The Sun. — London, England, 1869-07-28 00:00:00

ME GREAT 21012DAUST DIVOIWE CASE. On Tuesday, in Chambers, before Lord Penzance, the Judge Ordinary, an application was made, according to special appointment, in the matterof the suit of "Mordaunt v. Mordaunt, Johnstone and Cole." Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, Dr. Spinks, Q.C., and Mr. A. Inderwick ap• eared for the petitioner, Sir Charles Mordannt, Bart., of Walton Hall, Warwickshire ; Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. E. Searle represented Lady Mordaunt, the respondent ; Mr. IL W. Lord watched the proceedings on behalf of Viscount Cole. The Judge Ordinary, on the admission of the parties, said that an application bad been made for the ad mission of the representatives of the press, though it was only preliminary matter that was before him. He had no hesitation in granting that application, as he did not consider matters heard in Chambers as necessarily Frivate. At the ennie time, lie would suggest that as the question involved the reputation of many persons, the gentlemen of the press, in the exercise of their discretion, would not make unnecessarily public matters in which the public had no real interest, Lot which to the parties con cerned were of the det pest importance. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine said it was not necessary for him to go into details " involving parties who were in the suit, whose names in the present proceedings were not required to be mentioned." His lordship would see that the matter was of the greatest importance to Sir Charles Mordaunt, and the hon. baronet was ex ceedingly anxious to bring Ihe case to a speedy conclusion. The learned serjeant then referred to the section of the Act of Parliament, which gave the court power to direct what should be done, and urged that the real point now to be decided was the state of mind of the lady at the time she made certain admissions on which the case for the petitioner would mainly stand. Those state ments were, in fact, the keystone of the case ; but whether there was any delay or not as to the question of her present sanity, he (Serjeant Ballantine) could not see that any advai.tage could accrue, as at the time she made those statements she was of perfectly sound mind. Eut was she insane from the time the child was born? That was the argument on the part of the respondents, but on the question of delay his lordship would not fail to notice one paragraph in the affidavit, to Mr. Burrows, which went to shew that Lady Mordaunt would never be sane again. Eut, again, he (Serjeant Ballantine) would remind the court that even if she did recover her senses she would not be capable of becoming what she said in her insane period, or give any correct account of what she had said or done. The Judge Ordinary thought the learned counsel was losing sight of the question now before the court—whether the respondent was able to answer in the divorce suit according to that which the law gave her power. She might under the Act plead a complete denial, or cruelty, or, which was more probable, that her husband's conduct had conduced to her adultery, or, in fact, any of the defences which she was allowed to plead under the Divorce Act. If she was insane, she was debarred of the power of availing herself of the defences which were given to her by the law. After some further argument it was agreed, on the sug gestion of the learned judge, that as the affidavits of the doctors and others had been taken, and no cross-examina tion arose on them, that these witnesses must be heard before a jury; that an issue should be directed, in which Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, the father of the lady, should plead her insanity, as her next friend; and that in the meantime she should be in charge of those persons who might be appointed by her husband, he having the right to the custody of her if she was, as assumed, insane, with access by the father, as might be mutually arranged by the counsel on both sides; and so it was finally settled. The case stands over until November. LAW AND POLICE. THE CASE OF LAFITTE AND Co.—The proposed com promise in the case of Lafitte and Co. was discussed in the Rolls Court on Tuesday. By the decision of Vice Chancellor Malins, from which an appeal to the House of Lords is pending, the National Bank were ordered to pay Charles Lafitte and Co. £230,000 with interest. The compromise provides for the immediate payment by the bank of all undisputed claims on Lafitte and Co. for an indemnity against all disputed claims, and for the pay ment of the costs of the official liquidator and of the other suits in the case. Seventy-six shareholders approved of the proposal, and twelve objected. The French directors and Mr. Charles Lafitte alsoobjecteti. The Master of the Rolls thought it for the interest of all concerned that the agreement should be confirmed, but he would give the opponents leave to stop it, provided they gave certain security to the company by the 9th of August. CHARGE OF CoNsnnAcY.—At the Mansion House, on Tuesday, the singular charge of conspiring to defraud on three bills of exchange for £6,000 was withdrawn by the prosecution. The defendants, Mr. Brown anti Mr. Stanbridge, explained that there had been no fraudulent intention on their pacts, but Sir R. Carden said they were not entirely ft'ee from blame. JEWISH ABDUCTION CASE. —On Monday, at Cardiff, the Jewess abduction case came on for hearing, before Mr. Baron Channel!. It excited great interest, and crowds waited in the neighbourhood of the Town Hall. Esther Lyons, a Jewish girl, left her father's house and was said to have become a Christian, and to be under the protection of a Baptist minister, Nathaniel Thomas, and his wife. They are charged with abduction. The defendants declared on their affidavits that the girl was not detained by their authority. The case was adjourned. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.- 7 The sitting magistrates at Portsmouth Police-court have been engaged in investi gating a charge against two watertnen of stealing an iron safe, containing £7OO, from the ship Octavia. After hearing the evidence, the bench committed the prisoners for trial. Miss Gladstone bas recently been suffering from scarlet fever, but is now ccnvaleccent. It is hoped she will be able to leave town in the course of ill , ' week. ANOTHER ROYAL WORK.—The Queen has com manded Mr. W oodward, the Royal Librarian, to edit a series of exterior and interior views of Windsor Castle, together with descriptive text. These views, which will include several of the private apartments, arc from pho tographs printed in permanent colours by a new process. The volume promises to be the most splendid of the series issued under her Majesty's auspices, and will be published by Messrs. Moxon, Son, and Co. GETTING OUT OF TRAINS.—The prevalence of the practice of getting out of trains, while still in motion, has induced a civil engineer at New York to state, for the guidance of the public, that "the true method" is not to jump, but to step lightly from the carriage, keeping your face in the direction of motion, let go the rail at once, keep the head and body well thrown back, and, if the train is going at speed, step out quickly the moment your feet touch the ground. LONGEVITY IN DERBYSHIRF. The ancient family of Radford, of Smalley, near Derby, is at the present moment more remarkable for the longevity of its living members than, perhaps, any family in England. Six children of Mr. John Radford, who died in 1834, aged 88, are now living—four sons and two daughters ; their respective ages being 93, 87, 85, 84, 81, 78, and the sum total of their ages is 508, giving above 84 years to each. In addition it may he mentioned that two years ago John Radford, of Smalley, the late head of the family, died at the age of 87. THE EARL OF DEVONSHIRE'S EPITAPH.—The following extract from Risdon's "Survey of Devon"— written 1605 to 1630 —gives some information about the monument referred to in Mr. Motley's speech at the un veiling of the Peabody Memorial. "In the churchyard (of Tiverton) is a chapel built by the earls of this county, and appropriated for their burials, now demolished, where there is a tomb, under which Edward Courtney, Eail of Devonshire, and his countess were interred, having their effigies of alabaster, sometime sumptuously gilded and was about forty years ago to be seen, and which lamenteth me to write. Time bad not so much defaced as men have mangled that magnificent monument, which had this writing thereon, as some have seen : Hoe, hoe, who lyes here? 'Tis I, the goode Erle of Devonshire, With Kate my wvfe, to inee full dere. • Wee lyved togeatler fyfty-fyve yore. That wee spent, wee had ; That wee lefte, wee loste ; That wee gave, wee have.'" FRP:AK OF AN ENG —Tile famous debtors' prison at Cliehy has just been abolished, and the French papers are ciico"ating nutner,:us stories relating to it. I lere is one of them. eee.-ntric son of Albion, desiring to become practicaly acquainted with the interior of a French ,lebtor.' prison, refu , el to pay his tailor, who fortlm id: had him despatc!iv , l to Clieby. 'the imglimlonali„tft, r tl:rue months' in'!areera tion, found his iosAy satiated, and about eight o'clock in the evening sent for the gaoler. "I have had enongh of this; give me my cane, let me pay, and be off." But the gaoler, not understand ing his prisoner, sent for the governor. The English man repeated the same words, but the head official re minded him that he was not authorised to give him any. thing which belonged to him until the debt was paid. Give me my cane," repeated the Englishman. After a little discussion in broken French and the governor, thinking his prisoner mad, and wishing to l.acify him, told the gaoler to give him the cane. "I".ae object was no sooner placed in his hands than, unscrewing the knob, he drew out from the hollow a thousand pounl.,note, paid; his debt, wished the governor Goodnight, aAdeparted, a wiser if not a better man. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ILLNE:.3 OF TIIR PREMIER. Mr. Gladstone, unfortunately, is still indisposed. For several days past he has been suffeiv t " , g from an attack of diarrhoea. This has weakened Lim so much that a few days' rest is indispensable. We are assured, however, that there is nothing to cause anxiety. Whilst the right hon. gentleman was in the Speak( is room, on Friday afternoon, preparatory to making his statement to the House of Commons, he fainted. THE MEASURE LAW. The Irish Church Bill has now become the Irish Church Act. The royal assent has been given to it, and it is therefore law. The last scene in the drama is unanimously agreed to have been unimpressive and dull. The House of Lords when Sir John Lefevre proAaimed "La re•yne le veult" was almost empty. The proceedings were brief and tame. Not a single noble lord was present save the Commissioners. Thi se, as named by the Queen, included the Prince of Wales and the Du!.e of Edinburgh, but only the Lord Chancellor, the Dul•:e of St. Albans, and Lord de Tabley attended ; and it certainly would have been a waste of time to bring down more members of the House than were absolutely necessary just to take off their hats at the mention of a bill. For this is all their lordships dcl. They donned the grotesque costume which Royal Commissioners usually wear ; and then sent a message to the House of Commons.. Presently appeared the Speaker, attended by about a score of members, at the bar of the Upper House. Then the Clerk at the table read the Royal Commission; the Lord Chancellor stated the business the Com missioners had to do, namely, to announce the royal assent to certain bills, and directed the Clerk to read the titles of the measures. The Clerk, rising, read as the first bill " A bill to put an end to the Establishment of the Church in Ireland, and to make pro vision in respect of the temporalities thereof, and in respect of the Royal College of Maynooth." The Royal Commissioners uncovered their heads and bowed. Sir John Lefevre then, facing the repre sentatives of the people, proclaimed in the quaint style which is prescribed by almost immemorial custom—" La reyne le veult." Then, passing to other measures, the same ceremony was gone through in respect of bills for waterworks, gas, and railway companies. The Spealier returned to his place in the Commons, and told the House what had taken place, causing loud cheering to come from the members on his right. The parliamentary record contains the brief announcement :—" Message to attend the Lords Commissioners :—The House went ;—and being returned ;—Mr. Speaker reported the royal assent to,—lrish Church Bill." Thus ends the action of Parliament in the matter. _ _ _ From the Leg'slature we now look to Irish Churchmen to see what they will do. The Dublin M ail, the organ of t e Orangemen, still advocates the reassembling of the Church Conference whic'a was eketed to oppose the Irish Church Bill. Th ra has been r.,ised, however, a serious objection to that course. The Conference was elected for a specific purpose, to take political action against a certain measure. Its members were distinctly enjoined to take no steps towards forming a governing body for the Church, and it is thought reasonable that constituents in electing their representatives looked merely to the political opinions and power of those whom they sent; they might have sent totally dif ferent men had they thought the conference would have been an organising as well as a protesting body. Another suggestion is that the two Arch bishops should convene another Conference. And still another proposal is made that Convocation should be summoned. The latter, however, is gene rally olijucted to, on the ground that Convoca tion would not represent the whole Church, it would only include the clergy. THE SESSION. The present session is likely to be memorable for the passing of several important measures. Besides the Irish Church Bill, there is now every reason to believe that the Government Bankruptcy Bill will shortly become law, the measure having passed through the critical stage of committee in the House of Lords on Monday night. The amendments made by their lordships are not of a serious character, and will therefore be accepted by Sir Robert Collier. The Imprisonment for Debt Bill, which may be termed a twin subje t for legislation, was also steered. through committee; the Evidence Awendmunt Bill was read a second time, on the motion of Lord Penzance; and the Endowed schools Bill w..s read a third time and passed. In the Ilonse of Commons the Telegraphs Bill e::tered committee, anl after a critical e.:amination of its details, extending over several hours, all the clause, were agreed to as amended. THE REPRESENTATION OF ANTRIK. By the death of Vice-Admiral George II Seymour, C. 8., a vacancy has occurred in the repre sentation of Antrim County. The g.dlant gentle man, who bad only recently attained the rank o 1 Vice-Admiral, died at Hampton Court Palace, on Mon.* y inr:rdnz. .1 1 . e was born in 1818, and entered the navy in 1831. Ile b came a Rear - Admiral in 186.1,, an .l filled the post of Lord of the Adm:ralty in the Adminis trations of Lord Derby and Mr. D:sraeli from July 1866 to December 1868. Ile w,:s first elected for Antrim in 1865, as a Conservative and a strong supporter of " the monarchy and excellent constitu tion "of this country. As one of the comities form. ing the province of 'Ulster. Antrim is essentially Conservative, the Lst Liberal re!urned for this con stituency being the Earl of Belfast, who was pos sessed of considerable influence. The noble lord sat from 1832 to 1837. Twenty years later Mr. Hamilton O'Hara entered the field in the Liberal interest, but whilst his two Conserva tive opponents polled 4,686 and 4,341 respec tively, he was able to muster only 1,532 votes After the emphatic declaration of the Dublin Evening Mail last week—that the Orangemen of Ireland must look to the Whigs for their future allies—it will be interesting to notice whether the Liberals will endeavour to wrest the vacant seat from the Conservative party. A MAIIE'S NEST. There have been floating about the lobbies of the House of Commons some very ugly rumours thi! week, rumours which have given Liberal party men some uneasiness, and have made the Conservative! hopeful of a triumph such as they have not had this session. It will be remembered that some time back Mr. Layard, without parliament try authority, and without consulting even his colleagues, sanctioned an outlay of £5,500 for mosaic work to be carried out in the central hall of the P: - rliamentary Palace. The indiscretion raised a great storm in the House, and Mr. Layard con fessed he had acted improperly. But more of the affair has been talked of outside the House. The comp , sny with whom the contract was made was one in which Mr. Layard himself was interested; for last January the name of the Chief Commissioner of Works was down on the list of shareholders. The scandal was whispered from mouth to ear, and talked of as a most serious affair. When it further became known that one of Mr. Layard's relatives was still a member of the company, it was known that there would be a revelation to the House. Mr. Cecil Ilaikes made the exposure on Monday night. Mr. Layard answered the question at once, to the satisfac tion of all who heard him. The facts as stated were true enough. He, being an admirer of art, had formed one of a company of thirty-two, to bring into prominence a discovery by Salviati. Ile had resigned so late as January last. He had also sanctioned the contract ; but ho had not made it. It was made by Mr. Barry without his know ledge, and he was much surprised when it W2s brought before him. Though officially responsible for the contract, personally he was not so. So that the Standard yesterday morning, while commending Mr. Ilai!ces, says, " A more satisfactory ending there could not have been." WILD TALK. As a rule disestablished Churchmen seem rather to be thinking how to avert the ills that may be kept off than to be brooding on the stroke which has fallen upon them. But many Orangemen are still looking for vengeance, and an attempt to stir up a "repeal" agitation is being made. A specimen of the talk which these furious repealers indulge in appears in a letter from "Robert F. Boyle" to the Dub/in 11/liza " The Bright-Gladstone Church Robbery Bill having become the law of the land, I trust that all Protestant Irishmen will now unite in endeavouring to procure the ' Repeal of the Union.' From the Government that now rules them, they must see that all they can expect is the rifle and the bayonet ; that juries are packed to convict them ; whilst the venno is changed to a friendly county, when other interests are at stake ; the Party Processions Act is worked as a means of coercion for thun, whilst tie Government dare not interfere with the opposite THE roLicE AND THE rUBITC. taken by the [lonic Secretary touching the groundless charge brought by police constables against three young men of respectable position. It will be re membered that three clerks were recently appre hended in the Haymarket whil s t re t urn l ng from late duty, and were charg e d th e next morning with being drunk and with riotous be haviour. Independent witnesses, however, came for ward and swore that the young men were not drunk nor riotous, that the police had acted without reason or provocation, and had brutally ill-treated their victims. Both evidence and accompanying circumstances were against the police, and the young men were accordingly set at liberty, tne magistrate giving his opinion that the policemen had been guilty of perjury. This flagrant case was brought before the home Secretary the other day. Mr. Bruce informed the House of Commons that the matter had had his careful consideration. and that THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1869. no proceedings agamsz rat police-me:l wutu, The Pall Mall Gazette and div ers correspondents cannot see why. They urge that the case is eminently one for further proceedings as affecting an important questionthe growing antagonism between the police and the *public. "People have no sympathy with the ruffians who ill-treat the police, and at the same time they have no sympathy with the black sheep who disgrace the force and ill-treat the public. All they want is fair play." Moreover, . says the Pall Mall Gazette, have not the better class of police-constables and officers every reason to desire the purification of their ranks ? The evening paper condemns Mr. Bruce's refusal as unfair to all parties, and, moreover, as quite unnecessary. 1=,;,..ry Gazette says that Lord Mayo's rule will in all likelihood be famous for great railway achievements. DISTRESS IN NORTH-EAST INDIA. The north-west provinces of India recently suffered grievously from want of rain; in the north-east provinces great distress has been caused by too much water. The fall of rain has surpassed anything within the memory of " the oldest inhabitant." The rice crop has been almost entirely swept away, and the price of the great article of Indian food has become so high that the people are unable to buy a sufficient quantity. and a subscript'on has bear got up in their behalf. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, July 10, Europe continues to attract our prominent citizens. General Banks has sailed, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cooke, (junior), left in the I? u.svia, and, by the way, in the same steamer, was Mr. D. D. Iloward, who has never recovered from the farnou3 Washington " National Hotel poisoning," he got in 1857. We have had pleasant weather after a spell of heat, but it has not prevented a number of sudden deaths of peel] le in apparent health. Among them, in one day, were John Griffin, residing at the corner of First-avenue and Thirty-fourth -street ; Mary Fox, Forty-ninth-street and First-avenue ; and Thomas Christopher, 476 Seventh-avenue. Thomas Irwin Cornell, a young man, only 18 years of age, shot him self accidentally when examining a revolver, and as the ball passed through his brain, he survived but an hour. Ile was the son of the iron-founder of Centre street, and the news will be a great shock to his father, who is now in Europe. The accidents on Monday were below the usual average of an Inde pendence Day iu New York City :-- Lillie Ferry, aged fowy years, was burned in a shock ing manner, by her clothing taking fire from fire-crackers in front of her parents' ; residence, No. 263, Third-avenue. John Keenan, aged-14 years, was terribly burned by the explosion of some powder, while in the yard of No. 67, Oliver-street; taken to Bellevue Hospital. Jacob Jerger, aged 60 years, residing at No. 160, Maiden-lane, fell from a Grand-street ferryboat in the middle of the East River, but was not drowned. Joseph Ackley, aged 12, residing at No. 524, Third-avenue, was badly burned about the face and hands by the explosion of powder. William Palen, aged nine years, residing at No. 210, Mott-street, had his right thigh badly burned by a bunch of fire-crackers catching fire in his pocket. James Marks, aged nine years, was badly burned about the head and face by the explo sion of some powder on the walk in front of his parents' residence, No. 28, Lexington-avenue. William Hegner, aged 23 years, of No. 428, Fifth-street, a c Inductor on a Seventh-avenue railroad car, was in the evening hit in the eye by some fireworks, while crossing the junction of Greenwich and Sixth-avenues, and was seriously injured. Michael MiLaughlin, of No. 4, Chestnut-street, wat badly injured by a skyrocket striking him in the eye while in the City Hall Park. Michael Herrmann, aged 15 years, of No. 181, Mott-street, shot himself in the left hand at the corner of Broome and Mott-streets. Joseph Keating, aged 12 years, of No. 527, Fifth-street, was run over in Tompkins-square by a velocipede, and had his ankle badly cut. Wm. Flynn, a bootblack, was badly burned about the face and hands by the explosion of some powder at No. 174, Cherry-street. Barbara Mason, of No. 38, For syth-street, was shot in the site and seriously injured by the wad (,f a pistol fired by Solomon Laz urns, who was lock. d up in the Eldridge-street Police-station. Michael Lee, aged 10 years, of No. 316, Mutt-street, fell through a building at the corner of the Bowery and Bleecker-street, and had his arm broken. The limb was set by Dr. Armstrong. John Keenan had both his hands burned by the accidental explosion of gunpowder; he was admitted to Bellevue, Ignatz Brune, aged 13 years' of No. 43, West Thirty-first-street w,,s drowned while bathing in a pond at the Eighth-avenn and and One-hundred-and-twenty-second - street ; the body was recovered. Domingo Gatries, aged 10 years, of No. 414, East Fifteenth-street, was so badly burned by fire craokers that he died last evening. George Wilton, azed 35 years, fell front a second-storey window of No. 101, Parclay-street, to the pavement, and was dangerously in jured ; taken to New York Hospital. Charles Burnett re ceived a serious cut on the head by some unknown person, during a fight at the corner of Bayard and Forsyth-stteets ; he was taken home to No. 41, Elizabeth-street. Bella Edwards, Isidore Kane, and John Riker, of No. 557, Second-avenue, were seriously burned by the explosion of a can of powder. A span of horses attached to a carriage, owned ty Dr. William 11. Thompson, of No. 111, West Forty-third street, sad driven by John Sims, tcok fright, at the corner of Forty-sixth-street and Broadway, at &nue fireworks, and dashed into the crowd in the vicinity, _knocking a number of people down and s-rionsly injuring it Mrs. Cassidy. She was taken to her residence corner of Fifty-seventlt-street and Sixth-avenge. Even the British shipping in the harbour was gaily dc led. It is estimated that 150,000 pers lli left the city; crowding awayin every direction toescapL4ro:n the scene of riot and noiAe. You may calculate at what expen liture of life and li üb, property an 1 powder, we pr, serve the traditions of "The Day e C lehrate." Here is a list of the fires : The match factory of John Loehn, on the upper floor of No. 427, West Fifty-fourth-street, wai damaged on the morning of the sth to the amount of $5OO. Nut insured. The apartment of William Bromermau, in the tenement No. 137, Crosby-street, was slightly damaged. Cause fire-crackers. The building on the corner of Manhattan street and Broadway was sligbly damaged on the roof. Cause—fire-crackers. The fifth floor of No. 28, Ma dison-street, was damaged by a rocket having entered the window. John Gunther's apartment on the se cond floor of No. 197, East Seventh-street, was da maged, a fire-cracker having been thrown through the window. Insured by the Germania Company. The shingle roof of the frame dwelling, No. 160, Elm-street, owned by Mrs. Alltuack, was slightly damaged. The awning in frcnt of No. 883, Sixth-avenue, was burned, caused by fire crackers. The roof of the three-story tene ment, No. 28, Delancey-streot, owned by Mrs. llegeman. was slightly damaged. The roof of No. 2 1 12, Spring-street, was slightly damaged. A window curtain caught fire at No. 280, Broome-street. A slight fire occurred at No. 118, Chrystle-street. The roof of No. 343, Grand-street, was slightly damaged. The roof of the residence of Patrick McLoughlin, No. 165, Delancey-street, was slightly damaged, having caught fire from fireworks. Wm. Doer's large beer saloon, No. 69, Vandam-street, was slightly damaged ; fully insured. The roof of No. 240, Vest Thirteenth-street, caught fire from fireworks; slight damage. The dwelling No. 117, East Twelfth-street, was slightly damaged. A slight fire occurred on the roof of No. 76, Norfolk-street, owned by Ann Norris. The roof of No. 83, Perry-street, was slightly damaged. L. Oppenheimer's cigar box manufactory, at No. 185, Avenue D., was elightly damaged. A dwelling at the corner of Thirty-sixth-street and Third-avenue was damaged to the amount of $lOO. The roof of No. 79, Vandam-street, was set on fire by a rocket. Loss slight. The roof of No. 17, Third-avenue, was set on fire by fire works. Loss slight. The examination of the fillibusters has been pro , ceeding this week, General Goicouria being brought up before Mr. Commissioner Betts. The examina tion was continued over three days, in the presence of an excited crowd, who earnestly desired to lynch HenTy W. French, the informer, and on one occa sion assumed so threatening an aspect that the Mar gird considered it advisable to convey him through a rear window into Reade-street, whereon the crowd dispersed ; when he was wanted for examination on Thursday he was not forthcoming, and Mar.:4llal Davis did not know what had become of Lim, as he had' been dismissed, and I suppose considered dis cretion the better part of valour and made himself scarce. The Commissioner held that the evidence had' failed to identify the accused with the Cathe rine Initing expedition, and discharged him ac cordingly. William H. Sanftsd, cashier of the Cen tral National Bank, has absconded with bonds amounting to about $1.00,000, whizh had been placed in his hands for safe keeping. Fortunately the sum, according to the President, Mr. Wheelock, is much less than the actual surplus, after paying the semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent. This is another of those terrible cases arising out of specu lative transactions. He had formerly been in the dry-goods firm of Clarke, Pardee, and Bates, and had borne an excellent character ; frugal, industri ous, and even a religious member of the Congrega tionalist Church. So great was the confidence a Mr. Wheelock in him that he ma de hi m exe cutor of his will. He was supposed t o have a modest competence. lie was born in Cincinnati abcut 48 years ago, married, and h is th r ee child ren. For thre e y ear s lie was cashier, to which pest he rapidly rose after entering the bank. Su highly did the firm of Clarke, Pardee ) and Bates think of him that they became his sureties in the sum of $25,000. Ostensibly he left to visit his wife and children at Westport ; but next day his brother, who is a messenger of the bank, received a letter from his brother's wife, which showed that he had not gone to Westport. Suspicion being aroused his desk was searched, in which his accounts and memoranda w ko t g eoh t n. e l a u r and bonds At sit ehde werecomplete,esaracarried eeksde ic,B: kept, the acknowledging the f r t hat loyttiinnhkf,a he have hailiheri which taken aore taken many times that amount. In the box was a letter addressed to Mr. Wheelock, stating that the money had been lost in gold and stock speculations, coneuling thus, " Pray forgive me ; I have taken nothing with me ; God bless my poor family, they are destitute." We have had another theatrical fracas. Mr. Dominick Murray is said to have thrown up a London engagement to look after his wife, who was an actress in the Grand Opera House, under her maiden name of Miss Josephine Fiddes. Mr. Murray, considering the lady slighted by Manager Tayleure's dismissal, and a severe critique in the Herald, accepted an engagement in New York on purpose to set this little matter right. It appears that he had written a letter, which Clifton W. Tayleure considered impertinent, and conse quently on meeting him in New York, Mr. Fisk's manager demanded a written retractation of the insult. This was in the vestibule of Niblo's Garden, when Mr. Murray met what Mr. Tayleure calls his modest demand with the menace of a loaded cane, on which he says two blows passel, an 1 the chastisement appearing complete, he quietly left the scene. I know no snore of the facts of the case, as the accounts are contradictory than by Mr. Tayleure's own statement, wh;ch is moderate, and bears every evidence of probability. Mr. Douglass has postponed the departure of the Sappho for Europe till her ridging can be replaced with heavier material and other improvements made. She went round Long Island for London, beating the yacht Meteor and displaying very satisfactory sailing qualities, which also is soon to proceed to Europe. The So ciety of the Army of the Potomac met on the 7th to complete the election of officers, and much busi ness was transacted. Among others, a motion was m tde that Generals M'Clellan, Burnside, Meade, and Hooker be appointed Honorary President which caused consi lerable discussion, but was even tually decided by the President to be contrary to the rules. A vote of sympathy to the widows and orphans of the soldiers of the Army of the Poto mac was unanimously passe 1, and the Society ad journed. Major-General Meade left on Wednes day for Philadelphia. On Thursday Sheridan left f*3r Long Branch. Ex-Governor Gibbs, of Oregon, is at Brooklyn, the guest of Mr. Frederick Kind berg. The emigrants for the week were nearly 6,000, and the carriers do not anticipate any falling off till•after August; the great mass is German. WASHINGTON', July 9. The case of General Butterfield has been decided by granting him an indefiuite leave of absence. If such a system is to hold, the President may at any time appoint naval or military officers to civil posts, and by granting unlimited leave, avoid the neces sity of their quitting the army ; but a bill is threat ened to be introduced when Congress meets, which will force army or navy officers, accepting civil appointments, to resign their commissions. General Sherman has returned from St. Louis ; General Porter, the President's Private Secretary, is absent in New York, so is General B idcock. President Lemur has returned from Philadelphia, but his hopes for Cuba are not S 3 strong. Seuato. s Cameron and Cole and John Covo le have had interviews with the President regarding the aid to be tendered by the Administration in the election of Governor Geary in October. All the clerks here from that State will be sent there to vote to order. As usual rumours were circulate], one was th tt Senator Cameron had urged on the President the appointment of his son-in-law, lll'Veigh, to the Cabinet, but this they deny, although ad mitting that all the Pennsylvanian politicians ex pressed the opinion that the appointment of a Sec retary from their State would aid the Republican party in the approaching c invas. Tue British Mi nister, Mr. Thornton, has hurried back fro n Mas i sachusetts to meet the Hou. John Rose, the Cana diau Mipister of Fin nice, sent here by the Demi ' nion to negociate a new reciprocity treaty, but also on a subject which engages much attention con nected with the Hulson Bay claims. It was advis able for the British Minister to be on the spot while subjects so important were being discussed. Secretary Fish was to meet the lion. John Rise in reference to the reciprocity treaty to-day. S.!cre t try Boutwell has been accused of allumin . ; his iurentioa to purchase more Bon Is to le tk out and enable certain barkers of IVall-street t 3 pro!it by the knowledge. The accasatiou is until eri as the Secretary, to be on the safe sin,, allewe I ne one to know what his intentions were till he ha 1 111 - 1,1t3 theta p tblie himself, so that those who had anticipated his course did so by the exercise of their own judg-nent, and taking their ri,k. The President intends to spend some tine at Long Branch, and his wife and family will proceed there in a few days. It is not, ever, anticipated that he will remain there more than a fortnight at a time, constantly returning dur ing the summer. When at Baltimore a collector there complained that he was worried to death by office-seekers. The General rather laughe I at this, and told him he should do as he did, not allow those fellows to bother him, and he would soon regain his health. John Cochrane has declined condi tionally the post offered him of Collector of Internal Revenue for the Sixth District of New York, being unwilling to become responsible for the daily money receipts after the closing of the Sub-Treasury, but Mr. Bout well has removed this difficulty by naming a National Bank near the Collector's Oiriee, wherein the money could be deposited before the Collector closed his office. Charles 11. Langston, of Kansas, is a coloured candidate for the mission to Liberia. His brother, John M. Langston, has been pushi ng his claims for the post, which the President says he will grant if any change be hereafter made in the mission. Judge Lewis Dent, residing here, although a citizen of Mississippi, has been offered the Republican nomination for Governor of that State, and he will soon take the stump in his own interest. He settled in Mississippi when the war closed, having married a lady of Mississippi, and having his property there invested he is regarded as a permanent resident. The plan is to make a good selection on the ticket for Lieutenant-Gover nor, and in case of success to send Dent here to the Senate. Much attention has been directed towards Virginia. Walker, who was victorious, was a Demo crat when the war commence], but then became a Republican, and the president of a national bank at Norfolk. Ile is a native of Binghampton, New York, but he had been long settled in the West before he entered business at Norfolk. He was always a Union man, though with Democratic pro clivities. Although they call it a Republican vic tory, it is the victory of the Conservative ele , went, and the question will be whether Gov. Walker will allow those to rule to whom he owes his elec. t . on. The following was the full ticket as returned : Governor, Gilbert C. Walker ; Lieut.-Governor, John F. Lewis; Attorney-General, Jas. C. Taylor. Congressmen-Ist District, D. M. Norton (Inde pendent Rep.), coloured ; 2d District, James 11. Platt, jun. (Wells) ; 31 District, Chas. 11. Porter (IVells); 4th District, Levy C. Thayer (Walker) ; sth District, Robert Ridgway (Walker) ; 6th Dis trict, Milne (Walker) ; 7th District, Lewis Mac kenzie (Walker) ; Bth District, James K. Gibson (Walker) ; at large, Joseph E. Segar (Walker). The Walker party is pledged to the adoption of the XVth Amendment, and so thoroughly professes to uphold R.publicauism as to have congratulated the President on the great Republican victory. Several counties were carried by Walker through negro votes. The majorities were unusually large, all going one way in particular localities, and, what is really worthy of note, the greatest good feeling and order prevailing at the polls; yet there was some turbu lence during the canvass at Richmon 1, and a bridge over the James liver broke under the crowds that gathered on it on the 21 inst., when two men were killed and seven hurt, and it is actually as serted that the bridge was purposely injured by the opposite party. Ilow the victors regarded their triumph may be gathered from this letter to General Grant :—" Mr. President,—On behalf of the State Committee of the Walker party, I con gratulate you upon the triumph of your policy iu Virginia. The gratitude of the people for your liberality is greatly enlivened by the overwhelm. ing majority by which that policy prevails.—R. F. Daniels, Chairman." At Laurel an accident oc curred which proved Fred. Grant to be a worthy chip of the old block. The President's son, who is under 20 years of age, and now on leave of ab sence from West Point, was with his cousins, the Dents,and the sons of Dr. Sharpe,who were bathing in the Patuxtent River, when one of the latter, a boy of 11, suddenly cried out that he was drowning, and his father, who was present, began to throw off his clothes to save the lad, but Fred. Grant waiting for no such disrobing, sprang in . as he was, and caught young Dent Sharp by the hair as be was going down for the last time, and brought him safely to shore. The appointments of coloured persons continues to be made, ; three policemen being selected from respectable negro citizens, to the intense disgust of many white people, although they were taken from those who had served in the Union Army. A coloured boy has been placed on the same footing as the white app. e atices in the bureau of steam engineering at th Navy Yard. He bad ingeniously constrncted a model of a steam engineovhiell attracted atten.ion. There are, ho ,v -ever, instances in which these appointments cause great inconvenience, for example, as in Macon, Georgia, where every white clerk left when the negro Turner took possession of his office. To show what a coloured man so placed has to endure, I may add that Turner was arrested on the evidence of two women, taken up for having in their po3- session a large sum stolen from the Treasury De partment here. They accused Turner, knowing that it would begenerallyacceptable; but as there wasnot a particle of evidence he was discharged. I may here observe that if negroes are often lynched after being confined on a charge of crime, the Governor'. of Georgia is striving to make it up to them ; he has commuted the death sentence of two murderers to one year's imprisonment, and the countrymen of the two German gardeners whom they were convicted of having murdered are indignant at this leniency. But while African interests are thus upheld, it is only in the face of a strenuous opposition ; the Journeymen Housecarpenters' Association have in serted the word " white" in their constitution, so as to exclude coloured carpenters from member ship, and the Bookbinders' Association met to dic tate to Mr. Clapp, the Government printer, how many additional apprentices he should be allowed, and, I believe, of what colour they were to be. The ironclad Centaur has been dispatched to Santiago de Cuba to investigate the circum stances attending the execution of Speakman, and she will be followed by several others. The Sintino!e will be ready to-morrow, the Dictator next week, and within a fortnight 20 vessels will be available. Speekman was shot, notwithstanding the protest of our Consul, backed by the British, as he had been taken in arms, and was regarded as a fillibus ter, which he denied, having, he sii i, shippe 1 without any intention of going to Cuba, where he was landed against his own wish and voluntarily surrendered himself. It is denied th it Admiral Hoff will be relieved, unless he desires it, as the Navy Department has no fault to find with him. The Executive Departments made the fullolN ing expena tures during the month of June :—Civil and miscel laneous an 1 foreign iut, rcourse, $3,829,288 ; War, $5,253,298 54 ; Navy, $2,685,096 21 ; Interior (Pensions and In iiabs), $2,082,416 04. Total, $13,850,198 82. Special Agent Kinsella has re turned from Nev Orleans, where he found the reports of fraud had not been exaggerate]. lie bad discovered, and is now writing an account of, the frauds in the Custom House, which, it is said, will implicate men of high standing in the Cres.;ent City. We have had enough of those reports, and of the doings of Perry Fuller, what is required now being active prosecution and punishment. SAN FRANCISCO, July 1. Sin,—As the numerous Californians scattered through Europe, who, I trust, are all patr)ns of your valuable paper, may wish to know how travel is being improved here, let me tell you what we did the other day. Embarking from Vallejo-street Wharf, in the steamboat New IVorld, at 7 a.m., we passed Alcatrey and Angel Islands, the two brothers and the twin sisters, and soon lauded at Vallejo, where we took the railway for Napa and Calistoga, which we reached at 10 a.m. After a dip iu the new swimming bath, and a di Lik of the famous mineral waters, reminJiug one of Wiesbaden, Ba deu-Ba ien, and homburg, we enjoyed a fine breakfast, and soon left for &cram. nto City, which we rcach.d about 4 p.m. Think of that, you who used to consider it a good day's work to reach Ca listoga in one day, after a dusty ride throu,;liNapa Valley. 'lle object of our excursion was to escort departing fiends, bound overland, as far as Sa cramento, and to enjoy a ride in the Pullman Palace, dining, and sleeting cars. At 4.30 p.m. we were seated in the dining car, partaking of a sumptuous meal, while the train moved at a high rate of speed without disturbing our equani mity or breaking even the most delicate glass. We returned to Vallejo by 9 and San Francisco soon after 10 p.m., having ridden about 300 miles since 9 a.m. What a change since 1849, when we used to occupy a week, and smnetitnes two, in reaching Sacramento from San Francisco ! I'he Western Pacific Railroad Company are building their road to Oakland rapidly, but as the distance is 121 miles from Sacramento City, via Stockton aid Oakland to San Francisco, and only 83 miles via Vallejo,l,the latter will be found the most expeditious. A grain elevator, the first in the country, has recently been built at Vallejo, where there is abundance of water for the largest ships to receive or discharge cargo with much less expense than at San Francisco. The Navy Yard on Mare Island, opposite Vallejo, is one of the best in the United States. The adjacent valleys of Napa Sinome and Sant,Rafael are veritable gardens of Eden, and a day's ride to the famous Geysers, where steam spouts out of the earth to a great height, and where icy cold and boiling hot water are found side by side, leading one to think of the infernal regions. When rails are extended to St. John's, Newfoundland, leav ing 1,700 miles of water between Europe and America, with fast steamers, we expect to cross the ocean in four or five days, and on rails weighing 1001bs. to the yard, behind locomotives like the America which took the first prize at the Paris Ex hibition, now running on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, we hope to cross the Continent in eight days, and so facilitate travel that we shall be come well acquainted. Considerable attention has recently been called to a party of Japanese emi grants who bare settled in the Grayson Ranch, in El Dorado County. About a year since some Ja panese who, having travelled, bad become liberal in their ideas, were compelled to flee from Japan, came to California, and by advice of Mr. Van Reed, father of the United States Consul at Jeddo, they leased a farm in Alamada County, and employed a few intelligent men to instruct them in farming. The result has been that they have benefited them selves, and been the means of the Schnell colony coming over, who design to introduce into their woods the Japanese oak leaf silk worm, which makes excellent silk, and large symmetrical cocoons. The moth is of bright yellow, with large wings. This worm is not domesticated and fed by hands. It is allowed its own :way among the trees of the forest, and families camp out during the season of production. Though the oak leaf is its choice, it is not dainty. It eats the leaf of most deciduous trees, all being grist that comes to its mill. I have seen the silk of this worm, it is fine and elas tic. Its natural colour is a pleasant grey, and the silk is most retentive of its colour. The first day the colony laid out a fish pond. To n good t water they formed a cheap, kethe cement lak ofe hold shell lime, sand, and ashes. Rice . will be one of the A French gentleman writes grains cultivated. thus :—" Unlike other Eastern peoples there is something about the Japanese that is very c genial. The men are dignified, well educated, and Po lite, brave, and full of ingenuity. The women have refined. delicacy, very pretty forms and fea tures, and a very winning address ; not only is it their personal charms that would be admired, but they would in the eye of matrimony be endorsed by the absence of the expensive habits that in our own belles interpose so terrible an obstacle to marriage." TIIE LICENSING SYSTEM. A conference on the present condition of licensing was held at Rochdale on Monday afternoon. Several of the speakers stated their belief that public-houses ought to be closed early on Saturday evening, as their experience tended to shew that there was more drunkenness between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning than at any other hour. Subsequently a resolution was passed expressing satisfaction that the Government intended early next session to introduce a bill on the subject. but adding that no bill would be satisfactory to the people that does not include the repeal of the Beer Bill, the closing of all public-houses on Sundays, and strict enactments against the opening of gin palaces and singing and dancing saloons, and which does not give to the people a larger amount of control over the granting of licences, and the regulation of the then existing houses for the sale of drink, as to their opening, closing, &c. NATIONAL EDUCATION LEAGUE. The first meeting of the London members of the National Education League was held on Monday afternoon, at Westminster. The scheme of the League is, that local authorities shall be bound to see that sufficient school accommodation is provided for every child in their district, to be paid for if necessary out of local rates ; that all schools aided bylocal rates shall be subj ect to Govennnent inspection, and shall be free and unsectarian; and that the State or the local authorities shall have power to enforce the attendance of children not otherwise receiving educa tion. A provisional committee for the metropolis was formed to co-operate with the provisional com mittee of Birmingham (whose chairman, Mr. Dixon, M.P., presided), and to make preparations for the first general meeting of the League, which is to be held at Birmingham in the course of the autumn. NZWSPAPER REGISTRATION. An Act has been passed this session which does away with the necessity for newspaper pro prietors giving sureties to the Govern ment against libel. It also supersedes the registration of newspapers at Somerset House, but requires that each paper shall be registered under the Copyright Act at Stationers' Hall. Some curious difficulties arse in carrying out these changes. The authorities at Stationers' Hall do not recognise the registration at Somerset house, and it is therefore doubtful whether the whole of the newspapers in the kingdom are not without protection for their titles until they are entered at Stationers' Hall, which has been clone in very few cases. A complaint is made that it should be necessary to incur the expense and trouble of a new registration, which might easily be avoided by transferring the register from Somerset House. At the latter place anyone was entitled to see the newspaper register upon payment of a shilling, and he then had before him the titles of all the newspapers in the kingdom. At Stationers' llall an investigator is allowed to see only the title of the paper for which he inquires ; in other words, he only receives information which is not new to him, and if be is anxious to avoid collision with unknown titles be has no opportunity of doing so. 'This inconvenience and discourtesy is strictly in accordance with the Copyright Act of Parliament, and the officials refuse to receive any suggestions from the authorities or in any way to mitigate the rigours of the Act. Another little grievance arises from the fact that hitherto the newspapers supplied to the British Museum have been paid for; in future proprietors are to deliver their journals free of charge. Mr. Ayrton seems desirous of mitigating those evils, but, like Mr. Bright, he finds himself powerless to cope with o ff icial routine. Station e r s ' Hall is a company existing under a special Act of Parliament, and it laughs at all the bland:shments and injunctions of the Lords of the Treasury. TILE CIZOPS. The farmer, people say, is always complain!ng. Either his wheat, his oats, h:s turnips, or something is going on badly. The grass is scorched, or the wheat has no ripening sun. his peas and bean: want moisture, or his roots are rotting. The general complaints this week are two. In the absence of rain, the sun is scorching the grass, and spoiling the cereals on light soils ; the lice have attaciced the wheat iii many dis - tr:cts, and the peas in others. As a rule, however, the reror:s from all parts are satisfactory. The wheat in sonic counties is spoken of ircst, hopcfnLy, and in none is anything like a Lilrre antecipattd, except Vie lice do more serious damage and more generally infest the plant tLan is thought of now. A letter from "P. L. M. Cartwright" appears in the Times, the writer of which advocates the adop tion of thin sowing. Ile sows only a bushel cer acre of both wheat and barley, with the best results. Ofi some acres this year he gathers two pecks. In order to prove to his sceptical friends that thin sowing is good, he has sown two bushels per acre side . by side with that thinly sown, and the " difference iu the appearance netween tne two quantities is very striking." LORD NAPIER OF lIAGDALA. The resignation of Lord Napier of Magdala as Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay army is to be attributed, the Indian papers tell us, to private affairs, which have made him for some time desirous of returning home. But the military men of India are said to cherish the belief that one of the objects of his return to this country is to prepare for taking the command of the whole Indian army on the expiration of Sir William Mansfield's of office. What more n a t ura l, sa y th e y, th an that,considering the mag n it u d e o f th e c h anges w hi c h tenure must be introduced into the Indian army within the noxt few years, the Secretary of State should desire to have the coining Commander-in-Chief near him for a few months, to facilitate consultation ? The Times of India trusts the surmise is correct. FOREIGN NOTES. TIM CAALISTS IN SPAIN. The fight between the Carlists and the Government troops near Ciudad Real terminated in the complete dis comfiture of the former. Their leader was wounded, a colonel killed, and the band—numbering 500 or 600 — entirely dispersed. This check, however, has not put an end to the movement. At Cordova and in the North the agitation still goes on. At Tarancon the volunteers have set upon a Carlist party and defeated them. More plots have been discovered. One of these was a very formidable affair—nothing less than a conspiracy to seize the citadel of Pampeluna, with the aid, it would seem, of treachery in the citadel itself. This scheme has been baffled, and the conspirators have met with very severe treatment. The principal Carlist agent was killed, and a priest, a retired officer, an artillery captain, and two other agents— one of them a marquis—were captured. Pampeluna is in the far north, several hundred miles from the scene of Saturday's engagement—a further testimony to the extensive character of the movement. The weight of evidence now points to the conclusion that Dou Carlos has crossed the frontier, and is now in Spain. The Prcsse, which a day or two ago said he was at Fon tainebleau, row admits that he is no longer there. He left his residence, says this journal, on Saturday, with a dozen attendants. and has entered Spain. THE PORTE AND THE POLES. A correspondent of the Liberte attributes a somewhat odd project to the Turkish Government. It is about to become the champion of Polish liberties. A vast colony of the emigrant Poles is to be established in Constanti nople, and the Porte undertakes to find these refugees employment on the railways, and—in the army. Such a scheme, if it be really carried out, cannot but be regarded as a hostile demonstration against Russia. Tin KHEDIVE'S TROUBLES. The sudden departure of the Viceroy of Egypt from Eaux Dormers, in the Pyrenees, has given rise to a conflict of rumours. The Patrie assures us that the nomination of his brother, Mustapha Fazyl, to the post of Minister without portfolio was the cause of the Viceroy's hasty retreat to Constantinople. The Sultan is jealous of the Khedive, and the appointment of Mustapha a a Afi7,ister is the expression of that jealou-y, for be. twcen the two brothers there is no love lost. Some time ago the succession to the Egyptian throne was altered by the Sultan, so thr;t Mustapha, who was the successor ap parent to the Viceroy, was deprived of his inheritance in favour of the Viceroy's children. The latter personage is now alarmed lest the succession be altered again, ar_d in favour of his obnoxious relative. COAL IN CENTRAL INDIA. The existence of an extensive coalfield in Central India is now regarded as a settled fact. The Government has determined to make extensive experiments. Steam-boring machines have been ordered from England, and it is in contemplation to carry a line of railway to the hitherto land-locked district of Chanda, in which the treasure is situated. The discovery is of the highest importance to the country in every way, but above all is it valuable as likely to lead to a reduction of railway expenses. En rassa»t it may be mentioned that the through line from Bombay to Calcutta i s ra pidl y approac hi ng comp l e ti on . Mixt May it ill 111 ARKE7 S-2 /118 DA Y. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. July 28.—Sales prebably .12,000 bales. The market firzu. IMPERIAL FARLI ADI EN HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack at five o'clock. TENANTS' PURCHASE BY INSTALMENTS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord DUNSANY moved the second reading of thia bill, the 'object of which was to legalise the sys tem of tenants purchasing land and paying the price of it by instalments, a system which, h e thought, would be of great advantage in Ireland, be cause whilst there were provisions to protect the landlord , there wcro also enactments to save the tenant from loss where the purchase was not wholly carried out. The bill proposed that the inst a l men t s s h ou ld be paid every five years, and where default was made the money already raid should be looked upon as so much rent re ceived, for which the payer should hold the land for specified time. Ile did not think it was possible to pass the bill during the present session, but by reading it a second time would cause it to be fully considered in Ireland during the time the sitting of Parliament was suspended. Lord D UFFERIN said he had fully considered the bills but he found that the landlords at present possesse d all the power which the bill now under consideratio n proposed to give them, and therefore the measure vi'f° altogether unnecessary. As the whole subject of Lana Tenure in Ireland was to be considered next session, lie thou„ht it would be the wisest course to withdraw the bill for the present. Lord CAIRNS also advised his noble friend to witbdralf the bill, because if it was read a second time now it might give rise to wrong impressions ou t o f d oors that their lordships were dealing in a limited way with a great question that was to be duly consilred next year. The bill was then withdrawn. TENURE (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRIOARDE said ho did not in tend to proceed further with this bill, which stood fo r committee that evening, and therefore he moved that the order be discharged. In the event of a better bill nos being brought forward next session by the Governmen t, he would re-introduce the measure, and carry it on as speedily as the forms of the house would enable bi 1:11 to do. The order was accordingly discharged. COUNTY COURTS (ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION) BILL. Lord HOUGHTON moved the second reading of tbill bill, the object of which was to enable the judges to assess damage done to vessels other than by collision. The bill was read a second time. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES BILL. Lord NORTHBROOKE moved the second reading o f this bill, the object of which was to extend the operations of the bill of last session to military stations not men• tioned in the act. The bill was read a second time. BANKRUPTCY BILL. The report of amendments on this bill was brought up and received. INIPRISONIIENy FOR DEBT BILL. ht The report of amendments on this bill was also broug up and received. NEW ZEALAND. The Earl of CARNARVON hiving called the atteutioo of their lordships to the present state of New Zealand, Their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING• The SPEAKER took the chair at tw2 c oclock. THE CHANNEL AND MEDITEMINEA.N FLEET S Mr. CHILDERS said it was the desire of the Admiralty that a memtiug of the two fleets should take place, but 6 difficulty had Leen anticipated from th e f ac t that bci t4 fleets were commanded by Vice-Admirals of nearly equal standing, but as it was thought advantageous OP meeting of the two fleets should take place, be (' ft ; Childers) and his lion. and gallant friend Sir S. P 3cr o , proposed to go ou t t owar d s the end of August with a vie of arranging a meeting of the two flee - 0. INDIAN RAILWAYS. _ Mr. G. DUFF said that the Indian Government had re : commended an extension of the Eastern Bengal Railway to Darjeeling. CHINA. Mr. G. DUFF, in reply to Mr. Baines, said he regretted that circumstances had prevented the papers relative t ° the route of Captain W. C. M'Leod , fr om M ou l m ein to t l3. frontiers of China, and to the route of Dr. Dichardsou ea Lis fourth mission in the Shan provinces of Banns, lia „ not been presented before, but that they would be laid e" the table now in a very few days. BANK DIVIDENDS. Mr. AYRTON said there - was some arranvemen tf°r the alteration of the manner of th e p a y men t o f the ,; dends at the Bank of England, b u t th a t th e m atter co ul d not be completed without the sanction of Parliament , 811 as there was not time for such a matter during the preS e L session, no alteration, of course, would take place for present. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) DILI , . On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. CAMPBELL said h) was of opinion that no sYs te : of education w ou ld b e e ff ectual or just which, whil° ;t volving compulsory rating, did nut include the po cr of , nforcing the attendance of children at school. Mr. STACPOLE thought that it was impassible, in the short time that no w rema i ne d o f th e sess i on , adeqlo't"9 to discuss such an important measure as the present. o f Mr. MILLAR, was of opinion that the absenc e b . compulsory clauses from the present bill w a s a great ° by jection to the bill. He hoped steps would be taken the Government to remedy the objection, and that c° l33- pulsion cla uses wou ld b e i n t ro d uce d i n th e E ng lish O l i o , The house then went into committee, and a long t o suasion ensued on the qualification of heritors to en 3 rd them to vote under the provisions of the bill. 1:)— lb amendments were made, but they were rejected 0111_ division, and the first clause was agreed to, as it stood ° I. ginally in the bill.. The house then proceeded to consider the other atil e 4 ments, of which there were about 130, to the retaaill -68 clauses of the bill. 0 1 The sitting of the house was suspended at the 115 hour. A s o The house resumed a t fi ve m i nu t es p as t n ine, su; t be hon. member at once called a tt en ti on t o th e "state tia house ;" the Speaker counted, a n d on ly 21 me mbers present the assembly stood adjourned. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at 1 1- ', 10 % t short exchange on London is 25f. 1711 p e r Li ste rx On comparing these rates with the English Mint pr i l it £3 tio.lo4d. per ounce for standard gold, it appeas e . 0 4 gold at the above price is about the samo in Londo n Paris. t 6/ The course of exchange at New York on London for bill s ' to days' sight was on the 21th inst. about 1101 per cent. At thiB: 0 01 there is a profit on the importation of gold from the 1 / 1 " . States. t [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills.—Cora fa r 0 Every One.—lt is essential for health that every nrga tat the body be fully competent and duly prepared f„_ °r e art natural execution of its appropriate functions, whicaaviref not be the case under great transitions of telW r olii , unless some corrective medicine be taken occass in when the chilling winds of spring are succeeded b 5" mer heat, and this again gives place to autumnal ;00 0 the Inver and skin can only be maintained in a action by some such alterative medicine as 1 1 °1 10 , noted Pills, which regulate the circ u l a ti on , cool 14 `" sea tem and fortify the nerves. In our variable °Ma a r" 'DP riff I on marshy districts, occasional does of these Pa t pre' cooling, and aperient Pills will prove most anal ° servers of heal th. is lADvEarismuorr.j—Avoid Medicines: they always egg r t A orre 4 chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious health-resmoish- Revalenta Arabica Food, which yields three times then fdie s c i ment of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other reu'ioile o and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong ner ve tosi lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, funl gularity, anti energy to the most disordered or enfeeble ;. es tool 6, tract a few out of the 68,000 cures :—" The Pope's health 1 6 0 , by Dn Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413. "Rome, July sines —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, Wolf evti,,, f- co abandoning all other remedies, he has confined hiras e „ o osiw - „ 2 - to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he be yet a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisi n g is Of ir e tidal effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise C ..ret lent food too highly." From the "Gazette du Midi, Je l Y,,„,rs' 11 ,, 0 0 No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seve l3 ,2"„." - D er l o cl complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, Wl.'" 'joss, ' l l.l palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessvi; Deo, the most intolerable nervous agitation.," Cure N°• m an y Ye a Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieute nan t o f W a t er f o rd, of 1 336 , 0 fro ~ dyspepsia. No 19,832: " Fifty years ' i n d escr ibable er ati lleV, dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation tiare at s spasms, sickness, and vo m i t i ng. — M ar i a Joly. 3 0 ye :o cl 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, o f Frimley, Surrey,eat, n 7 l ll diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangl i c te - o t partial deafness. Impo r t an t C aut i on.— B ewar e of t unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to whi, c „, b ' s ttacqs ; authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audacioesu, 2 yes ',TS In tins, at Is lid; 1 lb 2s 9d; 2lbs 4s 6d ; 5 lbs 1151 L"8 2i 21 lbs 40s. —Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA. ARA.BISA 2i els POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at vs, for _ .O Ate d o , at 3s 6d, for 48 cups at Cs, for 288 cups at 30s, for 57 6 ° Yoe 0 —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tin.ordor.o free of carriage in England on receipt of Post-Offic B do o ; BAR.. Y BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, 1,011 all Grocers and Chemists BIRTHS. nar zo o Ctinzox—On the 25th inst., the Hon. Mrs. Ileurp of a daughter. th e HODGSON -On the 26th inst, at Esher, S urreY, Captain W. S. Hodgson, Of a son. MARRIAGES. Atel BRIDGE— GOODWIN—On the 24th inst., at Upton, A 0 0 ~ ins George Bridge, Esq., 10th Ilegt., the se cont' o j t ill f o fo o u o r a th wy d n a u H gl u tt s T e, of p t t a li c e h l e a t t , e u J u o c ti W. G Lieut.-Colonel Bridge, of Upton Pnrk, Slough , t• sq , ° 0 , t JO eS i3' FOLJAMBE—HoWARD -On the 22d inst. a t - ; jo is+, Piccadilly, Cecil Foljambe, Esq., R jsi., to , 00 r“ . Howard, eldest daughter cf Mr. and Lady F. ' oodsviu, If. C' ible ' .9 EATIIS. CABLE —On the 26th inst., a t St Stepney, 1 • Esq., aged 81. . r , ci. agile HUDSON—On the 26th inst., "--: -.' John Hudson, - Acre Lodge, Norfolk, aged 75. icing s', , n p,o o' MARTIN—On the 26th inst., at Bank-grove, Thames, William Byam Martin, Esq., aged 87. ' W'll'arl 0. ;0 10, London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM 14-1495trand' of No. 112, btrand, Printer at Ttis SUN Office N°• 1 1 1 (1 2 '1000V into Precinct of the Sa;oy, in the .o , lllti 14-41 Wednesday, July 28, 1869 I I 1 I I