The Sun. — London, England, 1869-07-19 00:00:00

PUBLIC JotrnNALs. PRESENTATION OF TITE TV.II3thrEDOY PRIZE'S. - The Times, in surveying the efforts made by the friends of the Irish Church in the Upper House, observes that they could not hope to obtain terms which would, indeed, hive stultified the whole measure, and made Mr. Gladstone the most ridiculous of politicians. There was not a chance but that the Lower House would immediately divest their own measure of its cumbrous additions, and confine it to the work originally assigned to it. The only altera tions allowed have been those which favour quicker despatch, and the speedier deliverance of the State from all hand in the affairs of the new Church of Ireland. Well, then, it remains to be asked to what good this last useless battle? It has done no good, except by giving the opportunity of some minor improvements. It has not obtained better terms, for better terms could not be desired for the Irish Church. It has not done anything to clear the Irish Church of the old imputation that it is a Church of money and land, of benefices, sees and stalls, and not of hearts and souls. It has left the spiritual character of the Church much as it found it : so also its place in political estimation. The Irish Church had a certain marked character, which has, in truth, been fatal to it. Unfortunately, its friends have started it on its new career with that same character unchanged. They have taken care that it shall still bear the doubtful honours of the battle for temporal things, the Largain for what it can get, and the readiness to sacrifice even the higher for the lower considerations. We may think this might have been avoided. But.people Will still do as theydid before, and act on every new occa sion by the irresistible law of character. The Irish Church would not have been the Irish Church if it had not shown itself so ready to barter and haggle. Some of its friends, no doubt, had souls above such a trade ; but every Church must submit to be judged by those who speak and act for it. We presume it to be satisfied with its bishops and lay spokesmen. It is not too late to make some little repara tion. If the House of Lords cheerfully and promptly accepts the popular voice which has spoken through the Commons that will somewhat mend matters, and, at all events, put an end to the discussion, which many will be glad to forget if they can. The Standard thinks that two remarks, made from op posite sides of the Houses by two of its most experienced and influential members, aptly explain the position in which the Commons now stand towards the Government on one side and the House of Lords on the other. Mr. Bright described Mr. Gladstone as the most powerful Minister of recent times. Mr. Disraeli attributed the wholesale and'ciiscourteutts rejection of the Lords' amend silents to the influence of "the imperious spirit which guides our fortunes." Both observations were strictly just and very significant. No Minister since the death of Mr. Pitt has ever exercised over the House of Commons _so despotic an authority as that now possessed by Mr. Gladstone, or has ever used his authority in so tyran nical and imperious a spirit. There can be no doubt that Mr. Bright's hint at a dissolution—and we grant that it was only a hint—was not thrown out without a distinct purpose. Whether the threat is likely to be executed is quite another matter, and one on twhich we are not inclined to give Mr. Bright credit for so much serious intent. A majority of 110 is not likely to be increased, and might be seriously damaged by a disso lution. But what other course is open to Mr. Gladstone, if the Lords adhere to their amendments, we do not see; for the talk of cleating peers enough to reverse majoritie of 80 and 100 is mere passionate bluster. That the Lords will adhere we can hardly doubt. The consequences of so doing may be serious; but scarcely morn serious then those of a submission which would destroy entirely the constitutional balance of power, and leave us without a single check or safeguard against the imperious of one despotic statesman. The idea that a Minister who can command a popular majority is to do what he pleases with both the Administration and the Legislature is not the doctrine of constitutional government, but of French Imperialism ; a doctrine against which the depu ties of France have at last rebelled, and which, assured'e the Peers of England are not likely to accept. The Daily News thinks that Lord Granville made as remark on Friday which betrayed a very lamentable state of mind. As • a speaker, - he said, he "constantly mumbled, and no one was more often stated to have been `perfectly unintelligible in the gallery.'" His lordship expressed no penitence or inattention to reform. He spoke with something of the complacency with which a very dexterous pickpocket might boast of his criminal practices and recite the number of his pre vious convictions. The general accuracy with which the debates are reported was alleged by the Peers as a ground for declining to remedy the acoustical defects of the House of Lords ; but that general accuracy is secured by an expenditure of trouble and attention, and by a degree of mental and physical exertion, half of which would be saved in a better constructed building. As to the seats immediately behind those in which the reporters sit, there are not half-a-dozen of the more eminent peers who can make themselves con tinously audible to the occupants of them. The Duke of Argyll, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Cairns, and Lord Salisbury almost exhaust the list of articulately speaking men. The Peers indeed seem to care very little whether they are heard or not. Perhaps the practidal estimate thus implied of the value of their own debates is . correct. They appear to regard the Reporters' Gallery as a sort of Dionysius's ear, at which the tyrant Demos is constantly listening; and that they are bound to defeat his jealous curiosity by mumbling. Perhaps this is an application of the theory of the irresponsibility of an hereditary Legislature to any authority outside itself. The value of a House of Mumblers is, however, very questionable. A House of Mutes would do almost as well. The PM says that the 'Wimbledon meeting was termi nated on Saturday by the most successful review, all things considered, that has yet taken place there. True, the numbers present did not come up to those of some former years. But satisfactory reasons are assignable for this falling off ; and, besides, the value of such displays is more accurately appraised by means of tests other than that of mere numbers. It must be remembered that the metropolitan corps have attended so many field days of various kinds that not only has the novelty of them worn off, but the members have obtained a very considerable knowledge of brigade movements. The novelty of brigading regular troops with the volunteers, introduced this year at Wimbledon is one of such manifest advantage that it is to be hoped it may be the inauguration of an established annual custom. It is by means of combination or this kind that the volunteers will be encouraged to turn out in respectable numbers, and will most readily learn something of the precision, steadiness, and discipline bee scary for the efficient performance of field manrcuvres on a large scale. Thus the Witnbledon meeting Las been marked by distinguishing features that will not readily be forgotten, and that testify to the wonderful perfection to which ten years' steady practice and attention have brought rifle shooting. It is to be hoped that this meeting will continue in favour with the volunteers, for its effects are plainly and distinctly to be seen ; and, so far as the public are concerned, there has b een on th i s occasion an exceedingly gratifying attendance. The Herald says that the Grenville Murray scandal has entered upon a new stage of its history. For some hours on Saturday Mr. Knox was engaged in hearing evidencz in support of a summons against Mr. Murray for perjury alleged to have been committed by him when giving evidence in support of a charge of assault which made so much talk a few days ago. A great part of Saturday's sitting was taken up with a legal argument as to the competency of the magistrate to hear the case at" all under existing circumstances. It was urged that the charges against Lord Carington were still undeter mined, as his lordship stands committed to take his trial upon the one, and has been bound over in his own recoguisances on account of the other, so that in neither case has a final deliverance been pronounced, and it is not usual to try for perjury until the proceeding in which it is supposed to have been committed has come to an end. Mr. Knox very properly declined to give effect to the objection, on the ground that it was better for everybody that the whole truth should come out as speedily as possible.• If Mr. Grenville Murray be innocent he ought not toremainunder the reflection which being accused of such a crime casts upon him. If he be guilty, justice, whether to individuals or to the public, requires that such delinquency should not pass unexposed or unpunished a single day longer than is absolutely necessary. For these reasons we are glad that Mr. Knox determined to enter upon this investigation, and shall watch its subsequent stages with no little interest and curiosity. The Telegraph remarks that Wimbledon presents the best of all opporttinities Un- seeing what the steady nerves and sure eyes of Britons oan now effect with the best made rifles. To read about the shooting is one thing ;it quite another and more surprising experience tc watch C,rporid Cameron—or any other crack shot-- levelling at a black speck two-thirds of a mile off, and to note bow the unerring Land and faultless sight at that distance can put the bullet upon the bull's eye. The feats of "Leather -stockings" or Drr l'reischutz, art child's play compared with what has been done during this past fortnight at Wimbledon ; and, truly, the "Deer slayer" of Fenimore Cooper would have stared in envy and amazement, if he had seen some of the breechloade practice, and heard the bullets raining upon the butt, while the marksman lay upon his back or stomach--a sort of siege -train in himself. It is not a boas' to sily that no marksman in the world can compare with the flower of our riflemen. It is a, simple fact V.hich Switzerland and Belgium, as well as wouhl readily acknowledge ; and, although much is Inc to the extraordinary perfection of manufac ture in the weapons now furnished by British manufac turers, the innate gift of the race counts f , r very much, and tells in our favour as it did in the drys of the long bow atsl tile cross-bow, or a. 4 it would do aver , a bett,r arum invented than the rifled musket. To make a perfect marksman demands a correla tien of organs and senses, which cannot be acquired by mere practice ; it is a gift, which nature has bountifully bestowed upon Ow English people. Such men as Mr. Boss—who is said to have killed twenty swallows in succession with a duelling pistol—grow naturally upon our soil ; and it is well for Britain that the requisite conformation of nerve and muscle is ao plentiful in these islands. Before a thousand marksmen picked from the Wimbledon competition, it would be difficult fin any mass of men to stand. Such wide-spread proficiency with the "Snider "and the " ITenry-Martini " could give a sad, Aemonstratipn of the possibilities wtti.o3 lie withir 991: 0 1444, o f t.h4, git6f 11,2,00.0; ' • • . The task of distributing the prizes was very unaf fectedly and gracefully performed by her Royal Highness the Princess Christian on Saturday. Brilliant weather brought down a fashionable company, though the number of successful competitors who were able to muster sufficient courage to receive a public recognition of their honours was comparatively few. These were paraded by Captain Mildrnay immediately in front of the two tables containing the trophies and the raised dais upon which the Princess Christian stood. The London Rifle Brigade formed the guard of honour when the Princess came on the ground. As the open carriage in which she rode approached the dais, the guard presented arms, and the band played a few strains of the National Anthem ; but there was no cheering from the people in the Grand Stand or in the little open pens in front of it, who hardly seemed to recollect the fact that the rather petite lady, dressed plainly in mourning black dress and white bonnet was the daughter of England's Queen. Her husband, in full uniform, accom panied her Royal Highness, Lady Elcho also occupying a place in the royal carriage. On the dais Lord, Elcho received the Princess, and an oversight on the part of the authorities caused his first exclamation to take the shape of ' Good Heavens, where is the chair ?" No sea! had actually been provided, a defect which was remedied at last by a couple of chairs being produced from a tent, and covered with a Union Jack. Nut, however, that seats were needed, for the Princess persisted in standing. Gallantly assisted to the dais by the President of the Association, who stood a step lower at her right to read out the names of the winners, the Princess at once commenced duty. The first for tunate marksman called to the front was Serjeant Nora worthy, of the 23rd Middlesex, who won the Gaiety Cup. He was followed by King, of the same corps, who was presented with a gold regulator, the gift of the editor of Will o' the Wisp. Corporal Ingram, 3rd Lanarkshire, came next, the Princess merely handing the trophies to the men without saying a word. The Dudley firing, it was stated by Lord Elcho, was not yet adjudged. Some trivial protest, it is understood, has been lcelged against the winners. Dr. Rae, of Newcastle, Cap tain Riven, Sergeant Abbott, Sergeant-Instructor Gilder, Private Irfay, arid Sergeant Snelus passed forward in rota tion, and took their prizes from the hands of the Princess, mention of which prizes will be found in the list below. Ensign Boynton, of the sth East York, was the next name called by Lord Elcho, and the Yorkshireman appeared to receive the voucher for £3O he had won in the first stage of the Albert with evi dent satisfaction. The first genuine cheer was raised for Private Doe, let Middlesex, though why the spectators selected him as the primary recipient of their tokens of approVal did not clearly appear, seeing that he only won £25. -It would be tedious to reproduce the names of all the other prize -takers. Sufficent to say of individuals, that Captain Fenton, of the 2.lth Lancashire, whose shooting is, undoubtedly, of the first order, for the £lOO Albert Prize, was also loudly cheered, as was Sergeant Kirk, who did so well with the Inter national Irish Challenge and othercompetitions. Through out the whole proceedings, except in the case of Cameron, the Queen's Prize man, nothing like an ovaticn was getup. The nearest approach to it was when the representatives of the winners of the Elcho Shield—a prize which the President said it was impossible her Royal Highness could handle—the Cambridge men, the Harrow lads, and the Captain and two of the Scotch team passed in front of the dais. Corporal Cameron—whose brother took several prizes —was escorted, not by a detachment of Volunteers, but by two comrades. His appearance was the signal for a genuine outburst of applause, which everyone who saw the corporal shoot will admit he well deserved. Immediately the distribution was over, the Princess and her husband reached their carriage, and gracefully acknowledging the cheering of the spectators, proceeded to Earl Spencer's cottage. By the time the review commenced the Common was densely crowded. LAW AND POLICE THE BIRISINGHAII CANAL COMPANY.—At Worcester, on Saturday, an action was tried to recover damages for injuries clone to certain of the plaintiff.; mines by flooding from the percolation of the water of the Birmingham Canal. After considerable discussion the parties agreed to refer the question of their rights to the Court in Banco in the form of a special case. TEE MARYLEBONE CLUB.— At Marylebone, Mr. Scarth, solicitor, attended before Mr. Mansfield to tender bail for Mr. Russell and Mr. Emmanuels, of the Margie bone Club, to prosecute the appeal against the magistrate's decision. The bail was accepted. Mr. Scarth then applied for a summons against Constable Boyle for resorting to a place and betting. He went there in the same way es Mr. Russell. Mr. Mansfield said these was a difference, for Mr. Russell went there as a "user," for the purpose of making bets and receiving money, and he could not grant the summons. If the Court of Queen's Bench convicted upon the appeal, they would have the remedyagainet the officer for being a member. 7HAF.GE OF AREON.—At the Central Criminal Court, Saturday, James Fe]loeres, a cabinetmaker, was indicted for having set Ere to a dwelling-house and workshop, the property of his employer. A boy on the premises saw him go up the stairs leading to the workshop late in the evening, and directly after he left the fire broke out. For the defence an alibi was set up, and the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, believing, they said, that there was a doubt in the matter, and that the prisoner was entitled to the benefit of it. MURDER AT CARDIFF.— On Saturday morning a sad case of murder occurred at Cardiff. A pilot's apprentice, named Thomas Williams, was going home drunk, when some Italian seamen pushed against him, Williams asked who they were pushing, upon which one of the Italians made a blow at him with a stiletto. Thi. deceased fell, and the Italians ran away, but they were apprehended by the police. It was discovered that Williams had been stabbed, and he has since died. Both prisoners have been committed for trial on the charge of wilful murder. A VERY GREAT COUNTRY.—At the American cerebration of Independence Day at Vienna, this year, a speaker, growing eloquent on the future of the Republic, repeated a description of its boundaries given by an enthusiastic Yankee, who said, "It was bounded on the east by the Atlantic, on the north by the Aurora Borealis, on the west by the Setting Sun, and on the south by the Day of Judgment." Mr. Carlyle said many years ago that every day was in truth a judgment day, and this is not the 'first time that the American day of judgment has been declared to lie towards the south. CABINET CouziciL.—At the Cabinet Council hem on Saturday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street, the Ministers present were thd Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chancellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Kimberley, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, the Earl of - Clarendon, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Duke of Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the Right Hon. John Bright, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of Hartington, and the Right Hon.Chiehester Fortescue. TUE PRINCE OF WALES ASKING FOR A SCHOOL HOLIDAY.—The boys of the Manchester Onmm.,,,•;.lSchoo/ wanted a holiday during the royal visit. They appealed to the Prince of Wales to get it for them. The following letter is the result :—" Dear Sir,—Raving laid before the Prince of Wales - the application of the pupils of the Manchester Commercial Schools, his Royal Highness would request that the time for the examination might be so arranged so as to enable them to break up in the week before the visit of his Royal Highness and the Princess to Manchester. I am desired to convey the Prince's hope that if such a request can be entertained without prejudice to the interests and regulations of the schools, it may receive a favourable consideration.—l am, dear sir, yours truly, W. KNOUTS." THE NEW AERIAL -SHIP. —A despatch, datea San Francisco, July 6, published in the New York papers, says :—"The trial of the model of the air-ship Avitor is pronounced a Success by the l imes, while the Alta says the performance Was something like a failure. The wind blew so bard that it was impossible to make the experi ' ment in open air, so the trial was made under cover ; the ship rose in the air, and was propelled backward and for ward and guided in any desired direction by the steering apparatus. It is claimed that the present Avitor is not a criterion of success ; the principle has been developed. . The scale of its machinery is so trifling—the engines and boiler weighing less than a hundred pounds—t'-tat its failure or success would be a matter of no surprise." A CURIOUS COMPAILISON.—Sothe curious 'com parisons have been instituted respecting the relative strength of men and insects. A man of 30, weighing 1301b. r can drag, according to Re g ni er , • on l y 1 2 01 b., so that the proportion of the weight drawn to the weight of his body is - no more than as 12 to 13. A draught horse can only for a few instants draw a1),.?1t two-thirds of its own weight. But the smallest insect drags without difli culty far more than its own weight. Th e cock. chafer draws 14 times its weight, and other insects as much as 40 times. If a horse had the same relative strength, it would be able to draw someGo,ooo pounds. - .l`..l.Platean, who has made soma curious investigations in this matter, informs us that the smaller and lighter an insect the greater strength it will manifest, though during flight it cannot carry so great a weight as when creeping. It therefore appears from the example of the Inrse, the clog, and the insect, that the muScular force eE livid; creaVirei is in inverse propertica SPIRIT OP T. THE SUN, LONDON, Old DAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1869. ME? ROPOLITAN GO&lP—Saturday. It is impossible to describe the agitation and excite ment which prevailed in town during the small hours of this morning. The debates in the Commons bad been unusually animated, when Mr. Bright's innocent reference to an appeal to the constituencies raised such a storm as the reports in this day's papers give but very little idea of. The tumult was still further increased when Mr. Gladstone intimated that it was much more likely that Mr. Disraeli would have to appeal to his constituents on a minor issue than on a general election. Instantly the report spread from Westminster to Pall Mall that if the Lords insisted upon their amend ments Mr. Gladstone would resign. The scene at the Carlton Club was something to be remembered. At an hour when I hope most of your readers were sleeping the sleep of innocence, the great Tory headquarters were con vulsed with men talking in the most excited and in the wildest fashion. This agitation was stimulated still more by the revolt of a large number of the Liberals against the Government on the appropriation question. To be in a minority of only 72 was such a startling event, was such a novel sensation, that the Opposition members in the House cheered as frantically as though Ministers had just been defeated on a vote of No Confidence. Pall Mall responded to Westminster ; the clubbists re-echoed the shouts of the M.P.'s, and you might have thought that a Ministerial crisis was at hand. In the midst of all this beat and excitement Mr. Disraeli maintained an equa bility of temper which is worthy of all praise. As regards argument, his speeches were simply fantastical ; but he shewed admirable tact in moderating, as far as he could, the exasperation of his supporters, and in diminishing the friction between the two Houses which was rapidly be coming dangerous. The contrast between the Lords and the Commons was very singular. The Peers met as usual at five o'clock. Lord Granville, a propos to a complaint by the Earl of Carnarvon respecting the arrangements of the House, made one of bis exquisitely-polished and good-natured speeches. He then proposed that the Irish Church Bill should be considered on Monday, but as Lord Salisbury and other peers objected he gave way, and the discussion was fixed for Tuesday. Then it became Lord Hatherley's duty to maintain a smiling face under diffi culties. The law lords on both sides of the House insisted upon referring the Bankruptcy Bill to a select committee, and so rendering it almost impossible for the bill to pass during this session. Their lordships then suspended their sitting from seven to ten o'clock ; but it was a quarter past one this morning before Sir Denis Le Marchant appeared, bringing up the Irish Church Bill and a message from the Commons. Lord Granville moved that Lord Dufferin should take the chair, the Clerk at the table read the message, and Lord Granville gave notice of his intentions for Tues day. This formality occupied only five minutes, and the few peers who were present then went home. And now what will be done? Last night the Conservative Peers were very hot and determined. They would give way upon two points, the Ulster glebes and concurrent endowment ; but they would, come what might, insist upon the postponement of the Appropria tion Clause, and upon the expunging of the words in the preamble which preclude an application of the fund to ecclesiastical purposes. But having abandoned concurrent endowment, of what advantage can the latter of these requirements be to them ? Absolutely none ; and therefore I doubt much if the Peers will insist upon this amendment. On the other hand, after the half-hearted defence of the Government scheme of appropriation made by Mr. Bright, and the strong dislike of it manifested by many Liberal members, it is not improbable that Mr. Gladstone will yield, and the impression to-day is that he will do so. It is only an impression, for, of course, no action would be resolved upon until to-day's Cabinet Council. The advantages of concession are very great, chief among them are the passing of the bill and the avoidance of a collision between the two Houses. Oa the other hand, the disadvantages are small. There is no need for hurry, for the fund is not yet in hand, and after the ignominious fate which concurrent endowment has just met with, in spite of the support of the Whigs and the Times, there is no occasion for the Premier to fear that it will ever be re vived. It is far snore probable that Mr. Gladstone will be able to carry out the idea which, I believe, he enter tains, of making the fund productive in two ways, viz., by lending the principal to Irish tenants, fishermen, and the like (instead of locking it up in the savings bank), and by devoting the interest to his old purpose—relief of un avoidable calamity. It is possible, but less probable, that he will accept the motion of which Earl Russell has just given notice, and appropriate a portion of the fund to school-buildings and the payment of teachers. I incline to think that by the middle of the week the crisis will be over. Several additional peers have signed the protest against the Irish Church Bill since the list was published in the Times. They are the Duke of Northumberland, Lord Gough, the Earl of Tankerville, the Marquis of West meath, the Bishop of Gloucester, Earl Beauchamp, and Lords De Vesci, Rivers, and Leven. Lord Beauchamp was one of those who voted for the second reading of the bill. . I mentioned in yesterday's letter that it was not im probable that one of the first acts of the new Irish Church body would be to renounce Episcopacy, and to effect a fusion with the Presbyterians. This statement is con firmed by the John Bull to-day. I may add that Dr. Stephens, the well-known ecclesiastical lawyer, who caused such deep and just offence to the High Church party by likening the mixed chalice to grog, is engaged in drawing up the constitution of the disestablished Church. He is the Archbishop of Armagh's right hand, and Dr. Beresford can do nothing without him. Great dissatisfaction is felt in the City this morning at the probable shelving of the Bankruptcy Bill until next year. Business men are angrily asking what is the good of a House which thus impedes legislation. It has been decided at headquarters that Lord Cour tenay shall not resign his seat for East Devon. His lord ship is, I believe, now at Homburg, no doubt merely for the sake of the waters. I mentioned some months ago that Sir Henry Bnlwer was writing a life of Lord Palmerston. Most valuable assistance has just been placed in his hands by Lady Pal merston, in the shape of a diary kept by her husband from the year 1827. Commencing at that date it would take in the stormy times which accompanied the formation of the Canning Ministry, and the secession of Lord Palmer ston, Mr. Huskisson, Lord Goderich, and the Marquis of Lansdowne from the Ministry which the Duke of Welling ton formed after Canning's death. The MS. volumes are written with great precision and neatness. The author of the pipers in Blackwood on "Army Reorganisation" is Colonel Sir A. Alison, son of the historian. The papers are now republished in a volume. Mr. Wallis, late editor of the Tablet, is writing the life of his friend the Hon. Charles Langdale, to whom English Roman Catholics owe so much. The work will occupy its author two years. Mr. Baring Gould has written the "Origin and Development of Religious Belief," and the Rev. Arthur Haddan, " Apos tolical Succession in the Church of England." Longman have just published " Roma Sotteranea," an account of the catacombs. hv Dr_ SnennPr Trinity of 05innit. Rev. W. R. Brownlow, o f runty College, Cambndge. Punch, which I mentioned in a former letter had been sold to Mr. Agnew, fetched only £7,ooo—no large sum for a publication so well known. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The COminons says " Yes," the Lords " No." The Commons reaffirm their interpretation, and the Lords have no resource but to accept the interpretation which the representative body of the nation upholds. In the case of the commutation of life interests, the CoMmons have yielded in part to the Lords, and offered a compromise which, having been accepted by Dr. Ball, will probably be accepted also by the Conservative peers. Unfortunately the compromise suggested- by the Government with regard to the appropriation of the surplus has not been so favourably received, and yet as Parliament will have complete power to revise every application before it is made, the object which the Lords have in view is really secured. Thus, the Times bolds that, even from their own point of view, the Conservatives , of the Upper House have no good reason for rejecting' , the bill and exposing themselves to the risk that must arise if they set themselves in opposition to the national will. The Daily Telegraph admits that the Government plan of appropriating the money is not the best possible that might be conceived, but as no other has been suggested even by the severest critics, there is no alternative but to accept that which is offered. The Lords will no doubt see this, and boy► to circumstances, " for an inability to recognise the inevitable has never characterised the Peers of England." The Daily icews does not venture to pridict what the Lords will do, but only advises them to submit to the inevitable, and to .pass a bill which must pass in a few months. The Post, the Star, and the Advertiser content themselves with the safe announcement that it remains to be seen what the Lords will do. tension of the franchise. - inners proper tnaz some only of the councillors should be elected by the direct votes of medical practitioners. The reformers are numerous as well as active, since a petition signed by 5,000 persons was presented, and a similar one is to be laid before the Ministry. A strong compact body is wanted in which the public might place confidence, and this would be better attained by a wide extension of the suffrage than by the elected representatives of constituencies of twenty or thirty persons. THE POLITICAL CRISIS. The Commons having done their part with regard to the Irish Church Bill, the interest of the situa tion now depends upon the Lords. We turn to the Conservative papers for information, and we find them unanimous in declaring that the Peers cannot accept the bill now sent up to them. Concurrent endowment is, indeed, dead, for even Mr. Disraeli has thrown it overboard, and that being so, his colleagues in the Upper House cannot insist upon it. In fact, the John, Bull says that they will waive this, and also the Ulster glebes. But, according to the same authority, "they will insist, at all hazards, on the amendment postponing the distribution of the surplus, and on the preamble being so framed as at least not to forbid the applica tion of money to religious purposes." The Morning Herald, without going into much detail, says that " the Irish Church Bill has been returned to the House of Lords in such shape that the Peers cannot possibly accept it." The same paper declares that if the vote upon this point had beeri - taken by ballot, the Government would undoubtedly have been defeated, and con skiers that the majority of only 74 spews how strong is the feeling against the Government scheme. The Standard is more emphatic. It declares that the qnestiol . now is wheth er th e H ouse o f L ords i s to have any voice in legislation at all, that the Govern ment have forced on this issue, that the friends of law and or d er , l oya l ty and liberty, have no choice but to accept it, and that it is high time that the cause of the Church and the authority of the Peers should be strenuously and peremptorily vindicated. Turning to the other papers, we find the Timer frankly acknowledging that when the House of Commons refuses even to divide upon concurrent endowment, it is useless to maintain that proposal s and the Lords are bound to yield. Similarly the question of the Ulster glebes is simply one of inter- Pze4#9l4 were they naticiAl Property RAF THE LATE. COLLAPSE. " M.P.," probably Mr. Walter, writes to the Times to explain how it was that, in face of the fact of the House of Commons being favourable to Lord Stan hope's proposal, it was negatived without a division. The Irish Catholic members were greatly divided about it, and at a meeting of Irish members, held on Friday, it was decided that the first object should be to secure the safety of the bill ; that there was an honourable understanding with the English Nonconformist and Scotch members that the spirit of the preamble should be maintained, and that were the Government to depart from that honourable understanding the result would pro bably be the disruption of the party and the loss of the bill. This decision of a large meeting settled the matter, and thus, on the opening of the debate, there were found arrayed against Lord Stanhopes amend ment the Government and the great portion of the members below the gangway, the Irish Liberal members, with few exceptions, and the Opposition leaders and their- followers. Nevertheless, is M.P.," does not gi ve u p hope. The pr eam bl e , even if it should be accepted by the Lords, would still allow Government to give the glebes and manses to Roman Catholic priests, in order to maintain that principle of equality which is now violated by allowing the Protestant clergy to have their glebes at a nominal sum, and the Protestant Church to hold the old cathedrals built by Catholic hands. "M.P." adds that the same meeting affirmed that the distribution of the surplus should be deferred until a mature expression of Irish opinion could be obtained. To this fact is due in part the diminished majority which the Government obtained in the division on this point. Nine English and seven Irish Liberals voted against the Government. A VENERABLE PROTESTANT. A propos to the Lords' protest against the Irish Church Bill, the Daily _Yews call attention to a similar protest entered in 1807 by Lord Ellenborough against the Reform Bill. It appears a curious docu ment enough, now that the excitement and the party cries of that time have become things of the past. Here is one of the noble lord's reasons for opposing the bill:— " Because the House of Commons, composed of inferior men, dependent upon the fickle feelings of the masses they represent, will not afford to any Ministers a fair and consistent support ; and successive Governments, per manently weak, limited in the choice of men to fill the great offices of State to the few who may have the best hopes of re-election, compelled to feel their way by measures of a tentative character, not fully approved even by themselves, will exist from day to day by con cessions, lose all respect for themselves, but not before they have lost that of others, and at lenc , th retire with the conviction that the theoretical perfection of con stituencies is incompatible with the successful conduct of the affairs of the country in Parliament." How mistaken Lord Ellenborough was may he seen in the complaints of the Conservatives that the Liberal party follow Mr. Gladstone blindly, that the measure is too sweeping and severe, that no concessfons - whatever are made, and that the Premier has too much power in his hands. The noble lord's want of foresight may be seen, moreover, in the fact that nearly all the more eminent men of former Parlia ments have been again returned ; so that not only is the enlarged constituency not a fickle one, but it does not differ very materially from the unreformed constituency. The Daily New 3 remarks that the protest against the Irish Church 13i11 will be as obsolete and curious two years hence as this is now. OLADSTONIAN LETTEIIS3. Two letters from Mr. Gladstone arc just pub- One written to Glasgow is about concurrent endowment, and tells us what we already know, that the Government will maintain their original policy notwithstanding the Lords. The other epistle was written to the Premier's constituents at Greenwich, and is as innocent as the Glas gow ono of divulging Cabinet secrets.. The first letter is to the effect that "her Majesty's Govern ment are not less convinced than heretofore of the policy and justice of the Irish Church Bill, and they will use their best efforts to maintain in their efficiency the principles on which they endeavoured to frame the measure, and of - which the House of Commons was pleased to approve." The greeting to Greenivich assures the trades unio n i s t s th a t th e Ministry are fully alive to the importance of the subject raised by Mr. Hughes's bill; they ha v e already supported that bill on second reading, but it is not to be carried further this session. The most bigoted opponent of Mr. Gladstone cannot complain that by these letters he is, disrespectfully to Parlia ment, taking outsiders into his confidence. A REFORMED CHARACTER. That Ritualist of Ritualists, Dr. Frederick George Lee, has turned over a new leaf. Forgetting all about the very ornate services at All Saints', Lambeth, forgetting that he is the editor of the Directorium Anglicanum, with all its numerous illustrations of vestments; he writes to the John Bull denouncing the Ritualists, "as they are called," for being "engrossed in discussing the grave question of the cut of a clergyman's robe, while a broad revolutionary prin ciple is being welcomed by a brawling rabble, and silently applied to our much-loved country by adroit demagogues. In the State (Dr. Lee goes on to say) some of our hereditary rulers are engaged in the exalted, noble, and dignified sport of shooting tame pigeons, which have been previously mutilated, in order to kill time. Thus it was with the nobility and clergy before the French Revolution. llistory often reproduces itself." ARCHDEACON bENISON. The Archdeacon of Taunton has a vigorous pen, and being very angry with the House of Lords, he knows how to show it. He writes the following letter to the John Bull : " It is commonly said that the House of Lords has dons well. Now observe what two principal things the House of Lords has done. 1. It has affirmed disestablishment-- that is, it has affirmed that 'the State' is of no particular religion. 2. It has affirmed concurrent endowment'— that Is, it has affirmed the sustentation of what the Bishop of Oxford calls our common Christianity,' against the gAtRt449 1 1.44 1 1c41340q1 1 k4-agriglit-eadebti l tithit, -- Primitive and Catholic. Can two worse things be clone by any legislative body?" POLITICS IN 'WALES. If one believed everything said about Welsh politics ono would have to despair of the Princi pality. We are told, on the ono hand, that nearly every Welsh farmer differs from his landlord in politics; that the landlords aro tyrannical, and will insist upon each tenant voting as he wishes ; and that the tenant " for an easy life" does in many cases as he is bid. On the other hand, the tenant is repre sented to be thoroughly with his landlord on most points, but under the oppression of the Dissenting ministers, who use and abuse all their power, temporal and spiritual, to get votes for their party. Leaving the opinion of .- the tenant out of consideration, be must be most miserable during election excitement. His landlord, coming to him, says :—" Vote blue and lose your farm ;" his pastor: " Vote yellow or forfeit the privileges of IFelignon." Surely each side must be painting the picture of the tyranny of the other with too deep colours. • A ZAP i:I7.AMPLE. The Bishop of London has ordered a floral cross to be removed from St. Matthias, Stoke Newington. What is the use- of bishops, who have surely enough work on their hands, interfering in such petty points of detail as thi s ? If Dr. Jackson objects to the floral cros3 inside a parish church, why does he not take down the golden cross from the top of his own cathedral, which is a good deal larger and more conspicuous ? Bishops please not to copy. TILE MEDICAL COUNCrb. The annual session of the Medical Council has just been held at the College of Physicians. As it was known that the Government had made some communication respecting the amendment of the Medical Acts, much w.ls expected from this ses sion, but nothing was really clone. The question of medical education was postponed till next year, and a small majority decided in favour of the present constitution of the council. It consists at present of persons chosen by the universities and licensing corporations, and these institutions have allowed their ruling committees to select the representatives. - Some of the reformers, headed by Dr. Prosser James,. .a . liarliam . eAary candidate for 16. Sratak laiienitiodotfuleniandli e 110 W NOT TO DO IT. The working of the Circumlocution Office has seklom been more admirably illustrated than in the official proceedings relative to the refusal of the Customs' Commissioners to grant landing powers to the Dagenham Docks Company. On the 10th of June an application was made for the correspondence in connection with this remarkable specimen of official interference. On the 12th of July it appeared. The next day it was withdrawn, on the ground that it was " not. yet complete." It will be interest ing to learn whether the Treasury Department has anything to add which can -in any way better its position. The only argument worthy the name yet brought forward is that the docks are not wanted, and this assertion has met with a point-blank refutation in the shape of testimony from numerous merchants who have no personal connection with the undertaking. Mean while the company's property, after remaining. unproductive for months in consequence of the Customs' Commissioners arbitrary decision, must be condemned to further, waste, because five weeks are not sufficient time for the " complete" production of aby no means voluminous correspondence. A. capital of £170,000 invested in a legitimate under taking is lost because the Commissioners have so de cided, and because they are a tribunal from which there is no appeal. FOREIGN NOTES.' THE EMPEROR'S REFORMS. The Spectator does not think much of the Emperor's Message. "Let me act as I please, and I will let you talk as you please" is the summary of the concessions inthe opinion of our contemporary. Napoleon gives nothing to his enemies but new motives, and new space for shouting. He grants nothing to his friends, except an ex tended liberty of talk. It ought not to be over looked, however, that hitherto the Emperor has acted as he pleased, and has not allowed either enemies or friends to talk as they please. Is it possible that ho or any other sovereign can act as be pleases whilst allowing full liberty of speech in the Chamber 3 The Saturday Review thinks the Emperor could not have made more considerable con cessions short of a complete surrender of the prerogatives which distinguish him from a constitutional sovereign. AUSTRIA AND THE SOUTH GERMAN STATES. One of the most interesting documents published in the new Austrian Red-book is a despatch by Count Roust on the subject of a South German Confederation. The Austrian Chancellor affirms that his Government approved the idea of a Confederation for the South German States. Austria, however, would neither found it nor assist in founding it. Should it ever arise no one will be able to say that it was due to Austrian intrigues. TILE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. A third telegraphic cable between America and Europe has been successfully laid, and will soon, no doubt, be actively at work. As yet, however, the French Atlantic Cable has no locus standi in the United States. A local State Legislature has indeed given permission for it to be landed ; but this power is claimed from Congress alone, and thus it is possible for the permission to be rescinded. Of course such an extreme course is not probable. The cable must be as useful to the United States as to France ; and, moreover, the leading New York papers are against the Attorney-General in his theory that a State Legislature cannot authorise the land ing of a foreign cable. But the question, many think, is matter for a compromise. The French Government have given the concession of this cable for twenty years, and thus no American company can start a line to France. If the French cable be allowed in America; any American cable that might be designed ought to be permitted in France. The Secretary of the French Transatlantic Com pany writes to say that he anticipates no difficulty from Congress in this matter. The cable will be landed under the general telegraph law of the United States, which no more prohibits the landing of a cable than a bale of goods. The State Legislature of Massachusetts has given special permission in addition to this general law. It is not likely that Congress will act against either this or any other company in such a matter. THE HAPPY DAY. The celebration of the fourth of July—the anniversary of the declaration of American independence—is rapidly becoming a nuisance in the United States. It is all very well to rejoice in honour of this great occasion; but unfortunately the Americans employ such quantities of gunpowder, fireworks, and such immense bonfires in their rejoicings, that property to a large amount is burnt every year on this happy day. The New Yuri.: Times calculated upon a loss of between one and two million dollars this year, and the estimate was not far wrong. The rejricings were as enthusiastic and the fires as numerous as ever. As to eyes blinded, fingers blown off, and the like, they are beyond compute. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. The commissioners of the Pacific Railway, General Warren and Judge Wilson, have furnished their repJrt on its construction. They deny altogether the rumour that the line is unsafe. It is generally well built and in good order. BATTLE IN CUBA. Notwithstanding the enfeebled condition of the Spanish and insurgent armies, they have managed to get through another engagement. The fight between the Spaniards and the troops under the American General Jordan appears to have been of some importance. It lusted eight hours, and resulted in the defeat of the Spanish forces, who commenced the attack. The loss of the insurgents was 200 killed and wounded. Twenty of the dead were Americans. EXECUTION OF AMERICAN FILIBUSTERS. The American press is loudly demanding inquiry into the case of the sailor Sheakman, or Speedman, who was recently executed in Cuba for being a member of a (illus. tering party. The man avowed on oath that he had been engaged as a sailor at New York without knowing the real purport of the voyage on which he was to sail. The New York Times points out that a British subject, named Robinson, was recently imprisoned at Matanzas, but Commodore Phillimore at once hastened with an ironclad to the port, and demanded his release. his request not being granted, the British officer landed, and forcibly carried off the man. Are American citizens, asks the Timeß, less entitled to protec tion t h an Englishmen? Surely the Spaniards are going too far. ANOTHER CAPTURE OF A BRITISH SHIP. The English schooner Lahave was captured in tow of a steamer off the Cuban coast, and taken into Nuevitas by a Spanish warship on the 12th of June. The Lahave, which had cleared at Boston for Jamaica, had thirteen cannon, besides a large quantity of ammunition, on board. It was supposed, however, that her destination was Hayti, and not Cuba, and on that ground the English* commodore and our Consul-General protested against the seizure. Later intelligenr e t r-o 11;rvarit: a a 3 ,4 andit t- was ex'pected that the latter would be given up to the t l3ritish authorities at Jamaica. lIINDOO WIDOWS. The principal news from India is to be found in an announcement to which the European ignorant of Indian customs might not attach much importance. A Hindeo widow has been remarried at Bombay. Among ti e higher castes of the Ilindoos the marriage of a wido , v is absolutely forbidden; and as marriages take place at an exceedingly early age, there are many widows to be found who are not yet full-grown women, and who have never lived with those to whom they were married. There is no more cruel and unreasonable prac tice existing amongst the natives than this treatment of widows. A strong feeling against the custom is, however, now growing up. A Marriage Reform Association has been established, and this " first widow's marriage" marks the beginning of an important reform. Both bride and bridegroom were Brahmins. INDIAN NOTES. No serious damage to shipping from the second cyclone, which took place at Calcutta on the 9th of June, had been announced up to the departure of the Indian mail. Nothing, however, has been heard of the Cheduba, the mail steamer which, it is feared, was lost in the first cyclone on May 26., Some bodies—including those of two women—were washed ashore at Chittagong, and it is supposed that these were passengers by the Cheduba. All hope of the safety of this fine vessel is abandoned. Shere Ali is carrying out his measures of reform with great success. The work of Britishising the Affghans is going on favourably. The Ameer has got a police force, which is working well. He is reorganising the army, changing his troops for better, and building barracke. He is disarming the local chiefs and punishing all distur bances. If he lives long enough, and his English mania lasts, Affghauistan will soon be a new country. A Calcutta savant, named Cameron, has startled India by the affirmation that a race of tailed men and women are to be found in the forests of Borneo. He says that his information comes from Sarawak traders, who state that this " missing link " race live in the trees, have bows and arrows, and other rude implements, and subsist en tirely by hunting. M. Cameron proposes an expedition in search of this curiosity, and the Indian Daily News so far belleyeti in him 41t9 azisist-* raising :Rcceopay 141401 AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) Mrs. Arabella Mansfield, aged 24, was admitted with her husband to practise in the Courts of lowa. They are recommended not to set up separate offices, as they may be engaged on opposite sides, and take to " bally-ragging" each other. Such a contest might descend into domestic abuse, whereby the Court would become the scene even of a greater scandal than that of Marlborough -street in the Carrington-Murray affair. If they work together as Mansfield and wife, the former attending Court, and the latter presiding in the office, they will form an efficient firm; but if the lady insists on taking the more prominent part, Mansfield will see his better-half engaged in bullying witnesses, practis ing her wiles on a stupil jury, pathetically describ ing the sufferings of an illused prisoner, or hurry ing to gaol to have an interview with a murderer or a burglar; or, more attractive still, at least to the spectators, taking an active part in a seduction, breach of promise, or divorce case. The Washington Government is admitted in Europe to be acting with great loyalty towards Spain in the suppression of filibustering enterprises against Cuba. The Philadelphia correspondent of the Times telegrapheds'on Thursday evening : " The United States District Attorney, Pierrepont, of New York, to-day has issued an order by the President, placing the entire army and navy force there at his dis posal to stop the Cuban filibusters. The cause is that they are suspected of fitting out another expedition." General Caballero de Rodas* has proclaimed that vessels transporting insurgents will be treated as pirates ; and the Prussian Censul-General at Ha vannah has issued a eircular through the German Consuls in the United States, cautioning Germans against joining the filibustering expeditions to Cuba, and stating that the insurrection in the island is rapidly subsiding since the enforcement of the neutrality laws by the United States. As regards foreign affairs Secretary Fish has ar rived at an agreement with the Government at Mexico for a joint committee to meet at Washington to settle the claims of American citizens against Mexico. Colonel "Warren has had an interview with the Pre sident, wherein Gen. Grant's attention was drawn towards cases specified by him of the imprisonment of Irish Americans by the British authorities, and an investigation has been ordered. These investi gations are a standing institution forPaddy'samuse inept; • and we venture to assert that every Ameri can Minister at the Court of St. James's has sAcks of them, made up in neat bundles, ready for publi cation on the shortest notice. The Irish Republic laments the little influense exercised by the seven millions of Irish in America. The reason is that they waste their opportunities in declamation, in the pursuit of phantoms, and in supporting worth less agitators who use them for their own private gain. How can they expect to leave their mark on American institutions if they keep organizing, not for things American, but for foreign matters. Had they expended half the time, talent, labour, and money on founding States or carrying out anything else but turmoil and rebellion the Irish Republic would not now have to whine after this fashion : "Here is our enemy's gamo. How have we met her ? It is useless to answer. Our very miserable position here answers that question. With an Irish population of at least seven millions, counting the immediate descendants of our people, we are of no consequence whatever. We do not count a feather in the scale where public opinion is weighed. A few English missionaries, novelists, phi losophers, professors, and poets, can take hold of the mind of America and mould it like putty into an Anglo- Saxon cast, while millions of Irishmen live, work, think, and die here, without leaving a Celtic line in the linea ments of the Republic." The Hon. John Rose has personally opened negotia tions at 'Washington for the renewal of the Reci procity Treaty with the United States. We may here add that he and Mr. Galt have been created Knights of the New Colonial Order of St. Michael and St. George. Relating to accidents and offences, a riot took place on the night of the 12th in New York, a pro cession of Orangemen being attacked by a party of Catholics. Thirty persons were injured, but the police succeeded in quelling the disturbance. The other item is very serious, and was reported on Thurs day night by the Times correspondent. It is a re petition of the old tale, and we fear we may add on the old railroad— "There was an accident on Wednesday night on the Erie Railway to tho New York express train, which was thrunn from the track. The cars caught fire, and seven persons wero burned to death." Secretary Boutwell ordered that every officer and applicant for posts be examined by experts in the branch of the Revenue Department for which they apply, and he directs that the examination be bona fide and strict, the selection among several applicants, being made by competitive examination. This is an important move in the direction of Civil Service reform. Among other retrenchments Secretary Boutwell has abolished double salaries for doing the work of two; be has consolidated the revenue cut ter, the marine hospital, and the steamboat inspec tion division into one bureau, to be superintended by Mr. Devereux, of the Revenue Cutter Service ; added to the reduction of $20,000,000 by diminish ingthe army to 20,000 men; $6,000,000 will be saved by bringing down the number of camp-followers from ten to four thousand; by revising the allow ances to assessors over $40,000 will be saved ; and the advertising bill has been materially lowered. Mr. Asa Packer has been nominated by the Penn sylvania Democratic Convention, for Governor. General Hancock has refused his nomination ; the Democratic platform denounces negro suffrage and the Congressional reconstruction policy, and con demns the present tendency to a centralisation of power. We hear a great deal of what they con demn in Pennsylvania, but we would like to know what they advocate. Ite Conservative victory in Virginia is much discussed, the result is considered to be an endorsement of the President's course in ordering a separate vote upon the sections of ale new constitution on disfranchisement p.a. the test oath. The Democratic journal..eribe it to a coali tion between the Conservative Republicans and the Democrats against the Radicals, .and they predict a like result throughout the South. The Tribune, however, remarks that the vote upholds impartial suffrage and those general principles which the De mocracy has most persistently rejected. The long and short of it is that common sense prevails— "' .goutiaern. gentlemen nod that they must accept the results or the war or allow power to be grasped by carpet-baggers. The President fairly gives them the opportunity of doing so, and they have been wise enough to seize it ; thus the return is to the very policy which would have been pursued by Abraham Lincoln, and was so dis astrously interpreted by the mulishness of Andrew Johnson. A year of Grant's Administration will teach men practically the measure of harm one man can effect, for the contrast will be then before them. General Canby testifies that the elections were fairly conducted. Finding that his policy answered Gen. Grant has issued two proclamations, the one ordering the elec tions in the State of Mississippi to be held ou the 30th November ; a separate vote, as in Virginia, is to be taken upon the sections of the new State Con stitution, which provides for the enforcement of the test oath and disfranchisement. A similar procla mation was issued by the President shortly after ordering the Texas reconstruction election to be held on the same day, and the votes to be similarly taken. The Mariposa bubble, of which we last week .gave an account,'has excited a very general attention in New York. The 10 percent. certificates into which the bonded debt bad been converted, as well as the Preferred Stock, had been worked up by stories . fabricated either in New York or in California at the estate of large earnings reported by Mr. P. W. Holmes, president of the company. From the company's office it was asserted that they were making between fifteen hundred and two thousand dollars in gold per day, and these flattering re ports found their way into the columns of the newspapers,which,of course, had the effect of inducing the trusting public to buy. It was then that those who invented the stories sold, and if the mysterious re ports circulating in Iv all-street about this com pany be true, it is but mildly described in one of its nick-names, the " Done Brown fiasco," Brown and Company being one of the houses which dealt largely ih the Stock, Mr. Maik Brummagen, one of the trustees, and formerly president of the com pany, with others, had asserted that the income from the estate was on such a scale that before the end of the yearthe stock would beat par, and thatit could not have any material reaction. On appli cation at the company's office it is maintained that the prospects continue highly favourable, that the fall was owing to a panic with which the company had nothing to do. A public investigation is ad visable in the hope of eliciting the truth and fixing aright the criminality, for these things are fearfully injurious to trade, which in all civilized lands must be based on confidence. One of the main objects of the expose is to prevent the confederates from repeating the little game, whereby the preferred stock was made to jump from 8 to 52, and from 52 down to 13. On the Ist instant the monument erected in the cemetery of Gettysburg, where lie those who fell in the great battle fought there, was dedicated in the presence of 15,000 people, of whom Gen. Meade, the victor, was the most prominent. Beside him were Generals Robinson and Parker, Governors Geary, Padelford, Baldwin, and others, Secretary Rawlins, and two of the main actors in the cerc- molly, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the poet Bayard Taylor. The oration was delivered by Senator Merton, the opening prayer was offered by Henry Ward Beecher ; General Meade also spoke, Bayard Taylor recited his Dedication Ode, written for the occasion, a beautiful poem whose length, we regret, precludes us from publishing. Abra ham Lincoln dedicated the ground six years ago, and it has been beautified and the monument con structed by 18 Commissioners deputed by the States whose dead are there buried. On that day they resigned their trust, delivering up the beautiful cemetery which is situated on the hill where the battle most raged, to the National Government. The monument is a granite obelisk, 50 feet high, sur mounted by the figure of Fame in white marble. On each of the four projections at the base stands a commemorative figure. A belt surrounds the column with 86 stars; the National bird is em blazoned in front, and an entablature bears the date of the battle-Ist, 2d, and 3d, July, 1863. Thi sin teresting occasion requires a fuller report than we have space to give this week. The advices from Arizona give some account of Colonel Sanford's raid, who had returned with his command on the Bth June to Camp Al‘Dowell. They had killed 22 Indians and captured four dur ing the expedition. Colonel Prue's command killed three Indians, and destroyed a great amount of property during the late raid through the Wallapel country. The latest intelligence by Cable is that a detachment of cavalry, under Colonel Carr, bad surprised a band of hostile Cheyennes in the Indian territory - last Sunday, killing 52 and capturing 17. From Kansas the mail news is that the Indians were moving to their reservations and submitting to the new policy of the Government, which comes by waY of Ellsworth, Kansas, not dated July 1. Colonel Carr will beluckyif hebe accused of slayingthe un fortunate savages on their way to these reservations. It was reported from New York on the 10th that disastrous floods had occurred in Colorado Valley, Texas, several towns having been inundated. This flood was probably the same as that which wrought such havoc in Kansas, the effects of which are thus described : " Advices from Kansas, in regard to the late storms and freshets in that State, say that in the neighbourhood of Junction City and west of there the flood was greater than any other since the. settlement of the State. Bridges have been carried away, houses destroyed, and many lives lost The greatest disaster occurred at Chapman Creek, 13 miles west of Junction City, where several houses wore washed away and Jl3 persons are known to have been drowned. It is supposed that a number of others have perished. The rising of the streams was so sudden and unexpected that before the residents in the valleys were aware of the danger, their dwellings were surrounde d with water and all chance of escape cut off. It was re ported that numbers had escaped by climbing trees, an d ! in that situation, some aro awaiting the decline of the flood. At Manhattan 14 dead bodies had been seen fioat i ng down Blue River. No mails or trains from the 1 1 have arrived at Ellsworth since Friday last. There has been a great destruction of bridges and the tract o f the Kansas Pacific Railroad, from Solomon River to Manhat tan, and 30 lives are reported lost." In New York it appears there are only 17, 919 persons who pay a tax on their incomes. Some seventy of them return upwards of $lOO,OOO. Among the rest A. T. Stewart, $3,019,218; Wm. B. Astor, $1,079,212 ; Janles Gordon Bennett, $186,500; Robert Bonner (Ledger)/ $183,841 ; James Brown (banker), $243,357; We' Dodge, $221,375 ; llarvey Fiske, $286,129 ; Rufus Hate" , $130,000; A.S. Batch, $278,261 ; E. T. lliggius, $131, 128 E. S. Jaffray, $227,598 ; Paran Stevens, $244,335 ; 31. ° 3e8 Taylor, $279,433. A National Methodist Camp-tneeting was to V held at the Round Lake (New York) July 6, and to tinue ten days. Carpenters wore busy in putting up porary accommodation, pulpits fronted by immense aniPbl theatres, and apartments for communities and societies Upwards of 40,000 Wesleyans were e x p ec ted; the tance from New York is 104 miles, from ibetbe 231, and from Buffalo 230, in view of Ro un d Lake ° ll _, Rensselaer and Saratoga Railway, midway between '. l -P/ and Saratoga Springs. Telegraphic advices from Melbourne anne uce 4 z e , the 'sailing of the following gold ships •.—Thr —l3 with £19,000, and the Lady Jocelyn witb ilt broug The Russia, from New York, b.' _ 410" £12,800; and the Delhi has arrive 7 -from alle' andrie, with £491,667. We ber , e an arr with 1 . t s ,a mos ban_ ment has been made by the Au: , a the the Peninsular and Orient'. Company f , e educed freight bY tu A transmission of gold at a rrive''' consignment just a Overland route, and th is under the new sca i noullw ,44,000, than those hitb ecte 1,. 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The weak and delicate may take them withou t ' , i , Holloway's pills are eminently serviceable to invalids of WRAP constitution. v lei° Du BARRY'S Delicious Health Restoring Ile ,%f the Arabics, Food, which contains three times the nourishrae n, ,wre o best meat, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies , r e „. - to: perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs healthy " I ,l v- i s' os'' freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to . tlie 03 1 1 °- enfeebled, removing speedily and effectually indigestio n j iver pepsia), habitual constipation, diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, ore complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fever s ,,' ears , throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head tn: 0 ,1,51:. ache, debility, dropsy, cramps 7 Ipie r amie s - fe twt, imp7ities, erumious- J.'!-' ' Pitati 1 7 ileraitbunrri, lie7o: sinking fits, coughs, asthma, bronchitis,' incipient consuin.,,,r 4 " - ebt scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the - Pit of the ato m es : c ur io, between the shoulders, Bcc. We quote a few out of c 6 ,04) 'sp p asms :a n uses, and sick2iiec, -The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food, en, re .tber 68,413. ' Rome, July 21, 1866.-The health of the Noll r:, be is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other renied' e n l,ic* has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's It al nta Ar a h a s Rev alt 1 ft . 4 Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meg -. d / 11-- produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, any o ul, Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highl3;: - ‘ ,,ar 9 the Gazette du Midi, July 25. Cure No. 49,832: "Of Fifty " i ota, indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, As " ,cli, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stoTfoar. and vomiting. Maria Jolly. Wortham, Ling, near Diss , L ° r age , Cure No. 47,121: Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing ''7, 4 tiolif Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme nervousness, ina'A,'"i i tion• gatherings, low spirits. and nervous fancies. Important' lota' -Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slog iota' tions to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's nam e " a audaciously attached. i 2 0 22 ,,,1 In tins, at ls lid; 1 lb 2s 9d; 2lbs 4s 6d ; 51bs lie ; ,,,-,-,11-. 2t lbs 405.-Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABIEA ..'"';,, etlP - PoWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at vs, for , -, Lt 650 at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at 6s, for 288 cups at 30s. for 57 6 000 ;selii -being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 555 tins s i i: den ... , free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Of llo 9, OA BARI, Y Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Lono ,- ' all Grocers and Chemists _....01 BIRTHS. t• 11 BRAY—On the 24th inst., at Brighton, tho wife of 10 Colonel George Bray, 96th Begt., of a daughter. TROLLoPE—On the 17th inst., at Lincoln House, Ph of more-gardens, Kensington, Mrs. Charles B. Trollop°, a daughter. MARRIAGES. DONKIN —ThazoN- -On the 15th inst., n t Little PoriVrcrc street Chapel , Bryan Dunki n , jun, Esq., pf Villas, Catiiptlen:hill to Cleol"giana”ltiarY, 01(101" ter of Frank Dillon, of 13, Upper Phillim or" dons, Kensington. r' HANBI T RY—TOTTENHAM—On the 15th inst., at St. Ge erit, to Hanover-square, Chas. Hauhury, Esq., bth Lau r c ,:t o tteiv Ida C. Crichton, only daughter of Abraham L. ham, Esq., of Glenade, co. Leitrim. DEATHS. HUTCIIINSUN— On the 17th inst, at 12, Onslocl W-g o. rciell* S.W., William Barclay Hutch inson, E'., aged 6 ~, MOFFATT— On the 17th inst., at 11,Yonge-park,ouow" .. John Walter Moffatt, aged 61. riil3 01 119 ti WALKER—On the 17th inst., at llomerto n, Mr. -- Walker, of 1, Little Tower-street, aged 81 ws, London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDB! °1 „,, I ci of N. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office N 0.112. in the Precinct of the Savoy, iu the COtultY. 01 71114(11C UQACIAYI July 19,1369.,