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pn•PAIP- •••••••• OUSES.—Alessrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS Cherbourg and Portsmouth is putting the costly ..11 have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, iron-clads of both nations to good purpose, and the z•uourban, aid Country RESIDENCES t. LET or SELL. l'articular6 forwarded for three stamps, upon stating exact spectators who crowd to witness the imposing fleets requirements snd rental. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. will rejoice that their deadly guns. are not turned against each other, and that the only rivalry between them is which can excel in the kindly graces of courtesy and hospitality. Q 0 UTH KENSIN G TON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's-gate and Peters ham terraces, Queen's-gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Elva ston-plate, Cromwell-road, On slow and Thurloe Squares, Bolt ns. dm 31e: srs TOPLI3 and ROBERTS have ItE FEN CES to SELL and LET in these and surroundirg localities. 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WI 2 , _ ~:~~~ iftt liil - 4 , 34 44 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1865 -~ -- If the wise men of fifty years ago could have looked forward to the present day they would have seen a good, many things to surprise them. No doubt many of the more prescient spirits of those days foresaw many of those changes of thought, and feeling, and progress which some of them have lived to see. They could hardly, indeed, have anticipated the wonderful development of our material wealth or our manufacturing industry, though they would not have doubted that education and toleration would work many marvels. But if they could by one sudden glimpse have taken a coup d'ccil of the existing England of 1865 as contrasted with the England of 1815, they would have thought it a very strange place indeed. 'What with the iron network of railways, which, not content with traversing the highways of the provinces, is now fairly intersecting the metropolis, the electric telegraph up in air and down in water, the tubular bridges, the tunnel through the Alps, and all the other marvels of the day, our unenlightened ancestors would be pretty well puzzled. But it is probable that none of the wonders they would catch a glimpse of would startle them more than a very simple though felicitous pro ceeding which is now being carried on. An Eng lishman of 1815, with the thunders of Waterloo still booming in his ears, and the glories of Trafalgar and the Nile still fresh in his memory, would have been amazed, incredulous, and, perhaps, shocked at the spectacle of the Channel Fleet sailing amicably for the French Coast. Yet this astonishing event has been very naturally brought about to the full satisfaction of both countries. A graceful interchange of courtesies is an appropriate celebration of the fifty years' peace between the two leading nations of the world, and if Waterloo was not quite the conclusive affair that our grand fathers believed it to be with regard to the Impe rial dynasty of France, we may at least hope that it was a final exhibition of the enmity which had existed in one form or another for many genera tions. NOUS etyma change tout cela, as our sprightly neighbours themselves have it, and the better un derstanding between the two countries is undoubt edly to be reckoned among the gains of our modern civilisation. Fifty years ago the English child was brought up to regard the French as his natural enemies, and the hero of their popular idolatry as something akin to a demon, while the French in their turn were certainly not better informed re specting ourselves. There have been two important elements in bringing about a clearer comprehension and a kindlier feeling —steam and education. The one has so shortened the distance between the two capitals that the one is kept constantly informed of what goes onein the other, and men of either nation can pass to the other without fatigue or delay. The , postal communication is cheap, rapid, and accurate, so that a very large correspondence is regularly carried on. Few of the better classes think them selves qualified for mixing in society until they have at least visited France. The diffusion of education, again, has not only made the French language familiar to twenty times the number who could formerly ask or answer a vocabulary question, and by doing so introduced the chiefs of their literature to an intimate acquaintance ; it has made history so much better known, and politics so much more generally interesting, that Englishmen of ordinary intelligence can no longer look on the French as aliens and enemies. They recognise in their struggles and their sufferings some of the leading features of their own great story. They sYmpathise in the ardour, sincere though often mistaken, with which her great men have striven for an ideal liberty : they mourn over her sorrows and her losses, even while accepting the moral which they point. The very debates which excite an interest in the one capital are in a few brief hours circulated, in substance at least, in the other ; it is impossible, therefore, for either nation to misunder stand the other so completely as it formerly did. It is well for the peace of the world and for the interests of humanity that it is so, for of them it might truly be said— '" Like fabled gods, their mighty war Shook realms and nations in its jar." And if the whole Continent were convulsed with the struggle in days when their supremacy over other nations was less assu re d th an now, what would be the chaos produced by a battle of the giants in these times? It would have one certain effect--it would throw back all pacific reform, all internal improvement in Europe, and would pro bably hinder the slow but progressive march of the I,:s.s civilised nations towards a clearer day. Hap pily, na SUCh catastrophe threatens our epoch. The raceful interchange of national courtesies at The Cattle Plague has by this time aroused the attention of all classes of the community, and the various meetings that have taken place in all parts of the country testify to the natural anxiety that is felt at the present evil, and the prospect of future calamities on a more extended scale. The worst part of the affair seems to be that as yet nothing very effectual can be devised to stop the spread of the disease, or guard against its introduction in hitherto uninfected places. We are now suffering from the consequences of long-standing neglect, and as usual in such cases a certain time must elapse, and a considerable amount of suffering and loss be sustained, before the skill of science can be brought to bear upon the evil, or the contrivances of the energetic and the enterprising arrest the sad workings of the calamity. Much information on the subject, which is now, indeed, the social subject of the day, may be gathered from the accounts of the several meetings held in divers directions. In the neighbourhood of Canterbury there have been several fresh cases of murrain, and the committee of the East Kent Farmers have drawn up and sent to the Privy Council an important intimation, to the effect that the county of Kent is in great danger in consequence of the landing of diseased stock along the coast, and this more especially on account of the prohibitory law which prevents cattle being imported into London without " due inspection." It seems that the law as it at present stands does not suffice to stay the transit of diseased stock on the public roads. There is great reason for the prayer of this memo rial; which desires that the system of inspection be introduced into all the ports of the Kentish sea board, that the progress of the deceased cattle may be prevented, which will thereby greatly check the spread of the disease, and that other measures deemed to be desirable be adopted. Too much care and caution cannot possibly be taken at this cri tical juncture, and it is most important that the plans suggested by the Committee should be put in force whenever there is an opportunity. In Warwickshire a meeting was convened to consider the best mode to be adopted, and here again some suitable schemes were de vised. Lord LEIGII truly observed that it was . highly expedient they should take steps to prevent the spread of the evil into their county ; and Mr. WISE mentioned the extraordinary cir cumstance of the cattle plague which broke out in this country, a hundred and fifty years ago, was most extensive, although the means of communi cation were nothing then compared to what they are now. Attention was also very properly called to the great neglect which took place in the mode of transferring cattle from one place to another, and the great encouragement which was thereby given to the ravages of the disease. It is indeed too bad to think of the mischief and misery that are wrought by this calamity, and then to reflect that every possible incitement is afforded to the murrain by 'the gross cruelty and culpable neglect of those who have the conduct and management of the imported cattle. It is indeed surprising that something has not been done to remedy these glaring sins of omission and commission ; but the subject will make itself heard now, when it comes before us iu the terrible aspect of the pestilence that de stroyeth at noonday. Next Saturday is appointed for meetings in Oxfordshire and Nottingham, to consider the serious state of affairs, and propose what may be deemed most expedient by competent judges to guard against the consequences of the fearful calamity. In Berwick a large meeting of farmers took place, and the Superintendent of the County Constabulary appears to have taken active steps. He proposes that the county police should watch at the railway stations, and give notice of all cattle coming into the places to the Committee, likewise furnishing all particulars relating to them, and also to send a circular to those who purchase cattle in the neighbourhood warning them to be careful, and to keep the new stock apart from the rest. It would be well if these excellent sugges tions were generally followed out through the coun try, as they cannot fail to be of service to the cause, and conduce to the knowledge and experience of the parties most intimately concerned. This is a ques tion of such vital interest to the community that all should unite in taking the best steps to mitigate the evil, and make common cause in regard to what is fast becoming a great national calamity. We are accustomed to think of China as in a chronic state of rebellion, and perhaps the most astonishing piece of news that we could receive from the Celestial Empire would be that it was at peace, and that there was anything like a vigorous, settled, or popular form of government. So far from the long-standing Taeping revolt being sup pressed there has recently been a new and formid able outbreak in the north of China, where his people are justly much incensed by the conduct of the Mandarins. It is called the Nyen-fei rebellion, and has already assumed considerable proportions. The latest news is that these Nyen-fei rebels have captured and sacked the city of Chu-fou-llsien, the birth-place of CONFUCIUS. Pekin itself is threatened, for the rebels have taken up a strong position at a distance of only 100 miles, and the communications of land and water are easy and direct. It is no great wonder that under these circumstances considerable uneasiness is felt in Pekin, and it is said the authorities have applied for the assistance of British military officers. Despite their jealousy and self-conceit the Chinese are far too shrewd not to perceive the immense ad vantage which the presence and direction of Euro pean officers confers on the Imperial troops. In deed one of the most prominent chiefs, the notorious Futai Li-Hung-Chang understands it so well that he has taken care to keep the European officers and artillery under his eye, and though the Court issued orders for all the disciplined troops in the province to repair to the defence of the Imperial City, Li chose to send his Europeans and ui their 26 guns t o N ank i n, the seat of his own tiuority. This proceeding, i n con j unct i on w i th Lt's nown arrogance and assumption, has encouraged the idea that he entertains the project of coming forward as the leader of another rebel lion on his own account. 'Whether this be true or no, it is certain that this powerful chief has paid very little attention to the alarm at Pekin, or to the threatening movements of the northern rebels, though there is little doubt that the Imperial order directing the concentration of disciplined troops northwards referred especially to this very artillery which is now despatched to Nankin, The worst part of all this disturbance that it damages trade and interferes withthe com mercial prospects of the country. Still we can do nothing to prevent it. If the effete and corrupt Government of China is unable to control its sub ordinates, or to satisfy its people,, we cannot hope to reform it. Neither ' can we take f n active part in promoting rebellion. Our best course will be that which we have lately followed, Irotecting the radius of the treaty ports, and leaving any assist ance which the Imperial Government, the Futai, or any other party may obtain from Englishmen to be unofficial and a matter of individual arrangement. Captain ADOLPIIUS EDYE has written a letter which contains some suggestions on the fate of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable. It will be found well worthy of perusal, and offers some valuable hints to those who may have to exert themselves in this great undertaking. The object here designed is chiefly as relates to the future, for, as the writer states, at presence all is uncertainty on the topic, although he entertains a favourable opinion of the result. There has, no doubt, been too much haste in some quarters to declare that the expedition is a failure, and that there is all to fear and nothing to hope from the intelligence that is forthcoming. Captain EDYE declares that in case of the cable being cut and buoyed from an accident to the cable or the ship he should have prepared a second buoy, with at least 100 fathoms of rope, " with a weight attached to the lower end proportioned to the capacity of the float, and have set it adrift as an indication of the course the telegraph cable would be likely to take from the combined effect of winds and tides." No doubt this would be an admirable arrangement and provide for the exi gencies of the occasion. The " pioneer buoy" would be more likely to stand out of the water from the weight attached to it being lighter, and thus would have more chance of being detected, and then some notion would be gained of the whereabouts of the other buoy. As for getting at the injured part of the cable, Captain EDYE proposes a plan, of which he confesses he entertains great doubts, on account of the depth of the waters. It is, how ever, worth considering, and certainly no better suggestion has been made hitherto by the many who have expressed their opinions on the subject It is proposed, then, that use should be made of an instrument similar to BURT'S buoy and nipper, although modifications would of course be neces sary. The nipper is to be attached to a hundred fathoms of hawser, and after sliding down the " telegraph cable," to be checked, when it would nip the cable, and " on power being applied render that portion between it- and the ship slack ; the strain being always kept on the hawser, the wire would be got in with little difficulty." The object of this attempt is to lessen the strain, which at an times affects the "cable," more or less, in consequence of the motion of a ship at sea. The " electric cable has little or no elasticity, but the het - npen hawser pos sesses a great amount, and on a sudden strain would give out many feet, and it would recover itself after the strain. This would not - be the case with the wire, for if the strain be . beyond its strength it must part, and all will be lost." Of course many dissentients will be found to this, plan as to all others put forward ; but it appears to pre sent a scheme to notice which is feasible, and which on consideration gives a promise of success. No v-Aid reason exists to prevent the execution of the grand idea of the Atlantic Telegraph, and on another occasion it may be realised if the present expedition should prove unsuccessful, which is as yet by no means certain. The Peruvian, which arrived in Liverpool on Monday night from Quebec, reports heavy seas during four days of her pa,ssagd; which circumstance may account for the delay that has taken place, and given rise to so many fears and grave apprehensions. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. (From the Morning Herald.) VALENTIN, Saturday, Noon. Up to this hour nothing has transpired to support any of the numerous conjectures thrown out as to the cause of the loss of insulation of the cable. Indeed, the mystery of the non-receipts of information thickens daily, and gives riee to grave forebodings as to the safety of the Great Eastern. Even the officials themselves, who keep a look out night and day for tidings, reluctantly admit that "it is very strange nothing has been heard of her," but agree, nevertheless, that "she is all right, whatever may be the ' state of the cable. Tho last telegram but one from the great ship shows 1,150 knots paid out and the last tele gram 1,200 knots, which I see one of Your contemporaries has been taking for miles, and speculating accordingly. I may also observe here that Mr. May emphatically repudi ates ever having stated the result of the tests, and allow ing he had done so, his tests would not in the least show that the cable had been "safely landed at the bottom," as has been asserted. There is very little doubt as to the last communication received on the 2d inst. being correct, but since then nothing of a reliable nature has transpired. At the time of the loss of insulation the cable had been laid in 2,000 fathoms, 2,100, 1,900, 2,400, 2,000, 2,080, 1,975, and 1,657, and the next deepest water she would have had to encounter would have been some 200 miles to the west, in latitude 41 north, and longitude 44 west, from which she would have shoals all the way to Newfoundland. It is now 11 days since the loss of insulation, and the fact of there being no tidings of either the Great Eastern or the other two vessels that accompanied her, astonishes the most experienced men here, who shake their heads, but say nothing. There are some, however, who are very sanguine as to the arrival of news in the course of the next 24 hours, but that of course remains to be seen. A well organised staff of men stationed at Foilhammon - um, are kept on the 100k -out night and day, so that in the event of the vessels being sighted, the fact will be instantly tele graphed to head-quarters. VALEXTIA, Tuesday, 1 p.m. No news. Strong northerly wind. Yesterday Mr. Glaisher examined the state of affairs at head-quarters. Tho result is said to bo satisfactory. FORESTERS' DAY AT THE CRYSTAL .PALACE.— Yesterday there was the annual gathering of the members of the Foresters' Society at tho Crystal Palace, and although the day was wet and unpromising, upwards of 4G;000 people, fur the most part members of the order, their wives and children,were present, and throughort the earlier part of the day the railway companies whose lines lead to the palace had enough to do in conveying the mul titude of people to their destination. A great many of the Foresters cane by excursion trains from distant parts of the country. In consequence of the wet which prevailed yesterday the Foresters' tickets not used then will be ad mitted on Monday week, the 28th inst. THE LATE MR. COBDEN.--It may be recorded with something like pride that a private subscrip tion has been started, with a view to a memorial to Mrs Cobden, which, without one single appeal to the public or to strangers, now exceeds £27,000. From this it will-be seen that the family were quite right in refusing the grant proffered by Government. The gift would have been as much a pension as the sums paid to inefficient incapables and younger sons for services they never rendered. The present is a spontaneous gift, marking the highest appre ciation in the subscribers, and reflecting as much credit and honour on the recipients as on the donors. The public may now see that honesty and virtue, even in these degenerate times, are honoured, and that national grati tude may be more certainly counted on as a reward than the recognition of the State.--Birmingham Post. EARLY CONCERTS IN THE ClTY.—Nothing shows more clearly the extraordinary changes, and, at the same time, the almost total migration of residents from the City proper of our own days, than the recorded anecdotes connected with its early musical entertainments. It is pleasant to turn over the pages of the anecdote-loving Sir John Hawkins, who will accompany us through a variety of now dingy, now palatial thoroughfares, of which all associations have long since departed, save those con nected with limited_liability companies or monetary invest ments. For instance, it is absolutely dfficult nowadays to conceive a private concert periodically held in the shop keeping, unromantic Chi:swell-street, and "so contrived as to fall on that particular Thursday in the month nearest the full moon, in order that visitor 3 might walk home in safety when the perforniadco was over." Then were the operatic music of the giant Handel, the manly strains of English Purcell, and the sweeter and more ri;isatsilwakfbiailsioelisio7i.nolenmelaoibmanlideues,ss,btohufhotllavltuveaeovliretaet;treteehraonelia•lelli, much Ve lo ved by those probability alternated b u d :h i i g t l yroe disagreeably y he w i audiences, t s h ecu t e e calm inspired by such excellent performance. It is not so very much more than 100 years since this picture of the city and its .suburbs would hold good —a period when the "Devil" Tavern, near Temple-bar, the "Castle," Paternoster row, and Stationers'-hall, not to mention divers nooks and corners eastward, such as Change -alley or 'Cernhill, each poS§essed some concert-giving associations of their own, since faded from the recollection even of the oldest inhabi tant. In the common but ostentatious modern public con cert is true music always or often the gainer ? Let `the ghosts t n a t n s da inth e nightly desert e d City yh of ous the departed esteuils:_m residents cal ise rd, I'llE StiN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENEW, AUGUST 16, 1865„ LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (RE UTER 'S TELEGRAMS.) FRANCE. THE EMPEROR'S FETE. PARIS, AUG. 16. The open-air festivities and illuminations yester day evening were marred by the rain. THE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, JULY 25. The Emperor of Brazil arrived to-day on the Rio Grande. His Majesty leaves immediately for the army. IJrquiza has-furloughed his contingent, which will reassemble under arms within a month. BUENOS AYRES, JULY 14. Exchange 'on London, 494 ; Ounces, 28 80. Well salted hides, 321, neglected ; dry hides American, :33-1 ; wool unchanged ; tallow, 141 ; lumber unchanged ; flour, no stock ; refined sugar, THE CALCUTTA AND CHLNA TvIAILS MALTA, AUG. 15. The Nyanza, from Southampton on the 4th inst arrived here on the 13th at 5 a.m., and left at 5 p.rr for Alexandria. The Pera, from Marseilles on the 12th inst., ar rived at 9 p.m. yesterday, and left at 11 a.m. to-day for Alexandria. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Aug. 12. The following is the text of the semi-official an nouncement (the purport of which was sent by tele graph) appearing in the ministerial organ, the Wiener Abendpost of to-day : I _ "Among the t as k s which have fallen to the lot of the Government, in developing all the resources of the State, more especially for the elevation and settlement of the internal prosperity of Austria, conspicuous importance will be admitted to belong to establishing permanent order in the revenue of the State. No explanation is necessary to show that the definitive settlement of the question, how the normal requirements are to be harmonised with the possible revenue without overburdening the tax payer, forms one of the momentous objects of State economy, and may possibly force itself at onceupon the Government as the nearest and mostimmediate subject of their care. " In this sans 3 the Circular of the State Minis ter has already dwelt upon the necessity of assist ing, by conscientious economy and saving in every branch of State adminiLtration, to level that•course upon which it is requisite to proceed to the ulti mate settlement of these matters. That such set tlement is the condition of the full living develop ment of our State system, and that a large portion of the reagents slumber therein, from which we may expect the cure of more than one evil in our public life, may be characterised as an uncontro- . verted axiom of public opinion, acknowledged to be correct by the Government. " The serious and pregnant task thereby imposed upon the Government requires also earnest and dutiful, but above all firm and consistent, treatment • of the subject.. We understand that a decisive step has already been taken in this direction. By the Emperor's order a special Budget Commission is about to be formed, to which, in addition to the State Minister ? the Finance Minister, and the Pre sident of the Chief Accountant's Office as permanent members, and besides the heads of all central dis tricts and their subordinates, persons may be a 1..) pointed, without distinction of their official or nor official position, whose co-operation in as thorough and impartial treatment of the subject as possible may appear desirable. " The deliberations of the Commission will be directed towards effecting as extensive savings as possible in all departments of the public service, and the Imperial order specially desires that an earnest endeavour be made to reduce the requirements for the army to the normal limit of 80 million florins, more particularly by reduction of the expenses of the department. of the Army Administration." EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Aug. G. By order of the Viceroy a sanitary commission, composed of 10 medical men, will be shortly de spatched into the provinces of Upper Egypt, where the cholera is prevalent. The prohibition upon the entry of fruits _and vegetables into Alexandria has been removed. They are, however, still submitted to medical inspection before being offered for sale, and green or spoiled fruit or stale vegetables are vigorously condemned. The cholera has entirely disappeared and the public health is daily improving. At Damietta, Rosetta, and the neighbouring villages,' cholera has almost entirely ceased, and the sanitary condition of the provinces of Behera, Sarbir, Scharkia, and Dachalia is generally satis factory. The Viceroy Ismail Pacha arrived at Alexandria on the 3d inst., and set out for Cairo the same morning, accompanied by Nubar His Excellency Cherif Pacha has addressed the following letter to M. Thevenin, Agent and Con sular-General of Prussia, at Alexandria : Alexandria, July 16. " Sir,—The terrible epidemic which has afflicted Alexandria and all Egypt has brought forth all that devotion and humanity could inspire in the men who so nobly direct the Prussian hospital. " I am happy on this occasion to express my grateful sense of the exertions of the managing body. I tender my thanks to the members for the care they have not ceased to bestow upon our sick throughout the whole duration of the epidemic, and beg their acceptance, on the part of his highness, of the sum of 7,500 f., which his generosity offers to the establishment, that it may continue doing what it has done so well up to the present. " M. Jules Pastre is deputed to remit to you the above-mentioned sum.—Receive, &c., " CHERIE PACHA." No case of cholera occurred in. Alexandria from the 2d to the sth inst. inclusive. During the two days, July 31 and Aug. 1, there were only five deaths from that cause. • MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—In addition to the effigies, life-size, in the Chamber of Horrors, of John Wilkes Booth, the base assassin of the late President Lincoln, and the poisoner, Doctor E. W. Pritchard, is ono of Miss Con stance Kent, whose sentence of death has been commuted to penal servitude for life. The models are considered to be oxcellentlikenesses of the culprits. PORTRAITS AND PHOTOGRAPTIS.—In portraits everything must be real, honest, and natural. The • divine, almost intangible light of expression, hovering over the face, is seized on by living skill and intellect and im prisoned in colours. Tints of fancy, of humour, of firm ness, of melancholy and pensiveness, in short, of the hundred-and-one shades of- e±pression—tho presence, in fact, of life—this is what gives the portrait its special value. The absence of this is what drives the photographic portraiture out of the, realms of art into the cold enclosure of mechanism and machinery. This is scarcely understood even as yet. It is often said that a photograph must be a perfect likeness, for, according to the common expres sion, "it is you." But it is not you. The instrument itself is incorrect, and exaggerates. It is forgotten that the true portrait-painter does not take his sitter at one special moment, when the eyes ars fixed on him in a staring gaz, with till the musele,, , . rigid, and the feature; in n state, of smirking catalepsy. But he draw; as it were, from memory, from an acquaintance of so many hours, during which the sitter has been oppo site to him, and during which time he has learned by heart the natural, habitual, and most characteristic expression For a few moments, by the help of some observation, he has caught, say, the sly roguish twinkle of humour in his sitter's eyes, and has secured it for ever. The mere mecha nical shape of the features (which the photograph only gives) he has before him, to be put in at any moment. Then enter into the composition the skilful touch, the bright bits of colour, the transparent delicacy of tone, the poetry of treatment., which are reflections from the skilful mind taking the picture. In short, anything that is the free natural impression of the soul and of life has at once an interest for other souls---a doctrine often preached by Mr. Ruskin, whp has shown how " precious" on this prin ciple, become- the. Unfettered workman's carving on the capital of a pillar, as contrasted with merely arbitrary aid cOUVenYOnal design.—. Dickens's " All the Year Round.' LITERATURE. - . - THE. FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW—we are gratified to observe, still continues to flourish as a literary en terprize. In this respect it has already far more than simply justified the very favourable anticipa tions in its regard, which were frankly avowed by us at the time of its commencement—namely, upon the appearance of. its manly, well-expressed and very auspicious because thoroughly unboastful prospectus, followed up as that prospectus was immediately by one of the most bril liant first numbers of. any periodical that we can to -this moment recall to our recollection. As a _literary entarprize, we repeat, our anticipa tions in regard to the Fortnightly Review have . until now been completely justified. Of its success so far we can judge for ourselves—of its success, that is, purely as an inttAllectual adventure new alike to our English system and to our English taste in the general organisation of our periodi cal literature. A whole volume has already made its appearance number by number, bi-monthly, or, to use its own rather awkward titular adverb, Fortnightly. The current number, the seventh, is here before us. And bow varied that number is in its contents a very few words will suffice to indicate. Added to a couple more chapters of the serial tale about " The Belton Estate," by Anthony Trollope, there are, for example, among the miscellaneous papers in No. 7of The Fortnightly--A chapter on British India, by Colonel Belly. One suggestive of an autumnal ramble through Surrey, by John Dennis. A critique on Meyerbeer's "Africaine," by John Hullah—a critique worthy at once of the writer and of his theme. A trenchant homethrust at the criminal jurisprudence of the north, by William Chambers, entitled, " How Crime is Investigated in Scotland." Another instalment (the 3rd) by W‘ Bagehot in reference to the British Constitution. A bold discussion, by P. G. Hamerton, on that vexed qneStion as to the Housing of the National Art Treasures. A yet bolder one in reference to' that still more vexed question, as to the Irish Church, by Anthony Trollope—whO seems, by the way, to be perfectly prepared at all times and seasons to "have at" anything or everything in turn—a new poet or an old grievance —fox hunting or the West Indies— love tales ad libitum and clerical stories almost we had said usque ad nauseant. Besides these as among the contents of this the current num ber of the Fortnightly, No. 7, Francis Lawley leads off with a survey of the Last Six Days of Secessia—the instalment being brought to a close, as usual, by a well-digested epitome of public affairs, followed by two or three terse literary Of the literary excellence of the Fortnightly we can speak, as we have said, from our own grate ful appreciation of it. Whil e , o f th e N ew Journal's success as a mercantile speculation, we are rejoiced to hear accounts the most favourable and encouraging —the circulation of Mr. Lewes's English Double of the Revue des Deux Mondes having steadily, appreciably and con spiduously increased, fortnight after fortnight, since the date of its commencement. CISIIIS. The Loss of the Margaret Kerr. - -4,-- OFFICIAL REPORT, Report of the case in the formal investigation at the instance of John Nelson Beaumont, Collector of Customs and Receiver of Wrecks at the Port of - Greenock, against James Macdonald, presently in Greenock, as blaster of the Margaret Kerr, of the wind would. hold ; that the captain and he consulted the chart about eight o'clock, and he said to the captain that he thought the vessel should be put about, but the captain told him to mind his own business, and that the vessel's course was quite Correct ; that he went below after the expiry of his watch at eight o'clock, and the vessel struck about nine o'clock on the Crocus, i. e., Croker Reef ; that at daylight he saw the remains of a beacon about 150 yards from the ship, Plantation Quay being about seven miles distant ; that the ship could not be got off the reef, and was finally abandoned on the 7th of March. This witness stated that the captain was partially intoxicated from the time he left Matanzas, but that he was quite competent for his duties, and that he (the witness) was of opinion that the captain would have carried on the course he did although he had had no liquor. On.. his re-examination, however, after the witness Joseph _Brunsden had been examined, 119 stated, after great hesitation, that while he was on the wreck he had mentioned to some one that he threw_ two bottles of rum overboard. to keep the captain sober: Joseph Brunsden concurred with the mate as to the time the vessel was lost. He stated that he sighted land about four o'clock of the 21st, and reported it to the mate, Who told him to keep the ropes clear for going about, but the vessel was not put about. He further stated, that at the time the vessel was lost the captain was incapable of giving orders, baying been intoxicated, and that he had been intoxicated from the time he left Matanzas, and he mentioned 'circumstances showing the state the captain was in. Among others, he mentioned that he and 16 of the crew left the wreck on the evening after the vessel went ashore, and that when he came back to the Wreck, 36 hours afterwards, and asked a glass of rum from the mate, the mate told him that he had thrown the rum overboard to keep the captain sober, and the mate admitted this, as before stated. Under these circumstances, the sen tence of the justices, concurred in by the assessors, was, that the said James . Macdonald had been guilty of drunkenness while in command of the said ship when she was lost,; and that the loss of the said ship was caused by his aggravated default, and they therefore suspended his_certificate for three years from oth August, '1855. A. TASKER, J.P. JOHN NEILL, J.P. We concur in the above rep6rt, HY. 13Annisd Nautical Assessors. R. B. BA K ; ` Gallery of Illustration, } egent-street. Mr. German Reed has commenced his third Opera di Camera" season with great eclat. has produced two new operas—the one " Widows Bewitched," by Miss Virginia Gabriel ; and the other, partly in Chinese (! ), entitled " Ching- Chow-lli," by Offenbach, adapted by Mr, William Brogh and the talented manager. The little plot of the " Widows Bewitched" is told in a few words. Two charming young widows, who have turned half the heads of the courtiers at Versailles, suddenly . quit the court, and t a k e u p th e i r res id ence a t a v ill a near Fontainbleau, with the intention of passing the rest of their lives in quietness and seclusion. Two of their lovers—De Fremont and D'Albretfind out the retreat of their sweethearts, and determine, by stratagem, to secure their hands, and convey them back to Paris as their brides. D'Albret accordingly disguises himself as an Abbe and Fremont as a Professor, and in this manner they obtain easy access to . the retreat of the ladies. The Professor's first lesson in Italian to his pupil, Marie Marquise de Montaul)ry, is a conjugation of the: verb, to love; She next takes a - singing lesson, and finally one in dancing ; the result is, the widow is subdued, and Fremont gains his prize. The Abbe has attacked his widow in a more quiet way, by talking of eccle siastical services, more particularly that of marriage. lie succeeds to his heart's desire, and then he dis covers himself to D'Albret, the adorer of the charm ing Countess de Berg. The vocalists engaged in this petite opera were Miss E. Pitt (Countess de Berg), Miss A. Thompson (Marquise de Montaubry), Mr. W hiffin (Fremont), and Mr. Shaw (D'Albret), each of whom have some very telling music allotted to them. The opera, taken as a composition, is not of a re markabl2 or novel description ; there arc some pretty airs in it, but, truth to say, we have previ ously heard strains very much the same. The best mid most original pieces in the opera are a'song by Miss Pitt, " There was a maiden," and the quartet " Who will come into the merry-go-round ?" The opera was a complete success, and it deserved 'the applause it evoked. Then followed " Ching chow-Hi." This opera, we believe, is only intended to create a laugh, and, therefore, we suppose, any nonsense is pardonable. As a specimen of the Chinese part of the libretto we extract the fol • lowing ; it is a portion of a quartet sung by Ching chow-Hi, the brother of the Moon (Mr. Shaw) ; his mandarin, Tee-to-turn (Mr. Whiffin) ;. Pet ping-Sing (Miss Thompson) ; and Ba-ba-Whang (Mr. Wilkinson) : Ba-ba- Whang—Booriboo goo ! Whang ko-too Goori Bang choo ! o'ong tong kitch-kee koo! Haug-ee-Bain boo I D Hi cum loa! Slashee clashey skew cum Bang she-loo! The conspirators listen attentively to these words, and ap pear deeply moved by their meaning. Chin, ( r ising)—Ah ! sago ! Tapioca macaroni sa fago, Archipelago-ah Tic-dol-roo Lum-bago ! There is, however, some better things than this in the piece, and that which pleased best was the comic trio ; on the discovery that all the characters are not Chinese, beginning "I'm English too." The audience laughed heartily at the trifle, so we suppose the object for which it was produced is at tained. The dresses and scenery are really splendid, and forcibly remind one of those beautiful little displays in stage illusion made by the late Madame Vestris during her reign at the old Olympic Theatre. The operas will, doubtless, prove highly attractive, and bring the third season to as satisfactoey a ter mination as the two former ones. The gallery, it is almost needless to say, was crowded in every part. Exhibition of Art mid Manufactures for North-Eastern London—This Day. --o This exhibition was opened at the Agriculturall Hall, Islington, to-day by the Lord Chancellor, assisted by the Lord Mayor and the Marquis of Salisbury, the lord-lieu tenant of the county of Middlesex. The articles have been for the most part furnished by the local tradesmen, manufacturers, and gentry, but assistance has not been refused from remoter quarters for the purpose of complet ing the specimens of any particular baranch of art, or in creasing the mere general attractiveness of the scene. The exhibition is divided into three main departments—viz., arts and manufactures, fine arts, and a loan collection. In the centre of the great hall, in a court of their own, are the contributions from the Kensington Museum, further enriched by one or two articles sent in by her Majesty. They consist of specimens of Indian goldsmith's art, silks, and carved oak cabinets and muniment chests, which aro, it is true, all good of their kind ; but, looking at the praise worthy object of the present exhibition, it may be ques tioned whether the South Kensington authorities might not have been a little more liberal in their contributions. Round them, at different stands, are the scientific and horologieal instruments. There are some very good paint ings, and in one of the galleries a small collection of statues arranged hero and there. A large space iu another gallery is appropriated to an aoinairablo photographic eollQction. Over the body of the hall are scattered a number of small courts, containing works in the precious metals and jewel lery, philosophical instruments, articles of architectural decoration, fabrics in cloth, and ornamental hair work. The trustees and committee met the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Mayor at the entrance in Liverpool-road, and conducted them to the platform, at 3 p.m., the band playing the March from "The Prophet." On arrival at the platform the choir sang the Old Hundredth Psalm. The chairman of the general committee then invited the Lord Chancelljr and the Lord Mayor to inspect the Exhi bition, during which operatic selections were played by the band. On their return the Ilight Hon. Lord Mayor requested the Lord Chancellor to declare the exhibition open, which was done. The National Anthem was sung by the assembly. Greenock, for the loss of said ship on the Crocus, i.e., Croker Reef, off the coast of Florida, on the 21st of February, 1865, which investigation took place in Greenock, within the Court-hall, Bank street, on the Bth and 9th days of August, 1865, in presence of Andrew Tasker and John Neill, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace for Renfrew -shire; and of lienry Harris and Robert Baker, As sessors of the Board of Trade. 'The said J. Macdonald appeared, along with Lewis, solicitor in Greenock, as his agent, and the investi gation on behalf of the Board of Trade was con ducted by Hargrave Hamel. The said James Macdonald having been called on to produce his certificate, stated that he could not do so, and that said certificate was on board the vessel Ad vance, of Port Glasgow, in which he had engaged to go as mate when the proceedings connected with the investigation were intimated to him, and which vessel is at present at sea. The witnesses examined were—Robert Cuthbert, lately mate, and Joseph Brunsden, able seaman, both of the Margaret Kerr. The mate,. in his examination, stated that he was mate of the vessel on the voyage on which she was lost ; that the vessel sailed from Matanzas on Mon day, the 20th February last, at noon, laden with a cargo of sugar, for Greenock, well found, and draw ing 17 feet 10 inches of water aft and 17 feet forward, the wind being from the S.W., squally and unsettled; that after leaving the .harbour the course was N.E. by N. until. 8 .o'clock, when the wind shifted to E.N.E., and the course of the vessel to N. E., the speed of thcf vessel being about three knots per hour ; that at 8 o'clock, p.m. there was a violent head sea, the ship straining and labouring, and on sounding the pumps . 14 inches of Water were found in the hold ; that the water gained rapidly about 9 o'clock, and, although the pumps were kept con stantly.going by hand and steam, there were three feet of water in the well about four hours before the vessel struck ; that the wind and sea increased, and abbut midnight they took in all small sails and double-reefed the topsails ; that at four a.m. of the 21st February the. course was shifted to N. by E. E. till six o'clock a.m., the vessel making a point and a half lee way ; that from six o'clock a.m. to eight a'clock. a.m. the course was N.N.E., and from eight o'clock till noon it was N. by E. E., and this course was kept till the vessel struck, the wind and weather being the same as formerly ; that at noon of the 21st an observation was made by the" master, and the ship's latitude was found to be 23 27 N. ; that at four o'clock another topsail was bent, and about six o'clock land Was seen on the lee bow about 9 miles distant ; that about seven o'clock he suggested to the captain to put the ship about, but the captain said he would clear the ree - STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Aug. 15.—1 ,d weather, together with large imports of cotton into Liverpool have had a depressing influence on the market, and a feeling of gloom has prevailed all day. In shipping yarns lower prices must have been taken to effect sales. Sellers, however, have been unwilling to meet this feeling, and the consequence has been a very limited amount of business. In home-trade yarns also the market has been quiet, and prices decidedly in the buyer's favour. • The market closes very tamely. In cloths we have had a very dull market for this week past, and prices have tended downwards. To-day the market has been, if pos sible, quieter, and prices have been to some extent more in the buyer's favour. Some small failures in the district, including one of a manufacturer at Blackburn, have tended to increase the depression. For Indian cloth some very low offers have been made, but have not been accepted. Printing cloths are in less demand than they have been. The im ports of cotton into Liverpool up to last night had been 71,000 bales this week, while the sales had only reached 2G,000. LEEDS, 15th.—The woollen cloth trade in this town and the surrounding districts keeps active, and to-day's markets in the cloth-halls, considering that the weather was wet, and in consequence, the at tendance of both buyers and sellers less than it other wise would have been, have been cheerful in tone And satisfactory as to the amount of business done There is a steady demand for seasonable goods, and both the export and the home trades are in a prosperous state. There is every probability that the amount of woollen goods exported this month will greatly exceed those exported in the correspond ing month of last year. Prices are very firm for all seasonable goods, and the tendency is rather upward. Wools keep steady and firm. The flax and yarn trades are rather improving, and prices are stiff. i\.TOTTINGHAM, 15th.—The attendance at the Ex change to-day was tolerable. There was a fair amount of business doing in lace yarns, and prices were very steady. Brown nets underwent .no material alteration. In hosiery yarns there was not, much doing, and prices were without change. ROCHDALE, 14th.—The flannel trade keeps steady, but it is scarcely so active as it was a month ago. The export trade is rather. slack at present, but the home demand is good, especially for fancy fabrics, and for such there is a good demand in the market to-day. The manufacturers of the same kind of goods are all busy, and many of them have orders on hand which will keep them well employed for some time to come. There is a little improve ment in the demand for the best makes of low Yorkshire woollens ; but, upon the whole, that trade is quiet. Wools keep firm in price, but the demand is not brisk, 44‘1 1 , Tourt ICM DIER (Irwin° The Queen's Visit to Germany. ÷ -- DAR3ISTADT, Aug. 11. Her Majesty Queen Victoria, with the Royal family and suite, left here at a quarter to eleven this evening by special train for Coburg. The Queen, who particularly desired to observe the strictest incognito, has travelled during the night and spent the clay in seclusion with her family at Kranichstein. Her Majesty, however, received a visit yesterday morning from their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Carl, Prince William, and his Royal Highness the G rand Duke of Mecklenburg- Schwerin. • Her Royal Highness Princess Helena returned this visit at the Rosenhohe yesterday after noon. Queen Victoria will ; it is said, pay a visit to the Grand Ducal Palace on her return from Coburg. Their Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse and their Highnesses' daughter, are in Swit zerland, but will meet Queen Victoria at Coburg in order to be present at the inauguration of the me morial to the late Prince Albert. They will accom pany her Majesty back to Scotland. COBURG, Aug. 12. Queen Victoria arrived at Rosenau yesterday morning, and was received at the railway by Prince Alfred and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Her Majesty's stay at Rosenau will, it is ex pected, be prolonged until the commencement of September. According to present arrangements the ceremony of unveiling the memorial to the late Prince Albert will take place on the 26th inst., at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The monument is near completion, the statue having been cast at Nurnberg (Lenz Herold), and the base and pedestal at Weissenstadt, in Bavaria. The tower of the Coburg Town-hall, was burnt down on the 2d of May last, has been rebuilt of a more handsome shape, in the square where the memorial will be erected. DEATH OF JOSEPH ITUSSAUD, ESQ.—It is with deep regret wo announce the death of Joseph Tussaud, Esq., which took place at his residence, Baker-street, Port man-square, on the 15th inst. The deceased gentleman was in his 69th year, and was the eldest son .of the late Madame Tussaud. Tho loss of one so estimable as the late Mr. Tussaud will be long felt by a large circle of friends and acquaintances, by whom he was sincerely and de servedly beloved.' EXHIBITION OF. ARTS AND MANUFACTURES-- AGRICULTURAL lIALL.--The preparations for the opening are now proceeding with great vigour. The Lord Chan cellor will take the chair, supported by many of the nobility and distinguished artistes and manufacturers of the day. A rehearsal of the music to be sung on the occasion took place on Monday night, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin. The choir of the National Choral Society, num bering one thousand voices, have been engaged for the occasion. The Lord Lieutenant, observes the Dublin Evening Mail, conferred the honour of knighthood last Monday, at the Viceregal Lodge, on Mr. John Howley, Q.C., the Queen's First Sergeant in Ireland, in recognition of his efficient and valuable services as Chairman of the County of Tipperary. No honour could be better deserved. Sir John Howley was 50 years at the Irish bar, and spent no less than 30 of these in judicial employment. RESTORATION OE SALISBURY CATHEDRAL.---A meeting of the Restoration Committee was held at the Deanery on Saturday, to consider the plans presented by the architect, Mr. Gilbert Scott, in concert with Mr. Shields, the civil engineer, for securing the stability of the main piers in the nave, and of the lantern story of the tower. Tho plans were unanimously approved, and will be carried into execution without delay. It was resolved to proceed gradually with the restoration of the west front. As regards the works now in progress, it was re ported that the masonry is nearly completed, that the marble work is in a very forward state, and that, if the weather be favourable, the whole of the works already contracted :for will be completed by the end of the year. Meanwhile, the subscriptions come in but slowly. Re cently, however, the High Sheriff of Wilts (Mr. Poynder) set a good example by subscribing 300 guineas. LIBERALISM IN WEST KENT.—An influential meeting of the Liberal electors of West Kent has been held at the Bridge-house Hotel, Southwark, to take into consideration the circumstances 'attending the last election, when the Conservatives returned Lord Holmes dale and Mr. Dyke by a small majority over. the Liberal candidates, Sir John Lubbock and Mr. Angerstein. The meeting was convened by circular, and the chair was occu pied by Mr. Whatman, M.P. for Maidstone. Amongst those present from various districts of the county were Mr. C. W. Martin, M.P., Mr. Lee, M.P., Sir W. Yardley, the Hon. Mr. Molyneux, and Mr. Goldsmid (Tunbridge), Messrs. Ellis, Arckoll, and Cutbush (Maidstone), Mathews (Gravesend), Fooks (Dartford), Norman (Bromley), Jolly, Farnfleld, and Armstrong (Woolwich), Bass (Greenwich), Atkins and Shove (Lewisham), &c. From various ad dresLes it appeared that the Liberal defeat was owing to exceptional circumstances in one or two districts, and a more complete organisation was now resolved on, an influential committee being appointed to promote that object. GENEROSITY OF FEELING.—On Saturday morning last, about 10 o'clock, as Mr. Peter Burrell, of No. 10, Fenchurch-buildings, solicitor, was crossing from Shoe lane to Farriugdon-road, the driver of a Hansom cab being behind Mr. Burrell, loosened the reins, and, in attempting to pass him, knocked him down, the wheel going over both his thighs, and then backing the cab over half of Mr. Burrell's right foot. Mr. Burrell was supported in the arms of two policemen until another Hansom was fetched —the fare, with a generosity of feeling the practice of which we• hope is confined to himself, refusing to give up his cab to take Mr. Burrell home, although urged by the police to do so.—Express. A DEPOSIT FOR WILLS.—Any one who pleases can now deposit his will for safe custody in the Registry at Doctors'-commons ; but very few have availed themselves of the accommodation, and the number of wills thus deposited does not yet reach that of a hundred. A will once deposited cannot be removed. This regulation occasions some annoyance to a very eminent member of the bar, who, some time since, deposited one will and sub sequently another; he now wishes to have the first one out, but this has not yet been permitted. Considering the strange devices to which people often resort for the secre tion of their wills, and the odd places in which these do cuments are lost and mislaid, it would be well, perhaps, if Doctors'-commons was more often used as a depository. About 20 years ago a codicil of Lord Scarborough's, dis posing of £lOO,OOO, was discovered by the housemaid stuck into the joist of 0,, bedstead she was cleaning ; and but lately a will was brought in for probate which had just been discovered, after having been dormant for 15 years in the secret drawer of an old bureau stowed away in the Pantechnicon.—Fraser's Magazine. QUEEN E3BIA.—The Dowager Queen of the Sandwich Islands yesterday paid a visit to the village of Streatley, in Berkshire, and attended a consecration ser vice at the parish church, which has been recently restored and enlarged. The Bishop of Oxford was present, and delivered an impressive and eloquent sermon. At the con clusion of the service there was luncheon at the residence of the incumbent, and soon after three o'clock the Queen l e lr ur and suite, accompanied by the Bishop of Oxford, took their departure by the Great Western Railway for London. E C R AP NAMET I N I T AS A IT 7 u . E bo noted the perform ances of Captain Harvey Garn e ,t , Phipps Tuckett, whose name will :KE G TT A .' R '— NE A T n T Io P ng iliPPoS ! OTI sities of amateur acting may otherS' 11 i 0 be remembered in connection with one of the last of Eng lish duels, and the consequent trial by the House of Peers of one of its members concerned as a principal in the affair. The playgoer whose 'recollection will carry him back a. quarter of a century, may bear in mind Captain Tucketes appearances as Falstaff and a few other characters, at the Lyceum and elsewhere. Much curiosity was evinced at the time, but it had reference to the duellist rather than the actor, whOse efforts, indeed, were not very admirable, and who soon outliving the interest he had excited, quitted this country for America, and was seen no more by Eng lish audiences.—Once a Week,. BRUTAL MANSLAUGHTER IN THE ClTY.—Last evening Mr. W. J. Payne, deputy coroner for the City of London, held an inquiry at Guy's Hospital respect ing the death from brutal v:olence of Wm. Samuel Cowper aged forty-three yearS'.. James Bissendine said that on Friday last ho was in Pudding-lane, when be saw Sweeney having hold of the deceased's hands, who struggled rind succeeded in breaking away. He ran !Ind got behind a post. Sweeney followed, and seizing him by the cravat forced him along the road. Ho then seized him by the trousers and the cravat, and lifting him bodily off the ground threw aim on his head on the pavement. The back of the head struck upon the stones with great force. He was covered with blood, and fell senseless and apparently dead. While he lay on the ground the accused stood over him, saying " I will be the death of you." The injuries were inflicted deliberately; there was no joking about the affair. The accused had been the :error of — the street for tho last 11 months, and he was a very ferocious character. Mr. Henry Cooley, surgeon, said that deceased died the day after his admission to the hospi tal from fracture of the back of the skull and effusion of blood on the brain, caused by a fall such as that described by the witnesses. The jury returned a verdict of man , slaughter, -