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I J-Monnow.-Alming, 2h. 21m.—Afternoon, 2h. 45m ‘;‘, J *- , . ‘.3 7 u- 'IONA *-1111. - LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1866. The last day of a Parliamentary session usually presents a striking contrast to the day of its inau guration. There is not often, indeed, such a change in the position of the principal actors on the Parliamentary stage as we have witnessed this year, but every fresh session sees a busy crop of hopes and expectations that ate destined to disappointment, of ingenious schemes that will be frustrated, and of individual and party projects that will fail to realise the anticipations of those con corned. Thus every day of prorogation puts the finis to a tale, which is, after all, incomplete, and it more frequently sets us considering how little has been done in the session than how much bas been really accomplished. The session of 1866, whatever its shortcomings, cannot certainly be called an uneventful one. It has broken the spell of the dullness which during thelast few years has hung over St. Stephen's. It has inaugurated a new Parliament and a new Ministry, it has been marked by several brilliant debates, and by a prolonged party struggle. It has had a suc cession of narrow majorities of Government ques tions, of full houses and grand crises, but if we come to consider what has actually been done in its course we shall not get a very long record. It has given us a change of Ministry ; it has de cided against Reform ; it has suspended the Habeas Corpus Act, and passed the Cattle Plague Bill, but very little else beyond the ordi nary routine has been accomplished. There has been a series of negatives to the questions brought under discussion. The Reform Bill, which occu pied so large a portion of the session, has collapsed in toto ; the Church-rate ques tion is left unsettled, in spite of numerous bills ; the measures for the amendment of the Blnkruptcy Laws and for the relief of the Irish tenantry proved fruitless, and every part of the Budget itself has vanished into thin The Oaths Bill, it is true, was more fortunate, but the principle of that measure had so long com mended itself to unprejudiced men of all parties that its acceptance by the House was nothing remarkable. In fact the length of time occupied in debates and discussion left little space for the open ing up of new questions, though many important legal and social reforms were needed. The treat ment of our sick poor, and the whole question of poor rates, have been admitted on all hands to de mand immediate attention, but in spite of repeated official reports, fully confirming the statements of independent parties, no effort was made to reform our national asylums, though Mr. VILLIERS pro mised to introduce a measure with that object if he retained office. The position of foreign affairs has been throughout the session grave and perplexing —so grave, indeed, with the exception of one brilliant debate there has been little refe rence to them in the Commons. During the last week or two of the session the Public Health Bill has occupied a prominent part, both sides of the House feeling the importance of strengthening the hands of the authorities with regard to sanitary matters in presence of the visitation of cholera. The accession of the new Government to office necessarily occasioned some delay in the actual of legislation, and after process all was i n wor king order again, by common co nsent nothing was attempted beyond the necessary winding up of aff:iirs ; so that, after all, the Re form Bill, debated but not carried, remains the chief feature in the Parliamentary record of 1866. It is a singular fact that the new Parliament, which came to its duties fresh from its hustings' pledges, and might be supposed to give an accu rate reflection of the feelings and wishes of the country, should have shown itself adverse not only to the details, but to the principle of Reform. Genuine Reformers, no doubt, objected to the Government Bill on the ground of its incomplete and unsatisfactory manner of dealing with a com prehensive question ; but this was not the ground on which the majority of the members rejected it. A £6 franchise had been carried repeatedly, but the new House thought £7 a dangerous innovation. This may induce us to ask how far Parliament, as at present constituted, does accurately represent the mind of the community ? Mr. CLAY'S Educa tional Franchise put the sincerity of professing Reformers to a severe test, which proved too search ing for many of those who talk the loudest about the elevation of the people. Here is a chance for the Conservatives to achieve a great victory over their rivals. If they will grant the educational test and the Ballot they may settle the minor points of rental and rating as theylike, and will effectually L prevent any swamping of the upper and middle by the lower classes by admitting the numbers of edu cated men, clerks, and others, who are now excluded from political power. The new Cabinet have indeed a heavy task before them. They have assumed the direction of affairs at a moment of grave anxiety. They have to maintain the honour and power of England undiminished, while preserving a strict neutrality. They have to deal with a formidable, because in tangible enemy, already busy among the population. They have to reorganise our Navy, which, in spite of the enormous estimates voted year after year, is in a most unsatisfactory condition. They have to consider how to mitigate the effects of a com mercial panic of almost unparalleled severity, if, happily, of brief duration. They have to face questions of national importance which imperatively demand solution, and prominent among these are Parliamentary Reform, the Bank Charter Act, and the amendment of the Poor-Law system. The boldest statesmen might well feel that such were no light task, but Lord DERBY is not a man to shrink from what he believes to be a public duty, and, having accepted the responsibilities of office, he will, no doubt, do his best to discharge them faithfully. In all matters really affecting the wel fare of the country at large, such as the efficiency of the navy, the improvement of the public health, &c., he is certain to receive the support not only of the Opposition, but of the general public. With political and ecclesiastical affairs he will find it more difficult to deal, but the task is not impos sible. There is a growing tendency to remove all hurtful distinctions of creed, and race, and party between subjects of one Queen and residents in one country, so that much of the bitterness of old has died away. The recess, which gives ordinary M.P.'s the de lightful prospect of a few months complete holiday, offers much anxious thought and labour to the occupants of the Ministerial benches, so that every position has its drawback as well as its compensa tions ; and the Liberal party may console themselves with the thought that the cares of office are no longer theirs, even while they profit by the recol lection that their own shortcoming as administrators have greatly tended to expedite the catastrophe of the Session. It seems as if the great matters of war and peace in Germany will not pass away so easily as some have imagined. We learn front Paris that the French Cabinet has addressed a note to the Prussian Government, in which it is pointed out that the great changes in the political organisation of Ger many render it necessary that the French frontier should be rectified by a cession of territory to France. Not content with this, the Cabinet made a further communication yesterday to the Court of Berlin, demanding the restoration of the French frontier as it existed in 1814. This certainly sounds very ominous, and has doubtless caused great consternation in the councils of Berlin, just when they wore all congratulating themselves upon having had their own way so completely, both as re garded the opponents at home and the allies abroad. This document on the part of the French Cabinet is doubtless very inconvenient, and all will be curious to hear what answer will be returned to it. No doubt if France had urged this upon the Prussian authorities at the commencement of the year, in the event of a Congress taking place, it might have been partially acceded to for the sake of keeping on good terms with the Emperor NAPOLEON, but at this time, when they are hushed with success, it is not at all likely that they will pay so much heed to it. They have met with such a series of unpre cedented triumphs, and gone on so exultingly from one thing to another that their heads seem com pletely turned, and they do not show any signs of concession in the smallest degree. Indeed we are justified in thinking that a sort of amour-propre alone will prevent the KING and BISMARCK from agreeing very readily to this request from Paris. After the very arrogant speech of the KING at the opening of the Chambers, it would be quite a falling off for the Diet to learn that there was no solidity to the achievements so much vaunted of, and that what had been gained to Prussia from her acquisitions in the war was coun terbalanced by the nature of her secessions to France. The gains in North Germany will not be of so much value under these circumstances, and, notwithstand ing all that may be said about policy, it is not likely that a speedy reply will be given to the communica tion. The demand on the part of France is not at all to be wondered at, and, indeed, it seems only surprising that some such intimation has not been made before. It has been foreseen, from the outset of this war, by experienced persons that great ap prehensions would be entertained by France if Prussia were to succeed in the war. Had Aus tria been the victor, it would have been different ; she would have been more passive than active, and under no circumstances would it have been likely that she would have interfered with France. The mere confusion that has arisen shows the folly of people going to extremes and attempting too much. Had not the pretensions of Herr BISMARCK led him on to acquire BO m uc h territory, there is no doubt that the Emperor NAPOLEON would have been very glad to let things alone. As it is, he is in a manner forced to do something, if it is only to satisfy the scruples of his people. ' There is great diss atisfaction in Paris just now at the state of affairs in Prussia, and on all sides it seems pretty certaionfththaet King g t a o n fi d en t c h e e h c a a s va b l e i e e n r given by the speech conduct of the Berlin Governmentis aoletrotgaeitnhlyer.anTthae policy of the French Emperor . gonistic to war, and that policy has in France ; but it will be very different if f popular inin sultsbeen already received from Prussia ar e followed up by non-compliance with their last demand. No doubt in that case there will be war, and it will be a bad look-out for the Prussians if this should be the result of the affair. The French are very different opponents to the Austrians, and they will start fresh for the con test, whereas the Prussians are greatly ex hausted by the severe campaigns they have gone through. At any rate it i s sat i sfactory that the powers of Berlin seem about to be checked in their and any stop th a t i s put to their arbitrary cou rse , progress will be an advantage. While these difficulties are arising iu the way of a settlement of the Prussian part of the war the Italians seem to be toning down a late, and it is THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1866. now expected that an armistice will be shortly agreed upon ; their troops have been withdrawn across the Tagliamento, to the line of demarca tion that Austria had demanded, before she would agree to commence negotiations. It is, indeed, high time that some change should take place in the course pursued by the Italians, for they have been as perverse as they could all through this affair, and by their pertinacity have greatly increased the difficulties of Austria in coming to a settlement of the complicated matters before her. It is said that a complete understanding exists between France and Italy on the subject of the cession of Venetia, and the KING has appointed Plenipotentiaries for Italy at the Conference to be held at Prague, which looks as if some definite understanding had been arrived at. It is so far satisfactory that progress has been made, because it was keeping people in unnecessary sus pense thus to delay continually, and to waste time in disputing over technicalities. The real secret of the matter is, that the Italians are quite disgusted at the result of the war, so far as they are concerned. Their pride has, indeed, gone before a fall ; and now they know and appreciate that whatever gains may accrue to them will be in consequence of the efforts of others. No doubt this is mortifying, but they do not improve matters by giving way to petu lance, and by exhibiting a spirit of contention that is quite out of character at the present eventful epoch. It cannot be said that any of the nations which have taken a prominent part in the war have come out very creditably, considering all things. Austria has manifested a total want of recognition of the principles of nationality, and thus lost a great op portunity ; while Italy has alienated many friends and disenchanted admirers by her prejudiced course; and as for Prussia, it is very difficult to define accu rately the extent to which she has gone in forfeit ing the respect and estranging the feelings of inde pendent parties. But we have not yet seen the end of the game. solution to the question of frontier limitation. It was believed at Vienna that Austria must give up the Trentin, which is the last footing of Austria in Italy, and which would be an incessant source of conflict. _ _ . vV The fair of Beaucaire, which is generally an im portant one, is just finished, and the business has been very flat, much below the usual average. The languid state of commerce, in spite of the prelimi naries of peace affected it very much. The chief diminution in business was in drapery and in wool lens. There was some activity in the tanning trade and also in Indian cottons, which fetched a high price. In flannels, nothing whatever was done The warm weather has returned, but there is still a great deal of rain, Some fear is expressed that the quantity of wet will injure the grapes. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) - - AUSTRIA AND ITALY. FLORENCE, Aug. 10. The Italie of to-day says :—The Italian forces which had advanced as far as Pergine and the walls of Riva, are compelled for strategical reasons to concentrate in the rear. " The diplomatic question relative to the district of Trent must not be confounded with the strate gical question. The necessity for concentrating the troops may cause the evacuation of certain portions of territory occupied by the Italians without its re sulting that such territories are not to be claimed in the negotiations for peace." The Nazione of to-day says :—The mediation of France not having succeeded in obtaining the acceptance by Austria of the conditions of the uti possidetis formally agreed upon with Italy. France left Italy to consult her own interests. A formidable concentration of Austrian troops ready to take the offensive, on the district of Trent and Isonzo, de termined the chiefs of the Italian army to place their forces in a better position for defence. The military conditions for the discussion of an armistice being thus changed, there would hence forth be no reasons to refuse the armistice, which has become necessary for European reasons. We conclude, therefore, that an armistice will shortly be agreed upon. RAGL7SA, August 9. In consequence of the refusal of the Porte to satisfy the demands of the Christians in Candia the latter have risen in insurrection. SPAIN. MADRID, August 9 (Evening). The Queen of Spain arrived to-day at Zaranz. Enthusiastic popular demonstrations were made in honour of her Majesty during the journey from San Ildefonso. FRANCE. IMPORTANT DEMAND OF THE FRENCE GOVERNMENT. PARIS, Thursday. The French Cabinet has addressed a note to the Prussian Government, pointing out that the great changes in the political organisation of Germany render it necessary that the French frontier should be rectified by a cession of territory to France. The French Cabinet made yesterday a further com munication to the Cabinet of Berlin, demanding the restoration of the French frontier as it existed in 1814. PARIS, August 10. The Siecle of to-day says :—" France, in view of the considerable aggrandisement of Prussia, is said to have opened negotiations with the Berlin Cabinet relative to the Rhine frontier. Prussia has not yet thought fit to entertain the French propositions." The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The re turn of the Emperor from Vichy has received several erroneous interpretations. By the advice of the doctors his Majesty gave up the course of treat ment which he was following at Vichy. The Em peror is much better in health since his arrival at St. Cloud." PARIS, August 9.—Two o'clock.—The market opened feebly, and although very little business was transacted prices were quoted at a slight improve ment. French Threes were done at 69fr. or an improvement of 22ic. ltalian Five s a t 51f . 55 c., or 35c. F higher. o neier 1 Mobilier ,3oof .al s 0 65 a l risef . of sf. Comptoir, or a rise of sf. Credit d'Escompte unvaried at 865 fr. Scarcely any change has occurred in the Railway Market. Three o'clock.—The market was firm at the close, with an improvement in almost all securities : Ii per Cents 97 50 Bank Shares 3550 Do. end month — Italian Loan 5l 20 3 per Cents. 69 25 Do. end month 52 20 Do. end month 69 25 Mexican L oan 29 Credit Mobilier ... 651 25 Do. Bonds 177 50 Do. end month ... 651 25 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...... 1300 Home Debt *** Do. end m0nth...... 1300 Deferred CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The position of affairs in regard to Germany is thus explained by the Moniteur : " The preliminaries of Nikolsburg have been arranged upon every point upon which the con- tinuation of the war between Austria and Prussia depended. To arrange the clauses of definitive peace there only remained the task of drawing de ductions from the principles admitted by both par ties. 'We are assured that this negotiation is now far advanced. The treaty will be signed at Prague. The Southern States will negotiate separately with Prussia, and their plenipotentiaries are at this mo ment at Berlin. " Italy had consented to the armistice stipulated by Austria and Prussia, although no official act had been signed between the Cabinets of Vienna and Florence. In order to facilitate an agreement upon this subject the suspension of arms first agreed to was prolonged till the 10th of August. The difficulties in the way of this arrangement relate to the question owing whether the armistice is to be concluded on the basis of the military utipossidetis, or if the line of demarcation resulting from the territorial cession consented to by Austria is to be adopted." Accounts from Denmark state that the knowledge of the preliminaries of peace has created very great inteiest. It was learnt with much emotion that a special clause of the treaty stipulates the restora- : - t on to Denmark of the districts to the north o: Schleswig, according to the desire freely expressed by the population. The Cabinet of Copenhagen knew that the French Government had never lost sight of this question. It perceived in the stipula tions of the Convention of July 26 upon this sub ject a fresh mark of the beneficent interest taken by France for the welfare of Denmark. A letter from St. Petersburg, dated Aug. 3, says —" Events which are passing in Europe have not diverted attention from those of which Central Asia has been the theatre. Since several months Russia has made rapid progress in those regions, and has taken important positions in Tur kestan. That vast country comprises States which have about nine millions of inhabitants. The letter proceeds to give an account of a great battle which took place on the Bth (20th) May between the Emir of Bokhara and the Russian troops. The Emir, at the head of 40,000 men, was completely beaten at Irdjar. The Russians are said to have lost only 12 men killed or wounded, whilst the Emir bad 1,000 men killed. The Russian General Romanovski, after this great victory, did not think it expedient to invade the territory of Bokhara, but marched towards Khodjent, in the Kokhand. A clerk in a commercial house in Paris has just become possessed of a large fortune in a very curious and unexpected manner. One morning he met an old woman who was selling pencils. She begged him to buy one for a sou, and that it would bring him good luck. Every day, on going to his office, he saw the same old woman, who repeated the re quest, always with the same addition. This con tinued every day for nearly a year and a half. One fine morning he missed the old woman from her accustomed spot. He thought no more a`)out the matter, but a day or two ago he received an invi tation from a notary requesting the young man to call at Lis office, as a large fortune had been left to him. lle came into possession of securities to the value of about £3,000, and also of a country house and vineyards at Suresnes and Argenteuil. The will, written by the old lady herself, and properly attested, is in these words, "I am almost arrived at the end of my existence, and I have no relatives or friends. I therefore appoint, as my universal legatee, Mons. L., a clerk, living Rue-, Paris, who bestowed alms upon me every day during nearly a year and a half, and to whom I always said it would bring him luck. During six months I took all the necessary steps to know his name and procure information about him, in order that I might enrich him without his know ledge." The packet boat, Le Pereine, Captain Duchesne, belonging to the General Transatlantic Company, has just traversed the distance of 3,000 miles,which separates New York from Brest, in eight days and 22 hours, being an average rate of 14 knots an hour. The English Cunard Company has only one boat at all comparable with the two boats of the Trans atlantic Company, the Pereine and the Ville de Paris. This boat is the Scotia, of 1,400 horse power, which has been on the line since 1862, and which, during this interval of four years only, we crossed the Atlantic from New York to Liverpool in eight days and 23 hours. As the distance from New York to Liverpool is 3,030 miles, and that be tween Brest and New York is 3,000 miles, the dis tance has just been performed almost identically in the same time by the Pereine as in the exceptional instance of the English boat. At the third day's races at Deauville the Prix de la Place, 3,000 f., given by a member of the Jockey Club, was won by Castagnette, Chantilly second. The Deauville Cup, 20,000 f. in money, and a work of Art worth 10,000 f., the produce of a sub scription, was won by Affidavit ; Fidelite 2d ; Mandarin 3d. Amount of prize, 27,200 f. 200 f. to the second. The third receives his entrance money. The Free Haudicap,of 3,000 f., was won b y P r i nce Regent ; Buc de Bourgogne second. The Prix de Consolation, 2,000 f., was won by Belisaire ; Juliette second. Belisaire was claimed for 3,757 f. by the Marquis de Galliffet. The ,siecle states that, when the truce signed by General Marmora with the Commandant of Verona, on the 2d of August expired, the reply of Austria to the proposal for an armistice of four weeks had not arrived ; but the delay was extended by mutual consent. This truce has nearly expired, and the armistice is not yet concluded. It is officially known that difficulties arose which prevented the armistice from being signed. We do not thiuk that they are sufficiently serious to arrest the work of pacification which is in progress. It is 110 t impossible to give AIN. For Account. Orleans Northern ....... , . Lyons and Mediterranean B7B 75 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian BO Austrian L0mbard............ 385 North of Spain lO2 50 Saragossa 122 50 Ditto to Barcelona Roman — CANADA. The following despatch has been received at the Colonial-office by the Atlantic Telegraph, in addi tion to that published on the 6th inst. : " VISCOUNT MONCK TO THE EARL OF CARNARVON. " I send to be laid at the foot of the Throne a joint resolution of the two Houses of Parliament, to whom I communicated by message the Queen's telegram of congratulation on the success of the Atlantic cable. " AloscK. " Ottawa, Aug. 4, 1866 (by Atlantic cable)." " RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIA3I CANADA. " We, the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Canada, humbly thank her Majesty for her gracious message to the Governor-General. We warmly feel that by this great enterprise we all draw near the heart of the mother country. Ottawa, Aug,4, 1866.' " - THE WORK OF THE PRESENT AND LAST SESSIONS. —The present session, commencing on the Ist February, and ending this day, the 10th August, will produce 122 public, 364 local, and 10 private acts, against 127 public, 382 local, and 9 - Private acts passed last year. There were this year 636 petitions lodged in the private bill-office, principally for railways, and a large number of railway acts have been passed this year. THE LATE MARQUIS CAMDEN. —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held at 13aybam Abbey, before Mr. George Fullager, one of the coroners for Sussex, and a highly respectable jury, of which the Rev. Sir Henry Thompson, Bart., vicar of Frant, was the foreman, on the body of the above lamented nobleman, who was found dead in his bed on Monday morning last. The principal witness was Mr. R. J. Starting, of Tunbridge-wells, his late lordship's medical attendant, who deposed that death arose from natural causes. The other witnesses examined were the butler and the coachman, whose evidence tended to show that the late marquis had complained of indispo sition two or three days previous to the sad occurrence, but had not considered it necessary to call in medical aid. Verdict—Death from:natural causes. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been very little animation. The public sales of tea have concluded without any change being established in prices. Sugars have barely sustained former prices, while a fair business has been done in coffee, at full rates. Rice has been at enhanced prices, while in tallow only moderate transactions have been reported for both present and forward delivery, at about pre ious quotations. PROROGATION PARLIAMENT. THIS DAY. The Atlantic Cable. In a short time after this communication is laid before the public the few miles of submarine line which is necessary to connect the westernmost point. of Newfoundland with the main land will be com- pleted, when London, and indeed all Europe, will have an instantaneous means of correspondence with the most distant parts of North America. The non completion of this most insignificant bit of 70 miles and the consequent delay caused by sending the messages to and fro by steamer for this distance seem to have given rise to an impression either that the cable has not been perfectly laid, or, at least, that it is working less quickly and satisfactorily than was expected. That such an opinion has obtained to a certain extent in London is sufficiently evidenced by the letters and messages which those connected with the undertaking used to be in the daily habit of receiving. At first, in fact, the questions put through messages expressed, more or less directly, a certain amount of incredulity at the great enter prise having been completed at all, while even those who were officially aware of its success explained that until the little link from Newfoundland to the shore was made the general public would be certain to continue doubtful. Now, for all these implied or expressed misgivings there is not now nor ever has been the slightest vestige of foundation, as a very few words will suffice to show. The telegraph attempted to be laid in 1857, and submerged with success in 1858, was, as our readers will remember, from Valentia to Bull's Arm Bay, one of the most easterly points of Newfoundland. Thence it was carried along the shore on ordinary land wires precisely similar to those along our lines of rail way for a distance of some 300 miles to Cape Ray, the most westerly point of the island abut ting on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Here the channel which divides it from .what may be called the main land—that is, Cape Breton and Nova Scotia—is of much the same width and much the same character as that between Kingstown and Holyhead. Across this in 1857 a submarine wire was laid, so that when the cable was finished there was at once an unbroken connection between its end at Newfoundland and all the cities of Canada and the United States. This short length continued to work with the most undeviating accuracy and rapi dity from the middle of 1857 till near the close of last year. None of our readers will require to be reminded of the services it performed when the latest special despatches of our correspondents were always telegraphed throughthis cable to the steamer calling at Cape Race. Towards the end of last year, however, it was seriously injured, as is believed, by a vessel's anchor fouling it where it lay in shallo w water. Upon the news of this reaching the Anglo- American Company in London it was at once deter mined to make a perfect job of it by laying a new cable under this branch of the sea, and a new cable of such immense strength as would defy all risk of accident from causes similar to the last. This cable was made about six months ago, and went out with the rest of the expedition in the Great Eastern. It was intended that when all was well with the great main line either the Albany or Medway shouldsteam off round the coast and lay this short but important connecting link. At Newfoundland, however, itwas deemed advisable by the engineering, electrical, and nautical authorities in charge of the expedition not to part with any of the squadron which had parts assigned them in the work of raising the cable of last year. A steamer (the Bloodhound) had accord ingly to be chartered at St. John's, and in this the rope was coiled. The last messages from the Great Eastern spoke of this vessel as having started on her work, which she will complete in a couple of days after arriving at her point of departure. As to the cable between Ireland and Newfound land, it is in the finest possible condition. While it was being laid the signals were wonderfully clear, though slow, so that not more than from two and a half to three words per minute were sent through it. Before it was half across the equal temperature of the great Atlantic depths had so improved its elec trical condition that the rapidity of signalling rose nearly to six, and by the time it was completely laid to Heart's Content had increased to ten. Within the last week its " conductivity" and insulation have improved to an extentthat was never expected, and messages have been sent through at the rate of l4f words per minute, without a single case of a signal having to be repeated. Every day now the through messages direct may be expected within half an hour from New York. The general public, however, will only learn this by the transmission of political intelligence, as the directors have, not un wisely, decided to send no commercial news except in the form of paid messages. It would be unrea sonable to expect that when the enterprise has been carried out at such great cost it can work gratui tously for the sake of merely gratifying the public appetite for news. Many of the most eminent men. chants both in London and New York have used it daily since it has been opened. These, however, as being commercial telegrams, have of course been strictly private, but the number sent backwards and forwards , through all hours of the day and night, if made public, would be perfectly astonishing On the day before yesterday the line was incessantly occupied with commercial news, and for one mes sage alone over £BOO was paid. It may seem scarcely credible, but it is actually a calculated fact, that, according to the p resent ra t e o f t h e cable's working, if kept fully occupied, it can earn upwards of £1,500,000 per y ear , and this estimate is based only upon its being able to send three words a minute. When land telegraphs were first invented, it was maintained that the first line put up to Liverpool would never pay its expenses. There are now,we believe, some 20 or 24 working between London and that city, and these are often blocked" with messages during the day. It seems very improbable, therefore, that one, or even half a dozen cables will do the mercantile and political business between the New World and the Old. Already, in consequence of the pressure of business, there is some talk of charging the mes sages according to a graduated scale—in fact, first, second, and third class. If this arrangement be finally decided upon, the first-class messages, which of course will be charged in proportion, will have immediate priority, second and third class being guaranteed to be delivered within certain times, to be specified. As yet, however, no decision has been arrived at on this point, but the mere fact of its having been considered shows that the line is being freely used both ways. The telegram which was published on Thursday, dated from Newfound land the same morning (Thursday), stated that Governor Musgrave and his party had arrived at Heart's Content in her Majesty's ship Lily, and that the Great Eastern was to sail early yesterday morning to grapple for and raise the end of the cable, broken last year. This, as we have already often explained, lies far to the north of the present working cable, so that the apprehensions sometimes expressed that in searching for the one she may injure the other, are without the least foundation. Before the expedition loft England Captain Ander son and all the engineering and electrical officers connected with it expressed their confidence of being able, not only to find last year's cable, but also to raise it and join it to the remainder, which is still on board. If these expectations should be realised, we may hope in a month or so to heat from Heart's Content of the second cable being safely brought ashore also. The following telegram has been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (limited), at 1.40 a.m. August 10, from Mr. R. A. Glass : " VALENTIA, Aug. 10. " c NEWFOUNDLAND, Aug. 10, A. I. " ' Yesterday the Great Eastern sailed at 4 p.m. ; all well. Her Majesty's ship Lily, with Governor Musgrave ou board, accompanied her up the bay. The Medway sailed two hours previously., The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Grea Western Railway for the third week in July amounted to $139,608 against,sll6,339 in the corre sponding period last year, showing the large increase of $23,269. The numbers have been announced of ten of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway New York York section Ist Mortgage Bonds of $l,OOO each, which have been purchased and cancelled under the operation of the sinking fund. ifts, fit t Cirtular. eau HER MAJIi,STY. `-_ OSBORNE, Aug. 9. • The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise, and walked in the grounds this morning with her Royal Highness. The Duke of Edinburgh returned from London yesterday afternoon, attended by the lion. Eliot , • Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out this morning, The Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy arrived yester day, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. The Queen held a Council to-day at one o'clock, at which were present the Earl of Derby, the Duke of Buckingham, and the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy. Henry James Baillie, Esq., M.P., was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council. The Earl of Derby and the Duke of Buckingham had audiences of the Queen. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council. Mr. H. J. Vinter has had the honour of submit ting to her Majesty his lithograph of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort in the Highland dress, after MacLeay. Departure of the Prince and Princess of Wales for York. Yesterday afternoon their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by their suite, left Marlborough House en route for the Archbishop of York's seat, at Bishopsthorpe, near York. Their Royal Highnesses drove to the King's-cross station of the Great Northern Railway, where, under the superintendence of Mr. Viser, the station master, a special train had been prepared for their conveyance to the north. Due preparations had been made at the station for the Royal reception ; the platform, an open space upon which was kept by the company's police, being carpeted. A large number of spectators congregated at the terminus to witness the Royal departure. The special train, accompanied by Mr. F. Cockshott, the superinten dent of the line, leaving King's-cross at one o'clock, was timed to arrive at the following stations as under : Peterborough, 76i miles, 2.35 p.m. ; Grantham, 105 i, 3.19 p.m. ; Doncaster, 156 miles, 4.33 p.m. ; Milford Junction, 176 miles, 5.1 p.m. ; and York, 191 miles, at 5.30 p.m. Great care was taken to preserve the safety of the illustrious pas sengers, the line being kept clear for the special, while its course was duly telegraphed from point to point. After their Yorkshire trip the Prince and Princess will go to Abergeldie for the deer-stalking season. Lord and Lady Cowley are at present staying at Deauville ; Baron James de Rothschild has also ar rived at that fashionable watering-place. The Chevalier dM.rtom, First Secretary of the Italian Legation, has arrived at Paris from Florence: The young Prince Antony de Hohenzollern, who was severely wounded at the battle of Koniggratz, died of his wounds on the sth. He was mentioned with great honour by the King. General Mutius, whose death has been already mentioned, died of apoplexy. Kelly's Post-office Directory for Somerset shire and Devonshire, with Bristol. The wonderful list of the Messrs. Kelly and Com pany's POst-office Directories is rapidly embracing within it the various great towns and important counties of England. Beginning with the mam moth Directory of all—the one by the comprehen sive and accurate compilation of which the Messrs. Kelly and Co. first acquired their now unrivalled name and fame as compilers of Directories—begin ning with their gigantic Post-office Directory for LONDON, and following up that opus magnum of their's with a companion guide-book through a dis trict extending twelve miles round the metropolis and entitled by them simply " The Suburban Directory" —the Messrs. Kelly have already by this time con trived within the last ten years to compile and pub lish, in a series of substantial volumes, reliable—or rather we should say, authoritative--Post-office rectories to six great towns : Liverpool Birmingham Hull Manchester Sheffield Bristol And, together with those Post-office Directories to the following widely distributed counties of Eng land : Bedfordshire Durham Norfolkshire Berkshire Essex Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire Huntingtonshire Rutlandshire Cambridgeshire Lancashire Somersetshire Cheshire Leicestershire Staffordshire Cornwall Lincolnshire Suffolk Cumberland Middlesex Surrey Derbyshire Northamptonshire Warwickshire Dorsetshire Nottinghamshire Worcestershire And the two Ridings (East and West) of Yorkshire. Altogether, twenty-nine, or, counting the last-men tioned, that is, the East and West Ridings (as w e almost might), as two, just thirty counties—beside s (what we began by naming) the huge Post-office London Directory, and its companion the Suburban Directory. Directories to " Herts" and to "Kent" are among others in active preparation, and the rest will of coursefollow in due succession, until the whole of England is embraced within the scheme of the Messrs. Kelly and Co.'s Post-office Directories. A s the latest exemplar of the skill shewn in tli§ way by the Messrs. Kelly, we have now lying befor e us what has only within the last few days been issued from their establishment a volume of 1,348 pages, most of them pages of double-columne d, many of them pages of treble-column ed letter-press, giving us at once a comprehensi ve and a minutely detailed Directory to BRISTOL, which is at one and the same time a City and a County—to DEVONSHIRE —and to SOMERSET" SHIRE. The whole has been carefully edited 1 1 E. R. Kelly, M.A. The work is illustrated (like its predecessors) with maps engraved expressly for it. The whole of this ponderous tome in effect—and in this also it exactly resembles its several prede cessors produced by the Messrs. Kelly and Compaq —presenting to view, not, it is true, a lusus nature , but, at any rate, a lusus arils, in regard to which it might be said that, here, for once, we might really affect to have found not so much a needle in a bundle of hay, as a clue to the discovery of any imaginable number of needles in whole rick-yard S of hay ! AN INSPIRITING SONG AND AN EXHILARATING' POLKA-MAZURKA, with three charming pianoforte pieces, one of them modestly assum i ng to be a w ere bagatelle de salon, but each of the three with a dis tinctive excellence of its own—make up the last roll of music issued from the establishment of th e Messrs. Robert Cocks and Co., of New Burlington • street. The song, the words of which are by Carpenter and the music of which is by Franz 1 4 - 1 °" is entitled " The Pilot's Daughter." The Polka" Mazurka which is adorned with the prettiest titile; page (illustrating its own fanciful name as `` lll Flower of the Season") is by George Lam othe' t the three pianoforte pieces being by G. F. ti e 3 who (especially through the one the theme of b' e , s he derives from the " Waft her Angels" of Han dle oratorio of Jephtha) has again evidenced in an mistakeable manner his apprehension of th e caPa" d bilities of the instrument for which he writes , a n his own rare qualifications as a musician. has SCHULHOFF, THE CELEBRATED PIANIST, less afforded an instance of the power of music nt ri e apocryphal, if not less amusing, than the fabl es of anc.,li!er mythology. In this case the powers overcome were l"!,0 the walls of Thebes, nor wild beasts nor tr ees, but affronted political feelings of those terrible officers one. C 7. tinental frontiers who have to do with passports: Sia., hoff, who had visited Carlsbad on family matters, v . " s,vry . rested on account of some informality in this neces co ` ar . document, and incontinently taken for a spy. The co ol' poser, despairing of his ability to convinc e these ter officers of tke truth, opened a piano iu the room the hotel where the dispute was taking place , and, to prov rois. identity, played a merveille his now Impromptu ilogi. ' .00 The Prussian officers, metamorphosed sudderilY trite; Prussians into reasonable beings, showed theinselvesnqos alive to the ability of the performance , and the col p aii ; was allowed to continue his journey with genqal app —Musical Standard. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. O Parliament was prorogued this day by Commis sion. The Lord Chancellor read her Majesty's Speech as follows : My Lords and Gentlemen, We are commanded by her Majesty, in releasing you from the labours of a protracted session, to convey to you het Majesty's acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to your Parlia mentary duties. Her Majesty has much satisfaction in informing you that her relations with all foreign Powers are on the most friendly footing. Her Majesty has watched with anxious interest the pro gress of the war which has recently convulsed a great por tion of the Continent of Europe. Her Majesty cannot have been an indifferent spectator of events which have seriously affected the positions of sovereigns and priaces with whom her Majesty is connected by the closest ties of relationship and friendship; but her Majesty has not deemed it expedient to take part in a contest in which neither the honour of the Crown nor the interest of her people demanded any active intervention on her part. Her Majesty can only express an earnest hope that the nego tiations now in progress between the belligerent Powers may lead to such an arrangement as may lay the founda tion of a secure and lasting peace. A wide-spread treasonable conspiracy, having for its ob jects the subversion of her Majesty's authority in Ireland, the confiscation of property, and the establishment of a Republic, having its seat in Ireland, but deriving its prin cipal support from naturalised citizens of a foreign and friendly State, compelled her Majesty at the commence ment of the present session to assent to a measure, recom mended by her representative in Ireland, for the tempo rarysuspension in that part of her Majesty's dominions of the Habeas Corpus Act. That measUre, firmly but tem perately acted on by the Irish Executive, had the effect of repressing any outward manifestations of treasonable in tentions, and of causing the withdrawal from Ireland of the greater portion of those foreign agents by whom the conspiracy was mainly fostered. The leaders, however, of this movement were not de teired from prosecuting their criminal designs beyond the limits of her Majesty's dominions. They even attempted from the territories of the United States of America an in road upon the peaceful subjects of her Majesty in her North American Provinces. That attempted inroad, however, only served to manifest in the strongest manner the loyalty and devotion of her Majesty's subjects in those Provinces, who, without exception of creed or origin, united in de fence of their Sovereign and their country-. It served also to show the good faith and scrupulous attention to inter national rights displayed by the Government of the United States, whose active interference, by checking any attempted invasion of a friendly State, mainly con tributed to protect her Majesty's dominions against the evils of a predatory inroad. Her Majesty would have been rejoiced at the close of the present session to be enabled to put an end to the exceptional legislation which she was compelled to sanc tion at its commencement ; but the protection which her Majesty owes to her loyal subjects lewies her no alterna tive but that of assenting to the advice of her Parliament to continue till their next meeting the provisions of the existing law. Her Majesty anxiously looks forward to the time when she may be enabled to revert to the ordinary provisions of the law. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, Her Majesty commands us to thank you for the liberal provision which you have made for the public service, and for the naval and military defences of the country. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, Her Majesty has seen with great concern the monetary pressure which, for a period of unprecedented duration has weighed upon the interests of the country. The con- sequent embarrassment appeared at one moment to be aggravated by so general a feeling of distrust and of alarm that her Majesty, in order to restore confidence, authorised her Ministers to recommend to the Directors of the Bank of England a course of proceeding suited to the emer- gency. This, though justifiable under the circumstances, might have led to an infringement of the law, but Her Majesty has the satisfaction of being able to inform you that no such infringement has taken place, and that, although the monetary pressure is not yet sensibly mitigated, alarm is subsiding, and the state of trade being sound, and the con dition of the people generally prosperous, Her Majesty enter rains a sanguine hope that confidence will soon be restored. . ______ Her Majesty has observed with satisfaction, and with deep gratitude to Almighty God that he has so far favoured the measures which have been adopted for staying the fearful pestilence which has visited our herds and flocks, that its destructive effects havo been in a great measure chocked, and that there is reason to hope for its entire ex tinction at no distant period. In the meantime her Ma- jesty has given her willing assent to a measure which has been introduced for the relief of those districts which have suffered the most severely from its visitation. Her Majesty regrets that this country has at length been subjected to the fearful visitation of cholera which has prevailed in other European countries, but from which it has hitherto been happily exempt. Her Majesty has directed that a form of prayer to Almighty God, suitable to the present exigency, should be offered up in all the churches of this realm ; and her Majesty has given her cordial ap proval to legislative measures sanctioning the adoption, by local authorities, of such steps as science and experience have shown to be most effectual for the check of this fear ful malady. Her Majesty hopes that those in whose hands so large and beneficial an authority is left will not be slow to exe cute the powers entrusted to them, and that they will be seconded in their endeavours by all who have at heart the safety and well-being of her people. In connection with this subject her Majesty hopes that a bill, to which she has given ber ready assent, for improving the navigation of the River Thames, may incidentally be conducive to the public health. Her Majesty has great satisfaction in congratulat ing the country, and the world at large on the suc cessful accomplishment of the great design of connect ing Europe and America by the means of an electric tele graph. It is hardly possible to anticipate the full extent of the benefits which may be conferred on the human race by this. signal triumph of scientific enterprise, and her Ma jesty has pleasure in expressing her deep sense of what is duo to the private energy which, in. spite of repeated failure and discouragement, has at length, for the second time, succeeded in establishing direct com munication between the two Continents. Her Ma jesty trusts that no impediment may occur to inter rupt the success of this great undertaking, calculated, as it undoubtedly is, to cement yet closer the ties which bind her Majesty's North American colonies to their mother country, and to promote the unrestricted intercourse and friendly feeling which it is most desirable should subsist between her Majesty's dominions and the great Republic of the United States. Her Majesty is aware that, in returning to your respec tive homes, many of you have duties to perform hardly less important than those which belong to you in your legislative capacity. Hor Majesty places full reliance on the loyalty and devotion with which you will discharge those duties ; and her Majesty earnestly prays that your influence and efforts may, under the blessing of Divine Providence, tend to the general welfare, prosperity, and contentment of her people. THE BELGR kVlA.—Miss Braddon's new Maga zine will, I am informed on the best possible autho rity, make its appearance under the most favourable auspices in October. It will be illustrated in a superior style, and will aim to be of the highest character as re gards the matter ani the manner of its articles. It will bo written in good English, and in its pages papers of sterling merit will only appear. Amongst the writers already en gaged on it I may mention the author of " It is Never too Late to Mend ;" Mr. Winwood Reade, who is preparing an article on African discovery, a subject of groat interest at this time, and on which he is well qualiSed to write; Walter Thornbury, Percy Fitzgerald, R. W. Buchanan, the poet, Mortimer Collins, probably Anthony Trollope, or Whyte Melville ; and last, but not least, must be mentioned the name of George Augusta Sala, who will resume those admirable articles on the Streets of the World, which were such an attractive feature in Temple Bar. The tale which will, to the majority, however, form the main attraction of the new literary venture, will be called "Birds of Prey," and was announced, as perhaps some of your readers may remember, RS about to make it appearance in the January number of Temple Bar. Miss Braddon, however, has thought better of it, and has reserved it, as she had a perfect right to do, for what will be particularly her own magazine. I have already told you that the title of this now candidate for public favour will be Belgravia ; and if it only sells as Miss Braddon's tales sell, it must be an immense success. The gifted authoress, for su,:h undoubtedly she is, is certainly one of the most remarkable women of the day, affecting none of the eccentricities of genius. George Sala is so near-sighted that when engaged in writing he places the paper on a chair, and kneels down as if about to perform an act of devotion. Miss Braddon, when similarly engaged, seats herself on a low chair, puts a quire of paper on a music -book, holds her ink-bottle in her left hand, and writes away by the hour, and writes not in vain, as pub lishers and readers know well.—lpswich Express. EXCHANGE OF AUSTRIAN AND ITALIAN PRISONERS. —Negotiations are being carried on between the Austrian and Italian camps for an exchange of prisoners. The number on either side is calculated to be about equal, ..+,,~ TiotE At 23,00 110 vir Elighl dee re Activ, tunic Fubli Other Beve l Dove, Oth er I .DtOl be 1 bala th e , de z an( ibl l An arc