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Count BEL CREDI, chief of the new Ministry, remarks in the opening paragraph of this address that he has that day entered upon his office as Minister of State, and that he desires to point out at once to the various governors those items of the administra tive service to which he attaches particular impor tance. In order that there should be a good mutual understanding, he truly states that it is best to arrive at a definite conclusion as to what should be the ruling principles of action, and this is a very just interpretation of the duties incumbent on a Minister of State. The Count takes a most elevated view of the matter in giving out his instructions to the Governors, and trusts that they will assist him as much as lies in their power. He desires not only that legal authority be upheld, but that there should also be a free and independent development of forces, adding, " I can only consider it as one of the most blessed efforts of our time gradually to enlarge the circle of those affairs which are to be handed over to the self-administration of those whose interests are immediately concerned." This language is cer tainly something novel when we look upon it as proceeding from a Minister of Vienna ; but the feelings with which we regard it are those not only of surprise, but of satisfaction. Under this new regime we may expect a better and brighter state of affairs to supervene, and for the vexations and heartburnings that were inevitably arising hereto fore we may substitute goodwill and contentment among the numerous principalities and states de pendent on the will of the Emperor. The disas trous state of affairs in Prussia seems to have been productive of good toVienna, and out of that evilhas come good in some shape at least, and, therefore, this address becomes all the more significant at this juncture. It must be very mortifying to Herr Von BISMARCK and his coadjutors to find the different notions which animate the Government of their allies compared to those which find favour in their own eyes. Thus, for instance, Count BELCREDI advises the strict upholding of every branch of legal order, but also advocates the preservation of the good understanding between the Emperor and the people by " tact in their behaviour" towards independent bodies. This was most assuredly not the plan pursued _ in the recent transactions at Cologne, and the subsequent appeals m ade to other courts to the decision of the first one that judged the matter. Count BELCREDI is very decided in his remarks con cerning the pursuance of the difficult tasks that fall to the Governors in their maintenance of legal authority, and he is wise in this, because any mistake might be fatal in its effects at this critical juncture. He recognises neither a " liberal" nor an " illiberal " interpretation of the law, but only what actually relates to the spirit and text of the statutes. The political official is here truly informed that he cannot properly discharge his duty and fulfil his task by energetic action alone, but that it is imperatively necessary for him to pursue a judicious line of conduct. in truth, this is of quite as much consequence as the other, and it proves the sagacity of the Minister that he should lay such stress upon the matter. He urges the various Governors to use as much Care as they can in judging of the. actions of officials, and to employ just strictures in regarding their actions from these points of view. When we consider the incalculable evils that arise from the meddling manner and impertinent conduct of these Jacks-in office, dressed in a little brief authority, it is all the more consolatory to reflect upon the decided tone here adopted, in discussing this important matter. Too much stress cannot possibly be laid upon this point by all who are in authority, and Count BELcaEnt deserves the highest credit for his outspoken style and determined orders. It is quite impossible to mistake the purport of his orders and advice as here given ; the most unwilling must comprehend them, and the most prejudiced cannot twist them to suit the old style of things. The official is informed that he need not fall into " dead formalism" when he is in immediate verbal intercourse with the population, but that he should " form his views out of and according to life, and thereby secure to official action a true result, which is certainly not to be found in settle ment by means of documents and figures." This is a most masterly exposition of the true Position and real duties of these individuals; and a statesmanlike character is imparted to a career that has hitherto been far too narrow and exclusive, and founded on principles calculated to exercise the worst effects upon those who were governed by them. Scrupulous and careful manage ment of State property is here duly insisted on, and the present time is considered especially critical for the right performance of these important functions. One of the most interesting paragraphs here met with is that which relates to the Press, and there can be no mistaking the liberality of the sentiments which animate it. The officials are here informed that they must regard free expression of opinion by the press, if guided by truth, as a " valuable bless ing," and also that " subjective considerations are to beset aside, and the judicial power is only to be appealed to to give full effect to the laws, when an objective decision of the case appears worthy of punishment." This excellent circular concludes by advocating the necessity that exists for the strictest impartiality being employed in the course pursued towards those provinces where several nationalities are included. In all respects, it may be considered, that Count BELCREDI has issued a notification that reflects the highest honour upon himself, and augur well for the interests of the country he is now serv ing in the high and influential position of Chief Minister. On Wednesday evening an interesting meeting was held at the Working Men's College in Great Ormond-street, with the view of congratulating Mr. HUGHES, the new member for Lambeth, upon his election. The circumstances of that election were certainly especially gratifying to Mr. HUGHES and his friends. Mr. HUGHES was, of course, well known to the public by his writings, in which he was always the exponent of Liberal principles, but he had never come prominently forward as a poli tician by profession, yet he was selected by the men of Lambeth, by a large majority, as their re prese tative in Parliament, for it was felt that his genial sympathies, his outspoken manliness of character, and his straight forward Liberalism were better securities for his faithful advocacy of their rights than years of Parliamentary experience. So the author of " Tom Brown's School Days" was sent to the very busy school at St. Stephen's, where men learn much if they teach little, and his sup➢orters have an nounced their intention of defraying the expenses of his election by subscription among themselves. Mr. HUGHES has always been a warm advocate of the education of working men, and was one of the founders of this very college. In his address on Wednesday evening, he remarked that "It was now wrought into him as a conviction, and as a thing of which he was as certain as he was of life, that the men who were engaged in the hard work of manual labour were as capable of the highest cultivation as the students of any college or university." This may be taking the extreme view of the case, as it is manifest that such men must have other demands upon their time and energies ; but if they are unable or unwilling to compete with the man who passes his life among his bookshelves that is no reason why they should not cultivate their faculties to the highest extent possible in their limited hours of leisure. All honour is due to the man who, exhausted by long hours of manual labour, prefers to spend his evenings at the college or the institute rather than at the public-house. It is now many years since this college was established, but the large attendance in the lecture-hall on Wed nesday proved that it has by no means lost its hold on the popular regard. The chief speakers on the occasion were Mr. HUGHES himself and Mr. LAYARD, both of whom were a little more radical in their sentiments, and a little more inclined to flatter the working men as a class than they would probably be in a different assembly. It is surprising how plainly such gentlemen can see the errors of other friends of the masses, but they are not always in fallible in their own dealings with them. However, the meeting on Wednesday passed off with great eclat, and it must be gratifying to the working men of the country to think they have at last a plain spoken, staunch upholder of their views and wishes within the walls of Parliament. The spread of the cattle plague in the metro polis is a matter of very great and pressing im portance. For a long while past the high price of meat has been the subject of general observa tion and complaint, while the scarcity of fodder last year, owing to the dryness of the season, greatly affected all dairy produce. Just as a more rainy spring and genial summer had given rise to the hope of some abatement in the extortionate demands, we are startled by learning that an epi demic is decimating the cowhouses, and that, not withstanding care and caution, it continues to spread to an alarming extent. At the weekly meeting of the vestry of St. Marylebone, yesterday, Dr. WHITMORE, the medical officer of health of the parish, presented a very valuable and interesting report of the result of his investigations throughout the district. The local authorities have good cause to examine the affair, as Marylebone has been one of the scenes of its chief ravages. Dr. WHITMORE is of opinion that it is imperative that prompt, complete, and strin gent precautionary measures should be taken to check the progress of the disease, which, he says, has made great ravages, and is likely to continue for some time. The statistics which he furnishes certainly exhibit a startling state of things. In October last the number of licensed cowhouses in Marylebone was 70 ; it is now reduced to 60, of which 49 have been personally visited by Dr. WHIT MORE. These 60 cowhouses contained 1,028 cows, showing a deficiency of 286 on the usual number. The actual number of cowhouses in which the disease had shown itself was only seven ; but the statistics show how rapidly the infection spreads when once it has broken out. In one the number usually kept was 90 ; five animals died on the premises, between thirty and forty were sent away with the malady, and seven or eight of the others were now infected. In a smaller cowhouse only five cows out of 24 escaped infection. In this case the outbreak was traced to a healthy-looking cow, bought at the Islington market, but the owner had also bought two Dutch cows about the same time. So rapidly had the disease spread that the owner estimates his loss at £5OO. In a third in stance a stock of 70 to 80 cows has been reduced to 16, and this owner is strongly of opinionforeign cattle. that D t h r e . infection was introd uce d by WiiiimOßE had learned from one of the proprietors that in May last a large number of Russian and Hungarian cattle were sent to this country, and sold at the port at which they were shipped at 2id. per lb., and that most of these animals were subsequently believed to have been infected. This, if true, is powerful confirmatory evidence of the necessity of establishing some system of inspection of foreign cattle on their arrival in this country. w tr as y. Dr. WHITMORE is of opinion that the disease imported, since he found that in no instance had it attacked cows in those cowhouses which had not been replenished from the London markets. Dr. WHITMORE expressed his anxiety as to . the effect of the disease upon the supply of milk, and it is satisfactory to know that none of the persons attending on the animals ME SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1E165. have been affected. The crowded state of some of LATEST INTELLIGENCE the cowhouses, and their neighbourhood to over (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) populated courts and alleys, cannot be conducive to the health of a number of persons, and it may very much be questioned whether any cowhouses should be allowed in populous neighbourhoods, now that there are so many facilities for rapid communica tion and cheap transit. The report of Dr. WHIT MORE was received with great attention, and it was wisely decided to send a copy forthwith to the Sec retary of State, who, we hope, will lose no time in taking active measures. Meanwhile those cow keepers who have as yet escaped should be careful how they make any fresh purchases. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The announcement of an accident to the cable which was telegraphed from Valentia at mid-day on Wednesday, coupled with the long silence since then, and other collateral circumstances, if pos sible, still more grave, all justify the fears which are now entertained as to the present success of this great undertaking. Up to mid-day on Wednesday the signals received were singulary distinct, and the insulation as nearly perfect as electrical insulation ever can be. At that time the Great Eastern was in 51 deg. north latitude, and 39 deg. west longi tude—a position which reference to the map will show was very nearly two-thirds of the way to.'New foundland. She was then in the deepest water of the whole route-2,400 fathoms, or a little over 2f miles, with a soft oozy bottom of mud on which to lay the rope. It was at this time the signals to Valentiabecame unintelligible, and gradually ceased, leaving no communication between Ireland and the ship. Since that time no signals have been sent out and none have been received home, but in their stead the cable has given warnings of the most ominous kind—either that it has totally severed from the great ship, or else is lying in such an injured state at the bottom of the Atlantic as to be virtually destroyed for telegraphic purposes, unless it can be hauled in again from its ocean depth on board the Great Eastern, the fault found, the piece cut out, and a new splice made. How the accident has arisen, whether the end has been buoyed, whether it has been broken, and the cable staff are now trying to recover it, none know. All surmises on these points are matters of vague conjecture. As far as reasonable probabili ties can lead to the formation of opinions; it is gene rally considered by . plectricians as tolerably certain, first, that the fault was not caused by stress of . weather; and secondly, that it occurred after the rope had left the ship. Bad weather seems out of the question, for the reason that the amount of slack_ mid out has been so small and so uniform through out the whole voyage. It is true that during the last 100 miles run it seems to have slightly in creased, but not more than might have been ex pected from the increasing depth of water. The instruments used at the Valentia end are of such exquisite delicacy, also, that they even show by deflection of the needle when the Great Eastern rolls, and this so distinctly that special alterations had to be made in the code of signals to obviate this possible source of confusion. Yet, up to the cessation of signals, the needles always indicated that the great ship had been very steady indeed. That the disaster occurred after the cable left the vessel is evident from the fact that it was unknown to those on board, who were sending their messages as usual when their messages became unintelligible at Valentia, and at last ceased entirely. Yesterday it was stated that the tests applied to the line from Valentia gave " dead earth," or in other words a total loss of continuity and insulation—a severed cable, in fact. We give this statement, however, merely as a rumour, though we fear it must be re garded as having a great deal of truth in it, from the fact of its being nearly corroborated, on the very best authority, by the announcement that during part of yesterday " earth currents " were coming through the cable to the instruments at Valentia. The presence of these earth currents in the wire means either that the cable has parted, or that there is a considerable piece of its copper conductor ex posed, and in communication with the earth or water. In each case, of course, this is a fatal fault. It was sought to allay alarm yesterday by advancing the theory that the cable was influenced by the curious electrical storm known as " deflections," which pass from east to west, and which sometimes affect both land and submarine lines most exten sively. One of these " deflection " storms was certainly present yesterday, as a telegram from Valentia stated that the working condition of the land line in the South of Ireland was "much impeded by strong deflections." This supposition, however, in the face of the known loss of communication with the great ship, was counted as of little worth, and the best test of the feeling of despondency which existed may be found in the fact that though hitherto it has been always easy to insure cable shares at 25 per cent. premium, as much as 60 per cent. premium offered yesterday found no takers at Lloyd's. With regard to the chances of recovering the in- CHINA AND JAPAN. STIANGHAE, JUNE 22. Advices received here from Pekin announce that fresh edicts published in that city show that Prince Kung had not entirely recovered from his late dis grace. San Kollinson has been killed in an engagement with the Nieufei rebels. Zsengknofen succeeds him. Burgevine has been captured near-Amoy, while attempting to join the rebels. He is detained pri soner by the Viceroy at Foochow. The silk and tea trade have opened briskly at Shanghae and Foochow. Intelligence from Japan announces that com mercial affairs are progressing satisfactorily. The Tycoon had determined to attack Prince Nagato, and had reviewed 10,000 troops. It was rumoured that Prince Satsuma intended to join Nagato. The French Government steamer Echo has been lost near Point Romania. The crew were saved. EGYPT. ALEXADNRIA, AUG. 3. The Viceroy of Egypt arrived here this morning. After having received some official visits his High ness left for Cairo direct, at 11 o'clock. MADRID, AUG. 3. The Marquis of Molins and Prince Anglona have been appointed Spanish Ministers, the former at the Court of London and the latter at Vienna. The Epoca asserts that orders have been trans mitted to General Gandara to declare war against Santo Domingo. This news is considered very doubtful. jured part and repairing it, it is almost impossible to speculate. At the depth of water in which the Great Eastern now is, hauling up three miles of rope would, under the most favourable circumstances, be a slow and most precarious undertaking. Carried on with all the care which such an operation would require, it could hardly be recovered at the rate of more than a quarter of a mile an hour, while the slightest wind or rough sea would at once put an end to it, and the rope would have to be buoyed and cut adrift to avoid the, certainty of its breaking if it continued fast to the great ship. For such eventualities the Great Eastern is amply provided. She has many buoys on board equal altogether to a weight of 50 tons, and she has at least four or five miles of powerful wire buoy-ropes which can support all that the buoys themselves can float. This effort to buoy, however, will not be resorted to till the last extremity, as, apart from the special dangers of such an expedient, the greatest of all is the extreme uncertainty of ever finding the buoy again when once cast loose in the middle of the Atlantic. If the Great Eastern is making a successful effort to haul in the cable and repair it, a clear renewal of signals may be looked for at latest within a couple of days. If, on the con trary, that time should pass by without the cable giving any signs of life, we fear the case must be considered hopeless as far as regards success this year. THE BOMBAY MAILS. MARSEILLES, AUG. 3. The Euxine, with the above mails, arrived here at noon to-day. The mails leave for London at 5 p.m. The ship will be in quarantine until . Saturday morning, but will start on her regular turn that day from the quarantine harbour. The Great Eastern left with about 2,350 knots of cable on board, of which, up to the time of the aecident, 1,200 miles, or about one-half, had been laid. It is known, from the rate of paying out and the distance run, that there must have been at least 250 miles still in the forward tank when the fault arose. The break was evidently, therefore, not caused by passing the rope from the forward tank to that amidships which contains 870 miles of wire. Supposing, then, that the worst has happened, and the cable is broken, at least 400 if not 500 miles may be still recovered by underrunning and hauling it in from the shore end at Valentia. This would leave a deficit of 700 or 800 miles necessary to be supplied before again commencing the work—not a very great amount, certainly, considering what is at stake, but quite enough to put an end to any chance of the attempt being renewed before next year. Of course, all that we have now stated is mere conjec ture, based upon the most reliable information. In a day or Boat most the public will be able with cer tainty to judge for themselves, for if, as we have said, at the end of that time there are still no sig nals, they will need none to tell them how total and irremediable has been the third failure to lay a tele graph under one seas in th e ofthe deepest, world. pest,and certainly one of the RAM SALE ON THE SANDRINGHAM ESTATE.— An important sale of long-woolled shearling rams, trracaent on f the ea n P e r i s d n a c y e . of T h W er a e les was 's the property o f, an d b red by, Mr. Charles Bradfie l d, the B a al i g n r g e l a e t y im F p a r r e n v l , e in took place on Wednesday. There was a great improvement manifest in the rams, they blending increased sub stance with good fleece, fine heavy wool, and excellent symmetry of shape. A large number of flockmasters at tended from various parts of Norfolk and elsewhere, and after a luncheon, at which " the health of the Prince and Princess of Wales, in the character of landlord and land lady," was enthusiastically drunk Mr. E. Beek commenced business in a ring surrounded by a large number of in tending buyers. The 50 shearlings realised £382. The first ten averaged £6 10s. Gd. each. The prices of the other p,uimalgi gold from £l7 St. to about £5. FRANCE, BOURSE, Aug. 3.—Three o'clock.—The last quotations were as follows :- 41 per Cents 97 25 Ditto Threes — Do. end month — Mexican Loan 47 25 3 per Cents. 6B , Do. Bonds Do. end month 67 97 Russian — Credit Mobilier ... 760 Austrian Do. end month ... 745 Spanish Threes Bank Shares 3600 Home Debt Credit Foneier Deferred Italian Loan 64 85 Roman — Do. end month 65 Amt. 842 50 1062 50 851 25 542 50 522 50 - ... 275 - - - ... 410 - ... 478 75 ... 186 25 ... 318 75 - - ~. 220 - LITERATURE. Can You Forgive Herr By Anthony Trollope. No. XX. Chapman and Hall. A happy ending has been here brought to Mr. Anthony Trollope's last serial story in two volumes. Alice Vavasor not. only can be Forgiven, but is Forgiven, by the reader, and even by the Countess Macleod and the Marchioness of Midlothian. John Grey will never acknowledge to having had any thing to Forgive Her ! The one only one who can't forgive her—quite—is—herself ! A Vavasor she is now no longer, at least in name—Alice being, at the end of the tale, wife of John Grey, of Nether coats, Esq., ALP. for Silverbriclge. This, however, is by no means the only remarkable circumstance recounted in this final number of the last cow - pleted novel by Anthony-Trollope. The Lady Glen cora has had it " made all right" for her by the appa rition of her own " bonny boy," heir to the estates and titles of his high and mighty grace the Duke of Omnium ! Added to which Plantagenet Palliser is now the Right Hon. Plantagenet Palliser, M.P. for Barsetshire, and—Chancellor of the Exchequer ! Mrs. Greenow is Mrs. Greenow no longer, having doffed the weeds for orange blossoms, as the middle-aged bride of Captain Bellfield. Old Cheesy, otherwise Farmer Cheese acre, of Oileymead, has paired off at last with Charlie Fairstairs. And—most wonderful to relate of all—Mr. Bott, odious Mr. Bott, has taken to wife Mrs. Marsham, horrid old Mrs. Mar sham ! So ends the story, leaving a rather agree able remembrance of the heroine of the tale, and of her more immediate intimates, among theni first of all, of course, her husband, but, together with him a very pleasant recollection too of the change that has come over the lives, and fortunes, and affections of Mr. Palliser and his wife, Lady Glencora. It is worthy of note that the work altogether, but the second of the two:volumes, More especially, has been charmingly illustrated. ?he Month. The fourteenth number of The Month shows this youthful but already vigorous and flourishing maga zine to have assumed for itself a secure and con spicuous place among the ablest of its contempo raries. A novelist as gifted as the Lady Georgiana Fullerton continues still to contribute what may be called the literary piece de resistance to the monthly banquet of The Month—" Constance Sherwood." A charming story, that is now appearing, almost simultaneously, month by month, in a translated form, in the pages of Le Correspondant. Poets as graceful and accomplished as Aubrey de Vere and Denis Al' earthy adorn "The Month" (this Month of August) with new evidences of their melo dious gifts of song—the former of the two by a sonnet on ." Kirkstall Abbey," the latter by Eng lish versions of " Ancient Hymns for the Feasts of Irish Saints." Another, but this time an anonymous metrical contributor, celebrates in couplets, some of them not unworthy of the Rev. G. Crabbe, a theme that would have been after Crabbe's own heart, namely, " The Workhouse." Besides the foregoing, we have here, in this August number of " The Month," Part 11. of " The Daughters of the Due d'Ayen ;" an account of the position of " The Zouave in Mexico"—a rapid, occasionally, as it appears to us, a superficial criticism on " The Fine Arts at the Dublin Exhibition," by J. 11. Pollen, and together with these a very thoughtful and suggestive treatise on " Records considered as a Source of English History." When we have made niention of a paper on " Christian Antiquities in the East," and have remarked, moreover, upon its being followed by a variety of Literary Notices of a Miscellaneous Cha racter, we have summed up the whole of the con tents of The Month for AuguSt, a magazine almost as brilliant, certainly as solid, as the best among its shilling contemporaries. Le Correspondant. It is curious to note the diversity of the subjects selected for the themes of their respective effusions by the contributors to this current number of Le Correspondant. A.. de Pontmartin leading off with a biographico-critical sketch entitled "Une Edition Monumentale d'Alfred de Mus set, is followed by one of the Forty (V. de Laprade) in a scholarly paper, "Du Paysage chez les Poetes Latins." Monsigneur de la Bouillerie descants in a succession of rapid glances, sur " La Creation animee." An article, signed Foisset, and entitled "Un Religieux Dominicain" is, in point of fact, a criticism on E. Cartier's " Vie du R. P. Hyacinthe Besson." A. Chodzko discourse "De la Litterature Sacree chez les Slaves." Another of the Academic Forty, the Count de Came, enters philosophically into the consideration of that meeting of the two extremes =Universal Suffrage and the Dictatorship ! Augus tin Cochin celebrates befittingly the Abbe Perreyre. A. Mangin contributes a purely scientific, and P. Douhaire a discursive literary review. After which comes Leon Lavedan's epitome of " The Events of the Month," followed as usual by a timely and com prehensive " Bulletin Bibliographique." Bentley's Miscellany. A lengthened article on " Canada" will be read with much interest at this crisis in the fortunes of our North American possessions. Mrs. Alfred unster contributes a well-written account of the singular vicissitudes which befel Don Sebastian of Portugal, who, according to all appearances, ex changed a crown for the galleys through no fault of his own. A narrative of " Lion Hunting" in Algeria gives an exciting account of the dangers of the perilous sport. " The House of Seven Chim neys" by the Editor continues rapidly, and matters are coming to a crisis respecting the Prince's visit. Mr. Ainsworth does not adopt the generally received view of Charles's attachment to Henrietta Maria, since he describes him as devoted to the Spanish Infanta. Colburn's New Monthly. The opening paper in this number, on " A Modern Danish Epic," remarks that Scandinavian literature has, until lately, been an unknown world to Englishmen, but that its students have long been aware that Denmark has, within the two last de cades, produced one of the most remarkable poems of modern times. The poem which receives this high eulogium is the " Adam Homo" of Frederik Paludan-Muller, and the critic, in giving an outline of its contents and a description of its character, attempts to introduce it to a wider circle in this country. A letter to the editor, describing the dis covery of the remains of three guides who perished on Mont Blanc in 1820, will be read with interest after the recent mournful accident. Francis Jacox contributes another of his " Readings of Charac ter" on people who can't say no—a very large class. Cyrus Redding tells us the story of the varied life of John Clare, the poet, a melancholy history. " Gabrielle," an interesting little story from the French, is concluded in this part. " Idalia" is con tinued with interest, and Mrs. Bushby's very objec tionable story of " Woodbury" also proceeds at some length. British Army and Navy Review. "The Formation of Cavalry" discusses in a very proper spirit the manner at present in use in the formation of cavalry, and points out several im provements that might be made with advantage. The handling of the rear line is a point of critical importance, from its tendency to get into confusion itself, and so militate against the front rank. From the wonderful improvement in our artillery now the former use of cavalry is greatly superseded ; but still light and active brigades must always be found indispensable in a campaign, both for quick move ments and dashing charges, as well as guarding the rear in case of retreat. The article on " Camps" enters very clearly into the great benefit derived from associating the several arms of the service together, so as to familiarise them with what actually takes place when they may be suddenly called into active service. When they perform military manoeuvres in times of peace they become more at home to them in war, and consequently better soldiers. If there be no royal road to mathe matics, the surest way to victory is to be arrived at all points by a thorough knowledge of a soldier's duty. An officer may gain a battle by dint of good luck and the courage of his soldiers, but it requires RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian , Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman BANK OF FRANCE. -0- PARIS, AUG. 3. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account :-- July 27. fr. Capital of the Bank Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed pro- 182,500,000 - 7,044,77 G 02 DEBTOR. Aug. 8. fr. c. 182,500,000 7,041,776 02 22,105,750 .14 22,105,750 14 4,000,000 - 898,722,073 - perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 898,333,073 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 179,439,442 81 168,620,111 06 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 2,674,573 75 3,179,163 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 8,543,444 09 8,310,734 24 Total CREDITOR. Aug. 3. July 27. 493 250 c ,442 5 . 5 494,212, c. 341 33 fr. Cash Coßmr ma 17 t i e n crhc i banksha l a n b ill s a n o d v e i r * n due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 303;419,287 45 295,463,954, 23 Do. branch banks 325,716,323 315,512,794 Advances on deposit of bullion 60,701,323 25 60,587,155 15 Do. branch banks 12,155,554 12,294,154 Do. on French Public Securities 14,924,100 15,121,500 Do. by branch banks 10,470,900 10 7 364 7 200 . Do. on railway shares and debentures 81,078,900 31,060,200 D. branch banks 21,435,280 21,494,000 Do. on Credit Fancier 666,700 Bonds - 670,900 Do. branches - Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 60,000,000 60,000,000 -- 1857) Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 19 Do. disposable 6 1 557 1 487 91 Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage- - ment 637,426 02 471,510 66 Sundries Total 1,505,928,872 09 1,485,M8,011 20 Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The fol lowing gentlemen, having passed the necessary examina tion, received their diplomas in dental surgery, at a meeting of the Board, on the 2d instant—viz., Messrs. Henry Ezekiel Sewill, of Clifton-gardens, Maida-hill ; and Robert John Bell, of Cirencester-place, Regent's Park, COMMUNICATION WITH ,RAILWAY GUARDS.—CoI. Yollard, the Government Inspector of Railways, accompanied by J. Grierson, Esq., the general manager of the great Western Railway, inspected on Tuesday last, at' Paddington station, the railway passengers' safety signal, which has been fitted upon a train of the, company's car riages. Several distinct signals were given from a passen ger carriage to the guard's brake :—No. 1. An assault. No. 2. A violent assault. No. 3. Accident to the carriage or train. By means of this signal direct communication is made not only with the guard, informing him of the occur rence that has taken place, but also with the passengers in the next compartment. A sliding shutter opens a com munication, by which means a witness is at once obtained, and assistance is at hand in case of need. A disc or signal is also thrown out at the side of the carriage indicating the compartment ; this is illuminated at night by a bull's eyed lantern, and can be seen by the guard, and the porters at the next station, who would be in waiting, and attend to that carriage at once, so that it is impossible to make use of the signal without being detected. The action is very simple and perfect, and it has given great satisfac tion in working. After the inspection Mr. Grierson, the general manager, gave instructions for the carriages upon which it is fitted to be put upon the line ; and a trial trip to Windsor has since been made, and back to Paddington, with the utmost success, every signal being instantly acknowledged by the guard. It is somewhat singular that this signal was provisionally registered in July, 1864, the very month that Mr. Briggs met his untimely end. The inventors are Messrs. Barber, Bernard, and Co., of 68, Fleet-street. LONDON IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. — A very curious map of London of the above period has just been issued by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. As it is published at a very cheap price thousands will doubtless possess themselves of the curiosity. THE THEATRE COMPANY (LIMITED.) —Mr. J. 11. Mapleson, lessee and director of her Majesty's Theatre, says that the paragraph which has been put in circulation relative to the formation of a company for assuming The proprietorship both of Covent Garden and her Majesty's Theatre, under the management of Mr. Gye, must be a mistake, and adds :- -" I hold the lease of her Majesty's Theatre, many years of which are unexpired, and do not intend abandoning my post." greater skill to save his army in a hazardous and man in a humble sphere, is continued with interest. dispiriting retreat. That is the test of an officer's There are several papers in this number that well ability; the Crimean War proved too sadly the de- deserve:careful reading, such as "The Royal Town," ficiency of the British commanders for an active by Canon Miller ; " The Colporteur in Scotland," campaign, and will be memorable for bravery and " The Life and Times of Elijah," " The Family incompetency. " Scenes of Franco-Arab Life" are Life in Health and Disease," and a very instructive full of incident and adventure. " How Wellington and well-written essay by Dean Ramsay, "On our won his Peerage" the British soldier can best Duty to the Lower Animals," in which the Chris testify. " Our Mercantile Navy" deserves the tian virtues of mercy and kindness are strongly best consideration of our merchant princes, inculcated on points with which many persons seem for . if seamen are not properly provided for, to think they have no connection. how can they expect them to be attentive to their duty, careful of both ship and cargo. Master Mariner Captain Henry Toynbee has written a good pamphlet on the wants of our sailors, which we commend to the study of those who go down to the sea in ships of adventure. The United Service. " The Breakwater and Fortifications of Portland I Isle" is the first article, and it gives a full descrip tion of this remarkable locality, which now figures as one of our great naval and military defences. The break water was built as a harbour of refuge, for which it is admirably adapted. But it might have been made much more extensive by taking a mile more to the south, out of the bay. "It is the misfortune of all our public works that they are constructed on a cheese-paring principle. We seem to think that future times will never require any works of more capacity than suits our present paltry necessity. They manage these things better over' the water ; but John Bull only takes a shopkeeping view of public requirements, and hence he is always patching and mending, and at last he becomes ashamed of his own paltry doings. There is too much deference paid to the opinion of civil engi neers, who take a narrow view of matters beyond their comprehension." " Dockyard expenditure and Superintendents" deals with a sore subject, and " Tactical Studies for Camps of Instruction" is a clever article for the benefit of the young officer. " Oswald Hastings " continues his gallant career, and now rejoices in the twenty-eighth chapter. " Conquering armies and the secret of their suc cess" we recommend to the consideration of all who wish to become famous generals. " The late Ad miral Fitzroy" is a melancholy subject, very cre ditably handled. We trust the Government will do justice to his great merits by providing for his family. The " Mackay Gun" is ably discussed— indeed its merits seem now to be duly appreciated by all impartial judges, and promises to put the question of the best gun yet known completely at rest. To have full justice done to him, Mr. Mackay ought to have been now at the War-office, and nursed by the Horse Guards. His gun would then never miss fire. But patronage is too often cold and blind to national interests. This is, on the whole, a good number. The Cornhill Magazine. The Day of Rest. This little serial presents its usual table of con tents diversified in style, and calculated to attract the general reader. Some of the stories previously commenced are continued, and there are many articles on general subjects that impart a variety to its perusal. " Autobiography of an Italian Police officer" furnishes us with some curious revelations that are romantic and mysterious in the extreme. " Wives and Daughters" is continued at great length, and the various schemes are progressing. Mrs. Gibson goes for a visit to London, and the sense of freedom which Molly thereby experiences is very ably described. The absurd gentilities and awkward refinements that Mrs. Gibson introduced into the family rendered life very irksome to the lonely, old-fashioned doctor and his wife. Cynthia's mysterious acquaintance with Mr. Preston is still kept up. Molly is a very well-drawn character, and more natural than that of her affected, half-sister. " Armadale" is more developed in its present instal ment, and Miss Gwilt seems very likely to be dis covered in her " dodge" by the artful mauceuvres of Mrs. Milroy, aided and abetted by her dangerous serving-woman. Allan is as absurd as ever in his ways of going on, and Midwinter as myste rious. Neither showed their discernment to be very great, nor his taste very refined in admiring " Miss Gwilt." "To Hamburg and Back fora Shilling" is a sketch that affords an entertaining account of life in that locality. It is well observed at the conclusion of the article that " Hamburg then possesses interesting features of its own, it offers the spectacle of the mine of weakness being sagaciously worked by avarice," and so we may dismiss the subject with the brief verdict, " Players deserve to lose, but the bank does not deserve to - win." " Recollections of Crime and Criminals in China " will attract many by its curious relations and quaint anecdotes. A fearful tale is told of the murder of the Governor of Macao. Some of the schemes resorted to by the rebels were very ingenious ; they once caught a banker, and compelled him to sign cheques which his cashiers were induced to pay for fear of the con sequences of a refusal. " Dante" is the subject of an interesting sketch, which records his wrongs and sufferings. " Old Election Days in Ireland "is the title of 3, paper appropriate at this juncture. " Andrea Ferara" gives some details of the career of that individual, concerning whose antecedents there is some mystery. The opinion arrived at by the compiler of this sketch is that he was born in the year 1555, andbelongedto a family of armourers which had existed in Italy for two generations pre viously, and that the first took his name from the place of his nativity, the ducal city of Ferara. " Etna in Eruption" presents the reader with an in teresting sketch of that remarkable occurrence, which will be interesting to many. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences Has a paper on " The Atlantic Telegraph Cable," besides an article on " The Patent Law," and the usual list of patents and scientific notices. Miscellaneous Publications.—The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine is replete with information about Fashion, Dress, and Needlework. The tales, " The Heart's Errant" and " Petronilla's Fears," increase in interest. The Young Englishman is one of the cheapest and best publications issued to the public. Like the above it presents to its patrons a variety novelties in useful and ornamental needlework. The Boys' Magazine contains an excellent selection of articles of fact, fiction, and history; and The Boys' Monthly Magazine, although less in price, is a very good publication. The Gardener's Magazine will be found highly useful to every person who desires to grow even apot of mignonette. Chambers's Journal contains the first monthly instalment of the new tale, " The Clyffards of Clyff," which pro mises well. The publications of the firm of Cassell, Fetter, and Galpin maintain their acknowledged superiority. The 9th part of the library edition of Don Quixote, illustrated by Gustave Dore, is of more than ordinary excellence. The illustrated Shak spere, the Illustrated Gulliver, and the Popular Natural History, progress very satisfactorily. lc ! ',6*l:OP C Odin tioin HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Aug. 3. Her Majesty, attended by the Countess of Gains borough, drove out yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge, Lord A. Paget, and Major Teesdale, went on board the royal yacht Alberta yesterday afternoon, and were present at the Cowes Town Regatta in Cowes Roads. HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTURE FOR GERMANY.- The authorities of Woolwich Arsenal have issued orders that the public shall be admitted to witness the Queen's embarkation from the Royal Arsenal pier on Tuesday next, on being provided with tickets to be granted for that purpose. The royal train will arrive at the foot of the T pier in the arsenal, from Windsor, as at present ar ranged, at half-past five o'clock, when her Majesty will proceed down the river in the Alberta, and embark in the Victoria and Albert for Antwerp. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will leave town in the course of next week On a tour in Germany. His royal highness, in the first instance, will pay a visit to the Ducheis of Cambridge and Princess Mary at the duchess's chateau at Rumpenheim. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange has left Maurigy's Hotel for the Hague. His Royal Highness Prince Raspigliosi and two sons have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left town yesterday afternoon for Trentham, Staffordshire, to pass a few weeks before going to Scotland for the autumn. The Marquis of Abercorn, accompanied by the Ladies Alberta and Maud Hamilton, leave Chesterfield House to-day for Baron's Court, Ireland. The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith and family will leave their residence in Hamilton-place on Saturday next, for Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. The Earl and Countess of Howth have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Howth Castle, Ireland. The Earl of Wicklow has left his seat in Ireland for The Hyde, Essex, on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Disney. Viscount and Viscount Palmerston left town on Wednesday afternoon for Broadlands, Hants. The Dowager Lady Wenlock will leave town to day for Hawarden Castle, on a visit to Sir Stephen Glynne and the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone. Lord and Lady Conyers have arrived at their seat in Yorkshise. Major-General Sir Andrew. Scott Waugh and Lady Waugh have arrived, at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Sir William and Lady Brown have left the South Kensington Hotel, Queen's-gate-terrace, for Liverpool. • Yesterday the marriage of Lord Edward Caven dish, M.P., youngest son of the Duke of Devonshire, with the llon. Emma Lascelles, maid of honour to the Queen, daughter of the Lady Caroline Lascelles and the late Hon. William S. Lascelles, took place at St. Michael's Church, Chester-square. The Victoria Magazine. The civil and political status of the female sex is discussed in this magazine at some length, and since it goes back to the position of women under the Romans its readers ought to be duly impressed. It is from a work by an eminent French jurist, a man of letters an I politician, Professor Laboulaye, and therefore deserves notice as the expression of intel ligent continental opinion. A notice ofellr. Trol lope's History of the Commonwealth of Florence is favourable, and the Accidental Assurance Company is very warmly recommended. The two stories which have been going on for some months reappear as usual, but one of them, " The Warden of St. Briavel's," comes to an unregretted conclusion. The other, " Trouble at Thornhill," is as confused and entangled in its plot as ever, and shows no signs of coming to an end. " Written for my Daughter" is a new tale of very peculiar and not very attractive character. The Englishman's Magazine. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVEN TION OF CATTLE DISEASE has received information of various fresh outbreaks of the Russian cattle plague. The disease is raging in Warwickshire, and has been carried into Roxburghshire by foreign cattle purchased in the Metropolitan Cattle Market. The association is to convene a second public meeting for Monday evening next. • ACCIDENT ON MONTE ROSA.—A letter from Zer matt, dated Aug. 1, has been received, describing a fatal accident that occurred on Monte Rosa on Thursday, the 27th of July. Two young Englishmen, whose names are not given, two guides, and three porters were ascend ing the mountain, when, on what is called the Saddle, the whole party were swept away by an avalanche. The two gentlemen were rescued by the guides. One of the porters, when extricated from the snow, was insensible, and re covered with difficulty ; but the body of another of the porters was not found till the next day, buried six feet deep in the snow. The weather was very unfavourable to the ascent, but, fortunately, the party were not roped together. EXTRAORDINARY LETTER TO A JUDGE.—A short time since the judge of the Shoreditch County Court had to decide a case in which the plaintiff sought to recover the sum of 2d., the price of some stout, which he alleged was not fit for consumption. After a long investi gation the judge found for the defendant, the costs amount ing to XI. Two or three days ago the plaintiff wrote a most entertaining letter to the judge, inveighing in some what bitter terms against gin palaces and public-houses. offln H e e r s says,t h e ~f ollowingf yo u h hate amusing b s:i e g n g s n h i t s o p h o i s s t s H e o r i n p o t u h r e . in side a gin palace, put on an old coat and a battered hat, go and have three-halfpenny worth of gin, and then you will be able to judge of tho magnificence of these places, which are quite equal to Her Majesty's or the Italian Opera Houses." It is needless to say that his Honour has not availed himself of this suggestion. This magazine continues steadily, though it has not much to attract the readers of light literature. There are, however, solid articles, which are worth reading, such as " Plantains and Bananas," by Mr. Jackson, of the Kew Gardens, and " The Slavery of Civilisation," by H. Jones,M.A. " The Old Pagoda Tree" is the commencement of a story of Anglo-Indian life, and the second chapter of Byrlandesthorpe," the conclusion of an English tale. " The Akhoon of Swant," is a curious but in teresting page. The Diamond Steam Navigation Company's Cape screw steamer, Uitenhage, Captain B. B. Starks, so long overdue, arrived at Falmouth on Thursday morning• She left Cape Town June 9, St. Helena June 17, and has been delayed by losing her screw on June 23, in 0.46 N., and 15.27 W. ; from thence she has returned home under canvas. Her news is of course long forestalled. She brings 37 passengers, mails, one box of specie, 1,761 bales wool, 12 cases ostrich feathers, 109 tusks ivory, 1 case do., 3 cases coffee. THE CHOLERA.—TRIESTE, July 28.—News re ceived here from Symrna states that 168 persons, of whom 124 were Jews, died of cholera between the 13th And 20th of July. On the island of Cyprus the cholera proved fatal in from 40 to 50 cases daily. In Delos three persons had been attacked with cholera, and they were taken over to the island of Ortygia. Odessa advices state that the heat in that city is insufferable, but owing to the strict enforce ment of the quarantine no case of cholera had occurred. — Reuter's Express. FATAL ACCIDENT AT MISS BURDETT COUTTS'S MODEL LODGING-HOUSE.—Yesterday morning Mr. John Humphrey; the Middlesex coroner, received infor mation relative to the death of William Morrison, aged 41 years, who lost his life under the following shocking cir cumstances :—lt appears that the deceased, who was a bricklayer, was a few days since employed on a scaffold erected in front of Miss Burdett Coutts's model lodging house, Crabtree-row, Bethnal-green, when he by some means lost his equilibrium and fell a distance of 25 feet on to the basement, falling upon his head. Dr. Evan s, of the Hackney-road, was called and promptly attended, but the deceased expired shortly afterwards from fracture of tile, skull, and other injuries. The deceased has left a wife an d five children to lament his death. Good Words. "Hereward" is continued at some length, and three chapters are given of " Alfred Hagart's Household." Sir John Herschel gives us a second paper on " Light," which is one of the best things in the nanaber, and is illustrated by explanatory diagrams. The Editor's account of his Eastern Travels has reached Jerusalem, of which city a double engraving is given. Mr. Ludlow examines the late President Lincoln's speeches with a very favourable eye. Mr. Kaye continues his series of memoirs of our Indian heroes, and sketches the life of General Nicholson, whose brilliant career was cut short at the siege of Delhi. An article on " Railway Accidents," by Henry Rogers, contains some very sensible suggestions, and the rest of the contents are also worth reading. The Quiver. The Quiver is a well-written, well-conducted miscellany, of a religious character, well adapted for distribution among the working classes, for reading-rooms, institutes, &c. Among its unpre tending contents are many excellent articles, such as " The Genis of British Ballads," " A Word upon Stumbling," " The Christian Gentleman," &c. The department for young people is very pleasantly filled up, and the poems all through the part are decidedly above the average. The Sunday Magazine. 4, Joshua Taylor's Passion," an attractive and animated story of the good effected by one resolute