The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-11 00:00:00

Railway and Other Companies. LONDON AND GREENWICH. The half. yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Gresham-house ; Mr. J. Filcher in the chair. The Secretary read the statement of accounts, which showed that the balance from last account was £276, the South Eastern half-year's rental £22,500, and transfer fees £3—total £22,779. From this was deducted £9,972 for interest on bonds and preference shares, £397 for expenses, £209 balance of income-tax, and £126 for interest to bankers, leaving available for dividend a balance of £12,075. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the state ment of accounts, which was carried unanimously ; a dividend at the rate of £1 7s. 6d. per cent., or ss. 6d. per original share, free of income-tax, was declared, payable on the 16th inst. ; and a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. CENTRAL WALES EXTENSION. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at the offices, Westminster-chambers ; Mr. W. F. Maitland in the chair. The Cuair.3lAN stated that additional capital was required to complete the line, and they had the as surance of their engineer (Mr. Robertson) that, if the necessary funds were supplied, there would be no difficulty in completing the line as far as Llan wyrtd in two or three months, and the entire line in about 15 months. He concluded by moving a resolution, authorising the creation and issue of ad ditional capital to the amount of £150,000 in shares of £lO each ; £130,000 being in five per cent. pre ference shares, and £20,000 in ordinary shares. Mr. Price, M.P., seconded the motion, and it was carried. WELLAND. The annual general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Queen-street-place, Cannon-street ; Mr. J. W. Bosanquet in the chair. The report stated that although the depreciation of American currency had continued to a more serious extent than had been anticipated after the close of the war, the working of the line during the past year had shown satisfactory progress as com pared with that preceding it. The receipts for the year 1865 amounted to £20,551, while the actual working expenses of the line were £14,331. To those, however, must be added the depreciation of American currency, amounting to £2,870, leaving a profit on the working of the line of £3,350. There was, however, a loss on the propellers of £549. This was accounted for by the extreme dulness of the traffic during the early part of the season, and the passenger traffic having proved unremunerative. The propellers had been the cause of bringing an increase of traffic, and of considerably enhancing the repute of the line for regularity and despatch. The grain traffic received at Port Colborne and carried on the line amounted to 3,783,140 bushels, or as nearly as possible an increase of 1,000,000 bushels over the return for 1864. The quantity of flour carried was 49,140 barrels, being 24,137 in excess of the number carried in 1864. The lighterages amounted to 566,936 bushels, as compared with 342,372 bushels in the preceding year. The number of passengers carried had been 33,802, or 5,765 less than those in 1864. With respect to the prospects of the present season, the directors thought them encouraging ; but it remained to be seen how far the abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty would affect the railway. The opening of the season, though much later than usual, brought a great influx of traffic, so much so that the elevators and line were kept in constant use night and day to despatch the cargoes. The directors had great pleasure in report ing that Mr. Reekie had now undertaken the ma nagement of the line, and they augured the best re sults from his energetic working of the line and boats, while they were sure that in his hands every possible economy would be secured. The amount of preference bonds taken up to this date was £30,000, inclusive of £2,000 bonds which had been sent to the directors in Canada. Those, together with money remitted, would be more than sufficient for the liquidation of the debts of the company. The CiLualrAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was gratifying that they had at last got over their financial difficulties, and that the di rectors now saw their way tolerably clear, after en countering various debts since the concern came into their hands. They had received £48,400 on the 2d preference bonds, £30,000 on other preference bonds, and £10,400 in cash, making £BB,BOO. The late Sir S. Cunard and Mr. Brassey provided two boats for the company at a cost of £lB,OOO, with a view to develope the traffic of the railway, and it was desirable to purchase those boats as soon as possible. With this exception the directors had dis charged every liability against the company, or placed the necessary funds in the hands of the ma nager to slo so. The whole cost of the line was now ascertained to be £357,000, of which £200,000 would be in the bonds and the rest in shares. The money had been raised with great difficulty, and at various times the rates of interest for the bonds varied from 6to 8 per cent. The business of the company was chiefly confined to the carriage of grain, and when it was considered they had only one farthinga bushel profit it would account for the small sum they had available for the past year; but if they raised the pro fit to id. a bushel they would have double their pre sent net earnings. Their net profit on working last year was £3,350, and this year they had reason to believe it would be about £12,000, because in the first five weeks of Mr. Reekie's able management the line had earned a net sum of £3,100, or nearly as much net profit as in the whole of last year ; but of course that rate could not be expected to continue. The propellers had met with no accident, and were making three trips per week to Oswego. They ex pected to carry between 6,000,000 and 7,000,000 bushels of grain this year over the line ; and they had the means of carrying 10,000,000 bushels should it be sent for conveyance, which, at id. a bushel, would produce £20,000. This would not only cover the whole of the interest on all the bonds, but leave a considerable sum for dividend on the shares. There was a sum of £28,922 due on unpaid coupons, re presenting arrears of interest which would have to be capitalised, so as to enable the directors to apply the net receipts to the payment of current interest. If they could issue the remainder of the 8 per cent. bonds, they could pay £lB,OOO for the boats or pro pellers, by which they would save £4OO a-year. Mr. S. P. BIDDER seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, which was carried unani mously. Mr. Bosanquet and Mr. Bidder, the retiring di rectors, were re-elected, and also Mr. Sinclair, the retiring auditor. The proceedings concluded with Et vote of thanks to the chairman. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. die a c receipts on this company's lines for the week ending the 23d June amounted for local pas sengers t 0 £5,585; forforei n g passengers, to £2,746; for emigr ant , to £2,615 ; for mails, & c ., to £1,192 ; for local freight and live stock, to £11,882 ; and for foreign freight £25,627, against £23,997 live stock, to £l,6o7—total, for the corresponding week last year, showingr increase of £1,630. The total receipts from Ist o January d to the above date an amounted to £608,796 for the same period last year to £604,332, sh owing an i ncrease of £ 4,464. RAILWAY BlLLS,eie:m the H ouse o f In Lord Redesdale's Commit Lords yesterday, the following Committee Were passed : share s and The Laugharne, to raise £42,000 by £14,000 by loan, to make a railway of s c hains in length ; the Peterborough, Avi s b ea iniles 39 Sutton, to issue new shares in lieu of the existing sng and A and B shares ; the Merth y r, T redegar, and Aber gavenny ; the London , C hatham, an d Dover (Chat: h a m Dockyard Branch), to raise £150,000 by shares and £50,000 by loan ; the Somerset and Dorset ; and the Swansea Vale, to raise £90,000 by shares and £30,000 by loan. In Room B, the following were heard and ad journed :—The Teme Valley, the Pembroke and Tenby, the Great Western, the Wye Valley, the Northampton and Banbury Junction, and the Barry (Extension) Bills. In Room C, the Waterford and Limerick (Ar rangements) ) Bill was referred to the Chairman of The first paper was read by Mr. S. W. BAKER, " On the Tribes of the Nile Basin," in which he de scribed many of the native tribes in the centre of Africa with whom he and Mrs. Baker came in con tact during his exploration of the sources of the Nile. He confined himself principally to a description of those tribes which appear to have been completely shut out from the world's history, having been barred out from the earliest ages from the rest of the world by the almost interminable marsh through which the White Nile winds its course. Without any exception they are without a belief in a Su preme Being, nor have they any form of idolatry or superstition. The men are perfectly naked, appa rently not knowing that they are so ; the girls, up to the age of about 15, are also entirely naked, after which period they wear a slight fringe of a few inches in length. They are physically strong, ex ceedingly tall and muscular ; they build small cir cular huts, congregate in villages, and generally cul tivate a small amount of grain (dhurra) on the drier portions of their land. There is no actual negro type, excepting the woolly hair; the fore head is rather low, the head broad, the back of the skull heavy, but neither is the jaw prominent nor are the lips extraordinarily full, nor is the nose flattened. They possess large herds of cat tle, which they never kill, contenting themselves with bleeding them periodically, sometimes drinking the blood raw, sometimes boiling it. Milk is their chief diet, invariably mixed with cow's urine. They catch game in pitfalls, spear fish with harpoons, by casting at random, and they are continually at war with neighbouring tribes owing to razzias upon their herds. They have no laws of marriage, the number of a man's wives depending upon his wealth in cattle, a wife being invariably purchased for her value in cows. This may be accepted as a general outline of the tribes bordering the White Nile. They are armed with lances, some with bows and arrows, clubs of iron wood, and they are governed by chiefs, none of whom appear to have much control over their subjects. Glass beads, and both copper and iron rings, iron hoes, and lance heads are the common articles of barter. They work in iron, forming lances, arrow heads carefully barbed, and they prepare charcoal for smith's work. Their ornaments consist of beads, iron rings, with which the women load their ankles, and strings of rounded pieces of river shells wound round their waists and necks. In some countries, such as the Shir, where no iron ore exists, the arrowheads are formed of hard wood. The absence of articles and weapons of metal in no way proves their excess of savagedom : having no metals to work there are no blacksmiths. The hard wood supplies the want of iron, as the hard stone is used by the New Zea lander, and flint stones formerly served for arrow heads. The Kytch tribe is the exception to all others in abject misery and in the lowest state of savage dom. They never cultivate, probably owing to the miserable marsh, which would render it impossible. Thus they are dependent upon fishing and trapping for their existence, neither of which appears to be productive, as the natives ere a race of skeletons. They wander over the country searching for lizards, mice, snakes, locusts, and white ants. Hours are spent in digging field mice from their burrows. The men are of course naked, and their hair is stained red by a plaster of cow dung and wood ashes, the change of colour being the effect of the potash. The women are equally naked as the men, not having the slight attempt at clothing common among other tribes. Should a man become old his eldest son occupies the place of his father in the domestic establishment, and succeeds to his parent's wives. Nothing can be lower in the human race than this wretched tribe ; there is hardly a remove in advance of the chimpanzee, except the power of speech. In the sth degree of North latitude the Bari tribe commences, and the natives of that dis trict are far superior to the three previously de scribed. The country is dry and fertile, and diver sified by mountains. The men and women are tall and muscular, the mountains are rich in iron ore, which they smelt and work with great dexterity. They cultivate the ground and use manure for their crops. Their huts are, like those of all African tribes, circular, having a low doorway, about two feet high, like the entrance to a dog kennel. Mr. Baker attaches considerable importance to the gene rally circular form of the huts of the African tribes, as characteristic of their similarity. The distinc tions of tribes are marked, almost without excep tion, by distinctions in head-dress,which in all cases is accompanied by a distinct language. On reach ing the western head of the Nile, in North latitude 2 deg. 15 min., a sudden change takes place. The river is the boundary of savagedom, and on cross ing the ferry to the south bank Mr. Baker came to people differing totally in their appearance and habits from those on the north. That country, named Unyoro, is governed by a despot, and it ex• hibits a degree of order and civilisation unknown to the northern tribes. Nakedness is considered a disgrace, and both men and women are carefully clothed with bark cloth or prepared skins. They are excellent smiths, they draw fire, and make good knives and lances ; cultivate the ground with great care, grow tobacco, and indulge in the use of doubly pipes, two bowls being united to a single stem, and they are thus enabled to smoke two qua lites of tobacco at one time. Their huts, though circular, are much larger and more lofty than those of the other tribes, and have an entrance six feet high, with portico. Mr. Baker then proceeded to notice the tribes on the borders of Abyssinia, who are in a still superior state of civilisation. The Abyssinian affluents of the Nile, he observed, sprung from a land inhabited by the only independent Christian country in the whole of Africa, among i whom reading and writing are common, and where the features and form of the inhabitants are closely allied to the European, forming a strong contrast to the tribes who inhabit the banks of the White Nile. Dr. BEKE made some remarks on the retrogression of civilisation among the African tribes. In his opinion they are becoming more and more savage, and he asserted that nearly all travellers in Africa were of that opinion. He referred t o th e per i o d , 1,500 years ago, when the people of Abyssinia were i n a highly enlightened condition, and far above the state of civilisation now existing there. Dr. Beke produced a letter which he had that day received from the Emperor Theodore, in which it was stated that the captives had been liberated. Lieutenant-Colonel FYTCHE then read a paper on the aborigines of the Andaman Islands, giving an account of the conduct of three of the natives who had been captured and attempted to be civilised, but whom it was found impossible to accustom to the habits of civilisation, the wearing of clothes having the effect of producing consumption. After having been instructed as much as it was possible, they were m we a r d e e sent back to their t r ib e . Dr. Mou Er a l so ment i oned the attempts that had to civilise some of the Andaman islanders, which, in the case of a young girl, had proved very successful. Mr. CULL read an obituary notice of the late Dr. Conolly, one of the early founders of the Ethno logical Society. Mr. CRAIyFURD then adjourned the meeting till November next. Dr. Charles H. Stedman, a Widely known and lately. highly esteemed physi c i an of Boston, dieu in th a t city Yesterday the Prince of \Vales visited the brewery of Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and Co., and spent a considerable time in viewing the various de partments of that great establishment. His Royal Highness, who was accompanied by the Dukc of Sutherland, and attended by Col. Grey, arrived at the brewery about half-past 1 o'clock. He was re ceived by Mr. R. Ilanbury, sen., Mr. R. C. Han bury, M.P., Sir T. F. Buxton, M.P., Mr. C. Bux ton, M.P., Mr. A. Pryor, Mr. C. A. Hanbury, Mr. T. F. Buxton, Mr. 11. Villebois, and Mr. Alexan der Fraser, manager of the brewery. Having en tered the premises through the counting-house in Brick-lane, Spitalfields, the Prince was conducted to the engine-house. The malt loft was next visited. Here 17,000 quarters of malt are kept for immediate brewing ; but in the premises out of town the firm usually stow about 120,000 quarters, so that they have stowage for the enormous quantity of 137,000 quarters of malt. The machinery for mixing the malt is very extensive and ingenious. The grain is placed in huge vats, and revolving jets throw boiling water upon it, which percolates evenly and gradually through the grain. The water used in the various lofts is pumped by steam power to the amount of 250,000 gallons daily. A series of prongs, something like those of a field rake, revolve through the liquid malt and thoroughly mix it up before the process of fermentation. In the produc tion of the various kinds of beer brewed in Messrs. Truman's establishment no less than 174,674 qrs. of malt and 900 tons of hops are used annually. The refuse of the hops are utilized by being mixed with coal dust, the combination making,' excellent fuel, which is thrown into the furnaces as required by self-acting cylindrical fire-feeders. Notwithstand ing the large number of furnaces in the brewery and the immense quantity of coal and waste hops used in them, the smoke is all consumed. While the Prince was looking at the wetting and mixing of the malt and hops, and the endless band with small buckets attached to it by which the malt is raised from below and carried to a height of 40 feet, a small lever was touched by one of the partners. Instantly a bell rung, and within three or four seconds all the machinery in the brewery was at rest. This arrangement is provided in case of accident to any of the workmen, or of any thing going wrong with the machinery in any of the de partments. On a signal of " all right," pistons were again shooting up and down, fly wheels were spin ning round, boiling - water was being sprinkled over the malt, and malt and hops were being worked up like so much porridge, within as short a time as that required for the suspension of all this mechanical exertion. Having ascended and descended narrow ladders, and heard explanations from the foreman as to the nature of the preliminary processes of the manufacture, H.R.H. entered the fermenting lofts. These form one of the most interesting portions of the establishment. As you pass along them you walk over acres of fermenting tuns, while still larger tuns rise in pyramids on each side of you. In one of them, which the Prince saw half full of the ferment ing malt yesterday, no less than 80 men sat down to dinner on one occasion. A windlass must have been provided to enable the company to reach their seats, and to bring them to the surface again, for to look down this monster vessel is like looking into a large pit lined with timber. There is a strong efflu vium of carbonic acid gas from the vats, and though a large section of the sides is removed so that some atmospheric air is constantly entering, the gas is so strong over the surface of the fermenting material as instantly to extinguish any light which is held in side. The Prince of Wales tried the experiment by setting fire to a match and introducing it when in full flame. Passing across to another part of the brewery his royal highness entered the cellars, in which there is a stowage for nearly 100,000 barrels of beer, and which are five or six acres in extent. The scene that presented itself here was curious and picturesque. Leading from the door is a long avenue formed by beer casks in line piled one above the other. From the roof hung a num ber of lighted candles in three branch sconces. In front and along the sides of the passage stood a number of brewer's men—stalwart fellows, in white coats and red caps, each holding a candle ou the end of a portable bracket. One of these candles was handed to the Prince himself, who, preceded by a - body guard of the draymen, all holding their candles and marching in procession, made a circuit of the great storehouse. When he was about half-way through, the gentlemen of the firm drew his atten tion to au immense porter vat, called "the Prince of Wales," from the fact that it was finished and baptized on the 9th of November, 1841, the day his Royal Highness was born. While the Prince was in this part of the cellar, one of the men approached him with a large silver jug, and, pouring out a half pint measure of Truman and Co.'s stout, presented it to his Royal llighness. The Prince, having drunk some of it, the men, waving their lights, and removing their red caps, gave three stentorian cheers for his Royal Highness, which were re-echoed again and again through the vaults. Before leaving this part of the brewery the Prince witnessed the ' operation of loading a dray with barrels ready for delivery, which is effected by means of machinery worked by gas-engines. The barrels are taken up on a couple of bent prongs, which carry them to the top of an inclined plane, whence their own gravity carries them down to the level of the dray. The stables and stable-yard were next visited. As every one knows some of the finest draught horses to be seen anywhere are those of the London brewers. Messrs. Truman keep about 170 of these animals, which cost on an average some 70 guineas each. Notwithstanding the fine condition which brewers' horses are always in, the work they do is very severe, and experience has shown that they could not stand it long except for the great care that is taken of them. It is generally believed that their plump appearance is owing to their being fed principally upon grains. This, however, is a mistake. They never get grains, but are kept entirely upon hard food. Most of Messrs. Truman's horses were out at work when the Prince visited the stables ; but there were about 20 of them there, and his Royal Highness examined them with much interest, both in their stalls a:nd subsequently when they were brought out for inspection in the yard. Inside the gate was a large and very fine picture, by Mr. Watts, of a brewer's draymen with his dray and two horses. The man whose portrait the artist has painted happened to be in the yard when the Prince was looking at the picture. Ile was called forward and paid his respects to the Royal visitor. From the stables the Prince went to see the process of cleansing the casks, which is done by steam machinery. Pieces of chain with bullet knobs on them are put with some liquid into the casks, which are then placed in a frame and turned about by an eccentric rotatory motion. A great saving of time and money is effected through this cleansing by ma chinery as compared with the old method of hand washing ; and the importance of such saving must be considerable in a brewery which has 93,968 casks in constant use. The brewery keeps nine steam engines and two gas-engines at work, and consumes about 9,000 tons of coal annually, besides between 8,000 and 9,000 tons of spent hops. Before the Prince left the yard the men surrounded him at a respectful distance, and raised a peal of hurrahs, which must have been heard at a longdistance from the brewery. The cheers were taken up by a dense crowd outside, who gave his Royal Highness an en thusiastic greeting as he appeared in the street. The Prince of Wales subsequently honoured the firm by his company at luncheon. General Beauregard is still in Paris, and has had an audience of the Emperor. It is remarked that while in America ho called himself plain " General Beauregard," he has had his name engraved on his cards thus Monsieur le Gdneral Toutain de Beauregard." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—ifoIIoWaVS Ointment and Pill s .— A Cure for Abscesses, Piles, istulas and Sores.—The very satisfactory results arising from the use of this in valuable Ointment in cases where patients have been suf fering from abscesses, ulcers, piles or fistulas, have induced many of the medical profession to introduce it into the hospitals and their private practice, and in many instances where the sufferer was considered incurable. Holloway's Ointment, in conjunction with his Pills, healed the most desperate wounds. They are also unequalled for the cure of scrofula, scurvy, and other diseases of the skin. The balsamic and healing properties of Holloway's ointment render it invaluable in the nursery ; for healing cuts, scratches, and allaying inflammations, reducing swellings, and cleansing unhealthy skins, it is unequalled. CARDIFF, 9th.—The steam coal trade is active, and orders come in freely, notwithstanding the prospect of the termination of the war. Should, however, such be the result of present negotiations, the demand from some of the European markets will be slightly diminished. During last week the operations at the docks were more brisk than for some time past, but owners of vessels still complain of the long detention • they experience in loading. There is a good inquiry for Welch steam on inland account, and large quantities are transmitted by rail to Birkenhead and the home markets. There is no change to note in the consumption of house coal, and the coasting trade is rather less than this time last year. The iron trade is dull, but few orders coming in from the foreign markets, and virtually nothing doing on home account. The prospects of the future are, however, more hopeful from the turn affairs have taken on the Continent. The men have received the notice of the intended reduction of wages in a good spirit ; their good sense telling them that it is far better to accept the reduction than for the works to be stopped altogether. The pig iron market is inactive. The plates command a better sale, and the prices fixed on at the quarterly meet ing are likely to produce more purchasers. The de mand for patent fuel is increasing. LEEDS, 10th.—This being the first day of the Leeds annual summer fair the markets in the cloth halls have been dull. Independent of that circum stance, however, the attendance of buyers was small, and there was little disposition to operate beyond making small selections of goods by the home trade purchasers. The great uncertainty that seems to be felt about Continental affairs prevents almost anything being done by German houses, and has also the effect of depressing the trade generally. The goods selected by the home trade houses are miscellaneous, including meltons, tweeds, witneys, and all wool blacks and unions. NOTTINGHAM, 10th.—There was a fair attendance at our Exchange-hall to-day, and the demand for lace yarns was more active, at an advance of 3d. to 6d. per lb. The demand for hosiery yarns was fair, and prices must be quoted Is. per bundle of 101 b. higher. The value of silks tended upwards, but there was not much doing. For brown nets higher prices were realised, but not equal to the rise which has taken place in the valuo of the raw material. ROCHDALE, 9th.—There has only been a limited attendance at to-day's woollen market, and busi ness has been quite in proportion. There were a few of the best class of buyers, who dealt on the whole freely in fancies and printers, but the gene rality of the customers were parties looking out for bargains, and except something very cheap came in their way they would not operate. Manufac turers are almost unanimous in discouraging any thing like jobbing of that sort, and while the more respectable and intelligent merchants make no such attempts there is little chance of less influential par ties securing their unreasonable ends. Ways and Means. The following were heard and adjourned :—The Exe Valley, the Colu'ilook, and the Llanelly. In the Painted Chamber, the Man ester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire (Central Station and Lines) Bill was again heard and adjourned. In Room D, the Bute Docks (Cardiff) Bill was again heard and adjourned. LONDON TAVERN (LIMITED). Yesterday the directors of this company issued warrants for the payment of an ad interim dividend to the above holders at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the past half-year ended on the 30th of June. Ethnological Society. The last meeting of the season of this society was held yesterday evening in their rooms in St. Mar tin's-place—the president, Mr. J. Crawfurd, in the chair. 'THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1866 Royal Visit to a Brewery. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, July 10.—We have had a fair de mand for yarn, but buyers of cloth object to the upward tendency of prices, and where these are in sisted upon business is much restricted. In shipping yarns there has been a very considerable business, and in a majority of instances extreme prices have been paid. Shippers both to India and to Germany have been operating, and the latter with great free dom, at the full rates demanded by spinners. Some classes of yarns are now scarce, and there is some difficulty in prevailing upon spinners to enter fur ther orders for the present. Spinners, indeed, are already deeply under contract both with yarns for home consumption and export. This branch of the market closes strong, with an upward tendency in prices. In home trade yarns the market has been strong, at the full prices of Friday last. In cloth the market has been far less satisfactory. While cotton and yarn keep up in price the buyers of cloth appear determined to resist the upward tendency of values in fabrics of all kinds, and will not go into any operation of consequence, so that the business has been small to-day, and prices nominal. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. say of this branch of the mar ket :—" The continued high value of cotton, and the long engagements of spinners and manufacturers keep up prices of all sorts of goods. The demand, however, is but on a small scale to-day, and if it were not for the reasons given above we should scarcely be able to retain the rates current last week." Theatrical Licenses and Regulations. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The following is the full report of the Parliamentary Committee appointed to inquire into the working of the acts of Parliament for licensing and regulating theatres and places of entertainment in Great Britain : "I. As FAR AS RELATES TO THE METROPOLIS. "Resolved—That it is the opinion of this committee : "1. That the present system of double jurisdiction under which theatres are licensed by the Lord Chamberlain, and music-halls and other places of public entertainment by the magistrates, is inconvenient and unsatisfactory. "2. That the power of licensing of any house, room, garden, or any other place kept for public dancing, music, or other public entertainment of the like kind, hitherto vested in the magistrates by the act 25 Geo. 11., c. 36, secs. 2 and 3, be transferred to the same authority, which may be empowered to grant licences to theatres, so that the entire regulation of theatres, music halls, and other places of public entertainment be placed under one authority. "3. That such power of licensing could not be efficiently exercised by a subordinate authority, and that it is there fore desirable that it should be placed in the hands of an officer of high position and dignity. "4. That it is desirable that the department of the Lord Chamberlain be so organised as to be able to deal with all such places of public entertainment within the metropolis. "5. That it is desirable that any Act of Parliament deal ing with the licensing of theatres, music halls, and other places of entertainment should render compulsory the in spection and survey of such places, as regards the stability of structure, due security against fire, ventilation, and facility of ingress and egress ; and that the authority to whom the licensing may be entrusted be required to frame regulations from time to time for insuring the safety and accommodation of the public, which regulations should re ceive the sanction of the Secretary of State and be laid upon the table of the Rouse of Commons. "6. That, apart from the question whether an identical form of licence should or should not be given to theatres and music halls, it is not desirable to continue the exist ing restrictions which prevent music halls from giving theatrical entertainments. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Amazon, 4, unarmoured screw despatch ves sel, Coinniander hunter, sailed from Spithead on Monday for the North American station, calling in, it was expected, at a western port. The Bellerophon, armoured iron screw frigate, Capt. E. Tatham, has landed her experimental gun carriages and slides on the sheer jetty at Ports mouth dockyard, and will be docked in the Warrior dock about Friday next. In accordance with instructions received at Cha tham dockyard from the Admiralty, th e wooden line o f No. 5 battle b u building-slip, ipßulwark,has been surveyed by the lying on the sto c k s a t offi cials connected with the master shipwright's depart ment, with the view of ascertaining her fitness to be altered and completed as an ironclad ship on a wooden frame. The Bulwark was laid down several years since from the design of Sir B. W. Walker, Sur veyor of the Navy, and was originally intended for a 91-gun two-decker of the Princess Royal class. When about a third completed, however, all further work upon her was suspended, and for a number of years past she has been lying idle on thestocks,with not a single hand employed on her, some of her planking, in the meantime, having been removed in order to admit air into the timbers, and to prevent the ravages of the dry rot. From the h u ll o f the Bulwark having been laid down l ong b e f ore th e wooden adoption oode nf frame, thee: as principle w ell asother of circumstances, it is placing arm our on a doubtful whether it will be found expedient to con vert her into ap ironclad, but much will depend on the nature of the report made to the Admiralty by Mr. Thornton, the master shipbuilder of Chatham yard. The workmen employed on the new ironclad frigate Hercules, building at Chatham dockyard, commenced working extra hours yesterday in order to hasten forward the completion of the keel of that vessel. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander William Moriarty to the Narcissus ; Lieut. Sir Francis Blackwood to the Psyche, Lieut.-Commanding, vice Blanc, promoted ; Lieut. Chas. A. Woodroffe to the Caledonia; Lieut. Frederick J. Rendell to the Princess Royal ; Lieut. William F. A. H. Russell to the Challenger ; Lieut. Edward Trafford to the Duke of Wellington ; Edward P. Forrest, Burg., a dditional, to the Lion ; Dr. Henry Fegan Bu rg ., a dditional, to the Daunt less ; and G. 11. J. Sutherland, surg., additional, to the Impregnable. [ADVERTISENIENT.)—c onsumr , t ion, and all nervo u s , b ili ou s, stomach, and liver compl a i nts, i n every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerat e d b y d rug s of every description. but perfemly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved b y th ou sands of cases which had been considered hopel ess; suc h a s indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, hab it ua l constipation diarr hoea, all gastric derangements, h ce morrhoids, com plaints, flatulency, nervousness , biliousness' liver fevers, sore ,' gout, throats, diphtheria, cat arr h s co lds, influenza , noises in the head and ears, rheumati sm i m purities. eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, pal pitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the Chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, .tc. We quote a few—Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts timber merchant, of Frim ley. Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting; of blood, liver derangement. and partial deaf ness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieu tenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No.49,B32. Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, C ln am t p in b s e , ll l , lb 7k 2 e s n P h a am ; asthma, cough, const patien, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and 121 b, 22s ; 241 b, vomiting—Maria Jolly.- Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. James 'l'. of the liver. which had resisted all medical treatment.— street Within ; 63, 150, , 21 N b o: 4 0 8 1k 6a , o ; f s i i n b di: u in d igestion and torpidity 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William -street ; likewise at Si, Gracechurch-street ; 4 Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate -54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-road ; 98, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand; Upper-street, Islington, N. • H a rvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 85, High-street • and Stubbs, Queen's - terrace, St. John's-wood, London; and all respectable groom and olie- Worth—Beware of spurious imitations. "7. That there bo different forms of licences ; one where intoxicating drinks, refreshments, and tobacco may be consumed in the auditorium of the building, the second where intoxicating drinks, refreshments, and tobacco may not be so consumed. "8. That the control which the Lord Chamberlain now exercises over the performances in theatres should bo ex tended to other places of entertainment for which licenses may be required. " 9. That the censorship of plays has worked satisfac torily, and that it is not desirable that it should be discon tinued. On the contrary, that it should bo extended as far as practicable to the performances of music halls and other places of public entertainment. " 10. That it is desirable that when application is made for a licence for a theatre, music hall, or other similar place of entertaintment, the applicants should bo required to furnish such security as shall be satisfactory to the licens ing authority, not exceeding and satisfactory evi dence as to their respectability, as to the fitness of the building for the purposes for which it is intended, and as to tho convenience of the site ; and that in the event of such evidence being satisfactory, the licence should be granted without reference to any question of competition with other establishments. " 11 That the decisions of the Lord Chamberlain should be subject to an appeal to the Home Secretary, as far as the original granting of licences is concerned. " 12. That the provisions for enforcing the proper work ing of the act of 25 Goo. 11., c. 36, relative to the licensing of music halls, are insufficient and unsatisfactory, as there is no legal authority under which the police can take direct proceedings against unlicensed houses, in which music and dancing are going on, although they are empowered to deal summarily with cases of unlicensed theatrical en tertainments. " 13. That it is desirable to repeal the 7th section of the act of 5 and 6 Wm. IV., c. 39, which empowers the Excise to grant beer and spirit licences to all buildings licensed by the Lord Chamberlain or the justices. "11. As FAR AS RELATES TO THE COUNTRY. "14. That it is desirable that the licensing of a new theatre should be by the Lord Chamberlain, instead of, as heretofore, by the magistrates; but that the powers now exercised by the magistrates, both as regards the renewal of licences and as regards regulations, should continue in force. "15. That it is desirable that the proprietors of music halls, and other similar places of public entertainment should be required to apply to the magistrates for a licence under the same or similar provisions to those which may bo enacted relative to similar places of entertainment in the metropolis. " 16. That the 12th section of tho act of 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 68, relative to the censorship of plays intended to be produced or acted for hire in any theatre in Great Britain, continue in force, and that such censorship be extended, a• far as practicable, to music halls and other places of public entertainment throughout Great Britain." Henry Vincent's Visit to America. elt- We learn that Henry Vincent sails in the Scotia for New York on the 25th of August next ; and remembering that he has devoted his life to the cause of social, moral, and political progress throughout the length and breadth of England, and that all the wise and beneficial legislation in this country for the last 25 years has been power fully aided by his eloquent and earnest advocacy, we are glad of the opportunity of wishing him a pleasant and prosperous voyage, and in due time a safe return. As our readers are well aware, on the breaking out of the American war, Mr. Vincent at once took the side of the North. He lectured night after night during the whole conflict in all parts of the kingdom to immense audiences, and roused a per fect enthusiasm on- the Constitutional side. He defended the North on political grounds ; not only declaring that the North would abolish slavery, but maintaining that the North was defending order against anarchy—law against violence— liberty against aristocratic conspirators,—and that the Federal armies were fighting the battle of Free dom all the world over. He goes to America to study her wonderful people, their vast resources, and their great institutions. He also intends to deliver lectures in the United States on questions of public interest. On his return to England we hope he will be able to spread through his native land the impressions he has received ; for we are sure they will be most instructive—since no large hearted man can pay a visit to America without being favourably impressed with the people of that almost illimitable continent. We know he carries with him the love of good Liberals and of thousands of - personal friends —and with the utmost confidence we commend him to the generous care of our American brethren. As an illustration of Mr. Vincent's estimate of the United States, and of her future destiny, we quote an extract from one of his lectures delivered in Bedford at an early period of the Slaveholders' Re bellion : " I have heard shallow men speak of the failure of American institutions ! Gentlemen, the failure begins with slavery, and it will end there. (Great applause). All nations have their peculiar difficul ties. England has been severely tried by many combats. From the conflicts of the Heptarchy— through the era of the Norman kings—in the revolt under John—through the storms of the Reformation —through the wars of the Roses—through the stu pendous struggle between the Parliament and King Charles—in the days of gigantic Cromwell — through the vile reigns of the second Charles and James—to the glorious revolution of 1688—she has marched in the upward career of freedom and glory —shaking all her difficulties, by God's great mercy, like dust from her feet. (Loud applause.) Who will dare to talk of the failure of English institu tions ? (Loud cheers.) America is apart of ourselves. (Applause.) It is the weakest drivel to suppose that America will not survive her constitutional crisis. She will do it—she must do it. (Renewed ap plause.) Out of this conflict she will come stronger in her moral and intellectual life—more worthy of her Anglo-Saxon origin—more worthy of her in dustrial power and of her political liberty. (Loud applause.) I lift my prophecy, arrogant though it may seem, against all comers—against dilletante politicians, slaveholders, and conspirators against human freedom—against time-servers, dandies, and weak-minded believers in reaction' against the progress of the world. (Great applause.) I be lieve in God : therefore I believe that slavery must fall I I believe in Christianity ; therefore I know that the Southern rebellion must fall. (Renewed applause.) Failure of American Institutions Yes, they who have thus drivelled have a hard file to bite ! Igo further ! The whole earth is filled with a commotion—a clashing of opinions, a movement of mind, indicating the steady decline of super stition and despotism, and the rapid growth of intelligence and liberty ; and in America it shall be seen that a Republic can not only be founded and upheld, but that that Republic can triumph over the foulest treason, and vindicate by its successes the Cause of justice and the rights of men." TlMES.—Sadowa was another Waterloo in its strategy, if not in its influence upon the fate of an Empire. The invading army of Bohemia stretched far and wide over a slightly undulating country, and from the centre of its line a high road led directly to the headquarters of the enemy. Along this road Prince Frederick Charles advanced with his main army, while auxiliary forces to the right and left at tempted to turn the Austrian flanks. Sadowa was his Hougoumont. Thebrunt of the battle fell upon those who attempted, on the one side, to take, and on the other to keep, this position. The peaceful little vil lage on the River Bistritz was eight days since the scene of au encounter which, for mingled fierceness and duration, cannot be matched by any battle since the end of the great war. On that Tuesday morn ing, July 3, its wooden cottages stood among orch ards thick with the fruit of summer, apparently in perfect security. Before night came the cottages were mere charred wood and dying embers, the orchard trees were flayed and scarred and broken, and the Bistritz itself ran a discoloured stream, bear ing its tale to those who could not see the ruins of Sadowa. The Bistritz at Sadowa runs from about N.N.E. to S.S.W., and nearly parallel on its east side is the course of the Upper Elbe between Joseph stadt and Koniggratz. On the morning of the 3d Prince Frederick Charles was at Milowitz, on the right bank of the Bistritz, and little more than six miles from Sadowa. At Neubidschau, ten miles on the right, was General von Bittenfeld with the Bth Division, and about the same distance on the left, stretching from Miletin, on the Bistritz, further to the east, on the left bank, was the Crown Prince, with the army of Silesia. Between these extreme lines lay the Prussian forces, parallel to the Bistritz, 250,000 strong, under the immediate con trol of the Prussian King. The Austrian force was correctly believed by the Prussians to be nearly equal to their own, and though it was known to be strongly posted along the left bank of the Bistritz, Prince Frederick Charles determined on taking the high road which leads from Milowitz across the stream at Sadowa towards Koniggratz, so as to fall upon its centre, orders being sent to the Crown Prince and General von Bittenfeld to attempt to turn the enemy. Five miles brought the main army a little after 7 o'clock to Dub, whence the road descends for a mile and a quarter to the bridge of Sadowa. It was from the crest of the hill at Dub that our correspondent with the Prussian army looked down on that Tuesday morning upon what was to be before sunset the scene of a most sanguinary conflict. At his feet was Sadowa, on his right, a mile further down the stream, was Dohilnitz, and, still a mile beyond, Mokrowens, and between the two, but standing back from the stream, the schloss of Dohalicha ; on his left, some two miles up the river, was the village of Benatek. All along the opposite banks were thick woods cover ing the side of the valley, and on the crest, a mile and a half above Sadowa, stood the church spire of Lipa, close behind which lies Chlum, or Klum. The Austrian forces were posted along the left hank, under cover of the woods, and it is evident that as long as they could keep such a position they were able to neutralise in great measure the terrible advantage of the needle-gun. The firing began at half-past 7 o'clock, but about a quarter before 8 the Prussians had brought up their field batteries and the struggle eommenced. The Aus trian guns seemed to appear, says our correspon dent, as if by magic, on every point of their position. From every village along the course of the stream, from Benatek down to Mokrowens, came flashes of fire and whizzing shells among the Prussian artil lery, dismounting guns, killing men and horses, and splintering carriages in all directions. Shells were even thrown up the slop towards Dub, one of which bursting among a squadron of Uhlans killed four men close beside the King. For two hours the can nonade continued with terrible vigour on each side, the Austrian artillery officers not only having the better position, but also knowing their ground, but towards ten the Austrian batteries on the Prus sian right at Dohilnitz, Dohalicha, and Mokrowens, were forced to retire a little up the hill, and it was resolved to carry the villages along the stream. Be natek, meanwhile, caught fire on the left, the Prus sian 7th Division made a dash upon it, and after desperate hand-to-hand fighting in the midst of the flames secured the position. A simultaneous attack was made on Sadowa, Dohilnitz, and Mokrowens, and the slaughter on both sides was for an hour tremendous ; the Prussians were able to fire more quickly, but they were obliged to fire pretty much at random, while the Austrian Jagers did terrible execution on their assailants. The Prussians almost paved their way with dead and wounded, and when to help their infantry they turned their artillery on the villages, and Mokrowens and Dohil nitz both caught fire, still the Austrians did not yield. Our correspondent with the Austrian army from his station tower at Koniggratz saw the vil lages burst into flames one after another, but the unbroken line of the Austrian forces maintaining its ground in the centre, and apparently advancing on its left, still gave promise of victory to their arms. At length, about 11, the Prussians having secured villages on the river, attempted to seize the opposite slopes, and it was then that the 27th Regiment en tered the woods above Benatek, 3,000 strong, with 90 officers, to come out of them 300 or 400 rank and file and two officers alive and unwounded. The Prussian artillery was brought to the far side of the Bistritz, and began to play upon the new position which the Austrians had taken up on the slope, but for nearly four hours they failed to produce an impression. The j'..ustriau artillery made fatal practice, the needle gun did not tell, and repeated charges of infantry served to carry forward the front a few hundred yards up the slope only to be repelled again. The position was most critical. The Prussian right wing had been advancing at an early period of the morning against Nechanitz, but it had since become stationary, and the observers from the Koniggratz watch tower distinctly saw the Saxons, who formed the Austrian left, re pulsing their assailants. Prince Frederick Charles, in command of the centre, was, like Napoleon at Waterloo, earnestly praying that the Crown Prince, his Grouchy, might appear to turn the enemy's right. The result of the battle was so doubtful that the cavalry was formed to cover a retreat should it be found neces sary, and General von Rhetz was sent off to look after the Army o f Sil es i a. At t h ree h e returned with the welcome intelligence that the Crown Prince was pressing the Austrian right ; at half-past three the columns of the Crown Prince were seen moving along the crest over Benatek against Lipa, and at the same hour it bezame evident to the Aus trian Commanders and to the Koniggratz observer that the battle was l os t . I t was, in fact, a ques tion whether the A rmy o f Silesiamight not cut off the Austrian forces from their base, and pre vent the retreat to Koniggratz and thence to Par dubitz. Our correspondents with the Austrian army appear, indeed, to think that the battle might yet have been saved. The Austrian cavalry —perhaps the finest in the world—had scarcely been engaged, and bad a Murat been present to have led it against the advancing columns of the Crown Prince the battle might have been won. The opportunity, if it existed, was lost ; the whole army fell back along the high road to Koniggratz, and the struggle into that citadel across the pontoon bridges which had been thrown over the Elbe was to some extent a reproduction of the horrors of the re treat from Leipsic. What effect a rout so complete may have upon the Austrian Empire we do not here discuss. The military lessons of the battle are suf ficient for our consideration at present, and a little reflection will show that the Battle of Sadowa did not disprove the supremacy attributed to the needle-gun. In that part of the field where the advantage of the needle-gun was neutralized by the disposition of the Austrian forces among the woods on the left bank of the Bistritz the result was doubtful, if, indeed, the victory did not lie with the Austrians. The fate of the contest was determined by the arrival of the Silesian army, moving in comparatively open country, and it seems but reasonable to attribute the facility with which the Crown Prince turned the Austrian right to the possession of the weapon which had before proved so potent. The defect of strategy for which General Benedek is blamed, is not having covered Lipa and Chlum, was probably rather a defect of means. The army of Silesia was a new force com ing into the field, and as the Prussians were esti mated in their own camp at 250,000, while the Austrian forces, excluding the baggage-guard at Koniggratz, are estimated at 190,000, it is evident that General Benedek was, independently of the disadvantage in small arms, in imminent danger of being overpowered. 'I he Austrian artillery, on the other hand, is confessed to have been exceedingly effective, and to have done great execution. The success of the Austrians on the banks of the Bist ritz is another proof of their bad strategyin not re sisting the Prussian armies in the passes from Saxony and Silesia, for the disaster which has since followed disaster shows that it was only where natural advantages countervailed the advan tage of a breech-loading rifle that any equality of force between the combatants was possible. HERALD.—The same day which brought us that earnest and welcome assurance from Lord Derby that his Administration would consider it one of their earliest and most pressing duties to consider carefully what measures can be taken to relieve the sick poor chargeable on the State from the systematic neglect, maltreatment, and cruelty which have lately been brought so prominently un der the eyes of the public, has brought also an of ficial document which in some detail confirms and explains all that has been said by the unofficial persons who have for the last twelve months performed the duty of the Poor-law Board for it in this respect. This parliamentary paper just issued is the report of Mr. Farnall, poor-law inspector, on the infirmary wards of the several metropolital workhouses, and their existing arrange ments. It has apparently occupied upwards of five weeks to print this not very elaborate report, which the Ministers of the day made their stalking-horse in persistently refusing to give either explanations or pledges of any sort. Nothing, they said, could be done or said, and no dog must bark until this re port was published, for until then nothing could be said to be officially known on the subject. To be sure Mr. Villiers during the last ten years, and up till the period of the recent exposures, would have indignantly resented any insinuation that he was not perfectly informed of the state of the infirmaries over which he was assumed to preside ' • but when these disclosures became so frequent and so detailed in their horrors as to provoke an almost unexampled outburst of public indignation at the indolence or incapacity which could have tolerated their exist ence, then we were told that these statements were very painful, and that there was no reason to believe that they were exaggerated, but that the Board must have more complete official information on the subject before it could take any measures or make any promises ; and with this answer, repeated in various phraseology, successive deputations and in terrogatory members of Parliament have been put off. This magical report now appears • it is dated the 2d of June, and is printed on the 10th of July, so that some five weeks have been occupied in print ing a document for which the whole nation has been waiting, which has been several times asked for in both houses, and which after all only occupies a few pages of large type. Whatever the explana tion which may be offered, or whatever the motives of this delay may have been, we have less reason than others to regret it, for it will leave to a Con servative Administration the glory of effecting a social reform which is urgently called for by the con science of the nation, and of which the plan already laid down by eminent members of the Conservative party before their accession to office, and in their capacity of private citizens, is, in the pages of this report, accepted in all its details and supported by evidence of an irrefragable character. It is the plan which was in the first instance propounded in de tail by Mr. Ernest Hart to that meeting at Willis's Rooms, at which Lord Carnarvon presided, and in which Lord Burghley, Sir James Fergusson, Mr. Davenport Bromley, and other eminent mem bers of the Conservative party took part ; which the Workhouse Infirmaries Association, represented by the Earl of Carnarvon, formally submitted to Mr. Villiers, when a deputation from that associa tion, headed by the noble earl, waited upon the then President of the Poor-law Board. Mr. Villiers gave a conditional assent to the suggestions that the guardians' organisation had broken down ; that the existing houses were inadequate and unfit by their construction for the reception of the thousands Of sick and decayed parishioners legally entitled to shelter in them ; that buildings properly con structed, on suitable sites, in or near London, and provided with nurses and resident medical officers/ were required ; and that they could best be sup ported by a general sick rate levied so as ,to fall equally upon the whole metropolis ; and should be governed by a board elected from the general body of ratepayers in the metropolis. The condition NOS that the details set forth by the association, and stated by the Earl of Carnarvon, should be con firmed by an officer of the board specially deputed to make a general inquiry into the state of these infirmaries. We were already prepared to state, from the facts which had come to our own know ledge from our own inquiries, some of which have been laid before our readers in the articles on Lon don pauperism, that there was a solid substratum of fact for the allegations made. All the recent public investigations have confirmed that convie tion,,and the report of Mr. Farnall, which we are, happy to find to be a plain, clearly-written, and very able document, sets forth in detail the reasons which irresistibly conduct him to the same con' elusion. Instead of 1,000 feet of space, which is the allowance of sick convicts, or 1,500 feet, which is the space apportioned to the chance sick inmates admitted into hospitals, whose claim is accident or sudden illness, the space allotted to the sick poor legally chargeable on the state averages only 50 0 feet, and sometimes falls as low as little over 2i" 'feet (the lowest is Marylebone, 206 feet.) In place of an average of 90 superficial feet per bed, it L 4 49 feet per bed, the lowest being 18 feet. A large proportion of the infirmaries are incapable of ire' provement, and some could be made more or less suitable by extensive building operations, the mos t costly of which would, however, have to be cane° on, under existing arrangements, in the district° already most heavily loaded with rates, and a verysmall number could be m a d e respec t a bl e by less ex tensive alterations. As a general result, to max the wards suitable merely with regar d t o space , and leaving aside defects of construction in the irreree diably bad wards, the accommodation would W. ° to be doubled. The difficulties in carrying out th lo patchwork in each house Mr. Farnall justly de scribes as being in themselves almost insuperabl e. There remain the larger questions of administratio n + the provision of resident medical officers (at presen t there are only three for 18,000 disabled and imbe: cue persons) ; the substitution of trained nurses for the pauper class whom he condemns, as all Londo n has had reason to condemn them, as ignorant feeble, cruel, and untrained; and the indispositiel of the guardians to fulfil satisfactorily the duties O managing great hospitals e ven if th ey h a d th e mean° and the knowledge, and competence of the Poor' law Board to control them. He concludes, in i ll ' most the words which we have used on former oat sions, by advising that proper hospital establivA ments should be built in or near London, ruled an supported in the manner which we have indicat eu , We suppose we mus t b e con t en t t o say , S a t cito, j '" sat bene ; and, as the report is a good one, to.r o satisfied that we have got it at last. We anticiPP t that the present Administr a ti on will not negl e w p this question as the last has done. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS—TUESDAY. b eThere are buyers of wheat at Friday's rates, bu t t be owners are asking an advance of is to 2 per qr. upon 10 currency of that day, the trade is not active. Other Bra e ' unaltered in value. OS' Averages, July 9.—Wheat, 1,215 qrs, at 56s 1 d ; by, —, at Os Od ; oats, 151, at 27s Old. MARKET HARBOROUGH.—TUESDAY. e About the usual supply of wheat, which slowly char 4 . 0 g, hands at lower rates. Barley a heavy trade, at late ro' 4 o Oats in tolerable request, at last week's prices. Beans Vi° steadily disposed of at higher prices. 36 Old white wheat, 56s to 60s ; n ew re d 53s to 58s Pe,, - o {, stone. Barley, fine, —5 ; other kinds, 28s to 38s per Bv c i, Oats, new, 26s to 32s ; old, 32s toll% per qr. Beans , °i 48s to 535; now, 42s to 46s per qr. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. The attendance at to-day's market was small, and at continues dull at a further decline of 2d to 3d per ce,,,0 since Friday. Flou r d u ll, an d qu it e nom i na l . I n dian r; t3 , quiet at 26s 9d to 27s for mixed American. Peas Uats and oatmeal steady. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TuEsnix. A middling show of wheat, which met with a declin e 3s. Scarcely anything doing in barley. Oats We re eci very small supply. Beans were in request, at incree prices. tone' White wheat, 56s to 61s ; red, 54s t o 57 s per 36 „s - Barley for malting, 36s to 39s per qr; feed, 30s to 10 30 stone. Oats, old, 26s to 34 5; new , 22 s t o 30s per "" Beans, old, 48s to 525; new, 45s to 48s per qr. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. et With a middling supply, whe a t so ld s l ow l y, at 3 ..,,, 5 die qr. less money. Grinding b ar l ey li m i ted, and in gr,,n"-oye inand at full prices. Very f ew oa t s, and these follY4-yoa tamed their value. Bean s wore scarce, and prices in 4- of the seller. 00 ticl 1 Red wheat, per lo a d o f 3 i mp. b ushelB....lBs Od - 2 .., if White do do ....208 Od to 41 ocl New red do do ....--s Od --- 0 04 New white do do ....- aOd ;;" 0 , Od Beans do do ....19s Od k 0 0 Peas, per qr 34e Od -- OP Grinding bailey, per qr 38s Od 42$ . al Malting barley, e o Oats, do 278 Od 32. le 10d to 2s Id per 141 b. ___,.....0 Flour, Births. ‘,„ ALDERTON—On the 9th inst., at 14, Paddington-gre""' wife of W. J. Alderton, Esq., of a son. eft APPELBEE—On the 9th inst., at the Bank, Tewige the wife of Thomas Appelbee, Esq., of a son. _ c alif CHINNERY—On the Bth inst., at 78, R ue L a f aye tte, Mrs. S. Chinnery, of a son. MARTIN—On the 9th inst., at Ewell, Mrs. E. tag! Martin, of a son. Marriages. 1 PETT ON — SIVIER—On the 7th i ns t., at St. Pancras, „51000 J. Lydell, youngest son of the late J. J. W. Fey: Wakehurst Place Sussex, to Louisa, youngest dau b of the lat e R. Sivier, of Pier-street, Rydo. har cjif r PHILLIPS —HAND—On the 10th inst., at Heavitree d 00 11 Exeter, Thomas 1. Phillips, Commander R.N., of the late T. Phillips, Esq., of the Bermudas, t ° 0 6 1, 4 Annie, eldest daughter of the late Thomas 11 01 40 43 . 1. of Warwick -street, Regent-street, and Richmond, Deaths. 1. 9 BARRoN—On the 7th inst., at Leamington, the NO' 6 " Barron, 8.D., formerly of Stanmore, aged 69. tor t 1,, JONES—On the 7th inst., at Upper Holloway, R ° Jones, Commander R.N., aged 81. 1 )14# JONES—On the 7th inst., at The Priory, Sando Liverpool, Josiah Jones, Esq., aged 69. 0 I 0 RATER—On the 7th inst., Edward Rater, EScl Susses-gardens, Hyde-park. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM Ax , N p 1 -1 ;i of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at THE SUN Otna C CO Strand, in the Precinct of: the Savoy,T in the ` 1 " - Bilddlemea.---Wednesclay, July ii , 1866.