The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-05 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. REDUCED PRICES.—FINAL PERFORM %NOES. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), August 5 (last night but two), LA ZINGAII4. Frimay, 3.11,;11,1; urdv, ut oth:), L. FIGLLI DEL nil other Entertaiiilneli t 9. L,it 7, (the last, night), L. TRAVIATA. On a DivertisiiemeEt, 11; which 13oseb.ett .h.. ell will Appear. The engagement of 3ladlle. Piccolomini and Signor Giuglini at Dublin will not allow any further performances being given. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last Night but Two.—Reduced Prices. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), Aug. 5, will be repeated Balfe's Opera, LA ZINGARA (The Bohemian Girl). Arline, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Yelva (Queen of the Gipsies), Madame Alboni; Count Arnheim, Signor Aldighieri ; Devilshoof, Signor Vialetts ; and Thaddeus, Signor Giuglini. And a Divertissement, in which Mesdlles. Boschetti, Annetta, Rosa, and M. Carou will appear. The Opera commences at 8 o'clock. Pit stalls, 12s. 641.; bores : grand tier, £3 36.; ono pair, £2 123. 6d.; tither, £2 25.; two pair, Li 55.; three pair, 155.; gallery b-yte, ed.; pit, 3s. 6d.; gallery stalls, 3.. ed.; gallery, 25.; may be h: V: at the Box-once at the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPEM.i, COVENT-GARDEN.—NEW THEATRE. Production of ZANIPA.—Last Night but Fire. THIS EVENING (THITBSDAY), Aug. 5, will be produced Hdrold's romantic Opera, ZASIPA. Camilla Maths. Parepa (her first appearance this season) ; Bits, Madlie. Dundolo, Signor Bonconi ; Alfonzo di Monza, Signor Neri-Baraldi ; Dentate, Signor Tagliafico ; I:Tn Corsare, Signor Pierini ; and Zanapa, Signor Tamberlik. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Opera commexces at half-past 8. Pit tickets, 108. 6d.; amphitheatre stalls, 105. 6d., 75., and is.; amphitheatre, 2s. C.d. Second tier boxes, 42 12s. 6d. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE : Shylock, Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of DYING FOR LOVE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Tinder the Management of Mr. George Webster. THIS EVENING, THE LOVE CHASE: Constance, Mrs. Charles Young; Wildrake, Mr. George Webster; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins -After which, the Ballet of Broomsticks. To conclude with JOSZ?BINE AND HER MILD OF THE REGIMENT Miss Laura If oney. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. F. Robson and W. 8. Emden. THIS EVENING, LEADING STRINGS : characters by Messrs. G. Vining and Addison, Mesdames Stirling, Wyndham, and Herbert. After which, BOOTS AT THE SWAN : Jacob Earwig. Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with A DOUBTFUL VICTORY : characters by Messrs. G. Vining and W. Gordon, Mesdames Stirling and Miss Herbert. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ASMODEUS; or, The Little Devil's Share: Miss Marie Wilton, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Bm. After which, LOVE IN ALL CORNERS Moors. Belford, C. Young, Mesdames Leigh Murray and M. Tornan. To conclude with GOOD FOR NOTHING : Nan, Miss Marie Wilton. THE SUN. TIIURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1858. A very brilliant spectacle is, even while we are writing, taking place at Cherbourg. There is a i re 'endly and cordial greeting between the Sovereigns oft he two greatest nations of the civilised world— natio )ns that have been opposed to each other in war, each -recognising in the other a worthy opponent, but wko have also stood side by side on the battle field, ai:eld shown that the steady and unflinching bravery * invariably displayed was worthy of the highest ciommendation. They have tried each other both as Wends and foes, and have, in both capaci ties, cause! , for mutual respect. For many years we have beet in the former, and let us earnestly hope that nothing may disturb the amicable relations so happily sef bsisting between us. Any war is bad, but one betwer'ne England and France is the worst that could by !ley possibility occur, so far as the interests of humanety and civilisation were concerned. The occasion is a remarkable one. It is the inau guration Oa great work which has occupied the at tention of i a triad of dynasties, and which has at length bean completed. It has been represented as "a standing menace to England," and that, conse quently, our Sovereign and fellow-citizens who have been enabled to avail themselves of the facilities for participating .fn the file should have held themselves aloof from tin,- demonstration. Away with the un worthy thouW ! GOD forbid that any true-hearted Englishman slitould permit himself to be influenced by such contemptible notions. We rejoice at every thing calculated to promote the welfare and pros erity of our neigh enure, and—despite the blustering of a few colonels—we, will add friends. So long as the Union-Jack and picolor float side by side, and he sailors and soldiers tere only animated by a friendly rivalry, every addition go the power of France wi:l be favourable to ourselves ; but should it unfortu nately be otherwise—should hostilities once more break out between the Great \ Powers of Western Europe (die avertita onien)—w, shall not shrink from anything that increased the strength we were bound to grapple with. It would be an un-British spirit that would seek to weaken our opponent on the eve of an impending conflict ; and the nation should not feel a jealousy which one of its citizens would be ashamed to confess. Truly, sincerely, and fervently, then, we wish good luck to the magnificent undertaking which has just been accomplished. We may trust that it will never be exercised agrinst British interests ; but if it should be so, we must be ready to meet the result, and to prove ourselves equal to any force that may be arrayed against us. When a pair of Briti-h pugi lists enter the ring and toe the scratch, the last ex pression before the encounter is, " May the best man win." And deeply as we should regret a conflict with France, we should never quail from the conse quences, notwithstanding the completion of Cher bourg, and the immense power of the naval squadron there assembled. As we have already stated, the Emperor NAPO LEON had a perfect right to complete, in his own dominiOns, the works so long commenced. We should not receive very patiently any remonstrances on the subject of strengthening Portsmouth, adding to our Fleet, or constructing new works at Alder ney. Why, then, should a different measure be meeted to France ? The howls and whines that have been bellowed, or grunted forth, are totally unworthy of British journalism ; nor are they in accordance with British feelings or opinions, and might occasion the danger they profess to complain of. On Tuesday, the EMPEROR and EMPRESS left St. Cloud, and safely arrived at Cherbourg the same evening. Yesterday her Majesty Queen V ICTORIA and the Paince Consort started, and arrived between six and sevenlast evening. They were cor dially greeted by the whole of the French fleet and forts. They were attended by what may be termed • " a naval guard of honour ;" nothing in tended . as a menace, but still something worthy of the British name. The Duke of MALL- E hT orr went in the Royal Albert, with his o ld friend, Lord LYONS. A large number of the popular representatives went in the Pera. And there Will altogether be a very brilliant reunion. We trust sincerely that the frank cordiality dis played by the QUERN and People of Great Britain will be fully reeip roea :_ed by the EMPEROR of the FRENCH and his subjects. The beneficent institution establltibed many gene rations back by good EDWARD ALLEYNR, th e ' Player, down yonder in that picturesque suburban retrei,:t at Dulwich, having long ago proved a failure, so far as' the realization of his original design was concerned, we are rejoiced more than we can well say in a few words at the recent inauguration of the bene volent scheme for the foundation of a Dramatic College. The cordiality with which the pro position has been at once greeted on all hands, but more particularly by the profession whose in terests it will most surely tend to conserve and foster, affords indication point blank of the ex cellence of the design sketclisd out by the principal originator as the ground plan sqr basis of precisely such an establishment. That p r iacip,2 l originator of the project of this Dramatic College—the I'II3WARD ALLEYNE of this generation in all save hist."" i c 3enius and temperament—is, as many appreciativ , ' thousands know very well by this time HENRY DODD, Esq., a private gentleman, who has sponta neously set the whole kindly scheme afoot by volun teering the gift of so many acres of land upon which the intended structure is to be erected, together with the donation of a hundred guineas towards defraying the expenses of building up the Dramatic College from its foundations. A recent gathering together of actors, artists, 'and i in =of Etltio l sympathizing its this genial idea, fresh • • •,:.'''.1.:, , . '''''-, , . A ,;:y!,,,4..„,.....i5,,,i,0.uf•Ar:1•1., THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1858 from the head, or rather from the heart of HENRY DODD, demonstrated pleasantly enough upon the stage of the Pritlet.,:r:', 'iheatre the readirce;, - s 01' those mainly concerned in it= realization to farther the initiatc,ry munHlL:ence t e man whose name Nill hf,:nceforth star; at ti - head of a long and noble list of patrons and supporters. A kindred demonstration took place some two or three years back on the stage of the Haymarket, we perfectly well remember to have been presided over by our English Le Sage—a meeting convened for the purpose of laying bare the grievous mismanagent of ALLEYNE'S richly endowed institution hard by the Dulwich Gallery. That assemblage has unquestionably in some sort ltd to the one presided over only so very recently by Mr. CHARLES KEAN at the home of the Drama of which he is at once the most accomplished artist and the efficient and energetic manager. Conspicuous amongst those who have evinced a more peculiar zeal in furthering the new design of the Dramatic College have been the very men who aided most directy the efforts made towards the reorganisation of the old but alas now, to all intents and purposes for the most part obsolete establishmentof the like kind. Failing in the endeavour to put an end to a glaring abuse and a really monstrous anomaly in regard to ALLEYNE'S College, at Dulwich, the promoters of that well-intentioned agitation have worked round a t last by a kind of logical sequence to afar grander design than that originally planned by them in the midst of their most sanguine anticipations. That design is no longer merely to reorganise an ancient but misma naged institution, but to establish a perfectly new one upon far broader and far more secure founda tions. Honour and success to them! And a speedy fulfilment of their brightest hopes in regard to the new Dramatic College ! Our great contemporary is deeply concerned for the QUEEN'S English; not because German may be presumed to be the favourite language of the Royal nursery or closet, and the language some day of our married Princesses, perhaps of our married Princes too; but because her present Ministers are putting corrupt English into the Ro.e al mouth. We are not perhaps quite correct—the Times expresses its " un affected thankfulness" that her MAJESTY'S lips had not been insulted with the utterance of the Speech "advised" by her Ministers. It was quite right for the Times to apprise us of its " unaffectedness." For the sake of a large number of hasty or unreflect ing readers, we hope it will keep up the practice, dis tinguishing by the word " unaffected " all such articles as express its real emotions—unless, indeed, the danger should arise of the readers suspecting that the 7 imes " doth protest too much." " The QUEEN'S English," says our deploring, yet " unaffectedly thankful" contemporary, is prover bially ill-used; never more so than yesterday. What would old COBBETT, of whose ghost the unaffected writer professes to stand in awe, have said to such confusion of his " Times of the verb" ? We can fancy him writing somewhat to this effect—" My dear little JAMES—Queen ' s speeches are composed by so many persons, are read, and read again, and so forth—they ought, therefore, to be models of gram matical correctness—Articles in the Times are writ ten by able penmen in daily practice, who generally, as in this case, have had the short Speech many hours in their hands before they write upon it. They may be expected to write with grammatical correct ness generally, but we may especially look for it from them when they devote a whole first leader to criticising the language of her MAJESTY and her ad visers. Turn, then, to the Times of August 3d, and you will find the sentence on which I wish to snake a remark or two. You will have no difficulty in find ing it, for it is the very first sentence of the gram matical lecture to the Cabinet. You will see that the second clause in the sentence has no verb. Ino not object to a proTer ellipsis, as I have already shown you ; but you, my dear little JAME 4, know batter than to write with ellipsis when supplying the ellipsis would make nonsense. Fill up this sentence, and our Gracious QUEEN would be made to say—' The QUEEN'S English is proverbially ill used, never more so than it is yesterday.' For you know you cannot sup ply a ' time' from a preceding clause which was not there. We know what the Times meant, but that is not sufficient in the case of a critic of a QUEEN'S speech. The meaning of a critic ought to be gram matically, if not elegantly, expressed." In the second sentence we had doubts, similar to those entertained by the critic, about certain words and phrases in the QUEEN'S Speech, respecting the good taste of " impressions of thankfulness on read ing the Speech." Impressions from reading or from any other cause acting on the mind would seem quite natural to us ; but " impressions on," if we kept in view, as exact writers prefer to do in the construc tion of sentences, the physical and etymological meaning of the words, would suggest that we had impressed thankfulness on the reading ! Nor do we quite like the growing substitution of this word for " feelings" or " emotions." Feelings or emotions of thankfulness we must think to be better QUEEN'S English. "Who does these things?" the critic exclaims imme diately afterwards.. Now we should not have thought much of this licence, had he not been so very wroth further on with the writers of the QUEEN'S speech for not making relatives and antecedents strictly corre spond. He must expect to have his own measure used in meting out censure to him ; and what plural antecedent, we may ask, is there to " these?" We have read before of but one thing—" Her MAJESTY'S message." There is positively nothing else to which " these things" can, according to the se n se, refer. . " Her MAJESTY'S lips," we presume, and the " im pressions of unaffected thankfulness," could not be " things done" by any one. Again, we confess with the old Radical, that we know what the oracle means; but oracles, nowadays, should speak grammatically, especially when taking others to task for not doing so. In a sentence a little further on we must pro fess that, smoothly as it reads, we are not absolutely sure, even after reading it several times, whether, when the writer asks, "Is anybody at all answerable for them ?" the " them" refers to persons or to things. We think we guess what is intended, but why should we have to guess the meaning of a person writing verbal criticism ? Let our readers try their skill. " Who does these things ? To what rank of office do they belong ? Is anybody at all answerable for them, or is direct authorship dexter ously avoided ?" The pronouns might refer to " these things" throughout; but, if so, how awkward the question "to what rank of office do they belong ?" It may be asked of things, to be sure; but nine readers out of ten would immediately think of persons, for getting that " who," in the first sentence, is followed by a singular verb; while, again, they would be " in a haze" with the next question, hardly referring " them" to persons there. ' I But we must not follow too long the example of our critical contemporary, in his exercises on COB nr:T. We confess he had considerable provocation to evoke the spfrit of the censor of Kings' Speeches and the despOches of great generals. Possibly, however, the very citzumstances which, it is presumed, should insure corrcet.ness in a Royal Speech are just t h ose which interfere . with it. Whoever has had to draw up any do cun ant for a committee must have found that after disc uss i on ' and altering this, withdrawing that, here qualifying a :;ttle, and there adding a sen tence or two, he could hai'llY trust himself to say whether the whole was sen se !Ind grammar or not. A well-known old proverb, in wh . ;.^.l) M. SOYER, ¶ are sure, believes, is thoroughly gpplicable her.; and probably our critic himself would not like to be answerable for au article which he had to work into qope after the suggestion of fifty amendments. At any ''ate, we have seen few Royal Speeches which would bear a minute criticism. One of the very by her MAJESTY 7,c'e of Lord PALMERSTON ! worst we herself, by the ad recoNeet was delivered' The " Spy System" is rea lly becoming something fearful in this country. Un-English as the habit is, men are gradually lending themselves to it. We csinot now speak of continental police, or trying to make a man condemn himself out of his own mouth. We are going further in the same way, ourselves. 'he party may not be interrogated in the - name of but be 1)? tionar a' by a policeman pretending to be a prisoner, and duly handcuffed to keep up the cha racter. There are detectives ready for any work, however dirty or sneaking. If a man, bit by the green-eyed monster, conceives a jealousy of his innocent wife, he can have her watched night and day, and her most secret proceedings chronicled. A husband may also lie watched—if he is in trade, a record kept by the so-called protection societies of all his acts. These things are defended ; but, as we have already stated, they are opposed to every Bri tish pm ciple I.lld British feeling. We should deter mine to act in the con,titutional spirit exhibited by the venerable judges of the land, and in every in stance that occurs repudiate the "spy system" in whatever form it may be brought under our notice. On Tuesday, a man named RICHARD RASALEIGH was tried at Bodmin, the chief evidence against him being that of a policeman, who got himself hand cuffed and placed in the same cell in order to worm out his secret, or, as he himself declared, "to find out if there was any other party connected with the prisoner." Baron WATSON commented with just indignation on this extraordinary proceeding, wbere a man went under false pretences to a prisoner. A magistrate should caution a pri soner, but a policeman led him, and might pos sibly be inclined to strengthen the unfavourable points. Policemen have, generally speaking, a quick, lively, and technical sense of guilt. They reverse the sound axiom of the British law, and are disposed to consider " every man guilty until his innocence is established." They seek to communicate their own suspicions to the jury, and too often look upon the conviction of an innocent prisoner as a triumph of their art. It is true that all the fallacies that have been ut tered on this subject should be disregarded. Men should not be unnecessarily tempted into crime, traps should not be laid for their reception, nor should there be a perpettol watch kept in order to ascertain whether some error or wrongful act may be discovered. Let Englishmen act in a becoming manner, and get rid of the entire tribe, whose business it is to create mis chief and litigation. If they benefit by information thus unfairly obtained, they may rest assured that they themselves will be victimised in turn. Al though conscious of perfect innocence, they will not like to have all their private habits ferretted out and duly recorded to satisfy the curiosity of neigh bours. We may wonder at the gimlet:holes bored in the doors and wainscoates of Continental Hotels ; but can we say that the bearer has been fully with drawn from our own eyes—that we are not equally guilty so long as we encourage the objectionable system Ills Excellency the Mini4ter for the Netherlands has returned to town, from visiting the Marquis and Mar chioness of Westminster at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. His Excellency the Bavarian Minister has left town, on a visit to Mr. H. T. Hope, at Decpdene, near Dorking, Surrey. The Duke of Cleveland leaves town early in the ensuing week for his shooting quarters in the north. The Duchess and Lady Augusta Poulett go to Brighton for a few weeks befote repairing to Baby Castle for the autumn. The Duke and Duchess of ManchcAer left town vster lay for Hit,chingbroke, near Huntingdon, on a visit to the Ear► and Countess of Sandwich. The Duchcs:s of Buccleuch and Lord Chas. Scott are staying in town. The Duke and Ladies Scott are at Beaulieu, near Southampton.. The Duchess (Dowager) of Norfolk has arrived on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, at Eaton Hall, near Chester. The Marquis of Hartington, M.P., left town on Toes 'ay to join the Duke of Devonshire at Milnethorp e, Lancasidt e. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held on Monday evening, by Mr. Rutter, coucty coroner,• on the body of John Dooley, aged -21, a dyer, living in Rowhill-,quare, wild was killed whilst attmoting to cross the railway at the Ordsal-lane Station, Manchester, on Sunday morning. The principal witness was John Hart, one of the gatekeepers at the adsall-lane Station, avii?re there is a level crossing. He stated that he was on night clnty on Saturday night, and that about seven minutes alter one o'clock on Sunday morning lie saw the de ceased running at a rapid pace down Ordsal lane towards the crossing. At that moment witness saw the mail train, which leaves the Victoria Station at one o'clock, approach ing, and he waved his lamp towards the deceased, at the SHIT time shouting to him to stop. He continued, how ever, to run forwards, and as the train had arrived almost close to the station, witness held out his artns to keep him ' back. Upon this he left the footpath upon which he had been running, and proceeded on the roadway towards the rails, from which he was distant then only a few yards. Al er hesitating for a moment he attempled to cross the line, but the buffers of Ihe train struck him, throwing him, forward, and the fire-box coming in contact with his body, it was badly mutilated. Tne engine -driver and the fire man, when close to the station, saw the deceased on the rails, and did their best to save his life by sounc:,'isig the danger whistle and stopping the train, but be appeared to im mediately shut no notice, and although the steam was shut off and the brakes applied, the train could not be stopped until it had passed over him and partly entered the station. When taken up the deceased's body smelt strongly of beer, and it was ascertained from his wife that he came home intoxicated at 11 o'clock on Saturday night, that be afterwards drank more beer, and that about one o'clock on Sunday morning he left Lis house with the intention of going to his sister-in-law, in Regent-road, to invite her to dinner on that day. It was agile on his way to her house that the accident occurred by which he lust his life. During the inquiry, it was stated that during the day four gatektepers are stationed at the Ordsdnl-lane crossing, and tAal at night. The gates un each side leading from the cart road are nasally left open, but they are not used by foot passengers. On this occasion the deceased left the footpath, and rpti thr,aigh the large gaie used for carts, which was then open. The gateman ou the opposite side witnessed the accident, and corroborated the evidence of Hart as to his having ti-ed every effirt to prevent the deceased front en ss ing. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, but animadverted very s t rong l y upon th e d angerous condit i on of this crossing, and requested the coroner to lay the matter before the railway department of the Board of Trade, with a suggestion that a ne w roa d, t o superse d e t h e l eve l cross i ng over the line, should be carried underneath the railway.— Manchester Guardian. " GOUGn V. LEES."—Having recently mentioned the current report, which had appeared in various news papers, that in the recent trial of Gough v. Lees the counsel for the latter had consented to the verdict without the authority of his client, we have been requested, in justice to the barrister referred to, to publish the fuilowing letter ad dressed by him to a resident of Manchester, in answer to one of inquiry as to t hefact :—" Midland Circuit, Derby, 27tb July. Sir,—l had heard, but not seen in print, that Dr. Lees bee stated that the course taken by me on his behalf oa the trial of the action by Mr. Gough, was without hip authority. Inasmuch as be was in court, sitting under me, and I took the course I did after repeated communications with him, and ultimately with his assent (without which I could have done nothing.), I did not regard the reports I heard of what others had read in newspapers, which I did not see, as of any moment. I have had no communication from Dr. Lees, or any person en his behalf, since the trial. Tae imputation that I acted otherwise than out of a simple regard to the infereOs of Dr. Lees, or with any uneer standing with Mr. braes inconsistent with my duty to my client, is one which I do not think it worth my while to combat, and which I am sure would not be attempted to be put upon me in the presence of any to whom I am known. The mete fact is, that, in common with two emi nent members of the bar, who were associated with tne lie Dr. Lee's defence, I was of opinion that to persist in endeavouring to justify, with the evidence we bad, the libels complained tf, would have resulted in a verdict for an amount of damages which would have been absolutely dis-strous to Dr. Lees ; and I urged upon him most strongly the propriety of withdrawing from the case in the manner adopted—unless, indeed, the persons who seemed to he aiding him in the matter were prepared to pay for him any amount of damages, with costs, that the jury might award. Otherwise, if Dr. Lees were not in a condition to protect himself, by payment out of his own resources, front the consequence of au adverse verdict, his only resort would be the Insolvent Court, where he would infallibly incur a lengthened term of imprisonment before he could be dis charged from a debt so incurred. These considerations were fl l .st sh d ou ut ld y have t had a t d ak n e s strongly urged by me upon Dr. Lees, and ellitnately his consent was given that I should withdraw from the further defence of the case. If I had failed in inducing Dr. Lees advice,Ln s y lould not, by overcredu writing In very inexperience y be betrayed into his of the probable :f e l could, l t s n choiceeislsh conformui chances thhoi himself ps own etr u hlof f acett a eomd c t 3 r a r' i s a e yc l , bi I ealnttt andlaw ,. b givenyou substantially belly great haste ; pecuniary ruin. sir, very obediently, the inftrmatiett you require.—l am, i P.S.—Understand that I had and KENNETH MACAULAY. Gough was or was not liable have no opirlon whether Mr. Go but abinelleaveyolulmiavaye perceive, but the ground of rn to the charges made by Dr. Lees;with an _ y er. d advice ti De. Lees was, that he was not provided . i _ d wick, Manchester."— Manchester P. Williams, 1, Selby-street, Ar ef his defence. Mr. thir wit ciliate proti for the purprse . Manchester Guardian. THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE AND THE YORK CON VOCATION.—A. valued corresp , mdeut recalls ear attention to the letter of the Rev. Writ. D. , dd, of Lindisfarne, to the (o3pied in the Record of July 214), in which Mr. I) dd attempts to controvert the statements of the Bishop t.f Ca.] s'e with regard to the Yolk Convocation. It is justly observed that the case which Mr. Dodd makes out is 'hat of the toernhe;s of Convocation expressing tl eir confi dence in Convocation, a thing which in itself proves jus' no:hing. Again, Mt.. Dodd says that four out of five cf the reprisent wives of the clerey in Carlisle diocese lad signed the petition to the Queen, but an examination of the list shows that (deductin g the dignitaries) there are not five re presentatives in that diocese. The Dean of Christchurch and Dr. Acland arrived at Osborne on Saturday on a visit to the Queen. THE OPEN-AIR SERVICES IN ST. PACE'S, BEE MONDsET.—These well-attended and highly-appreciated services were brought to a close on Sunday evening, whin th' ibentnbent, the Rev. W. D. Long, p r e a ch e d to r th e •;r , veilth time. His subj ec t wa4 the " Cities of R e f uge ." ( Na :.. xxxv. H.) The total numberi of tracts distributed has been 4,500. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SUCCE `77 -- ' OF TilE ATI, ANTII TELEGRAPH. (By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.) VALENTIA, THURSDAY. The Aagamemnon has arrived, and is about to land the end of the cable. The Niagara is in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Good signals between the ships. We are happy to be enabled to announce that the Atlantic Telegraph Cable has been successfully and safely laid down between Newfoundland and Valen tia, Ireland, as will appear by the following telegra phic communication posted at Lloyds this morning : " And at Valentia Agammemnon is about to land the end of the cable. Niagara in Trinity Bay, Newfound land. Good signals between the ships. We reached the rendezvous on the night of the 28th, and the splice with the Niagara cable was made on board the Agamemnon. The following day, by noon of the 30th, 265 nautical miles was laid between the two ships. On the 31st, 540 miles ;on the Ist August, 884; on the 2d, 1,256; on the 4th, 1,854; on anchoring at six in the morning in Dowlas Bay, 2,022. The rate of the Niagara during the whole time has been nearly the same as ours. The length of cable paid out between the two ships being generally within ten miles of each other. With the exception of yesterday the weather has been very unfavourable. THE FORTIFICATIONS OF ANTWERP. BRUSSELS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Chamber of Representatives have, in this day's sitting, rejected the project of Government for the fortifications of Antwerp, by a majority of 53 against 39. MARSEILLES, AUG. 4. We have unfavourable news from Constantinople of the 28th July. There is a general apprehension of a rising in Bosnia among the Christians. T wo b a tt a li ons are sent to reinforce the Turkish troops in Bosnia. A battalion, sent via Egypt, for Jeddah has passed from Suez, and is joined by two battalions of Egyp tian troops. Rigorous measures are adopted in Tripoli, and Egyptian ships are stopped at the Dardanelles for the verification of their papers. If an attempt is made to pass without this ceremony the forts have orders to fire. The Pacha of Jerusalem has fled to Gaza, a massacre and pillage being threatened. FETES AT CHERBOURG. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY. COWES, AUG. 4. People here were early on the qui rive this morn ing to witness the Queen's departure for Cherbourg; but as the only way by which they could be enabled to gratify their curiosity was by taking a boat and going round to Osborne, and as the time for the start was considered to be very uncertain, but few persons witnessed the interesting event. The fleet, it was stated, left Spithead at 4 a.m., and proceeded down Channel. A small squadron, however, was off Osborne this morning, including the royal yacht, the Victoria and Albert, her tender, the Fairy, the Osborne, and others ; and shortly after 10 o'clock some of these got under weigh and proceeded down the Solent to the west ward. The Osborne was the first to leave, and she was followed down by the Black Eagle, Admiralty vessel; then went the Fairy and the Fire Queen, leaving the stately royal yacht attended only by the little Trinity vessel. Just before noon the barge of the royal yacht was rowed across to the landing-place on the ,beach be low the royal mansion, itnd her Majesty, who was i attired in a light-coloured costume, accom panied by the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Cambridge, arrived from Osborne House in a pony carriage, and immediately stepped on board the barge of the royal yacht, which, steered by the captain of the noble vessel, the lion. Joseph Denman, as " her Majesty's cockswain," was soon alongside the vessel, which was lying a short distance off. As soon as the royal party were on board, the Victoria and Albert steamed away towards Cowes, on their way through the Needles passage to the coast of France, with the Admiralty flag at the fore, the royal standard at the main, and the jack at the mizen. The pier at Ryde was crowded with visitors and others who were anxious to witness the departure, and who were trying the utmost powers of their opti ca l a id s t o sight in order the better to view the royal depar ture. As the Victoria and Albert passed through Cowes roads her Majesty and the Prince Consort were ob served standing at the port side of the vessel intently scanning the crowded state of the parade and the fleet of yachts then lying there or sailing about the waters of the Solent. All the vessels dipped their colours as the yacht passed, which com pliment was also paid to her Majesty by the Royal Yacht Squadron, who lowered their white ensign, which was then flying at the signal post in front of Cowes Castle. The royal yacht, followed by the Trinity vessel, was soon out of sight on her way westward. As from the Needles it is only GO miles to Cherbourg, it is anticipated that her Majesty would arrive off the French coast in about five hours after leaving Osborne. The weather during the morning was most agreeable, and the trip across will no doubt be exceedingly pleasant. OSBORNE, AUG. 4. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort embarked at 12 o'clock to-day in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and got under weigh im mediately for Cherbourg. The Prince of Wales anal the Duke of Cambridge accompany her Majesty. The Eail of Malrnesbury and Sir John Paking ton have also embarked in the royal yacht. The suite in attendance consist of the Countess of De6art, the Hcn. Alary Bulteel, Earl Delawarr, Col. the Hon. Sir C. Phipps, and Mr. Gibbs. Col. the Hon. A. Hood, Capt. Du Plat, Viscount Valletort, Col. Tyrwhitt, and Col. Chapman are embarked in the Black Eagle. ARRIVAL OP HER MAJESTY. CHERBOURG, Ana, 4. The Queen arrived at Cherbourg at five minutes past six o'clock p.m., after a very fine passage. Au°. 5. The Queen and Prince Consort are expected to breakfast at the Prefecture with the Emperor at twelve. To-day their Imperial and Royal Majesties dine together on board the line-of-battle ship La Bre tagne. • The weather is cloudy. The town is crowded with visitors, and in all quarters the greatest excit e ment and animation pre vail. A NEW PEER.--It has for some time past been rumoured in legal circles that the Earl of Derby has been desirous of raising to the peerage that eminent man and really great l aw y er , K n i ght Bruce; an d f ro m a ll w e h ear , than this one. ;The l earned , Lord Justice we believe no s t ep which the present G ove r n m en t cou ld take would re d oun d snore to their popu l ar ity h as gaineel for him self during the time he has occupied his present seat a character for promptitude and clearness of decision which has never hem surpassed by any equi t y lawyer of this or the past generation. It k quite evident that Lord Derby must, during bis t entre of office, make some addition to the number of law lords in toe upper house. ft is true we can boast of a goodly array at the moment, for in :tanee—we have Lord Lyndhurst, *Lr•rti Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord St. Leonards, Lard Wensleydale, and last, though not least, Lord Cheimsford • hut if we mistake not, the youngest of th ese great lega l luminaries is ad vanced on the shady sid e o f sixty, an d more than e , ne on the wrong side of eighty. I t i s, therefore, quite evident, if we are to preserve the char ac t er of the digit Court of Appeal in its integrity, something must be done to relieves: the aged members who preside over its legal decisions from the very fatiguing duties which they have now to undergo, and we , herefore, venture to hope that the rcmour to which we zive extended pithlicitv is not without foundMion.—Naval and Nilitary Herald. FRANCE. PARIS ; AUG, 4 Prince Jerome arrived at Havre the day Ir)clor. yesterday, awl proceedcd at once to the Hotel l'idb eati. Six carriages and 14 horses were forwarded from Paris for the service of the Prince. Count Walewski, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has left Paris for Cherbourg, to be present at the in terview between the two sovereigns. The Marquis Antonini, who filled the post of Neapolitan Ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries prior to the rupture of diplomatic relations with the Two Sicilies, has arrived in Paris. The Grand Duchess Helena of Russia arrived at Ostend on Saturday evening. The Prince of Prussia, whose arrival in that town has been announced, rises very early, and takes a walk on the beach. The prince also passes the greater part of the day by the sea side. H.R.H. devotes three hours every night to business. The Emperor and the Empress arrived at Mantes on their way to Caen at ten minutes after eleven. .The Prefect of the Seine-et- Oise, General Dubreton, and the mayors and authorities of the neighbouring communes, received their Majesties, who were greeted with the loudest acclamations by the people. At Evreux their Ma jesties arrived at half-past twelve, and proceeded to the Prefecture amidst cries of " Vive l'Empercur !" and " Vive l'lmperatrice !" " Vive le Prince Impe rial !" The town was dressed out with flags. At Liseux their Majesties found at the railway station the authorities in waiting, as well as an immense crowd, who hailed them most enthusiastically. At Caen the authorities met their Majesties at the railway station, and the Imperial cortege afterwards pro ceeded to the hotel of the Prefecture through the whole of the town, which was splendidly decorated. The Emperor was dressed in the uniform of a geaeral of division, and wore the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour. With the Imperial suite there were also in the Imperial carriages Lord and Lady Cowley, Viscount Chelsea, the Hon. E. Monson, Lieut-Colonel Claremont, and Mr. Faulkner Atlee. Their Ma jesties showed themselves several times in the balcony, and the enthusiasm was unbounded. At nine o'clock their Majesties proceeded to a grand ball at the Hotel de Ville, amidst the acclamations of the crowd. Marshal Magnan has accompanied their Majesties:as far as Caen, which lies within the limit of his mili tary command. Among the number of the stations on the Mul hausen railway at which the Emperor made a short halt on his return to Paris from Plombieres was that of Nangis. A number of old soldiers who had received the St. Helena medal were ranged along the quay. Among them was one who was conspicuous from the Cross of the Legion of Honour on his breast, and from having a sheet of white paper round his hat bearing an inscription, but which could only be read by those in the first carriage, which stopped exactly opposite to where the man stood, and too far off from the Imperial carriage to be seen by the Emperor. The words inscribed on the placard were the Hell-known historical sentence as connected with the history of Napoleon 1., of " Quand bien n - reme vous seriaz le petit Caporal, on ne passe pas," and it was this very man who uttered the words in question. His name is Jean Coluche, and he was born on the 31st March, 1780, at Gastin, in the canton of Nangis. He entered as a conscript, in the year '9, the 17th Regiment of L'ght Infantry, in which he made all the campaigns of Prussia, Austria, Spain, Portu gal, France in 1814, and Belgium in 18]5. He was present at the battles of Jena, Eylau, Warsaw, Ess ling, Wagram, Arcis•sur-Aube (where he was seri ously wounded in the head), and lastly at those of Ligny and Waterloo. In 1809, after the sanguinary battle of Ehersberg on the Traun, Coluche was placed as sentinel before the door of the house occupied by the Emperor, with the positive order to let no one go in. In the evening, when the Emperor Napo leon was about to enter the building, Coluche, who did not know him, received him with the words, " On ne passe pas," and seeing that the person persisted and paid no attention to the notification, he energe tically added, "If you advance another step I will pierce you through the body !" and it required the intervention of the officers of the Emperor's staff to make the sentinel give way. A few minutes after Coluche was called into the presence of Napoleon, who said to him, " You may attach a red ribbon to your button-hole, for I give you the Cross.' Coulche has for many years been living in his native village, where, notwithstanding his great age (78 years), he works as a thresher. He has no pension, and when unable to work, his only resource will be the income attached to the cross. The following advertisement is from the Calais illoniteur :—" Wanted drecly low Inglish man, on for office ant nother for Servant. S'adresser h Mr. Leo pold Rossell, rue Neu e, No. 93, a Calais." Marshal Canrobert has permitted the distribution of the "Po6sies Guerrieres" of M. Belmontet among the soldiers of the camp of* Chalons. In the last sitting of the Municipal Council of Paris, the Prefect of the Seine read a report on the ques tion which has long been under consideration—of increasing the supply of water to the capital. It re commends that the waters of a little river collet' the Somme-Sonde, in the department of the Marne, should be brought by canal to Paris ; but states that difficulties would perhaps arise in consequence of the inhabitants and authorities of the department strongly protesting against being deprived of any portion of the water of their river. It was decided that nego tiations should be entered into on the subject. The Moniteur publishes two Imperial decrees founded on reports from Prince Napoleon, Minis ter of Algeria. One includes the service of Public Instruction and Worship in that colony in the at tributions and under the authority of the Prince ; and also provides that decrees nominating the Bishop of Algiers, and nominating or dismissing the rector of the academy, shall be published on the collective proposition of the Prime Minister of Algeria, and the Minister of Public Instruction. The other decree authorises the formation of a village of 70 houses to take the name of Temel-el- Had, in the sub-division of Nulramah. Land to the extent of 958 hectares (21 acres each) is attached to this village. Paws — BoußsE.—The market has been very inani mate ; railway shares have been offered with a gene ral fall of prices. Threes have been done at 68fr. 40e. and 68fr. 353. ; Mobilier varied from 615 fr. to 617 fr. 50c.; Orleans, 1,262 fr. 50c. to 1,`,165fr. ; Lyons, 765 fr. to 766 fr. 25c.; Southern, 510 fr. to 512 fr. 50c.; Eastern, 647 fr. 50c. to 6501 r.; and Northern, 912 fr. 50c. to 915 fr. The following are the last quotations:— Fr. Ct. Fr. Ct. 41 per Cents... . 96 40 Credit Fonder 602 50 Do. end of mouth 06 40 I Belgian 41 3 per Cent 6B 20 Piedmontese 5,.. Do. end of month 68 40 ' Roman..... Bank Shares Credit Mobiller.. 620 Spanish Threes Do. account..... 621 I home Debt 89 50 poi - 91 50 43 - 38 - RAILWAYS. Cash—Fr. Ot. Account—Fr. Ct. urleans 1,262 50 .. 1,2G3 75 Northern New ditto 772 50 .. 777 50 Lyons Se Mediterranean 765 767 50 New ditto Geneva ... 575 - 577 50 512 50 597 50 647 50 Western . 6OO Eastern Grand Central — Sardinian Austrian ... 62,3 415 - 626 23 A notification in the Gazette of Tuesday suspends the calling out of the folblving regiments of militia f the present year:—Argyll and Bute H:fFs the Edinburgh, or Queen's Recitnent of Light Infantr y. Edinburgh Artillery, Fifeshire Artillery, Perthshire Rifles, Rcufrewshire. GAROTTING IN LIVV.IIPOOL.—On Monday evening as Mr. C. Bargeman, one of the vocalis's engaged to app e ar at St. George's Hail People's Concert, Liverpool, , l'as walk ing in the neighbourhood of Edge-hill, in that town, smoking a cigar, he was suddenly seized by the throat by a tall athletic man, who for some time endeavoured to overpower him and obtain rossesiion of his watch, but the a , sailed turned upon the ruffian, and a short but severe struggle ensued. Mr. Bartlernan succeeded in beating off his antagonist, who ultimately escaped. The gentleman's face was rather severe!) , lacerated in the struggle. THE &strop OF LONDON.—We are requested to state that after next Tuesday, the 3:1 of August, the Bishop of London will not receive the olo.gy of his diocese at Lon don-house until further notice.--Tinier. BELGIUM. 813.fi! - STILS, Ail(4, 3 The cit.cu ,, toit upon the Fropo, , ei measure of the Gu% cum - lc-tit fur the fortificationb of Autwticrp was resumed this day in the Chamber of Representatives, having been adjourned from Saturday last, when the following speakers were heard : M. Allard, who had deposited an amendment on the table, the object of which was to authorise the Government to establish round Antwerp a series of advanced forts, at a cost for their construction of 5,890,000 francs, observed that when those works were finished, the present actual enceinte might be destroyed. M. Loos, the burgomaster and representative of Antwerp, then proceeded to reply to the Minister of Finance, who had spoken at the previous sitting. The Minister had said that the Municipality of Ant werp had augmented their demands, even as new concessions had been made by the military authori ties, and that the city of Antwerp had never made any serious offers to participate in the expense of the works about being undertaken in its own interest. M. Loos, however, contended that the offers made by the city of Antwerp were both serious and ade quate ones. Antwerp proposed to guarantee to the State a sum of twelve millions for the repurchase of the lands occupied by the existing enceinte, of which it demanded the demolition. He thought that the projet ought to be postpone 3, because he considered that the subject itself was not as yet ripe for con sideration. The military authorities of the country had declared against such a measure, and Gen. Renard, the royal commissioner, himself had, in 1855, opposed the projet, while submitting himself a projet of a general enlargement. Gen. Renard hereupon rose and denied the asser ion of the representative for Antwerp in the most emphatic terms. Considerable agitation and an angry conversation then took place. The President called Gen. Renard to order, when the royal commissioner withdraw the unparliamen tary expression which had escaped his lips. An incidental discussion afterwards arose, which resulted in a reference to the actual language used in 1855 by Gen. Renard. It appeared that the general had at that time pronounced in favour of a partial enlargement of the city by extending the commune of Borgerhcut only. M. Dolez then proceeded to advocate the Govern ment projet de loi and to oppose the proposition of adjournment. He said that, seeing as Ministers now the men who had saved the country in 1848, he was induced to give every confidence to the establishment of that system in supporting which they declared their readiness to take the responsibility of securing the defence of the country. M. Veydt proposed an amendment, the object of which was to adjourn the debate until the first sitting of the Chamber in January next. The discussion was then postponed. The excitement occasioned bithe discussion of this question is assuming a somewhat serious and threatening aspect through9ut the country, more especially in Antwerp itself, as may be judged by the following facts. A great manifestation took place at Antwerp on Saturday night in honour of M. Loos, the burgomaster and representative of that city in the Legislative Chamber of Brussels, the object being to give him a testimony of the public esteem and gratitude for the attitude he had assumed in opposition to the Government projet de loi regard ing the fortifications of Antwerp. The Union Com merciale, speaking on this subject, says :—" We cal culate, without exaggeration, that 20,000 persons took part in this manifestation. Before nine o'clock at night the crowd assembled in the neighbourhood of the railway station in expectation of the arrival of M. Loos by the train, which was, however, not due until 10 o'clock. Having waited until the last train had arrived, and being satisfied that their representative was not one of the passengers, the people formed themselves into an immense column and proceeded, with the bands of Berchem and Saint Willebrord at their head, towards the residence of the Burgomaster of A ntwerp. The cries of Vice le Bourgmestre ! Vivent les deputes ! d bas les fortifi cgtiqns ! were mingled with the music of the national air La Brabanconne: Not one seditious expression, was, however, uttered—not a reprehensible act was committed. The Antwerp population confined them selves to the manifestation of their opinion—they have done so with that dignity and strength that are becoming a just cause." The same journal adds— " That manifestation has had also its pleasant side. In the midst of the calm of the Antwerp population, a journal of the city, which is the only defender of the project of making Antwerp a vast Lasalle, has exhibited such feverish restlessness as to require the protection of an armed force. The following are the strategical steps taken by the corps that has been called upon to defend the bureau of the Precurseur of Antwerp : " Two companies of the 2(1 Chasseurs, in the esta blishment of the Precurseur Journal. "The Artillery of the Civic Guard, at the corner of the Rue de l'Empereur and of the Rue de l'Am man. " The Chasseurs Eclaireurs, in the Rue des Aveugles. " Three companies of the 2d Chasseurs at the corner of the Rue du Fagot and of the Place du Mus6e. " Three companies of the Chasseurs, Rue des Re collets, with a major. " In front of the bureau of the Precurseur, the police, one commissary, two assistants, three gardes de ville, and 10 firemen. "Twenty firemen in the Garden of the Museum. "Four gendarmes perambulating the surrounding streets. "As a reserve, five companies of Chasseurs were consigned to the Hotel de Ville. A considerable de tachment of mounted artillery and two battalions of Chasseurs are lodged at the Falcon Barrack in close proximity with the Rue de l'Amman." It appears that from the Ist June to the 31st July, 541 transatlantic vessels have entered the port of Antwerp, belonging to various countries in Europe. This is the highest number that has ever been attained within that period. The number of ships at present in the Antwerp docks is upwards of 300. On Sunday the King arrived at the Palace of Brussels at half-past 12 o'clock. His Majesty gave audiences to Baron de Seisal, Minister of Portugal, and to other personages sf distinction. The King assisted at Divine service in the chapel of the Palace ; and before returning to the chateau at Laeken, presided over a Cabinet Council The Duke and Duchess of Brabant also visited the city. At four o'clock his Royal High ness, of horseback, and the Duchess, accom panied by a lady of honour, in a carriage drawn by four horses, left for the files of Ixelles. Upon their arrival at the Place Comniunale where they stopped for a few moments, a band upon the spot struck up the " Brabanconne." At Ixelles their Royal Highnesses were received by the people with the most enthusiastic cheering. The Duke and Duchess returEed the same night to the Chateau of Lecken. Yesterday evening their Royal Highnesses drove in an open carriage, drawn by four horses, to a concert given in the Zoological Gardens. THE CHURCH-RATE QUESTION,-At Vestry Meet iug held at Chri , tchurch, High Harrogate, on the 29th ult., the subject of impo;ing a rate was di-cussed. It was sia•ed that the sum r f £135 would be required, and that a rate of twopence in the pound would raise that amount. The in cuwbetat, the Rev. H. James, suggested that the assessment should be vo'untary. A p irishioner, however, moved that a rate of three-halfpence in the pound be levied as usual. An amendment in favour of a voluntary rate was then, with the approbation of the incumbent and the churchwardens, sub mitted to the m eet i ng. O n a d i v i s i on t hi s ame ndment was earned by a majority of 44 to 41. At a meeting held at Doncaster, the parishioners unanimously consented to acc , pt a rate of three-halfpence in the pound (half the usual amount), the mo ne y to h e a ppli e d in the first instance to the layis,g out of the ground round the new parish church, and afterwards to the maintenance of the fahlic of the church, all other charges for the services, &c., estimated at upwards of £3OO, being defrayed by a voluntary pew rent, SOUTH AMERICA. ARRIVAL OP THE AVON. SOUTHA PT't ).I\ 7 , Aua. 4. The Royai Alail Company's steam-ship Avon, Capt. Richard Revett, with the usual Brazilian and River Plate mails in charge of Licut. A. La Touche, R.N., arrived to-day. The Avon, during the voyage homewards, experi enced unsettled weather on the Brazil coast ; from 11 deg. north to Lisbon, strong adverse winds, with a heavy head sea; from thence to Southampton, light winds and fine weather. The Avon brings mails from the following places with their respective dates affixed :—Buenos Ayres, 27th June ; Monte Video, 30th ; Rio de Janeiro, 10th July ; Bahia, 14th ; Pernambuco, 16th ; St. Vincent, 24th; Lisbon, 31st. Sixty-seven passengers landed at Lisbon, and 124 at Southampton. The Avon brings the following specie :—Gold, £82,822 ; silver, £1,640 ; diamonds, £42,816 ; and on freight 100 barrels tapioca, 1 case cigars, 3 pack ages plants, and 105 packages sundries. HER MAJESTY'S SIIIPS.—At Monte Video, Spy ; at Rio de Janeiro, Madagascar, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington, and United States frigate St. Lawrence, Commodore Forrest; off Cape Frio, Syren. MONTE VIDEO. Everything was quiet. The Government had called upon the National Guard to exercise. The produce market was quite inactive. The import business had been active. Foreign flour was quite dull. Exchange on London 40-id. 40Id. and 40d. BUENOS AYRES. Respecting the social and political aspects of this republic we copy the following from the British Packet summary : " The Ministerial crisis, though it may involve a political significancy, can have only an indirect influence on com— mercial prospects. With the foreign community generally Dr. Barros Pazos was deservedly a favourite; and having acted with dignity and retired with dignity, his friends have no cause to regret or complain, and are bound to give his successor a fair and impartial trial. Measures and not men," a fair field and no favour,' are apothems familiar to English ears, and this is one of the occasions on which they should be put in practice. " In consulting a promiscuous meeting of notables, before appointing Col. Mitre, his Excellency the Governor acted, in our opinion, with great delicacy and propriety; and the acrimonious criticism of some of the hitherto Ministerial organs on this step is what we cannot comprehend. " The announced deficit is formidable; but public opinion appears sufficiently uniform as to the expediency of the measures proposed. Its history may be seen in the corre sponding official documents, which we have given at length. "The Legislative Chambers are now in full career, and have shown greater independence than was generally ex pected from their composition. " The bill giving the Executive a direct intervention in, the management of the bank, was thrown out, and we think very properly, by the Chamber of Deputies ; and the fate of another, proposing the 'promotion of five colonels to the rank of general, is understood to be doubtful. "In the Senate a measure brought in by a Ministerialist of the first water, proposing the'acceptance of a commercial code without previous examination, was also rejected by a decided majority; and to all these hopeful symptoms there is still to add a large infusion of Conservatism or Liberalism in the late elections. Our foreign relations, so far as we know, have undergone no modification during the month under review. The leading opposition journal La Reforma Pacifica, of Thursday last, hints at secret negotiation with the Confederation—a thing so improbable in itself and of such importance that we must ba excused in suspending our judgment. "The bill declaring this state an integral part of the Re— public appears shelved in committee;' and though Mr Christie founded upon it, as a sort of forlorn hope for renew— ing pacific negotiations, it seems rejected as such by the press of the Confederation. " The only favourable symptom for peace we can quote fa the election of Don Mariano Fragueiro as Governor of Cor— dova, and that we fear is overborne by a host of protesta— tions of adhesion, all more or less of a warlike character and. tendency." RIO DE JANEIRO. The Chambers were still sitting, and much flatlet faction was felt at the terms of the new loan. The coffee crop was an average one, and of good quality. The coffee market has been active ; sales for the past month, 159,800 bags. BAHIA. The railway here is progressing. In Bahia and the neighbourhood the future crops promise a large supply of sugar. The sugar market still continues in a state of apathy. Cotton and coffee continue neglected. Rum without alteration. Exchange flat, at 250. PERNAMBUCO. The crops of sugar in this neighbourhood are very large. The following is a monthly summary of the markets from the latest prices current : Su G A as.—The entries since our last monthly report have been 51,058 bags, or 3,647 tons, against 2,476 tons during a similar period last Sear; and the total entries since the Ist October last are 62,065 tons, against 64,000 tons during the same time last crop—showing a deficiency this year of 2,535 tons compared with the last one. The shipments during the month have teen 2,791 tons, making the total shipments since the Ist October last 54,244 tons, against 54,437 tons to the same date last year; and the stocks is the stores and afloat are about 4,800 tons. Paraiba and Maceio sugars have declined since our last, per Tamar s:eatner ; about 800 rs. per arroba, with still a few cargoes for sale. The present crops are considered at an end in these ports. COTTON.—The total entries for the year ending June:3o were 22,975 bags, Against 30,900 ditto, during the previous one, showing a deficiency in the last crop of 7,925 bags, and the stock in store for shipment is now about 962 bags 'ibis article underwent a decline of 600 rs. per arroba; the price in the beginning of the month being $9 for picked, whereas now the rate is 85400 per arroba, the entries as usual are small, and all the cottons arriving are being bought up, at prices varying from 85400 to 85500 per arroba for picked. IDES.—No animation prevailing and tendency down wards; the weather is against purchases, and we look for a considerable decline in juices. The only shipments during' the month were 7,278 to the States, 243 to Liverpool, and 245 to Portugal. FREIGHTS—Have ruled throughout the month without change, and several vessels (enumerated weekly) have been taken up at 10s. ballast for Liverpool, lbs. to 17s. 6d, for Chaunet for orders, and 255. to 307. for the Mediterranean. EXCHANGE...- We estimate the amounts about £120,00 0 at 25iti. to 251 d.. The rate to-day is 2.54 d., 60 and 90 days , bills. DISCOUNTS.—The Bank rate has been at 9 per cent, per annum, and out of doors 10 and 12 per cent. has been paid, according to dates and paper. CAPE DE VERDES. These islands were healthy. There were no ships of war or transports at St. Vincent when the AVo3 kfc. NEW MAGISTRATES FOR MIDDLESEX.—The follow ing gentlemen have been placed in the commission of the peace for this county :—Mr. John Augustus Beaumont, Melrose Hall, Putney-heath; Mr. John Rayer Hugartb, Heston ; Mr. Robert Haubury, M.P., 3, Sussex-square. Hyde-park; Mr. Samuel Gregson, M.P., Upper Harley street; Mr. Henry 'White, Prince's 'Luse, Prince's-gate; Mr. W. F. Allen (alderman), Prince's-terrace, Prince's gate ; Mr. Hugh Beauchamp Halswell, Hereford-square, Brompton ; Mr. Chls. Skipper, 28, Russell-square; Mr. Edwd. Wm. Cox, Moat Mount, Highwood-bill ; Lieut.-CoL Win. Wood, 4, Hyde-pa r k-pl ace W est ; Mr. Henry Rich& Cox, Hillingdon House, Uxbridge; Mr. Alex. Spearman, 7A, Portmau-square ; Mr. Harvey Lewis, 24, Grosvenor street; Mr. Philip Patton Myth, Wimpole-street ; Mr. John 'Wright Freeby, 121, Westbourne-terrace; Mr. Josech Pugh, 22, Cleveland-square; Mr. Thomas Cottrell, 50, Raton-square; Mr. William Henry Wyatt, 1, Harrington square; Mr. James Valiance, 35, Cavendish-square; Mr. Benjamin Phillips (alderman), 27, Leinster-gardens, Hyde park ; Mr. Samuel Francis Thomas Wilde, Hadley, Barnet; Mr. Wilford George Brett, 29, Lower Belgrave-place ; Mr. Samuel Kennard, &antnore ; Mr. William Charles Lake Basliford, Norwood, Hounslow; Mr. Aaron After Gold smid, 8, Cavendish-Equare ; Mr. Wm. Foster White, St. Bartholurnew's Hospital; Mr. George Parbury, Merchant Taylors' Hall; and Mr. Win. Franks, jun., 2, Upper Hyde park-street OPENING OP DONCASTER NEW PARISI! CHURCIL---* It has been decided that the event to which the inhabitants of this town have long locked forward with so much interest —th e opening of their splendid new parish church—is to titre place on Thursslay, the 14th of October next. The services will extend over two days, and arrangements are being made to give to the proceedings all the attractiveness and eclat befitting so important an occasion. A stronX desire has been expressed that the Bishop .f Oxford should be solicited to Freach one of the opening discourses, and there can be no doubt that he would prove a very valuable acquisition to the list of officiating ministers. At present nothing has been definitely settled on this paint, but we doubt not the result will show that every effort has been made to secure the must efficient preachers to proclaim tll,O clad tidings of the Gospel fbr the first time within the Wa lls of this beautiful church.—Doncaster Chronicle. PUBLIC OPINION AND THE ANGLICAN CONTS' SIONAL.—A great meeting on the subject of the Belgravtall disclosures gas held at Reading last Monday. Dr. Cowan, presided, and the speakers were the Rev. J. Ball, Rev. u• Stirling, Rev. G. S. Tubbs, Major Simpson, Mr. M. Sutton , Rev. W. Payne, Mr. Neale, and Rev. W. W. Phelps. VV g are unable to-day to give details of the speeches, but may briefly state that a memorial to the Queen against the Fra c : tices in question was carried unanimously amidst 10“ 2 • plause.