The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-04 00:00:00

Railway and Other Companies. NORTHERN OF FRANCE. The traffic receipts on this company's old lines (662 miles in length) for the week ending the 17th of June amounted to £58,216, against £57,038, on 658 miles, in the corresponding week of 1865, showing an increase of £1,178, or 2.06 per cent. ; and the total receipts from the Ist of January to the 17th of June, on those _lines, amounted to £1,378,430, against £1,299,496 in the same period last year, showing an increase of £78,934, or 6.07 per cent. The traffic receipts on the new lines for the week ending as above amounted, on 102 miles, to £3,660, against £2,126, on 70 miles, for the cor responding week last year, showing an increase of £1.534. The total receipts from the Ist of January t o the 17th of June, on the new lines, amounted to £71,110, and for the same period of 1865 to £44,158, showing an increase of £26,972, or 61.10 per cent. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week ending the 16th of June amounted for local passengers to £7,119 ; for foreign passengers to £1,988; for emigrants to £2,852; for mails, &c., to £1,192, for local freight and live stock to £10,619 ; and for foreign freight and live stock to £l,s23—total, £25,293, against £26,413 for the corresponding week in 1865, showing a decrease of £1,120. The total receipts from the Ist of January to the above date amounted to £583,169, and for the same period last year to £580,335, showing an increase of £2,834. WIVENHOE AND BRIGHTLINGSEA. The recent heavy rains having caused a portion of this line to give way near Ford's-bridge, it had been found necessary to suspend the traffic, and, unfortunately, an omnibus, which was employed to continue the communication by road, was upset, and several passengers were more or less injured. One gentleman, Mr. Surridge, an interpreter from the Vice-Consul's-office at Harwich, was severely cut about the head, while another sustained a frac ture of the collar-bone. RAILWAY BILLS. In Room B, House of Lords, on Monday, the fol lowing bills were passed :—The East Norfolk, to raise 1170,000 by shares, and £56,600 by loan ; the Lancashire Union, the Halesowen and Bromsgrove branch, to raise £llO,OOO by shares, and £36,000 by loan ; the Carmarthen and Cardigan, to raise £170,000 by shares, and £56,000 by loan; the Bre con and LandoveryJunction (extension of time); the London, Brighton, and South Coast (St. Leonards and Hastings lines) ; the South-Eastern, to raise £204,000by shares, and £68,000 byloan; theßo'ness an d Grangemouth Bill, to raise £160,000 by shares, and 163,300 by loan ; the London, Brighton, and South Coast (various powers) ; the Vale of Neath (transfer) ; the Caledonian and Scottish North- Eastern; the Caledonian (Lan arksh ire, &c. ,branch es) ; tie Forth and Clyde Navigation; the North British (Wishaw, &c., branches) ; the Swansea Vale ; the Taraox, Kithill, and Callington ; the North British (Tay -bridge) ; and the Rhymney. In Lord Redesdale's Committee, the Salisbury and Yeovil, the Devon Valley, and North British (Amendments) Bills were passed. The Wycombe J3ill was heard and adjourned. In room D, the Bute Docks (Cardiff) Bill was beard and adjourned. In the Standing Orders Committee the Swansea and Clydach Bill was passed. In Lord Redesdale's Committee, yesterday, the Brampton and Longton Bill, to raise £120,000 by / gores, and £40,000 by loan was passed. lo room B, the East and West Junction (diver sion chf roads) Bill was passed. In the case of the South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brigh ton) Bill, the Examiner has been requested to make a special report. In room C, the following bills were heard and Adjourned :—The Great Yarmouth Haven, Port, and Rivers ; the Lynn and Sutton Bridge, Spalding and Bourn, and Norwich anJ Spalding; the Upavon and Andover ; the Waveney Valley ; the East London Eastern Extension ; and the Llan trissant and Taff Vale Junction. In the Painted Chamber, the London and North- Western (New Works) Bill was to be specially re orte P • d In the case of the Elham Valley the oppo sition has been withdrawn. The following were heard and adjourned : —The Mold and Denbigh Junction (Branches, &c.), the Cheshire Lines, the Chester and West Cheshire Junction, and the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Central Station and Lines). In the Standing Orders Committee, the Newport and the Great North of Scotland Bills were passed. In the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Commons the Anglesey Central Bill was passed. CONSOLIDATED BANE (LIMITED). The creditors of the Consolidated Bank (Limited) who had transacted business at the Norwich branch were paid a first instalment of ss. in the pound on Monday. Those whose deposits did not exceed £lOO were paid in full. Metropolitan Charity Schools. Yesterday the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Charity Schools was held at the Crystal Palace. Early and special trains were despatched that they might be conveyed to Norwood with all convenient speed, but, though most of them travelled by train, many also went down by road in vans gaily deco rated with flags and garlands. The weather, un fortunately, was unpropitious for outdoor amuse ments, and the children, therefore, were obliged to amuse themselves in the earlier portion of the day by inspecting the various courts of the palace. The weather, however, began to clear up about 2 o'clock, when there was a display of the upper series of fountains. The interval between that time and 3 o'clock, at which hour the great choral performance —the principal attraction of the d a y— was t o t a k e place, was occupied in marshalling the various groups of charity children, and arranging them according to order on the grand orchestra. This was done without the slightest confusion. When all were seated, the orchestra presented a most animated scene. The appearance of a space twice the diameter of the dome of St. Paul's at any time full to overflowing must be an interesting sight, but the interest which is ordinarily felt was greatly enhanced yesterday by the regularity of arrangement and the distribution of the colours of the various uniforms worn by the pupils of the several schools. In all about 4,000 took part in the choral performance. Boys occupied the centre under the festival organ, while boys andgirls we re arranged in alternate lines on either side. The boys . for the most part wore black jackets with brass buttons; female but every separate group of pupils had lts °wn distinctive dress. Costumes of pink and white, of a ll s h a d es o f bl ue , gr een, brown, and yellow wereblended while the together with happy effect, datk bl ue ribands worn by those who had won medals or other bad conspicuous eleme n t in this of distinction formed a highly picturesque ar rangement. The health y and cheerful the collective body of children eucited appearance of of admiration more than usually marked, ed' expressions and the w hole scene became for the ti me a splendid testi mony` to the generosity of the metropolitan public. testi- At 3 .o!clock precisely Mr. Henry Buckla u d ap peared at the conductor's seat, and was greeted by lord cheers again and again renewed, until the di rector gave the signal for the opening of the inusi_ cal performance, which commenced by an organ solo by Mr. Coward. At its conclusion the children stood up and sang in admirable tune and harmony the familiar " Old Hundredth," the rendering of which was received with great favour by a tho roughly sympathising audience. Haydn's " Crea tion," which followed shortly afterwards, was enthusiastically redemanded and given a second time with more than former accuracy and strength. An encore was also requested for Handel's " Halle lujah," which Mr. Bucklaud wisely declined to grant, owing doubtless to his consideration for the children, as well as to the length of the piece. A short interval was then allowed, and at its expiry the well-known Christmas hymn " Adeste Fideles" was given with surprising taste and sweetness. Other pieces having been sung, the full volume of the youth- ful voices broke f 'orth to the strains of the National Anthem. At its cc Inclusion a most enthusiastic demon stration took place. The children clapped th eir hands and waved caps and handkerchiefs, and their friends in the body of the hall responded by a similar display. The band of one of the schools then played " God bless the Prince of Wales," which was the signal for renewed cheers from the occupants of the orchestra. All the children now dispersed oiler the building and grounds until 6 o'clock, when Ethardo made the as cent of his spiral column, to the amazement and de light of the visitors. Soon after the children began to return to town, after having spent what must have been to them, as it was to all others present, a gratifying festival. IRELAND. DUBLIN, July 3. Mr. Matheson, Secretary to the Privy Council, has officially announced to the Lord Mayor that two cases of cattle plague have occurred in the townland of Ballynaskes, near Enfield, in the county of Meath. Prompt steps have been taken, by the establishment of a cordon and the slaughter of animals which have been in contact with the infected beasts, to prevent, if possible, the further spread of the disease. The Daily Express says it is rumoured that Mr. Whiteside has been offered the choice of the office of Lord Chancellor or that of Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and says it is thought he will accept the first mentioned. It also states that Lord Naas will be Chief Secretary, and Mr. J. E. Walsh, the candidate for the University, Attorney-General for Ireland—adding that it is considered extremely pro bable that next Session Mr. Walpole will be elected Speaker. There is no doubt that the Lord Chief Jus tice has placed his resignation in the hands of Lord Derby. The arrangement that would give most satisfaction to the bar and the public here would be to make Mr. Brewster Chancellor, and Mr. White side Chief Justice. Other vacancies on the Irish bench are expected to occur during the new Derby Administration, so that the protracted suspense in legal circles is becoming rather painful. proposed 1867 was m The election of Lord Mayor or f yesterday. Mr. ade Norwood Councillor M'Clean, the gentleman whom the Conservative members of the Corporation had selected as the most fit and proper person to fill the civic chair in pursuance of a compact, or arrangement, which, they allege, has existed since the reform of the cor poration, to the effect that a Conservative and a Liberal should be appointed alternately. Mr. Nor wood and Mr. Barrington forcibly urged the claims of Mr. M'Clean, as a gentleman who had realised an ample fortune in business, and spent it in Dublin, who has been for a long time connected with the Council and a steady attendant at all its committees of which he is a member, and as being every way qualified for the office of chief magistrate except in one particular. He has one defect ; he is an aged bachelor, a defect which is not irreparable, for his year of office might be signalised by a wedding and the birth of an heir in the Mansion-house. But the majority of the Council saw no certainty in this pleasant prospect, and one member, Mr. Graham, was of opinion that a Lord Mayor, as well as a bishop, should be " at least the husband of one wife." Mr. Norwood, however, promised that, independently of all matrimonial contingencies, Mr. M'Clean, if elected, would have a lady to do the honours of Lady Mayoress, so that the character of the Mansion-house for hospitality should not suffer. Alderman J. Reynolds proposed Alderman Wil liam Lane Joynt, and the nomination was seconded by Alderman Boylan. An animated debate followed on the alleged compact. Mr. Byrne, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Devitt were the principal speakers. Alder man Joynt was elected by a majority of more than two to one, the numbers being for him 36, against him 14. The result was received with great cheer ing. Mr. Joynt returned thanks in an eloquent speech, which excited the enthusiasm of the audi ence. He is the third Liberal Protestant ever elected to fill the office ; the other two being Mr. George Roe and Mr. Arabin. The anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, which happened on Sunday, has passed off without any disturbance in Ulster. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended on Saturday the 30th of June the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,554 ; the deaths registered 2,519. The annual rate of mortality was 25 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 982 boys and 937 girls, in all 1,919 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1856-65 the average number, corrrected for increase of popu lation, was 1,991. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,400. It was the 26th week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week was, with a correction for increase of population, 1,263. The. actual return is, therefore, higher than the estimated number by 137. The deaths from fever were not more than 38 ; those from scarlatina were 34. But two diseases in the zymotic class discover a disposition to increase —viz., smallpox and diarrhoea, 41 deaths from the former having been returned, and the latter hav ing increased to 67 deaths. The following six deaths from cholera were re gistered in the week:—On the 27th of June, at 12, Priory-street, Bromley, a labourer and his wife, both of the age of 46 years, died of " cholera Asiatica," the formerafter 15 hours', the latter after 12 hours' illness. On the 25th of June, at 20, New street, Berwick-street sub-district (St. James, Westminster), two girls, the daughters of a tailor's porter, aged respectively two years and six years, " English cholera (18 hours)." On the 21st of June, at 21, Old Bethnal-green-road, a boy, aged 11 months, " choleraic diarrhoea ; exhaustion." On the 22d of June, at 51, Wellington-place, Hollo way, a girl, aged 14 years, " English cholera (38 hours), syncope." On the 27th of June a charwoman died in the Westminster workhouse of "inanition ; destitution." Orr the 12th of June, at 11, Pleasant-place, Bethnal-green, the wife of a general dealer, aged 49 years, " effusion into the cavity of the chest, acce lerated by privation and want of food." The annual rate of mortality last week was 24 per 1,000 in London, 20 in Edinburgh, and 20 in Dublin; 28 in Bristol, 18 in Birmingham, 35 in Liverpool, 29 in Manchester, 22 in Salford, 24 in Sheffield, 28 in Leeds, 27 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle upon-Tyne, and 28 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 34 per 1,000 during the week ending the 16th inst., when the temperature was 12.2 deg. Fahren heit higher than in the same week in London, where the rate was 23 per 1,000. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 844 in. The atmospheric pressure increased to 30.05 in. on Sunday, and declined to 29.53 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 66.3 dog., which is 4.8 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). On four days of the week the mean tem perature was from 6 deg. to 8 deg. above the average. The thermometer in the shade rose to 86.5 deg. on Wednesday; and that in the sun to 162.9 deg. o n the same day, both points being the highest attained in the week. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 8.2 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 75, complete saturation being represented by 100. The humidi ty followingvaried from 66 on Sunday to 91 on the day. The north-easterly wind prevailed. Rain fell on two days, and the amount was 0.21 in. At Man c h ester on Wednesday the temperature rose to 91.3 deg. ; an d there was a violent thunderstorm on the same d ay, with Bristol. At Greenwich thme day was so loud itnheotdhiesrt uatuchh parts uen; d rain er a w t h f t o o n n s , atti nea r r At was heard C lifton y in i e n h of rain fell the metropolis a o n f d little rain fell. on that day. NOT ORIGINAL—A writer in Punch suggests that a penny stamp-duty should be put on every photograph portrait sold. The tax, he remarks, would not fall on the poor. A London paper remarks, "it is a capital financial idea, and quite original." The idea may be a capital one, but it originated in America, we think. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1866, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING-TUESDAY. Far away from the din of battle and the contention of factions, the little meeting " on the other side of the ditch" holds its quiet gathering undisturbed by those voices from without which just now are making themselves so loudly heard. It is a little meeting, because, with the exception of the July and the Chesterfield Stakes, there is nothing remarkable in its programme, and why the Jockey Club have lately added a fourth day is difficult to explain. The original three were amply sufficient for the sport provided, and the spinning them out to Friday involves an amount of that plating form for which the headquarters of the turf is rather celebrated. The presence of Achievement in the July scared away most of the competitors, and robbed the race of all interest. Redshoes, reported to be the best of Sir Joseph Hawley's young ones, was entered for the first race, the £5O Plate, over the Now T.Y.C., but his Derby pretensions were dis posed of by his dying away when coming to face the hill. The field for the July was larger than at first supposed, six, besides Col. Pearson's mare, coming to the post, but there was nothing else in the race besides this second Crucifix, on whom they laid 100 to 15 at starting, and who came away directly Custance called upon her, winning easily by a length and a half. The other events were un important. A PLATE of £5O, for 2-yr-olds and upwards; weight for age. New T.Y.C. Baron Rothschild's Magpie, by North Lincoln—Protec tion, 2 yrs (Peake) 1 Marquis of Hastings's Pantaloon, 4 yrs (Fordham) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Redshoe s, 2 y rs 11 ( (11(, Huo MartinCxoadyt a o wvh Sharpebeo no 3 00000 Mr. Bignell's Prairie Flo wer, 2 y rs Mr. Chaplin's St. Clair , 2 y rs Lord G. Manners's Marm ite, 2 y rs Mr. Fulke's Norma, 6 yrs Mr. Martin's Arabs, 2 yrs Count F. de Lagrange's Montagnard, 2 yrs (Barker 0 Capt. Upton's May Bell, 2 yrs (Cracknell 0 Mr. Pryor's Sceur de Charite, 6st, 100 lb, was weighed for by Kenyon ; Mr. Hawkesley's Numa Pompilius, Est 101 b, by Banks ; and Mr. J. Dawson's Annie Laurie colt, 6st, 101 b, by Jacirson ; but not reaching the post in time they did not start. Betting-2 to 1 agst Redshoes, 4to 1 agst Pantaloon, 6 to 1 agst Magpie, and Bto 1 agst Montagnard. When the flag was lowered they left the post nearly in a line, but when fairly settled in their stride Pantaloon, with Magpie on the whip hand, drew slightly in advance of the favourite. St. Clair, May Bell, and Montagnard came on with the running into the bottom, when Redshoes joined the two leaders, but dying away as they breasted the hill, the issue was left with the two, Magpie, who held a slight lead, winning in a canter at last by three lengths ; a similar dis tance separated the second and third ; St. Clair was a bad fourth; Norma and Araba were the last two. MATCH. New T. Y. C. 50, h. ft. Admiral Rous's Lady Bugle Eye, by Trumpeter, Bst, (J. Mann) 1 Mr. Alexander's Patron, Bst 81b Betting-2 to lon Lady Bugle Eye. Lady Bugle Eye was the first away, and held a clear lead to the end, and won easily by a couple of lengths. PLATE of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with selling allowances. ... _ Lord Westmoreland's Begun; by Guicouar, 3 yrs (.£100) 6st 71b (Kenyon) 1 Mr. Wakeley's Claxton, 5 yrs (£100), Bst (car. Bst 11b) (Fordbanl) 2 Mr. B. E. Dunbar's Hasketon Maid, 3 yrs (£200) 7st (Huxtable) 3 Mr. Stephenson's Jolly Jack, 3 yrs (£100), Est 71b . . . (Goodwin) 4 Mr. J. Godding's Caprice, 3 yrs (£100), Est 7st (Boxall) 5 Prince Soltykoff's Nip, 4 yrs (£100), 7st 101 b (J. M a n n ) d Betting-5 to 4on Claxton, 3to 1 agst Begum, and sto 1 agst Nip. Begum, in company with the favourite and Rasketon Maid, was the first in action, and came on nearly abreast into the dip. Here the latter gave way, leaving the two to finish the race home ; Begum, who always had a trifle the best of it, winning in the last stride by a short head; a bad third. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sous each, for 2-yr-olds. Chesterfield Course. 13 subs. Mr. W. a Craven's Musa, by Oxford, dam by Mountain Deer—lbis, 7st (Kenyon) 1 Mr. S. Thellusson's Pirate Chief, Bst 101 b (Custance) 2 Marquis of Hastings's Prodigal, Bst 121 b (Fordham) 3 Mr. Savile's Primrose, Bst 71b (Doyle) 0 Duke of Hamilton's Phantom Sail, Bst 41b ......(Hartley) 0 Baron Rothschild's Water Cure, 7st 121 b (Peake) 0 Mr. Carew's Prima Donna, 7st 71b (Goodwin) C Mr. J. Goddings' f by Longbow—Maria, 7st 71b (Huxtable) 0 Mr. G. Hodgman's Verdi, 7st 71b (Heartfield) 0 Mr. T. Elliott's b c by Gemma di Vergy—Needlo, 7st 71b (J. Grimshaw) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Musa, 100 to 30 agst Prodigal, and 5 to 1 each agst Water Cure and the Needle colt. At the first attempt they left the starter nearly abreast, but as they neared the Plantation corner Musa on the left obtained a clear lead, followed by the Needle colt, Prodigal, and Phantom Sail, who held their forward positions to half way up the hill, where Pirate Chief joined them, and, tak ing the second place as they entered the cords, he, reached the favourite's quarters, but failing to improve his position was beaten cleverly by a neck ; a bad third; Water Cure was fourth, Verdi fifth, Phantom Sail sixth, and Prima Donna next. The Maria filly, Primrose, and the Needle colt were the last three. The JULY STAKES, a subscription of 50 sovs each, 30 ft., for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; the second, horse saved his stake. New T.Y.C. 62 subs. Colonel Pearsou's br f Achievement, by Stockwell, Bst 71b (Custauce) 1 Mr. Savile's br c D'Estournel, Bst 101 b (Doyle) 2 Duke of Beaufort's Vauban, Bst 101 l (Fordham) 3 Mr. Cameron's b f Stolen Kisses, Bst 71b (Lynch) 0 Sir J. Hawley's c Itedshoos, Bst 101 b Count F. de Lagrange's bl c Montgoubert, Bst 1010 msaw) 0 Baron Rothchild's J anus , B s t 71b (II. Gri (Da h ley) 0 Betting-100 to 15 on Achievement, 100 to 8 agst Janus, and 20 to 1 each agst Montgoubert and D'Estournel. Stolen Kisses as they came over the brow of the hill was seen slightly in advance of D'Estournel on her right, the pair being followed by the others in a body to the Planta tion turn. Hero Vauban on the extreme left joined the leader, having the favourite, Janus, and Moutgoubert in close attendance into the bottom, where the leader was beaten, and as they approached the hill Custance brought Achievement to the front, who, heading Mr. Savile's colt half-way up, won in a canter by a length and a half ; a bad third; Janua was fourth, Montgoubert fifth, Rodshoes sixth, and Stolen Kisses last. A SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sovs each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b, maidens allowed 51b. Last half-mile of New T.Y.C. 6 subs. Mr. H. Coventry's Narino, by Rataplan, Bst 71b (Lynch) 1 Mr. Brewtey's ch f Hatty, Bst 21b (II. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. H. Savile's Maid Marian Bst 71b (Doyle 3 Duke of Beaufort's Rinderpest, Bst '2lb (Fordham ) 4 Marquis of Hastings ns the The Captain, Bst 51b(Cannon) 5 Botting-6 to 4 agst Narino, 2 to 1 agst Haan and 4 to 1 agst Maid Marian. The favourite, slipping her horses immediately they left the post, came on with a clear lead of Hatty and Maid Marian, and won with extreme oaso by a length and a half; a bad third. The others beaten away. SWEEPSTAKES Of 10 SOVS each ; for 2-yr-olds, 7st ; 3-yr olds, 9st. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs. New T.Y.C. 3 subs. Mr. Moore's b f by Vedette--Present, by Woolwich— Enterprise, by Defence ' 2 yrs, 7st (Huxtable 1 Mr. R. Cotton's b c War Cloud, 3 yrs, 9st ...(T. French) 2 Mr. J. Wood's b f Nightshade, 2 yrs, 7 st (Jarvis 3 Butting-4 to lon War Cloud, and Gto 1 agst the En terprise filly. The latter obtained a slight advantage immediately they left the post, and, although running extremely unkind, won at last by a neck; a bad third. The winner was claimed by Mr. Cotton. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b; the winner to bo sold, with en gagements, for 100 sovs. Last half-mile of New T.Y.C. 9 subs. Mr. Hodgman's Verdi, by Adamas, Bst 101 b (Heartfield) 1 Mr. F. Pryor's Princess Thyra, Bst 101 b (Loatos) '2 Lord St. Vincent's b g Cannon Ball 3 Count Batthyany's Cromwell, Bst 101 b (Daley) 0 Mr. S. Thellusson's Miss Fanny, Bst 71b (Custance) 0 Lord Wilton's ch c by Dundee, Augusta, Bst 101 b (J. Grimshaw) 0 Marquis of Hastings's b c Whirligig, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 0 Mr. W. G. Craven's Stewardess, Bst 101 b (Morris) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Princess Thyra, and 9. to 1 agst Cannon Ball and Whirligig. They ran in company into the bottom, where thby split, and Verdi, with the favourite and Cannon Ball, came on together, the formor with a slight advantage, which ho re tained to the end, and won cleverly by three parts of a length ; a bad fourth. Mr. Pryor claimed the winner. MATcx, 200, h ft. Last half mile of New T. Y.C. Prince Soltykoff's Bounceway, by Zuyder Zee, Bst 21b (J. Mann) 1 Mr. H. Chaplin's Problem, Bst 121 b (Custance) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Bounceaway, who made all the run ning, and won easily by three lengths. LATEST SCRATCHINGS. BEAUFORT STAKES.—RagIan and Lo Boarnais. MIDSUMMER STAKES.—Lady Violet, Master Gunner, Zingaree, Willie Sharp. EXETER STAKES.—Collina, Feodor, Nisita, Julius. CARLISLE RACES-TUESDAY. The TRIAL STAKES of 3 soya each, with 20 added ; weight for ago ; winners extra ; second to save stake. T.Y.C. Four subs. Mr. T. Masterman's Honesty, by Young Dutchman— All's Well, 3 yrs, Bst llb (Dixon) 1 Mr. H. E. Wilkinson's Louisa, 2 yrs, sst 101b(Craddock) 2 Mr. J. P. Craven's Grafton, 2 yrs, sst 101 b ...(Cameron) 3 Mr. T. Dawson's f by Thormanby— Breeze, 2 yrs, sst7lb 4 Mr. Bragg's Minna, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (Hudsor.i) 5 Betting-5 to 2on Honesty, sto 1 agst Louisa. \Von easily by a neck ; two lengths between second and third ; a length between third and fourth. MAIDEN PLATE of 40 sovs; selling allowances. T.Y.C. Mr. Oliver's Soda Water, by Lambton—Barmaid, 3 yrs, 7st 31b, £3O (Cameron) 1 Mr. Blamire's Missile, 3 yrs, Bst 21b, £40...(J Snowden) 2 Mr. Hamilton's Raxer, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b, £3O (Metcalf) 3 Mr. Dryden's Yarrow, 4 yrs, Bst 61b, £3O (Carroll) 4 Mr. W. Craddock's Ward in Chancery, 3 yrs, 7st 11b, £3O (Lawrence) 5 Mr. Dalziel's Maggie, 5 yrs, Bst 13M, £3O (Megson) 6 Betting-6 to 4 agst Soda Water, 2to 1 agst Missile, 6 to 1 agst Yarrow. Won by a neck ; head between second and third, same between third and fourth. The winner was sold to Mr. Blamire for 105 guineas. The CORBY CASTLE STAKES of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for two and three-yr olds ; weight for age,winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. T. Masterman's Honesty, by Young Dutchman— All's (Dixon) 1 Mr. C. Winteringham's Slap Bang, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (Cameron) 2 No Well,betting. 3 yrs, Bst 121 b Won in a cantor by fou r l eng th s . The CUMBERLAND PLATE (Handicap) of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft; second to save stake ; winners extra. About two miles and a half. 37 subs. Mr. Alexander ns Flatcatcher, by King Tom—Trick stress, 3 yrs, 7st 61b . (Hopkins) 1 Mr. Lincoln's Selim, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (11aidmen1 2 Mr. T. Masterman's Fitzroy, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Dixon 3 Mr. J. Osborne ns Dart, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Whiteley 4 Mr. Johnstone's Holstein, 4 yrs, Bst (Cameron . ) 5 Mr. Campbell's Privateer, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Metcal,f) 6 Betting-5 to 4 agst Selim, 4to 1 agst Fitzroy, o t o 1 agst Holstein, 6 to 1 agst Flatcatcher, 7 to 1 agst Darcand 10 to 1 agst Privateer. Won by a neck ; same, between second and third; bad fourth. The GRAND STAND HANDICAP Of 50 save ; winners extra Once round. Mr. T. Masterman's Lozenge, by Sweetmeat —Down with-the-Dust, 4 yrs, 9st 31b (in. 51b (Dixon) 1 Mr. W. Cowen's Gayous, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (W. Martin) 2 Mr. W. Sharpe's The Tyke, 5 yrs, 7st 41b (R. Challoner 3 Mr. W. Sharpe's Shamrock, 3 yrs, Est (Craddock) 4 Mr. J. Graham's Moll Flagon, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ...Marrs 5 Betting-5 to 2on Lozenge, sto 1 agst Sh amroc k , 6to 1 agst Gayous. Won by half a length ; length between second and third ; bad fourth. RACING FDCTI Ju: "RES FOR 1866. ,Y. Winchester 24 Spilsby . ... Chesterfield Southampton 25 Huntingdon Caen 29 Goodwood 3l Pontefract 9 Abingdon Reading N ottingham Down Royal lB Knutsford Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 AUGI Airdrie 2 Deauville 4 Ripon 6 Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 OCT( Hastings 2l York August 2l Dover op Plymouth 2i: Lichfield Tunbridge 2B Yarmouth Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 29 Baden Baden 3l BER. Northampton 2 Lothians' Racing Club 3 Ryl. Cal. Hunt and Kelso 3 Bedford 4 SEPT. Newmarket 2d October... 8 Hereford ..... 18 Newmarket Houghton ... 22 Warwick September 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB Richmond NOVI :MBER. Monmouth Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist October 25 27 Lanark 2B 'BE R. Lincoln Liverpool IRISH RACING FIXTURES. JULY. Carlow SEPTMIBER. Curragh 4, 5, 6 OCTOBER. Curragh l6, 17 18 FRENCH RACING FIXTURES. JULY. Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Motz B, 9 Saintes 2B, 29 Amiens AUGUST. Deauville. ...« 4, 5,6 I Lo Mans Rochefort 5 Laon l9, 20 Bourges... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 SEPT: Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly nBER. Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 OCT' Paris 7 Chantilly l4, 18 IBER. Vincennes St. Pancras Churchyard. Yesterday was appointed by the Bishop of Lon don for the consecration of a piece of ground which had been appropriated by the Midland Railway Company to the purpose of re-interment of the bodies or remains of deceased persons which at pre sent lie in the churchyards of St. Giles-in-the- Yields and Old St. Pancras, and which it may be found necessary to remove in constructing the works of the Metropolitan Branch and Terminus of the Midland Railway. The piece of land in question consists of about three-quarters of an acre, bounded on the north by the lunatic wards of St. Pancras Workhouse, on the west by the eastern wall of St. Giles's Cemete r y, 03 R P a a i l l is w a a d y in l g ine f , o a r n m d in ta g peri ng to a narro w the boundary of p tthh o ee in i\e t an o sdt n lba t ny h d e a south, abutting on the north-eastern corner of Old St. Pancras Churchyard. The whole of this ground is situated in the parish of St. Pan cras, but the freehold is vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The Bishop of London had appointed 1 o'clock p.m. for the ceremony of consecration, and shortly after that hour arrived at the old mortuary chapel of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Old St. Pancras-road, where he was received by the Rev. Canon Champ neys, vicar ; the Rev. Mr. Arrowsmith, incumbent of Old St. Pancras ; the Rev. Air. Thorold, rector of St. other de c p lz deputy-chairman rLn ; Mr. by Mr. Price, Af..p. for Giles, Gloucester, and Bar low, chief engineer ; M. Beale, soli c it or, an d seve ral directors of the Midland Railway ; M r. S ca ddi ng, clerk to the church trustees ; Dr. Hillier, medical officer of health ; several members of the sanatory committee of St. Pancras, and its chairman, Mr. Watson, &c. Prior to the procession moving to the'ground to be consecrated several preliminary objections were raised, some it was feared at the outset which would be fatal to the legality of the ceremony being per formed altogether. In the first place, only a few days since the Secretary of State for the Home De partment foal made a solemn promise to the sana tory committee and the medical officer of health of St. Pancras that he would not sanction, at all events at the present period of the year, the removal of large masses of human remains from the two churchyards in question, reeking as they were known to be with dead. The question then arose whether in the face of this promise the Secretary o f State had given his sanction to theseproccedings in accord ance with the 9th section of the Metropolitan Burials Act, the 15th and 16th section, c. 85, which enacts, " No new burial-ground or cemetery (parochial or non-parochial) shall be provided and used in the metropolis, or within two miles of any part thereof, without the previous approval of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries settled by the declar a ti on i n t h e pet iti on f rom th e Midland Railway Comp any to the bishop, setting forth that such approval of her Majesty's Secretary of State had been ob jection still remained . Thi s aros e from the con struction put upon th e 33d sect i on o f th e M e t ro p o li s given. But the more serious "" Burials Act, by which it is provided that where a burial-ground is provided for two or more parishes such burial-ground shall be in law as if such parishes were one parish, and the incumbent or minister of such parishes are to be entitled to all such rights, &c., as pertained to th e b ur i a l- gr ound of their own parish, &c. On th e part o f St. Pancras it was argued that they Mild not consent to any right of supervision over the ground to be appropriated for consecration by th e author i t i es o f St. Giles's. In order to get rid of t hi s difficulty it was suggested that whilst the ne w b urial groun d for the receptio n of these remains sh ou l d be g ranted and consecrated for the parish of St. Pancras, it was provided that St. Giles's should have the use thereof for similar purposes. This was met on the part of St. Giles's, that they might b e subjecte d t o p ro hibiti on f rom placing the rem a i ns of bodies t h ere i n f rom St. Gil es ' s ground if the auth or i ties of St. Pancras objected. The Bishop, h owever, overru l e d thi s p ro t es t on the ground that the faculty from his Court enabled the bodies of St. Giles's parishioners to be removed as it directed. He, therefore, adopted the sug gestion. The processio n th en walke d t o the g r ound to b e consecrated, in th e centre o f which a small marquee had been erected, and where a much larger congre gation had assembled than it would contain. The right reverend prelate proceeded with the ceremony till arriving at that part where the presentation of the petition for consecrating takes place. After re citing the acts under which the Midland Railway Company had powers to pass through the St. G iles's and St. Pancras's-churchyards, it stated that these acts also gave them powers to remove bodies from vaults, and from one grave to another in the same ground ; but added that the ground was no longer used as an interment ground, and there was not sufficient room for such re-interment of bodies. They, therefore, prayed that the bishop would con secrate the ground then inclosed, to meet the neces sities referred to in their petition. The Bishop of LONDON said the Secretary of State had signified his approval of the consecration of this ground, on condition that it was used only for the re-interment of the bodies removed from the adjoin ing burial-ground of St. Pancras and St. Giles's in carrying out the works of the Midland Railway Company. (The Bishop was here about to proceed when the ceremony was interrupted by several ob jections being apparently raised, and several of the gentlemen present, as well as the clergy, crowded round him, and a whispering conversation took place for some time, in which the solicitors for the company, the Bishop's surrogate, Mr. Sheppard, and others took part.) At its conclusion the Bishop continued :—The objection now raised was, that there was no provision made for transferring bodies from St. George's, Bloomsbury, as well as those of St. Giles's, but as they were united parishes, he saw no difficulty under his faculty, although the ground belonged to St. Pancras. The Secretary of State having, therefore, given his sanction for the removal of the bodies from St. Giles's and St. Pancras, he felt quite ready to consecrate the ground. The right rev, prelate then proceeded to conse crate the ground, dispensing with the usual cere mony of perambulation, stating as his reason that it was unnecessary, the place in which they were assembled being part and parcel of the ground con secrated. The proceedings then closed, and were looked upon by the authorities and others present as a com plete farce, the ceremony of consecration affording no real protection to the remains of the dead from desecration. Progress of Science in America. (From the New York Daily Tribune, June 9.) MODERN IMPROVEMENTS IN TELEGRAPH APPARATUS TUNNELLING-CANONS. At A recent meeting of the Polytechnic branch of the American Institute, Professor Tilman, the chairman, read a paper on " the Galvanometer," showing that it is possi ble to arrive at the actual intensity or force of any gal vanic current fpy the application of Amphere's formulas to the motion of the sensitive needle ; but as a long calcula tion would have to be made for each case separately, and as the elements entering into the calculation were liable to change, it was important to find a ready means of gra duating the scale of deflection. Several distinguished philosophers had used the galvanometer in connection with the Thermo-pile for the purpose of determining minute differences in temperature. Nobili and Becquerel had en deavoured to fix the scale by the use of pairs of rods heated at alternate joints. Melloni had also used a simi lar method. Poggendorff proposed to reach the same re sult by using coils at various inclinations to the magnetic meridian. Dr. L. Bradley, of our own country, who was present with apparatus, had recently brought out means whereby the use of the galvanometer would be greatly improved, and become of real service in delicate and exact measurement of electrical force. Dr. Bradley exhibited his apparatus for measuring the amount of resistance offered by different telegraph instru ments to the passage of the current. The common gal vanometer attached to the Rheostat shows by the deflec tion of the magnetic needle the effect of the resistance, and the amount of the deflection is somehow related to the amount of resistance, but exactly how has never yet been ascertained. The world wants a good measure for com paring one resistance with another. The resistance offered by every mile of distance over which an electric signal travels is considered as a unit. --- • --- He has taken as his unit that adopted by our country men. General Lefferts, and Moses B. Farmer, who had succeeded in producing a very compact and convenient form of Rheostat, using spools of fino wire, the passage of the current through which was equal to any desired length of line. Tho doctor had arranged a series of these, adjusted with great taro in a single compact in strument, provided with a delicate slide, lover, switches, &c., whereby a greater or less number could be turned on, so as to attain any desired amount of resistance, and show exactly what is the length of line equal to that resistance. Some instruments forrecciving and recording the signals used in telegraphing produce a resistance equal to 10 or 21) miles of line, while others are so constructed or adjusted as to induce a resistance equal to 100 miles or more. The instruments with groat resistance work with a weaker current, and all are adapted for certain situations. The instruments having coils of slight resistance should be arranged along the middle of the line, and those of great resistance at the ends. This apparatus would mea sure and assort them with great facility. A great simplification of battery, lately invented by Dr. E. A. Hill, of Chicago, was also exhibited. This dispenses with the porous cup heretofore considered necessary be tween the two solutions. It had been found that the differ once in the specific gravities was sufficient to keep them separate with proper care: Instead of arranging the zinc plate around the copper plate with the porous partition between, as in the popular Grove battery, Dr. Hill uses flat plates located one above the other with no partition be tween. The copper plate lies near the bottom of the cup, the zinc plate near the top. The cup is nearly filled with sulphate of zinc and allowed to become quiet. The sul phate of copper is then gently introduced in the form of solid crystal, which falls to the bottom of the cup, and there soon dissolves. The result, the familiar blue solution, lies in a tolerably distinct stratum at the bottom. Caro must be taken not to introduce so much of the copper sulphate as to mingle quite up to the zinc plate, as in such case .local action will result, and the copper will be deposited on the zinc, causing considerable mischief. To prevent the chance of this the plates are placed a considerable dis tance apart, which increases the resistance of the battery. The speaker had tested this in his own practice as a manufacturer and fitter-up of such apparatus, and com mended it highly. He had found this battery less efficient, cup for cup, than the Grove, but the result was a greater economy. He estimated 100 of these cups equal to 40 of the Grove, but the cost of maintenance of the whole was only about ono-fifth. The consumption of materials was only one-half as great as by the very economical battery known as Chester's, or the Chronic Acid battery. Smee's battery was very efficient in depositing metals for electro-motallurgical, purposes, but was too irregular and too fiery to bo recommended for telegraphing. It was of very little use for that. In practice telegraphing was very much affected by the state of the weather. In good weather 100 cups of the Hill battery above described operated eight lines—meaning eight wires--in the United States Company's office, while in bad weather it will work but two properly. Mr. Stetson, the Secretary, said that imperfect insulation affected the efficiency of telegraphic communications very materially. Even webs produced by insects in some otherwise goods forms of insulators militated strongly against their success in wet weather, particularly in gales of wind. Every spider's web extending between the wires and theneighbouring conducting surfaces serves as an efficient conductor to lead away the current. There is a loss at every telegraph pole. Dr. Bradley said that Do La Rivo had suggested that the tangent of the angle of deflection of the magnetic needle, exposed to the current in tho galvanometer, might be con sidered as approximating to the true measure of resistance. The Doctor believed that this was an absolutely exact measure, but has not yet proved it to his satisfaction by actual experiment. These forces acted against each ether precisely as opposing weights fixed on a wheel at the two extremities of a quadrant. Dr. Rowell exhibited a very perfect:cut-off or balance valve for use in steam-engines. The introduction of a cut off valve in the steampipe at any considerable distance from the :engine had been found to produce no good effect. If placed very close, directly on the main valve, it was useful. Very great progress had been made in this direction, as also for facilitating the movements of large slide valves, within the last few years. Mr, Hyde exhibited an ingenious hammer, operated by a crank, to bo used for striking drills in an inclined or hori zontal position in drilling rock. It was particularly useful in tunnels where drills were introduced inclining upward. The machine woßld operate a hammer weighing 25 pounds with ease. Men can strike directly with sledges either perpendicular down, or slightly inclined, but this instru ment greatly reduces tho labour in striking upward. There is eccentric gearing which draws the hammer backward slowly, but strikes it quickly forward. The well-known Geologist, Dr. Stevens, invited atten tion to the peculiarities of the mammoth gullies, or canons produced by the rivers west of the Rocky Mountains. Our neighbour the Niagira had excavated a gully 350 feet deep. The Ohio, near Wellsville, had similarly washed the earth away to a depth of 700 feet below its original formation. But the Black Canon whore the Colorado passes through the Black Mountains, runs for a consider able distance .through an elevated plateau, the general elevation of which is a mile above its surface. At one point there is absolutely a perpendicular precipice as certained by a careful barometric measurement to be ono mile in height. At ono point the surface is 6,000 feetabove the river. His remarks on this, as also on the peculiar Steppes or offsets in the formation. of the State of New York measured on the meridian, from the Cattskills across the valley of the Mohawk to tho Adirondack, wero illus trated by large diagrams. UST. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The great lesson to be learnt by military , men from the present war in Germany is the irre sistible superiority of breech-loading rifles in action. The Austrian army in Bohemia was supposed to be numerically stronger than:the Prussian, it contained a far larger proportion of veteran soldiers and pro bably of scientific officers, it was commanded by a man second in reputation to uo General in Europe, it was fighting on the defensive for a cause which, as against the invaders, is a good one, and in a country of which the population is loyal to the House of Hapsburg, and yet it has been gradually driven back, with a loss estimated by the Prussians at 30,000 or 40,000 men, and is now said to be greatly dispirited by the series of reverses which it has sus tained. It was for some time supposed that " strategical reasons" of an unexplained and myste rious nature might have induced Marshal Benedek to fall back, point by point, towards a position selected by himself for a general engagement. This supposition is no longer tenable. It is altogether in credible that such a resistance as was offered by the Austrians at Skalicz, Trautenau, and Munchengratz was a feint, after all, or that Gitschin was allowed to be stormed, and Prince Frederick Charles to effect a junction with the Crown Prince, in the hope of drawing the enemy to the battle-ground be tween Koniggratz and Josephstadt, where nothing but a decisive victory could avail Austria, and where a crushing defeat might open to the Prussians a way to Vienna. In these sanguinary conflicts, the Aus trian troops fought obstinately and well, but they were fairly beaten, and they were beaten, according to all the accounts that have reached us, by the more rapid fire of the Prussian infantry. From first to last it is the needle-gun that has apparently carried the day, and the needle-gun is simply a breech-loading rifle of very indifferent quality. In principle, as well as in construction, it is not to be compared with several breech-loading rifles manufactured by English makers ; but, imperfect as it is, it has proved quite good enough to secure victory for the Prussians in almost every encounter. If we refer to the letter of our correspondent at the head-quarters of the first Prussian army, we find ample proofs of its extraordinary effect. It was this which mainly enabled the Prussians to force the passage of the bridge over the Iser at Podoll, be tween Turnau and Munchengratz. The Austrians had occupied the village through which the road passes towards the bridge, and commanded all the approaches from windows and barricades thrown up across the street. But the Prussian riflemen " fired about three times before the Austrians, armed only with muzzle-loading rifles, were able to reply." This more than compensated for any disadvantage in numbers or position, and the Austrians seem to have been completely overmatched. "In the street the Austrian soldiers, huddled together and encum bered with clumsy ramrods, were unable to load with ease, and could return no adequate fire to that of the Prussians, while these, from the advantage of a better arm, poured their quick volleys into an al most defenceless crowd." It was the same at the railway bridge, about two hundred yards distant, where a like struggle was going on simultaneously. " Here, too," says our correspondent, " the needle gun showed its advantage over the old-fashioned weapons of the Austrians, for the latter fell in the proportion of six to one Prussian." At last, the former retreated, leaving most, if not all, of their killed and wounded on the field, and it was found that not only was the number of Austrian dead much greater, but that in the hospitals " the proportion of wounded Austrians to wounded Prussians was as five to one." These are startling results, and yet they are no more than any one unfettered by military preju dices would have anticipated. There may be still some lingering doubts among old hands as to whether a breech-loader shoots as " hard"—in other words, carries :quite as far—as a muzzle-loader, but the better opinion is that if held straight it is fully equal to its awkward rival in this respect, while no one ever ventured to doubt that it does much greater execution. Now, a battle strongly resembles a battue, with this difference, that coolness and self possession are far rarer and of far more importance. If sportsmen are often flurried by the difficulty of loading fast enough while birds are getting up on all sides, how can young soldiers be expected to keep their heads clear and their hands steady in the pro cess of ramming down while they are themselves under fire ? From this point of view, another re mark made by our correspondent with the Prussian army deserves serious consideration. It is not only in rapidity of discharge and in safety of loading, that breech-loading rifles surpass muzzle-loaders, but also in the average direction of aim. " A man with a musket on the nipple of which he has to place a cap naturally raises the muzzle in the air, and in the hurry and excitement of action often forgets to lower it, and only sends his bullet over the heads of the opposite ranks, while the soldier armed with a breech-loading musket keeps his muzzle down, and if in haste he fires it off without raising the butt to his shoulder, his shot still takes effect, though often low ; and a proof of this is that very many of the Austrian prisoners are wounded in the legs." The only objection, indeed, which is urged against the breech-loading system for weapons to be used in war is one that answers itself. It is said that regiments would fire away their ammuni tion so fast that it would be impossible to keep them supplied. This is as much as to say that soldiers must be exposed to the certainty of being mown down by enemies firing three shots to their one because otherwise ammunition might be wasted, and the means of transport must be increased. It might be sufficient to reply that in the Prussian army these obstacles are not found insu perable, but where common sense is decisive of a question it seems needless to invoke experience. Without experience, however, no reform involving considerable expense is likely to find favour with heads of departments in this country. It is on this ground that we have invited attention to the experi ments which have lately been tried on the largest scale in real warfare, and we now most heartily re present the urgent necessity of profiting by them. It was but last month that Marshal Benedek encou raged his troops to despise the alleged superiority of Prussian firearms, and to rely on the bayonet, and we already see the consequence. Every one knows that bayonets are seldom actually crossed ; when they are crossed, it by no means follows that those who carry the worst rifles will give the most vigorous thrust, and before th e y are crosse d i t i s certain that rapidity of fire will tell fatally. With these facts before us not a d ay s h ou ld b e l ost in arm ing our own infantry with b reech-loaders of the best available pattern. There is no official in the War Department who would himself think of usinc , a muzzle-loader in cover sh oot i ng, if he had the op tion of a breech-loader, or w h o would like to con front with the former an enemy provided with the latter. Then, why delay to place the better weapon in the hands of our army ? The smaller the force we maintain as compared with ou r ne i g hb ours , an d the greater the difficulty we experience in recruiting it, the more essential it is that we should forthwith appropriate an improvement which multiplies its effective strength, and makes one man, under cer tain circumstances, a match for two or three. Whether the single breech-loader, or some repeat ing rifle, like that of Spencer's, adopted in the United States, would on the whole be more serviceable, is a matter to be discussed by professional connois seurs. Spencer's rifle is a " seven-shooter," and all seven charges are put in at once into a chamber in the stock, but as the breech must be opened after each shot to get rid of the empty cartridge, it is possible that very little time is gained and some risk of derangement incurred by this additional compli cation. Such points may safely be left to the judg ment of scientific officers, but the expediency of sub stituting breech-loaders for muzzle-loaders is another affair. Scientific officers will never succeed, bby themselves, in forcing the change upon the authori ties, and the only po w e r capable of doing so is the power of public opinion. POST. —The grand Reform demonstration of Tra falgar-square has passed off without any broken heads, and without any broken windows. The orators had it all their own way. There was no one to contradict th em . When their fuglemen led off the groans for the Tories, and the .cheers for " Bright and Gladstone," no one ventured to raise an antagonistic cry. Sam Weller's advice to Mr. Pickwick —" to shout with the loudest mob"—was faithfully adhered to by all present. If dirty boys, noisy roughs, and bellowing agitators constituted a grand demonstration in favour of Reform, and against Lord Derby's Government, then the matter does not admit of any further discussion. Trafal gar-square becomes the head centre of Government, and Messrs. Potter and Beales are the representa tives of the British Constitution. But it is not be cause this meeting has passed off so quietly that we at all wish to see it repeated, and before the present Government change their places in the house it would be well for some member to insist on Sir George Grey declaring more distinctly than he has hitherto done what he considers to be the precise law with respect tothese political manifestations. He informed the house the other night that no meet ing could be legally held within one mile from the Houses of Parliament, with the object of petition ing Parliament; but did he mean to infer that any other meeting is legal? Thus the whole peace of a large district is to be disturbed by a riotous mob ex pressing their opinion of the conduct of members who hold different views to their own, and these mem hers arc to consider themselves sufficiently fortunate if their houses are not attacked and their bones not broken. We must say there is something very unsa tisfactory and even ungenerous in Sir George Grey's not supporting Sir Richard Mayne in his resolution not to permit any meeting at all. It is scarcely fair that the odium of vindicating the law should be cast upon the new Home Minister. If such meetings are, as we are well assured they are, illegal, they should be at once put down. "So far, and yet no farther," can no more be applied to hu man beings than to human passions, and if the prac tice becomes general of holding meetings practically to overawe the Legislature, the population will have to be taxed for an additional number of police to superintend the proceedings of these very excitable gentlemen. It may be in the interest of the coun try that the new Government should introduce a Reform Bill, but it is not through meetings such as that of Monday night that we shall arrive at any satisfactory result as to the wishes of the people on the subject of reform. Every wise Government will carefully study the signs of the times, and endeav our to see in what direction the wishes of the people tend. This is what Mr. Gladstone entirely failed to do. He seized hold of abstract ideas, and claimed a right of property in them ; he excited the people, by all those vague and indefinite hopes which pre clude a fair and impartial view of a great question ; and where he should have been quiet, logical, un excitable, he became Ciceronian in his eloquence and Tennysonian in his imagery, till we seemed to see Tho standards of the people plunging through the thunder storm, Till the war-drum throbbed no longer and the battle-flags were furled In the parliament of man, tho federation of the world. Now these meetings, got up in obedience to the orders of Mr. Bright, arc part of a system of agitation which prevents the fair consideration of the ques tion of Reform, and they represent the basest ma nufacture of public opinion instead of its true and honest material. Lord Derby is forming a Govern ment for the simple reason that Mr. Gladstone, " the pilot who was to weather the storm," deserted the ship, after having steered it on the rocks ; or, to pass from a nautical simile to one more familiar, he threw down his cards the moment he lost one trick. His adversaries of course are picking up the stakes, while his partner and backers are looking on in grim dismay. Under these circumstances it is clear that any attempt to render Lord Derby's task more difficult, whether in or out of the House, will be most reprehensible, and will assuredly recoil upon its authors. There is a public beyond the precincts of Trafalgar-square, and that public is generous in its sympathies. Whether they require a Reform Bill or not the events of the next few months will show ; but this at least they will de mand—fair play; and they are quite shrewd enough to draw a wide distinction between the voci ferous denunciations and violent tirades of noisy boys and the calm, reflecting wishes of industrious, sober working men. To those wishes, calmly and reasonably explained, we trust that any Govern ment will give a considerate attention, just as we trust that any Government will not fail, at all risks, to put down illegal and dangerous mobs. It is not well to excite class against class at any time : most wrong is it when there is really no hostile feeling between classes apart from such false excitement. M. de Tocqueville said in the French Academy— " There is a time when with impunity a demagogue may accuse the upper classes with tyranny, corrup tion, and folly—it is when the upper classes are nobly fulfilling their duties : then they may be ac cused with impunity, because there is no truth in the accusation." So when Mr. Bright accuses the aristocracy of being the cause of all" the ignorance, brutality, and evil in the country," he may do so with impunity, because there is no truth in him. Before the Government retire to the Opposition side of the House Sir George Grey should be called upon to explain on what authority he gave the mob permission to occupy Trafalgar-square on Monday night. The responsibility of taking action in this matter should not be thrown on the new Home Secretary. The new Government will have onerous duties to discharge. It is in the interest of all parties that the action of the Administration should be left as free as possible, and, above all, that the Democratic influences suggested by Mr. Bright, and represented in Trafalgar-square, should be repro bated as they deserve. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS-TUESDAY. Our arrivals this week are not large. The transactions in wheat to-day aro of so small a character that the trade may be called nominal at last Tuesday's rates. No mate rial change in spring corn. Tho Overage prices for the week ending July 2 were-- Wheat, 56s 6-id per qr. ; barley, 39s 6cl; oats, 27s iv. LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. At this day's market there was a small attendance of the town and country trade, and the business done was limited and quite of a retail character. Wheat and flour met with a slow sale, and may be quoted 3d per 1001 b., and is to 2s per sack lower. Oats and oatmeal were difficult to move, and, if anything, rather easier to buy. In barley, beans, and p , ms there was no change to note, but Indian corn, With large arrivals per steamer, and a considerable quan tity reported on the way from America, declined is 6d per qr., prime now mixed being obtainable at 27s 9d to 28s per 4801 b. MELTON MOWBRAY.-TUESDAY. A middling show of wheat, and sales wore made at the quotations of the previous week, with a limited trade. White wheat, 60s to Gls ; red, 56s to as per 36 stone• Barley for malting, 36s to 39s per qr ; feed, 30s to 333 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 28s to 345; new, 22s to 30s per 24.st* Beans, old, 50s to 535; new, 44s to 48s per qr. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. There was a tolerable show of wheat hero to-day. The tone of the trade was slow, at about the rates of last week. Grinding barley sparingly shown, and changed hands at fully recent currencies. Oats were a scanty show W . ' realised extreme rates. Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushels 19a Od 22s Od White do do 22s Od to 25s 01 New red do do —a od —s Od New white do do — Od —s Od Beans do do l9s Oct 20s Od Peas, per qr. ......... 3Ba Oct 40s Od Grinding barley, per qr 34s Od 37s Od Malting barley, c o 3Bs Oct 42s Od Oats, do 27s Oct 32s Od F10ur....1s 10d to 2s 5d per 141 b. BRISTOL-TUESDAY. At our market to-day thero was loss doing. Flolder o asked last week's prices for wheat, without selling. °Lai; firm, and good inquiry. Beans and peas firm. Maize firms on the spot; a few parcels to arrive offered at 6d per ci r ' decline. Grinding barley dull. GAINSBOROUGLI—TUESDAY. Our corn exchange to-day was moderately supplied with wheat, and sales were effected at about late rata —new white, 66s to 68s ; red and mixed, 60s to 64s per 36 stone. For barley full prices were quoted. Oats beans a steady sale, at extreme prices. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton July 2 0 . Ditto, via Marseilles July 14. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet ...... July 4. Ditto, by French packet July 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 22. China. Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. July 3. Ditto, via Marseilles • June 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton June 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 3. Ditto, via Marseilles . ........ -.....June 27 India (Bombay), via Southampton. June 27• Ditto, via Marseilles July 7• Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 3. Ditto, via Marseilles June 27• Mauritius, via Southampton .July 1 3 Ditto, via Marseilles .....July 7. Newfoundland .•. , July 4. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon ... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- ton Ditto, Tia Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ...Yuly 6. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife „July ii. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and . .. Honduras) July 1 4 • Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York. July 2 8 • Bermuda, via Halifax July 4• Births. BAINES—On the Ist inst., at Lee, Mrs. James W. lisin eol of a son. CHADWICK-At Chetnolo House, Sherborne, Dorset, t he wife of Capt. It. A. Chadwick, sth M.N.1., of a son• ci4 HENEAGE—On the 3d inst., at 43, Lowndes-street, L 5 Eleanor Ileneage, of a son. Marriages. FISHER—COBDEN—On the 30th ult., at Trinity Chil apt , Paddington, Richard C. Fisher, Esq., son of R. Fis P " ,, t, Esq., of Hill Top, near Midhurst, Sussex, to Kate, elcleorof daughter of the late Richard Cobde n Esq., M.F.I Duuford House, near Midhurst, Sussex. TitiVronD-WYATT—On the 2Gth ult., at Stoke Chur, t , B. W. Rawson Trafford, Esq., late Captain 65th 1,!, , b,j, second son of the late Major-Gen. Trafford, of ?las . 1 - o ` o f Carmarthensl4ire, to Minna Rosalie, second daughter Col. Wyatt, C. 8., 65th Regiment. Deaths. BLAIN—On the 29th u lt , at Parkfield, Rusholme, Manclle°° . ter, Joseph Blain, E sq . BULL—On the Ist inst., at 51, Albert-street, Regent's-Pl' Mr. Wm. Bull, aged 87. COCK —On the Ist inst., at Chiswick Fields, Chiswick ,' Cock, Esq., aged 62. KEATLEY—On the 30th ult., at Athole House, Freeman ° Southampton, John S. Keatley, Capt. R.N., aged 6 7 . 00 SMYTIIIES.—On the 19th ult., at Bournemouth, of n, ° „ t e sumption, to the inexpressible grief of her discons o ir te r parents, and of her sorrowing relative's and friends, P . 02 a very long illness, borne with Christian resigns° and faith, Ellen Matilda Gordon Smythies, aged London : Printed and Pubiished by WILLIAM ANDg " of No. 112, Strand, Ptinter. at THE SUN Office, 1 0 ',., of Strand, in the Precinct of: the Savoy,' in the Con l P 4 Middlemen.—Wednesday, July 4, 1866. y j c E VAI K Tb Dubli Some. So] by tl whole Oh " Rh 14, Prc free , 800 Ll' favor Ad vine( —___ N , Seri , Pa x y of on o Seri ] Sun und( Ehai of ti: so al read JO' ruli bait Sea; ann ST: Sto, An Cie] mot D ra M u Yea CC an atr