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The ,embankment of the Thames is no new subject of interest, and on the northern side of the river it has progressed rapidly within the last year or two. On Saturday, however, the Completion of the great work might be fairly foreseen, for the event of the day was the laying of the foundation stone of the Southern Embankment. Ever since last September, when the first pile was driven, the work has been actively going on, and the preparations for com mencing the embankment have been pushed forward vigorously. The contractor, Mr. WEBSTER, has undertaken to complete his contract in two years, and its amount is £309,000. The Southern Em bankment is to consist of river wall and embank ment for a length of 4,300 feet from Westminster bridge to Gun House-alley, with landing stairs at Westminster-bridge, a carriage and footway, forming a direct thoroughfare, GO feet wide, from Westmin ster-bridge to Vauxhall. A paved promenade for foot passengers is to be constructed on the top of the embankment wall and in front of the new St. Thomas's Hospital. This is to be approached by a fine flight of steps at "Westminster, and extend a distance of 2,000 feet to Lambeth Palace. The car riage way from Stangate will be along the line of the present Palace-road by the river-side to High street, Vauxhall. The new hospital will form no unimportant part of the architectural design, and will consist of seven blocks of buildings joined by corridors and passages. Mr. TITE, M.P., who had the honour of laying the first stone of the Embank ment, is also one of the Governors of the Hospital, and it is to he hoped that he will see both these great works carried to a successful termination. The speeches on the occasion were interesting and appropriate. Mr. TITE, standing upon the stone which he had just laid in its proud position, delivered an address, and invested the spot on which tl i ey were then assembled with something of antiqua rian interest, by tracing it back to the days when Nor man kings granted the marsh lands by the river's brink to the see of Canterbury. Th e name of Stangate, not very significant at the prese n t time, was derived - from a stone - way. The stone-way or road o f modern days has not been a very handsome or creditable affair, and the question of the Southern Embankment, which has been often discussed, as sumed fresh importance on the completion of the grew. system of sewage. Mr. TITE, speaking f or the Board of which he is a prominent member, said that they all felt that as that district was subject to much inconvenience and injury by floods their work could not be completed without the construc tion of the embankment. "It will extend," he said, " to a great length, and will redeem six acres from the river at this spot ; but higher up it Will regulate what the French call the regime of the river. We give up to the river itself two acres of land, which now extend in a very undesirable line for its navi gation ; therefore, in every sense of the word, this is a national work, and in carrying it out we have in view national objects." The hospital in which Mr. TITE takes an interest, scarcely secon dary to that -which he feels in the Embankment, will be, he hopes and believes when completed, the. the finest in Europe. The two works are to go on together, in order to avoid unnecessary delay in the completion of the hospital, and will, we hope, arrive ac an equally satisfactory conclusion. Saturday was one of the triumphs of our independent corporations, but the Execu tive was not unrepresented on so impor tant an occasion. Lord JOHN MANNERS, as First Commissioner of Works, was present to express the gratification which he felt in seeing this great undertaking worthily inaugurated. Turning for an illustration to that brilliant poet whose verses afford us either motto or comment for most of our conspicuous national achievements the noble lord aptly quoted the lines— Bid the broad arch the dangerous flood contain ; The mole projecting break the roaring main : Back to his bounds the subject sea command, And roll obedient rivers through the land. Those honours p eace t o h appy B r i ta i n b r i ngs — These are impe r i a l ac t s, and worthy kings. These are the triumphs which were celebrated on Saturday, for it is the successes of the past that give confidence for the future; and great as may be the difficulties which await the engineers, there is no reasonable ground for doubting that they will all succumb to skill, science, and perseverance. The condition of our fine old river has long been in every way a disgrace to Londoners, and it is high time for a united and continuous effort to in vest him with the honours that rightly appertain to him. The " imperial work" now in progress is truly national in its character; we trust, therefore, it will be carried out in a national and liberal spirit. The preliminaries of peace are now exchanged, and Bavaria is at last included in the armistice, the consent of Italy as usual standing in the way at first. The final arrangements agreed upon differ very little from what has been for some time put forward as the main features of the war. No doubt we are now pretty certain to have peace, but it does not appear that it will be built upon a secure foundation. In fact, Austria is just now surrounded by so many complications that it is not only the remarkable success of the Prussian armies that has compelled her to make terms of peace, and bring the war to a virtual conclusion. From all that we can judge of the affair, it seems as if the vaunted freedom and regeneration of the whole of Germany is to end in the chief States being subject to the rule of Prussia, who is to carry on a sort of military despotism. If Prussia were really sincere in her professions about the re organisation of Germany we should not find the Berlin Government so eagerly working out their schemes of vengeance by excluding Austria from the new Confederation. The cloven foot has soon appeared in this grand undertaking, and assuredly, which it now seems, the reputation of those who propose it will eventually render the scheme abortive, and give ample opportunity for jealousies to creep in and difficulties to arise. A sort of reign of terror has been established, and the Prussian KING is in the ascendant by sheer force of arms. Who, then, can safely predict for him a career of lengthened peace and prosperity in the arduous course upon which he has entered ? The Paris journals seem to have accepted the peace very cordially, and, in deed, they are rather too much in favour of Prussia. The Constitutionnel states that the conditions of the armistice are equitable, considering the state of things created by the war. There is one thing that is satisfactory in the plans said to be proposed, and that is, that the territorial integrity of the kingdom of Saxony is to be preserved. If this be done, it will be against the wishes of Prussia, but perhaps that crafty Power thinks it is going too far in monopolising all things. The dispute concerning the Frankfort contribu tion is still continued, and no progress is made on either side. The last rumour afloat is that the in habitants of Frankfort have been warned that, if they do not pay immediately the sums demanded of them, the town will be closely 'surrounded, and no one will be permitted to enter or leave it. No doubt the greed of the Berlin Government is such that they will proceed to some extreme or other if they are not checked in some way or other. At any rate, the inhabitants show no sign as yet of giving in, and we may therefore fairly con clude that there is more to be heard of this affair before it terminates. The episode of the Frankfort contributions is one particularly characteristic of the Prussians. Not content with obtaining posses sion of the place, they must needs gratify their spite by imposing contributions, and not satisfied with compliance to these demands they go on from bad to worse until they fix upon an enormous sum, which tries the temper of the inhabitants too far. Whichever way the case ends it will be a disgrace to the Prussians, but we hardly think they care for public opinion either at home or abroad. Prussia demands the payment of an immense war indemnity from Austria, so that while we hear on all sides a great deal of talk about the heavy sacrifices that she has made for the sake of Germany, we find that it is her intention to get as much as she possibly can from all quarters to indemnify her. As it seems, upon consideration, that nothing would be mate rially altered by a prolongation of hostilities,we may be glad that the war is over, or nearly so; but as to the assertion that Prussia has done a great work and rendered service to Germany, we cannot see any grounds for declaring such a thing. Success is no proof of merit, though the world may too readily accept it for such, and time may yet prove that the Berlin Government is not so powerful as it now seems to be. The most continuous good fortune has hitherto attended the course of the Atlantic Cable, and the news of its successful issue will afford general satis faction. It was no wonder that many regarded this last expedition with anxiety and apprehension because of the previous failures and disappoint ments, but at the same time these doubts and un certainties have added to the satisfaction that was experienced. We may regard the laying of the Atlantic Cable un fait accompli by this time, and it is difficult to overrate the importance and influence of such an undertaking. It needs no flourish of trumpets to do it, because it requires no figurative description of language to describe its merits, but we may, in sober earnest, dilate upon its advan tages and benefits. It is not easy for the uninitiated to appreci a t e , t o it s f u ll ex t ent, t h e i mpor t ance o f the undertaking, and neither can they estimate the labour required to bring the task to a successful issue. The care and skill that were demanded of the workmen were indeed great, and any oversight on the part of the workmen would have occasi one d disaster to the affair . sipuatipng l People will be at first so speculating engrossed with upon the grandeur of this achievement and delighted at its success that they will be liable to forget the results of the work. When New York and London have been _ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1866, for some time enabled to communicate with each other in the space of a few hours, then we shall more fully realise the advantages of the work now achieved. At present there is enough, and more than enough, to do in dwelling upon the triumph of science, and in recognising the merits of those 'Mao have contrived to carry out the undertaking. But the gain and glory of the Atlantic Cable are no ephemeral things ; it is no nine days' wonder, but will hold its place among those works which have contributed to the progress of the age. The more nations and people are brought together in close and constant intercourse the better must it be for all ; and we cannot too earnestly direct our efforts to the attainment of this desired end. Misrepresentations are rife and misconceptions abound when individuals or races lead isolated lives ; and, in every sense of the word, it is matter for con gratulation that the people of England and the people of America will have further opportunities of knowing each other. Had the Atlantic Cable been successfully carried out some years ago, so many mistakes and confusion would not have arisen during the war between the Northern and Southern States ; and even now there is much to be done, especially on the other side of the Atlantic, to do away with prejudices and jealousies. Not only as a present gain then, but as a great thing of the future, may we regard the Atlantic Cable with in terest, and rejoice that they who have occupied their business beneath the great waters should have brought their work to a successful issue, a work that will result in signal benefits to mankind, and draw together in closer sympathy the leading na tions of the world. The Reform Meeting of to-night has had many places assigned for it. By the desire of Mr. BEALE S and his coadjutors it was to assemble in Hyde Park. At the suggestion of the Government it was to meet on Primrose Hill. Then it was talked about in connection with Victoria Park, and, finally, it has had its exact locality assigned to it in the Agricul tural Hall. There are some recommendations in favour of this course. A meeting under cover is less likely to include those roughs, pickpockets, and desperadoes who delight in the prospect of a large and riotous assemblage out of doors. Any one who gets up a disturbance, or interferes with the peace of the meetings, will be more readily detected and recog nised, and there is less probability of an undignified and tumultuous conclusion to the debate. But the meeting to-night is, we fear, to be an " In dignation Meeting," and we should like to know what the indignation is about. Is it because of official interference with the right of open- air meetings ? But the Earl of DERBY in one House, and Mr. DIRRAELI in the other, have freely admitted the full right of the people to hold political meetings in the open air, and this very night the assemblage might hold their " indignation meeting" on Prim rose Hill if they chose. Is the indignation directed against Mr. WALPOLE personally ? Scarcely when the members of the League themselves admit his extreme courtesy. Is it against a Tory Govern ment for forbidding a Reform meeting ? But, alas ! a Liberal Ministry, of which Mr. GLADSTONE was a prominent member, did exactly the same ,hind, as admitted by the late Home Secretary in the Commons the other evening. But perhaps we shall be told that the indignation is against the police. The police force, whatever some may think, are certainly composed of men of like flesh and blood to the very demonstrative Reformers of last week ; and there is no reason to suppose that it is ex clusively recruited from the families of the aris tocracy, or from holders of Conservative opinions. The police, strange to say, belong, properly speak ing, to the ranks of the working men, for they come from the class which supplies our factories and our workshops, our looms and our machines. They work hard enough for their money, and notwithstanding the black sheep to be found in every flock, they are, for the most part, fair repre sentatives of the English working man—intelligent, industrious, and good tempered, though ready enough to defend themselves when attacked. There have been strenuous efforts to get up complaints against the men employed in the Park last week for brutality and excess of duty, but the complaints may fairly be divided between the belligerents. The virtuous indignation against the oppressors of an " unarmed multitude" is a little out of place when we remember the flints and Park railings. We can only think it very for tunate that so little serious mischief was done on either side, the only fatal casualty being due to a carriage accident. We hope the League will be wise. This is not the way to carry Reform. We do not want heroics about the crimes of the Tories, the vices of the aristocracy, or the oppressors of the people. All this is quite out of date, and misplaced heroics end in bathos. If our working men continue to show their fitness for the franchise and their desire for the ballot by consti tutional means that the middle class may sympa thise with, and that the upper class may respect, they will win the battle whoever reigns in Downing street. If they are to go back to the days of a mob violence and intolerance, their enfranchisement must be postponed till they have learned political wisdom. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. VALENTIA, JULY 30. The cable between this and Newfoundland con- times in perfect order; every day it works faster and clearer. Messages between this S and Heart's Content are incessantly passing. The cable between Newfoundland across to the main land, however, has not yet been laid. A long telegram received to-night says that it was then being coiled on board the Albany, which was to start to-morrow morning. The length of cable is only across 70 miles — of shallow water. It can easily be laid therefore, and all the connexions made with the lines to New York by the end, probably, of the present week. Already the line is inundated with messages, and many hundred pounds' worth came through from Europe on Saturday afternoon. The message of the Queen to the President has, of course, taken precedence of all. The interna tional greeting is as follows : " FROM THE QUEEN, OSBORNE. 46 To THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. " The Queen congratulates the President on the successful completion of an undertaking which she hopes may serve as an additional bond of union between the United States and England." After this night steamers will be provided to take messages across the Channel to the land lines. This, until the end of the week, will involve a delay in, transmitting of seven or eight hours. CHANGE OF NAME, says the Law Times of Friday, is still without legislative provision. It is necessary to facilitate the abandonment of a disagreeable name, but it is at least equally necessary to protect the possessors of names from the assumption of those names by strangers, not improbably designed for improper purposes. The ob vious course would be a public register office, a public notice, and a sufficient fee to prevent merely whimsical changes. This is the plan adopted in America, and it is found to work well. Last week one Joe Pickles adver tised in the Times that he intends to bear the name of Joseph Macaulay for the future. He is right. Why should not all whose misfortune it is to have very ugly or very common names do the like ; the purpose of a name is to individualise ; but that object is frustrated where the name is legion. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The Moniteur contains the following telegram to the French Government :—" Nikolsburg, July 26. --The Plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia have to-day signed an armistice for four weeks and the bases of peace. Baron von der Pfordten acceded to the armistice on the part of Bavaria and the other Southern States of Germany." The Emperor held a Cabinet Council yesterday at St. Cloud, at which the Empress was present. Soon after the sitting of the Cabinet was concluded the Emperor left St. Cloud for Vichy. His Majesty arrived there at 7 in the evening, and was received with great enthusiasm. The town was in a state of re joicing, and the windows were ornamented with flags and banners. The popular demonstrations were continued during the evening. The Minister of the Colonies has received from Vice-Admiral de la Grandiere a despatch, dated June 12, which states that a large number of Cam bodgians, to whom the French had given refuge at the time of the revolt of Snongso, had assembled tumultuously in the environs of the port of Tay minti, which was under the command of Captain de Larclause. That officer having advanced (says the despatch) with too much confidence towards the insurrectionists, whom he had admitted with great kindness upon the French territory, wished to make them hear reason ; but, surrounded by an infuriated mob, he was assassinated, and also Sub-Lieutenant Lesaga, and some offi cers who accompanied him. Lieutenant-Colonel Mavihasse was sent from Saigon with a company to re-establish tranquillity atTay-ninh. The Governor, who immediately directed an inquiry into the cir cumstances, had not ascertained, at the departure of the mail the real causes of the hostile demon stration. It is announced officially at Paris that there will be an interruption in the private telegraphic com munications with Prussia in the countries occupied by the Prussian troops until further orders. The official part of the Afoniteur contains a decree regulating the rate of postage for letters and printed papers between France and Portugal. The postage of an ordinary letter, which may be paid in advance or not, is to be the same as that of a letter from France to England, viz., 4d., should it not exceed 10 grammes. (There are 500 grammes in a pound.) The letter to England, however, must not exceed 7i grammes, but 10 grammes may be sent from France to Portugal for 40 centimes or 4d. While speaking of French postage, it may be information to some to explain that letters not exceeding half an ounce may be sent from England to France for 4d., but from France to England the weight allowed for 4d. is but 71 grammes, or about a quarter of an ounce. The minimum postage of a letter from Paris to the provinces is 4 sous or 2d. Newspapers are charged by weight also. The Journal des Debats devotes a long article to the question of the legality of meetings in Hyde Park, and says it is not a new point, for a Whig Ministry in 1855 decided that the park, which was a public promenade, was not intended for political meetings. This opinion had the sanction of Lord Cockburn and Mr. Bethel (Lord Westbury). The Journal des Debats proceeds to contrast the differ ence between England and France in this respect. " Proceedings such as those in Hyde Park could not take place in France without a danger of quite another description, because they would probably result in a sanguinary collision. This difference arises not only, as is often said in France with sin gularly placid vanity, from our more excitable character or our more military spirit. It arises more particularly from the feeling, so different from ours which exists among an English mob who abandons itself to tumult, and the Government which represses it. England has not seen a single revolution brought about by the victory of a mob in the streets of London. The Revolution of 1648 was the result of a civil war supported by Parlia ment against the Crown. That Revolution was effected without a combat by a simple Parliamen tary resolution. There has been no case of a surprise or triumph of a popular insurrection in the capital. There is therefore no encouraging example for English agitators which can give them the hope of obtaining possession of London by a coup de main. A disturbance in London is, therefore, less alarming than at Paris, because it has not the pretension of becoming a Revolution. On the other hand, the repression of a disturbance is relatively a moderate affair, be cause it does not inspire anybody with serious alarm, and because from the destruction of the gates of Hyde Park to the overthrow of the English Con stitution there is an abyss which no attempt has been made to traverse, whilst in France such an obstacle is overcome again and again with marvel lous facility. The tumults in London, therefore, differ entirely from ours." The cholera is still prevalent at Marseilles, but the mortality is not alarming. At Amiens, on Fri day, the number of deaths from cholera was 22, showing an increase. There ig a report that the cholera has reappeared in Paris. The Opinion Nationale is naturally very much ashamed at the idea very prevalent in Paris that it is the defender—even the solitary defender—of the reckless cenduct of the Prussians at Frankfort. It, therefore, has a laboured article to prove that its supposed sanction of the conduct of the Prussians was not founded upon its own views, but was sup ported by the writers upon the law of nations. The Siecle states from its private correspondence that at the battle of Lissa 12 officers and 157 marines, or soldiers, who were on board the Re d'ltalia, were saved. Out of 350 men who were on board the Palestro one officer and 17 marines were picked up ; they were thrown into the sea a few seconds before the explosion of the vessel. HAYMARKET TIIEATRE.—Mr. Buckstone will take his benefit on Wednesday evening, when the season will be brought to a close. It is hoped that Mr. Sothern will be sufficiently recovered from his recent indisposition to take his original character in " The Favourite of Fortune." Mr. Sims Reeves will sing "The Bay of Biscay," Mr. Weiss The Village Blacksmith," and Madame Weiss "Ever thine." Mr. Buckstone will deliver his customary address, which is always so attractive a feature of this pleasant anniversary ; and the entertainments will conclude with the comedietta of " Three Weeks after Marriage." TIIE Ho USE OF C OMMONS. —ln all 32 new mem bers have been returned to the House of Commons this year. The new members are—Lord J. Hay, Mr. Cand lish, Mr. R. Arkwright, the Hon. G. Denman, the Earl of Brecknock, Mr. M. Wyvill, Mr. H. A. Herbert, Mr. M. Staniland, Mr. H. Whitmore, Sir E. Lechmere, Mr. Ekers ley, Mr. J. Goldsmid, Mr-J. E. Gorst, Mr. C. Capper, Sir J. Hay, the Hon. Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Eykyn, Mr. Edwards, Mr. B. Osborne, Lord Amberley, Mr D. Fordyce , L ord Eliot, Mr. M. Ch am b ers, Mr. T. B. Hildyard, Mr. R. Dimsdale, Mr. R. B. Brett, Mr. A. Smith, Mr. Nicholson the Hon. J. Henniker-Major, Mr. P. Vanderbyl, and the Hon. G. W. Barrington. After allowing for the vacancies at Lancaster, Reigate, and Totues, which tell against the Liberals, the Conservatives appear to have lost one vote by these changes, commencement of the session which is now about to close. while they were in a minority of 75 at the We have much pleasure in announcing that Mr. Napier has declined to accept the office of Lord Justice of Appeal in Ireland, and for reasons which do him the highest honour. If we are rightly informed, a letter from Mr. Napier will be read in the House of Commons this evening, in which, while expressing his own opinion and that of many friends that his infirmity is not such as to disable him from the discharge of duties which consist almost exclusively in the examination of written docu ments, he declares that ho is unwilling his appointment should afford the slightest ground for a suspicion that justice will not be adequately administered, and accordingly declines the high office which Lord Derby had offered for his acceptance. Baron Fitzgerald will probably be the new Lord Justice of Appeal. - Tinzeg. MONETARY UNION BETWEEN FRANCE, BELGIUM, ITALY, AND SWITZERLAND.—The Moniteur of yes terday publishes an imperial decree, promulgating the terms of a monetary union concluded on the 23d Dec., 1865, be tween France, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland. The con vention is to remain in force until Jan. 1, 1880 ; and if no notice to terminate it be given a year previously, it will be renewed for 15 years, and so on every succeeding 15 years. The object of the union, as stated in the preamble, is to establish more complete harmony between the monetary legislation of the countries forming such union, and thus to remedy the inconvenience resulting from the differences between their currency. The coinage of the four con tracting Powers will be accepted at the public treasury of each of those Powers, subject to conditions respecting the amount issued, which are specified in the convention. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE WAR IN GERMANY. HOF, July 29, The headquarters of the Second Reserve Corps, under the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, arrived at Bayreuth this morning. The Grand Duke has taken possession of the dis trict of Upper Franconia in the name of the King of Prussia. This morning the Prussian vanguard dispersed a battalion of Bavarian Life Guards. The Prussians took four officers and 205 men prisoners. Several Bavarians were killed. THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT ALTONA, July 30. The Governor of Schleswig-Holstein has received orders from the Prussian Government to make the necessary - preparations for the election in these Duchies of members to the German Parliament. It is asserted that these elections will take place very shortly. Military committees have been appointed for the levy of young men fit for military service. The conscription is to be completed at latest by the Ist 0 ctober next. AUSTRALIA. (By Overland Telegraph from Galle.) _MELBOURNE, June 27. The Legislative Council has passed the Appro priation Bill. Parliament has been prorogued. Advices from New Zealand state that the country was quiet. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, July 29. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Oneida, from Brazil, arrived here to-day, and was to leave at eight p.m. for Southampton. She brings 220 passengers, specie £29,722, 320 bags of coffee, 14 barrels of tapioca, 20 rolls of tobacco, and 224 packages of sundries. (By TELEGRAPH FROM LISBON.) BUENOS AYRES, June 27. Exchange on London, 25.90. There is a general stagnation of business, in con sequence of the news from Europe. RIO DE JANIERO, July 9. Exchange on Paris, 408 to 412 ; do. Ham• burg 780. Coffee good first 6,400 to 6,00 rein. FRANCE. PARIS, July 28.—Two o'clock.---The notice posted up by the Commissary of the Bourse announcing the signature of an armistice for four weeks between Austria and Prussia, and the acceptation of a similar pacific arrangement by Bavaria on the part of the Southern German States, has had no very appre ciable effect upon the market. The satisfactory aspect given to the negotiations of late has, indeed, caused the intelligence to be discounted in advance, and it must be remembered Italy's signature is re quired before the arrangements can have the desired effect. Threes, for the account, are quoted at 68f. 85c., and Italian Fives at 52f. 90c., an advance in each case of 10c. Credit Mobilier are 2f. 50c. higher, at 655 f., and Credit Foncier 5f., at 1,280. In railways shares show no change, Austrian and Lombard alone having an advance of 2f. 50c. each. Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol lows : 4i per Cents 97 25 Do. end month 3 per Cents. 6B 80 Do. end month 69 87 Credit Mobilier 653 73 Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month — Bank Shares 3560 Italian Loan 53 Do. end month 53 95 Mexican Loan 33 Do. Bonds lBB 75 Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred 'AY& For Account. Orleans Northern ll2O Lyons and Mediterranean 862 50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard.. North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman - - - 357 50 385 - THE HYDE-PARK RIOTS. At the bidding of Mr. Bright, and with the as sumed approval of Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Beales, re presenting the law, and his lieutenant Mr. Lucraft the property, and Professor Rogers the intellect of the country, have let loose all the lawless and mis chievous rabble of London to break the public peace, and to do all the harm they can to Liberal opinions and even to the cause of Parliamentary Reform itself. On Mr. Bright, who well knew what lie was about, and on Mr. Beales, who was per haps too stupid to understand the inevitable consequences of his acts, we unequivocally charge the responsibility of what has happened, and of what may happen. We do not suppose that Mr. Beales has any pleasure in seeing the peace broken ; we wish that we could say as much for the prudent person who only finds it convenient to write inflam matory and provocative letters from Rochdale. To do Mr. Beales and his Leaguers justice, they at least risked broken heads; Mr. Bright prefers the less glo rious but safer course of preaching anarchy and riot, and of exposing, not his life and limbs, but his character. And it will benoticed that Mr. Gladstone's habitual fluency has been for once exchanged for a significant silence, when, in the House of Commons, the opportunity presented itself to him for disavow ing any sympathy with those who marched to riot and possible bloodshed under a banner emblazoned with his image and superscription. The offences against the law which are punished in the person of the 30 or 40 poor fools or paltry knaves who have made acquaintance with Mr. Knox and Mr. Mans field are as nothing compared with Mr. Bright's last offence against the public peace and against society. Smith O'Brien risked his head, and Hunt and O'Connell and Feargus O'Connor risked their persons ; but it requires a peaceable Quaker and a Birmingham-metal demagogue to put to hazard the safety of other people, the peace of the capital, and the whole fabric of social order, through the cheap medium of the penny post. When we speak of the leaders, we do not refer merely to Messrs. Beales, Howell, and such men. Their motives or objects are a matter of utter in difference to the public. Sooner or later they will doubtless share the fate of all those whom the mob tolerates for a time only to discard when it no longer cares to use them. They are only partially responsible for that scandalous anarchy which for three successive nights has made London the pity and wonder of civilised Europe. When we think of those who, in a time of national peace and un equalled prosperity, have marred the fairest portion of our metropolis with the ugly scars of a shameful strife, the humiliation which the thought inspires turns to indignant resentment against the man whose counsels have animated the instruments of havoc and confusion. Mr. Bright has now placed himself i❑ a position which those who most dislike him have long desired to see him take. His feelings to wards the Government of his country and its insti tutions have long beer, known. That he should profit by every occasion to turn the hearts of the poor against the rich, and of the governed against autho rity, was only what might be expected. But that he should twice advise (from a safe distance) a course of proceeding obviously calculated to bring about a conflict, and perhaps bloodshed, is what his worst enemies could hardly have looked for from a man who might be presumed to set some value on tho esteem of his countrymen. We have at times compared Mr. Bright to O'Connell. The comparison is, however, scarcely just to the memory of the Irish demagogue. O'Connell dreaded blood shed. If he found that he had been urging his followers too strongly beyond the limits of peaceful agitation, he drew back before it was too late. He never gave them advice which could bring them into direct collision with the strength of the executive government, and he discouraged those impatient rivals whose indiscreet ardour brooked no compro mise or delay. Mr. Bright has taught his followers deliberately to risk a conflict the issue of which might have involved most tremendous consequences. Thanks to the forbearance of the Government and the temper of the police, those consequences have not yet ensued. Their absence has, however, been purchased at a price which cannot easily be esti mated. A blow has been struck, not only at the exercise but even at the principle of authority in England, which cannot but shake, for the time, her influence in every nation of Europe. For the past week London has virtually been in the hands of the dregs of its population. There is no other capital in which a similar riot, under similar circum stances, would not have been suppressed at once. The reasons which have prevented its suppression here will either be not considered, or will be wrongly considered by foreign critics. The fact will remain, and will be regarded as proving that boasting, wealthy, powerful England is smitten with paralysis at the heart. A country which cannot control the fermenting scum of its city Arabs, what power can it have in the councils of Europe, or the politics of the world? Such will be the argument now put into the mouth of every Continental statesman. That it may at no distant day be rebutted, is not impossible. Indeed, the impatience of every class of the com munity at the degradation of which all are conscious must ere long rouse all in a general effort to rid themselves of the reproach. But, meanwhile, who shall measure the loss of character and position which the continuance of this reproach imposes on us ? If Mr. Bright has failed in many of his schemes, he has at last succeeded iu one—that of lowering his country in the eyes of the world, and introducing the prin ciple of anarchy into the citadel of the constitution. We hesitate to associate another name with that of Mr. Bright in this abuse of Tribunitian powers. We are unwilling to believe that the honours which the rabble has thrust on Mr. Gladstone indicate more than a vague hope that he will throw the aegis of his character over acts which in his heart he must detest. At present Mr. Gladstone's silence is more than unbecoming ;it is ignoble. It may be ad mitted that it is desirable that the question, not of the right of petition (for about this there can be _ _ _ no doubt), but of the mode and time of exercising it, should receive a judicial solution in a court of law. Not that we have any doubts about it ; but so much nonsense has been talked about it by the Airtons, Layards, and others, that plain people are bamboozled. This question, however, subsides into a secondary place now. The paramo un t question for the Government and for every respectable man is, how is the present disgraceful state of things to be terminated and it recurrence prevented ? If we fail in settling this Parliament must cease to sit, and the Sovereign to reside, in London. —,Saturday Review. The Spectator says the matter rests, leaving in impartial minds the conclusion that Mr. Walpole is weak, Sir Richard Mayne an old soldier, the British " rough" no politician, and Mr. Beales a goose. Mr. Bright wrote a letter to the Reform League which had, we fear, no little influence in promoting the foolish and mischievous proceedings of Monday in Hyde-park. Our security rests on the foundation of having as few restrictions on in dividual choice as is consistent with national life, and those few removable by the will of a represen tative Parliament. It is not a sign of liberty that the mere wish of a crowd should be able to overrule Parliamentary authority, or to put to one sort of use what the majority of the people prefer to see devoted to another use. If the people ought to be able to use the Parks at their pleasure for political purposes, why not to use the House of Comnions at their pleasure for purposes of amusement—for fancy balls or popular concerts? It is these random fire balloons which Mr. Bright sends up every now and then which bring down upon him a distrust far beyond what would be due to his general political opinion. The London Review says that the riots which have this week disgraced us are the logical and miserable result of Mr. Bright's exhortations to the people, published some time before the Easter recess, to make an imposing demonstration of their wishes— a thinly-disguised incitement to the populace to influence the deliberations of Parliament by an exhibition of force. As the great cock crowed, the little cock learned. Mr. Beales claimed the parks for the people, whether, for the purpose in question, they belonged to them or not, and Mr. Bright wrote to the secretary of the Reform League a letter which was either singularly childish or studiedly malicious, inciting the League to defy the Ministry, the police, and the law. That letter was a great blunder, and we especially regret it, because we have respected Mr. Bright's reputation as that of one of the fore- most men of our time, to whom the country owes much, even though it wisely refrains from endorsing the whole of his policy. And it is all the more to be lamented, because it raises a strong suspicion that he has studied to provoke a collision between the people and the police at which he had not the courage to be present. The Economist thinks that Mr. Mill's speech will do as much to diminish his Parliamentary weight as any of his greater speeches has done to increase it. That great blunders have been made in enforcing the policy of the Government we believe. But the deficiency has been rather in not carrying out the policy strongly enough—with sufficient display of strength—than in carrying it out too strongly. But there is not even a good pretence for suggest ing, as Mr. Mill suggested, a doubt whether the Government really wished to prohibit all London open-air meetings for political purposes, instead of only to forbid them in open spaces properly devoted to public amusement and exercise. Mr. Mill said that some of the newspapers were hostile to all open air political meetings in London. We can well believe it, for newspapers in the extremity of the need for something to say do say the very silliest things from time to time ; but we must do the Tory Administration the justice to admit that nothing which has fallen from them has ever indicated hos- tility to open-air meetings for political purposes as such, but only to their being held in unfit places like the public parks. THE CHURCH-RATE BILLS.—The four bills of Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Hardeastle, Mr.. Newdegate, and Sir 'W. Bovill follow each other on the notice paper of the House of Commons for the Wednesday morning sitting, and as they stand first it is certain that Mr. Gladstone's bill, at least, will come on. As there will be nearly six hours for the debate, it may be assumed that the process of talking against time cannot be a third time adopted with a hope of success, and that, therefore, the question that the bill be read a second time will be put from the chair, Although the Government have pledged themselves not to vote against the second reading, Mr. Neato has moved an amendment which, if carried, would put an end to the bill, and he has publicly stated that he intends pressing it to a division. Contrary to expectation, therefore, there may be another trial of strength on the question, and the sup porters of Mr. Gladstone's bill be required to be at their post to prevent its being disposed of by an adverse vote. THAMES C ONS E ItVAN CY.—The Conservators of the Thames, who at present, and until the bill of this session shall pass, have the management of the river, not throughout the navigable portion of it, but only up to Staines, show in their report on the past year that they received in 1885 £22,880 for tonnage dues, £5,390 for pier dues, £5,676 for tolls, £10,883 for material raised by dredg ing and supplied to the contractors for the Th ames em bankment ; and various other receipts brought the year's income up to more than £56,000. The expenditure is chiefly for salaries and wages, the Board having to improve the river by dredging ; to keep a staff of pier-masters, col lectors, river-keepers, inspectors, and clerks ; to maintain piers, landing-places, towing-paths, and buoys f or moor ing ; to rem ove wrec ks and obstructions ; an d to prevent the pollution of the stream as far as they may. The Con servators have reduced to £120,800 their debt for money borrowed on the security of the tolls westward of London bride, and they have £58,312 iu the funds or otherwise in vested, besides a cash balance of £lO,OOO. MRS. YELVERTON.—Mrs. Theresa Yelverton (Longworth) has presented a petition to the House of Lords praying that she may be permitted to proceed with her second appeal from the Court of Session iu Scotland against Major Yelverton in forma pauperis. The petition was on Thursday referred to the Appeal Committee. rrt i „ till r C agiLrg -- ' - ` 11 17.7 - t t t HER MAJESTY. -- 42- OSB 0 RNE, Saturday. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise, and again this morning with her Royal Highness. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out also. Sunday. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise in a carriage and four, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley. Colonel the lion. A. llardinge was in attendance upon horseback. The Prince of Wales and Princess of Leiningen dined with her Majesty in the evening. Divine service was performed this morning at Osborne before the Queen and their Royal High nesses the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice. The Dean of Westminster officiated. Preparations are ordered to be made at Windsor Castle for her Majesty and the Royal Family's reception by Monday, the 20th of August, it being the Queen's intention to sleep there one night previous to leav ing for Scotland, where the Court will reside for two months. The Prince and Princess of Wales will go to Scotland a week earlier than her Majesty. Orders have been received at Frogmore to prepare the lodge for the reception of Prince Christian and Princess Helena, who may be expected there in the course of a fortnight. The alterations include the converting a smoking-room looking on to the lawn into a dressing-room for the Prince, and the embellishment of the dining room, drawing-room, and other apartments.—Court Journal. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar left town on Friday for Mol combo House, near Goodwood, where they will receive a select party during the race week at Goodwood. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have received at Kintholton Castle during the last week a numerous party, including the Marquis of Hartington, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Coventry, the Earl and Countess of Westmorland, Viscount Canterbury, Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton, Lord B. Paget, Sir Frederick Johnstone, Mr. H. Chaplin, &c. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady Emily Villiers have left their residence in Grosvenor crescent, for The Grove, near Watford, Herts, for the season. Hints to Private Secretaries. The installation of a new Government, whose members are not experienced in official ways and duties, is a fitting occasion for offering a few re marks on what should be the conduct of private secretaries. A private secretary should always bear in mind that he is a buffer. That is his chief use. He is the shadow of the great man he serves, but a shadow with powers of resistance, and he will very much mistake his duty if he do not strenuously, and at all times, oppose those powers to the approaches of vulgar men who want interviews. In short, in the laboratory of the Minister the private secretary must be a non-conductor. IVere that inherent quality wanting, the shocks which his chief m ight receive could not fail of annoying. Bearing this in mind, the private secretary will remember that, as long as his master keeps in his own room, he (the secretary) is as good a man as his chief ; he will, therefore, not fail to assert that conviction by all those airs and pretensions which he clearly imagines must be the distinctive marks of high office. Starting from his own original tendencies that way, he will try and soar to that pitch of dignity which he conceives must be reached by any man who has risen so high in the scale as his chief. For the sake of consistency, If from no higher motive, the private secretary will never so far forget himself as to go out at once to any person who has called to see him. " Surely,' he will say, "no man can appear a great man if he does not keep his suitors waiting in the antecham ber ; and, although I am only reading the Times, were I to go at once they would think I had very little to do ; whereas it is well known I am over whelmed with acknowledgments of receipt." This is a v cry proper frame of mind, and though it DIV not expedite business, it will maintain official re putation, which is far more important. on similar grounds, when the interview does take place, we trust there are few private secretaries who would demean themselves so far as to understand at once what the person wants. The simpler the question, the more unimportant the matter most probably is ; and if it were supposed that private secretaries could carry trifles in their heads, and were not weighed down by the mass of their State secrets, the conse quences of such an impression would be most disas trous. Let everyprivate secretary misunderstand once or twice, and after havingiu an absent manner forced the applicant to repeat himself several times, then tell him that he will make inquiries, and leave the room as though to make them. A secretary s h o uld never see anybody in his own room. It would be most inconvenient. His cigar and newspaper would diminish the awe he ought to inspire, and he would be depriving himself of the power of retreat. Write all your private letters at the office ; this saves money, and will help to pass the time. To make up for the trifling expense thus incurred by the country, a private secretary should always remember that, by putting his official letters aside, half of them will answer themselves. He will thus, by a judicious delay, spare both himself and the public purse. A wise discretion should ever be exercised as to what letters it is necessary for your chief to see. As a general rule, nobody out of official circles who le not an M.P. or a peer can possibly have anything , to write worth reading. L e tt ers f rom " no b o dies'' should be consigned to the waste-paper basket. If a secretary wishes to be very efficient he should first just look at the end, take the name, and send an acknowledgment. No particular care need be ob served as to accuracy of names ; on the contrary, 3 good effect is produced by a misdirection, which is a sign of overwhelming work, and the trouble to the Post-office is of little account. For the information of any new and excited private secretary, we real add that it is not necessary to keep copies of simple acknowledgments, nor will long and pompous phrases go down with the permanent officials who'l l he will find in the department, however much they may tell with the general public. But it is in society that the private secretary will best use his opportu nities. By familiar use of the names of th e princi pal Cabinet Ministers, and a skilful air of mystery adjusted to the face whenever politics are mooted, he must indeed be a clumsy young man who does not succeed in impressing young ladies with his own importance and the immense services he is render ing the country. There is no knowing whether, by dexterous insinuations as to the wonderful con tents of red boxes, he may not even so stimulate female curiosity, anxious to know some of WO wondrous secrets, that he may find his appointmen t pave his way to matrimony.—The Owl. The Ministerial whitebait dinner will take place next Saturday, and Parliament will probably lib prorogued by Royal Commission on the following Thursday , ' Observer. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury le Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Bal l of Derby, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Malra°s - the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stauleil the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Viscount Cranboriae, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir J. Pakington, Sir S' Northcote, Lord J. Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. THE EMPLOYES OF TIIE LONDON, CHATHAM, O D DOVER JhAILwAY.—On Saturday morning a great num ber of the employ6s of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way Company, together with their wives and families, left Victoria at an early hour by special train, granted by t" company, for their annual excursion to Ramsgate. excursionists arrived at thefavourite wateringplace shortly after nine, attended by several bands of music, and seemed bent on making the most of the day. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATIOIsr. 'The agreeable entertainment at the Gallery of Illustration continues a career of unabated success. There has seldom been a piece like the " Yachting Cruise " better adapte d to enable us fully to appreciate the talents of the celebrated trio of performers who delight the public in Regent-street. The season, we hear, will be brought to a close about the third week in August. Our readers, we have no d" b ' will avail themselves of the opportunity of again onic?: ll3 ' the " Yachting Cruise" and the " Wedding Breakfast. % D Shc val .Sha me. Eg An pai eXa Ar t VI I 69i ree 'ear bo t Ca trg : 1