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e PURSUANT to art Ordero!, John If Jo i n g e l s i V C. Gilbert Jones," - a- Chancery. made in a cause Jones," and bearing date the 19th day of March, 1560, any person or persons claiming to be a child or children of Zenobia Kin , or of Sarah Susannah Graham, or th e per sonal representative or personal representatives of an y de ceas d child or children of either of these persons, are by their solictora, on or before the is t day of November, 1860, to come in and prove their respective claims at the Chambers of Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, Stone-build ings, Lincolns-inn, London, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. The said Zenobia King and Sarah Susannah Graham were the daughters of David Davis, formerly of Durham House, Durham-place, Hackney-road, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, who died on or about the 23th day of March, 1797, and the said Zenobia King was the wife of John King, of Saint John-street-road. Clerkenwell, in the county of Middle sex, brewer's clerk, and is supposed to have died in the year 1826 ; and the said Sarah Susannah Graham was the wife of John Graham, formerly of Southampton-row, Bloomsbury, in the said county of Middlesex, auc ioneer, and she left this co entry many years ago for the United States of America, and is supposed to have died at Dorchester, in the State of Massachusetts, in the month of January, 1822. Wednesday, the 7th day of N ovem b er, 1860, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the Chambers of the said Judge, is appointed for hearing, and adjudicating upon such claims. Dated this 24th day of May, 1860. CHAS. Chief PUH, Clerk. RICHARD NATION, 4, Orchard-s G treet, Portman square, London, Petitioner's Solicitor. SALE OF OLD STORES AT DEVONPORT. • Admiralty, Somerset-place, 7th July, 1859. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING TETE OFVECE of' LORD H ADMIRAL f the UNITED INGDOIf of GREAT BRITAIN and o IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on WEDN DAY, the 25th inst., at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, the Admiral Superintendent will put up to Sale in her Majesty's Dock yard at Devonport, several Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of Old Rope, Shakings, Spun Yarn, Unlayed Yarn, Hammocks, and Canvas in small pieces, Oakum, Hemp Tyers and Rak ings, Coal Sacks, Cast Iron, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said yard. Persons wishing to view the lots must apply to the Super intendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at the yard. CONTRACT FOR LIGHTERAGE. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 7th July, 1860. r pHE COMMISSIONERS f or EXECUTI NG the -I- OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 19th inst., at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for performing LIGHTERAGE, between Woolwich and the Nine Elms Railway Station (both indusite), ilhde't a contract for 12 months certain, and after ward+ until the expiration of 3 months' warning. NoTender will be received unless made on the Printed Form provided for the purpose; and which may be obtained on ap plication at the said Office. Particular attention is called to the recent modifications of the Conditions of the Contract, which may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re ceived from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words Ten der for Lighterage." and must also be delivered at Somerset place, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of £5OO, for the due performance of the contract. No ricE OF DIVIDEND. -BANK OF DEPOSIT (Established A.D., 1844), No. 3, Pall-mall East, London, S.W.—The WARRANTS for the HALF YEARLY INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts, to the 30th June, are ready for delivery, and payable daily between the hours of 10 and 4. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. 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SCOTT'S BILIOUS an d LIVER PILLS, pre- ared wi from the recipe of Dr. t hout any mercurial ingredient, AFFLICTED.— mett, of Bromley, Kent, area sure remedy giddiness, lois of appe. liver, in bile, sick headache, giddin at bow, titer lowness et enirit ' & Th can be taken the els, without any d a :. from e. act mildly on for affections of the sallowness nbe wet or cold, . without pain or gri and invigo and pimples, Parity the blood, brace the nerves, boxes, ping, clear the skin, remove rate the whole sysem. Sold by most druggists, in tt's lc lid. and 2e. 9d. each. Bilious and Liver Pills. BeTh a s e u n r u e ine are a square . package, with " William Lambeit, 0-raved on the Government stamp 20, Jermyn-street,'' en mEDicA L DR. LANE R , T , ~.,, ADVIC E. 1 9 neaistered L.S. A., Honorary Member of the Loudo - Eria: hospital Medical Society, M.D. of the University of on all cases of Debility, isf e e r n v : 3 aux, may be CONSULTED nemitieg of Youth and Maturityluess. and on the Secret In from Six till Eight, at his residener°ern Eleven till Two, and 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'Mert has just published, price i enerous Engraving and Cases, a N ew 1 4 -)( Pence, with un s mLF.puEsEnvATlE.)4tion of hie Work, w hich will be sent free, in a sealed envelo_e,. by m ann. 3Q, cornhill, London, or by the Author, for Ei P b . CONTENTS. g L stamp& G Bm-rim?" I.—The y — The —The Physiology of the Gener ative Org a ns. en - SECTION IL Morale orera —PubertManhood tive Physiology—True and False Morality. SEcTiox In.—Marriage in its*Moral, Social, and Pimi e ,„ l Relations — Its Expectancies and Disappeintrnents—ka-,-,-;„'" tapes of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy offsp r i n ." - SzOtnoN IV.—Spermatorrheea and Impotence —Th e ea ,7;.. of Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. SECTION V. —The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain vicious habits on the mental and general faculties. per- SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility—l/TlPotence and Sterility—Dangerous Res u lts - ults of Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of various Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Treatment ; Twenty Years' successful practice The above work is intended for the perusal of those tyliii have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules of morality. In its pages facts of param ount utilit brought together, y are wholly divested of tne delusi ons and incon sistencies so largely introduced into certain quasi medical publications given to the world gratis, under the guise of philanthrog, or as " acts of gratitude," by prete n d ed clergy -1113/1 and o ere, whose tamperings with the oonstlfution are frequently followed by serious oonsequencee; ....4 UI OVERNMENT upon FIRST PRINCIPLES. V-A Illustrated Analogically, Statistically, and Morally. By JOHN GROSSMITH. This work embodies a wide field for information, not only upon Social and Moral subjects, but upon a great variety or questions which are essentially incorporated with the politi cal discussions of the day, in connection with the Commerce, Trade, and Taxation of the country. Statesmen and lovers of intelligent progress will find in it a compilation of facts well worthy their attention. London : Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, iust Published, Bvo, in cloth, price 69. by post free, ss. Cd. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriitsis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Bickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrheea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. A New Edition of THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE. 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This Day, Post Octavo, 7s. 6d., THE MUTINIES IN RAJPOOTANA : a Personal Narrative of the Mutiny at Musseerabad, with Residence at Jodhpore and Journey across the Desert into Sind ; with en Account of the Outbreak at Neemuch, and Mutiny of the Jodhpore Legion, and Attack on Mount Abeo. By ILTUDUS PRICHARD, late of the Bengal Army. London : John W. Parker And Son, West Strand. SIR ARTHUR ELTON'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., HERBERT CHAUNCEY : A MAN MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. By Sir ARTHUR H. ELTON, Bart., Author of "Below the Surface." London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. NEW NOVEL. Now ready, in 3 vols., QCARSDALE ; Or, LIFE ('N THE LANCA- L. , SHIRE AND YORKSHIRE BORDER THIRTY YEARS AGO. " The amount of knowledge contained in the volumes is considerable ; scenes of stirring adventure and noble daring are related, and related well."—Literary Gazette. "This book has extraordinary merits ; the descriptions and the narrative are alike vivid . 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A Medic'al Work on the Causes, Symptoms, and Cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Blush ing, Dislike of Society, Thoughts of Self-destruction, Fears of Insanity, and all other Mental or Nervous Disorders, which, if neglected, or improperly treated, result in consump tion and premature death. Post free to any address, secure from observation, on receipt of a stamped directed envelope. Sent direct from the Author's residence, 8, Burton -crescent Tavistock-square, London, W.C. , ()RESENTS.— ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, And Dining-room, consisting of anew and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obeli eke, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian,Alabas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCIIOLOGY, ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN r, at 149, Strand, W.C. 3. GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAK THE PANTHEON.) nR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal I--" College of Surgeons, Lioentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences. Had Just published, price ls. ; by post, 13 Stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled . ... OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation —The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, itlennorrhagia (Gonorrhcea), Spermatorrhina, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &c. FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women— Functional Tr regulazitles in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—T .1 Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Sympt oms o f Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, No. IS,. HEALTH, HAPPINES and LONGEVITY ; On _De billtY. Nervousness, Dy speps i a, and Indigestion, . 2. LOVE AN D MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments; Love and other Matches, Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring seoured;: No. 11. THE CASE ROOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIREA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessionsrand Cure'by Cauterisations, Galvanism, ike. dtc. ha To be had of Mann. 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes. fee Half-a -Guinea. Dr. Culverwell, consulting assistant and sole successor to his late brother, R. J. Culverwell, M.D. CURTIS ON MANIIOOD - NEW EDITION: A . MEDICAL ESSAY ON D ISE NER AVSESOUS AND GENERA TIVE . Just Published, the 125th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, Author , ls., Sold by all Booksellers,o sent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, M!ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. ByJ. L. CURTIs, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: - - INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Supermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting eases, to which is added the Author's receipt ofa preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently p r emature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27,1856. At home for consultation, :daily, from 10. till S and 6 to i. 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Wages for 60 hours a week are higher than they were 20 years ago for 69, though it hap pens, singularly enough, it is not so in somewhat a ealogous occupations in which the labour of women and children is unrestricted, such as printing, bleaching, and dyeing-works. New mills are spring ing up and hands have been scarce, so that much machinery has stood still for want of them, and people have been engaged from other parts of the kingdom, among them children of 13 from work houses, though this is high •priced labour, because the manufacturer has to lodge, clothe, and feed, as well as to some extent remunerate the children. In some of the cotton districts a revival of the old do mestic system of manufacture is noticed as frequent in weaving -sheds, the operatives hiring and work ing looms, and their families working with them. But the most remarkable circumstance is the rising importance of co-operative societies, stimulated partly by the passing of the Limited Liability Act, and partly by the extraordinary success of a company formed at Rochdale 12 years ago, with a large paid-up capital, now increased to £60,000, in £l2 10s. shares, and which paid a dividend of 44 per cent. in October, and of 48 per cent. in the spring of this year. The grea t ma j or it y o f t h e shareholders are operatives who work for wages in the factory, having nothing to do with the manage ment, except by giving their votes at the annual election of the committee of management. The system is now spreading and several joint-stock companies have been formed; it is stated that in Bury alone upwards of £300,000 will be required to put into working order the co-operative mills there built and building. Such a profitable invest ment for small savings, in his own town and with the business before his eyos, will be a strong in ducement for many a man to save, and may have important consequences. Passing on to the wool trade, we learn that this has not been so much affected as the cotton by scarcity of hands, because improved machinery has made it less dependent upon manual labour; but there is a great scarcity of the raw material, and the death of many sheep from bad food in the winter must make the new clip more inadequate than usual. The silk trade has been very much checked during the last few months, and the greatest fears are entertained of French competition ; but it is hoped that such a spirit of activity and energy will be aroused by this competition that it may lead to a suc cess which could not have been expected under the old condition of things. The tendency to enlist steam power in the service of the domestic system of manufacture continues, and the cot tage silk factories of Coventry are increasing considerably. The inspector of the district, Mr. Baker, maintains that it only wants a better estimate of the power of savings to enable the English workman to overcome all difficulties. He remarks that, though it is but 12 years since the riband weavers separated themselves from the con gregated labour of the factories, there is said to be almost as much difference now between the work done upon the weaver's loom and that done upon the master's as there is between the French riband and the English. If the design, or colour, or fabric of the English riband is not as chaste, or clear, or exquisite as the French, can it not be made so ? If the present be a crisis in the silk trade, it should stimulate the workman not to give in to the supe riority of the French, but strive to improve as he has been doing during the last 12 years; and then, instead of asking for protection in order to compel the use of an inferior article, he will take his own place without any intervention. A USTRIA, POLITICAL AND COIF? E.RCILL. If the contrast between the political capacities of France and Austria is strongly marked, the diffe rence which exists in the extent of the material re- sources of the two countries is not less striking. The productive capacity of France is already taxed to the utmost, while that of Austria retains all its elasticity. By a redistribution of the land-tax, not by any increase in its amount, that impost, which previous to the year 1847 produced about 37,000,000 florins per annum, has since the reform of 1848 yielded from 62,000,000 to 63,000,000 yearly to the treasury ; a result gained without any diminution having been produced upon the taxable capacity of of the country. At this moment Austria, tried, worn, " moribunda," as she has been called, can, after such a yeai• as the last, export corn to a large amount ; France, on the other hand, is so ill managed agriculturally, that she now imports, whereas she ought reasonably to export, large quan tities of corn. The enormous productive power of Austria, and her richness in material resources, sug gest to us one most important commercial reform, in which it must be the interest, as it is the duty, of our own country to assist, and which we would fain hope has already been proposed by our Go vernment. There can surely be no reason why our commercial negotiations should be confined to the one country in Europe which has the least to give us in return for our produce. Every reason which has been urged by the Govern ment in favour of a commercial treaty with France applies with tenfold force to a commercial treaty with Austria. She can give us in abundance those rags which are denied us by the French treaty, but the free importation of which has been rendered doubly necessary by that treaty. She can supply us with unlimited quantities of timber for the hulls, and of hemp for the sails of our ships ; and furnish us with linseed, linseed oil, and tallow to any amount. The reduction of the now existing export dues on these articles by Austria would impart an immense stimulus to her own commerce, and enable us to make good not only the most important defect in the French treaty, but reduce the cost of mate rial for our " naval defences." We, on the other hand, as our China trade developes, could supply Austria with those silks and poplins which she formerly obtained from Lombardy, but for which she is most unwilling to depend now either upon Sardinia or France. The reduction in our favour of the present import duty of 15 per cent. upon our silks, and a similar reduction of the duties on our Irish linens, which pay an ad valorem duty of 10, 7, or 6 par cent., would enable us successfully to compete with the silks of Sardinia and France, and with the linen of Saxony, in a country which con tains upwards of 60,000,000 of inhabitants—a mar ket of a magnitude not to be despised. There can be no doubt, viewing the present liberal temper and progressive policy of the Austrian Government, that even a less skilful negotiator than Mr. Cobden might succeed in inducing it to consent to the con cessions which we have indicated above, and we most earnestly hope that no unworthy considera tions of foreign policy will prevent the Government from taking advantage of the present opportu nity to retrieve, by honest free-trade principles, the ground they have lost, and thus prove to the world that commercial treaties are not mere diplomatic expedients, to be made use of as an element of poli tical intrigue, but that they are indeed what a recent Parliamentary orator eloquently described them to be, " processes which, like the silent aid ceaseless processes of nature herself, would bring into play a thousand beneficial influences on the side of peace throughout the world."—London Review. A TALE OF MYSTERY.—The following curious statement appears in the Freeman's Journal :—Tarbert, Friday.—The discovery on Wednesday last of a fearful attempted assassination has startled the good folk of Tar bert, and has occasioned considerable uneasiness to the family against whom the annihilation was intended. It appears that about three weeks ago a nice little box was directed to Col. Patterson, Tarbert-house. On the direction card were the names of several lady members of his family, and intimating that a letter would be found inside, which would explain all. The colonel, struck with the singularity j of the affair of receiving a box of which he knew nothing, and fancying that there might be some hoax connected with it, determined not to open the mysterious consignment until further information might elucidate its meaning*. Accordingly it was locked up in a room, and continued there for three weeks without any information being received respecting it. Several members of-his household having shaken the box, pronounced its contents to be either sand or powder ' • eventually, however, i n or der to see what it did contain, the wary old soldier on Wednesday last, having placed it at a distance of 100 yards or more, tired a pistol at the lid, when ban.. went the box with a loud report, shattering into pieces a rarge stone against which it was placed. Amazed, the3colonel ran up, and to his astonish ment discovered that his "little present" was nothing more nor less than an infernal machine. It was filled with powder, and had a dozen lucifer matches so arranged in the inside that if the box was opened in the usual way certain destruc tion would be th e consequenes.. A magisterial inquiry will be held this day (Friday). • [ADvEwrisEmENT.]—Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— Art surpasses Science.—ln the cure of all diseases expe rience is the grand hand-maiden of nature : to watch the proper moment and to g ive the appropriate medici ne i s the the they must chief art in subduing all ailments. As Holl oway's medi cines remove all obstru ctions to p erfect action, as watch maker cleans the work s of an ill go i ng timepiece, necessarily restore regularity and order. Such being their benign action, they can never be used at th e wrong time, nor improperly if attention be given to the instructions which accompany every package of pills and ointment. The weakest as well as the strongest may advantageously use them, their action being so cooling, and restorative, healing, purifying, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. EVENING„TULY 11, 1860. GREAT WI STERN RAILWAY.- HEREFORD RACES. CHEAP EXCURSION, allowing - ONE WEEK.—On SATURDAY, July H, an EX CURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 3.30 p.m., and Readingat 4.35 p.m., for Cirencester and Stroud (fares 12s and 6s), Gloucester and Cheltenham (14s and 7s), Ross and Here ford (16s and 8s), returning on Saturday, July 21, from Here ford at 5.0 p.m., and intermediate stations as per handbill. HEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- x_A On SUNDAY, July 15, a CHEAP EXCURSION TRAIN will leave l'addington at 7.45 a.m., and Reading, at 8.50 a.m., tbr Chippenham, Bath, and Bristol, returning the same day from Bristol at 7.0 p.m. Fares, there and back—Chippenham and Bath, 9s. and ss. ; Bristol, 10s. and 6s. NREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- GRAND FETE of ODD FELLOWS in NUNEHAM PARK, near Oxford. -On Tuesday, July 17, a CHEAP EX CURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 7 a.m., Slough at 7.35 a.m., and Taplow at 7.45 a.m., for Culham and Oxford, returning the same day from Oxford at 7.45 p.m., and Culham at 8 p.m. Fares, there and back—gat Class, 6s. ed. ; and 4s. Covered Carriages. CANADIAN PREPARATIONS FOR RE. OEM - NG THE PRINCE OF WALES. (From the Quebec Chronicle of June 19.) The time has come when the public expect some general outline of the programme likely to be ob served in the reception of the Prince, and, without being oracular, we may be able to give our readers a general idea of what will be done. The public have been labouring under the impression that a great portion of the arrangement would be sketched out in England. This, we have reason to believe, is not the case. Nearly everything is left to the authorities here, who, it is understood, have now thet t h h a e t loth proximo. d b e e p en ar The Royal convoy will make St. John's,ft o u i r e t the from first England time w ne il t l ifi ta ed ke e p ffi la e c ia e l o ly n Newfoundland, their first landing point, proceeding thence to Halifax, from which place the Prince will go to New Brunswick and Prince Edward's Island. In the Lower Provinces his stay will necessarily be very limited, and the arrival of the Royal fleet in the Lower St. Lawrence is confidently expected to take place not later than the 6th or Bth of August. At this point, therefore, the Canadian arrangements will necessarily commence; and these arrangements will be conducted almost exclusively under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Works, who will charge himself with what may be called the governmental portion of the duties appertain ing to the reception. The steamers Victoria and Lady Head will be sent down the river in the quasi capacity of pilot-boats. Accompanying this convoy there will be, in all pro bability, a number of volunteer boats, including some of the best river steamers. In this city one entire wing of the Parliament-house is set apart to the Prince and his most immediate attendants ; and it may as well be stated in this place, as part of the etiquette observed towards Royalty, that there will be the same observance of privacy in dinner invita tions as at Windsor or Osborne; so that one of the rooms of Parliament-house—the Assembly-room— will be the Royal dining-room for the time, and subject- entirely to the control of the household accompanying the Prince. Of course we are not in Canada entirely accustomed to these things, but we believe it is the only way in which what is properly a State visit can be carried out in harmony with the observances of the Imperial Court. Apart from the formality of select invitations to dinner, or of a public levee, the Prince, it is supposed, will naturally do at Quebec as he would do at home. He will see the interesting sights of the neighbourhood' without being obliged to travel in perpetual state. At the Governor's he will occupy more of the position of a private guest than that of the Prince of Wales, precisely as he might be a guest at the house of any nobleman or gentleman at home. The object, in short, will be, as far as Quebec is concerned, that while his visit will be attended by certain ceremonies essentially of a State character, to make the display harmonise as far as possible with the habits and tastes of a well-bred gentleman, to leave the Prince as much as may be to select his own mode of enjoying his visit, neither impeded by any superabundance of officious zeal nor made miserable by incessant worship and adoration. For the accommodation of some of those who may accompany the Royal squadron, although they may not specially belong to the Prince's suite, a p.prtion of one or other of the principal hotels will be engaged. Indeed, they would have been engaged before this but for the natural diffi culty experienced by the landlords of providing at once for their own ordinary guests, and giving up the required accommodation for this occasion. What the Chief Commissioner may ultimately be enabled to do in the way of providing extra room beyond the capacity of the Parliament-house we have not ascertained, but accommodation must and will be found. From Quebec it is understood to be arranged that the Prince will proceed westward in one of the lake or river boats. Probably two of th,lse— the Quebec, Magnet, Kingston, or Passport —are likely to be selected ; any of these will afford good accommodation for the Prince and his chief atten dants, and the accompanying squadron will, of course, be much larger than that engaged by the Department of Public Works. The hour for de parture from Quebec will probably be three o'clock p.m., so that the squadron will come to anchor off Three Rivers about midnight, and in the morning arrangements may be made for the presentation of addresses from the municipal authorities of the place. • Arrived at Montreal, the Prince will take up his quarters at the house belonging to the Hon. John Rose, now occupied by the Commander of the Forces, Sir Fenwick Williams. For the accommo dation of a portion of the accompanying guests of the province, a portion of the St. Lawrence-hall, next to Craig-street, has been leased. In this about a hundred persons can be accommodated, which will enable the Commissioner to make full provision for the largest expected number likely to form part of the Royal convoy. The municipal arrangements of Montreal we have nothing to do with. Between their.bridge and their Crystal Palace they are, doubtless, before this, in a position to make an unusual display. From Mon treal it is arranged that the Prince will proceed to Ottawa, probably by the river and the Carrilon and Grenville Railway. At Ottawa a new hotel has been already leased for the occasion, and is now in course of being furnished by a celebrated upholster ing firm, Messrs. Jaques and Hay of Toronto. Here the Royal sojourn will probably extend over several days. From Ottawa his Royal Highness will go to Prescott by railway, and thence over the Grand 'Trunk to Brockville, at which port ho will go on board one of the largo lake steamers for Kingston. At the old capital we cannot say specifically what stay will be made, as it is found difficult, we believe, to get the necessary accommodation without incur ring an outlay incommensurate with the probable or even possible duration of the Prince's visit. The arrangements, however, are such as will afford the people of Kingston an ample opportunity for a right loyal display, and this, we presume, is all the inhabitants of the city desire. The next stage will be by steamer up the Bay of Quinte to Belleville, where an opportunity will also be afforded for a display; and from Belle ville the Prince will take a special train of the Grand Trunk Railway to Toronto, where the private residence of the Prince will be the old Go vernment-house, which will be found in every way adapted to the purpose of combining privacy with a special State ceremony in the forms usually ob served during a Royal tour. Half of Mr. Rossin's hotel has at the same time been engaged at the public expense for the visiting guests of the pro vince ; and the arrangements of the citizens for out side decorations promise, to be on a 13cale and in a style corresponding with the position of the wes tern capital. From Toronto it is expected that the journey to the Falls will be made by the lake direct. At this point the house of the late Mr. Zimmerman is engaged for the Prince's party, and the cottages at the Clifton-house for other guests. o perifueetp In Hamilt on t h e arrangements, so far as Govern ment is con cerne d , are only yet progress. The as also L those for the goo d c i ty of London Commissi oner goes west t zens are so w e ll prepared 1 read , - where the citi a y to co-operate. Sarnia will also be put in re p paration, and at this point the duty of the department so far as th e pro vincial localiti e s are concerned, will t e We shall not dist ur b th e Co ission r m e r l , ll s a d te. reams, nor those of the Pr ov i nc i a l Mi nister of Finance, asking what all thi s w ill cost, nor shall wetrauble by the tax-paying p u bli c b y spea ki ng in detail of fur niture bills, of steam boat charges, or orders for plate, and orders for choice wines; nor of the end less etceteras which on such occasions make up the final account. The truth is, we have all, without party distinction, made up our minds to do the thing handsomely ; and if we get off at the end of the year with £lOO,OOO sterling we ought to be thank- The principal arrangements, we may safely say, are not only in energetic, but in economical hands. Everything will be done in a liberal spirit —at the same time with the observance of the pru dence necessary in the present state of the public finances. Expenditure for such articles as plate w ill be in a measure merely temporary, and so, although in a less degree, as to furniture. How ever, the arrangements must be liberal, else they had much better not have been begun. GREATBRASS BAND CONTEST AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The grand contest of the brass bands, announced , for several weeks past to take place at the Crystal Palace, came off yesterday, and attracted nearly 7,000 persons, although the entrance fee was half a-crown. The origin of these contests must be re ferred to Mr. Enderby Jackson, of Hull, a gentle man who has been for many years the most strenu ous promoter of music as a recreation among the middle classes in the north of England. Some twelve or fifteen years since, when Mr.. Jackson discovered that brass bands were formed by the workmen in the various large manufactories in almost every district of the North, he founded these contests, which were held at different periods in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, and several minor towns. So great was the successrof these musical gatherings, that the idea of holding a gigantic meeting in the metropolis was the natural consequence, and an application to the directors of the Crystal Palace to allow a monster concert to be held there was forthwith acceded to. It was then resolved that a competition should take place among all the brass bands who chose to enter the lists, and that prizes should be awarded. Immediately ninety-nine bands sent in their application to be placed on the roll, and subsequently others were added, making in the whole one hundred and fif teen. Of course, the greatest share in the excite ment arose in the northern counties, as these sent the majority of the bands with whom the contests originated ; but other parts of England had their musical representatives, nor was the metropolis without its brazen cohort to do honour in its behalf. Whoever invented brass band contests must have agreed with that worthy into whose mouth Shake peare puts the sentiment— " Silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible." And yet it would be a mistake to suppose that these contests are nothing but sound and fury, for, pro perly conducted, they may be made to afford real pleasure not to the connoisseur alone, but to the unlearned in matters musical. We are apt to asso ciate something national with brass bands. There is a bold and warlike tone about them which stirs up the spirit of the multitude, and hence many persons would enjoy a fine march or a patriotic air played by a band of this description who would be insensible to those delicate refinements of the art which it requires a cultivated taste to appreciate. The directors of the Crystal Palace, therefore, were not wrong in supposing that a national brass band contest would prove both exciting and attractive ; and accordingly they resolved on carrying out the idea in that colossal fashion in which everything here is accomplished. Being the largest concert room in the world, possessing an orchestra of un paralleled magnitude, and resources which it would be difficult to match, the Crystal Palace was surely the place for a monster contest. The idea once de termined on, no means have been neglected for put ting it into successful execution, and considerably more than 100 brass bands from all parts of Eng land have responded to the invitation to join in this friendly act of emulation. The fete, which was opened under very cheering auspices yesterday, will be continued to-day, and altogether it is estimated that in that period no less than 115 brass bands will have shown their prowess and submitted their abilities to the test of a metro politan audience. Have our readers any notion of what a brass band contest is ? First, we will tell then what it is not, and then we will explain how the present contest has been conducted at the Crystal Palace, which we hope will render the matter tolerably clear. It is not, then, as some in genious people seem to suppose, the assembling of 50 or 100 bands upon one orchestra, each playing a different air, and the one that played the loudest or the longest receiving the prize. On the contrary, it is a perfectly business-like and skilfully con trived plan whereby every band in succession goes through a severely critical ordeal, and has its pre tensions decided on by a thoroughly competent tribunal. The plan adopted yesterday, and carried out with a punctuality which speaks volumes for the un flagging industry of Mr. Bowley, was this :—At ten o'clock the palace and grounds were thrown open, and very speedily both began to fill ; but, for a reason which will at once be understood, the lovely grounds were the favourite resort during the early part of the day. In different spots, at conve nient distances, and on the most eligible sites, had been erected six substantial platforms. Upon four of these seven bands were appointed to play in succession one piece each, and on the other two eight bands were to play one piece each. To each platform were appointed three judges, whose names are a sufficient guarantee for the honesty, indepen dence, and accuracy of the decisions at which they arrived. This portion of the programme having been accomplished, the whole of the bands assem bled at three o'clock in the Handel Orchestra, and, under the able conductorship of Mr. Enderby Jack son, played in succession Rule Britannia, the Hal lelujah Chorus, M en d e l sso h n ' s Wedd i ng March, Haydn's chorus, The Heavens are telling, and the National Anthem. The effect of this performance was stupendous. The English are excessively fond of the chief places, not only in the synagogues, but elsewhere. They like too to hear and see every thing, and are not often over regardful of their neighbo ur ' s comfort, so long as they secure their own. There were only a few reserved seats yes terday, and hence the British sightseer with his (and her) accustomed pertinacity had pressed for ward to the front, and had early taken up the most commanding situations. But for once our friend reckoned without his host. The mighty rushing sound of the instruments fell with such fearful force upon his tympanum that he was glad to beat a rapid retreat, and to seek some safer and more sequestered spot. Speaking of the tympanum, by the way, recalls to our recollection a drum of an other sort—to wit, that gigantic gong of Mr. Distin's, seven feet in diameter, which may be fairly said to have distanced all its rivals. There it stood, propped up in the centre of the orchestra, as much superior to all other drums as the foun tains at Versailles are to those in Trafalgar-square, whilst two stalwart fellows hammered away at it with drumsticks as big as babies. Indeed, so arduous were the exertions of these gentlemen that they had to bo relieved in their labours. In return for the blows which were inflicted upon it, the gong gave forth most sonorous sounds, and we venture to say that so much good was never before got out of anything by pommeling. The 44 bands which appeared upon the orchestra numbered, probably, about 900 instruments, and, as we have said, the effect was stupendous. That it was all that could be desired in an artistic point of view we will not pretend to say ; but the preci sion which was achieved was really astonishing, and the grand swell of the crescendo passages was very fine. Regarded as a musical performance, we preferred the execution of Haydn's noble chorus, "The Heavens are telling" • but the suffrages of the audience were in favour of the (g Wedding March" and " God save the Queen," which were re-de manded, and given a second tim e . Whilst these pieces were being played the judges summed up the merits of the various bands, and having selected two from each platform announced the twelve to be—The Dewsbury, leader,_ Mr. J. Peel ; the Cyfartha, conducto r , M r. R. LiveseY ; the Witney, conductor, Mr. J. Crawford ; the Sal taire, conductor, Mr. R. Smith, leader, Mr. W. Tur ner; the Blackdyke Mills, conductor, Mr. S. Long bottom, leader, Mr. Galloway ; the Chesterfield, conductor, Mr. H. Slack ; tho Accrington, leader, Mr. R. Barnes ; the llolmfirth Temperance, con ductor, Mr. W. Roberts ; the Stanhope, conductor, Mr. R. 1)e Lacy ; the Darlington Sax Horn, con ductor, Mr. H. Hoggett ; the Staley-bridge, con• ductor, Mr. J. Melling; and the Deighton, leader, Mr.P. Robinson. The eighteen judges then formed themselves into one body, and the twelve selected bands ascended the orchestra in rotation and played one piece each. This afforded the final test. The whole of the judges thereupon consulted, and at length announced the victorious bands in the fol lowing order : First prize—Xlo in money, together with a splen did silver cup . for the bandmaster. Also a magni ficient champion contrebass in E flat, value 35 guineas, presented by Mr. Henry Disti n , 9, Great Newport-street, St. Martin , s-1 ane, London —to the Black Dyke Band. Second prize— X 25 in money —to th e S a l ta i re. Third prize -15 in money —to th e C y f art h a. Fourth prize— XlO in money —to th e D ar li ngton. Fifth prize— Es i n m oney—to th e D ewsbury. To-day the contest will be brought to a conclu sion, and in the evening the presentation of the prizes will take place. Seven prizes will be awarded to-day in addition to the five contested for yesterday, and it is anticipated that upwards of 70 beads will engage in the struggle. PARLIAMENTARY COMIIII7'TEES. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT, &c., ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The committee reassembled yesterday to consider the different clauses—Mr. F. Peel in the chair. A long and desultory conversation ensued between the different counsel as to the form in which the third clause of the bill should stand affecting parishes, parts, and places, on which certain debts and liabilities of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers stand charged, but it was finally struck out of the bill. Mr. Smith, the solicitor to the Metropolitan Board of Works, was examined as to the manner in which land was obtained for the purposes of the board, which was by giving the parties notice of their intention to take the land under the provisions of the act, and in the event of any dispute to sub mit the question to arbitration. There had been no complaint made as to the insufficiency of the notice, or that the board had taken more land than they required, and sold it again at a profit. If they obtained more land than they really required, it was first offered to those from whom it had been obtained at the price given for it. Some new clauses were proposed, quite of a legal and technical character, and the committee ad journed. THAMES EMBANKMENT. This committee met yesterday—Sir J. Paxton in the chair. The other members present were Mr. Tite, Lord-R. Montag u , M r . W a l ter, M r. Beamis h , MrAlderman Cubitt, Lord J. Manners, and Mr. Roupell. Mr. Bradfield was examined, and stated that he had been secretary to the stage coach proprietors since 1855. With respect to the metropolitan car riages and those in provincial towns there was no difference except as to local arrangements ; in the provincial towns they did not pay a licence for driver or conductor. He was of opinion that steam boats, stage carriages, and vans all purely metropo litan should be placed on an equality of taxation. The railways paid 5 per cent. on all their Ist and 2d class passengers, which went into the imperial exche quer. Omnibuses paid id. per mile whether full or empty. Hackney carriages paid is. a-day. All this taxation went into the Imperial exchequer. There was no local appropriation, the roads being maintained by tolls. The amount of money paid into the Exchequer by the Liverpool cab and om nibus proprietors was considerably less, carriage for carriage and horse for horse, than was paid by the London proprietors, because in London they paid under the Post-horse Act. Supposing they kept 12,000 horses in London and 12,000 in Liver pool, the empense in London would be nearly double that of Liverpool. Mr. James Edmeston was next examined, and said he was an architect, and produced certain plans of his own for the embankment of the Thames River. He proposed to make a roadway and rail way as nearly as possible to the side of the river; the railway was to be so constructed as to allow landing places opposite to different wharves. The road should pass under all the bridges, for which purpose some alteration would be made at Blackfriars-bridge, the landing places would be for the sole use of the occupiers of warehouses. With respect to the probable cost of his plan it would be impossible to speak positively unless the bed of tile river was examined, but he should say that the cost of the general works, exclusive of the railway, would be £450,000. Mr. Sewell Produced another plan by which he proposed to carry the embankment from Chelsea to London-bridge, at an estimated cost of £750,000. Mr. Thwaites gave some further evidence in cor rection of what he stated on a former day with regard . to the license, &c., for stage coaches and omnibuses in London and large provincial towns. The committee adjourned shortly before four o'clock. CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Yesterday the City Commissioners of Sewers held their weekly meeting at Guildhall. Mr. Deputy Christie, the Chairman of the Commission, pre siding. Dr - . LETIIEBY, the medical officer, reported on the state of 186 h ouses th at h a d b een i nspected during the week, and he submitted a list of 51 places for sanatory improvement. The following are extracts from his report :—With the setting in of the warm weather there are the usual complaints of annoyance caused by putrid exhalations from the manufactories of raw animal substances, as fat melters, tripe-dressers, gutscrapers, bone-dealers blood-preparers, and such other trades as are de pendent on the large slaughter-houses of the City. All these operations require the utmost care to pre vent them from becoming serious nuisances, by loading the air with effluvia of decomposing animal matter. The chief points to be attended to are, the storing of the material for as short a time as pos sible ; and while operating on them the adoption of such contrivances as will prevent the escape of offensive vapours into the atmosphere. In the case of fat-melting and tripe-dressing, the raw substances should not be kept in store, but used directly they are brought to the factory, and the coppers for boil ing them should be constructed so as to convey the evolved vapours into the furnace fire, At the marine store shops where fat and bones are collected, the fat should be kept in casks with tight fitting covers, and the bones in well tarred bass. The stock should not be kept beyond a couple of days, and it should be removed in the packages in which it has been stored. There are no difficul ties whatever in executing these arrangements, for they do not interfere with trade operations, and yet they are sufficient to reduce the annoyances com plained of to the smallest possible compass. A some what new process of preparing blood for manufac turing purposes has lately been practised in the neighbourhood of the large slaughter-houses, and in one case it has been a subject of complaint. The blood while warm is put into tin vessels and allowed to set. It is then carried to the factory and cut up into small pieces. These are placed in tin cullenders, where they drain for 24 hours, and at the end of that time the solid portions are carried away for the manufacture of manure, and the liquid part or serum is put into casks and removed from the pre mises. All the operations are conducted in about 24 hours, and therefore are not likely to be a source of annoyance from putrefactive decomposition. But the processes are unsightly, and there is a large quantity of material operated on. These are the chief causes of complaint. At the works of Mr. Pelham, in Little Somerset-street, they use the blood of from 300 to 400 bullocks in a week, and as the factory is open to view from an adjoining work shop it is offensive. The remedy is, however, very simple, viz., greater seclusion. It is also necessary that cleanliness should be observed in every stage of the process, and that the pavement of the factory should be impervious. It should also have a proper slope for flushing and draining. Another subject for frequent complaint is the escape of the fumes of burning sulphur during the bleaching of nuts, spice, horse hair, &c. At 13, Pudding-lane, there is a warehouse occupied by Mrs. Bayliss, in which al monds and other small nuts are bleached in the way described, and the operation is performed in such a manner as to allow tie vapours from the burning sulphur to pass into the neighbouring houses. This is a cause of great annoyance, and therefore I have recommended that the process be conducted in a close chamber, with a ventilating shaft to the top of the building. 56 births have been registered during the week, and only 29 deaths. With one exception, this is the smallest weekly return of deaths that has been made in the course of the last fivo years. The average for the season is 52. About one-third of the number oc curred among children of less than five years of age, and six among old persons. The chief causes of death were diseases of a chronic character ; in fact there is a remarkable absence of diseases of an acute and zymotic character ; 5 deaths only have been due to these causes, namely, 3 from fever, and 2 from whooping cough ; and of the pulmonary class of affections there were but 9 returns,yiz. :-5 from consumption, 3 from bronchitis, and 1 from pneu monia. At the conclusion of the report aconversa tion, begun by Dr. Abraham, and in which Depu ties Lott, Pewtress, and Barnard, Mr. Ross, and the Chairman took part, arose on that part of it re lating to trading operations of an offensive charac ter, injurious to the public health, and in the course of which the duty devolving ou that Court, of pro tecting the public interest, was unanimously recog nised. A resolution was eventually passed, refer ring that part of the report to the General Purpo ses Committee, and directing notices to be served upon the parties offending, in cases of emergency. The Court then adjourned. The Mysterious Power of the Magnet is'most beautifully developed by Mr. F. M. HERRING, of 32, Basing-hall-street, in his patent Magnetic Brushes and Combs, which are the remedy for grey hair, weak or falling hair, neuralgia, nervous headache, rheumatism, stiff joints, &c. liis Teazle Brushes for cloth, velvet, &c., are admirable; they not only cleanse but preserve the fabric in a remarkable manner. The public Arc cautioned nainat matcrleits.---VIDu.I /- ,-' The following appointments were made 3 - ester: — day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Harry Smith, to the Monarch ; Lieut. W. G. Silverlock, to the Geyser ; Lieut. B. J. Ceoper, to the Centurion ; Lieut. R. E. Tracey, to the Conqueror ; Surgeon Dr. W. Loney, to the Emerald. /~ THE ARMY. A circular memorandum has been issued by the Adjutant-General, the Hon, Sir J. Yorke Seariett, addressed to the army at home and abroad, in which it is stated that his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, having brought under the consideration of the Secretary of State for War the question of the personal allowance of officers de tained at ports of embarkation or on court-martial duty, it has been decided that the allowance granted by the Royal warrant of the 23d of December, 1857, will in future be issued to ali officers so situated who may nut join a military mess as honorary members. The depot of tho 12th Lancers left Leeds on Monday to join the head-quarters at York, and are to be succeeded by two other troops of the same regiment. The following reinforcements are ordered to em bark at Gravesend for Kurrachee in the Cospatrick, of 1,119 tons, Capt. C. Scott, and the Peeress, 777 tons, Capt. C. W. Rowland, two of the vessels chartered by the Hon. Council for India—viz., 5 officers and 50 men of the 52d Light Infantry ; 4 officers and 35 men of the 81st Regiment ; and 1 officer and 60 men of the 94th Regiment, from Chatham ; 2 officers and 50 men of the 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards ; 3 officers and 61 men of the 61th Regiment ; and 4 officers and 110 men of the 98th - Regiment, from Canterbury; 1 officer and 31 men of the 51st (King's Own) Light Infan try, from Chichester; 1 man of the 7th Fusiliers, from Hythe ; 5 officers and 134 men of the 79th Highlanders, from Stirling and Perth; and 3 offi-. cers and 111 men of the 93d Highlanders, from Aberdeen, The Cospatrick will embark her troops to-morrow. Some siege operations on a very extensive scale, in which the whole of the troops of the garrison will he engaged, will take place at Chatham during the present summer, active preparations being in progress for the event. ANNEXATION OF SAVOY. Foreign affairs, and the way in which they are treated by politicians, seem at present to partake of a kind of brusqueness to which they were for merly strangers. Under the guidance of 'Welling ton and Louis Philippe, Metternich and Nesselrode, the European machine worked easily. Its action was slow ; it sometimes seemed almost to cease al together, and when in motion there was plenty of oil and plenty of skilful engineers. Excepting the absorption of Cracow, no serious breach was made in the European system for many years before '4B, and the despatches of Secre tariesand ambassadors were written with all the vagueness and decorum of a Queen's speech. But in these times there are more stirring events, and statesmen of a less urbane character. The Emperor Napoleon has torn some treaties, and is vehemently suspected of meditating evil to others. His subordinates are not so much Ministers as tools; or rather they are secretaries in the original sense of the word, and, having no care for an Euro pean reputation, indulge in a recklessness of asser tion and argument which is almost without a paral lel. But in the English Foreign Minister they have in one respect found their match. Seldom has it been our lot to read such bold and straightforward despatches as those of Lord John Russell, both on the affairs of Italy and those of Savoy. The Foreign Secretary feels evidently that the old style of quiet suggestion and courteous remonstrance is as useless in dealing with M. Thouvenel and his master as the delicacy of Sir Charles Grandison would be to an Old Bailey counsel. The annexation of Savoy has been effected by duplicity towards the European Powers and something like violence to the people of part of the country. It is in violation of inter national law, and of the understanding which was assumed to prevail with England; the machinery of universal suffrage used for its completion is at least new, and may involve principles fatal to the security of other States. - When such an act as this has been performed, and justified in cavalier despatches, an English Minister may feel that it is time to throw aside the forms of an embarrassing politeness. Lord John Russell treats the question in a manner which shows his real opinion of this act of France, and he clearly lays down the course which is to be pursued by England. - We are not able even now to discover any ade quate motive for this extension of territory by France. The pretext that the kingdom of Sardinia had become too strong, and that the Alps were necessary for the safety of the Empire, may be as serted by diplomatists and believed by Frenchmen; nor do we attach much importance to the facilities which the possession of Chablais and Faucigny give for an invasion of Austrian territory. France has had at any time the power of striking a blow at Austria, and at present, if the suspicions of the world have any weight, it is not against Austria that the eyes of French ambition are directed. France has gained a little territory, has incurred an obloquy which is general if not outspoken, has set Central Europe on its guard, and brought the German Princes into a kind of union ; and all for what ? We cannot imagine any other reason than that it was necessary to accustom Europe to the idea of an extended French frontier, and that Savoy was the safest district to incorpo rate. It may also be that the French were anxious to break the spell which seemed to debar them from a development of their political strength, and that the Emperor has endeavoured to satisfy them with the least dangerous morsel which it was in his power to provide. This is, perhaps, the light in which Napoleon is desirous that the transaction should be viewed, though we doubt much whether it be the true one. For this purpose M. Thouvenel laboured to quiet the Cabinets of Europe, and the Emperor undertook his journey to Baden. On the 19th of last March the French Minister addresses to Count de Persigny a despatch in which he draws a distinction between the annwation of Savoy and the annexation of anwything else. The world is not to draw false analogies, and out of them to sow mistrust. It is absurd to believe that there can be any thought of aggression in the North. " Does there really exist," asks the indig nant statesman, " any relation between our position with regard to the Alps and our situation on the Rhine ?" On the Rhine and in the Low Countries the modifications of the Treaty have given security to France, and therefore in that quarter she has nothing to ask, and will make no aggression. " On the Rhine the peril has disappeared, while in the Alps it has increased. Thus the situations which it is attempted to assimilate offer no resem blance, and those powerful considerationsjwhich oblige us to demand the annexation of Savoy have no possible application to the state of things in the East and North of France." The morality of this language has been formerly commented on. The principle contained in it is, that France has the right to " demand the annexation" of every fron tier territory which is useful to her in a military sense. But we have quoted it to show the desire of the French Emperor that it should bethought that the recent act is the first and last of his annexations. Lord John Russell seems not to have been paci fied by those reassuring explanations. On the 15th of May he addressed to Lord Cowley a despatch giving the Ambassador instructions as to his be haviour in the event of a Congress being held, and stating that in the very plainest terms the opinion of the British Cabinet on the conduct of France and Sardinia. That th e neu t ra lity o f Chablaisand Faucigny was est a bli s h e d i n th e interest of in his zerland and Europe, as well as of Sardinia, that it was fundamental proposition. He declares the duty of Sa r di n ia to confer with the Powers which lfenna, and that o haves which signed the treaty been neglected by France. e guarantees f Sardinia failed in this p duty, c it l ought e, not at least, ought t as should be ato ame. Franc substitutehae gis• given nfor such h e security which Eur ope h as lost. Such a guarantee the British Government would find in an arrangement which " should, giving a military frontier to Switzerland, comprise the southern shores of the Lake of Geneva and the Alpine passes to the Valais." Such a substitute for the old state of things France has refused, and has not offered anything Which, in the opinion of the British Government, would have at all the same value. With respect to the course to be adopted by England in the face of this accomplished fact, Lord John Russell declares that while he thinks Switzerland would not be justified in resistance, yet " Her Majesty's Government must decline to take any step which may confer additional vali dity on the Treaty of Turin of the 24th of March.* " In the Conference your Excellency will hold no other language than that which is con tained in this and my former despatches. • . You will, of course, fully understand that nothing is changed in that part of the Treaty of Vienna which binds the Powers who were to it to maintain the neutrality of Switzerland." In our opinion nothing more nor less can be do x!r., than is here indicated. F orce mu st prevail wit) Iln certain limits. The world cannot be plunge' a. in war for every excess of one of its potentates.,ol it T i t wrong is not forgotten, and it may bring a 0 own retribution, ro n sa , p b p ut y f o anortdhepproretsoesz and l present e borne. ve d the thing go.—. Times. the an oed • of %►e- ft,, tle for asi ease had eery the Irro- Walt 9• ;ivil. anot oats. e to is it Mee t put tien y to. tin g EAT n, A red, hitt, For ) the re. , Ling li all the her I he 0 on ouso and the I re ach, 13. 10. 19. 13. M. sill aan, iter, 1 of ron -01- Lrch [all, liter IG, .12,