The Sun. — London, England, 1869-08-11 00:00:00

F OR TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS - E. MOSES and SON have made preparations, on an unusually large scale, in every depart ment of their business. For trades and ad dresses, see following advertisement. A RARE COMBINATION. The BARE COMBINATION of EXCEL LENCE with CPEAPNESS will be fonni in every article sold by E. MOSES and SON. Every description of Clothing ready made, or made to measure, for all ages, and all 'asses. Commodious apartments for measuring tnd fitting in the spacious and elegant Show Rooms, which contain a very large and diver sified stock of materials. For the convenience of Ladies accompany ing their Sons there is a distinct department for Young Gentlemen's Clothing. Orders by Post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self-irensure introduced by E. 310 S ES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultleFs fit. Ord.rs from persons who are not known to the firm should I.e accompanied by a remit tance, or a London reference. Any article not worn or injured will be cheerfully exchanged, or, if desired, the money will be returned. All Goods are marked in Plain Figures, from which no abatement can be made. The Stock of Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, and Boots and Shoes, is un equalled for magnitude, variety, and cheap ness. Complete Outfits for all Climates, with every requisite for the voyage. Lists of Prices, with Rules for Self-mea sure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishmonts are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when business is resumed until eleven o'clock. E. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Be spoke Tailors, Habitmakers, Woollendrapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufac turers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. The fo'lowing are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— LONDON. CITY ESTABLISHMENT. 155, MINOTLIES 156, MINORIES 157, AI [NORMS 83, A LDCIATE 84, ALDO A T 85, ALDGATE 8 AL DGATI 67. ALDGAT 14: BS. ALDGAT 39, ALDQATE OXFORD-STREET BRANCH. 501 NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET , 08, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET HART-STREET HART-STREET TOTTENH A 31- COURT - ROAD BRANCH. TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 133, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 288, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. D. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at ", I , FLI.Es OF TAE KI CHEN. At 8, FOttMOSA, new four-act Drama, by Dion 13oucicault : Messrs. Barrett. If. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright. Joht. Rouse; Mr. Billington, Misses 31. Brennan, Macdonald, and Katharine Rodgers. To conclude with the farce cf BORROWED PLUMES. riIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress. Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, (Mr. Anson's Benefit) at 7. THE BONNTE FISHWIFE: Messrs. E. H. Brooke, W. Brunton, Elton, and Miss Minnie Davis. At 8, THE SERPENT ON THE HEARTH: Messrs R. Phil lips, E. Atk:rts, Stuart, C. H. Stephenson, W. H Eburne, Dal ton. C. J. Smith, It. Ron - ter; Mrs 11. Eburne. Mrs Leigh Murray, Miss Eliza Johnstone. Mrs Stoker, &c. Song, by Miss Rebecca Isaacs. And Selections from THE LOVE CHASE: Miss Amy Sedg wick and Mr. W. H. Vernon. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager,3lr. Vining THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE, in 2 acts, by Dion Boucicault. After which, Handel's Opera of ACTS AND GALATEA : Cupid, Miss Summers: Ads, Mr Verncn Rigby; I smon. Mfr Montem Smith; Polyphemus. Herr Formes: Galatea, Miss Blanche Cole. if mica! Conductor. Mr J. T, Hatt,,n: Concluding with thl Fare of A 4GII T FAN , iT.T. Doors open at half-rant 6, commerce at 7. Prices: Stalls, 7s: Dress eir,le. 5s ; rirper Boxes. 4s: Pit. 28; Gallery, ls. Private Boxes, 12 12s Cd, £2 2s, and ,e 1 lie 6d. 1) OYAL STRAND THEATRE 0 Sole T.esee and Manageress, Mrs Sivanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE ERE iERS :Mr CI trke. Followed by THE TOOM.ES Mr Clarke. After which. JOAN OF ARC: I%Tessrs Thorne. James. Vet ton. TurucT. Chamber , ainP: Meathimcs Burton. 1".. Maitland, &e. To conclude /nth THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James. .":111\7" I\7 EWSPA PE - 11.-C. P. (1 I,FNIE A delis ,n the. T, t Ti: FDITTnN at Chelsea. 7.40: Fill - Jim •qtarch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30; Uxbridge, 0.20; Watford. :1 POR.TING.—.IOIIN POBETITS supplies the 1 / 4 1 T,AT.q " 1 - 1)ITTn1 of " Tux SUN " as soon as pub ilath-sireet, City-rcad, F.C. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" I. H.)L3IES begs to inform h;s friends And the prble emerally that he stir plies the LATEST EINTTOIkT of "TIIF BUN" as soon as published.—No.lo, Hampsteati-road N.W. THE LATEST EDITTON of " THE SUN" supplied as soon as nnblish pd. containing all the LATEST NEWS and SPORTI\•G INTELLIGENCE, by TI W HARRIS. Cewspaper Agent, 4, Blacklriars-road, London, S. THE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G-. GLENIE, Sporting f.ibrarv. 4. 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THE LATEST EDITION of « TIIE SUN " supplied, as soon as published, Every Evening, by W A LEX A • Dl , ll, (late Brooks), Newspaper Agent, 1% o. 4, Old glvendish street, Oxford-street UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS TO LET, consisting of Three Rooms and Dressingßoom, with use of Kiichen. Nice Alarden. Fou m i nutes ' walk to ' Bus and Rail Co City and Wes Paul's-raod, Camden-square, COMPENSATION IN C ASE OF INJURY, AND A FIXED SUM IN CASE OF DEATH Caused by ACCIDENT OF ANY KIN 0, may be secured by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGFRS ASSURANCE COMPANY. An Annual Payment of .C 3 to Xi; ss. insures .£l.OOO at Death, and an Allowance at the rate of £6 per week for Injury. RAILWAY ACCII)ENTS ALONE may be provided against `,37 Insurance Tickets fcr Single or Double Tournies. For particulars apply to the Clerks at the Reilway Stations, to the Local Arents, or at the Cillees, 54, CORNUILL and 10, REGENT ETIIEET, LONDON. _ _ WILLIAM J. WAN Secretary, B R' TAN NIA E 1 ;j: ASSOCIATION knd Offiet-A. 429, Strand, London. - . The distioguishirz I,:itml's of this ~:lssociation an. PTO:11)1e Ratf.,2, Undouhtf•d Seeerit v. Prompt settlymi , nt of dnimq. JOHN MESSENT, Matmger. 01 iN (,;OSN ELL and CO.'S Cul ER ItY e- . TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth Loader; rives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from rleciy, and imparts a pleal•ant fraarance to the hnonth. rricc Is. 6d.—red Bull Wharf, e 3, Upper awes-street, London. NO ruENG IM A GUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect g this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. mcluding brush. Red Rull Wharf , Angel pas ,sage, 93, Upper Thames street London, L ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND CALEDONIAN RAILWAYS. Further Improved Service, by the West Coast Route, between London (Euston Station), and the North of Scotland. FROM LONDON.—On and after MONDAY, the 9th instant, the 9.0 p.m. Train from Euston Station will be carried on Express, so as to arrive at Aberdeen at 2.0 p.m. the following day. TO LONDON.— On and after TUESDAY, the 10th inst., a New Train will leave Aberdeen at 9.0 a.m., Glasgow (Caledonian), 1.45 p.m., Edinburgh (Caledonian), 2.0, and arrive in London at 3.15 a.m. For further particulars see Bills. August 6, 1869. T HE "SINGER" SEWING MACHINES. THE " NEW FAMILY " SEW THE LOCK-STITCH AND THE NEW EMBROIDERY STITCH. Work by Hand and Treadle, and in a Portable Case for Travelling. 'ME " SINGER " SEWING MACHINES ARE WORLD-RENOWNED AS THE BEST SYSTEM AND THE MOST COMPLETE, WITH NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERY CLASS OF SEWING. The p simplicity of thee. Machines enables any one to %c,quire their perfect use in a Yew hours. Illustmed Price Lists post free. THE "SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Chief Office in the Unitod Kingdom: 147, CHE &PSIDE. Branch Depots or Loca Agents in every Town L ONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Established 183 G. Subscribed capital, £2,500,000, in 50,000 Shares, of £5O each. Paid-up Capital, £1,000,000 ; Reserve Fund, £500,000. • . DIRECTORS. Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. Frederick Francis, Esq. Thos. Tyringham Bernard, Frederick Harrison, Esq. Esq. Lord Alfred Hervey. Philip Paton Blyth; Esq. William Champion Jones, John Wm. Burmester, Esq. Esq. Thomas Stock Cowie, Esq. James Morley, Esq. John Fleming, Esq. William Nicol, Esq. . _ - GENERAL 'MANAGER. William M'Kewan, Esq. CHIEF INSPECTOR. W. J. Norfolk, Esq. INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES. H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT. James Gray, Esq. SECRETARY. F. Clappison, Esq. HEAD OFFICE. 21, Lombard-street. MANAGER. Whitbread Tomson, Esq. A SSISTANT-MANAGER. William Howard, At the Half-yearly General meeting of the Proprietors, held on Thursday-, the sth August, 1869, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street Station, the following re port for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1869, was read by the Secretary. FREDERICK FRANCIS, Esq., in the Chair. Tho Directors, in presenting to the Proprietors the balance-sheet of the Bank for the half-year ending 30th June last, have the satisfaction to report that, after paying interest to customers, and all charges, allowing for rebate, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net protitB amount to £85,010 2s. 7d. This sum, added to £5,817 4s 10d. brought forward from the last account, pro duces a total of £90,827 7s. 54- They have declared the usual dividend of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 21 per cert., for the half year, free of in come tax (being at the rate of 17 per cent, per annum), which will absorb £84,601 98. 10d., and kayo £6,225 17s. 7d. to be carried forward to profit and loss new ac count. By the recent appointment of Mr. Whitbread Tomson as Manager of the Head Office, a vacancy has arisen in the Auditorship, which, in accordance with the Deed of Set tlement, it will be in the power of the Proprietors to fill at the annual meeting in February next. The dividend and bonus (together £1 14s. per share) will be payable at the Head Office, or at any of the branches, on and after Monday, the 16th instant. BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, Du. 30TH JUNE, 1869. To capital paid up . £1,000,000 0 0 To reserve fund To amount duo by the Bank to customers' balances, &c. £12,411,805 2 4 To liabilities on ac- ceptances, covered by securities 13,366,840 18 9 To profit and loss balance brought from last account 5,817 4 10 To gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts By cash on hand at Head Office, and branches, and with rank of England... .E 1,864,743 1 7 By cash placed at call and at notice, covered by secu rities 1,198,7.9 17 5 269 ; 223 5 11 Investments, viz.: ;v Government nn(l • Guyiranteed Stocks 1,300,193 16 8 ly other stocks and eecuritics 59,581 3 8 £15,636,064 4 8 By discounted bills, and advances to cus!omers in town and country 9,361,787 5 8 By liabilitie3 of custo mers for drafts ac cei tcd by the Bank (as per contra) 1,4:5,035 16 5 £3,063,512 19 0 1,30,705 0 10,e16,823 2 By freehold premises in Lombard strt et and Nicholas-lane, freehold and leasehold property at the branches, -with fixtures and fittings fly interest paid to customers By salaries and all other expenses at Ifead Offices and branches, includ ing income tax on profits and salaries 105,073 18 1 £15,636,061 4 8 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. To interest paid to customers as above £52,977 0 8 To expenses, ditto To ret•a.te on bills not due, carried to 103,073 18 1 new account To dividend of 6 per cent. for the half- 20,341 13 1 year Tc' bonus of 2} per cent. To balance carried forward 59,718 14 0 31.882 15 10 6.225 17 7 £2ii9,223 5 11 By balance brought forward from last account By gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubt ful debts £5,817 4 10 2G3,406 1 1 .£269,223 5 11 We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing balance-sheet and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) WILLIAM NORMAN, Auditors. R. 11. SWAINE, j London and County Bank, July 29, 1869. Tho foregoing Report having been read by the Secre tary, the following resolutions were proposed, and unani mously adopted :- 1. That the Report ba received and adopted, and printed for the use of the Shareholders. 2. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company. (Signed) FREDB. FRANCIS, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved, and carried unanimously :- 3. That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be pre sented to Frederick Francis, Esq., for his able and cour teous conduct in the chair. (Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy Chairman. Extracted from the Minutes. (Signed) F. CLAPPISON , SeCretary. LONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND on the CAPITAL of the Company, at the rate of Six per Cent. for the half-year ending 30th June, 1869, with a BONUS of Two and a Half per Cent., will be PAID to the Pro prietors, either at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of the Company's Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY, the 16th inst. By order of the Board, W. McKE WAN, General Manager. 21, Lombard-street, Aug. 6, 1869. TVEATII AND BR,ECON RAILWAY COM— PANY (AMALGAMATION AND AMEND MENT) ACT, 1869. NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EX NU ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Share holders of the Neath and Brecon Railway Company will be held at their Offices, 1, Westminster Chambers, Victoria street, Westminster, on FRIDAY, the 13th day of August next, at 10.30 a.m., for the following purpose, viz.: To adopt and put in force the several powers conferred by the "Neath and Brecon Railway (Amalgamation and Arrangement) 1869." D. HOWELL MORGAN Secretary. 1, Westminster Chambers. Westminster, Vietoria-street, S.W., July 2J, 1869. G UARDIAN FMB Escittii3l AND LIFE OFFICE. led 1821. Subscribed Capital., 11, Lombard-stri DIRE( Two Millions. eet, London, E.C. :;TOIZS. liana Steven, Esq. ;'redei iek 11. Janson, Lq. Richard M. Harvey, Esq J. G. Hubbard, Esq G. J Shaw Lefevre, Esq, M.P John Martin, Esq Rowland Mitchell, Esq James Morris, Esq A braham J. It oberts, Esq Henry Vigne, Esq DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN I Henry Hulse Berens, Esq Hy. Bonham- arter, Esq Charles Wm urtis, Esq Charles F. Devas, Fsq Francis Hart Dyke, Esq Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart James Goodson, Esq Archibald Hamilton. Esq Thomson Hankey. Esq SECRETARY—Thomas Tallemacli, Esq. ACTUARY— Brown, Esq. The full benefit of tLe Abolition of the Government Duty will bf afforded to Insurers. Prospectus and Forms of Proposal free on application to the Company's Agents, or to the Secretary. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1E69. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. TILE REAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced more than 3i years ago by WILLIAM S. BURTON, when PLATED by the patent process of ➢lessrs. Elkington and Co., is, beyond all comparison,. the ♦ery best article, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as such, either use fully or ornamentally, as by no possible test can it be distin guished from real silver. A small useful set, guaranteed of durability, as follows : •st quality for finish and Fiddle I Kings or Old Bead Thread? or Silver Pattern Pattern -hell & Pattern I bread. £ s. d. s. d. s. d. £ s. d. 12 Table Forks 12 Table Spoons 12 Dessert Forks 12 Dessert Spoons 12 Tea Spoons 6 Egg Spoons, gilt b0w15..... 9 12 ...... 12 .2 1 ... 13 - 6 2 Sauce Ladles 6 8- - .... 8 ...'... 8 . . 1 Gravy Spoon 6 8 6... 9 9 6 2 Salt Spoons, gilt b0w15..... 3 . .'... 4 ...... 4 ...'... 4 6 1 Mustard Spoon, gilt bowl ... 1 - 6 ... 2 ...... 2 2 3 1 Pair of Sugar Tongs 2 6.. . 3 6.. 3 6. . 4 ... 1 Pair of Fish Carvers l9 6 1 3 ... 1 3 ... 3 . . 1 Butter Knife 3 . • 4 . . 4 ...... 4 - 3 1 Soup Ladle - 1 Sugar Sifter Total 9 1 6 11 16 0,12 8 613 2 6 Total Any article to be had six An oak chest to contain of knives, &c., £2 15s. A second quality of Fiddle Pattern I 9 1 Gll It 3 0 1 02 8 613 2 6 gly at the same prices. the above, and a relative number Tab(e Sp(ions and Forks .EI. 2 per doz. Desert.. 0 16 Tea Spoons ... oln Tea and coffee sets, dish covers and corner dishes, cruet and liqueur frames, &c., at proportionate prices. W I I N A.i r i ß t o ti E gl o 'O N R GE b T E y a o R p O A I niFe R nt t 0 - H. K. FI. the Prince of %VAL ES, sends a CATALOG U E gratis and post r aid. It contains upwards of 7)0 Illustratioas of his unrivalled Stock of Stet - Frig Silver and Electro-plate Nickel Silv-r and Britannia Met it Goods Fish Covers, Hot-water Dishes Stoves and Fenders marble Chimney-pieces Kitchen Rancres Lamp., Gas Berg Tea Trays Urns and Kettles Table Cutlery Cloc'a; and Candelabra Baths and Toilet Ware Iron and Brass Bethteads - Bedding and Bed-hangings Bed-room Cabinet Furniture Turnery Goods, Sze. With List of Prices and Plans of the Twenty large Show Rooms, at 39, Oxford-street, W., 1, lA, 2,3, and 4, Newman street; 4,5, and 6, Perry's-place ; and. 1, Newman-yard, I.ondon. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE to introduce commodi!ies valuable to every householder high and low. This offers a highly remunerative Commission 'o Tradesmen, Travellers, Gentlemen's Servants, &c. Apply with two stamps to R. MARRISON, Great Orford-street,Norwich. THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. vole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chn.tterton. Tnrs EVENING, at 7, BELLES OF THE KITCHEN. At 8 FORMOSA : Messrs. Barrett, H. Irving, David Fisher, Brittain Wright, John Rouse: Mrs Killington, Misses 31. Brannan, Mac donald. and Katharine Rodgers. Conclude with BORROWED PLUM KS. ( 4, - -W. • - accrued to Mr. GADSTONE'S Ministry from the nomination of Mr. LOWE to the Chancellorship of the Exchequer; Well, first of all, he brought about tht absurd fiasco of his— his wonderful pet new hobby, in the shape of a freshly discoverel site for the New Law Courts between Howard-stret, Strand, and the Embank ment ! The collapse of that everybody knows—as having occurred aftEr Mr. LOWE had indulged in a most astonishing fatfaronade and tantarrara ! It landed him and his hthby, or at any rate his hobby, in that limbo of fcrgotten things, the Slough of Despond. It left IV.r. LOWE himself to devote his energies, as sedulously and as uninter ruptedly as possible, to what is apparently his favourite endeavour, the covering of his particular portion of the Great Liberal Government of Mr. GLADSTONE with detetation, by reason of his col l blooded, arrogant, insu tin impertinence to almost every member of the public who has the unwelcome necessity of approachiag him, whether singly or in deputation. As to the questionable aid afforded to Mr. GLADSTONE by lis other great colleague— who was to afford him such immense assistance meaning, of course, the President of the Board of Trade : we all of is perfectly well remember how, by his outrageous speech in regard to the Irish land question, he brought the Ministry, and especially the Chief Minister of the Crown, into something very much like a politica quandary ! While, who is there amongst us but bears vividly enough in remem brance that yet more outrageous letter, of insult to the Lords, through which Mr. BRIGHT did everything he possibly could to bring the two Houses of the Le gislature into animosity, into antagonism, into open collision? No—upon Mr. GLADSTONE individually has fallen the brunt of the session Mr. GLAD STONE himself it is who has done the work of the Government Mr. GLADSTONE himself it is who—almost alone and single handed, and in spite of his two principal colleagues—has sus tained, by his own genius, courage, eloquence, and industry, the reputation, the influence, and the popularity of his own Government. THE little difficulty which arose out of the ap pointment of a Fenian as United States Consul for Glasgow has terminated in the most satisfactory manner. The American Government has cancelled Mr. HAGGERTY'S commission, and this frank acknowledgment has been accompanied by such an expression of public opinion in the States as to com pletely set aside every suspicion that the unfortunate nomination was other than a mistake. Whatever may have been Mr. JAMES HAGGERTY'S rank in the noble army of the Fenian Brother hood, whether he was a " Major," as the New York papers dub him, or only a " Captain," as he is contemptuously termed here, there can be no doubt of his just claim to rank as a patriot of some grade. The Glasgow citizens evidently erred in supposing that they had been favoured with a loyal fellow-townsman as consul. Of Mr. HAGGERTY'S sympathy with the Fenian movements, and his exer tions in America on its behalf, the English Government are in possession of undeniable testi mony. It was impossible to tolerate such a man as a public functionary in this country. The English Government can have no dealings with the ally of BURKE, ROSSA, and MACKAY, with the supporter of a movement which has been marked by more detestable crimes than any insurrection of late years. But it is now clear that if the antecedents of Mr. HAGGERTY had been known to the Washington Cabinet, the nomination would never have been made. The United States Government has not only declared the appointment null and void, but has fully admitted the propriety of the objection raised by the Foreign Office. Nor does Mr. HAGGERTY meet with any support from the American press. Most of the New York journals applaud the refusal of the British Government to grant an eserina:ur to the Fenian, and the Ifera - d goes so far as to declare that the nomination was a " wanton insult" to this nation. Any expression of friendliness from such a paper is a cheering novelty, for which we ought to be thankful; but here the Herald goes too far. There is not the slightest reason for thinking that the appointment was other than an oversight. The attitude of General GRANT'S Government towards this country affords no ground whatever for such an assumption. At the same time it . is undeniably reassuring to find a journal which has frequently heaped "wanton insults" on England awakening to the conviction that its abuse was unmerited. THE tenacity with which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER fights his battles against any odds is deserving of all respect ; but there are cases in which surrender is not only excusable, but praiseworthy, and the contest touching the Law Courts' site is one of them. Mr. Lo wE has been defeated on ground of his own choosing, and yet he does not seem disposed to give way. His scheme for the erection of the .Law Courts was submitted to a competent tribunal, which decided against him ; but signs are not wanting that the question which has wearied the public so long will be left open for another season, and that a useful public work will continue to have no existence save as a castle in the air. It is now many months since the unsuspecting British subject, after undergoing the difficult process of making up his mind, after deciding that a Palace of Justice should be built, after buying and clearing a site and choosing an architect, was rudely astonished by a proposal to use the Carey-street ground for another purpose, and to build the Courts by the Thames Embank ment. This contest lasted a long time, and then assumed a new phase. The confiding public was subjected to another shock. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, instead of deciding in favour of one site or the other, set them both aside, and brought up a third scheme of his own, the Courts to be built on a small scale on the Embankment. But there is a limit even to the patience of the British public in matters of administration. The proposed change was the cause of such an outcry that the rival sites—that of Carey-street and Mr. LowE's, the old Embankment scheme being given up altogether —were referred to a select committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER presented his arguments and called up his witnesses, but neither one nor the other succeeded in satisfying the com mittee. It was decided that the scheme suggdsted by Mr. LOWE had no advantage which was peculiar to itself. It certainly presented no superiority on the score of architectural beauty. It was a cheaper plan, but its cheapness was secured only by curtailing the proportions originally intended for the Courts, and this expedient might be carried out as well on the ground already cleared as in the situation chosen by the Cabinet Minister, which is still covered with build ings. In fact, it was found that if the reduced plan he adopted, the Carey -street locale would have an advantage of some £430,000 over Mr. LOWE'S chosen place. The committee resolved that the old site ought to be retained, and the draft report drawn up by the persevering Finance Minister was re jected. _ _ Such is the slight outline of a dispute which, after years of delay, it was thought had at length come to an en 1. Mr. LowE, however, has not, to all appearance, persuaded himself to renounce his pet scheme. It is asserted, with some authority, that the decision of the select committee will be set aside ; and it is certain that Mr. GLADSTONE, a few days since, returned anything but a plain answer to the plain question whets -y the erection of the Courts would now be proceeded with. It is to be regretted that the Gcvernment have not afforded a more explicit declaration of their intentions on this point. It would bE unjust to prematurely accuse them of deliberatdy ignoring the decision of the committee; but there can be no doubt that an error has already been committed in not frankly and openly accepting the verdict of that tribunal, and announcing that the work would be proceeded with at once. To permit Mr. LO WE to prevail after all this labour, expense, and delay, would be a mistake the first magnitude. If the select committee was not to decide the question, why was it convened ? It was generally expected that the Government had chosen the committee as a means of arbitration between their own wishes and that of the public, and that the award would be final. To set aside that verdict will be in some measure a breach of faith, and it will, moreover, involve a decided loss to the public. The Palace of Justice project has been on foot eight years, during half of which a considerable sum of public money has been lying idle. The ground ad joining Carey-street cost £BOO,OOO, and it is now four years since it was purchased. Every month of delay loses several thousand pounds on the interest of this sum. An army of workmen might be sup porting their families by constructing a needed work on the dismal wilderness near Temple Bar. Lastly, the Law Courts are urgently needed for legal pur poses, or they would never have been decided upon, and yet year after year the public is compelled to put up with the old and bad accommodation. It is clear that a postponement of such a work could be excusable only on the ground that the original scheme was radically defective, and that it would be a misfor tune to carry it out. Here, however, it is the new plan which is defective ; the old one is pronounced by the best authorities to be preferable. Not a single argu ment which has been urged in favour of the change has been found valid. It is the duty of the Govern ment to respect the decision of the committee, and to proceed with the building straightway, I ,t sirN 611D - tt ,, ,___ ,c, -- 0 - 4 7, tfirmlat HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE ) August 10. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise Prince and Princess Christian, and Prince Arthur, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal HigL nesses Princess Louise Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, walked in the grounds this morning. PROROGATION PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) ROYAL COMMISSION. Parliament was prorogued to-day by Royal Commission, but prior to official proceedings the Royal assent was given to several public and pri vate Bills. The Speaker and the members of the House of Commons having appeared at the bar, in com pliance with the summons of the House of Peers, The LORD CHANCELLOR then read HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by Her Majesty to dispense with your further attendance in Parliament. Her Majesty announces to you with pleasure that she continues to receive from all foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition, and that her confidence in the pre servation of peace has been continued and con firmed during the present year. The negociations in which her Majesty was engaged with the United States of North Ame rica have, by mutual consent, been suspended; and her Majesty earnestly hopes that this delay may ten l to tnaintaiu the relations between the two countries on a durable basis of friendship. Her Majesty has a lively satisfaction in acknow ledging the untiring zeal and assiduity with which you have prosecuted the arduous labours of the year. In the Act for putting an end to the Establish ment of the Irish Church, you carefully kept in view the several considerations which, at the open ing of the session, were commended to your notice. It is the hope of her Majesty that this important measure may hereafter be remembered as a con- elusive proof of the paramount anxiety of Parlia ment to pay reasonable regar I, in legislating f or each of the three kingdoms, to the special circum stances by which it may be distinguished, and to deal on principles of impartial justice with all inte rests and all portions of the nation. Her Majesty firmly trusts that the Act may pro mote the work of peace in Ireland, and may help to unite all classes of its people in that fraternal concord with their English and Scottish fellow subjects, which must ever form the chief source of strength to her extended empire. Her Majesty has observed with pleasure your general and cordial readiness to unite in the re moval, through the Assessed Rates Act, of a prac tical grievance which was widely felt. Her Majesty congratulates you on having brought your protracted labours on the subjects of bank ruptcy and of imprisonment for debt to a legisla tive conclusion, which is regarded with just satis- faction by the trading classes and by the general public. The law which you have framed for the better government of endowed schools iu England will render the large resources of those establishments more accessible to the community, and more effi cient for their important purpose. It may reasonably be expected that the Act for the supervision of habitual criminals will contribute further to the security of life and property. The measure which has been passed with respect to the Contagious Diseases of Animals will, as ber Majesty believes, add confidence and safety to the important trades of breeding and feeding cattle at home, without unnecessarily impeding the freedom of import from abroad. By the repeal of the Tax on Fire Insurance, you have met a long-cherished wish of the community; and in the removal of the Duty on Corn, her Ma jesty sees new evidence of your desire to extend industry and commerce, and to enlarge to the uttermost those supplies of food which our insular position in a peculiar degree both encourages and requires. ller Majesty trusts that the measure for the Purchase and Management of the Electric Tele graphs by the State may be found to facilitate the great commercial and social object of rapid, easy, aLd certain communication, and may prove no unworthy sequel to that system of cheap post age which has passed with much advantage into so many countries of the civilized world. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHT. Tiffs EVENING, at 7. THE 110 vNIE FISHWIFE. Miss Minnie Davis. At 8. VIE SERPENT ON THE HEARTH: Mr R. Phillips, Mr E Atkins. Mr Stuart. Mrs M. Eburne, Mrs L Murray, &c. And a Selection from the LOVE CHASE. Miss Amy Sedg wick. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborongli. lins EVENING. at 7.30, AMONG T E BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. THE TODDLES. JOAN OF ARC: Messrs. Thorne, James. Fenton; estlames Goodall. T.ydio, Maitland. Bufton. To ean , lude with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr. D. James, ROYALTY THEATRE. tinder the Management of Miss M Oliver. ' 'fins ErEsmo, at 7.30, A ROVING COMMISSION. After which CHECKMA:rg. Followed by THE 3IILIIARY BILLY TAYLOR To conclude with IN FOR A HOLID aY Mr Dewar, Mr. Danvers, Miss M. Oliver Miss Saunders, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining, Tx►s EvwliNG, at 7. PRESUMPTiVE EVIDENCE. After which. A:J I A D GAL I.T EA : Herr Formes, Mr V. Rigby, Mr M. smith, and Miss blanche Cole. To conclude with A QUIET FAMILY. PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss Mario Wilton TEM EVENiNG, SCHOOL: Messrs. Hare, H. J. Montague, Addison, Glover, and Baneroft: Mrs. Buckingham White. Miss C. Addison, and Miss Marie Wilton. After which, A WINNING HAZARD. And A LAME EXCUSE CBBISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every Night, at 8 Wednesdays and tiaturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALI] AMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. le. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL QARDEtiS, Regent's-path. OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Adtaission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d r, 011' D 0 4V, 'VEDA' E.SDAY, A UG US? 11, 1869. The close of the Session is marked not very sur prisingly by the withdrawal from town for a while to the seclusion of Walmer Castle of the Prime Alinister, utterly j 'del by his enormous labours and v'sibly invalidei. Upon Mr. GLADSTONE, indivi dually has fallen th brunt of th:3 Parliamentary work of her AI G )vecti:n mt. Aim )st un aided by his c)lleagn,r, I.e has carrie I to a sace ssful issle the ta.k of legislating for the disestablishment and diseudowm mt of the Irish Church. In t'ie Ilya S 3 of Comm ins, certainly, he may be sail to hwe stood forth alone against all corners. In the louse of Lords, no doubt, he was greatly beholden to three of his colleagues in the Cabinet, for the resolute, and better than merely resolute, for the judicious stand there taken against the Conservative or Constitutional Opposition. Lord GRANVILLE'S tact during the later half of the session has been, in its way, something really incomparable. The Duke of ARGYLL'S " pluck" an I "go," from first to last have been entitled, as we conceive,to the admiration even of his political antagonists. While, the noble and learned lord, the occupant of the Woolsack, has more than justified his selection by Mr GLAns•roNE for the supreme patrician dignity of the Chancellorship. Lord ITATHERLEY'S powers as a de bater cannot but have surpassed whatever expecta tionsmaylhave been cherished aatotheir manifestation by his discerning chief, the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Government. Among all Mr. GLADSTONE'S colleagues in the Cabinet, there were two especially from whose undoubted gifts much assistance to him was antici pated, in the carrying out of the duties devolving upon the more responsible Ministers of the CROWN, in the way, at once, of legislation an d of administra tion. From those two—after Mr. GLADSTONE—most conspicuous among all the members of the Cabinet, so far from the Premier deriving any noticeable aid, he has, on the contrary, by them, throughout the whole of this session been verygrievously embarrassed. As to the accuracy of this statement, there cannot be an instant's doubt. The most enigmatical of all the Ministerial performances of the present year has unquestionably been the fantastic and paradoxi cal budget contrived by the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is still a subject of bewilderment. It was introduced and manipulated, so to speak, by its inventor and introducer, with the dexterity of a conjuring trick. Mr. LOWE was there, on the Budget night, less as a Financier than as a Prestidigitateur. The bag, or bougette, or, as it has come to be called, in Parliamentary slang, the Budget, was empty, was shown to be empty by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was turned upside down, was turned inside out, was, so to speak, crumpled up by him, in proof of its being empty, as Mr. COBDEN once upon a time talked of trumping up Russia— when, hocus-pocus, high-cockolorum, presto ! the vacuous Budget was seen to be plumped out suddenly, like the juggler's bag in the familiar doll;trick— and be hold ! asolid, substantial surplus was found tobe, after all, forthcoming ! Everybody- said, How clever ! Peo ple rubbed their eyes and wondered. The result seemed inexplicable. But then, immediately afterwards, upon a moment's reflection —we began to recognise, al of u-, that if it was, in truth, so very clever, that (well, we will admit it !) as it was, in truth, so very clever, it was, after all, perhaps just almosttoo clever by half ! It was, in point of fact, simply nothing more nor less than discounting the future. It was anticipating the payments into the Exchequer. It was putting the screw on, in a novel way never before dreamt of. by that übiquitous national grinder, the tax collector.. Once done, it was a thing that could never be repeated. It was a flashy surprise—that was all. Besides the exceedingly questionable advantage of having devised this little less than tricky Budget, we should very much like to know what benefit has GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, We are commanded to state Ithat Her Majesty thanks you for the liberal supplies which you have granted for the service of tho year, and for the measures by which you have enabled her at once to liquidate the charge of the Abyssinian Expe dition. Rlr LOI:DS AND GENTLEMEN, Her Majesty reflects with pleasure that, in re turning to your several homes, you may con template with thankfulness the fruit of your exer tions in the passing of many important laws, a portion of which we have now had it in command t) notice. During the recess you will continue to gather that practical knowledge and experience which form the solid basis of legislative aptitude ; and her Majt.sty invokes the blessing of the Almighty alike upon your recent and your future labours for the public weal. The Speaker having withrawr, the House Was formally adjourned until the 28th of October. THE CHIEF COX STIR OP TILE NA VY. Mr. E. J. Reed, C. 8., the Chief Constructor of the Navy, is ill from the result of his close attention to his duties at Whitehall, and has gone to Paris, where he will remain for several weeks. Within the last few days the Lords of the Admiralty have forwarded two letters to Mr. Reed, in which theirlordships express their unqualified satis faction with the result of the recent performances, under steam, of the ironclad turret ship Monarch, 7, 1,100 horse power, just completed at Chatham, and the Inconstant, iron wood-cased frigate, built at Portsmouth. Their lord ships have likewise informed Mr. Reed that in conse• quence of the great saving to the country which has resulted from the adoption of his system of constructing ironclads, and as a "nark of the value they attach to his services, they have been pleased, . with the full concur rence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Trea sury, to increase his salary by £5OO, making it £1,700 pet annum. COTTON PROSPECTS IV TILE SOUTH. Mr. Mc,orhead, a delegate from the United States, laid some information respecting the commercial prospects of the South before the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on Monday. He stated that of the immense numbers of immigrants to the States, very few iutieed found their way to the South, although labour was there the great thing needed. The Southern States had every advantage in climate and soil, and only wanted increased power of production. For middle-class men with moderate capitals there was a splendid opening ; for capital was needed as much as labour. There were now movements on foot for the intro duction of Chinese labourers. The fever for them was not so keen in the South-eastern States as in the South-west ones ; but he calculated that for the next crop they would have from 40,000 to 50,000 of these labourers. He assured the Chamber that in most of the States white labourers new to the work could engage in cotton culture with great advantage, and with good health. He personally thoroughly tested the point, both with Irishmen and Canadians, in Mississippi. There was no comparison between the Southern and the North-western States as fields for European enterprise. The South had an immense advantage. Very few employers in the South now paid wages, but those who did give good men twelve and thirteen dollars a month, exclusive of board and lodging. The co-operative system was almost universal—the labourer receiving one-half the crop, and paying expenses of cultivation, and having also a house and garden ; or one-third of the crop net. THE CHU.R.CII CONGRESS, A "provisional programme" of the proceedings of the congress which is to be held in Liverpool in October next has been published. Each readerof a paper will be limited to twenty minutes, each invited speaker to fifteen, and each voluntary speaker to ten. To the subject "Explo ration of Sinai and Palestine," &c., this regulation does not apply. The subjects of discussion are : I. Improvement of the Church's Service—How to In crease the Attendance on them—Revision of the Rubrics' —Readers and speakers : Iron. C. L. Wood, Rev. Dr. Brakeney, Rev. W. J. Butler. 11. Phases of - Unbelief, and how to meet them.— Readers and speakers : Rev. Edward Garbett, R. IL Hutton, Esq., George Warrington, Esq., Richard Lowndes, Esq. 111. Diocesan Organisation.—Readers and speakers: Archdeacon of Chester, Archdeacon of Ely, Rev. J. C. Ryle, 11. C. Raikes, Esq., M.P., J. M. Clabon, Esq. IV. Exploration of Sinai and Palestine.— The Eastern Churches.—Readers and speakers : Rev. G. Williams, Rev. F. W. Holland, John MacGregor, Esq., W. Morrison, Esq., M.P., Rev. H. E. Stern, Rev. P. Badger. V. Clerical Education.—The Ancient Universities.— Readers and speakers : Rev. Canon Grey, Rev. Dr. Salmon, Rev. T.E. Espin, Right Hon. J. R. Mowbray, VI. Capabilities of our Cathedrals.—Readers and speakers : Dean of Chester, Dean of Cashel, Dean of Ripon, G. E. Street, Esq., F.S.A., Lord Harrowby (?) VII. Church Work among Seamen.—Readers and speakers : Earl Nelson, Bishop Ryan, C. Bushell, Esq., H. Duckworth, Esq. VIII. The Church Work in our Large Towns.— Readers and speakers: Hugh Billey, Esq., M.P., Rev. Dr. Hume, Rev. W. D. Maclagan. IX. Church Patronage and the Superannuation 01 the Clergy.—Readers and speakers : The Dean of Ely, F. S. Hull, Esq., J. G. Hubbard, Esq., Rev. J. F. ilackarness. X. Education (including Sunday-schools).—Readers and speakers: A rchdeacon Ffoulkes, Rev. Dr. Barry, Rev. Joules Bardsley, Alderman llubback. XI. Weekiy Offertory and Almsgiving.—Readers and speakers : Canon Trevor, Rev. A. 11. Mackonochie, T. lisq., M.P. XII. Recreations of the People.—Readers and speakers : Rev. Erskine Clarke, 3. C. Chambers, Esq. Two meetings will be held during the congress, but not for members of it. One will consist of working men, and the other of practical sailors. The admission in both cases will be free. The inquest on the Lo:ly of Watson, who was shot by tie police at the Portadown riots, was resumed on Monday. The Sub-Inspector of Police still refuses to produce the document asked for by the coroner, stating that the Inspec tor-General forbade him. The coroner did not press for it, and the evidence was proceeded with. Tho investigation is likely to last some days. THE GLASGOW " LOCK-OtTT."—The "lock-out" among the yarn dyers of Glasgow has t , ..ninated, and the men, to the number of 1,000 or 1,200, have resumed work. The " lock-out" was occasioned by a demand on the part of the men for an advance of 2s. per week, but this km not been conceded by the masters, the rates of wages and the working hours being now the same as before the demand was made. FEMALE FRANcarsE.—ln the Act of Parliament just printed to shorten the term of residence required as a qualification for the municipal franchise, it is enacted that in the statutes on the subject "whenever words occur which import the masculine gender the same shall be held to include females for all purposes connected with and having reference to the right to vote in the election of councillors, auditors, and assessors." One year's occupa tion is to entitle persons to the municipal franchise. NEW FORM OF RIFLE COMPETITION. —A rifle contest, of a kind of which there might well be more, was held the other day at the rifle range of the Eccleshill com pany (included in the Bradford corps) of Rifle Volunteers in Culverley Wood, near Bradford. The competitors were ten of the 40th Regiment, now quartered at the Bradford Barracks, and ten men of the Eecleshill com pany. The regulars used a Snider rifle and the volunteers an Enfield. The regulars made 332 points at 200, 300, and 400 yards, five shots at each, and the vclunteers 349. The honours of the contest, therefore, remained with the volunteers, but there will be a return match. The com petitors subsequently dined together. AN OUTRAGE.—A shocking outrage, which may, it is feared, have a fatal result, was perpetrated by two housebreakers, on Monday afternoon, in the neighborhood of Old Kent-road. In Trafalgar-road, just opposite the Victory Tavern, resides Mr. Peake, a con• ,roller of Excise, with his family, all CA whom had gone out except Mrs. Peake and her youngest daughter, aged about 15. At about a quarter to three Mrs. Peake, who was lying down in the back bedroom, was aroused by a man entering the room, and on her saying something about " his robbing the house" the fellow struck her a violent blow on the left temple, with, it is supposed the chisel end of a " jemmy." He then turned to leave the room, but hearing Mrs. Peake cry out, he re turned and struck her down with another severe blow on the crown of the head. The daughter, who was upstairs dressing, hearing the noise, was descending when she saw the ruffian with the blood -stained jemmy in his hand. She rushed back, locked the door, ran to the window, and screamed for : , ssistance. Mr. Wrigglesworth, the pro. prietor of the 'Victory Tavern, his barmen, and others rushed to the place, but too late to intercept the robbers, for the fellow who so brutally wounded Mrs. Peake had a confederate. The injuries of the unfortunate lady are most severe, the blow on the crown of the head having fractured the skull. It is understood that the ruffians can be identified, and that the police are on their track. A CENTENARIAN IN A BALLOON.-0n the 3rd instant Mrs. Hogg, an inmate in St. George's Workhouse, Chelsea, attained the age of 100 years. On being pre iously asked how she would like to celebrate that event, she replied, "Send me up in the great balloon, that I may admire the world I have lived 100 years upon." Her wish was transmitted to M. Godard, who kindly made every arrangement conducive to her com fort. The weather on the 3rd was unpropitious, but the ascent was made on Thursday, the 5.14 the day being calm. The full extent of the rope, 2,000 feet, 'vas reache I, at which altitude the old lady was provided with wine and biscuits, and presented with a medal to commemorate the event. She was accom panied by the medical officers of the parish, the matron. and a party of ladias. Mrs. Hogg is in full possession o all her faculties, has never required the use of spectacles, can walk without assistance, and was fully able to under take her aerial voyage, which she thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed. Mrs. Hogg is a native of the Highlands of Scotland, but has resided in St. Georges parish nearly half a century. YACHTING. The Daily News gives its readers an article on Yachting. It warns those who will be tempted to go out to sea that it does not profess to convert the luxurious landsman whose soul has often sickened o'er that atrocious middl° passage between Dover and Calais to a belief i n as pleasures of sea life, for it has n o t th e s li g ht es t hesitatio n in laying down as a fundam en t a l l aw , th a t no one tido s stomach is not absolutely sea p roo f s h ou ld b e a dmitted o n board a yacht. Sea-sickness may b e an infirmity on boa rd a public vessel—on board a y ac ht it i s a sin again st good manners, we had a l mos t sa id a cr i m e. " IV° have always regretted n o t cons i gn i n g inc °°. tinently to the deep a friend (h o w we hated him who lay for tw e lve h ours cas ti ng u p hi s accou nts in 3 jollyboat on a cutt er ' s d ec k, an d en t rea t e d us td him overboard. But we do protest against the suspicion of monotony on board a yacht w h ose owner knows W Y to live at sea. In c r ui s i ng on th e h ome s t a ti ons , a 3'ac il , t ' if not becalm e d, m a y p u t h er nose i n t o some snu g harbour or o th er a t l eas t once every twenty -f ou r Lour` , Suppose you are b eca l me d , you h ave a ll t h e com f o rts an' resources of a country h o use, with ou t th e f uss of enter'taming a select mob of indifferent guests. you I'a° chat, books, whist, chess, the foils, or the single-sticks; piano or a guitar, if happily you can play or sing ; pistol-shooting at a mark hung out from a yard o ' l l or rifle-shooting at a t arge t if you are we ll o ff the la n and there is no other sail in sight (or even gun practice I' you are large enough to carry a pocket " ~Yhitsvoith '' °r two) ; boat races and mutual morning and evening COIIF4 and an exchange of i nv it a ti ons t o b rea kf as t or dinner , you are sailing in company ; deep sea fishing ; and w bel : you are tired of all these things, a d ream y d oze under the shade of a sail (not unwelcome, perhaps, after the 13° hours and hot rooms and incessant clatter of a Lol 3 ar : season), when you wake perhaps t o fi n d that catspaw for which the man at the helm whistling just now has freshened into a breeze' and the little lady is talking to it as she gat hers e way upon her, and bends and curtseys to the caress l % water under the swelling bosom of her sails. SuPP °s , t the dogwatch finds you still becalmed. Dinner is over and the word is passed for coffee and cigars on d ee ; Meanwhile all hands are skylarking, or tripping it t° a fiddle ; or there is a song with a rattling chorus; °I. , yarn, broken now and ag a i n w ith b urs t o f II0nler; laughter. Then the su nse t an d the moonrise -- a°- tacle unsurpassed by Grieve, Telbin, or Bever li and to be seen without paying for a stall and tening to worn-out singers and the silly chatter°, your neighbours, and without the o bli ga ti o n of stamen at three rows of meagre fairy figurantes. the glass of grog, and the serious and tender conflde lle % of friend to friend and heart to heart, as you pace the c lec g ' together or lie cosily under the bulwarks, with that cle ile old parish lantern looking down on yo u so motherly a° she old lights you on your noiseless way ! The yacht all on ° o under easy sail for the night, you turn in, and give nrd i ,, s , to be called at sunrise. How's the windand the wes t- e S captain?' `Dead against us, sir, and a goodish bit n' s l: - 0 on (` I should say so from her antics !'), and the on I°° l , all for wind.' Up comes the glorious sun, sure 0 109 g; full of fight ; and the little' lady, who at midnight :4 bending gracefully to a light wind abeam under a cloua' s, sky, is now closehauled and with two r eef s d ow n. Mono tos) o f indeed ! to the genuine yachtsman his sea life is a 5 °, 11° ,4, incessant change and infinite v ar i e ty. T o him the c if ti t bo the log, the making and shortening sail, the fair a n t he foul wind, the calm and the storm, the heating an d t i s o bearing up, the hauling to and the easing away' t i l t reaching and the tacking, the standing off and on; do getting underway and the shaping a course, an d t is working up to an anchorage in the quiet bay, whe li a ll night is as dark as a po c k e t, an d th e sea a ll aflam e t 9 these and many m ore o f th e f am ili ar p h ases an d ine u ; o s of a cruiser's experience have for the yachtsman svh ° ° o s) a touch of the h a ppy- go -l uc ky i n hi s na t ure , and an for the romantic and th e pi c t uresque , a ll th e waYw 3l. " wilful charm of a continual surprise." LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT. An inquest was held at Ryde, before Mr. Bla ke ' rho coroner for the Isle of Wight, on Tuesday, °n a body of Mr. Cornelius Grinnell, an American yobtsos, of New York, who had come t o E ng l an d f o r the Pu rl3 :, ° e 3 of taking part in the regattas. At C owe s the de ce— A Dc had purchased the steamyacht Hawk, of 142 tons , P' l / 7 . - e ht was recently elected a member of the Royal Victoria S. Club. The following evidence was given at the ingn e tt. Mr. James Gordon Bennett, the owner of the yacht I )3 ' ll ig less, said he had known the deceased a b ou t ten days, s ince arrival at Cowes. He had seen him about three Ye 3r , s t he in New York. On the previ o a s ni g ht he dined wi t° . 0 1 deceased, who was lodging at 35, Pier-street, a t the 1 119 i Do Victoria Yacht Club. The wit ness , Mr. Romans, and Al deceased left the club together about twelve o'clo ck : H og heybad no rooms, the d e c e a se d o ff ere d t o a ll o w the cc l ll a il nnd Mr. Homans to sleep in his sittirw-room- r - 1-11c3r „ three went upstairs togeth er . I n a few m i nu t e s w itnes s '. e r g. downstairs, leaving Mr. Homan s and deceased vi yea When he got to the front d oor h e saw a body lying r 3l " - 0 3 the pavement and partly i n th e roa d . Mr-. lIorn 313 " Ajr. he witness's servant ran d owns t a i rs . and said that tell Grinnell had fallen out of th e wi n d ow . lle invne al Do tl9 went to the window and assisted in carrying the f di e upstairs. Blood was streaming-, from the 'Jack u " head. A medical man was sent '' for immediately' th e Dr. 011ard came. The deceased was quite sober wbe i, en-;eif witness left the room.—Mr. Sheppard Romans, 19 ' IP York, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Benu ett ; e added that after Mr. Bennett went d o wnstair s t° polg - .eased had an impression that Mr. B en nett was goia aa d for another room rather than intrude on his kindnes,s,g ji he said, " I will see ; I will get out on the balcony a nti then drew up the Venetian blinds, opened the windu gr . iig or stepped out. He disappeared, and witness not lle 3r s l ee ieg eeing anything of him, looked out of the window• tiat no balcony, the thought flashed across his min d t :.; tb efi had fallen ou t. H e l oo k e d cu t o f th e window nn- _ istir ran downstairs and f o u n d th e b o dy lying under tliepleo, dow. He felt the p u l se an d f oun d it p er fectly v 3 1 1 ), 0 4 In his opinion death had been instantaneou s • t ha t sure he was quite sob er , an d w i s h e d to state bat Ds strongly as words could convey it.—Dr. 011ard said tood was sent for shortly after two o'clock, and found de 0f tli° quite dead, evidently from a fracture in the 10 ° , 0 0 skull.—The jury returned a verdict of Accidental :00 and appended to it an opinion that the window ° e pic° unsafe condition and required pr o tection. At the :01 of Sir J. Burgoyne, th e ir f o r eman , they "P re ' a llY behalf of the whole B r iti s h commun ity, and esPeci-d e el t° the yachtsmen, their sorrow at the untoward acci one of their visitors. According to an evening contemporary, rilin-ir are current that extensive corrupt practices hav e 1°1 ; cl e ‘ covered among the officials in one of the Goveraree; tie partments. It is stated that an investigation is 21°11r . 2 on, and that the matter will be laid before Parlianleo' 4 , ( reil e AUSTRALIAN GOLD COINS.—The /Ando - - 0 0 incoa ef lie l wng ' s u ham e ilc s hta d ed a ng y eodale n dtr ig e h ie t c ß o i n a t n a o in h s i\ a n p n r t o a cl t a l‘ m l it e t l i h o o n t , o : l l : , c i l l a i r if il :i g e i t o _ os i r o i : , l don are now a cwloeigitnaheliine issued d p f a r r o t m s of her her Majesty'sl‘ lajesty;si i d: t 7 0 fp is ' THE IRISH HORSE tender. sHOW. 1 rfOr Se i Show was opened at Dublin on Tuesday. The re , e ssfe' entries, and the show is expected to be the most There There wasperhaps are rr a ie l d of the leading prize. to large assembly of gentry. His i' . '‘ . Nabob te Of THE PUBLIC HEALTH. —Last week Ole r 3 dtli° mortality in London and thirteen other large tc'` c f g .,3l l a United Kingdom was 27per 1,000 coniPare'vv Iglioh rate of 22 in Paris and 45 n Berlin. as In eleven " -li b! t° towns, including London, 741 deaths were attributooo:o diarrhoea, and most of this mortality took Plac e 3 iiie tto' children. The births registered in th e ~ Th e polis tter were 2,130, and the deaths were I,63v. i noh er. and. we w r e e re lea s a ligh i tly below the estimated 11 preed' 0 3 , 16 than those of the w ets ing week. The deaths from zymotic di se3s g e : o % p lo t 733, the corrected average number being 669 ' ~, sca t let sons died from smallpox, 25 from measles, 1 000 ash' /root ugh, sita's t fever, 8 from diphtheria, 65 from whoopin' yPhus fever, 22 from enteric fever, and 10 WO w it', from continued fever. The deaths of 31 children alul,:vcerly m simple cholera were recorded. The Inc a° ' e , - . ras el ture during the week was 59'8 or 2'5 below* th e ti ' e ore The entire range of temperature in the week was PI than 30 degrees. _—.........•• :dir The r i a , Rev.No . , Alexander - - -- 8 ter ofthe uni Episcopal Church, and a graduate of Cam. ttii, co schooling cannot be exagg ( T ) c f b r e a r t e e a n di x s i y et i Al ca l Libe versity, England, in a letter dated at 3 1 i 115 t ive 0 for ,says: Crummel, a coloured ibprido wo untry they are asking for schools. If we had thcol'ittifeo session of the Great Count-.2-i'lL within could establish a hundred schools among the a mouth." „ill IMPROVED ORDER OF RED I\IEN.---1" , 'lll'l' the citarris, burg, the following Great Chiefs were present anal 4 -0, elated :—G.S.S., Charles G. Conley; Acting Great T i, 31, J. Great Junior Sagamore, Adam Schuh ; Great POP j o e c oat . Weaver; Great Chief of Records, Andrew J . Bak' 3 I :40p Keeper of Wampum, Lewis C. Pierce ; Great 7 o w, olnfitiithroeatic:iniaeotititioboo.., Thomas A. Winkworth : Great Guard of the W jg h s l. Charles S. Abel ; Great Guard of the Forest, Jos e P t w ere Clymer. During this session the Great Chie.fs e ss le o c f t eat duly raised to their respective positions. Busine ~e rit ie., , importance to the Order was to come up for consr „arils and a parade of the Great Council and the Tribes in P. burg and vicinity was to take place on the 2 2 d 'lt'll.