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At the beginning of the year there is some signifi cance in the stiff and stately phrases, and men read it eagerly if only to discover what is left out from the programme of the session to come, and to what the powers that be think it necessary to pledge themselves. At the close of the session even this excitement has evaporated, and it sometimes hap- / son., no ;t hnc Anno nn this nccasion, that the moss conspicuous features of the session have to be omitted or slurred over. The chief incidents of the Parliamentary campaign have been connected with the Reform Bill. The great object of political speculation at the present moment is the Continen tal War, yet an uninitiated spectator would hardly gather as much from the Royal Speech. The first paragraph, indeed, after informing the Houses that Her MAJESTY'S relations with foreign Powers are on the mcst friendly footing, goes on to say that Her MAJESTY has watched the progress of the war with anxious interest, but that she has not deemed it expedient to take part in the contest. The ear nest hope that the negotiations now in pro gress between the belligerents may lead to a secure and lasting peace does not, in view of the recent demands of France upon Prussia, appear very likely to be speedily realised. The Reform Bill having failed to assume a sub stantive form is not, of course, alluded to ; and it will probably have to make its appearance in an other Speech, notwithstanding its many former ap pearances. The troubled state of affairs just now is indicated by the character of the Speech before us. It begins, as we have said, with a reference to the Continen tal War ; it passes on to a couple of paragraphs re specting the Fenian conspiracy, and the consequent suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in the sister country. After the reference to the Fenians, and to the exceptional legislation rendered necessary by their machinations, another unusual proceeding on the part of the Government has to be alluded to — the suspension of the Bank Charter Act, which the financial panic made indispensable. The QUEEN'S Speech expresses her MAJESTY'S satisfaction that " although the monetary pressure is not yet sen- sibly mitigated alarm is subsiding, the state of trade being sound, and the condition of the people gene rally prosperous, and her MAJESTY entertains a san guine hope that confidence will soon be restored." No one could expect such a wide subject as the cur rency laws to be opened up in the closing Speech of a session, but if we are to avcid a recurrence of those disastrous panics and prolonged periods of de pression we must have something more than tem- porary measures or sanguine generalities. After all these troubled topics there yet remains two matters of anxious domestic interest ; one o: these is happily becoming less engrossing in its nature, for the weekly returns of the cattle plague give 1 • 15 grounds for concurring in the belief that its destructive effects have been in a great measure checked, and that there is reason to hope for its entire extinction at no distant period." Its decrease is undoubtedly partly owing to causes beyond our control, but it has certainly been marked since the passing of the Cattle Plague Bill at the commencement of the session. Had more vigorous measures been adopted at the very outset the disease might never have got to such a height. Whatever may be thought of other epidemics, this plague was undoubtedly contagious, and therefore to allow cattle fairs and markets to be held, at which large herds of cattle were stationed and driven about together, whether healthy or diseased, was highly imprudent. The traffic of cattle on railways was another piece of rashness, and as there will always be found plenty of men who from ignorance, recklessness, or from a spirit of speculation, will avail themselves of the ordinary means of traffic, and barter so long as they exist, there was no hope of arresting the progress of the disease. We hope that due precautions will be observed before things go back to their old footing, and, as a general rule, the less beasts are driven about the better, so that a good many clauses of the bill might be entertained Perpetuite. More serious • and more threatening is that human epidemic which, as many foretold, has followed in . the train of the Cattle Plague. The Royal Speech expresses the QUEEN'S hope that the local authorities will not be slow to exercise their increased powers, and hopes that the recent mea sures adopted by her Parliament will tend to the improvement of the public health. In this respect, as in many others, this ses sion has left plenty of work for its suc cessor. Notwithstanding the bill for improving + the navigation of the Thames there remains much to be done with regard to the protection of our rivers generally. The system of poisoning our water supply is a most suicidal one, and its mischievous effects are already too plainly apparent. The sewage, which given to the earth enriches its pro duction tenfold, when poured into another element becomes a source of death and disease. The ques tions of the local government of our parishes and of the unequal rating of the metropolis are also matters which the present crisis will force upon the attention of the Legislature, but to those matters no reference is made in the Speech. There is one topic of such widespread interest and such great importance that it could not be passed over, and this happily is beyond the reach of the anxieties of the hour. The completion of the link between the two hemispheres, the union of the two great free nations of the world by an electric band, is a subject for unmixed rejoicing, while the true Anglo-Saxon charac teristics of energy, enterprise, and persever ance, were never more worthily or more signally displayed than in the prosecution of this costly and momentous undertaking, in face of all disappoint ments and delays. Thus, notwithstanding all the regrets for the past, the cares for the present, and the anxieties for the future, the QUEEN is able to close her address with a subject for general re joicing, in which not only her own people can heartily join, but the citizens of another country and another world. The good people of Berlin have had plentyof ex citement lately, and they seem likely, notwith standing, to have plenty more before they relapse into a state of quiescence. We learn from Paris that a telegram from Berlin announces that " great excitement" prevails in that city, and we are not surprised at the intelligence, for there is great reason for cogitation, if not great cause for anxiety, in con sequence of the demands lately made by the French Cabinet. We doubt if this new phase of the affair will pass off so quietly as some imagine, for there are many interests at. stake, 'and the temper of one of the partied concerned in the dispute is more than,sioiltful. It is quite certain that the present is a very unpropitious time for a demand to be addressed to Prussia. Of course it may be &aid that she can afford to be generous, and to yield a small portion of territory cannot matter in com parison with the large gains she has made. This is correct in theory, but it will not be borne out in practice in the case of the Berlin Government. They are so exceedingly obstinate that it is next to impossible to convince them, even when it would conduce to their own advantage so to do ; and they are so grasping and covetous that there is no putting limits to their expectations and desires. The latest news is that M. BENEDETTI has left Berlin for Paris, in order, no doubt, to explain matters to his Govern ment. The Moniteur states that the return of the Emperor from Vichy has given rise to erroneous suppositions, and that the cause of his arrival in Paris is that the doctors ordered it. This may be true ; but it may be also owing to other causes, and at any rate no explanations can make it appear rtherwise than sirtnifiewnt - Ito have sud denly appeared at Paris, in conjunction with the request of the French Cabinet to Berlin. The Sicle of yesterday declared that Prussia had not yet thought fit to entertain the French propositions which had been made in consequence of the consi derable aggrandisement of that Power. It may turn out that Btsmincti will listen to reason, and display on this occasion a moderation and a magnanimity that are suitable to the emer gency. If so, of course all will go smoothly, and Europe will witness a return to that general peace and tranquillity which it has been fortunate enough to enjoy, with scarcely any interruption, for so long a period. Who can venture to predict, however, that such will be the case, and in the face of all example to the contrary to declare that the Berlin Govern ment will be answerable to reason. There are many things which have lately occurred to show that the French are busy about something. Rumours of all kinds have reached us of their preparations of different kinds, and various occurrences took place which could be interpreted as dangerous or other wise, according as it suited the wishes of the moment. For politic rea§ons some people have per sisted in declaring that it all amounted to nothing, and that there was no need for fuss and alarm; but without seeking to make the most of things, we may fairly state that the mists have now disappeared, and that we behold a prospect that is not an in viting one. The French EMPEROR is one of the most astute men of his age ; his foresight and pru dence are most considerable, and thus we are con need that he has weighed all things in his mind, and that he has counted the cost of his venture in thus making his demand to the Berlin Cabinet. They may or they may not' agree to his request. If they do all will go on as before, but if they do not, no one knows better than the EM PEROR that in the sight of Europe and the presence of his people he cannot draw back. This cession of territory to France must become wz fait accompli ; there is no other way of settling it now, either as concerns the honour or interests of France. This is one side of the question ; on the other, mat ters look equally unpropitious. We find a stubborn Sovereign at Berlin, counselled by a dexterous Minister, clever as he is unscrupulous, and con ceited and pretentious beyond all precedent. Th ey are now flushed with success, and elated at the idea of the grandeur of their recent exploits, and the magnitude of their dominion. By a series of ti me l y c h an ces, rather than ability, the great military Prussian army have succeededhabveeyonodonatrllibhootopde to expectation. Many causes c ause this denouement ; b reason is assigned by the Berlin of course, only one authorities for the brilliancy of their triump h, and that is their own savoir- faire. There is great reason to an approvingto suppose that with all the prestige of victory, with Senate, an applauding people, and with many States formerly hostile now seeking to be amalgamated with the Prussian Crown, the KING and his Go vernment will be disposed to have it out to the last, and to believe that they will again be able to hold their own against France as easily as they were able to overrun Northern Ger many, and drive the Austrians from every strong hold they attacked. If this be their resolve, there will be a renewal of the war, and a still more ex citing scene will be presented to our view than when the nations of Germany rose up iu arms against each other, and civil war devastated the fatherland. There are reasons on both sides which would go far to make us regret a repetition of hostilities, and the thousands who would suffer, and th! homes that would be thrown into trouble, make one averse to these fierce national displays of strength. For all that may occur, however, we hold Prussia THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1866. to be responsible, and her alone. She forced on the war, while she declared that she was driven into it ; she was not content with victory, but she must needs appropriate a great deal of territory ; and so on to the end of the chapter she carried on a series of arbitrary arrangements, and established a new reign of terror. No one can justly blame the French EMPEROR for interfering to prevent a dan gerous and unscrupulous Power from becoming too strong, and allowing a treaty to be signed which would give a virtual sanction to these proceedings. The public will watch with anxiety to hear the result of these negotiations that are now engaging the chief men in Paris and Berlin, and, perhaps, after all, there is not much to be surprised at under the circumstances. Those who took a com prehensive view of Continental matters felt con vinced all along that France would interfere at some juncture of the affair, and not allow war and peace to succeed each other and leave her in the lurch while Prussia took the lion's share of the • spoil. DENMARK AND THE PEACE. The Dagblad of Copenhagen contains an able and interesting article respecting the peace preliminaries and the position of Denmark with regard to the proposed restoration of the northern portion of Schleswig, in which it says : " The other contents of the peace preliminaries sink down into insigni fiance to us in Denmark com pared to the one passa ge that touches us so closely. The world did not care much for us in our days of trouble, and it is therefore excusable if we now think most of ourselves. While Europe and the European press are speculating upon the demands of Prussia, the concessions of Austria, and the future position of Germany, we may be allowed to fix our attention on the final settlement of the Elbe Duchies,' or the future fate of Danish Schleswig. We have not wished to mention it beforeto avoid adding another bitter disappointment to those already suffered, but as the proposal is now placed beyond any doubt it would be unnatural if the Danish press were to re main silent upon a question which of all is nearest to the heart of the Danish nation. Such silence might be misinterpreted by those who have exerted their mighty influence on our behalf, and make them think that the Danish people were indifferent to the reunion with their Danish brethren in Schleswig, and did not most warmly appreciate what has been done to bring about such a happy consummation. We think we are justified in hoping that the ex- pression, ' the districts of Northern Schleswig are to determine their future by the plebiscite,' means that this vote of the people is to fix the line of divi sion to be drawn, as no such line has been men- tioned. We need not say that only such an inter pretation would do justice to the hopes of all Danes, in Denmark as well as Schleswig, and to the prin ciple of nationalities. For it is only by virtue of the rights of nationalities and the free choice of the peoples that there can be any question at all of restoring to Denmark any part of what was torn away from her by superior force. But these great principles which are about to form the basis of a new law of nations will not be carried out if an arbitrary line of frontier be drawn separating people of the same nationality. It would be dangerous to Denmark if the plebiscite were to restore so much that a question of nationality might again arise and cause a pretext for foreign in terference. But it is injustice to Denmark and a sin against the nationality principle if the line be drawn through districts the ithabitants of which in language and education mentally and physically be long to the Danish nation, and have no more ardent wish than to be reunited under the same King and Constitution. We must remain silent in deep humi _ _ of a cruel difference and to stop the effusion of LATEST INTELLIGENCE blood." A German paper says that the venerable M. de (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Munch-Bellinghausen, formerly the President of the ex-Diet, died suddenly on hearing that he had lost two of his sons in the late battle. Prince Antoine Hohenzollern has died from his wounds. There is another change in the weather, and for the worse. To-day it has been cold, wet, gloomy, and miserable, and with no sign of improvement up to post hour. The Tribunal Civil of the Seine has given its decision in the case of the will of the Duke de Grarnmont-Caderouse, the particulars of which are well known. The Duke, by his will, constituted Dr. Declat, his physician, universal legatee. The family pleaded against the will, on the ground that Article 909 of the Code Napoleon renders null any gift or donation to a doctor who attended the de ceased testator. The Court set aside the will, and thus a large property goes to the relatives of the Duke. A new piece was produced last night at the Vaudeville, " Les Don Juan de Village," by Madame George Sand, of which I shall probably have something to say. liation if anybody tells us that every bit of land re stored is a gracious gift from a powerful hand which we ought not to refuse ; but if the restoration is not an act of grace, but the carrying out of a great principle, we have a right to expect that it will be extended so as to do full justice to that principle. The expressions of the German organs and the ad dresses of Prussian officials and magistrates may have deceived public opinion in Europe as to the real feelings of the Schleswigers ; but it is a fact, which is even admitted by the German party in Schleswig, that only is the north of Schleswig Danish, but that in Sundeved and the island of Alsen the Danish feeling is unconquerable. A popular vote in Schleswig must comprise all the dis tricts where the inhabitants speak, think, and feel Danish. The line must be drawn southof Flensburg, whose vote will determine which side that city is to belong to, and on the west it must be at Bredsted. Only then can it be said that the population of Schleswig decide their own future, and only by this means will justice be done to the great principle of nationality. " It would in reality be no great sacrifice on the part of Prussia to restore such part of Schleswig as should declare that it wished to go with Denmark. What Prussia has arrived at is getting access to the sea and obtaining good ports, the conditions for the development of her naval power. She has attained this in the invaluable harbours of Kiel and Eckern forde, and the proposed canal through holstein will connect those ports with the Bay of Jande and the naval establishments at Geesteniunde and Emden, taken from Hanover. On the part of Prussia it is ac knowledged that they only laid claim to Schleswig to stop the mouths of the bawlers about the heredi tary rights of the Augustenburger. It is now settled, in the most unmistakable manner, that the Augus tenburger, that wretched ' squeezed-out lemon,' has no right to any part of the Duchi es , an d P russ i a is supported by the feeling in Germany in shelving him altogether. There can therefore be no reason for Prussia to claim a country and a population whose wishes go in another direction. The new fortifica tions at Duppel cannot be of any strategical import ance to Prussia against Denmark ; the great supe riority of her army requires none such, and when in a few years her fleet will also be superior to that of Denmark, neither Alsenn or Duppel will be of any value to the latter for the purposes of defence. The half-sentimental value formerly attaching to the place on account of the Prussian blood shed at Dup pel cannot have any weight now Prussia has gained such immense military glory that she does not re quire the additional lustre from the taking of those earthworks levelled to the ground through the in cessant firing of weeks, nor from the victory over our few exhausted soldiers ; much larger streams of Prussian blood have been shed at Nachod, Skalitz, Gitschin, and Koniggratz, without Prussia deeming it necessary to incorporate those trophies in her em pire. After the enormous triumphs and great advan tages achieved by Prussia she can afford to be mag nanimous to an opponent to whom she herself ac knowledges to have done some injustice, and whose obstinate defence against two great Powers through four months loses nothing on a comparison with the occurrences in Germany from the 15th June to the 26th July. " But should the popular vote even be extended to all the Danish parts of Schleswig the victory is not yet gained. Care must be taken t hat the plebes cite become a real a n d f re e expression of t h e feelin g of the people. Offi c i a l s w ho aro now as eager parti sans for Prussia as they formerly were for the Augustenburger, and other unscrupulous political renegades, coupled with a Prussian occupation of the duchy during the vote, are no particular safe guaran tees for the freedom of the latter. Yet we have that confidence in the faithful Danish Sehleswigers, who with such enthusiasm cling to the hope of being de livered from foreign rule, that they will be strong enough to resist all temptations and overcome all difficulties ; and we know them too well not to feel sure that they will organise from the Kongeaa down to the southernmost Danish parish. Yet we have deemed it necessary to call attention to what is re quired if the vote is to be really a free and indepen dent one." COUNTY REVISION.—By an Act of Parliament passed last year no court i s t o be holden by a revising bar rister for the revision of the lists of any county before the 20th of September in any year. Hitherto the period was from the l'oll of septerabex to the end of October. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The Siecle gives a prominent place to the follow ing important information from a correspondent, who I have every reason to know has access to good sources of information :—" I announced to you in my last letter that the question of Prussian annexa. tions would probably form the subject of inter. _ _ national discussions. lam informed, in fact, thai France, foreseeing considerable Prussian aggran disement of territory, has opened communications with the Cabinet of Berlin relative to the frontiers of the Rhine. I am informed, also, that hitherto Prussia has not thought fit to accept the French proposals." It appears by the news received from Germany that the belligerent armies, according to the terms of the suspension of arms, maintain the positions they occupied at the time. of the signature. The five brigades of volunteers under the command of Garibaldi arc stationed at about 50 kilometres to the west of Trente. Other divisions of Italian troops are stationed at the limits of the provinces of Venetia and Istria. The desire of the Italian Government is to obtain the armistice on the same conditions as the truce, and to maintain the ui possidetis. The Cabinet of Vienna, on the other hand, asks for the evacuation of the countries not given up by her, and now occupied by Italian troops. According to the Nazione, the French Government, acting as mediator, takes the Italian view of the question. Whatever may be the objec tions started by Austria, there being entire agree ment between France and Italy, Italy need not pay attention to the desires of Austria. Italy has made the concessions which French mediation thought necessary. Austria may adopt whatever course she may like, but if Austria should decline, the mediation which every one thought was accepted at Vienna, upon her will be the responsibility of the consequences." The Italian troops (says the illoniteur) have re• tired from the Tyrol and behind the Tagliamento, that is to say, on the line of demardation demanded by Austria for the negotiation of an armistice with Italy. There is, therefore, reason to believe that the difficulties heretofore existing which prevented an agreement between the two Powers have been overcome, and that the armistice will be very shortly concluded. Although a treaty of peace may be aboat to be signed and sealed, there is still something like a mis trustful feeling in Paris, particularly at the Bourse. Several of the Paris papers, as well as foreign jour nals, draw sinister inferences from the abrupt return of the Emperor to St. Cloud, and the return of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Droyn de l'Huys, to Paris from Vichy. These inferences have no foundation in fact. The Emperor, I believe, did not conic back in consequence of any political event, but simply to accompany home the Imperial Prince. M. Drouyn de l'Huys returned only to preside at the distribution of prizes, of which I gave you an account. The Emperor, lam told, is likely to be in Paris on his fete day, having for the last two years been absent upon the occasion. The Louvre of Louis XIV. has just been en riched with a new museum, the Museum of Painted Glass. Five hundred specimens, admirable in de sign, composition, colour, and transparency, have just been placed in the large windows of the rooms called the " Appartements de Henri IV." They come from French, Flemish, Dutch, and German manufactories of the 15th and 10th centuries. The Louvre will be complete when it shall have received in the Museum of Ancient Tapestry the rare and beautiful specimens which are about to be trans ferred there. It is, I believe, settled that Blondin is to be per mitted to perform a most daring but dangerous feat on the day of the Emperor's fete (Wednesday next). The permission has been accorded at Blondin's own special request. He asked to be allowed to run across from the top of the Tuileries to the Arc de l'Etoile. This proposition was refused, but he will go through various performances on a tight rope from the summit of the Palais Bourbon to the top of the church of the Madeleine. A resting point will be erected on the summit of the Luxor obelisk in the Plac de la Concorde, which is about midway. The Genoa Gazette gives some statistics relative to the emigration of Italian subjects, from which it appears that the number of Italians established in France is 76,500; in Algeria, 7,400 ; in England, 4,500 ; in Switzerland, 13,800 ; in Egypt, 15,000 ; Tunis, 6,000 ; United States, 40,000 ; Brazil, 18,000 ; Buenos Ayres, 10,000 ; Rosario di San tafe, 10,000 ; and Peru, 8,000. The total number of Italian subjects disseminated in the new world is estimated at 100,000. It is remarked that the case is the reverse of that applicable to the Irish and German emigrants, who leave their native country without any idea of ever returning to it. Italian emigrants, like French emigrants, go to seek their fortunes in distant countries, with the hope of enjoying the fruits of their industry in their native land. An incident, which created a powerful sensation in Paris, has taken place at the tribunal of the Seine. I\l. Pijon, a barrister of eminence, while pleading for his client was suddenly attacked with an apoplectic fit. He could scarcely articulate, his face became pale and cold like marble, and he fell against the bench. Lethargy succeeded, and it is said to-day that he is still in a dangerous state. A man named Pierre Bernard, 65 years of age, residing at Challais, has just committed suicide, who, it appears, had a penchant or monomania for han g i n g. Two years ago be attempted to hang himself, but he was cut down in time. He had be fore made a similar attempt. His family, knowing his propensity, took care never to have any rope about the house. A d a y or t wo ago, h owever, he which had been en returned home in a s t a t e o f i n t ox i cat i on, and seeing a rope a n inadvert ently out- ho out-house e and left in the ed garden, he took it d into himself to a beam. This time he was successful and was found quite dead. A lamentable accident took place at Deauville races. Ouvreux, ridden by Musgrave, full, and Beautiful, ridden by W. Carter, was precipitated over her. Both riders were taken up insensible, and Carter had his arm broken in two places. The Jockey Club has taken steps for the manufacture of the cup to be given to the winner of the Great Prize of 1867. The committee, composed of Messrs. Delarnarre, Reiset, and Daru, invited the jewellers of Paris to compete for its manufacture. More than sixty designs were sent in, three of which were the most approved of. The Paris papers have not quite exhausted their —O. Prussia's comm ents upon the Ki c n of . speech. La Liberte says :—" If this document be recommended hat of confessing the com mission of great wrongs — on by a certain nobleness — that the other hand every one is shocked at not finding in it anything about Europe, Italy, or France, who, in impressing upon Austria the necessity, and up to a certain point the justice, of not refusing the demands of Prussia, and made enormous sacrifices for the amicable solution THE ARMISTICE. PARIS, August 11. ." General The Moniteur of this morning says : Lamarmora has been authorised to sign an armis tice upon the basis of the cession to Italy of the Lombardo-Venetian frontier line. Similar instruc tions have been given to the Archduke Albrecht." The news received from Italy is unanimous in expressing the desire for peace. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Aug. 11. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess will re turn here to-day from Heringsdorf, and will pro ceed, after a short stay in the capital, to Erdmanns dorf. TURKISH FINANCE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 9. An Imperial decree has been promulgated order ing the immediate issue of the £3,000,000 forming the second portion of the reserve bonds of the General Debt, in order to fulfil the engagements of the Government relative to the interest payable on foreign loans, and to avoid any fresh loan, onerous under present circumstances. The surplus of the funds resulting from this issue will be employed in completing the road from Trebizonde to Erzeroum, and the construction of a port at Trebizonde. RUSSIAN POLAND. WARSAW, AUGUST 11. An Imperial ordinance has been received here from St. Petersburg, according to which the official correspondence with the central authorities is in future to be carried on in the Russian and not in the Polish language. SPAIN. MADRID, August 10 (Evening). The Minister of Finance has addressed a circular to the principal tax-payers explaining in what man ner the Government will employ the amount yielded by the anticipatory payment of the taxes. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. (Via Roches Point.) NEW YORK, July 31, Evening. In consequence of the Mayor of Washington pre venting the Fenians from holding public meetings in the Government fair buildings, the Senate has passed a resolution granting the use of the build ings for Fenian meetings. Stephens has issued a circular reiterating the statement that fighting will commence on Irish soil this year, and cautioning the Fenians against alliances with American political parties. Other items anticipated by Atlantic telegraph. . _ SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 11. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer Peru passed the Needles at 11.20 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. PARIS, August 10.—Two o'clock.--The market opened at lower quotations than those of yesterday and has continued to decline, business being again very inactive. French Threes were done at 68f. 90c., or 35c. lower. Italian Fives at 51f. 85c., or a fall of 45c. Mobilier 643 f. 75c., or a decline of Gf. 25c. Credit Foncier at 1,295 f., or 10f. lower. Comptoir d'Escompte at 865 f., or a loss of sf. Very few transactions arc occurring in railways, and those are at lower prices. Three o'clock.—The market closed feebly with hardly any business :- 41 per Cents 9B 05 Do. end month 9B 921 3 per Cents. 6B 90 Do. end month 6B 90 Credit Mobilier 645 Do. end month Credit Foncier 1297 50 Do. end month 1305 - BAIL' Bank Shares 3550 Italian Loan 52 Do. end month 5l 90 Mexican Loan 29 Do. Bonds 176 25 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 'LYS. For Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 872 50 Southern 530 Western 560 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 382 50 North of Spain lOO Saragossa — Ditto to Barcelona — Roman —.— The Channel Squadron. FALMOUTH, Saturday Morning. On Friday evening the Liverpool screw frigate, accompanied by the four ironclads, Caledonia (fl 3g ship), Achilles, Hector, and Pallas, joined later in the day by the Ilelicon despatch steamer, arrived at Falmouth from Torbay, and anchored in the western bay, where it is said they remain till Monday. The fleet appeared in first-rate order, and the wind was moderate, at west, when they came to an anchor. WEDNESDAY, Aug. B.—This morning, at 9 o'clock, the Channel squadron weighed anchor and stood out for Torbay, steering south, and making S.S.E., the wind fresh from S.W., the barometer low (about 29.80). The weather was inclined to hazi ness, and no evolutions were attempted. A good opportunity was afforded of observing the behaviour of the ironclads. One thing seems. clear enough—they can stand any amount of sail, and are as stiff as a church. The Achilles had her station appointed one mile and a half on the lee beam of the flagship. She asked permission to dis connect her screw. To this she had to put her helm up and keep away. When it was done her distance must have been at least three miles to leeward of the flagship, She asked permission to leave station, which was granted. Under single-reefed topsails and topgallant sails she shot right up to windward, placing herself on the Admiral's weather beam. The barometer continued to fall, A regular Channel fog seemed to settle down, shrouding sea, sky, and headland in one dull, dense drizzle. The Admiral gave the order to proceed to Torbay. Although no trial of guns was made, the sea got up a little in the afternoon, which enabled the lookers-on to see that the ironclads regarded not its power. Had it been far more violent they would have been perfectly safe. If not so dry on the upper decks as the Liverpool, they could all have used their batteries efficiently. The day, therefore, cannot be considered lost, although less was done than would have been accomplished with more favourable weather. BURGLARY AT ST. LEONARD'S.—X,ISO WORTH OF JEWELLERY STOLEN.—A burglary was effected at Miss Pemberton's, 33, Warrior-square, St. Leonard's, on Tuesday night, and jewellery to the value of £l5O stolen. The robbery was committed between the hours of half past nine and half-past ten. The thief entered by the attic window, anl broke open several boxes, wardrobes, &c., in two bedrooms, decamping in the same way. There were bolts on the upper doors according to the police instruc tions, but. the servants had neglected to fasten them. LORD GLASGOW V. THE RAWCLIFFE STUD COM PANY.—At Leeds Assizes, on Friday, Lord Glas gow sued the Rawcliffe Stud Farm Company for negligence. It appeared that Brother to Bird-on-the -Wing was sent to Rawcliffe in the autumn of 1864, and when Lord Glasgow's groom went for him in July, 1865, he was stone blind in the near eye, owing, it was alleged, to negligent treatment after he hurt his eye one night whilst in a loose box. The damage was estimated at £lOO. The defence was that the horse must have been rolling, and got "cast," and that pro per attention was paid him as soon as he would allow the grooms to approach him. A verdict was given for his lordt l ; l 4* Damages, one farthing• THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The following telegram has been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (limited), at 6.27 a.m. August 11, from Mr. R. A. Glass : " VALENTIA, Aug. 11. " ' NEWFOUNDLAND, Aug. 11, 1 P.M. "' Heavy rain. Sea calm. No fog. Wind light. The Gulf cable has not yet been repaired. " The Bloodhound has put back, the weather being too stormy for cable operations.' " TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIE, - -As it would appear from the large number of inquiries addressed to this office that a very general misunderstanding exists in the public mind as to the share capital, division of profits, and other arrangements of . the Atlantic Telegraph Company, I have been instructed by the Board to ask of you the favour to allow me to lay before your readers an official resume of the facts. The capital of the Atlantic Telegraph Company is as follows : 1. Original capital stock raised in 1856-57 £162,860 This stock will be increased, if the cable of 1865 be raised and repaired, by the amount of profit in that case payable to the Telegraph Construction and Alaiutenance Company— viz., 137,140 Making the ordinary stock £600,000 2. The 8 per cent. Preferential Stock 600,000 3. Debentures, at 5 per cent lOO,OOO Total subscribed capital £1,300,000 The above capital had covered everything up to the failure of last year's cable, and the Atlantic Telegraph Company had arranged for providing the funds necessary for resuming the work by an issue of new 12 per cent. first preference shares, which they were advised was entirely within their powers. An adverse legal opinion having, however, been obtained by third parties, the directors withdrew the proposal for the 12 per cent. stock, and returned the money to the applicants. The time had then gone by for making applica tion to Parliament for the necessary powers during the present Session. It was therefore decided that for the purpose of aiding in the immediate comple tion of this undertaking an entirely distinct com- parry should be formed, and endued with such pri vileges as would induce the public to subscribe to it. The Anglo-American Telegraph Company was, ac cordingly, brought out, with a capital of £600,000, all of which has been taken up. The effect of the agreement entered into between t and the Atlantic Telegraph Company is that the 'ormer undertook the construction for the latter company of a new cable, and for its submersion between Ireland and Newfoundland during the pre sent summer, and for the adoption of suitable mea sures for raising and completing the broken cable of last year. The Anglo-American Company also engage to work both cables, or either, as the case may be, as the agents and on behalf of the Atlantic Telegraph Company during the continuance of the agreement, and the agreement further provides that in conside- ration of these services an annual payment o: £125,000 shall be made by the Atlantic Telegraph Company to the Anglo-American Company out of the earnings from the working of the cables, the ar rangement being that the receipts in each year from all the Atlantic Telegraph Company's lines are, after paying expenses of repairs, management, working, and directors, and interest (not exceed ing £5,000 per annum) on the debentures of the Atlantic Telegraph Company to be appropriated thus— First, in paying the Anglo-American Company £125,000 per annum. Second, in paying £72,000 per annum (represent.. ing 8 per cent. on the Atlantic Company's existing preference stock, and 4 per cent. on their ordinary stock) to the Atlantic Telegraph Company ; and Third, the entire balance of each year's receipts is to be divided between the Anglo-American Com pany and the Atlantic Telegraph Company in equal shares ; but no deficiency in respect of the above annual payments in any one year is to be carried forward to another year. The right is reserved to the Atlantic Telegraph Company of terminating the agreement on or be fore the Ist of January, 1869 (on giving three months' notice to that effect), by payment to the Anglo-American Company of the sum of £1,200,000, being double the amount of its capital. If, how ever, the Atlantic Telegraph Company exercise this option, the Anglo-American Company will have the right to take payment of the £1,200,000, one-half.. in cash and one-half in ordinary Atlantic Tele graph shares at par, instead of the whole amount in cash. In the event of the Atlantic Telegraph Company exercising the right of redemption by payment of the abovenamed sum of £1,200,000, the Anglo- American Company will be forthwith dissolved, and the funds distributed among the shareholders. In addition to the privileges accorded by the At lantic Telegraph Company, the New York, New foundland, and London Telegraph Company have agreed to contribute £25,000 per annum to the Anglo-American Company out of their share of the receipts for through messages between Ireland and America. This subsidy will terminate upon the payment by the Atlantic Telegraph Company of the £1,200,000 above mentioned, or upon both cables ceasing after December 31, 1866, to be in working order for 12 successive months. Thus the shareholders in the Anglo-American Company will be entitled to £125,000 a year out of the earnings of the Atlantic Telegraph Company's lines, and £25,000 a year out of those - of the New foundland Company for through business, together with £150,000 a year upon a capital of £600,000, making 25 per cent. per annum. It has been stated that the Anglo-American Tele graph Company are about to lay down a new cable between Cape Ray and Cape Breton, the 70 miles forming at present the only break in the telegraph connect ion between London and New York. This is a misapprehension of the fact. The entire line from the Atlantic Cable at Heart's Content to Port Hood, in Nova Scotia, is the property of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company, a New York Association, from whom the Atlantic Telegraph Company purchased the exclu sive right of landing cables in Newfoundland and elsewhere, and who are bound by agreement with this company to keep their lines in order for the service of transatlantic business. The Atlantic Telegraph Company have repeatedly notified to that company the great desirability of the restoration of the lines which have for a lengthened period con tinued in bad condition. The Newfoundland Company were, however, unfortunately unable to recover and repair their broken cable, and, therefore, Mr. Cyrus W. Field, their vice-chairman, during his recent visit to thi s country, gave an order for a new one to the Tele graph Construction and Maintenance Company, which was completed, and in order to save expense was sent to sea at the same time as and in one of the ships belonging to the present Atlantic expedi tion. There is every probability that this entire line of communication will be complete in a few days. As regards the graduated scale of first, second, and third class messages, the idea of which has been started, it must be stated that neither the general law of this country nor of the United States, nor the special Act of Parliament of the Atlantic Telegraph Company would permit of such an arrangement, as it is specially provided in all these that all messages must be transmitted without favour or preference in the order in which they are received.—l am, sir, &c., G. SAWARD, Secretary and General Superintendent. 12, St. Helen's-place, Aug. 10. FATAL CHOLERA. CASES AT SHEERNESS.—On Wednesday morning, about 7 o'clock, a barge named Charles and Ellen, from London, was found lying on the Black Stakes, near the Lappel, about half a mile from the Sheerness pier, and on some men of the coast guard service boarding the craft they found in the cabin the captain, Sampson Court, and his wife Elizabeth, both dead from the cholera. The barge was loaded with manure. This makes the fourth death by cholera on board manure barges i tjAi4 1901ity during the week. glionaot'lGM OIE tirtilbr HER MAJESTY. 4)- OSBORNE, Aug. 10. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley, and honoured Mr. and Mrs. Sheddon by a visit to Spring llill, where her .ajesty walked in the grounds. Prince Leopold drove yesterday to Sandown with ,he Rev. Robinson Duckworth, Mr. Sahl, and Mr. Leg, going there by Ryde, St. Helen's, and Bradingr and returned by Arreton. § !Her Majesty, accompanied by the younger members of the royal family, will arrive at Balmoral on the 24th inst., orders having been given for her Majesty's reception on that day. Their Royal Highnesses the Princes and Princess of Wales, according to present arrangements, will arrive on Saturday next at Abergeldie Castle, for the shooting season. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox have passed through town on their way from Goodwood to Gordon Castle, N.B. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have left their residence in Great Stanhope-street for Kimbolton Castle. The Duchess of Hamilton (nee Princess Marie of Baden) and Lady Mary Hamilton have left Paris for the duchess's palace at Baden-Baden. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and Lady Victoria Cecil left their residence in Grosvenor square yesterday, for Burghley House, Stamford. His lordship is so far recovered as to be able to remove to his country seat. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby and Lady Laura Phipps arrived at Bishopthorpe on Thursday, from Mulgrave Castle, on a visit to the Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson. The Marquis of Hartington, M.P., left Devon shire House on Thursday on a visit to the Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thompson, during the stay of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Marquis Conyngham is expected to leave Cowes next week in his yacht to visit western ports, on his way to Ireland. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Right Hon. Mary Juliana, Dowager Countess of Ranfurly, late of Dungannon-park , Tyrone, Ireland, and of 10, Gloucester-place, Hyde park, was proved in London on the 31st ult., under £7,000 personalty, by the executors, Lieut.-Colone l William Stuart, M.P., of Kimpton Lodge, Beds, , and Mr. Henry Alexander, of Forkhill, Armagh. Lady Ranfurly, the testatrix, was the daughter of the late Archbishop Stuart, of Armagh, and was married, in 1815, to Thomas, second Earl of Ran furly, and has issue nine children, three sons and Si% daughters. Her ladyship died July 11, 1866, at the age of 69, having executed her will in 1855, and a codicil the same year, and a second codicil in 1858. Her ladyship has bequeathed to her son, Major the Hon. William Stuart Knox, all her funded property, and has apportioned to him a sum of £2,000 under the will of the late Juliana Rawlins ; and bequeaths to her unmarried daughters the claim arising from a policy of insurance on her own life, and also leaves to them the residue of her property. The will of Admiral the Hon. Augustus Warren Baldwin, late of Russell-hill, township of York, province of Canada, was proved in London on the 18th ult., by his nephew, Mr. William Augustus Baldwin, the surviving executor and trustee. The gallant admiral died January,.s 1866, at his resi dence, Russell-hill, having executed his will Aug. 14, 1850, which was first proved in Canada, in the United Court of York and Peel. He has therein bequeathed to his wife for her life his mansion, Russell-hill, with his furniture, farming stock, together with the principal part of his pro perty, including his stock in the Bank of Uppe r Canada ; and after her decease he directs his estate to be divided chiefly amongst his nephews and nieces, appointing them also residuary legs' tees ; leaving to his grand-nephew, Robert Bald win, his naval medal ; and to Lawrence Heydeu lie bequeaths his stock in the Desjardins Canal Company. The will of Lieut.-General George Rule Pem berton, of her Majesty's Indian army, was proved in the London court by his relict, Anne Martha Josephine Pemberton, to whom he has bequeathed the whole of his property for her own absolute use• and benefit. The will of the late Mr. Henry Revel Reynolds, solicitor to her Majesty's Treasury, was proved On tie 28th ult. by the executors, namely, 11151 widow. and Mr. Henry Ray Freshfield. The tes" iator was twice married. After making various specific bequests to his children, he has bequeathed to his widow, in addition to the provision made for her by the marriage settlement, an annuity of £1,250. Ile also makes to her allowances for his minor children. Subject to this, each child's portion is directed to be made up with mon e y s advanced to some £5,000 ; and the residue is (II- vided among all the children equally. The per" sonalty was sworn under £70,000. AN INVULNERABLE COAT.—We have no sooner come to know the efficiency of breechloaders than an in ; venter steps in to neutralise them. The game of gu n rersi" armour, which has been played so long on a great scale' must henceforth be transferred to the case of smaller fir e : arras. We write thus on the authority of a report furnislle by Le Nord on a remarkable test to which the invention of , a light coat impenetrable to musketry fire has been O b.. jetted, the inventor being M. Charles Bernard, with whoSe invention rumour has for a few weeks been busy. Ac c° l ' ing to Le Nord the trial took place two days ago at the )001 gian Tir National, in presence of M. Daillv; president o'• the competition, and of a great number of marksmen . experiment was made with a cavalry carbine, charge d three grammes and a half of Wi t " powder, and the coni cal or, donnanco ball for that arm. The carbine, having bee n testea i and regulated, was placed upon a •stand pointed at th e lefe i of the breast. M. Bernard, placing himself at the distance 0, 100 metres, commenced by taking off his coat, and o hovre" that between his breast and his capote there was absolu tely nothing but his shirt and his waistcoat. He then put on 110 capote, which is a flowing garment falling to the gr ound, al l covered his head with a steel casque. The shot was 0101 fired. The public were greatly moved when they 51? peared to see M. Bernard stagger and tall. Happily he 11 _ i , only made a false step in stooping to pick up the b 3.111 which had struck him a little above the waist, and Polleethe loft side. The ball, deadened against the stuff, had at his foot, and he came running towards us to sh°" . At a short distance he threw the ball to the marksmen c": ing to them not to approach. Not yet having take n out , patent, M. Bernard absolutely refused to let the g armen t b° ,_. examined by whichhe obtained so marvellous a result. TR; ball was only slightly beaten out of shape, and bore on point the impress of the stuff. The inventor offered to retie d the experiment ; but, in presence of the result obtajoe,.; those present declared a new experiment unnecessary. 1; coat is saidto weigh very little, so that there ca n be no 0, jection to it on the score of burdensomeness. A re infantl; henceforth to be useless against each otber, un l es s th e y armed with heavier weapons, which it will certainly be novelty to introduce after all the desire of ii le° on o have the lightest possible weapon ? But th ere will oa help for it if it is possible, by increasing the weigh t _ see s. power of the infantry soldier's weapon, to m ake then iv the nary defensive armour, even with the adv antages ° present invention, too heavy. 13 0 The MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.—At a la te bourvibo night the police apprehended a man at Woolwich ,the answers in almost every particular the description 01 0 in man Jeffery, who is suspected of murdering his 9 been Seven Dials on Saturday, the 2 8 th ult. T he man 113 o t, working at Woolwich occasionally for some inonthsisPitr and had only reappeared there a few hours before I _ l on e prehension. Some portion of the clothing is not th o u as the suspected murderer is said to have worn on th of the commission of the crime. There was also twinedrii current tho afternoon that a man had been d°_,ovied Chelmsford on suspicion ; but inquiries at o nce s' - ` tha A t he was not the man wanted. „ i ort WAR PRIZE.—The Breslau papers r-r . 100 " A wealthy Jewish merchant of this city off% e id first thalers (£l4 odd) to the Jewish soldier whop h ° , ; obtain the grade of officer by bravery on the battare A and 50 thalers to the Jewish sold ier who should corp oral flag from the enemy. Both prizes were gained bY c ity)' Stisskind (of the firm of Wiener and Susskuld, ot . L ' of J oe, who, in the combat near Trautenau, on the 2 7 tn, ness w as captured a flag from the enemy, forthwith promoted by the Crown Prince to ttention n g of officer." This inc;(lent attracted the more a _ goo , in the flag was the identical one which a ceoturY7.ll), the the War of Seven Years, had been c aptuZ & r ot. Austrians from the PKussints under Frederic tP'7 and for his bote lle gra de - - shiciei chronicle. too Ba COI ret ab ar( Ca ho an