The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-27 00:00:00

The Demonstration in Hyde Park. s' A marked change for the better was noticeable in Hyde Park yesterday. The experience of the previous day had shown that the restoration of quiet and order was near, and the prevalence of this im pression evidently contributed to the abatement of public curiosity. In fact, a stranger to the scenes of the last few days would scarcely have recognised anything unusual, so energetically has the work of removal and renovation been set about. The railings have, of course, not been replaced, but workmen are actively and numerously employed in repairing the damage in this direction. The hoarding which is intended for the time, at all events, to act as a bar to unauthorised entrance to the park is being rapidly proceeded with, and for some distance along Park-lane is already completed. But all signs of the destruction which was committed upon the trees and plantations have disappeared. Cartload upon cart load of broken boughs and branches have been re moved, and the unsightly stumps of those trees which were wrenched and broken off have been sub mitted to amputations much more orthodox in their appearance. As much of the old trunk as remained unconsumed by the early part of yesterday morning has been removed, and but for the presence of a small cluster of inquisitive spirits it would have been difficult to determine at first sight the spot where so many roughs had on Wednesday derived their after noon and evening's amusement. Nor was there any attempt to renew the destruction of the previous days. Indeed, with the absence of the police, none of whom were to be seen in the neighbourhood of the conflicts of Monday and Tuesday, all symptoms of mischief seemed to have disappeared. The park was in the morning given up to its usual frequenters, and in the afternoon it was visited by many work ing men and a few members of the rougher classes, but all alike appeared to be willing to confine them selves to legitimate amusements. Leap-frog and lying and smoking on the grass appeared to be the favourite modes of passing the time, and if here and there some more demonstrative assemblages were to be found, their behaviour, though rough, was per fectly good-humoured. There was no revival of the stone-throwing, and the traffic outside the Marble Arch was, for the first time since Monday, unim peded. The bills announcing the arrangement which the Council of the League had made with the Go vernment were surrounded throughout the after noon by knots of men discussing anything and every thing bearing in any way upon politics, but no at tempts were made to hold any meetings. Indeed, those at all in the secrets of the League appeared to have carefully abstained from approaching the park, and thus to have contributed as much as possible to the cessation of the disturbances. Towardsnight fall the concourse of people was, of course, greater than in the afternoon, but the increase in number induced no alteration in behaviour, and as the evening wore on the park was gradually deserted by all but those who, for the present, at all events, have selected it as a residence. SPECIAL CONSTABLES. At the usual weekly meeting of the Marylebone Vestry held yesterday, Mr. Greenwell, vestry clerk, read the following communication which he had just received from the Home-office, and marked " im mediate" : " Whitehall, July 25, 1866. " Sir, —Apprehensions being entertained of a recurrence of the recent disturbances in Hyde Park and its vicinity I am directed by Mr. Secretary Walpole to transmit to you the enclosed copy of a circular letter which he has addressed to the magistrates of the Bow-street, Hammer smith, Marlborough-street, Marylebone, and Westminster police-courts on the subject of swearing in special constables to assist the Metropolitan Police in the preservation of the public peace ; and T am to request that you will move the vestry of the parish of Marylebone to lose no time in in viting well-disposed persons to come forward and enrol themselves as special constables for the above purpose. To further this object Mr. Walpole trusts that the vestry will grant the use of their vestry-hall for the swearing in of those persons who may offer their services as special con stables. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "FT. WADDINGTON. " The Vestry Clerk of St. 3larylebone." The following is a copy of the circular letter ad dressed to the magistrates, also read by the vestry clerk : "Whitehall, July 25, 1866. " Gentlemen—Mr. Secretary Walpole directs me to re quest that you will grant every facility at your court for swearing in respectable individuals who may offer their services as special constables for the preservation of the peace ; and that you will have the goodness to attend at a vestry-room or other place where a number of persons may find it convenient to assemble for the purpose of swearing them in there. I beg, at the same time, to mention to you that special constables should be sworn under the Acts of the Ist and 2d William IV., cap. 41, and the sth and 6th William IV., cap. 43, the former of which statutes requires that a previous statement on oath shall be taken that dis turbances exist or are apprehended. " I am, sir, &c., "H. WADDINGTON." The reading of these communications occasioned derisive laughter from some of the members, and a motion having been made and seconded that the re quest be granted, Mr. Hallam moved an amend-. rnent, "That the communications from the Home Secretary lie on the table." He was strongly sup ported by Messrs. Holcombe, Soden, and others, and as strongly opposed by Professor Marks, Dr. Bachhoffner, and other members. Mr. Nicholay said he had a memorial from the ratepayers of the parish, asking permission to hold a meeting in the vestry-hall to protest against the codduct of the police in the park, and suggested the withdrawal of the amendment, so that Government and people might have the use of the hall. Mr. Hallana withdrew his amendment, to the great chagrin of some of his supporters who wished to divide the board on the question. The vestry then agreed that the Home Secretary should be informed that they would agree to his requests. THE CHOLERA. The medical officer of the Privy Council has just issued a memorandum on the precautions to be taken against cholera. In speaking of the nuisances specially relative to cholera, he says that the two dangers to be regarded against are drinking water which is in house refuse or other like kinds .any degree tainted by made foul of filth, and the breathing of air which is from the same sort s of cl ina f p oul . t with effluvia _ y. Further on he refers to what appears to be the charac teristic of cholera, that all matters which the patient discharges from his stomach or bowels are infectious. This is equally the case whe ther the patient suffer from the disease in its de veloped and alarming form, or from the slightest diarrhoea which the epidemic influence can produce. Too much importance cannot, it seems, be attached to the duty of thoroughly disinfecting, without de lay, with chloride of lime or otherwise, all dis charges from the stomach and bowels of persons under the epidemic influence, as well as all bed ding, clothing, towels and the like, which such discharges may have imbued ; and keeping under systematic disinfection all privies and other like l p aces to which such discharges may have had access. They should be kept fl ooded with solution of sulphate of iron or solution of carbolic acid. It is also suggested that in infected districts Committees of gentlemen might be formed to assist the __ medical authorities ; and that such icioorausme_ittote_eshocuosuledv:b:toftespecial advantage in maki ng Three more adraiaissions. ons to the Liverpool Work house have be en made since _Tuesday, and t wo addi tional deaths are reported_-one in th e house, the G other in the town. D r. the workhouse, has been the medical officer of appointed to carry out the provisions of the Nuisance Removal and Diseases Prevention Act. Th e number of cases received by the Dreadnought authorities on board the Belleisle continues to in crease, such being entirely d Y n clue to th e evidently in creasing prevalence of the disease among the ship_- ping in the river and docks. The latestinformationis that of two entries, one from a barge in the West India Docks, the other from a small vessel lying off the en trance to the Commercial Dock. AU cases as yet ad mitted on board the Belleisle have no history at all of importation from any continental or other town, but occurred in men who had lived on board their own vessels at least a week before applying for hospital relief. The general type is less severe than that of former epidemics. LLANELLY, Monday. The cholera is spreading here, and up to the pre cut time has been very fatal. Between Saturday and Monday night there were no less than 14 deaths, as ascertained upon reliable information. The local authorities, however, make no offic: return, so that the general public are left in the dark as to the spread of thedisease, and the result probably much exaggeration. The origin of the outbreak has not been traced, and it appears to have developed itself almost simultaneously at different points in and around the town, among the poorest and dirtiest of the population, and where some crying nuisance prevailed in close proximity•to the houses—open cesspools, filthy pigsties, foul privies, or deficient drainage. The general drainage of the town is defective, and a good deal of it runs into the little river or brook, which thus forms an open sewer, giving out most noxious gases. In consequence of the dry weather there has been no water down the stream lately, and there is therefore a. consider able accumulation of filth on its bed. All the cases have arisen among the poorer classes, and in every instance there has been some foul nuisance in close proximity to the dwelling-house. The sani tary condition of the town is very low, and the poorer classes are very dirty in their habits. The Board of Health, to whom the local government of the town is intrusted, has this week ordered a liberal distri bution of lime, the whitewashing of cottages, and the purchase of a ton of chloride of lime for disin fecting purposes, besides establishing depots for medicine. The local medical men, however, appear to have no fixed system of treatment, and the re medies hitherto used by them appear to have been very inefficacious, looking to the large number of deaths that have taken place. The disease is not confined to Llanelly, but extends to some neigh bouring villages Velin-Voel, two miles, and Llanon, five miles distant. It prevails both in the upper parts of the town and near the sea and rail way station. Railway and Other Companies. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE, The directors of this company have decided on recommending to the proprietors at their next meet ing to declare a dividend for the half-year ending June 30 last, out of the net revenue of the company, at the rate of 6/ per cent. per annum, less income tax. GREAT EASTERN. A special general meeting of the East Anglian shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. C. IL Turner in the chair. Mr. J. B. Owen, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been con vened in compliance with the Great Eastern Amal gamation Act, 1862, for the election of a director to represent the East Anglian shareholders at the board of the Great Eastern Company, in the room of Mr. W. H. Shaw, who had resigned, for the purpose of accepting the office of law clerk to the Great Eastern Company. The only candidate to fill the vacancy was Mr. Makins, jun., and he there fore moved that Mr. Makins be elected to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Shaw. Mr. CHADWICK seconded the motion. _ _ Mr. C. WHETHAM said that sufficient notice had not been given to the shareholders to consider the matter. He objected to the election of a profes sional gentleman to fill the vacancy, as the proprie tors most particularly wanted a mercantile man to represent their interests at the Great Eastern board. A PROPRIETOR suggested that the East Anglian shareholders should have copies of the Great Eastern directors' report sent to them every half -year in future. The CHAIRMAN said he was desirous that all the shareholders in the company should have the fullest information, and a copy of the report would be sent to the East Anglian shareholders in future. He stated that the Great Eastern board had nothing whatever to do with the present election or the proxies that had been sent in respect of it. Some discussion then ensued, in the course of which the motion was put to a show of hands, when there appeared three in favour of and six against the election of Mr. Makins. A poll was then demanded. Mr. NREINS, jun., in reference to the observations of Mr. Whetham, stated that-ever since he had left the University he had been engaged in commercial pursuits, and had been a long time connected with_ railways. Ile had no doubt that, if elected, he should be able to promote the interests of the East Anglian proprietors at the Great Eastern board. (Hear.) While the poll was being taken a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Shaw for his valuable services when a director of the company in prOmoting the interests of the East Anglian proprietors. The poll resulted in a majority of 290 proprietors in person, and by proxy representing £362,716 East Anglian stock in favour of the election of Mr. Makins, who was accordingly declared duly elected. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week ending the 7th inst. amounted for local pas sengers to £7,836, for foreign passengers to £2,800, for emigrants to £719, for mails, &c., to £1,007, for local freight and live stock to £11,062, and for foreign freight and live stock to £l,7Bo—total, £25,204, against £23,589 for the corresponding week last year, showing an increase of £1,615. NATIONAL DISCOUNT (LIMITED). A general meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at the London Tavern, Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the paid-up capital now amounted to £649,470, and the reserve fund to £349,470. The gross profits for the half-year amounted to £133,888, which added to the balance of £4,050 brought from December last gave a total of £137,938. After deducting all charges and re serving £57,737 for rebate of interest on bills not matured, and £2,500 against doubtful debts, there remained an available balance of £d6,931, which enabled the directors to recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent, per annum free of income tax, both upon the old and new capital, and to carry forward £3,633 to the next account. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, alluded to the peculiar difficulties of the half year, which would be long remembered in the history of the country—a monetary crisis of unusual seve rity, far beyond anything they ever before experi . enced, a Eu ro p ean war, and a change in the Admi -1 nistration of the country. They had never experi enced such a severe trial before. He believed that general it was m a i n l y owing to the prudence with which their affairseneralhd manager been conducted the y b s y te A e l d r. . i ntheirWebber, a position. Alth oug h they had set aside balance £2,500 for doubtful d e b ts, he believed every e er o y f that one of them would be paid in full. There was a class of bills taken in the ordinary course of busi ness to which he ought to allude —namely, the ac ceptances of great companies standing at the time in high repute, which bills were accepted by one cons pang and endorsed i by another. To m eet those bills they were not required to set aside anythin g , b ecause they considered it unnecessary, as they had every reason to suppose that the whole would be paid i n full with interest. (Hear.) He would much rath er they had not entered into some of those transac tions, as their present experience showed it was in expedient to do so, but as he believed they would sustain no loss it was experiencepurchased at a cheap rate. He believed they were conducting their affairs with that steadiness and prudence which would guard them against any serious misfortune. Their progress had been considerable. The number of new accounts opened in the half-year ending December last was 692, and for the half-year ending 30th June, 941, making together in that time 1,633 new accounts, the large proportion being deposit accounts. Air. CHAYTOR, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr. BASS, ALP., congratulated th e di rec t ors , th e manager, and the proprietors on the very satisfactory state of their affairs. He was glad to find that the board had even resolved • with more strictness: than ever to carry on the business of the company strictly as a commercial discount company. (Hear.) The Times had told them that a d' iscount business ought to be one of the safest in the world, and their expe- rienee of the last half-year Went far to corm that niE SUN, LONDON, EVENENG, JULY 27, 1866. dictum—although what they had witnessed during the past few months was eminently calculated to impair public confidence in great financial companies. He could not doubt that the current half-year would bring them a large increase of business, as they would not have to meet that competition with which they had hitherto had to contend. He felt confident that the increased business would be conducted with the same ability and prudence as had been manifested during the past half-year. After some further observations, resolutions were unanimously passed adopting the report, and de claring a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum for the past half year, payable on August 1. Votes of thanks to the chairman and directors for their successful and prudent management; to Mr. Webster, the general manager, and other officers of the company, for their able, zealous, and efficient services, concluded the proceedings. MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIMITED). The ordinary general meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. Donaldson in the chair. The report stated that the profits derived from the voyages completed during the current year were £28,479. The work done at the dockyard had in creased during the past 12 months, and the profits from this source amounted to £7,038. The direc tors regretted the loss of the Fairlie and the Ade laide, but the loss was more than covered by the company's insurance fund. Out of the net profit of £30,482, the directors had added £15,000 to the reserve, insurance, and depreciation account, there by raising it to £35,000. Against this had to be placed £9,224, the cost of the Fairlie and the Ade laide. The directors proposed a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, leav ing a balance of £2,722. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that notwithstanding the political, finan cial, and commercial disasters which had occurred, it must be satisfactory that so little damage had been done to the company. The Fairlie was lost last year and the Adelaide during a storm. Both these vessels were old ships. In answer to questions he said he was quite aware that the amount of in surance at present was insufficient, but they were adding more to it every year, and he hoped in a short time they would be able to place a handsome sum to the reserve fund. The resolutions adopting the report and dividend were agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the chair man terminated the proceedings. London Workhouse Infirmaries. IMPORTANT DEPUTATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE POOR-LAW BOARD. A deputation from the Association for the Im provement of London Workhouse Infirmaries yes terday waited upon Mr. Gathorne Hardy, the Pre sident of the Poor-law Board, for the purpose of renewing the representations made on a former oc casion to Mr. 'Villiers, as to the necessity for a broad measure of reform in the treatment of the sick poor in metropolitan workhouses, and to urge upon him the adoption of the general scheme recom mended by the association, and then propounded on their behalf by the Earl of Carnarvon, of which Mr. Villiers expressed a general approval. The depu tation was introduced by Earl Grosvenor, M.P., and amongst those present were the Earl of Shaftes bury, Lord C. Hamilton, M.P., Lord E. Cavendish, M.P., Mr. I. Goldsmid, M.P., Mr. T. Ilankey, Mr. C. Bruce, M.P., Mr. H. D. Seymour, M.P., Mr. 11. E. Surtees, M.P., Mr. A. S. Finlay, M.P., the Hon. D. Fortescue, M.P., Mr. D. Bromley, M.P., Major Walker, M.P., Major O'Reilly, M.P., Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., Col. B. Knox, M.P., Gen. Ashburnham, Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. D. Acland, M.P., Hon. P. Wyndham, M.P., Mr. C. Schreiber, M.P., Mr. R. Eykyn, M.P., Mr. Faw cett, M.P., Mr. G. Duff, M.P., Col. Biddulph, M.P., the Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., Mr. F. J. Powell, M.P., Rev. Dr. Mortimer, Dr. Arland, Dr. Anstie, Mr. Parkinson, Rev. W. Denton, Rev. F. D. Maurice, and a large number of clergymen and gentlemen. Earl GROSVENOR, in introducing the deputation, apologised for the absence of Lord Carnarvon, whose place he had been requested to take on this occasion. He said that a deputation from the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of Workhouses waited on Mr. Villiers in April last, when Lord Car narvon laid before him the resolution which had been agreed to at a meeting held on March 3d at Willis's Rooms. In reply Mr. Villiers expressed his warm obligation to the association for the trouble it had taken with regard to the preliminary investigation into the subject, and bore testimony to the manner in which the association had enlisted the support of the public. He (Mr. Villiers) was also prepared to admit " that the present management of the sick in the metropolitan workhouse infirmaries was highly unsatisfactory, that the buildings were inadequate and unhealthy, the medical attendance insufficient, the nursing merely nominal, and the general system of administration radically defective." He also stated that he would direct an inquiry by Mr. Farnall; that inquiry had now been made, and he thought that the statements made by that gentleman had elicited the horror of the public at the state of the infirma ries, and had borne out the statement made by the committee of this association. It was unnecessary that he (Earl Grosvenor) should take up more of his(Mr. G. Hardy's) time, but he would allow him to impress on him that the deputation of the association, backed up by the public opinion of the country, hoped the Presi dent of the Poor-law Board would defer the ques tion for a time, and not make any attempt at patch work at present, but consider it with a view to legis lation. (Hear.) He wished to take this opportu nity of asking what was to be done in such a case as that of Bethnal-green, where on the previous day 17 cholera patients were taken in. The noble earl concluded by observing, seeing that Mr. Hardy had been in office so short a time, he could not be expected to state how he proposed to deal with the whole of this question ; but he invited the Presi dent of the Poor-law Board to apply his strong will, his great energies, and his known ability to this all-important subject. (Hear.) Mr. ERNEST HART said it so happened that they were somewhat at a disadvantage, owing to the absence from town at this time of several gentlemen who desired to have taken part in this deputation ; it therefore fell to his lot to make some statements which would have been more ably made by others. Since the deputation to Mr. Villiers the official re port had been published, and it was a great satisfac tion to the association to find that the report fully confirmed the representations they had made. Mr. Farnall, in his report, had described such a scheme as the association proposed as the only feasible one. Dr. Smith, in his report, did notdiscuss that scheme, but he put before the board the alternative mea sures necessary to remedy the existing evils. He proposed that a large number of the workhouses should be entirely rebuilt, and that nearly all of the remaining ones should be most extensively altered. It was simply impossible to carry out Dr. Smith' s alternative, for there was not the room or the local funds to do so. They had at present 6,000 sick poor who might fairly rank as hospital cases, for whom there was now no accommodation ; and m whic t h s eia wesopueldblel the cheap es t an d the best plan would be to build, on convenient sites near London, establish en ymcaonnasgtreudcotnedthfeoprrtinhceippleus appliedrposeantod hospitals generally. y.Another reason why they sug gested this plan • should be adopted was that any attempted reconstruction would be oppressive to dis tricts already over-taxed, and the poorest parishes, where the greatest sickness prevailed would be the greatest sufferers. It was a hopeful circumstance that they found a noble lord like Earl Grosvenor aid others who were owners of large properties at the West-end supporting this association which sought to establish a general rate for sick establish ments. Mr. Hart then read a letter from the Arch bishop of York, warmly approving the objects of the association, and proceeded to state that Dr. Smith, in his report, stated that if the guardians visited the houses and made a thorough inspection twiceaweek it would do something to remedy the existing evils. But he (Mr. Hart) knew that that inspection would occupy five hours, and then the committee of guar dians would have to attend the weekly meetings, so that these gentlemen would have to give up three days a week, so that they would have 39 establish- meats with 39 committees employed for this time. In conclusion, he urged upon the President of the Poor-law Board the desirability of not allowing any present local expenditure for buildings by boards of guardians, but rather to encourage them to give more liberally outdoor relief, to prevent overcrowding the workhouses until at a future period some better pro vision was made for the sick poor. (Hear, hear.) Lord SHAFTESBTJRY said it was not necessary for him to make any lengthened observations, as he en tirely concurred in all that had been said. He was yesterday at the London Union Infirmary, and he had never seen anything so excellent, so satisfactory, or indeed so beautiful, as the management of the sick people, and if they kept that model before their eyes, and did all they could to follow it, the greatest results would follow. Every one would agree with him that it was the duty of this country to im prove the position of the sick poor. Every other country in Europe had greater hospital accommodation than England ; and when he had used this argument he had been sometimes told that he had forgotten the provision made for the sick poor, but when he looked for that provision he found there was none. While he was in the neighbour hood yesterday he visited the lunatic asylum at Bow, where several of the inmates were suffering from cholera, and he found that by the use of the tents for those who could not be removed, and placing in tents inmates as to make room for others in the wards all overcrowding would be avoided. (Hear, hear.) He felt sure that if the Hon. President of the Poor-law Board would bring his powerful mind to bear upon the subject of the sick poor he would be able to carry improvements out to such au extent that the poor would soon enjoy the privileges so eminently called for. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. Dr. ALLEN wished to say that his parish, St. George-the-Martyr, could not bear any additional local taxation, as at present a large portion of taxes were collected under process of law, and even if money could be collected there was no possible means of extending the workhouse on its present site. So that, on behalf of the poor of his parish, he urged the adoption of the general infirmary scheme. Dr. ROGERS had been requested to read the fol lowing resolutions :-- "At a meeting of the council of the Association of the Metropolitan Poor-law Medical Officers, held at 37, Soho square, on July 24, at half-past 7 o'clock, p.m., " It was resolved unanimously, ' That the council of this association having taken into consideration the report of Dr• Smith on workhouse infirmaries, Ice., desire at once, and without now entering into any detailed refutation of the various statements to which they shall subsequently refer at greater length, to reiterate their conviction that not less than 1,000 feet of cubic space and 80 feet of floor space should be allowed to each sick inmate of workhouse infir mary wards. " They feel it proper to repel without delay the expressed insinuation of Dr. Smith, that the opinion of the medical officers on this subject, which was officially and urgently sought for by a printed document issued by the Poor-law Board, can be set aside as of no value, now that it proves to be contrary to that of Dr. Smith. " The council also express the pain and regret with which they have read many disparaging remarks of Dr. Smith, in relation to their qualification, conduct, and posi tion as medical officers. These they feel to be entirely undeserved, unjust, and ungenerous. " The council refer with confidence to the more just esti mate formed by Mr. Farnal), who as poor-law inspector in the metropolis for several years, has had numerous opportu nities of knowing the continuous efforts made by the medical officers to improve the condition of the sick poor, and faithfully to perform tLeir duty." Resolved unanimously, —" That Dr. Rogers, president of the council, be requested to present a copy of the above resolution to the Presided of the Poor Law Board, on Thursday, the 26th instant." Having read the resolutions, Dr. ROGERS ex pressed a hope that the President of the Poor-law Board would not allow himself to be influenced by the permanent staff, who, as it were, had been born and lived under the old system. (Hear, hear.) Dr. ACLAND (of Oxford) pointed out that any legislation with reference to the metropolitan work houses had a large effect in the provinces, inasmuch as the guardians there would follow the example set by the Loudon poor-houses ; and it would be a serious blow to the efforts of medical men if the Poor-law Board should sanction a standard so much inferior to that which they knew to be necessary as was the total allowance of 500 cubic feet. From 1,000 to 2,000 were absolutely necessary, according to the class of cases. Mr. THOMSON TlA.Nricry said that ten years ago he, with others, went over the workhouses in London, and he was bound to say that the charges of inhu manity then made were exaggerated, but the City of London union was in every respect so much superior to the others that it might be taken as a model. The great difficulty they then found was the want of sufficient room. The Rev. W. DENTON complained that the three unions of the City of London were too far from the places in which the poor who were likely to use them lived, and when ill it was impossible to remove them such a distance. Mr. G. HARDY said—lt is my wish to do what is right in this matter, and it is quite clear that a great evil does exist, for it has been pointed out by the inspectors in their reports. Both of their reports make out that there is an insufficient mode of caring for the sick poor. That is what I have to deal with at present. Before I come to any d ec i s i on as to what I can do in the future, my first atte n ti on must b e directed to the temporary remedy of these griev ances. Many of them arise from over -crowding. This at present can only be met by a liberal system of outdoor relief, instead of driving them into the workhouses. The authorities, I think, are bound to take a step in the right direction. There have been some points to which I hope you will excuse me from adverting, but, so far from the permanent staff endeavouring to force me to any particular conclu sion, they have given me every information they could to enable me to come to an unbiassed conclu sion. I assure the deputation I shall come to this question with a perfectly unbiassed mind, and when I have come to a determination I have no doubt whatever from the short experience I have had of the permanent staff, that' they will give me every assistance. (Hear, hear.) As to some of the unions being some distance out of London, that state of things exists because it is almost impossible to get land in London and the neighbourhood— with land selling in London at so much a yard, or an inch, it would be impossible to build a workhouse there. As to the question which the Earl of Shaftes bury has mentioned, viz., the want of inspection by the guardians, it is an enormous tax for any body of unpaid persons, and to do it efficiently they should be assisted by the medical officers in charge. With respect to those medical officers, their case will be considered by me. It will be my desire that they should receive proper remuneration, and be placed in the position which gentlemen of their profession ought to occupy. (Hear, hear.) I feel that Lord Grosvenor, in pressing me to delay coming to any decision, is treating me justly and as the meeting would wish to treat m e . I h ave b e en in office hardly a fortnight, and have during that time read as many of the papers on the subject as I could apply my mind to, but so long as Parliament is sitting I cannot sit down and deliberately investigate the question as I wish to do; but I have made up my mind that until I come to a decision on this subject I shall refrain from taking my usual holiday, and shall remain in the neighbourhood of London and make it my busi ness to investigate the question of metropolitan workhouses. (Applause.) I hope to come to such a decision by the month of November to mature a scheme to carry out the wishes of those who have taken an interest in this important subject. In the meantime nothing has struck me so much as the difficulty in finding out who is to blame, andit seems to me that on that head we had better let bygones be bygones. As to the cubical space to be allowed to each person, there are in this office papers, recom mendations of medical men of the highest ability, which state at that time that the amount of air now required by our regulations is sufficient; but we must of course deal with that which is before us at the time we have to act —as in converting rifles to breech-loaders we may not have got the best wea pon that may be invented, but it is that which is recommended at 'the time, so we have to adopt it, and so now we shall have to consider, guided by greater lights, what course it is at present desirable to pursue in this matter of air. (Hear.) I deeply feel the responsibility on me on the subject, and 1 intend to exercise the temperate, but at the same time the firm authority of the board in carrying out necessary improvements. I shall hasten nothing but the improvement of the condition of the sick poor, and I shall look forward to the future with a view to effecting a careful and final settlement of it. (Hear, hear.) As to Bethnal-green, I heard yesterday that 17 or 18 persons have been carried there with cholera ; the house is already over crowded, and the master of it has been here. The vestries of London have charge of the sanitary ar rangements, they has been summoned to meet, and will take steps to provide temporary accommoda tion in the neighbourhood for these cases. (Hear.) Moreover, I propose to write to all boards of guar dians in the metropolis, calling their attention to the epidemic, and inviting them to take the neces sary steps to provide for the emergency. lam very thankful to you for all the information you have given me, and I shall be glad to receive any further informa tion, and I assure you I desire to do that which is most beneficial for the sick poor, and, at the same time, that which is most just to the ratepayers. (Hear, hear.) Lord SHAFTESBURY wished to call the attention of the rev. gentleman who proposed that the unions should be nearer London to the advantage the in mates derived from the fresh air they enjoyed a short distance from London. Mr. HART added that it was proposed that there should be urban receiving houses for the suburban infirmaries. The deputation then thanked the right hon, gentleman, and withdrew. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHAMPTON RACES—THURSDAY. The STEWARDS' STAKES of 5 soya each, with 40 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b; the winner to be sold for 200 sous; if for 100 allowed 71b; if not to be sold to carry 51b extra ; last half mile. Marquis of Hastings' Duchess, by St. Albans—Bay Celia (100 soya), 7st 111 b (car. Bst 21b) (Fordham) 1 Duke of Newcastle's Mi s f or t une, B st 91b (inc 51b extra) (Custance) 2 Mr. Hope's f by Lord of the Isles—Dulcibella, Bst 41b (Maidment) 3 Mr. Marsh's Pakida, Bst 91b (inc. 51b ex.) (Score y 4 Mr. W. G. Craven's Bra vura , B s t 91b (i nc l u. 51b extra) (J. Goater 5 Betting-5 to 2on Misfortune, sto 1 agst Duchess, 7to 1 agst Bravura. Duchess made all the running, and won by a length and a half; four lengths separating the second and third; Pakida and Bravura beaten off. The CORPORATION PLATE of 50 sovs (Handicap), for all ages; winners after July 19 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra; T.Y.C. Marquis of Hastings' Mrs. Day, by Knight of Kars— Jocose, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (H. Day) 1 Capt. Christie's Salliet, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Custance 2 Mr. Hope's Si gne t, 3 yrs, 6 s t 41b (T . Sadler 3 Mr. J. Powney' s M enace , 5 yrs, Bst 81b (Fordharn 0 Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's The Masson, 3 yrs, 7st 12Ib (Hibberd) 0 Mr. T. Read's Lancashire Witch, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (R. Viney) 0 Mr. Hodgman's Vexatious, 3 yrs, 7st (Quince) 0 Betting-2 to 2 agst Salliet, 3to 1 agst The Masson, 5 to 1 each agst Mrs. Day and Signet. Won by three lengths; a similar distance separated the second and third. The SOUTHAMPTON STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added ; winners of any race of the value of 100 sovs after July 19 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra ; one mile and a half ; 9 subs. Mr. T. H. D. Bayly's Old Warden, by Gibraltar—Queen of the Gipsies, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ib (Maidment 1 Mr. W. G. C raven ' s P rov i sor, 4 yrs , 7 s t 121 b ...(Storey) 2 Mr. I. Woolcot's Ropley, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (inclu. 71b extra) (Hibberd) 3 Betting -7 to 4on Provisor, 9to 4 agst Old Warden, 5 to 1 agst Ropley. Won by half a length; two lengths separating the se cond from Ropley. The STONEHAM PARK STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added if three horses start, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies, Bst 71b; winners once 41b, twice 71b extra; T.Y.C., straight; 16 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Lady Hester, by Thunderbolt—Lur ley, 9st (inclu. 71b extra) (Fordham) 1 Marquis of Hastings' Lupa, Bst 71b (H. Day) 2 Marquis of Hastings' Hornet, Bst 71b (Salter) 3 Betting-25 to 1 on Lady Hester, who indulged Lupa with the lead up to the Stand, and then went on and won by three parts of a length ; Hornet was tailed off early, and pulled up a bad third. The STAND PLATE of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), for all ages ; winners after July 19 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra ; T.Y.C. ; 16 subs. Mr. Hope's Signet, by Vedette—Ellen Percy, 3 yrs, Est 41b (T. Sadler) 1 Mr. J. Powney's Menace, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (Fordham) 2 Captain Christie's Prescription, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (car. 7st 71b) (Custance) 0 Mr. W. Ford's Professor Anderson, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Maidment) 0 Mr. J. IL C. Wyndham's King Christian, 3 yrs, Ist 71b (Hibberd 0 Mr. 'l'. Head's Lancashi re Wit c h , 4 yrs, 7st 41b (If. V iney) ) 0 Marquis of Hastings' Mrs. Day, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (including 71b extra) (H. Day) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst King Christian, sto 2 agst Mrs. Day, 7 to 1 agst Professor Anderson. Won by a head. The SCURRY HANDICAP STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 30 added ; winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. R. Smith's Discretion, by Fazzoletto—Pr even ti on 4 yrs, Est 121 b .....(Storey) 1 Mr. Lapidist's Vampire, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Ford's g by Vedette—Passion Flower, 6 yrs, Bst 21b (Maidment) 3 Capt. Morgan's Adele, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Viney) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Vampire, sto 2 agst Discretion. Won by a length ; three lengths between second and third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD STAKES. sto 1 agst Midia colt (taken) Bto 1 agst Black Prince (taken) HUNTINGDON RACES-THURSDAY. The CAMBRIDGESHIRE TWO-YEAR -OLD HANDICAP Of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; the winner to be sold for 50 soya ; half a mile straight ; 14 subs. Mr. Pryor's Princess Thyra, by Newcastle —Tomyris, Bst 61b (Loates) 1 Prince D. Soltykoff's Delium, Bst 101 b (Mann) 2 Mr. J. Nightingall's Ambitious, Bst (Elphick) 3 Mr. England's Stud, 7st 121 b (Prior) 0 Mr. Ten Broeck's Piano, 7st 131 b (Murray) 0 Mr. Ten Broeck's Scarlet, 7st 81b (Evans) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Princess Thyra, 9to 2 agst Delium, 6to 1 each agst Piano and Ambitious. After going a few strides the favourite took up the running, and never being headed, won easily by a length and a half ; a neck only divided second and third, Piano was fourth close up, and Stud beaten off. The winner was bought by Prince Soltykoff for 250 guineas. The MEMBERS' PLATE of 100 sous added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, 3 ft to go to the Race-fund, for horses of all ages. Any winner after the publication of the weights (July 19, at 10 a.m.) to carry Mb extra ; three-quarters of a mile. (22 subs.) Prince D. Soltykoff's Seringapatam, by Arthur Welles ley—Beauty, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (Kenyon) 1 Mr. R. Porter's British Tar, 3 y rs, 6 s t 121b...(5. Mordan) 2 Mr. H. Chaplin's Arbutus, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (car. 7st 81b) (Cannon 3 Mr. J. Wood's Rose, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Parry 0 Count Battyany's nti-Macassar, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Smith) 0 Mr. Ten Broeck's Forester, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (S. Adams) 0 Mr. Fleming's Cadiz, 6 yrs, 7st 51b (Elphick) 0 Mr. England's Zingyni, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Murray) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Arbutus, sto 2 agst Seringapatam, 8 to 1 agst Anti-Macassar, 10 to 1 agst British Tar, 100 to 8 each agst Forester and Cadiz. Won easily by a length and a half. The HUNTINGDONSHIRE STAKES of 100 soya added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 5 ft and 3 only if declared on or before the 17th July ; the second horse to save his stake ; the winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights (July 13, at 10 a.m.) to carry 71b extra; two miles. (46 subs, 27 of whom pay 3 sovs each.) The highest weight accepting being Bst 71b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the rest in proportion. Mr. Barne's Oberon, by Tadmor— Water Lily, aged,7s t 101 b (Loates) 1 Count Batthy any ' s King Charming, 4 yrs, Bst 91b(J. Daley) 2 Mr. W. Davis's Duchess of Wellington, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Cameron) 3 Mr. Bond's Musketeer, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Coslett) 0 Mr. Spencer's Longdown 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Osborne) 0 Mr. R. B. Jeffery's Wild 'Poppy, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (inc. 71b extra) (Perry) 0 Mr. T. Parr's Lochiel, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Hopkins) 0 Mr. IV. Morris's Ambition, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (S. Adams) 0 Mr. W. G. Bennett's Iconoclast, 5 yrs, Est 111b(S. Mordan) 0 Mr. T. Ballard's Loaf Sugar, 3 yrs, Est 51b Clark) 0 Betting -3 to 1 agst Longdown, 10 to 1 agst Oberon. Won by a head ; a couple of lengths separated second and third, Wild Poppy was an indifferent fourth, Iconoclast fifth, Lochiel sixth, Ambition next, the two last being Longdown and Loaf Sugar. The FITZWILLIAM SELLING STAKES of 5 soya each, with 50 added ; two-year-olds 7st 31b, three 9st 31b, four lOst, five, six, and aged lOst 41b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs, but if entered for 80 soya allowed 71b, 60 121 b, 50 161 b, 30 211 b; three quarters of a mile. Mr. Chaplin's Rosa Nera, by Pelion—All Black, 2 yrs, (£3O) sst 71b (Kenyon) 1 Mr. Ballard's f by Cannobie—Hopbine, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 71b (Carroll) 2 Mr. W. G. Bennett's Practitioner, 5 yrs (.£3O), Bst 111 b (Mordan) 3 Mr. W. W. Baker's War Eagle, 2 yrs (X3O), sst 101 b (Wyatt) 0 Mr. W. S m ith' s Begum, 3 yrs (£5O), 7st 121 b (Parry) 0 Mr. Partner's Mona, 3 yrs (.£3O), sst 71b (Hopkins) 0 Mr. J. Wood's Nightshade, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 71b (Sayers) 0 Mr. Goddi ng ' s B .ome l y, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 71b (Huxtable) 0 Betting -5 to 4on Rosa Nera, 4to 1 agst Begum, 10 to 1 agst War Eagle, 100 to 8 agst any other. Won in a canter by two lengths. The winner was sold to Mr. Morris for 270 guineas. The KIILLOLTON CUP, a er Cup value 50 sow, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, hft ; three-year-olds Bst, four 9st, five and upwards 9st Mb ; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b, if entered not to be sold 71b extra; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; one mile. Mr. Chaplin's Vespasian, by Newminster--Vesta, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (inc 71b e x t ra ) (Cannon) 1 Mr. W. Bevill's Ostrogor, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (inc 71b extra) Mr. W. Bevill) 2 Lord Westmoreland's M err y H ar t , aged ( (.£100), Bst 121 b (Morris 3 Sir W. Booth's Emigrant, 3 yrs (£500), Bst...(E. Sharp 4 Mr. "Wodson's Deerfoot, 6 yrs (£500), 9st 51b (Deacon 5 Mr. J. Wood's Claxton, 5 yrs (X 500), 9st slb (T.French 6 Betting-7 to 2on Ostreger, 6to 1 agst Vespasian, 100 to 5 agst Merry Hart. Won, after a tremendous struggle, by a head. The HISCHINGBROOK STAKES of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 61b; a winner of 50 sovs 31b, of two fifties or 100 sovs, 51b, of 200 71b extra ; maidens at the time of starting, if they have run once, allowed 41b, twice 51b, thrice or more 71b extra ; T.Y.C. (about half a mile straight); 32 subs. Mr. Bevill's King Victor, by Fazzoletto—Blue Bell, Bst 101 b (Morris) 1 Mr. I'. Parr's Opoponax, Bst 13Ib (in. 61b ex.) (Canon) 2 Mr. Jos. Dawson ;s Lady Clinton, ist 131 b (Loates) 3 Count Batthyany's Beauclerk, Bst 51b (Daley) 0 Mr. H. Bird's Roseleaf, 7st 131 b (J. Mann) 0 Sir W. Booth's f by Stampede—Lady Dundas, Bst 131 b . Mr. J. Stephenson' s S c i p i o, B s t 5 1b (E Sharpe(Parry) 0 ) 0 Lord Canterbury's Gas, B s t 91b (i nc. 31b extra) (J. Snowden) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Opoponax, 100 to 30 agst Roseleaf, 100 to 15 agst Beauclerk, 100 to 8 agst Gas, and 20 to 1 agst King Victor. Won by a head. The CROMWELL PLATE of 100 sous (Handicap); winners of any handicap after July 19 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra ; half a mile. 43 subs. Mr. Price's Tesane, by Prime Minister—Tamarind, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Huxtable) 1 Count Batthyany's Blackthorn, 3 yrs, Est 71b (G. Sopp) 2 Mr.ll'luke's Norma, 6 yrs, 7st 81b (Parry 3 Lord Bateman's Qu een o f T rumps, age d , 9st Glb (Morris 0 Mr. Lincoln's Zisca, 4 yrs, ist 10113 (Kenyon 0 Mr. G. Cardinall' s D oe f or d (h b) , 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Sayers 0 Mr. Carr's Acolyte, 5 yrs, 7st 31b (inc. 51b ex ) (M urray ) 0 Lord Coventry's Goojerat, 3 yrs, Est 91b (II. Clark) 0 Mr. R. B. Jenery's Sylph, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Thompson) 0 Mr. Partner's Little Ragamuffin, 2 yrs, Est ...(Cameron) 0 Mr. Ledgers Bay Leaf, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Marsh) 0 Mr. H. Barker's f (late Spider) by Gibraltar— Mangler's dam, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Jefferys) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Goojerat-6 to 1 each agst Zisca and Acolyte, 8 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps, 10 to 1 each agst Tesane, Blackthorn and Sylph. Won by a head. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE. MENTS. July 23, 9 a.m., Young Lord, out of all engagements. July 23, 9 a.m., Dannebrog, out of Chatsworth Stakes al Chesterfield. July 23, 10.4 a.m., Gladiateur, out of the Goodwood Cup. July 23, atter 6 p.m., Dalby and Buckfoot, out of Good wood Cup and Coupe de Deauville. July 24, 9 a.m., Jevington, out of Huntingdonshire Stakes July 24, 9 a.m., Colenso and Jolly Boat, out of the Nur sery at Chesterfield. July 24, 9 a.m., Old Warden, out of Chesterfield engage ments. July 24, 4.30 p.m., Lytham and Vandyke, out of iluni ingdon engagements. July 24, after 6 p.m., Regalia, out of Stewards' Cup and Chesterfield Cup, Goodwood. _ _ July 25, 12.30 p.m., Birkdale, out of Huntingdon Handl. caps. July 25, 1.45 p.m., ItAgalia, out of Goodwood Cup. *** In answer to numerous inquiries, Messrs. Weatherby beg to state that they received instructions to strike Skirmish out of the Nottinghamshire Stakes on the 10th of July, but not till after noon, the hour fixed for declaring the smaller forfeit. Under these circumstances, the owner being too late to profit by the declaration, it has not been the practice of this office to consider a horse as out of his engagement without further directions. The opinion of the Stewards of the Jockey Club will be asked whether this horse was finally scratched on the 10th of July or not. NOMENCLATURE. The following names have been given:— Mr. J. Gregory Watkins's foals of 1866. Bc by The Marquis, out of Macaria ... Lord Marcus. Br c by Tim Whiffler, out of Canarina... Master Whiffler, Bf by Tim Whiffler, out of Lygonia Miss Whiffler. B c by Surplice, out of La Fille de Ma Mie, by Rataplan ... ... The Priest. Mr. IL Cotton's F by Vedette, out of The Present, by Woolwich, 2 yrs ... Purchase. Sir L. Newman's • Colt-foal by Stockwell Queen of Beauty ~. The Needle Gun, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS Tl3lES.—Within a few hours of the time when these lines are published the world will probably witness the completion of one of the grandest and most beneficent enterprises of the age. Yesterday at noon the Great Eastern was but 80 miles from the rendezvous which is the end of her voyage ; she was in only 130 fathoms water, and unless some unforeseen calamity take place, London and New York ought to be in telegraphic communication by to-morrow morning. So wonderful an even t may excuse almost any hyperbole of congratulation. The genius and enterprise of this country have com pleted a work which transcends not only experience but fancy. Men hardly arrived at middle age re member a time when such an idea as an instanta neous communication between the two Continents would have been looked upon as the wildest - dream. Even of late years there have been sober, calculating people who have considered the laying of an Atlan tic Cable to be a mad enterprise, destined to sink many hundred thousand pounds of capital belonging to sanguine investors, and to remain for ever to form a chapter in the " History of Human Error." The immense distance to be traversed ; the great depths at which the cable must be submerged during part of its course ; the abrupt variations in the bed of the ocean ; the chances of storm and fog and iceberg, of defective construction, which might perhaps be only detected when too late, of machi nery a little too stiff or heavy, which might snap the cable by a sudden jerk, of clumsiness in some one employed, which might frustrate all the calculations and all the pains bestowed on the work—these, and the many accidents which no human foresight can entirely guard against, made some prudent people incredulous to the last. There were not wanting those who said that if ever a telegraphic message was sent from London to New York it would be sent nearly round the world, by way of Russia, Siberia, Beh ring's Straits, and Western America. On the other hand, the faith and courage of the projectors have been beyond all praise. From the first inception of the enterprise there has been a body of able men who have never doubted that a cable might be laid and made to work. Year after year they have gained a clearer conception of the task, and matured the plans which have ended in this magnificent suc cess. Submarine cables have been laid on so large a scale and under so many various conditions of late years that the Atlantic Telegraph has had the ad vantage of a great accumulation of facts. The Mediterranean lines and the sea section of the Indian line have been full of instruction on the subject. In some parts of the Mediterranean great depths have been traversed, and the effect of these on the cable has been well noted, and hints are also gained as to the best system of laying down a line. But the ocean which rolls between Ireland and Newfound land has given the most complete, though the most costly lessons. Years roll by so quickly that it is difficult to realise that nine of them have been de voted to Atlantic telegraphy. Not, indeed, that there has been a yearly expedition ; but the first expedition was in 1857, and since that time the plans and experiments have never ceased. We believe it is about twenty years since the proposal to construct an ocean telegraph between the two Continents was made ; but the scheme was too bold, and the ex perience in such matters too slight, for either the Government or the public to undertake the work. But year by year cables were laid in the principal narrow seas of the world ; one had been worked from Varna to the Crimea, and one was promised which should deal with the greatest depths of the Medi terranean. While the Old World was thus gaining the benefits of ready communication, it was not likely that either England or America would neglect the momentous question of their own union. To join the two continents by such a line as had been laid down between England and France or England and Ireland was an obvious idea, but it needed men of talent and courage to conceive it as a practical en terprise, and to enter energetically on the work. This, however, was done, and in the summer of 1857 a company had been formed, 2,500 miles of cable had been manufactured, and two of the finest vessels of war in the world, the Agamemnon and the Niagara, were ready to steam away with it. This earliest attempt was doomed to end in speedy disappointment. The expedition started amid the applause and the premature felicitations of the public, but ill-success attended it. When the ships were but a few miles from the coast, the cable, which the Niagara was paying out, became en tangled in the machinery and parted. The squadron returned to recover what had been laid down and to join it, and then went again on its way. But want of expe r i ence was fata. As the ship came on the sudden declivity in the ocean bed, where it descends from 400 to 1,700 fathoms, the weight of the cable made an increase of retarding pressure necessary. The machinery, though devised with great skill, appears not to have applied and re laxed this pressure with sufficient readiness, and the cable snapped. There was an end of the expedition for that year, but in 1858 another squadron set forth, with improved appliances and far better founded hopes of success. The ships freighted with the cable were again the Agamem- 4'. non and the Ni agara, w hi c h were accompanied by the usual attendant vessels. The first voyage Wl' ma. ushiP; long , be memorable in the annals of sea _the tremendous storm in which the over-freighte,e_ Agamemnon . nearly perished was recorded at the time in the columns of this journal, and the descrip tion tion will be fresh in the memory of most of 0 1 readers. The squadron returned to port, but se; forth again in a few days on what may be termeoof the fourth cable-laying voyage. On the sth ot August, 1858, th e first telegraphic messagewas se r , under the Atlanti c . I t was at the time of the CM _ bourg Fetes, a n d it was i mpossible no t to draw comparison between the pacific work which E e g lan l had borne the chi e f part in effecting and the s. war like constructi ons o f our neighbours. But a gain " appointment was to follo w , the more bitter because success bad been a c t ua ll y attained. He rl " e ft s an y. actually talked with P res id en t B uc hanan, sr ,. news came about a collision between two steatou The congratulations were at the highest and loude st ' te when an ominous indistinctness was observed In signals. People in Trinity Bay were evidently say ingll something, but Valentia could not understab; it. For nearly a month the powers of the lingered . before they completely expired. The, 11, snlation of the wire gradually became more la u 0 1 till at last, on the 4th of September, the power en transmitting messa ges en ti re l y cease d . For se v A years no new expedition was sent forth, th e t, future success was b e i ng prepared b y care ful "r e f riments, by an improvement in the manufactu re . ne cables, and by o b servat i ons of other suhnla r s l lines. At l as t th e G reat Eastern sailed w ith to o miles of wire on th e 15th o f J u l y l ast year. the he the daily progress of the ship was watched, bow doubts of th e ti m id gave way to confidence a s every c, 24 hours seemed to bring her nearer to assured cess, how, when the communication suddenly ee.a s 74 every supposition th a t cou ld avert t h e con viction entire failure was i n d u l ge d , an d how at last ev-eitt Gres Eastern was d es t roye d b y the return of the ur„ii Eastern herself with the news that the cable parted in mid-ocean, will be long remembered. last the victory is won. Amid the fogs of the N e f . oundla nd Bank the G rea t E astern i s slowly 11t726 mg Trinity Bay. In shallow water and so near th e coast there can hardly be any further danger to . d cable. If even it were to break, it could, it iat i be grappled for and raised without much diffieula So far as human foresight can judge, the Old %. the New World will be in telegraphic comme ni n c e d _tion before to-morrow night. The prospect oP e i 7d. to the world by this achievement is so 101. '4 lous . that any attempt to describe it must give t i e a faint and feeble picture. The two mos , a e c rin and energetic nations of the globe are plac ed of hourly communication. The Government to England and the United States will be ( 0 ,,.`, 0 , converse rapidly and freely, removing 13115 ,7h e it ceptions . should they arise, and transacting " ;v g affairs without the delay of a vo yage ele r ibo which the face of events may be changed.l e , nt ot mercantile interests of both co un t r i es the gain beimmense. We can well conceive the ear' a ge of England and America being anxious to mbar ventures for the success of the enterprise, for d success will be worth m illi ons to them. All'„:ca• oply will this coun t ry ga i n b y its ready comroll, :ili. tion with the U n it e d States, but also by the lai' ;v g ties which the telegraph will give for correspo.l' e n with British North America. These countrl e 2l the north and the whole reg i on f ar away west; ea li to British Columbia an d C a lif orn i a will aes ll t he be before lon g i n h our l y communication wit' , r io Old World. Ind ee d, now t h at t h e great enterP,o is completed, there can be no doubt that in a ;do. years the entire globe will be spanned by th e : y ea graph wires, and the news of the planet will be g' t i c every morning in the London papers. The Atlae tbe makes the only great break in the continuity ef re land . of the globe. The three old continents A c . i ri , single mass. The wires may be carried from " ch gapore over island after island until they r i a id , Australia. In the N ew W or ld they may heAciog easily from Labrad or t o P atagonia. By brlu„ht the Atlantic thes e t wo great systems are bre" e v o . 0 into connection. It i s a great work, a 01 t° dit age and nation, an d th e men who have aebiev' of deserve to be honoured among the benefactors their race. s e f HERALD.--The statements made in both Holls e eiv Parliament last night dispose of Mr. Beales P r° ,,• ter mation. We know now that the revising barr' ep . of . Trafalgar-square was guilty of—a inise e .l e s'' ton : and that when he sent out the " which startled half the town on WednesdaY, e .' of ing, he did so on the strength of the amiabilitire, the Home Secretary and the audacity of his ow n ~ quest. That it was a misconception we have doubt. . But, as the Home Secretary character: fo r it, it . was a very extraordinary one. The reque s , u fo r permission to hold a meeting iu Hyde-park on i": 03 day next—an. afterthought of Mr. Beales' - I,, t it made in writing late in the afternoon ; and at no the same time at which Mr. Walpole received and assent of the Government was announced, ae" t he triumph of Mr. Beales was duly placarded Oddly „ streets and magnified in Hyde-park. -1740 v- - enough, one of th e mem b ers o f the nrk- League—if we mist a k e no t muc h more o f 3 W-v 1... ing-man's friend and a Reformer than Mdu r " ty mond Beales, Mr. Holyoak e —th oug ht it his ins t to call on the H ome S ecretary, an d protest gaol the proclamation put forward by Mr. Beales ae d so the whole triumph of the League over laW. e A t order, in the p erson o f t h e H ome Secretary, is an end. •og. CHIEF BARON KELLY.—A preliminary ill ee „ t d i yf was held at the White Horse Hotel, Ipswich, on 14 ' 9 " - ;y: to take into consideration the best means of giving tvi eg g st propriate reception to the Chief Baron on the Ist of A i/ 7 i iy next, and the following resolution was unani l33 % s ief agreed to :—" That it is desirable to meet the Lord `" -- t ,fo Baron, on his entry into the town, as one of her gales tee judges, to escort him to the Assize Court." A conn% was appointed to carry out the intentions of the in eet. 6 11 1 3 . % MILITARY MANCEUVRES ON THE RHINE.-4",104 some military manoeuvres near Strasburg, a few dai s a pontoon bridge was thrown across the Rhino 1 ' minutes. L ADV ERTISEMENT.J—Du Barry's delicious and P :hre° restoring Revslents Arabica Food, which contsins 700 times the nourishment of the best meat, saves fifty tire' a cost in othe r remedies, restores perfect digestion , st i r u ° o o- nerves, sound l ungs, h ea l t h y l i ver, refreshing s leep' tional regularity, and energy to the most disordered orliyo, feebled, removing speedily and effectually inGigestion ;jot pepsia), habitual constipation, diarrhcea, hremorrholds, complaints, flatulency, nei vous nem, biliousness, leveradapd throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the ears, rheumat;sm, gout, impuri, ies, eruptions, hysteria,eop ralgia, irrita'Ality, sleeplessness, acidi' y, palpitat. oll, 11 , 0 s, burn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasWS , and sickness, sinking fits, coughs, asthma, bronehl tiB ',„s at pient consumption. scrof u l a , ti g h tness of the c h e st, 1 0 ,7 0 0' the pit of the stomach, between the shoulders, &C• ficate No. 29,410. We find it the safest remedy. 01— d; Ure, II D., F.R.S. ; Dr H arvey ; i r Wu, zer ; Dr 5 , ' 0r1. 1,1 1 Dr Campbell. We quote a few out of the 62 0 Onyxes' tOr No. 57,314. Tit, enson I cannot express my gr atittl.' p. the benefit I ha ve d er i ve d from D u Barry ' s f o od. 3 V it ad petite is perfectly restored, the pairs in my lej , ba rb'sa d chest are quite gone, and I am fast gaining s trenr - i gio la flesh. Mrs A. O wen. —C ure N o. 54, 8 12. Miss l A ' O , ;seri Zeguers. cured of consum p ti on , fi tt er h er medical a abandoned all hopes of recove y. C ure N o . 49,,,3?' nui years' indescribable agony frcm dyspepsia, n etvon s o at asthma, cough, constipation, fl a tule n cy, s p a sms, siekt e rea r , the stomach, d vomiting. Maria Joly, Wortham, Diss, Norfolk.- Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elilabeth Jrc o o ' Nasing - Vicarage, Waltham Cross, 'lees, of extreme neA„;cie9. neas, indigestion, gatherings, l ow s pi r it s , an d nervous fa 2 ,111% In tins, llb, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 6 , 1 ; 51b, 118 ; 121 b, 2 , 214 2„d00 10s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street-L . 7 0 0 also Phillips, tea (balers, 8, King William-street ; 1 "" te' at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, BishoP t B r g :od; street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-str ee t ; 330, c 96' 54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court - r os "hpo o Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hi ll; St Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's - te rrau e `s h John's-wood, London ; an d a ll respecta b le groc ers Ol d mists.—Beware of spurious imitations. Births. MO' BRANDON—OR the 25th inst., at Point House, Ptit l2-9 ' H. Brandon, o f a daughter. bbe rtt wife HIBBERT—On the 25th inst., the of Fred. D . g h i i• of Bucknell Mano r House, Oxfordshire, of a dalig; 13 er ter• ROBERTS - On the 16th inst., Lady Roberts, of 11 13 1 °1 '0 o f WARD—On the 25th inst., at Oxford, Mrs. G. 6. " a daughter. Marriages. Chu rch , FOSTER—DENNEY—On the 25th inst., a t Christ (i. 0.1 Highbury, Michael E. Foster, EFq., of Bishopsg atO ßue to Henrietta, only daughter of the late WM' Esq., of Coggeshall, Essex. no srr , e ROSE—PYM—On the 25th inst., at St. George's , square, Philip Frederick, eldest son of Philip ito s ipc/P' of Rutland-gate, and Rayners, High Wyconabk 11„ f11 ,' to Rose Annie, daughter of the late Rev. Win' 'IVY' rector of William, Herts, and niece of the late ' Esq., of The Ilazells, Beds. Deaths. DANIELS —On the 24th inst., at 54, Welbeek-str eet, dish-square, Win. Daniels, Esq aged 85. „ of FROGGATT —On the 24th inst., Henry Froggatt, 9rsoS Rose Lodge, Tulse-hill, Brixton, Surrey Y° lll3s A es rreP of the late T. Froggat, Esq., of Sutton Lodge, -11 aged 45. r. 1 3 ' Joitx--:On the 24th inst., at Windsor, Major George,,, St. John, Military Knight of Windsor, late of t- Regt., and third sop of Gen. the Hon. F. St. Jo",„'„ of PERKINS - On the 24th inst., Augustus S. Perkins, P's".l 54, Old Steine, Brighton, aged 57. Yr. R. TENNANT—On the 24th inst., at The Elms, r BetforT er g ' Tennant, head of the firm of Tennant Brothers, 'J-- aged 49. poi YOUNG -On the 24th inst., at Laverock Bank' 93 mouth, Morayshire, Alexander Young, late CsP''' Sutherland Highlanders. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM AN e ii t of No. 112, Strand, Plinter. at Tim SUN oil . ; C ce• `,,„ °. ty Strand, in the Pvc-oinet of: the Savoy, in the °w- KiddleEca.—Friday, July 27, 1866. 13 Cc an Stl yii no tic EA(