The Sun. — London, England, 1865-07-20 00:00:00

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' Daily attendance at 1% Whitefriargato, Hull; 10, Norfolk street, Sheffield ; 4, East-paraue, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas street, S.Arbro'. .\o connection with any one of the same name, LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—Durinc , the storms of the past year 1861 the boats of the National Lifebaat Institution have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended £19,531 14s. sd. In the same period on lifeboat ettablishmeats, in addition to granting £1,569 as rewards for saving 69, shipwrecked per sons by its lifeboats, ant other means. The Committee of the Institution earnest'y A ?PEAL to the r,ublic for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by Messrs Willis and Co.. llerries and Co., Coutts and Co., and by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary. Richard Le.wis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. N ----- E ' v THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprielor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, TII ROUG II FIRE AND WATER. Mr. .I L. Toole, Mr. Phillips, Mrs. A. Mellon. Alter which, at 9, SOLON SHINGLE. Dir. J. E. Owens, dm To conclude with THE TOODLES. Mr. J. E. Owens and Mrs. Biliingtou. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINGESSS ILE. Sole Lessee anti Ntanager, sir. Geo. 11115 EVENING, a new F arce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled IIEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. After which, Ait ltAll \A I °(xUE. : Messrs. Dion Bonet cault, J. Brougham, 11. Vandenhoff, 1). Fisher, D. Murray; Mrs Boucicault and Miss A. Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLE APOLOGY. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, 3frs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE BETTER HALF. Mr. Porsche; Miss Johnstone. Atter which, WINDSOR CASTLE. Messrs. Stoyle Thorne, James, leentol ; Mesdames Swanborough, Rayn ham, Simpson, Ho t, Hughes, Weston, and the Misses Gunnies. _ To be followed by SAM'S ARRIVAL. Mr. Belford ; Miss Thorne. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. GENTLEINIEN,—The old Parliament is dis solved—a new one is to be constructed—and you are now called upon to exercise the high and important privilege of selecting the represen atives of the greatest city in the world. We venture to lilacs our names on the list of corn pytitors for your suffrages, or rather for a r‘ newel or con tin. .tion of them ; for we have this advantage over many c ,ndidates that we do not come before you as strangers. Our exertions in yuur interests during a long series of years arc not unknown, nor have they been'unrewarded. We are old and tried Reformers. Grieved to b,hold our fellow-citizens outrageously overtaxed, we introduced a new system, and raised the cry of "ECONOMY AND EXCELLENCE IN BAPPY COMBINATION." We have most earnestly opposed and condemned all exorbitant claims upon the public purse, setting an example to others in the extreme modera tion of every Bill presented by ourselves. Thus not a single Bill so presented has ever been objected to, or rejected, or amended. We have never disappointed our constituents — we have never violated oar pledges—we have never negletted our duty. The improving state of our revenue from the con tinued and inereased prosperity of our commercial relatio, s, Justifies us in promising to give our beat consideration to the possibility of still f ,rther retrenchmen s of all de.nanda upon the Incomes of our constituents. We are advocates for an extension of the suffrage, not "laterally" only, but in all directions. Our constituency has always been remarkably extensive— the largest in the King dom—but we have no objection whatever to see it multiplied to any extent, and amongst all classes. We ever iden i y our own interests with those, t the richest and the poorest of our tell .w-countrymen, and are ready to work for all alike—for both sexes and for all ages. We have continued to satisfy all parties without addressing ourselves exclusively to any. With the expression of these principles, ophions, and pro ml-es, and with the most grateful sense of past favours, we have the honour to remain, GENTLEMEN, Your faithful and obedient Fervants, E. MOSES and SON. The committees of E. MosEs and SON sit daily from Seven a.m. and Nine p.m. (Saturdays excepted), at the great Cloth ing Mart, at the Corner of Minories and Aldgate ; at the Corner of hart-street and New Oxford-street ; and at the Corner of Tottenham-court-road and Euston-road, where a:1 clan es, without distinction, will meet with a cordial recep tion, and may command a prompt and cheerful attention to their winces. friiE LAST EDITION OF " THE SUN," .1 Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGELs CG , lan be had Every Evening of G. Et. GLMNIE, NEWS AGENT, No, 4. Connaught-terrace, Ilydc-park. imE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER. (b.te litlOOli8), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish- otreet, Oxford-street. THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN " supplied as soon as Published, containing* all the LA PEST NEWS and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, by . W. 11 A./tit LS, Ne \ spaper Agent, 4, Blaektriars-road, i.ondon, S. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the puha° generally that he supplies the LATEST EDITIuN of ••TIIE SUN" as soon as published —No. 16, Hampstead road, N.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, h. m.—Afternoon, 12h. 10m. To-Monßow.-Morning, 12h. 43m.—Afternoon, lh. 10m. • t 477".:..4 SUIT, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1865. - The county members for Buckinghamshire have been entertained at Newport-Pagnell, and the sharp criticism of their opponents do not appear to have damped their spirits or clouded their prospects. Mr. DISRAELI, who was heartily welcomed on his arrival, alluded in his speech to the general results of the election. The right hon. gentleman observed that he preferred to meet that assembly after the election rather than before, because as candidates the county members could not speak so free from anxiety as now that they were representatives. In the first place, he was enabled to congratulate the electors of Buckinghamshire on having returned three Conservatives to Parliament as the represen tatives of their county. Mr. DISRAELI considers that " considerable misapprehension" exists as to the results of the general election now taking place. The right hon. gentleman must be a very vexatious opponent, for he is always sanguine, and can gene rally find some saving clause or redeeming point which alters the aspect of things, and augurs well for the eventful success of his party. There is more in this than making the best of things, or of striv ing to keep up the courage of his followers, because time and circumstances have proved the truth and testified to the validity of his predictions. When Sir ROBERT PEEL deserted the Tory party every one predicted its downfall, and some well qualified to judge considered that in a few years the scattered remnants of their host would disappear altogether from Parliament, or, at all events, only show themselves in an isolated manner ; but no one thought that twenty years after that time they would have merged into the. most compact and united party in the State, capable of influencing, if not deciding, the most important debates and divisions. This result has been brought about quite as much by the faults of their opponents as by their own merits ; but there is no denying the fact. The disunion and disaffection that exists in the Liberal ranks is proverbial ; it is a disgrace and a scandal, and so long as it lasts no great measures can be passed. The only thing which makes the differing members coalesce is the prospect of a defeat, which will turn out their so-called leaders, and this course of proceeding cannot be profitable to the community or productive of anything sub stantial to the country. Mr. DISRAELI has a right to speak on the ques tion of the gains and losses consequent on the election, and to be listened to as an authority by friends and foes ; for he is generally right in his verdict, because he watches events, and looks on public affairs with the calculation of a philosopher as well as the excitement of a politician. Besides, no one can judge so well as he can of the resources of his party, and the manner in which circum stances may affect them; for he has had to direct affairs in the darkest days of defeat and in the most unpromising circumstances, and has proved himself equal to the occasion and prepared for every emergency. Those sapient authorities who have made" deep calculations, and come to the satisfactory conclusion that the Ministers have gained an immense majority by the late elec tions, will doubtless ridicule Mr. DISRAELI'S asser tions, cr attempt to deny hie conclusions, but they must secretly acknowledge the justice of his re marks, and feel that apparent success is not always real and substantial success. The right hon. gentle man declares that he does not quarrel about num bers, and will not " make captious inquiries as to whether some unknown individual who enters Par liament for the first, and probably the last, time calls himself a Liberal or a Conservative." He prefers to take a large and general view of affairs, and arrives at the conclusion that when Parliament has settled down the Conservative party will not be deficient in numbers to that which supported Lord DERBY in 1859. Many of those who in the last Parliament professed to belong to the Opposition always supported the Government on critical occa sions, and it is curious to notice that nearly all these useless appendages have lost their scat during the election now pending. Mr. DISRAELI observes very truly that the ap parent Ministerial gain is very little for a Govern ment that has been in power for six years, and has had the power and prestige of the State at its command during that time. He also intimated that the Conservative party would be sure to gain by the petitions that must be presented, and in the last Parliament the Opposition gained ten by this means. " From what I have observed of public life," said the right hon. gentleman, "it appears to me that the majority of petition cases always will be decided against the Liberal party." He accounts for this by the uncomplimentary notion that the Liberal party, since the days of WALPOLE, have generally depended on influences "of a parti cular kind, not yet acknowledged to be constitu tional." Mr. DISRAELI, in discussing the probable events of the future, declared that Mr. BRIGHT could not for ever be left in the background, and no Government which called itself Liberal could keep him like a servant employed in a pantry, or waiting in a hall, while they were on the Treasury benches. " The new Parliament will thus have to deal with important changes, and as they will be advocated by those of extreme opinions they must be prepared to face them." In consequence of the advocacy of the extreme opinions of Mr. BRIGHT and his friend, Mr. DISRAELI attributes much of the success which has attended the Conservative party in these elections, and then speaks hopefully of their future prospects. He wisely says that he does not wish the party to accede to office without a consideraole majority. This shows his discrimination, and as there is no doubt that the chances and changes of public affairs will before long give them an opportunity, they had better be prepared to conform to circumstances so far as possible, and thus render their tenure of office productive of benefit to the country, as well as creditable to their own reputation. It has been shown pretty plainly by this time that a monopoly of power by the Liberals is quite h inimical to the cause of Reform, and renders the party in power quite indifferent to popular wishes, and over confi dent of their own abilities, and the necessity of their maintaining the head of affairs. The interest felt in the affairs of our Austra lian colonies is not generally of a very exciting character. We are proud of their prosperity, of their extent, and of their rapid progress. We have good reason to appreciate the kindly feeling shown by the colonists to the mother country in every time of national anxiety or misfortune, while the energy, independence, and enterprise of the great Australian continent bear unmistak able evidence of their English origin. As Eng lishmen, we naturally believe them to be fully qualified for self-government, and accordingly leave them to manage their affairs very much in their own way. We hear from time to time of furious disputes, of factious opposition, of arbi trary government, and other crises and commo tions in the politics of the colony, but they do not excite much uneasiness, for we have very little doubt that matters will be satisfactorily ar ranged, and we believe that the colonists may very safely be trusted to secure social order and political liberty. At the same time, although we take their troubles very philosophically in this country, the Australians have a great many difficulties to con tend against, and some questions of very grave import to decide. Some of their perplexities are inherent in the peculiar nature of their country, which has been developed with wonderful rapidity out of such diverse elements. Many of them arise from the natural growth of a young settlement into a great and populous nation, and in Australih, that growth has been so rapid that the two extremes of the scale seem almost to have touched. While there are still vast tracts of land lying almost unem ployed, we see the active antagonism between classes which is generally characteristic of older civilisation. The Land Question has always been one of the chief stumbling-blocks of Australian statesmen, and unhappily the interference of the Home Government has only been productive of mischief. It is, unquestionably, very aggravating to the industrial agricultural class, who are really the chief wealth of the country, to see fine tracts of fertile land kept idle as sheep walks, while it is manifestly the interest of the squatters, who hold them at a mere nominal rent, to retain them. These two powers are therefore always contending for the right of holding and buying land,especiallyinVictoria, and as it is always easier to create difficulties than to remove them, especially when any legal question is concerned, the squatter interest has hitherto suc ceeded in defeating every effort made to put matters on a better footing. The rights which they held under the Crown, the length of their leases, the claim for compensation, &c., enabled these large landowners, who monopolised some of the best public land in the colonies, to neutralise every scheme for their removal, and to keep the " nine points of the law" in their own hands. It is not surprising that in a community as nearly Democratic as English settlements could be such conduct excited vigorous discontent and active opposition. The position assumed by the great body of the squatters was in fact simply untenable, and it became only a question of time. The pro gress of events was certain sooner or later to dis place them from their ill-earned dignities, and to divide the prizes of the soil among the hard-working bees of the hive. But it is impossible not to deplore the improvidence and shortsighted policy of those statesmen who have laid so heavy a burden on a young community, so unnecessarily hampered its progress, and introduced a causeless element of strife and division into its legislative councils. Victoria especially the land question has been a by word for vexation and perplexity ; and we are, therefore, heartily glad that there seems at length a fair hope of removing this drag on the wheels of progress. By the new land act, which had just come into active operation before the departure of the last mail, matters are placed on an entirely new footing. The tenant of the Crown lands on taking possession pays an annual rent of two shillings per acre, with the right of purchase, at the rate of £1 per acre, at the expiration of three years or at the end of the t erm o f seven years . Thus, while the tenant has the option of purchase at a fair rate, the Crown receives a fair rent for th') land, which hitherto has been far from being the case with the lands of the squatters, There was, as might have LHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 20 1865. been expected, a very active and interested opposi tion to this measure, and it was very much feared that some means would be found for evading or defeating it ; but the first day's allotment (the occupancy being determined by lot) having passed off safely and undisturbed, great hopes were entertained that the new Bill would be triumphant. The land of the Hamilton allotments is described as being of the richest and most fertile quality, adapted to any purpose of agri culture, yet hitherto lying waste as sheep walks. It has now been apportioned by lot to tenants holding from 40 to 640 acres, all holding on the same tenures, with the ultimate option of purchase, and, in the meantime, the same fixed rental. This, happily, gets over the auction difficulty which left the matter virtually in the hands of the squatters, who could, of course, outbid the farmer class. We do not wonder that the new act should be highly popular, and only hope that it will prove as successful in the future as it has done at the outset. The prosperity and tranquility of the colonies cannot be thoroughly assured until this vexed ques tion of land tenure is finally arranged, and it is to be hoped that the troubles and perplexities which hasty and reckless leglislation has brought upon the colonies will be a warning to future lawmakers and menders. It is manifestly reasonable and just that the public lands should be actually available for the public benefit, and not that they should be locked up in the hands of a few capitalists, who only seek' to get a temporary profit out of their occupancy iustead of turning them to the service of the whole community by profitable production. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,) PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JULY 19. The following is the text of the royal decree respecting the Prussian Budget : " Not having succeeded in coming to an under standing with the Diet upon a bill for the Budget of the year 1865, I order, in accordance with the report of the Ministry of State, dated the 4th July inst., that the estimate, returned herewith, showing the expected revenue and expenditure for the cur rent year shall serve as a regulation for the admi nistration of the finances. " I hereby at the same time place at the disposal of the Minister of Marine a sum not exceeding 500,000 thalers for the construction of heavy cast steel guns for the fleet, and the Ministers of Marine and Finance will have to account to me for the employment of this sum at the end of the year. " The decree, with the enclosure, and the re port of the Ministry, shall be published in the Staats An:ieger. (Signed) 'c WILHELM." Countersigned by all the Ministers. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JULY 16. Advices from Smyrna to the 7th state that the town of Cassada has been the scene of a great con flagration. Half of the town was destroyed and many lives were lost. The damage is, estimated at about 20,000,000 piastres. VIENNA, JULY 20. An Imperial decree has been published to-day relieving Count Palffy of his position as Governor of Hungary. It is asserted that all the Polish and Hungarian political prisoners will be amnestied—the former on the birthday of the Emperor, and the latter on the Feast of St. Stephen, the patron of llungary. Haymarket Theatre. Last evening closed the brilliant season of the " little Theatre in the Haymarket," the occasion being most appropriately the benefit of the talented author, actor, and lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. The performances commenced with " Three Weeks after Marriage ;" then was repeated, for the fortieth time, " Brother Sam," and then the new operetta, " The Miller's Daughter," together with the annual address of Mr. Buckstone, which was as follows : " Ladies and gentlemen,—As I appear beforo you this evening to say a few words at parting, according to custom, I do not think I can commence better than by attempting to parody some part of the message lately delivered to the Imperial Parliament at its dissolution. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to thank you heartily for the zeal and assiduity with which you have attended here nightly during the season now being brought to a close. I also beg to convey to you my warm acknowledgments for the libe ral supplies which you have voluntarily given towards the permanent upholding of this dramatic government, and to assure you that my attention will continue to be directed to the production of such novelties as may be calculated to place on a sound footing the commercial prosperity of this establishment ; but before I release you from further attendance hero for a time, I shall proceed to make a few remarks on the position of this honour able house, and allow you to have a peep into our futurity. It is an unusual fact in theatrical history, that this theatre has known but two managers for nearly thirty years, and those managers have been Mr. 'Webster and myself. Mr. - Webster held the reins hero for sixteen years, while I, his successor, have been driving the same trade for thirteen, and may in all probability, life and health permitting, even exceed Mr. Webster's term. Some detractors have said that the long career of pros perity which this theatre has enjoyed is but a proof of the excellence of the property ; I maintain it to be the excellence of the management; perhaps a combination of both qualities may bring us to the right conclusion. Still, ladies and gentlemen, amanager'slife is one of groat fluctua tion, and 'like the ship in constant motion, sometimes high and sometimes low.' We often hear of good houses and bad houses, but if we can believe an account I once met with in an old magazine, where it is stated that oven in the high 1 and palmy days of the drama, that is to say, in the days of Garrick, that one night, although he and Mrs. Cibber per formed in the same play, the entire cash receipts amounted to only £3 15s. 6d. What would some of our London ma nagers of the present day say to a return like that ? If we are not so high and palmy, we area little more substan tial in our figures. Of course, in a few days, ladies and gentlemen, you will most of you be off and away—over the sea, or to the coasts of our island, and which at this time of the year we all know is the thing to do—but I trust, wherever you may wander, you will return by the end of ' September, as we 'shall reopen hero on Monday, the 25th of that month, when 1 hope to see as many of you here as can get back to London, more particularly as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews will then reappear on these time-hon oured boards, where they always have been so warmly welcomed. A new comedy, by Mr. Leicester Buckingham, is in preparation for them and for the company ; Mr. Oxenford will also have a comedy ready, and other novel ties will be produced, while at Christmas, ladies and gen tlemen, Mr. Sothern will again make his bow. Brother Sam' will again be in the ascendant, as his bril liant career this season has only been suspended by engagements entered into some time since by Mr. Sothern and myself. A Christmas piece will be produced, and written by one whose name will be a sufficient guarantee that we shall be spared the customary slang of burlesques, and be quite independent of nigger breakdowns. As the llaymarket is known to be the home of English comedy, or, in other words, the English comedy theatre, I have frequently been asked why we do not oftener produce the legitimate drama. My answer to that question is—l have often produced it ; for during my occupation I have played "The School for Scandal' and the 'ltivals'•about 200 times. 'Much Ado About Nothing,' 'As You Like It,' and Twelfth Night,' about 150 times. ' The Beaux Stra tagem,' She Stoops to Conquer,' "rho Busy Body,' The Road to Ruin,' and many other standard plays, as often ; but it is very clear we cannot always be acting only the standard comedies, as the vitality of a management must always depend on the production of novelty ; besides, ' My Lord Dundreary,' and his `Brother Sam' have occupied those boards for about three years, while the public, as you well know, has thronged to those performances ; and though I am at all times delighted to give the legitimate drama whenever I can, you must recollect— " The drama's laws the drama's patrons give, And those who live to please must please to live.' Before I bid you adieu, ladies and gentlemen, I think it but right-to announce to you that, although 1 continue to be the only responsible lessee of this theatre, Mr. Walter Montgomery will occupy it for four or five weeks, and be my warming-pan —presenting to you many carefully-se lected performers, and to whom I wish every success. And now, ladies and gentlemen, in the name of my excellent company, and which lam proud to call The Haymarket company,' and in my own name, I thank you for another brilliant season, and until the 25th of September next, re spectfully bid you farewell." The audience was one of the largest of the season, and the hearty and enthusiastic manner in which the above address was received testified in the strongest manner the high regard in which Mr. Buckstone is held by his numberless friends and patrons. Canterbury Hall• A new optical illusion, bearing the extraordinary title of " Ko-Ko-Ri-lio," was produced at this establishment a few evenings ago, and, like all Mr. Vandervoll's sketches, has met with a decided success. It is a combination of laugh able incidents and beautiful effects from the rising of the curtain until the final tableaux, where Britannia leaves her watery bed to extinguish the storm of fire which threatens her domains. Mr. Randall personates Jack Robinson, a jolly tar, who, in the disguise of a Chinese called fio-80-Ri-Ko, has been to a masked ball, and, being very tired, falls asleep and dreams; and a most delightful dream it is, for he finds himself by the side of a brilliant lake, where a real pleasure boat, filled with lovely nymphs, rows towards him and sing " Come where my love lies dream ing" most enchantingly. Ile then gets involved somehow or other with a certain Ali cum Payne, and fights a terrific combat. He is then seized upon by three nimble sprites, but is rescued by two bewitching syrens of the deep, ,who float about in shells, and endeavour to entice him from the land to hear " what tho wild waves are saying." The jolly rovers then come to take him on board, when he blows them up in true nautical style, sending their arms and legs in all directions, and then waking up himself and recollecting the late contest with the theatrical managers, sings— If the managers would let us do Something more worthy of us and you, I think we could have pleased you better; But we've stuck to the law and the very letter. They can't call this a tragedy, Neither farce nor comedy, For I know that our show Is a-Lfol do 10l do lay. The medley overture, containing the most popular airs of the day, and the incidental music, is arranged byWilliam Vandervell with his usual taste and judgment; and we have no doubt this new sketch will fill the Canterbury Hall for some time to come. It is currently reported in legal circles that changes are in contemplation which will place three or four judicial appointments at the disposal of Lord Palmer ston. Chief Baron Pollock, it is said, will shortly retire, and Baron Martin, his son-in-law, will follow as soon as his term of servica is completed. The two Chief Justicesi, Sir Alexander Cockburn and Sir William Erle, are also, it is stated, to be raised to the Peerage, in order to strengthen the Courts of Appeal in the House of Lords and in the Judicial Committee of Privy FRANCE. BOURSE, July 19.--The complete recovery of the Prince Imperial's health has given strength to the market, which opened with improved quotations, though prices have again relapsed to yesterday's closing quotations. The " Comptoir d'Escompte" Shares are in great demand, and have advanced from 915 f. to 940 f. on the strength of the report, again circulated, that this Company will have the concession of the Algerian works, as well as an in crease in the number of the shares of this Company. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f. 521 c. Cr6dit Mobilier shares, 726 f. 25c. Towards the end the market became very weak, and prices lef off lower than yesterday :- 41 per Cents 9G 65 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 50 Do. end month 67 45 Credit Mobilier Do. end month 722 50 Bank Shares 3580 Credit Foncier 1250 Italian Loan 6l 80 Do. end month 64 75 RAIL' Ditto Threes Mexican Loan 47 Do. Bonds — Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Roman 'AYH. Cash. Acct. ~.• ... 835 -- •• • - •• • 1046 25 •••• •• • 846 25 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona ... 566 25 - - 282 50 - - 417 50 - ... 480 - - - 185 - - - 326 25 THE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, JUNE 24. The law granting an annual subsidy of two hun dred contos of reis to a company that shall es tablish direct steam navigation between Brazil and the United States has passed the Senate, and gone up for the imperial sanction. The coasting trade bill with amendments in a still more liberal sense has also passed in the Chamber of Deputies. The first iron-clad gunboat built in Brazil, the Tamandare, was launched yesterday, the Emperor being present. News from the River Plate refers mostly to the movements of troops. From Buenos Ayres ad vices have been received to the 15th, and from Montevideo to the 16th inst. The expedition that went up the Parana in the Brazilian squadron to surprise Corrientes landed about 800 men, of which 240 were Brazilian troops, and gained their object, driving out the Paraguayan garrison, said to have been 1,600 strong ; the victors, however, were forced to re-embark the next day as supplies by land were cut off. This useless victory cost the allies about 250 men killed and wounded, and the Paraguayans about 600 including prisoners, besides two cannon, a large quantity of ammuni tion, 150 tons of coal, and their colours. The Ar gentine troops engaged in this affair were their best, and were composed almost exclusively of Belgian and Italian veterans, commanded by Paunero. This general effected his junction with Urquiza on the 6th. General Mitre was to leave Buenos Ayres on the 17th to assume the command-in-chief of the allied army, which is being concentrated at Concordia, about 80 miles north of Paysandu, and on the other side of the river Uruguay ; and we may expect that active operations will commence as soon as he arrives. General Flores was expected there on the 16th with his contingent. The army at Concordia will consist of about 30,000 men, of which 18,000 are Brazilians under Gen. Ozorio, 5,000 Montevideans under Gen. Flores, and 7,000 Argentines. The blockade is established by the Brazilian squadron in the rivers Parana and Paraguay. The Siglo of Montevideo says that the Para guayans at Corrientes fired into one of the boats of the English gunboat Dotterel that was taking some persons on shore, killing one of the officers and two men ; it further says that, on the commander asking for an explanation, he was told to go and ask Lopes for it at Assumption, if he could get beyond the Hu matia. The Dotterel had steamed up the Paraguay. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 15. The Emperor, by a decree dated 14th June last, has sanctioned a decision of the Council of the Empire, permitting henc e f or th th e sm oking of to bacco in the public street s , sq ua r es, &c., of the capital and other cities a n d localities. smoking is , however, prohibited in stabl es , haylofts, barns, and generally in places wher e th e p ra ctice is allowed to be dangerous, the deci s i on u p o n this point being left to the superior local authorities. With regard to railways, the prohibition against smoking will rest with the general management department of the lines. London and Westminster Bank. Tho half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this bank was held yesterday at the bank, Lothbury, Mr. Alderman Salomons in the chair, for the purpose of pre senting a report and making a dividend. The directors reported that, after making provision for all bad and doubtful debts, paying the income tax, and devoting £2,000 for the buiidings of the bank, the net pro fits for the last half-year amounted to £151,498 7s. Bd., which, added to £9,357 ls. 5d., the unappropriated balance of the preceding half-year, amounted to £160,855 9s. ld. Out of this amount interest on the rest, or surplus fund at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum (£8,250), had been added to that fund, which now amounted to £338,250. (Hear.) The directors now declared a dividend to the shareholders at tho rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and by way of further dividend out of the profits a bonus of 10 per cent. on the paid-up capital. (Applause.) After these payments had been made there would remain a balance of £22,605 98. 1d to be carried to the profitand loss account for the current half-year. The report was adopted, and the dividend and bonus declared payable, without deduction of income tax, oil Monday, the 24th. The usual Tots of thanks brought the meeting to a close. NEW BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE-THIS DAY. To-day the grand ceremony of laying the foun dation stone of New Blackfriars Bridge was per formed by the. Right Hon. Warren Stormes Hale, Lord Mayor of London, the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and nearly the whole of the members of the Cor poration. The utmost pomp was given to the pro ceedings, which, like most of the city ceremonies, commanding a grand dejeuner in the Guildhall, which was served at one o'clock. From thence the civic pageant proceeded to the Surrey side of the river, at which place the stone was laid. The Lord Mayor occupied the venerable, time-honoured State coach, attended by his sword and mace bearer; the sheriffs rode in their " dress chariots," and the alder men and members of the Common Council were MI- - veyed to the spot in their cozy broughams, although some of them seemed on this occasion rather more uncomfortable than usual, owing to the heat of the weather and the occupants being more than the regulation number. The Under-Sheriffs, the mem bers of the Bridge-house Estates' Committee, the High Bailiff of Southwark, the City Solicitor, the Remembrancer, the Controller, the Secondary, the Judge of the Sheriff's Court, the Town Clerk, the Recorder, the Common Sergeant, the Chamberlain, the contractors for building the bridge, and the en gineer, all enjoyed conspicuous places in the proces sion, which was accompanied on its way by military music. The banners of the Lord Mayor's Company were borne in the procession, which took the follow ing route :—King-street, across Cheapside, down Queen-street, along Cannon-street West, the south side of St. Paul's-churchyard, Ludgate-hill, and thence by way of New Bridge-street to the further side of Blackfriars-bridge. The new bridge which is about to span the Thames at Blackfriars will be a very stately edifice, re sembling in its general features and in its great width and inclination that at Westminster, but dif fering in ornamentation and in some respects in the mode of construction. It will be of five arches, and 963 ft. in length from bank to bank, the width being 75ft., or 9ft. less than that of Westminster-bridge. The entire waterway available for navigation will be 844 ft., as compared with 787 ft., which the old bridge gave, and below the centre arch there will be 25ft. of headway above Trinity high-water mark. The steepest inclination will be 1 in 40, that of the old bridge being lin 18, and it will be 40ft. wider. The footways on each side will be 15ft. wide, or exactly double the width of those of the old bridge, while the carriage -way will be 45ft. broad, as compared with 27ft. 6in. It is estimated to cost in all £320,000, including £30,000 in respect of the erection and eventual removal of the present temporarystructure. All the arches of the old bridge, nine in number, have now been removed, but several of the piers still remain, though they are in course of rapid de molition. It has offered a stout resistance to the work of destruction, in spite of all the apprehension during the last 15 or 20 years that it would some day fall of itself. The contractors began to remove it in June, 1864, and the work has been in progress ever since (more than a year) night and day. From June, 1850, when the first discovery was made of the sinking of the defective pier, to the beginning of 1856, upwards of £10,500 was spent in propping up that part of the structure, and a further sum of £3,005 was expended in the same way down to the end of 1859. Turning to the new bridge, its foundations will be laid by means of iron caissons, of which there will be six in each pier, four of them 36ft. in length, by 18ft. wide. All the principal caissons will be sunk to an average of more than 20ft. below the bed of the river, and 44ft. below Trinity high-water mark. The cutwater part of each pier will also be borne on caissons, the piers will all be of granite, ornamented with columns of red polished granite, having bases and capitals of Portland stone. The massive abutments at either end of the bridge will also be constructed with granite and enriched with cornices of Portland stone. Each of the two land arches will have a span of 155 ft., the two next of 175 ft. each, and the centre arch one of 184 ft. The bridge will be precisely parallel with the new viaduct of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and the piers of each will correspond in position, so as to offer the least possible obstruction to the navigation. The arches will be wholly of wrought-iron. The bridge will be surmounted by an open balustrade, Mt. 9in. in height from the foot pavement, on each side, from end to end ; and its estimated cost is £300,000. The corporation autho rities made all suitable preparations for giving it the character of a great public ceremonial. Nothing like it in public interest has occurred since 1825, when the first stone of London-bridge was laid with much pomp and circumstance, or when, some years after wards, on the completion of the structure itself, the reigning Sovereign graced the opening ceremony with his presence. More than 100 years ago the then Lord Mayor, Sir Thomas Chitty, with all the other municipal dignitaries, assisted in laying the foundation-stone of the edifice which has been re moved to give place to , the new bridge at Black friars, and the commencement of Southwark-bridge, in comparatively modern times, has also made an occasion for popular rejoicing ; so that the Corpo ration of London followed but its own traditions in making the event of to-day an affair of civic state. The Lord Mayor will entertain the whole of the Court of Common Council and several distin guished visitors this evening at the Mansion-house. TEE ROAD MURDER. SALISBURY, July 19. The commission for the Wilts assizes was formally opened in this city this afternoon. Both learned judges, Mr Justice Keating and Mr. Justice Willes, arrived about half-past 2 o'clock, from Winchester, and immediately proceeded to the Crown Court, where the commission was opened. The trial of the prisoners will not commence till to-morrow, and it is considered probable that the trial of Constance Kent, for the murder of her brother, Francis Saville Kent, will be commenced in the afternoon. The excitement with reference to the case is very great, it being generally understood that on the solicitation of her friends the prisoner has consented to plead not guilty, and that an at tempt will be made to set aside the confession on the ground of insanity produced by religious mono mania. The town is filling very fast, and all the principal hotels are likely to be crowded. Tho pri soner was brought over from Devizes gaol last night by Mr. Alexander, the governor of the prison there, and lodged in the county gaol in this city.. Her father and other relatives have also arrived in the city, and this morning were in close consultation with Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Edli n , o f B r istol, the counsel retained for the defence. The prosecu tion, it is understood, will be conducted by Mr. Karslake, Q.C. and Mr. Lop ez . The Under-Sheriff, Mr. J. Phillips, of Chippen ham, has ever si nce th e recept i on of the judges been busily engaged in regulating the admissions to the court, which is a particularly small, ill-contrived, and ill-ventilated room, hardly capable, if every thing were moved out of it, of holding 200 people. The press arrangements are of a very limited cha racter, accommodation being provided for twelve reporters only ; six seats are to be reserved for the metropolitan press. It is thought the case will be brought on when least expected, in order to avoid crowding the court. Mr. Justice Wiles is to try the case. • _ . THE Loss OF ENGLISH TOURISTS ON THE MAT TERHORN.—GENEVA, July 19. —The Journal de Geneve of to-day publishes intelligence respecting the fatal accident to the party of tourists on their descent of Mont Cerirn, or Matterhorn, on the 14th inst. The party con sisted of five persons, who performed the ascent success fully. While descending, however, one of them made a false step and fell, drawing two others of the party and the guide after him. All four persons immediately rolled down the side of the mountain, and fell over a precipice 400 feet deep. The names of the unfortunate gentlemen who have perished are Lord Francis Douglas, nineteen years old ; Mr. Haddo, and Mr. Charles Hudson, of the London Al pine Club. The name of the guide is Croz. The bodies have not yet been recovered. The decision of the Sh9riff on Tuesday as to the show of hands at the nomination for the southern division of the West Riding caused very great and general dissatis faction, expression of which was shortly afterwards made freely at a luncheon of gentlemen of the Liberal party Sir Charles Wood stated that in his opinion, °° anything more partial he n ever saw , an d if th ere was any spirit among theni, as he knew there was, they would redeem that--blunder it could not be—but that unfairness which had been committed." Will of the Late Mr. Richard Thornton, the Millionaire of the City. The will of this gentleman, so well known at Lloyd's, the Jerusalem, and almost every commer cial establishment in the City, and who died a few weeks ago, leaving the enormous wealth of £3,700,000, was proved at Doctors'-commons on Friday last. Mr. Thornton's career as a merchant in the City was most extraordinary. He Nas the son of a north-country gentleman, and was born in 1776, at Burton, a village in Lonsdale, Yorkshire. The tourist to that sequestered region will find a hand some monument of Mr. Thornton's attachment to his birth-place in the charity-school which he built at a cost of £40,000, and endowed for the lodging, boarding, and teaching of poor children in the parishes of Burton and Thornton. He was educated at the school of Christ's Hospital, and, on leaving school, he entered into business in Southwark. But very few of the oldest City men can remember Mr. Thornton's first start in his com mercial career. The circumstances of that time were very different to our condition in later days. It was during our great war with the French Empire, when England was excluded from the markets of Europe, and when the Continental trade was of immensely greater importance to us, that Mr. Thornton, who was then carrying on business in partnership with his brother as a general merchant and shipbroker, threw himself with fearless resolution to break through the prohibition c English trade with the Continent. Napoleon had made the most desperate efforts to destroy the whole of our foreign commerce. To enforce his decrees, an entire division of the French army, under the command of General Rappe, was stationed at Dantzic, and every port in Northern Germany was jealously guarded. The Messrs. Thornton were among those who embarked in a bold and adventurous spirit. On one occasion Richard Thornton was on board a vessel of his own entering the Baltic when she was ecountered by a Danish gunboat, and the story goes that the Englishman, carrying a gun or two of his own, as was not unusual with merchantmen in those days, refused the summons to surrender, and showed fight, victoriously beating off the Dane after a vigor ous cannonade. In that year, 1810, he got a com mission from the Admiralty to purchase as much hemp as could be procured from Russia for the rig ging of our fleet. This errand was, of course, at tended with some personal danger, since all the English had fled from or had been expelled from Riga and St. Petersburg. But Richard Thornton was not likely to be deterred by such risks. He landed at Memel, and succeeded in obtaining and conveying to England many thousands of tons of hemp for the use of our Government, in spite of diffi culties which would have baffled any ordinary man. A splendid recompense awaited him two years afterwards. An express communication reached him from his brother who was in that country at the time of the French invasion in 1812. He was apprised of the fact of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow three days before it was known either to our Ministers or to any other persons in London, and profited by it to something over £200,000. The civil war which broke out with a short interval in the'kingdoms of Portugal and Spain excited Mr. Thornton's sympathy. He saw the utter rottenness of the Miguelite pretensions in Portugal as well as of the Carlist party in Spain, and he judged that by subscribing towards their overthrow he might do a good act and make a good thing of it. Military munitions were laid up in the Azores to be ready for the use of Don Pedro's adherents, either to replace him or his daughter upon the Portuguese throne. It was Mr. Thornton who advanced a great deal of the money for these preparations, and who, when Don Pedro's army took the field, contracted for its equipment, finding everything the soldiers required. The enterprise was successfully con cluded in 1834 by the friendly intervention of the English Government. Yet scarcely had our young " protegd " got safely seated on the throne of Lisbon than we had to assist another infant Queen against another pretender. Mr. Thornton did not hesitate to take the odds in favour of the Spanish heiress, as before of the Portuguese. He contri buted much to the raising of the first loan on her behalf ; and what with his claims as a bondholder, heavy debts which they owed him, &c., he was a creditor of the young Peninsular Governments of not less than two millions sterling. With this im mense stake he never failed among the Peninsular bondholders to avow his own opinion that those Governments would ultimately redeem their credit. Mr. Thornton's personal services to the Portuguese Government were acknowledged by conferring on him the rank of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Tower and the Sword. Mr. Thornton was a member and underwriter at Lloyd's since the year 1798. Scorning the precautions of ordinary under writers, who are in the habit of dividing their responsi bilities with one another, so that the loss of a single vessel and her cargo would fall perhaps on 20 or 30 persons, Mr. Thornton has taken a leonine share of the most tempting and lucrative hazards. No other man would be disposed, even for a premium of 70 per cent., to undertake the insurance of £lOO,OOO on one bottom. Mr. Thornton, until his retirement from that scene of action, was beyond comparison the greatest man at Lloyd's; and though single-handed his operations rivalled those of the great marine insurance companies which have flourished so largely in these days. Previously to the late war with Russia he would sometimes insure for the Imperial Government such a thing as a steam frigate built in the English dockyards ; and once, it is said, hav ing entered into a similar liability towards that or another foreign State, on being asked by afriend how he could insure the fleets of the different European kingdoms, he replied, " Oh, if they lose the men-of-war that I've insured, I can pay for them in their own bonds." Besides being the largest holder of Consols in England, Mr. Thornton was also one of the largest holders of foreign securities. Ho was noted for the extent and multiplicity of his investments, as well as for his dexterous use of such opportunities as have fre quently been presented by the variable moods and opinions of the Stock Exchange. But ordinary trade had not been Mr. Thornton's only resource. He sometimes won largely on the affairs of the turf, and at other times has taken considerable bets on the result of a military campaign or a ministerial crisis. During our war with Russia, it is said, he laid the sum of £lO,OOO tfgainst £5OO with a well known Greek merchant that the price of Consols, which was of course somewhat declining, would never fall below 85 until the conclusion of peace. One dark morning in the winter, which found us in a shocking mess at Sebastopol and Balaclava, the price actually came down to 851, and those who had envied Mr. Thornton's invariable luck were rubbing their hands at the prospect of his defeat. But Consols fell no lower, and Mr. Thornton pocketed the modest stake of his antagonist, having risked such odds against it. . Before closing we should refer to his acts of charity and beneficence, as a fitting accompaniment to such extraordi nary good fortune. The schools which ho has founded in his native village, far away in the Yorkshire dales, have already been noticed. But there is another pleasing trophy of his liberality—a double row of almshouses, neatly built, and situated in a very pretty open garden, at the edge of Barnet-common, just outside the neighbourly little town. The Leathersellers' Company, which boasted in him its father or senior member, erected one block of these houses in 1838, with money given by him when he filled the office of master in that worshipful guild. A second donation of his in 1850 enabled them to build a new range of these com fortable dwellings, in which altogether 13 aged men and women enjoy a stipend each of 10s. weekly, with coals and candles. Every year he used to go to Barnet with the worshipful master and wardens, in the last week in May, to shake hands with the poor old pensioners, to com pare their lengths of years with his own, and then to dine in good old English fashion with his colleagues in that ancient corporation. Such was the dignity and recreation of a London merchant of the old school. Mr. Thorton in his will makes the following bequests :—£1,000,000 to Mr. Thomas Thornton, who likewise is to inherit the deceased's estates; £1,000,000 to Mr. Richard Thornton . We d st West; X 500,000 to be divided among other relations and friends , a handsome provision for Mr. Neal and other of the ll he ceased's clerks ; £lOO,OOO to be divided among all institutions in charities, hospitals, asylums, and benevolenttns uinton each London, &c.—the sums are duly proportio n ed here deceased ebeducicuaetsetd;)4;lslolooo,oooo C le h f ri t st in 's li tr o u s s p t it f a o l r (w the . benefit of the schools eehe Merton, Surrey ; £lO,OOO left in trust for the in Mr. Thornton's native village, Burton, in York shire ; £l,OOO left for the benefit of the aged poor at Burton ; £5OO left for the poor There are many other bequests contained in the will. The executors are Mr. Thomas Thornton, Mr. R. T. West, Mr. Pulford, and Mr. Lee. It is represented that the probate duty of the will cost £42,000, and the legacy duty will amount to upwards of £lOO,OOO. Afr. and Mrs. Howard Paul's Beehive at the Dramatic College fete realised over £lOO for that excellent charity. * Nrc // 41 f % enlistf HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 19. The Queen and royal family went out yesterday as usual. Prince Leiningen, Count and Countess Gleichen, and the Rev. W. L. Onslow, chaplain and naval instructor in H.M.S. Racoon, had the honour of dining with her Majesty in the evening. .411.• • - The Prince and Princess of Wales in Devonshire. PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. Their ROyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and suite left Mount-Edgcumbe at 12.30 p.m. to-day, crossed the Hamoaze, and landed at the Royal Victualling-yard. Their royal highnesses proceeded thence in carriages to the show-yard of the Royal Agricultural Society's Exhibition, and inspected the stock and implements, being after wards entertained at a defamer by the society's officers. They left at 3 p.m. for a visit to the Royal Albert bridge at Saltash, and there embarked on board the royal yacht Osborne proceeding with the Lords of the Admiralty to visit the English and French squadrons in the Sound. The prince went on board and inspected the Magenta, the French commodore's ship, and H.M.S. Royal Sovereign and Achilles. Their royal highnesses returned in the evening in the Osborne to Mount-Edgcumbe, and dined with a large party invited to meet them. PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. It had been for some time expected by the inha bitants of Plymouth that the Prince and Princess of Wales would pay them a visit in the course of the present summer, and yesterday that expectation was realised. Early yesterday morning it became generally known throughout the town and its vici nity that the Osborne, with the Prince and Princess on board, had left Osborne shortly after daybreak, and that her arrival in Plymouth Sound might be looked for about noon. The morning broke auspi ciously, and as it wore on thousands of people flocked to the spot at which it was announced the royal party were to disembark. On shore an im mense crowd had assembled by 12 o'clock. The whole surface of the harbour, too, was alive with craft of every description gliding swiftly to and fro, conspicuous among them being the Enchantress, the beautiful steam yacht of the Lords of the Admiralty. Unfortunately, the day did not keep the promise of fine weather which it gave at its opening. Towards noon rain fell heavily, and a stiff breeze blew steadily up Channel. The preparations for the royal recep tion progressed, nevertheless, with unabated vigour, and the crowd, unmindful of the wet, waited pa tiently for the event to which all were so eagerly looking forward. More than one provoking false alarm was given by the salutes consequent on the movements of the Lords of the Admiralty, but shortly after half-past 2 the report of 21 guns, again and again repeated from ship and fort, conveyed the welcome tidings that the royal yacht was at hand. Happily, just as she came in sight the clouds began to disperse, and a brilliant sunshine soon after made amends for the mid-day gloom. The Osborne, on her arrival, took up her moorings in Barn:Pool, off Mount Edgcumbe. Immediately after her arrival, the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe, whose guests the Prince and Princess are to be during their stay in Plymouth, went on board to welcome them, and later in the afternoon a deputation from the Ply mouth Corporation had the honour of being received on board by his Royal Highness and presenting him with an address. An address was also subsequently presented to the Prince by the Mayor and civic authorities of Devonport. It was not until a quarter to 5 that the disem barcation of the Royal party was announced by the firing of a salute from the Mount Edgcumbe bat tery, and the cheering of the people in the boats by which the Osborne was surrounded. Just above the landing place the officers of the garrison and of the men-of-war at present in Plymouth harbour took up their positions. Close by also stood the Dowager Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe and several other members of Lord Mount-Edgcumbe's family, accompanied by the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl of Dalkeith and Lady Dalkeith, the Ladies Hamil ton, Viscount Templetown (Commander-in-Chief of the Western District) and Lady Templetown, Sir W. Fairfax, the Hen. Colonel Cust, Sir W. Snow Harris, Sir J. Kingcome, Colonel Owen, R.E., Colonel Hutchinson, Colonel Brown, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen. As the boat which conveyed the Prince and Princess approached the landing-place they were loudly cheered, not only by those on shore, but by the occupants of the numerous boats which fol lowed in their wake. The Princess of Wales was handed out of the boat, amid continued cheering, by the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe, and immediatelypro c ceded with the Prince, Lady de Grey, and Captain Grey, who are in attendance on their Royal High nesses, to ascend the steps leading to Mount Edg cumbe-park. Having reached the top, they entered a carriage which was in waiting for them, and drove through the park, where thousands of persons had from an early hour been assembled to witness their coming. The 2d Devon Administrative Batta lion of Volunteers, including the Plymouth, Devon port, Stonehouse, and Tavistock Corps, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Fisk, were present, and acted as a guard of honour. Both the Prince and Prin cess, who did not appear to have at all suffered from the rough passage which they had just made, re- Peatedly acknowledged the cordial cheers with which they were greeted from the moment they entered the harbour until they reached their destination. To-day the Prince and Princess visited the Royal Agricultural Show, and it is expected the Prince will in the course of the afternoon pay a short visit to the French men-of-war. On Friday morning, as well as can be ascertained, he will proceed in the Osborne to Penzance, and land at St. Michael's Mount. His Royal Highness will afterwards visit Botallack Mine. Both he and the Princess will, it is thought, be present at a ball which is to be given by the officers of the Plymouth and Devonport gar risons, in honour of their visit, to-morrow evening, and to which the French naval officers staying here have been invited. The King of the Belgians is again seriously ill. He is unable to leave his palace, and his physicians are in constant attendance upon him. THE QUEEN OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—Tier Majesty Dowager Queen of Haw a ii , accompanied by Ludy Franklin, honoured Messrs. W a tki ns, o f Parlia ment-street, with a visit yesterday, and sa t f or a ser i es o f p h o t og raphic portraits. adyEFmrma' THE 110 P PLANTATI ONS.--ROCHESTER, July 1.9. --The reports from both the Western, eastern, and central districts of the county all describe the hops as look ing in the highest degree promising, and the prospects of the planters as of a highly favourable character. The late genial rains have proved exceedingly beneficial, and not only have had the effect of making the plants push for ward strong and vigorously, but have cleared Most of them of the vermin which had begun to infest them. The mid summer shoots are pushing forward rapidly, and the bur fast developing itself ; indeed, in some of the most forward of the plantations the hops have already attained a con siderable size. At present there is scarcely any vermin to be seen, and appearances point to a bountiful crop, far ex ceeding, it is calculated, the yield of last year. Much, how ever, will depend upon the weather during the next month, but at present there is nothing to injure a sample or pre vent a good crop. The reports from the adjoining county of Sussex, as well as from Worcestershire, describe the hop plantations as looking very promising, with the prospect of an abundant crop of good quality. The hops are forming rapidly, and all that is wanting is some hot sunshine to bring them to maturity. ARRIVAL OE THE KEARSAR GE AT BREST.—BREST, July 19.—The United States war steamer Kearsarge, from Lisbon, entered these roads to-day, and fired a salute of 21 guns, which was returned by the fort. THE HARVEST.—Mr. W. Cooper, of Barnham, commenced cutting rye last week; and Mr. Raynbird, of Hengrave, has also cut a piece of very forward barley. Mr. Clements, of this town, commenced wheat harvest on Tuesday. A sample of new winter oats, of fine quality, harvested and threshed, was shown in Mark-lane on Mon day last, grown by Mr. Charles Nuon, of Fornham, on the late Mr. Lee's farm at Wesley.—Bury and Norwich .Post. Rei 67,f. b e e; but soi, ace( are Cell vari, clip, 49 Bon 31 h a wl no bo aft