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After the alarm and anxiety caused by the tern porary delay which an apparently trifling accident occasioned to the progress of the Atlantic cable during last week, the public heard with great satis faction and relief that the difficulty had been localised, and that all was right again. Scarcely, however, had rejoicing and confidence taken the place of fear and despondency when a fresh alarm was given, and on Saturday afternoon a total failure in the communications was announced. The first break down was partial and uncertain in its nature. The second, of which the cause was totally unknown on shore, was more startling, for the loss of insula tion was total. We can easily imagine the disap pointment and consternation at Yalentia when this fact became known, for all over England there was a very strong feeling of regret, independently of all monetary or speculative interests. The enterprise is of such a stupendous character, it is so vast in its nature; so difficult and delicate to carry out, and so important in its results and objects, that every in telligent man follows its progress with the keenest interest, and hopes most sincerely for its successful accomplishment. llappily as yet there is every reason to anticipate a final triumph. The undertaking was known from the first to be full of difficulty. It did not require the experience of the former failure to convince any one that there were a hundred un known chances against laying a cable down under water that was to be measured, not by fathoms, but by miles. IV ho would count the turns and hollows of its bed, or what eye could penetrate through that waste of waters to reckon the dangers to which the thread that was to unite two peoples would be ex posed ? Yet all these obstacles have been sur mounted by skill and perseverance directed by science, and a very tolerable estimate has been formed of the submarine route of the cable. It hal been found by careful examination and soundings that the greater dangers to which it is exposed exist near shore, and that when once it is safely laid in the deep sea there is less reason for apprehension than at the outset. This is doubly satisfactory to remember, because the great Eastern has now got so far upon her way that the preliminary dangers may be fairly considered to be over. Even this last alarm has proved to be of a very temporary character, since it was on Saturday afternoon that the bulletin announcing the total loss of insulation was issued on Sunday at 1.50 a.m. all was well again. By yesterday morning at four o'clock seven hundred and fifty miles were paid out, the insula tion was perfect, and all going on right. These hindrances and failures teach us neither to be over confident nor yet to despair. They show us what extreme caution and nicety is necessary, what rigid precision must be observed in dealing with the cable. A pin's head or a needle's point may frus trate all the effort and the outlay. At the same time the ease and rapidity with which the error or accident has been both times traced to its source and completely remedied, gives full ground for hop_ ing that with a continuance of care and attention the great work may be finally accomplished. A few hours have sufficed to remedy a total stoppage from whatever cause it originated, and of course such accidents will be carefully guarded against in the future. Whatever skill and science can do will be done, we kno w , by our electricians, who are deeply interested in the success of this vast under taking ; so although neither o ur past nor our pre sent experience tends to make us over-confident, there is every reason to believe th a t b efore very long we shall rejoice over the triumphant aecorn plishmeut of the latest wonder of the world. Last week, at Leeds, a dinner was given to Mr. BEECROFT to celebrate his return after a protracted struggle. In many respects this was a. great triumph, for he was opposed by a formidable antagonist. Mr. BEECROFT'S speech on the occesion was very much to the purpose, and he touched upon many subjects of interest and importance. Ile began by saying that the old saying was realised by them, " the end of the fray is the beginning of the feast." The hon. member spoke with great moderation, although he certainly had achieved a very decisive victory after an arduous struggle. Indeed, it may be said that, if numerically inferior to their oppo nents, the Conservatives have secured some decisive victories which outweigh in importance those of their adversaries. Lord AMBERLEY'S rejection by the constituency at Leeds was a stunning blow to his party, especially when he considers that he was sent forth in pomp and cir cumstance of electioneering war to fight the battles of his friends and carry terror to his enemies with the magic of his name and the watch- would not, come to the same conclusions respecting ,he six-pound borough franchise, but he got into a regular " fix " between his innate wish not to go oo far and his fright of losing his supporters. Mr. - . BAINES must win respect from both sides for his consistency in keeping to his point, and for the frank and outspoken manner in which he always puts his profession into practice ; but it is quite otherwise with those who halt between two opi- nions, like Lord AMBERLEY. They only call down ridicule and contempt upon themselves. If they succeed in their venture, people say that they hav e done so by a "dodge ;" and if they lose, the universal opinion prevails that it serves them right. The C H AIRMAN said very truly that Lord AMBERLEY, in his next attempt at canvassing,had better go unfettered, for in his late attempt at Leeds he put himself in the hands of a small body, who endeavoured to ride roughshod over the community, and he only found out his mistake too late. Playing second to any one is a thankless office, and seldom gains prestige or prosperity for those who take the unwise and inju rious office:upon themselves. The Chairman gave another good hint to the assembly respecting the success -which attended Lord PAL3IERSTON in many places. He said that the Premier had for the last twenty years been in possession of the administra tion gifts in the country, " and had had all the places to fill up." This ingenious practice had been carried so far that the Chairman of Mr. GLADSTONE'S committee at Oxford had been placed in a bishopric before the election took place. There is great truth in this summing up of the matter :—" They were all mortals, and they could all understand that those who were wishing for place, and those who had places presented to them, might in gratitude and hope be guided to give a preference to one political leader over an other when they thought there was no great prin- ciple involved." Mr. BEECROFT laid great stress upon the fac that the peculiar kind of trimmers had been elimi nated from the ranks of the Conservatives, and de• dared that the loss of such men was an advantage Their seats were on one side of the House and their votes were on another. The honourable member also commented upon the " Yankee Radicals," who have been the greatest losers in the fray just over, and aptly described them as " men who love America more than Eng land, and think her Republican institutions a better model than those of our own limited Monarchy." Thus Manchester has ignored the Manchester School, and some of those who were to lead the forlorn hope of the Maine Liquor Law are excluded from the House altogether. Mr. BEECROFT truly said that the Government had not much cause for complacency or congratulation at the turn events had taken of late. The last great act of the late Parliament was a vote of censure on the Lord Chancellor, and thus the House of Commons extin guished one of the great Whig lights, and following their example, as the hon. member facetiously ob served, had snuffed out four lesser ones. The two Chancellors have been unfortunate, for Mr. GLAD STONE lost Oxford notwithstanding the stupendous exertions made to retain him in that place. In re viewing the losses of their adversaries, Mr. BE anon gron f on thstrOphe in - florlzqltire which he denominated the " most grievous of all the election griefs," and to the mortification which the Premier sustained in a political adversary being returned with him for Tiverton. Iu truth, the general election has been especially disastrous to the Whigs in every respect. At Leeds they met with a home thrust because their old leader was outwitted in his earnest endeavours to get his son returned as a representative. It will be long before Lord AMBERLEY'S defeat is forgotten, and while it is to be hoped that it may impart more soundness and consistency to the noble lord's political opinions, it nevertheless remains as a lasting memento of the decadence of the House of RUSSELL in influence and power. When the pre sent Government came into office Earl RUSSELL was the Deus ex Maclima of the affair. Ile was the one that was looked to for inaugurating changes and making improvements, but the result has been far otherwise from what was expected. He himself regards his labours with complacency, anl advises the people of England to rest and be thankful. It would seem that the good townsmen of Leeds have taken his advice a little too literally, and not relished the alterations he proposed to them. Whatever may be the prevailing tone of the new house, there can be no doubt that the . days of " the higgery " are numbered. It has run its race, and terminated in defeat and disaster. There is nothing more antagonistic to the spirit of Englishmen than trickery and deceit, and these have been the prime movers, the active agents, the propelling powers, of the Whigs during this generation. It is time that professions without practice, and the love of place at the sacrifice of principle, be done away with. And, what with one thing and another, it seems as if the death-blow had been given, for the disastrous defeats of the party have of late been most significant. The Lord Chancellor obtained much of his discredit by his devotion to Whig prac tices, and sanctioning the jobbery and corruption of placemongers ; and several other affairs of recent occurrence have tended to clear the popular distrust of the doctrines of the party, once the greatest in the State, but now out of repute, among the high minded of all classes of politicians. The returns of the Registrar-General are always full of curious information, from which the initiated may draw some inferences as to the social welfare and prosperity of the country. There is not only the bare fact of the state of the public health, or the increase of population, to consider, but the pre valence of epidemics, the number of marriages, the average age at death, and the different rate of mor tality in different districts, all tell their own tale to the social philosopher. The epidemic that has excited so much alarm in other parts of Europe has very littlehappilyt o do with these returns as yet, though in some parts o f th e ki ngdom outbreaks of and fever h ave s h own how very smallpox, measles, long it is before sanitary science can conquer igno rance and obstinacy. Hastings and Bath are not certainly to be classed among the overcrowded or unhealthy towns. Why, then, should they be visited with violent attacks of zymotic disease? Most likely there has been some neglect of ordinary precautions in such cases ; and bad water, imperfect drainage, have converted one or two cases of conta gious disease into a local epidemic. That town life, however inferior to country life is not necessarily unhealthy, is shown by the rate of mortality in different places. London, despite the crowding in some parts, is, thanks to sanitary measures, almost on a par with the averages of the kingdom, while Bris tol and Birmingham, two very different towns, one of which at least has every excuse of trade and ma- word of his policy. There is no defect like this to reckon up on the other side, and it was rendered all the more ignominious because the noble lord, with most mistaken judgment, evidently adapted his professions to suit the temper of his immediate audience, and went so far as to yield to the pressure of circumstances, and at last promirse to support measures that he evidently did not ap prove of. There can be no doubt that if Lord AMBERLEY had gone to canvas any other town he 1 1 11E.WSUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1865. nufacture for unhealthiness, are actually more - fiavourable than the average of the kingdom. But in contrast to these cities we have Liverpool with an annual death-rate of 31.25 per 1,000, Glasgow with 30.65, and Manchester with 29.31 per 1,000 The annual average throughout the country has been only 22.2 per 1,000 during the last ten years, so that these three cities fall very far short of the general rate of health. The local authorities would do well to examine a little more closely into the causes of this marked difference. If the mortality of London can be brought so near the average, and that of Birmingham is actually less, Liverpool and Glasgow can plead no excuse for their heavy death-rate. The marriages give, as usual some curious revelations of the whims and vagaries of the votaries of Hymen. The marriage of septuagenarians seems to be coming into fashion, 177 men and 242 women over threescore years and ten having undertaken the cares of wedded life ; in 14 of these cases the bride or bridegroom was over 80, and in one instance the gentleman was 92, and the lady had reached the suitable age of 81 ! Equally extravagant on the other hand are the mar riage of boys and girls under sixteen. And it is no great matter for national congratulation that so many absurd and unsuitable unions should have taken placelat both ends of the journey of life ! It is a curious fact for the readers of enigmas that the gloomy autumn season is by far themost frequently chosen for the splendours of wedding favours and the delights of bride cake. In opposition to the French theory of the English November, there are 15,000 more marriages in the December quarter than in the March quarter. This can hardly be explained by the favourite theory that the number of marriages shows the prosperity of the working classes, since the summer season of the year is far more favourable to employment. The births in the June quarter were 262,367, and it is another curious fact that they are generally more numerous in the first half of the year. The Registrar-General, with his army of figures, continues to enforce a good many morals, and the statesman reformer, the doctor, the philanthropist, and even the meterolo gist, will find a good deal to ponder over in his suggestive pages. The Surrender of the Stonewall• The following is the text of the correspondence between the United States Government and the Spanish Minister at Washington in reference to the Stonewall : MR. TASSARA TO ME. SEWARD. Washington, July 14, 1865. The undersigned, Minister Plenipotentiary of her Catholic Majesty, has the honour to bring to the knowledge of the honourable the Secretary of State, that agreeably to official communications which he has received from Madrid, the order has been given to the Captain-General of Cuba to deliver the war vessel Stonewall to the person whom the Government of the United States may commission, the due formalities intervening. In thus acting the Govern ment of her Majesty judges that the reasons adduced in the note of the 30th of May last aro not sufficient to found the right of revindication which that of the United States believes it has over the forementioned vessel. Animated, nevertheless, by the same noble and loyal sentiment which it has shown during the four years of the war happily ter minated in this country, it omits entering into a discussion without object, and the Stonewall is placed at the disposal of the Government of the United States. With reference to the security for the expenses to the commander of the Stone wall of $16,000, which sum having been considered as the sole and special cause of the surrender of the vessel, it is to be believed that the Government of the United States will not refuse to reimburse it ; it being understood, never theless, that this is not a condition for the delivery of the Stonewall, which delivery is and must be considered abso lutely unconditional. The undersigned avails himself of this occasion to reiterate to the hon. Secretary of State the as surance of his highest consideration. '.3r A Illt lEL G. TASSARA. To the ion. the Secretary of State of the United States. MR SEWARD TO MR. TASSARA. Dept - runt:Liu UI Wasuingtuzi, July 17, 1600, The undersigned Secretary,of State of the United States has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a note which was addressed to him on the 11th instant by Mr. Tassara, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Spain. In that note Mr. Tassara informs the undersigned that her Catholic Majesty has ordered that the armed steamer called the Stonewall, which has been the subject of previous corre spondence between the two countries, shall be delivered up to the Government of the United States, and that this deci sion has been made with a waiver of discussion upon the questien whether the demand of the United States for the surrender could be maintained upon strict principles of in ternational law. Mr.,Tassara has been pleased also to assure the undersigned that the surrender has been ordered on the ground of the mutual goodwill whichhasprevailedbetween the two countries during the period of the insurrection which has heretofore so greatly disturbed the relations of the United States with many of the foreign Powers. The undersigned is still further informed that while Spain will receive from ' the United States, as they heretofore offered to pay, an in demnity of 16,000 dollars, the amount of the expenses which the Captain-General of Cuba incurred in obtaining posses sion of the Stonewall, yet that the surrender is tendered without making it dependent on such reimbursement as a condition. Mr. Tassara's communication has been sub mitted to the President of the United States, and the un dersigned has now the pleasure to inform Mr. Tassarathat orders will be promptly given for the bringing away of the Stonewall from Havannah, and the reimbursement of the sum of 16,000 dollars to the Spanish Government. It only remains to be added that this Government appreciates equally the promptness, the liberality, and the courtesy which have marked the proceedings of her Catholic Ma jesty's Government on this interesting subject, and that the proceedings will have a strong tendency to confirm and per petuate the ancient and traditional friendship of the two nations. Tho undersigned avails himself on this occasion to offer Mr. Tassara renewed assurance of his highest consideration. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. To Senor Don Gabriel Garcia y Tassara, Minister Plenipotentiary, Ste. Gale's Gunpowder Experiments. Mr. Gale, the inventor of the impalpable powder which, being mixed with gunpowder, renders it non-explosive, is determined that his invention shall be made generally known ; and indeed it seems only necessary that its character and uses should be understood for it to be appreciated. He showed his experiments at Wimbledon, and has repeated them since before those in authority and interested in the manufacture and storing of gunpowder. We believe that we are right in saying the impal pable powder consists almost entirely of ground glass, and according as the powder is mixed with the gunpowder in large or small quantities so is its explosiveness diminished. On Saturday Mr. Gale went through a serious of tests and experiments on the lawn at Mr. W. Edgcombe Rendle's mansion, Torwood, Wimbledon Park. Amongst those pre sent were—Sir John Hay, Mr. Gilpin, M.P., Mr. Thomas Chambers, who was recently returned for Marylebone, Alderman Gabriel, D. 'Wilson, Esq., J. S. Scarborough, Esq., W. Irving Hare, Esq., Captain Connor, W. E. Rendle, Esq., and other gentlemen. Amongst many other tests four bowls were placed side by side, No. 1 containing an ounce of gun powder ; No. 2 an ounce of gunpowder and two of Gale's powder ; No. 3 an ounce of gunpowder and three of Gale's powder; No. 4 an ounce of gun powder and four of Gale's powder. A fuse was put in each and lighted ; of course No. 1 exploded instantly, No. 2 went off like a squib, in No. 3 there was scarcely any combustion, and No. 4 put the fusee out and ; refused to burn, although several ordinary cigar lights were placed in it. In another instance 21lb. of gunpowder was mixed with Gale's powder in a wooden box, in its centre was placed an ounce of gunpowder and covered with the mixed p g ui g w o pdt the w r e ; di ea a rm, m ea match ti the was as passed 7 exploded ilxoedde dpowithoutdownd e powders to i n o t to h hm e e l o on u ui n dn s c i te e a of ot _f p w e r a a s t o x o p l b o e d i e n d g , w I r i c h il e i o t purely mechanical, and not chemical, the gunpowder is not impaired in quality. Messrss. Gouverneur, Butler, and Eichelbrenner, a scientific trio, claim to have invented a process by which cheap and excellent gas can be produced from the dregs or mash remaining of apples or pears after the cider is ex pressed. The process is stated to be so simple that it can be performed in every household. Experiments on a large scale are now in progress, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA, ARRIVAL OF THE BELGIAN. (Via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, JULY 21 (Noon). The election at Richmond has resulted in the suc cess of the Secession ticket, Lee's paroled soldiers voting. The New Jersey Republican Convention have passed resolutions favouring the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. JULY 22 (Noon). Formidable Guerilla bands continue to infest the Teche district of Louisiana. The Provisional Governor of South Carolina has issued a Union Proclamation announcing the elec tion of a State Convention to meet on the 6th Nov. next. It is denied that Mr. Davis's health is bad. Gold, 1421. Exchange on London, 1544 ; Paris, 3664 ; Illi nois, 1281 ; Erie, 821 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 104. Cotton, middling upland, 48. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, JULY 30. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Oneida, with the Brazil mail, is to leave this port for Southampton at 6 p.m. to-day with 63 passen gers, 581 bales of cotton, 129 packages of ipecacu anha, 152 barrels of tapioca, 50 bales of wool, 250 rolls of tobacco, and £14,881 in specie. The Douro, with the outward mail of the 10th July, arrived at St. Vincent on the 20th, and was to sail for Brazil at noon on the 21st inst. CAPTURE OF TASOHIOND BY THE RUSSIANS. ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 31. ' The Invalide Russe of to-day announces that, on the 28th June, General Ychernajew captured Taschkend. The Russians lost 25 killed and 88 wounded. The occupation of that town is, however, only provision Al. The Guild of Literature and Art. INAUGURATION OF ITS INSTITUTION. Fourteen years ago there was set on foot the pro ject of a Guild or Brotherhood of Literature and Art, the two principal promoters of the enter prise being Sir Bulwer Lytton and Mr. Charles Dickens. With the particulars of its original foun dation, almost every one who is in any way interested in the history and the fortunes of the cultivators of Literature and Art in this country, is already tole- rably well acquainted. A few particulars in regard to the records of the Guild will here suffice at any rate to recall the salient facts of those same records to the recollection of the generality. For the establishment of this Guild, the means taken to raise the necessary funds were of the very simplest character. [Sir Edward Lytton gave some acres of land on his estate near Stevenage, in llertfordshire, as a site for a proposed Guild Institution. Besides which, the Right Hon. Baronet wrote, expressly in furtherance of the pecuniary interests of the Guild, a five-act drama, entitled, " Not so Bad as We Seem, or Many Sides to a Character." A drama that, not withstanding the good-humoured pleasantry—one that the dramatist himself must surely have been fain not only to have forgiven but even to have laughed at (if it ever came to his knowledge)— with which it was spoken of by a famous wit long since dead and gone, namely, to the effect that— " Not So Bad As We Seem is not so good as we expected !"--ran a radiant career first of all in the metropolis and afterwards through out the provinces, acted as it was by a dra matic company comprising among its members many literary men and artists of distinguished re putation. The profits derived from the representa tion of this play, were intended from the outset to be devoted, with such subscriptions as might be re ceived from professional and honorary members, to the erection and endowment of " the Guild Institution," which was designed to consist of several residences to be occupied by members elected on the foundation. The objects of the proposed Guild as stated in one of the original prospectuses were, briefly, these—To encourage life and annuity assurance among its members on more favour able terms than such insurers could obtain without its aid ; to assist its members in temporary distress to pay their premiums when they become due ; to establish a provident sickness fund ; to endow an institution which shall have at its disposal certain re sidences and annuities, to which only members and (as to annuities only) the widows of members Ethan be eligible to be elected, which shall not be an in stitution of an eleemosynary character, but with which some popular service shall be associated, and from which the public shall derive some educational advantages. Towards the furtherance of this gene rous design, and by the means already related, a fund of some Four Thousand Pounds was collected together, chiefly through the performance of Sir Bulwer Lytton's brilliant Gift Comedy, exquisitely performed, as that Comedy was, to crowded houses throughout the country by Mr. Charles Dickens and his Amateur Company of Comedians. The acting and publishing copyright of the play was, we aro informed, afterwards sold to Mr. B. Webster and others, thereby producing a supple mentary £550 sterling. In addition to these sums, the Queen and the late Prince Consort sent a dona tion of £l5O. Mr. Charles Dickens gave fifty guineas, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton promised two acres of land on his estate at Stevenage, in Hertfordshire, and the then Mayor of Manchester (the town in which some of the most profitable performances were given), Sir Charles Eastlake, Mr. J. W. Gilbert, Mr. Henry Hallam, Lady Chantrey, Sir William Hamilton, the Mayor of Liverpool, " Barry Corn wall," Miss Martineau, Sir Fitzroy and Lady Kelly, Samuel Rogers, together with about 50 other ladies and gentlemen sent other large and small subscrip tionx and donations. Before anything could be done, however, with the four thousand pounds thus collected to carry out the design of Mr. Charles Dickens and his friends, it was found necessary to get the legal sanction of a charter. When the char ter was obtained another difficulty arose. It was found that the bye-laws, prepared under what ap peared to be the best legal and professional advice, compelled the council to leave the Guild Institution Fund—the four thousand pounds—untouched for a period of not less than seven years, so that they could, after all, only invest this money in Consols, and quietly bide their time! The investment was made at an unfavourable period, when the Three per Cents. stood at a considerable premium, the interest on the original capital being in consequence partially lost when the day came for selling out and Consols stood at a considerable dis count. During this seven years' trance the apathy of the literary and artistic class was not the only thing which the promoters of the Guild had to contend against. The usual amiability and thoughtless jocu larity of the literary profession were exercised to in vent stories to account for the presumed disappear ance of the £4,000 sterling, and the severest critics were those who had taken no share in the labour of getting this sum together. The seven years expired at last in 1861, and the critics and opposition cliques found that the money had neither been fraudulently nor unwisely squandered, but had been merely para lysed by the perverse operation of the law. At length, after the lapse of all these years, during which inter val the generous scheme of the original projectors of the Guild has been lying thus compulsorily in abeyance, the task—never once abandoned by them as hopeless, but simply laid aside— has been brought to a happy comple tion! The Guild Institution has been actually built, and built too at once substantially and pic turesquely. Three handsome residences in the Gothic style have been erected on the allotted ground, the structure fronting the high road, at the distance of about a quarter of a mile from the plea sant town of Stevenage. The situation is an ad mirable one. The site is elevated, and commands an extensive view of a fine country. Near to the residences are a number of curious tumuli close to each other, popularly known as the Seven Hills of Stevenage. Nearly three miles distant from this point, in a southerly direction, is situated Kneb worth, the seat of Sir Edward Lytton, the green woods of the Park bounding the undu lating corn-fields which intervene. The residences, designed by Mr. 11. A. Darbyshire, honorary architect to the Guild, are exceedingly picturesque in appearance, and are constructed with a due regard to the convenience and comfort of the occu pants. The building is approached by an ample carriage-sweep. The two end houses, which are larger than the centre one, are winged, with pointed gables, the windows of the apartments in the upper story being bayed. An open corridor, carried on arches resting on pillars, stretches from wing to wing, and the entrance to each dwelling is beneath this. Over the central door, the stone arch of which bears the inscription, " Institution of the Guild of Literature and Art, Anno Domini, 1865," there is a fine oval window. The building is of red brick, with stone draping% Each residence contains three sitting rooms, together with bed-rooms, dressing-rooms, and well-arranged offices. There are also spacious gardens, pleasantly bounded by fertile fields and green plantations. A roadside public-house and tea-garden, laid out with much care and taste, and furnished with something between a village skittleground and an American bowling-alley, has sprung up, it may here be remarked, nearly opposite the future homo of distressed men of learning and genius. To give this little tavern a yet stronger claim upon the custom of these said authors, artists, and their friends, it has been called (by permission of Mr. Charles Dickens) " Our Mutual Friend"--a capital title by the way for any good ale-house. On Saturday afternoon, the building being com pleted, the Vice-President of the Guild, Mr. Charles Dickens, accompanied by nearly thirty of that same literary and artistic Brotherhood, went down to inspect (and so far to invigorate) the Guild Institu tion—afterwards driving over to Knebworth,there to partake of the hospitality of the President of the Guild, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. The Flownr in the Morning Star, speaking of himself and his brothers who were thus assembled together on Saturday, writes as follows :—" We were men who were earning our living by the pursuit of literature, journalism, and art ; novel- FRANCE. BOURSE, July 29.—Two o'clock.—Speculators are principally occupied in looking forward to the approaching settlement. Monday being option day great efforts are made to " bear" the market that the premiums may be abandoned ; but these efforts are less successful than yesterday, and prices are much better maintained, and in many cases with a significant advance. Threes are in advance of 15c., at 67f. 47ic. Credit Motilier Shares had at one time an advance of llf. 25c.—at —at 730 f. They are now worth 725 f. The New City Bonds maintain a premium of 3f. Three o'clock.--The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 97 30 Do. end month — 3 por Cents. 67 571 Do. end month 67 521 Credit Mobilier 725 Do. end month Bank Shares 3800 Crodit Fonder — Italian Loan 65 Do. end month 64 92 RAIL Ditto Threes Ilexican Loan 46 25 Do. Bonds Russian Austrian pa nish Throes _ Limo Debt Deferred Rowan W.. YB. Cash. Acct. 833 75 ... 1045 Orleans Northern 843 75 - - 557 50 - - ... 275 - - - ... 412 50 - - ... 478 75 - - ... 181 25 - - ... 317 50 213 75 Lyons and Mediterranean. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian .. Lombard North of Spain .. Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Important Declaration of Bavaria, Saxony, and Hesse• Fns NKFORT-ON-THE-MA INE 7 July 28. In yesterday's sitting of the Federal Diet the representatives of Bavaria, Saxony, and llesse pre sented the following declaration : " When the Federal Assembly on the 7th of De cember, 1864, resolved to regard the execution in the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg as terminated, and to cede the possession and administration of those Duchies to the Go'vernments of Austria and Prussia, it was decidedly in the hope and expecta tion, frequently expressed, that the time had arrived when the Duchies should be restored to a regular status, recognised upon all sides as their right, and to independence under their own hereditary prince, and that the attainment of this object would be facilitated by that resolution. The Federal Assem lbly gave expression to this expectation by the reso lution of the 6th April. It has nevertheless not been realised, on account of frequentdifferences of opinion having arisen respecting the right of inheritance and the future relations of these countries to Prussia. It cannot, however, be concealed that a longer dura tion of the provisional state of things has the most prejudicial effects upon the Duchies themselves, as well as upon their relations with the German Con federation. In this respect it must particularly be pointed out that the constitutional activity of the legislature of the D uchies is at a standstill—that their voice in the Federal Diet is suspended, and that the Federal Contingents to be furnished by them have not been fixed. In this state of things it appears to be as judicious as it is right and politic to claim the co-operation of freely elected representatives of the countries whose weal or woe is at stake in order to settle the questions still in suspense. In this manner might be introduced and developed in so far as a general representation of both Duchies would be convoked, the most natural means to give security to the historical and inseparable connexion between the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein and protec tion to both—viz., the admission of Schleswig into the German Confederation. "At the same time a possibility would be pre sented for the Federal Assembly by renouncing its claims for compensation for the costs of the execu tion in Holstein and Lauenburg, and by participat ing in the war expenses incurred in Schleswig to re lieve the financial position of the Duchies from the burdens which weigh heavily upon them if they had to bear them alone. It has certainly, therefore, given real satisfaction to all German Governments to have seen it stated that negotiations have been carried on between the Governments of Austria and Prussia re specting the convocation of representatives of the Duchies. On the one hand the Federal Assembly have all the more reason to give this intention their approval and fullest consideration, since it promises itself a welcome and valuable basis for future dis cussions and resolutions from the m anifestations to be expected from these representatives, and on the other hand the hope is justifiable that the Govern ments of Austria and Prussia will not reject the above-mentioned views." Confident of this fact the Governments of Bavaria, Saxony, and Hesse, move,— " That the Federal Assembly resolve— "l. To ask the G overrunent of Austria and Prussia what steps they have taken or intend to take to bring about a solution of the still pending questions rela tive to the Duchies, especially whether they intend to convoke a general representation, elected by free votes, of the Duchy of Holstein in common with a similar representation of the Duchy of Schleswig to co-operate in the solution of these questions, and at what period this L'onvocation, to hasten which has been shown in the declarations to be most desirable, may be expected to take place. "2. To request the same Governments t take steps for the admission of the Duchy of Schleswig into the German Confederation. " 3. In this event, and as soon as the confident expectations expressed in the resolution of the Diet of the sth April last has been realised, to declare its readiness to renoUnce its claims to the compensation for the costs of execution in Holstein and Lauen burg, and participate in bearing the expenses of the war in Schleswig, either by the Diet in its entirety, bearing the expenses of the war, or by a propor tionate amount being assumed by those States of the Confederation who took no part in the war." The resolution was referred to the Committee on Holstein affairs to report thereon. ists, editors, leader-writers, and essayists ; here a special correspondent just returned from chronicling the Cornish tour of the Prince of Wales ; there a dramatic critic, wondering whether he shall get back to London in time to drop in at the Haymar ket opening ; next to him a favourite actor glory- ing in a well-earned holiday. Here was the veteran litterateur whose working life' has extended over can make it, when you please, at its brightest and fullest by peopling it with the creatures of his brilliant fancy. (Cheers.) Lot us all wish that there may be many more of them—the more there are the better we shall be, and—as he always excels himself—the better they will be. Now, ladies and gentlemen, pray listen to their praises and not to mine, and let them, and not me, propose his health. (Cheers.) The toast having received from all present an enthusiastic reception, Sir Edward briefly re turned thanks, at the close of his remarks suggesting that the young ladies and gentle men present, with all those who liked dancing, should adjourn to the gardens outside, where, he ex pressed a hope, they would find some amusement ! A hope realised to the full by a joyous concourse, who, until the sun went down, enjoyed al fresco quadrilles, waltzes, and Sir Roger de Coverlies in the green pleasaunce of a quaint old bowling green surrounded by walls of luxuriant holly-hedge --the music of the dance being performed by Mr. Godfrey's matchless band of the Grenadier Guards. And so ended—late on Saturday—the happy day passed at Knebworth by the two hundred partici pators in Sir Bulwer Lytton's hospitality. Mr. Charles Dickens and the rest of the founders of the Guild may now, surely, be regarded as hav ing done their part of the work, leaving thereby a substantial legacy to literature and art, which admits of almost any amount of expansion here- after. CANADA. QUEBEC, JULY 21. A petition to the Governor-General has been circulating through Canada asking an investigation regarding the statement of the Federal Consul- General at Detroit at the Convention respecting the Reciprocity Treaty. It is alleged that the Consul has, during his residence in Canada, been engaged in secret efforts to _.procure the annexation of that country to the United States. seventy years [Charles Knight] ; there the young men whose names are just becoming familiar to the public ; and there also were two of the great scenic artists [Grieve and Telbin] who so delightfully reproduce the views of other lands and bygone times upon our stage. Of the party were Messrs. Charles Dickens, John Forster, John Absolon, Alfred Austin, Sidney Blanchard, Charles Collins, Sterling Coyne, Peter Cunningham, Thos. Grieve, John Hollingshead, Charles Knight, George Clowes, Percy Fitzgerald, Godfrey Turner, John Oxenford, Wm. Telbin, Benjamin Webster, W. H. Wills, and EdruundYates. Nearly all these gentlemen are mem bers of the Guild of Literature and Art—a society once profanely designated ' The Sleeping Beauty,' as, by some flaw in its charter, it was kept in a state of inaction for several years. This was the society for the benefit of which Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton wrote ' Not so Bad as we Seem,' a play whicii. was first performed at Devonshire House before the Queen, and afterwards throughout the country, by that celebrated band of amateurs amongst whom were to be found some of the gentlemen above- named, with Mark Lemon and Frank Stone, Augustus Egg and John Leech. The legally pre scribed period of inaction having expired, the Guild members are now at liberty to fulfil the excellent purpose for which they 'were incorporated, and they have commenced operations by building three houses on a piece of land generously presented to them by Sir Bulwer Lytton, situated between the little town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, and the donor's an cestral hooka° of Knebworth. The expedition on Saturday was for the purpose of inspecting these houses, which are just completed, and afterwards of proceeding to Knebworth, Sir Bulwer Lytton having invited the party to luncheon. " After inspecting the houses," adds the Fliineur, " the company drove off to Knebworth, where they received a cordial welcome from the owner, and where a large party of the county gentry had been invited to meet them. Sir Bulwer Lytton's hospitality," adds the writer, " certainly knew no distinction of party, for amongst his guests were the Earl and Countess Cowper and Lady Florence Cowper, the Right Hon. William Cowper, First Commissioner of Works, the Hon. Henry Cowper (Sir Bulwer Lytton's Liberal col league), together with Sir Minto Farquhar, Sir Drummond Wolff, Colonel Bulwer, Mr. Henry Bulwer, Mr. Loch, C. 8., Mr. Charles Kent, and a great many ladies," together with a large num ber of other guests, most of them connected with the principal families of Hertf ordshire. The visitors—including amongst them, thus, not only the members of the Guild, but representa tives of most of the chief families of the county—on arriving passed through the house on to the terrace, thence wandering through the gardens, which are laid out with exquisite taste, and aro so arranged that at every turn some new charm surprises the visitor. The principal apartments were subse quently visited, and after spending some time in looking at the pictures and articles of virtu with which they are filled, the company repaired to the grand old banquetting hall, draped with the ban ners of successive generations of the Lyttons, where a sumptuous luncheon was served. Large as:this;banqueting-hall of Knebworth is, it was hardly large enough to contain the crowd who pressed into it for the luncheon. Here--standing upon a chair at the upper end of the Hall, in the midst of the densely thronged assemblage—an as semblage amounting altogether to about two hun dred—Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton proposed, in the following graceful and eloquent terms, most grace fully and eloquently delivered, the toast of the day ! Ladies and Gentlemen, he said, Unaccustomed as I have beento public speaking, especially during the last four weeks —(laughter)—l rely upon your indulgence for the few words with which I shall preface the toast I am about to invite you to drink. borne amongst you may remember that this old hall was once turned into a stage for the performance of one of Ben Jonson's comedies, in which play several gentlemen of the county took parts, in company with a guest of mine hero present whose name is " household words" " all the year round." (Laughter and cheers.) It was on that oc casion that the idea was started of establishing a sort of literary guild or brotherhood, which might tend to bring scholars and artists, and men of letters, more familiarly toge ther, and secure to learning and genius, when bowed down by old ago or poverty, some modest independence and honourable refuge, attended not by ministerial pat ronage nor by the alms of the begging hat, but by the respectful sympathy of our own follow labourers. (Cheers.) Well, in order to get the necessary funds for the commencement of this scheme it was agreed that one of the party should.write a play, the faults of which were redeemed by the excellent acting and by the distinguished names of the artists and authors who performed it. Out of the profits of that play—so performed—we were enabled to erect that building which some amongst you may have seen in the neighbourhood of Stevenage, and which we flatter ourselves does honour to the artist who has planned it. (Cheers.) That building comprises three homes for artists, or scholars, or men of letters, modest in themselves, but still of a character that gentlemen may inhabit, and with each of those houses we are enabled to bestow a small but assured annuity. That building is now finished—Mr. Charles Dickens and other friends and members of the Guild have come down to-day to inspect it—(hear, hear) —and now I come to the toast which I wish to propose to you. I invite you to drink "Prosperity to the Guild of Literature and Art," coupling with the name of a man who has taken a most effective part in its formation, and whose visit to our county upon an occasion connected with that literature of which he is so resplendent an ornament is an honour to ourselves we must all greet, and an event we shall all remember—(cheers) —the name of a man whose writings aro equally the delight of the scholar and the arti zan, whose creations dwell in our hearts as familiarly and as fondly as if they were our own kinsfolk, and who has united unrivalled mastery over the laughter and the tears of millions with as gentle and as sweet a philosophy as ever made the passions move at the command of virtue. (Cheers.) Ladies and Gentlemen, I now invite you to drink " Prosperity to the Guild of Literature and Art," coupling with the name of our illustrious visitor and follow -countryman— Charles Dickens! (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with great cordiality. Mr. Charles Dickens, stepping immediately after wards on to the chair upon which Sir Bulwer Lytton had but a moment before been standing, then responded to that Toast as follow : Ladies and Gentlemen—lt was said by a very sagacious person, whose authority I am quite sure my friend of many years will not impugn, seeing that he was named Augustus Tomlinson, and was the guide, philosopher, and friend of Paul Clifford—it was said by that remarkable man, " Life is short, why should speeches be long ?" (laughter)—an aphorism so sensible under all circumstances, but particularly under these circumstances, with such de licious weather and such charming gardens near at hand, and the rather because my friend's remarks have been, as his speeches always are, quite exhaustive of the subject in hand, and not the least exhaustive of his audience. (A laugh.) In thanking you for the toast with which you have done me the honour—an honour I very much prize— of associating my name, allow me to correct an omission which my friend has fallen into, and to assure you of what his modesty prevented him from mentioning, that these houses in question would never have been built, could never have been built, but by his zealous and valuable co operation—(cheers) ; and also that the pleasant labour out of which they arose would certainly have lost one of its greatest charms and ono of its strongest impulses if it had lost his over ready sympathy with that class in which he has risen to the foremost rank, and of which ho is the highest ornament. (Cheers.) Having said this much as simply due to my friend, I can only say on behalf of ray associates that the ladies and gentlemen whom we shall invite to occupy these houses will never be placed in them as being under any social disadvantage. They will bo invited to accept them as artists receiving a mark of respect and an assurance of high consideration from some of their fellow-workers. They will be invited to occupy them as artists who, we hope, will often exercise their calling within those wal ls for the general advantage, and they will also claim on equal terms the hospitality of your generous and hospitable neighbour. Having thanked you on behalf of my brothers and sisters—for ladies be come members of the Guild—and myself, lam sure I may take the liberty of giving utterance to your feelings not less than to my own in proposing health, long life, and prosperity to our distinguished host. (Cheers.) You all 1 know very well that when the life and beauty no w overfl ow ing this hall shall have passed out of exist ence, crowds of people, not yet born, will come here to see where he lived and wrote ! (Cheers.) Setting aside the orator and statesman--for, happily, we know no party here but this agreeable party—(laughter)—you know very well that he is a very great man—whose connexion with Hort forlhire every other county in England will envy for many a long year to come. (Cheers.) You know very well that when this hall is at its darkest and emptiest, Ton THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The following telegrams have been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) from R. A. Glass, Esq., managing director of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company : ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN, Saturday Morning, 10.45 a.m. 650 miles of cable were paid out at 6.50 a.m. to-day. The distance run at 8.50 a.m. was 600 miles. The signals are perfect. VALENTIA, Saturday. Accident to cable. Cause unknown. Total loss of insulation. No information from or communication with Great Eastern. 700 miles payed out at 1.50 p.m. to-day. VALENTIA, Sunday. All is going on well. The fault was removed at 1.50 a.m. The insulation is perfect. ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN, Sunday, 4.15 a.m. 750 miles payed out. 650 miles run by Great Eastern. Continuity perfect. Insulation perfect. All going ou well. GREAT NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. The screw steamer Parana, from Monte Video, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, with news to the 24th. The Paraguayans had invaded Brazils, with 700 men, and had taken Borja. On the 15th General Pannero was 15 leagues beyond Esquina. On the 11th the Paraguayans attacked the Brazilian fleet near Corrientes, with a force of eight steamers and six gun-boats, mounting 68 and 80 pounder guns, with the assistance of a battery of rifled guns and 2,000 men. The engagement lasted about nine hours, and resulted in the loss, on the part of the Paraguayans, of the admiral, who was killed, 1,700 officers and men killed, wounded, or missing, four steamers, and six gun-boats ; and on the part of the Brazilians, of 300 officers and men, and one steamer. General Flores was to march on the day after the steamer left. Was Mr. Mowatt's Companion Lord Clyde / Apropos of the companion referred to by Mr. Mowatt as now dead, and who, a contemporary stated, was buried in Westminster Abbey, the fol lowing communication, signed with the initials " J. C.," and dated the 27th inst., has been ad dressed to The Times : " I happen to be acquainted with some of the particulars connected with the case which brought Mr. FranCis Mowatt before a coroner's court, and it appears to me that Mr. Mowatt has done himself injustice by with holding, from mistaken delicacy, a name which, in my opinion, would have set the affair in its proper light. In June, 1862, Mr. Mowatt, with a companion, visited Paris. That companion was,the late Lord Clyde. Walking one day along the streets, they saw the young lady described in the evidence sobbing and shedding tears. The well-known chivalry of Lord Clyde was forthwith excited, he insisted on giving her the pecuniary assistance she wanted, and Mr. Mowatt joined in it. This happened in June, 1862. The young lady made another appeal to them, desiring their assistance in order to enable her to go to Brazil where she intended to set up as a dressmaker. They again as sisted her, Lord Clyde, as the wealthier man, always con tributing the larger share. When in Brazil she wrote letters of thanks both to Lord Clyde and to Mr. Mowatt. She returned from Brazil in March last, on her way to the south of France, and returned thence, as stated in the evi dence, to this country. Mr. Mowatt saw her on both her visits to this country, and assisted her in getting lodgings. Neither Lord Clyde nor Mr. Mowatt saw the young lady at any time in Paris except in the presence of each other, and Mr. Mowatt for himself declares that he never saw her in London except openly and in the presence of a third party. There seems to have been just as little reason for with holding the name of the French Consul as that of Lord Clyde, for among the papers of the deceased there existed a bundle of his lettere with his proper signature. A na tural desire to concial her mishap from strangers produced the concealment, or rather the removal of the foetus and of the stained clothes. The, coronet.' seems to me to have made a muddle of the whole affair by giving it an air of mystery. Had Lord Clyde been living ho would have made an open avowal, and, conformably to his well-known character, prided himself on succouring a distressed damsel. "July 27." Our contemporary the Observer hereupon very judiciously remarks :—" It would be more satisfac tory to the public than it now is if the writer of this letter had given his name, more especially as his communication involves such a distinguished mau as the late Lord Clyde." -_-_-_-__ THE RISE IN THE PRICE OF MEAT, of which house keepers are beginning to complain so bitterly, though exaggerated by popular annoyance, appears, says a weekly contemporary, to be real, and promises to become worse. So far as wo can ascertain, the general rise has been about 50 per cent., an average leg of mutton which ten years ago cost 7d. a pound, now costing loid., while the special rise, that upon meat exclusively purchased by the rich, is a little more severe. Lamb now costs in West London from 17d. to 18d. a pound, and the best bits of beef from 14d. to 16d., an advance of at least 70 per cent. upon what experienced housekeepers regret as the old and ~ proper" rates. ROBBERY ON GOODWOOD RACECOURSE. The races at Goodwood this year were brought to a close on Friday a little before 6 o'clock, immediately after which the detachment of the A division of Metropolitan Police, which had been on duty during the four days' sport, left the course to return to town. The only police force then on the Downs consisted of a small body of the West Sus sex constabulary. This was taken advantage of by the swell mob. A row was got up in the betting enclosure at the side of Careless's refreshment-booth, which led to some interference by the West Sussex poi - rm., and eventually quiet was restored, and the mob moved oft. Their object then became apparent. Under cover of the disturbance the side of the booth had been cut through so as to enable a person from the outside to reach a place where it had been previously ascertained r.t tho bar that a cashbox had been placed to receive the "takings." The box had been re moved, and it was afterwards discovered in an adjoining closet, emptied of its contents, which were roughly esti mated at about £5O. A flock of butterflies, four miles long, passed over one of the inland towns of California recently, for the north.—American Paper. The farmers in the south of England are already crying out about the early swedes. The grub-worm is, it appears, making sad havoc amongst them, nearly 30 grub worms were taken from one root at Bittern, inHarephshire. The French Exhibition will remain open until the end of Aupst,