addressed them amidst enthusiastic cheering. LEEDS. A meeting, at which more than 15,000 persons were, present, was held on Tuesday evening in the Cloth Hall yard, Leeds, under the presidency of the Mayor. Mr. Baines, M.P., and Mr. Carter, 'M.P., both addressed the meeting at some length. Mr. Baines said that a great variance had occurred between the two Houses of Parliament, and now the country had to decide between the Commons and the Lards. Speaking of " levelling up," Mr. Baines said it had not been men. tioned during the elections or in the House of Commons. He was standing by a Catholin county member at the bar of the House of Lords,listening tothe debate on concurrent endowment, and he asked the Catholic, What say you to this? He replied, "They are thinking to cast crumbs to the beggar." But he (Mr. Baines) thought that it was a dangerous thing to give ecclesiastical crumbs to one who, if his claims were admitted, would claim four-fifths of the whole loaf ! If Great Britain would not give it, and Ireland would not take it, what was the use of concurrent endowment? If they were to let go the Irish Church with greater property than it had now, and without con trol on the part of the State, it would be a kingdom within a kingdom. Mr. Carter, M.P., said he had felt some reluctance in voting for Mr. Gladstone's bill, be cause it did to a large extent re•endow, and he was sure the country would go no further. MANCHESTER. A meeting of the executive of the National Reform Union was held on Monday evening, at Manchester, is theoffices, Gladstone-buildings, Mr. George Wilson, the president, being in the chair. The agent of the Union read a paper, reviewing the passage of the bill, after which Mr. Wilson spoke on behalf of the measure, believing that any interruption to its success would only be temporary. He thought men's minds had ripened on the question, and said that the Union must do nothing rashly, but must strengthen the hands of the Government. After a short discussion, it was decided that the executive should advise all their branches to petition against the Lords' amendments. BRADFORD. A large open-air meeting was held at Bradford on Tues. day evening, at which some 15,000 persons were present. The Mayor was unavoidably prevented from presiding, and, in his absence, Alderman Scott took the chair. Resolutions were passed, protesting against all attempts to re-endow the disestablished Church or to attain religious equality by means of re-endowment in any form, and de. precating the changes made in the Ministerial measure b• the House of Lords. READING, A public meeting was held on Tuesday evening in the Town Hall, Reading, to consider the amendments of the House of Lords to the bill of the Government for the dig endowment and disestablishment of the Irish Church. The following resolutions were carried unanimously :—" That this meeting, representing the Liberal constituency of the borough of Reading, and cordially approving the bill for the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church introduced into Parliament by her Majesty'4 Government, views with disapprobation the amends ments introduced into it by the House of Lords, and expresses its emphatic protest against such amendments." " That this meeting expresses its confidence in her Majesty's Government that they will adhere unhesi tatingly to the great principles of the bill so emphatically endorsed by the constituencies at the late general election, and calls upon the House of Commons to support them in procuring for the Irish people the precious boon of perfect religious equality, on the basis of impartial endowment." The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman, and "three cheers for Mr. Gladstone." LYIfINGTON. The Lymington Liberal Association met on Tuesday' last and passed a series of resoiutions against the amend ments, which were discussed with considerable interestana animation, and were unanimously carried. DOVIR. The committee of the Dover Liberal Association have forwarded petitions against the Lords' amendments on the bill. Mr. J'essel is to present the petition tl the Com. mons, which is signed by Mr. Finals, on behalf of the association. EDINIA7IIOII. A crowded meeting was held on Tuesday evening under the presidency of the Lord Provost, when it was agreed to petition the House of Commons to restore the bill to ita original form. In the course of the evening it was observed that Scotland was so strongly opposed to concurrent endowment that no Scotch member voting in its favour would stand a chance of retaining his seat. GLASGOW. The meeting which was held at Glasgow at the begin' ning of the week was intended as a preparati o n for g 4 larger assembly, but some steps were taken. A resolution calling upon the Commons "to undo with firmness the evil work of the Peers," was passed ; and a second resolu•. lution, urging all Reformers "to include in their Pro: gramme of necessary measures an early reconstruction of the Upper House of Parliament, so as to secure a second Chamber working in harmony with the nation." DUNDEE. At Dundee a very crowded meeting was held, Provost Yeaman in the chair, at which resolutions were passed, condemning the principle of concurrent endowment, and affirming that the Government ought to refuse the amend' meat by which glebes and glebe lands are conferred on the Presbyterian Church. The meeting also proteste d against the indefinite postponement of the appropriati on of the surplus. DALKEITH. At a public meeting held in Dalkeith, on Monday even' ing, resolutions condemning the Lords' amendments were adopted. MISCELLANEOUS. Meetings on a large scale are also arranged for 1: 66 Preston, Macclesfield, Barnstaple, Swansea, Dewsburfo Merthyr, Selkirk, and Huddersfield. The Perthshire Liberals also intend to protest against the amendments. THE WIMBLEDON MEETING. The Elcho Challenge Shield was shot for at Will i " bledon yesterday at ranges of 800, 900, and 1,00 0 yards. This year the shield has fallen to Scotland, the representatives of that kingdom having scored 1,149 points, as against 1,090 made on behalf of Ireland, and 1,081 by the marksmen of England- The Irish International Challenge Trophy WaS car ried off by Sergeant Kirk, of the Ist York. Th e Chancellor's Challenge Plate was e3ntended for by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and was won by the latter by 397 t o 356 . A number !)! Belgian riflemen hav e arr i ve d a t th e ca mp, and will compete for the pri zes g i ven b y th e A n glo-Belgia n Prize Fund. SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS.—IIer Alajesty's wa r steamer Rosario has captured the schooner Daphne , n' Melbourne, for contravening the act against shipping slaves. The Daphne had 100 Kanaka natives on board' A prize crew was put in charge of the schooner, with iof n! structious to bring her on to Sydney. The commander the Rosario states that he has information of the wors t form of the slave trade having been practised agog tl ae South gee ioloads•—dliannsi Argus, MAY 22.