The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-02 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1866. The end of June brings us as usual the quarterly revenue tables, and happily, as usual also, these give us convincing proof of the satisfactory condi tion of the national finances. We have grown in this country so accustomed to receive this gratifying evidence of general prosperity quarter by quarter that we receive it almost as a matter of course ; yet there are many considerations which should make us especially thankful for the continued elasticity of nearly every branch of the revenue. It has not by any means been a favourable quarter. We have had agitations and disturbances abroad such as never fail to affect the money market, culminating at last in a war of which none can foresee the end, or speak with confidence as to the part we shall be called upon to play in it. We have had a panic at home, terrible in its int insity if brief in its crisis ; we have had, and have still, public confidence shaken in the oldest cetablislinaents, and a host of dishonest speculators busying themselves to destroy men's credit, to overthrow the tottering capitalist, and to undermine the credit of the really sound, and all this in a year in which a deficit was anticipated under . the most favourable circumstances from the reduc tions made in the Budget of 1865. Yet notwith standing all these adverse influences the decrease is much less than was estimated, being only £85,856 on the quarter, and of £.l 862 ,320 on the year. But for the reduction of the income tax from 6d. to 4d. the quarter's returns would have shown an increase of £700,000. Even this loss, however, is less than the estimate. The reduction of the t ea duty, the abolition of th e timber d uties, and the duty on pepper must all bei borne in mind in co,nparing the returns of the June quarter, 1866, with those of the same quarter in 1865. In spite of all these reductions, the custom duties • give us £5,271,000, or £03,000 more than 1865, thus giving additional evidence of the wisdom of lighten ing the public burdens, and depending for our in come on the amount of consumption rather than on the extent of a burdensome tax. If we wanted further confirmation of this fact, we may turn to the Post-office, whose income shows an increase on the quarter of £lOO,OOO. The June quarter, always the least productive in the year, so far as the Post-office is concerned, gives us £1,070, and the year just concluded no less than £4,350,000 from the same source. The result of the year then shows us that Mr. GLADSTONE'S estimates have been con siderably exceeded, and he will have the satisfaction of seeing that the buoyancy of the revenue has more than j ustified his calculations. We hope this experience THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Man&ger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. A ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT. Mr.. W. Fart en and Miss Ada Cavendish. After which, DAVID GARRICK : Messrs. Sothern, Buck stone, Chippendal . , Rogers, Clark, Coe, &c.; Mesdames Moore, Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, &c. To be followed by LORD DI3NDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR : Messrs. Sothern. Buckstone, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mrs Chippendale, M ss 11111, &c. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DART. • - Commence at Seven. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. Geo. Vining. SUMMER. SEASON. —Doors open at Half-past Seven, per f orma nces commence at Eight o'clock i.recisely. THIS EVENING, and during the week, never acted, a New and Oririnal Drama, in Three Acts, by Watts Phillips. Esq., entitled THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN. Principal charroters by Mr. Vining, 51r. Georg,e Honey, Miss Neilson, Miss i ugusta Thomson, atcl Mrs. Stfrthig. The costumes have been designed by Mons. Marcelin, of La V.e Parisienne, and the celebrated designer of the cos tulites in La Riche an Bois Tk e Vocal Music has been com posei by Mr. .1. L. Ira ton ; the In,id ntal and Dance Music by 51r. Charles Hall. And, to illustrate the groteique Dame :: of the period, the services have been specially re tained ur those celebrated Comic Dancers, Messrs. Flageolet, Clddoche, Comae, ant Normsnde, from the Theatre Imperial du Ciiatch,t, who created so great a furore 111 Paris by their performance In La Lantertie Magique. The B Wet will be under the direction 01 Mr. Milano ; and the entirely new nery, illustrating . bits ot O'd Paris, has been painted by Mr. Y. L ioyds. The Drama produced under the stage direc tion t f Mr. Vining. NE W THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. at 7 precisely, TAE FAST FAMILY. Messrs. Billington, .T. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, R. Phillips, Ashley, Eburne; Mrs. A. Mellon 'Miss Woolgar), Miss H. Miss Furtado, Miss Smith, Miss Seaman, Miss God- Sall, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Afte which a Burlelque Opera J. called HELENE • or, Taken r from the Greek. Messrs. L. Toole, P. Bedford, It. Phillips, Ashley, Eburne; Mrs A. Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Seaman, Miss Godsall, &c. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanboroug,h. INENING, THE COUNTRY SQUIRE, After which. will be produced the grand Easter Burlesque. PARIS ; or, Vise Le rnpiere : MesArs. Stoyle, horne,Jamer, Fenton : Mesdames A. Swanb,,rough, ilaynham, Simpson, Johnstone, Ranee, and holt. To conclude with THE TWO POLTS. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.- Under the Management of Mr. IV. 11. C. Nation. THIS EVENING, MONDAY, and during the week, an entirely new dr tmatic adaptation of Charles Dicken's latest work "Our Mutual Friend," entitled TIIE GOLDEN .DUSTMAN. Messrs. Swinbourne, Barrett, Belmore, Barsby, C. Warner, Mlntyre, Courtley, Holland ; Misses A. Dyas, F. Gwynne, Ada Harland ; Mrs. Poynter and Mrs. Bishop. To Conclude with (27th Night) of W. Brough's brilliant Barlesve of PA I'IL LON 14; TTA. Misses L. liallmore, Ada Harland, F. Gwynne, Ilu fspeth ; Mr. Belmore. Commence at Seven. Acting 31anager, Mr. NYE CHART. TIDE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G, R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught terrace, i' 7 .dg . ware-road, is specially appointed AG eilsi L . to deliver no LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at the earliest possible moment after leaving the rress. Ile is able to deliver cop;!'l4 in Town. the Suburbs, and in many parts of the Country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 9 o'clock. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER._ G. R. 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Discoloured teeth restored, loose teeth fastened, and all operations on the most approved principles. Terms strictly mof erste. Consultations free. 291, REGENT-STREET (3 doors from the Polytechnic). ILTANCOCK and BURBROOK, Jewellers, &c., to the Prince of Wales, beg to announce that their ONLY ADDRESS is 37, CONDUIT-STREET, • five doors from Bond-street. NOTICE. —C. F. HANCOCK, SON, and CO., Jewellers and Silversmiths to the Queen and Prince and Princess of Wales, beg respectfully to state that their Only Address is 38 and 39, BRUTON-STREET, corner of Bond-street, London.—lmmediate cash given for jewels and plate.—N.B. A very large stock of presentation and second-hand plate. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAL—Morning, 411. 40m.—Afternoon, 4h. 58m. To-lloartow.-Moriaing,: sh. 16m.—Afternoon, sh. 40m -*Y A .7 4„..c , f., - ' will tend to encourage our financiers to lighten, as far as may be, the public burdens, since every wise and prudent reduction not only tends to increase the comfort and content of the populace, but actually in the end to increase the revenue, while putting it, on a surer because broader basis. No fresh news of importance has reached us from the Continent, and despite the exciting intelligence of the last few days no very great result appears to have been attained. It is disappointing to find that the successes which the Austrians met with at first have not been followed up as might have been ex pected, and that the Prussians have succeeded in maintaining their position in places from which they were driven at first. So far the latest telegrams appear to favour the Prussians ; but, of course, nothing that has taken place of late can be looked upon as decisive. Marshal BENEDEK'S army is fully equal to any that his adversaries can bring against him, if not, indeed, superior to it, and the battle that will shortly be fought may be regarded as far inore indicative of results than anything that has gone before it. It is believed that the King of PRUSSIA and Count BISMARCK have so arranged their plans as to gain an opportunity of witnessing the great fight. Of course, even after this contest, so eagerly looked forward to, much may occur that will change the aspect of affairs, but for the time being its result may decide which of the two great German Powers, once so closely allied, but now so hostile to each other, is to be at the head of Germany. The despatches which the Crown Prince of Prussia has sent home are most enthusiastic in respect to the gains achieved by Prussia, but we question whether they are not too highly coloured. Some successes have certainly fallen to the share of the royal forces, and the last accounts state that they have taken " Gitschin" on the 29th. From this place they were driven out by the Austrians after their first occupation, so that they have thus gained ground. We learn from Vienna that the First Austrian Army Corps and the Saxony Corps were repulsed by the Prussians, and that in consequence of this repulse the Austrian army fell back upon Konigsgratz. Of course, this intelligence cannot be doubted, but it is the first decided defeat the Austrians have sustained. The Prussian advantages have been more the fact of their gaining coveted positions than actual victory in combat, and thus, as we said before, the real fight was yet to be fought, and the struggle for supre macy had not yet been made. Some bulletins from Prague inform us of the successes of the Austrians in various directions, but these are not of a very important nature. The Prussians have eva cuated Bahmnisk and Kamnitz. The Austrians appear to have lost a considerable number of men at this comparatively early stage of the proceed ings, it is indeed announced that the number must be fixed at twenty-thousand. This war in Germany is indeed no make-believe affair, but bona fide fighting. It will be long before the effects of these hostilities pass away ; and sorrow ing cities and mourning households will have bitter cause to denounce and deplore the fatal greed for territory and the lawless thirst for power which were the exciting causes of the war. To judge from appearances the Prussian forces are bent on concentration, doubtless with the view of being prepared to encounter the charge of BENEDEK'S army in full force. The Italian plans appear to have been sadly damaged by the battle of Custozza, and they have not recovered from its effects by any means so far as we can tell from their proceedings. Even GARIBALDI, from whom so much was at first expected, seems non-plumed, and compelled to keep in obscurity. Of course, this period of quiescence on the part of their eager an tagonists has been improved by the Austrians, and their forces have crossed the passes and drivgn the Italians before them. It is well, indeed, that the Imperial forces should thus have been able to re pulse the Italians so speedily and so decisively, and this signal success may be considered to be a substantial advantage, and in some measure to counterbalance the effect of the Prussian gains. The Italians are so fitful and capricious that it is extremely difficult to say what they will do next ; but no doubt their defeat at so early a period of the war has greatly damped their ardour, and, ineleed, they are not likely to recover themselves sufficiently from the shock as to get up again the same amount of excitement or enthusiasm as at first. As matters stand at present, indeed, we do not anticipate that any decisive movements will be made in a hurry by the armies of King VICTOR EM3IANUEL and of General CIALDINI. They must by this time have recognised the mistake of their former movement, which preci pitancy was indeed so fatal to their fortunes. No thing appears to be doing by the Federal Army under the Prince ALEXANDER of Hesse, but it is impossible to foretell at all accurately what turn events may take in the ever -shifting scenes and amid the chances and changes of war. The sur render of the Hanoverian forces has been most unfortunate, not only in the loss of their services, but also in the circumstance that their giving in has relieved the Prussian forces from the necessity of watching their movements, and thus permitted them to rejoin the main body of the army. The more we reflect upon the events of the war in Germany the more convinced must we feel that the Austrians have committed a great error in letting the Prussians have all the ground to themselves for so long a period. We do not despair of their eventual success, if they act in unity and let their opponents gain no advantage of time or opportunity, but they will have harder work to win, and also they will have less chance of gaining their point so effectually as they had at first. Considering the length of time during which the disputes and discussions lasted between the German States it is almost incredible that no more should have been effected in the way of preparation by the Government of Vienna. No doubt in a short time we shall hear tidings of a decisive contest being fought, and it is not too much to say that much depends upon the result, and that it is greatly to be desired that the victory should be on the side of Austria; not because of any particular merit accru ing to that Power, but because it is the only check that can be interposed to the intolerable an noyance and undue pretensions of Prussia, whose success would be a most unfortunate event. t New hei Y la o d r i k ca o ls n t a h re e 21st brings us news w r f o ro v m es Southern The arrival of the the minority The report of Africahi cl l p States are concerned. committee declares that the coming to their senses, so far at lea s* a s the of the reconstruct i on Southern States are in the President Uno h ave never b een out of i t ! L ong ago . am- J °lllisoisi sho we d how thisi)rinciip spring o f the le was and the that m they Northern argument, and that the Southern claim to establish national independence was answered by the declaration of Northern states men that the Confederate States had no power to leave the Union. To preserve the was one of th e Union unbroken :great objects which every Northerner proposed to himself as the end of the war, whether his anxiety were f oun d ed on public or private When grounds. the end was achieved at the cost of a tremendous outlay of men and money, it was not a little singular to find the victors turning round and denying the very point they had been fighting for ! The Southern States, it was THE': SUN, LONDOIS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1866 argued, had no power to form themselves into a a independent body, and yet they refused to r ►dmit that they were still in the Union. Where then could they be? Like llAnomET's coffin, neither heaven nor earth could have them ; but there is a growing feeling among all classes in the North that Mr. JOHNSON, in this instance as in many others, spoke the truth when he maintained that the Southern States still formed part of the American nation. It is useless to look for mode ration or common sense from Mr. THADDEUS STEVENS and his coadjutors, but public feeling will eventually be too strong for them. The last Radical achievement is a characteristic one, though it shows us that our good cousins across the Atlantic are a little wanting in national dignity and self-respect. The Fenian " President" ROBERTS has had interviews at 'Washington with a good many Senators,"and was actually introduced on the floor of the Senate by Senator WILSON, of Massachusetts. Such a proceeding would be scarcely probable in the House of Lords. The same evening Speaker COLFAX introduced ROBERTS to the soldiers' fair. JAMES STEPHENS had sufficient sense to decline offers of similar introduction. Such proceedings are chiefly to be regretted as affording encouragement to the mischievous promoters of the bubble con spiracy, and giving them something to boast off to their dupes. It would be the wisest and kindest thing which the Americans could do to allow Fenianism to subside into its natural insignificance. If SPEAKER COLFAX, Senator WILSON, and other wise men wish to humiliate England, they will have to employ some agencies a little more formid able than any which " President" ROBERTS or JAMES STEPHENS can bring on the scene. Mexico threatens to be troublesome, and is ap parently to be the new object of Radical care. TIIADDEUS STEVENS delivered a speech in the House of Representatives on June 16, advocating a Fede ral loan of $20,000,000 to Mexico. Really the States have enough to do with their finances at present without incurring fresh diffidulties in a foreign war. There is some talk of a treaty between the States and Mexico which involves a large loan, but there is no certainty about it. Ame rica has paid and suffered enough from wars and revolutions. What she needs at present is peace and time to recover her internal vigour and pros perity, and these we hope her statesmen will endea vour to secure for her, regardless of the schemes and intrigues of reckless politicians. forced to surrender to the enemy. The 4i per Cents. closed at 93. M. de Merode has been appointed Grand Almoner to the Pope, in the room of M. Hohenlohe, who has been raised to the dignity of Cardinal. The Italian journal, 21Iovimento attributes the failure of success on the part of the Italian army at the battle of Custozza on the 24th of June to their imprudent ardour, which plunged them opposite a masked battery of 60 guns. The retreat, however, it adds, was effected with great judgment and mili tary skill. A letter from Cherbourg states that there is great animation at that port. There are now in the road the iron-clad division of Vice-Admiral de la Ron ciere, the steam-corvettes Phl6g6ton and the Duplex, and two Prussian vessels, the Nymphe and Dolphin. Baron C. Daru, one of the Emperor's Chamber lains, has just died from diabetes. Prince Pierre Bonaparte, third son of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, is about to leave Paris for Italy. He will be attached to the staff of Victor Emmanuel. So advanced is the harvest in the South of France that bread has been made from wheat cut in the vicinity of Arles. Some of it has been received in Paris, and has been supplied for the Emperor's table by his baker, M. Masson, of the Rue Mont martre. The departure of the Emperor for Fontainebleau, which was to have taken place to-day, has been again postponed, the business of the Chambers not having been finished so soon as was anticipated, but 1 believe that his Majesty will certainly leave Paris on Wednesday next. A committee has been appointed to receive sub scriptions for the erection of a monument to the memory of M. de M6ry, the distinguished poet and journalist. There was a very pretty fete to-day at Reuil, near Paris. Reuil is a beautifully situated village of about 6,000 inhabitants. There are many interest ing historical reminiscences connected with it. It possesses a handsome church, where lie the remains of the Empress Josephine, and Queen Hortense, the mother of the present Emperor. The chateau of Reuil, which up to the first revolution was in the possession of the heirs of Cardinal Richelieu, and was afterwards bought by Marshal Massena, was destroyed by the black band. There was a decided change in the weather last night about midnight. Rain fell in abundance, and to-day it is much cooler. It has been showery during the day. Rain was very much wanted, and will be of essential service. [Through a miscarriage ou the part of the Post-office the following letter, which should have appeared in The Sun of Saturday, did not arrive until this morning.] PARIS, Friday Evening. A private letter, dated Camens, June 24, from a well-informed correspondent of the Sicle, confirms the impression raised by the telegram accounts as to the intentions of Austria. The letter says : "It is believed here that Marshal Beuedek will oppose the entrance of the second army into Bohe mia, with the intention, should the fortune of arms prove favourable, of rushing down upon the Prus sians of Prince Charles Frederic. It is certainly improbable that the Austrians would allow with folded arms an operation to effect the junction of the two Prussian armies advancing upon two oblique lines so as to unite upon some point on the route for Prague. The moment approaches when there will be a great battle. What gives rise to this idea is that the Austrians have marched the greater portion of their army to the. north of Bohemia, bearing to the left." TheVoniteur continues its elucidations and an. ticipations as to the progress and circumstances of the war. They deserve particular attention, as I have reason to know that its explanations are aided by information which it does not think it expedient to publish, but to which I occasionally have access. The Moniteur traces the locality from an excellent and accurate map, which may be had with the evening edition for two sous ! It appears that from the movements of the Prussian army, commanded by the Prince Royal of Prussia, General Benedek determined to oppose energetic resistance, and the consequence was a series of engagements on the 26th and 27th. In the attack made by Prince Frederic Charles upon the Austrians the former was com pletely successful. He took 500 prisoners, includ ing seven officers. A few hours afterwards, near the same spot, not far from Neustadt, the troops of Benedek obtained a decided advantage over the army of Prince Charles Frederic. There were also other engagements in which the Austrians had the advantage, and they captured 18 cannon. At Frantenau, however, the Prussians repulsed the Austrians. The object of the double army of Prince Frederic Charles:and the Prince Royal was to penetrate into the heart of Bohemia, but this piece of strategy was defeated by Gen. Benedek. The Prussians attempted a fresh attack upon Oswiecin (Ausswitch) on the 27th. The loss was very serious on both sides. The Prussians, forced to recross the Vistula, were driven back upon their own territory. Operations upon the line of the Maine between Bo hemia and the Rhine do not appear to be imminent. As to the Hanoverian corps, it appears that King George V. had decidedly declined the conditions, more political than military, of the proposed capitulation, considering it equivalent to the abandonment of his Sovereignty, and has retrograded towards the North. The Italians (according to the anticipa tion to which I alluded yesterday) have abandoned their first plan of attack and are concentrated upon Cremona and Placentia. General Ciablini, aban doning the positions which he had t a k en up on the Po, is turning back towards Bolo gna with the in tention of joining the army of King Victor Em manuel towards the Upper Po. A letter from Toscolano, describing the cannonade there, says that some of the cannon-balls fell in the neighbouring villas. The curate of the town was in the battery, and while the cannon Were thunder ing he was full of enthusiasm. He encouraged and assisted the troops, and cried out " Long live united Italy,—long live Garibaldi and the Garibaldians !" One of the soldiers took the curate in his arms and embraced him, saying, " You are too good to be a priest." It is clear from the private accounts from Madrid that the late military insurrection was much more formidable than the telegraphic accounts would lead to suppose. The insurrection began in the artillery barracks of San-Gil, occupied by the sth Regiment of ;Fort Artillery, and the 4th Horse Artillery. They became masters of the park and arsenal, and distributed arms and ammunition to their adhe rents. There was serious fighting in the streets, and the insurgents raised many barricades. The killed and wounded are estimated at no less than 2,000. The officers suffered very severely. Prim was not engaged in the Madrid insurrection. Some say he was at Gerona. Others assert that he was waiting the result upon another point. Madrid is tranquil, but the Government is uneasy about Catalonia, for it has sent large reinforcements to the capital of that province, Barcelona. This insurrection, it is said, was organised by Generals Pierrad and Contreras. General Pierrad was en gaged in the insurrection which took place a few months ago under the auspices of General Prim. He was dismissed from the command of the Balearic Isles and placed under surveillance at Soira. La Liberte gives another illustration of the diffi culty of obtaining accurate news about the war. It says—" There has been fighting in Silesia and in Bohemia. At Munhengratz (Bohemia) the fight seems to have been a slight one. Between Nachod and Gross Kalitz there has no doubt been a great battle. Who has gained the victory ? We have received nine telegrams, five from a Prussian and four from an Austrian source. Each belligerent attributes the victory to himself. Our accounts are still too confused to enable us to unravel the truth." I mentioned that Philippe had been found guilty of murder and condemned. The verdict is technical and diffuse in its terms, but stripped of technicali ties, it amounts to a verdict of guilty of murder ,he woman Bordeux, and of acquittal in r- _.:.rerence to the murders of 18G4 —those of " t ;dnua,ting Robert and of Mad ame Mage r the woman ad her child. It murder Madame Midy. was a verdict of guilty al- - ....,o as to the attempt t o not Aud any ex •For a wonder, the jury did eircumfittinces," AO there is no doubt that the murderer will be executed. Before the jury retired, the President rsked the pri soner if he had anything to add to his defence. He replied--" I swear before God that I am innocent of all the murders of 1864 (those of the girl Robert and Madam Mage and her child), and that I never robbed any one." Philippe heard the verdict with out manifesting the least emotion, and he was equally unmoved, almost smiling, when sentence of death was pronounced upon him. An incident occurred in court, which proves that the French are not quite so fond of making heroes of individuals as some of their neighbours. Just before the sentence was passed, an individual raised an opera glass to have a good look at the criminal. His intense curio sity excited general displeasure, and the opera glass was knocked out of his hand. Philippe has appealed to the Court of Cassation. A short railway from Montmorency to Eughien is to be opened on Sunday, which will connect those places with the Northern Railway. Montmorency is a favourite spot with the Parisians, and is a very beautiful locality. Few English travellers fail to visit the lake of Enghien. It is a pretty walk from Enghien through the forest to Montmorency, but in weather like this particularly, it will be a conveni ence to go direct by rail and save fatigue. Among other things, Montmorency is celebrated for its cherries. They, however, are not in perfection till late in the feason. A Vienna paper states that the last descendant of Martin Luther is now dying in indigence and obscurity. Catherine Luther is Catholic, like her father, but her grandfather was Protestant. She is residing at Mariahilf, a place remarkable for the number of pilgrims attracted there to worship the Virgin Mary. The eminent American general, Beauregard, is in Paris, and has had a private audience of the Emperor. General Beauregard has also had a long interview with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Drouyn de l'Huys, and M. Rouher, Minister of State. Turnau, where an engagement has just taken place between the Prussians and Austrians, is in Bohemia, on the route from Bittau to Prague. It is close to a railway station. The population is 5,000. More to the south on the same route is Munchengrantz, near Jung-Bungslau. These two towns were the centre of the late engagements. Munehengratz is a place of little importance. The Iser, which waters it, separates it from an immense forest which extends far to the 'West. Jung Bunzlau, which is situate a few miles to the South,' is a town of 6,000 inhabitants, which has been built for many centuries. Nachod, Skalitz, and Neusadt are in Bohemia near the frontier of Silesian Prussia. They are on the route to Josephstadt, a strong Austrian fortress, fourteen miles north of Koniggratz, another strong place of 8,000 inhabitants and a strategic point of some importance. The Prussians have four times taken possession of Koniggratz. viz., in 1742, 1744, 1758, and 1762. In the latter year a Govern ment powder magazine exploded, and a great part of the town whs destroyed. The heat continues much the same as for the last few days. Marshal Benedek, who commands the Austrian army of the North is a Hungarian, a Protestant and of plebeian origin. Count Mensdorff, Pouilley, the Austrian Minister is of French origin. General Villarey, who was killed at the battle of Custozza, was hardly fifty years of age. He was among the combatants at the battle of San Martino. His two sons fought valiantly by his side at Custozza. Quarters ended Sept. 30, Dec. 31, 31ar,14 31, June 30, 1865 1865 1800 1865 5,2:9,000 5,470,000 5,1:10,000 5,271,000 9,332,000 5,110,000 5,41,000 5,144,000 2,272,000 2,373,000 2,1 5,000 2,483,000 242,000 1,317,000 ~84,000 1,478,000 815,000 1 ,451,000 1,914,000 1,597,000 1,145,000 1,130,000 1,00.5,00.4 1,070,000 70,000 90,000 90,000 71,000 297,39! 8 :6,415 1,354,905 312,614 14,46',39! !18,007,4:5 47,792.965 17,463,661 Customs ... Excise. Stamps Taxes Vroperty Tax Post-office Crown Lands Illiscel:aneous To ta's . 1 17,463,661 Quarters ended Sept. 30, Dec. al, March 31, June 30, 1866 1831 1865 1865 £ £ £ £ Customs 5,624,000 5,932,000 5,` 7 ,000 5,178,0( 0 Excise 4,352,000 5,000,000 5,342,000 4,865,000 Stamps Taxes Property Tax l'oßt-ofiLe Crown Lands ..„ 6' 3 ,000 8,000 84,00) 70,000 Miscellaneous Totals Customs Excise Stamps Taxes Proper: y Tax Pose-Otis e Crowe Land Mis e I.neous Total Year et June 30, 1866, 21,3(50,000 20,067,000 9,5.5,,000 3,421,000 0,777,0 , 0 4,351,,000 321,000 2,863435 67,726,436 Ided June 30 1865 2',304,000 19,559,000 9,181,000 3,2 7,000 7,659,000 4,110,000 31',000 2,837 756 69,583,756 Il.—lncrease and Decrease in the periods ended June 30, 1866, as compared with corresponding . periods of the preceding year Quarter ended June Year ended 30, 1863. June 30, 1866. --- - Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. X £ £ £ Customs Excise Stamps. ee •• 7,000 72;00) •• T axes Property Tax Post-Office .... -• • 100,000 .. 240,000 • • Crown Lands Miscellaneous ..•• • • 9,8,36 10,680 -- ,--, Tota's Net Decrease £85,856 Net Decrease £l,s6 ~320 lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended June 30, 1866, the appli cation of the same, and, the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the surplus or deficiency upon such charge : Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Con solidated Fund, for the Quarter culled March 3 , 1865, viz. : Great Britain Ireland £542,705 Income received, as shown in Account I 17,463,664 Amount raised on account of Fortiacatioas, per Act 27th and 28th Viet., C. 109 150,000 Amount received in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c. Ditto for New Courts of Justice 501,741 X 8,60 Balance, being the Deficiency on June 30, 186(), upon the charge :of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges, payable in the Quarter to Sept. 30, 1800, and for which Exchequer Bills (Defie ency) will be issued in that Quarter 422,1749155 Amount applied out of the Income in Redemp tion of Deficiency 131115 issu d in the Quar ter to June 30, 1866, for the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain on March 3 , , 1866: Total Deficiency £2,132,764 Deduct Amount redeemed with Sinking Fund 330,000 1,742,764 Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser vices Amount Advanced for New Courts 01 Justice Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended June 30, 1806, viz. : Interest of the Permanent Debt £6,225,322 Terminable Debt Principal of Exchequer Bills 857,700 Interest of Exchequer Bills 51,375 Interest of Deficiency Bills The Civil List 10',525 Other Charges on Consoli dated Fund 499,055 Advances for l'ublic Works,&c. 58',' 90 Sinking Fund Surplug Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Ireland for the Quarter ended cl une 30, !SO 8,953,197 833,0 02 £22,174,955 A CHARMING Tp,- BENEFIT NIG , ' "1311 TE TO MR. FECHTER ON HIS Prince an' ..T.—Their Royal Highnesses the The' , ... Princess of 'Wales honoured the Lyceum -.re with their presence on Saturday last. " Hamlet" was performed by special request for Mr. Fechter's benefit (Saturday being also the last night of the season). After the performance a maguificont diamond ring, costing 150 guineas, was presented to Alr. Fechter on the stage of the Lyceum, by the whole of the artists and others engaged by hint on that establishment. It was presented to the actor-manager as an Ovidence, on the part of the donors, of their sense of his managerial liberality and courtesy, and of their cordial application of his genius as an actor. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. NEW YORK, June 23, Evening. A resolution passed the Canadian Assembly last evening to call upon the United States to indem nify Canada for the losses sustained by reason of the last Fenian invasion. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, June 23, Evening. Money easy ; Gold 152 ; Exchange on London, 163 ; ditto on Paris, 3.47. Stocks quiet. New York Centrals, 984 ; Illinois, 1201 ; Erie, 58 ; 5-20 Bonds, 103 i. Cotton dull—Middling Upland, 38. Flour dull. Wheat and corn heavy. Provisions declining. Coffee dull. Sugar and molasses, quiet. Petroleum very dull—crude, 25 ; refined, 40. REVENUE RETURNS, I.—The following is an abstract of the gross produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom in the undermen tioned periods, ended June 30, 1866, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year : LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE WAR IN GERMANY. Up to the time of our going to press no item of intelligence from the continent had been received this morning. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The Moniteur, describing its impressions from the latest accounts of the war says :—" All that it is possible to ascertain from the constantly contradic ' tory despatches which reach us from Vienna and Berlin respecting the engagements between the Prussian and Austrian armies in Bohemia is that, since June 26, the struggle has entered upon the points indicated by us with extreme obstinacy. According to the Austrian version, the army of the Prince Royal of Prussia has been repulsed from the Austrian territory, and the army of Prince Frede ric Charles also thrown hack upon Turnau. Thus the double Prussian invasion has been stopped, and the strategic combination which had been arranged has failed. According to the Prussian version, on the contrary, the army of the Prince Royal main tained its positions on the enemy's territory, and, pursuing its advantage, was repulsing the army of Benedek upon Josephstadt. The troops of Prince , Frederic Charles had not been less successful, as they claim to have occupied Muncbengratz and to have driven the Austrians before them. It is im possible that this uncertainty can be prolonged, and we shall soon hear of decisive results. Either the Prussians ('s hose movement to effect a junction ha's under all circumstances suffered a temporary check) will retreat or they will follow up their advantage, and unite in spite of the efforts of Benedek. The most probable thing is that the combats which have taken place will be followed by other more decisive engagements. What strikes us most,lin spite of the incoherence of the despatches, is the energy of the combatants on both sides. Even in partial engage ments the losses have been enormous, and it is seen that first-rate troops have been placed in line. The loss of 1,000 men of the Royal Guard at Trantenau, which is admitted by the valorous Prussians (as they call themselves), is a very significant event." The lloniteur, in elucidation of the combats in Bohemia on the 26th and following days between the Prussians and Austrians, says :—" The strate gical plan of the Prussians, conceived with great boldness and skill, was to invade Bohemia by two powerful armies, that of the Elbe (Prince Frederic Charles) and that of the Oder (the Prince Royal) penetrating the Austrian territory of Priesengeberge. This double march followed the two Austrian rail way lines, with their branches, commanded by the fortress of Josephstadt, one marching towards Zeitlax and Saxony, the other towards the Prussian frontier. During the war in Italy it was remarked that the possession of railway lines was of the utmost importance to belligerents. The recent war in North America afforded a striking demonstra tion of this, and it appears probable that the pre sent war in the centre of Europe will elicit striking examples of the importance of this new element which has been introduced in strategy. On both sides every inch of territory was disputed with great vigour. Both parties claim the victory on certain points. The great question is whether the Prussians can resume their convergent movement, or whether they will be compelled to retreat. It is possible that more engagements in the radius of Josephstadt may be necessary to decide this question. Benedek opposed vigorous resistance to both the Prussian armies. The Hanoverian corps displays much tena city and bravery in spite of its difficult position. In Italy the movement of concentration continues upon Cremona and Placentia." A lady, named Bertinhamps, at Roux, near Char• leroi, has just given birth to her twentieth Child after 23 years of marriage. The occasion was celebrated in the village by the ringing of bells and a fete. The newly-born child is the fifteenth son, and the e were five daughters. The family is now composed of fourteen persons. The father is only 47 and the mother 43. The Baroness Depuytrcn, widow of the late emi nent surgeon, has just died at an advanced age. According to a statement in the Gazette Officielle of Vienna, the loss sustained by the army of Arch duke Albert at the battle of Custozza amounted to 1,640 men, 215 killed, 918 wounded, and 579 who have disappeared. There were 57 officers killed or wounded. This loss refers only to the sth Corps, as that of the 7th Corps is not yet officially known. The first butcher's shop for the sale of horse flesh in Paris will be opened to-morrow week, July 9, on the Boulevard d'ltalie. The "price will be about one-third less than that of beef. The idea of bringing horse-flesh into regular consumption ori ginated with M. Isidore Geoffroy St. Hilaire, and a committee has been appointed to carry into effect his views that it ".is a wholesome and nou rishing aliment." The opening of the horse-flesh campaign is to be inaugurated by a public dinner, the viands to consist solely of that description of meat. The soup also will be made from horse flesh. Some months ago there was a dinner of this kind which was devoured with great relish by the guests, who pronounced that all the dishes were exceedingly nice, and that it was impossible to distinguish the roast joints from the finest beef. At the Bourse on Saturday there was a compa rative calm. One class of speculators believed in the Austrian victories, and the rest would have it that Prussia had been triumphant, so between the two little or no business was done. At the close the 3 pe r C en ts. were quoted 63f. 35c. The Italien 39 40. The journal La France, which was read on 'Change about the middle of the day, contained a _report that a por ti on o f the Italian squadron had been. sunk near Venice, and the other had been OVERLAND MAILS. MALTA, June 30. The Ripon loft here at 9 p.m. yesterday and the Syria at 6 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 2d and the latter at Southampton on the 9th July. AMERIC A. ARRIVAL OF TIIE CITY OF PARIS. (Via Roche's Point.) NEW YORK, June 23 (Morning.) The trial of the Fenians at Montreal is progress ing. It is believed that four who were caught in the act of firing upon British troops will suffer death. Yesterday the Fenian President Roberts was pre sent on the floor of the House of Representatives in company with General Banks. A great Fenian mass meeting will be held to morrow in the neighbourhood of Jones Woods, under the call of Stephens. The Superintendent of Police has prohibited the meeting taking place in that spot on the ground that it would interfere with the enforcement of the Excise Law. President Johnson has approved the bill grant ing bounties to coloured soldiers and pensions to their heirs. The President has sent a message to Congress with the report of Secretary Seward relative to his transmission of the copies of the Reconstruction resolutions to the governors of the several States for legislative ratification. The President states that, as the resolutions were not submitted to his approval, and eleven States were excluded from re presentation, grave doubts arose whether the action of Congress was in harmony with the sentiment of the people, and whether the State Legislatures should be called upon to ratify such action. Waiving the question of the validity and merit of the proposed amendment, he deemed it proper to observe that the action of the Secretary of State was purely ministerial, in no sense committing the executive to the approval of the amendment ; on the contrary, a proper appreciation of the Constitu tion and of the interests of national harmony and union, and deference for enlightened public opinion, suggested a doubt whether a con stitutional amendment ought to be proposed by Congress and pressed upon the Legislatures for final decision until the admission of loyal members from the now unrepresented States. The health of Mr. Davis is greatly improved. Mr. Bigelow, the American Ambassador in Paris, wrote to Mr. Seward, on June 4th, that M. Drouyn de I'Huys had stated that the recent declaration with reference to the withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico was made in good faith, and the troops would be withdrawn within the time specified. Intelligence received here from Mexico reports the Imperialists to be abandoning important points in the interior of the country. The Emperor Maxi milian's Government was in great financial distress. The Liberals were closely investing Tampico. FRANCE. BOURSE, June 30.-Two o'clock.---The market to-day is occupied with the re'ponse des primes (op tion). This operation has just taken place at the following prices :-Threes, 63f. 20c. ; Italian Fives, 39f. 25c. ; Credit Mobilier, 446 f. 25c. ; Spanish Mobilier, 212 f. 50c. ; Credit Foncier, 1,135 f. ; Comptoir d'Escompte, 690 f. ; Orleans, 796 f. 25c. ; Northern, 1,065 f. ; Austrian, 301 f. 25e. ; and Lombard, 278 f. 75c. Reports are cheap, and many Securities are carried over with a deport, that on Rente being 12c., on Credit Mobilier Shares 4f. 50c. to 5f., and Northern Shares If. 25c. Italian Fives and Lyons Shares are carried over at par. Comp toir d'Escompte have a report of 2f. 50c., and Spanish - Mobilier of If. The market opened on Threes at 63f. 10c., but since the reponse they have attained 64f. 65c., or an advance of 621 e. Italian Fives have advanced to 39f. 75c., or 45c. higher. Credit Mobilier Shares have improved 16f. 25c. to 460 f. ; and Spanish Mobilier, sf. to 217 f. 50c. Credit Foncier are 10f. higher, viz., at 1,145 f., and Comptoir d'Escompte, 2f.- 50c. In the Rail way Department Northern Shares have improved 3f. 75e., Orleans If. 25c., Austrian 6f. 25c., and Lombard lf. 23c. English Consols are telegraphed lower. Three o clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cents 93 Bank Shares ......... 3420 Do. end month — Italian L0an......... 39 65 3 per Cents. Do. end month 63 30 Mexican Loan ...... Credit Mobilior 445 Do. 80nd5........, Do. end month 451 25 Spanish Threes ... Credit Fonder Home Debt Do. end month 1145 - RAIL' Deferred - 'AU. For AcCount, Orleans Northern 1075 Lyons and Mediterranean 795 Southern 5lO - - Western — Eastern Sardinia Austrian Lombard 278 75 North of Spain • Saragossa Ditto to BArcelona — &man —...- Adelphi Theatre• The long-promised English version of Offenbach s comique opera, " Belle Helene," was produced here on Saturday evening, under the title of " Helen, or taken from the Greek," with complete success, judging it by the standard of burlesque. The classic story has been dished up to suit English taste by Mr. Burnand, but his task has been a laboured one, and the doggrel stuff he has put into the mouths of the characters is perfectly innocent either of wit or humour. The music, however, sends the piece along, and the talents of the actors engaged in the repre sentation completed the success of the performance. Mrs. Mellon as Paris, Miss Furtado as llelen, Mr. Toole as Menelaus, Mr. Paul Bedford as Colchas, and Mr. It. Romer as Philocomenos, gave a very good impersonation of their respective parts, and the effective manner in which the orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Riviere, supported the per formers was exceedingly praiseworthy. The dresses were pretty and tasteful, and doubtless the English reputation of Offenbach will induce large audiences to assemble at the Adelphi for some considerable time to come. TILE NEW LIBRARIAN A i r THE BRITISH MUSEUM. —Mr. Winter Jones has succeeded Mr. Panizzi as prin cipal librarian of the British Museum. Mr. Jones has for several years filled the post of the Printed Book depart ment of our National Library, a position in which ho will no doubt 1)3 succeeded by the present assistant-keeper, Mr. Watts, who is well known as a linguist, a biblio grapher, and a man of letters. Fr. 77) . 4,4 um 4 tin 1,4 HER MAJhSTY.. --- WINDSOR CASTLE, July 1. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac companied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service in the Castle this morning. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. NEW PEERS. Lord Cremorne is about to be raised to au earldom by the title of Earl of Dartrey—tho designation of the barony by virtue of which he now sits in the House of Lords. Viscount Monck, Governor-General of Canada, is about to become a British peer. Sir Hugh Rose, it is stated, is to be raised to the peerage in acknowledgment of his eminent services in Rumoured Ministerial Arrangements. The Conservative organ announces this morn ing, on the whole still vaguely, but here and there a little more definitely than hitherto, that the Earl of Derby is making rapid progress in the for mation of the new Ministry, and there is no doubt that the Government will be completed and the writs issued on Thursday. With possibly one or two exceptions the Administration will be composed of members of the Opposition, and amongst them will necessarily be found many of Lord Derby's for mer colleagues. The Premier of the two last Con servative Administrations will of course be First Lord of the Treasury, and Mr. Disraeli will retain the posi tion of Chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the House of Commons. Lord Stanley will webelieve go to the Foreign-office. It is not going too far to say this is an appointment which men of all parties and opinions have anticipated with satisfaction, and which once for all disposes of that absurd panic of some of our contemporaries as to the terrible effects of a "Tory foreign policy." The heads of the Military, and Naval, and Home Departments will probably be as before General Peel, Sir John Pakington, and Mr. Walpole. But new Cabinet appointments will, we understand, be made, which will undoubtedly give .great strength to the Admi nistration, those of Lord Cranborne to the Presi dency of the Poor-law Board, and of Sir Stafford Northcote to the Board of Trade. Mr. Adderley is likely to resume his old position at the Educational Board, and Mr. Ward Hunt will take office as Financial Secretary. In all of these departments Lord Derby has at least made choice of the right men for the right place. There remain two very important posts to fill up in the Cabinet, the Secre taryships of Ireland and the Colonies. But for them as well as for the other vacant positions in the Cabinet, and the subordinate offices, the difficulty is not so much the lack of fitting persons, as the difficulty of selection. The Army and Navy Gazette says :—ln a strictly non-political journal a Ministerial crisis can only be commented on because of its effect upon the admi nistration of the two services. At the present mo ment it would appear that if Lord Derby forms a Government it will be composed exclusively of men of his own party, and in that event Sir John Paking ton as First Lord, and Sir John Hay as Secretary, are mentioned as likely to go to the Admiralty, and General Peel and Lord Longford to the War-office, as successors to Lord Hartington and Lord Dufferin respectively. But it is also rumoured that Lord Longford is not likely to accept office, and in that case Colonel Percy Herbert would become Under- Secretary, it being considered rather an advantage than otherwise that both the Parliamentary officials of the department should be in the House of Com mons. We are bound to add that in the present condition of the new Ministerial arrangements all such rumours are little better than ingenioul guess work. The Athenmuni, as the first paragraph of its " Weekly Gossip" remarks—A change of Gov ern ment, though it has many inconveniences, brings with it some advantages. Questions which have been immovable, either from personal pride or from official forms, are again opened. New men take new measures ; and the answer once given is not binding on the successor of the man who gave it. Some of our readers will remember the long and obstinate refusal of the old Whig Government to abate any one of th e h ar d restrictions placed on the access of our historical students to the State Paper Office ; also the ready grace with which Lord Stan ley and Sir E. Bulwer Lytton entered into the wishes of the intellectual classes, and, after a little fight with their subordinates, threw open the treasures in their keeping. This great reform, which alone made historical study in this country a reality, will be always gratefully remembered to the credit of these statesmen. We refer to this subject now, because they have another golden chance of doing service and winning distinction in the same literary field. They may—if they please —put the great question of copyright with the United States on a new and sound footing. A movement has arisen in America itself ; and this movement probably requires no more than a friendly recognition on our side to in sure its success. The Whigs, it is thought, were un willing to meet and encourage this American effort, on the ground of our pride not allowing us to take any further steps. Surely, in a case where the in terests of all our thinkers and writers are con cerned, a Government office may accept justice when it is offered, and put in a corner its own offended majesty. The London Review shrinks not from referring thus sharply to the vexatious delay caused not only by the Queen's premature absence in Scotland, but by her Majesty's tardy return from Scotland : —ln consequence of the unfortunate and ill-timed absence of the Queen at Balmoral the Ministerial crisis has been protracted to a very unusual, and for the public service most inconvenient, extent. Had her Majesty been resident at Buckingham Palace, Earl Russell• might have made on Tuesday week the statement which he actually made in the House of Lords on Tuesday last. Had her Majesty been willing to curtail by two or three days her sojourn in the Highlands, the late Government might have announced their resignation on Monday, instead of being compelled to ask for a further adjourn ment, in order that they might have a personal con ference with their Royal Mistress. It is all very well for the ex-Premier to declare, in courtly phrases, that her Majesty is most sedulous in the performance of the high duties of her station ; but those are not the true friends of the Throne who conceal from her that the events of the last few days have left a very painful impression on the minds of her most faithful subjects. After a seclu sion of four years, the country has certainly some right to complain that the Sovereign should have withdrawn herself from the metropolis at a moment when her Government was known to be in difficul- ties, and when the state of affairs on the Conti nent absolutely required that her constitutional advisers should have the means of immediate access to her presence. We do not, however, care to dilate upon an eminently disagreeable subject fur ther than to express a hope that nothing of the kind may occur again. It is said Mr. Gathorne Hardy will be the new Secretary for Ireland. TIIE RIGHT HON. W. E. AND MRS. GLADSTONI4 left town on Saturday afternoon for Clieveden, on a visit to the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland. DEATH OF SIR ANTIWNY BuLLER.---The death, was announced on Saturday of Sir Anthony Buller, who many years ago obtained a high reputation as au Indian lawyer and judge. THE Duc DE CHARTRES.—On the authority of the Patric and other French newspapers, the Paris corre spondent of a contemporary denies the "rumour" that the French Government had induced King Victor Emmanuel to refuse the services of the Duo di Chartres in the Italian campaign. It is within our own knowledge that the rumour is founded upon fact; the Duo do Chartres was on the point of starting when he was stopped through French. intervention.--Examiner.