The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-09 00:00:00

The Dramatic Fete. As the lofty Chang stalked through the Crystal Palace on Saturday his surprise must .have been more intense than even that of Goldsmith's China man when he paid his first visit to Drury Lane. On Saturday tragedy and comedy joined in partnership, and the players and playgoers of the great metropo lis held a united revel. The Palace itself was turned into a fair, at which our leading actors figured as showmen, and the whole body of metro politan actresses levied blackmail in the cause of benevolence. To add to the funds of the Dramatic College was the object in view ; and it is due to the lades and gentlemen of the profossion to say that they kept it inc essantl y before the visitors. A ba zaar at which amateur saleswomen preside is pro verbially dangerous ground for a man with money in his poe k b ts. What, then, must it be, when the pres iding deity at each stall is a lady whom every one has seen on the stage and whom all are anxious to see and speak to off the stage, and when, among the articles you are asked to admire is a portrait of the fair one herself, which she offers to present you with on condition that you make her a small pre sent, not for herself, but for the orphan and the helpless ? There they were, in a brilliant galaxy round the great transept, with all manner of fancy wares. Miss Lydia Thompson was strong in scarfs and neckties ; Mrs. Stirling was proprietor of a shop that would have done honour to the Bur lington-arcade or the Palais Royal ; and Mrs. Howard Paul was enthroned in a pavilion of pincushions." To give the names of all the ladies who traded on the occasion would be to publish a directory of the leading actresses. Like our great city firms, they all had travellers on the road— ladies who waylaid you with samples, and would in sist on having your names in their order-books, while you were yet at a long distance from the houses for which they did business. The plea of " no assets" is an effectual one with commercial men seeking to open accounts, but in every instance it was demurred to by those lady-traders. They told you flatly that they did not believe you. Surely you had notcome there without money ? At least you could buy a newspaper, the Dramatic College Annual, which was being printed on the premises, and of which they could let you have an unstamped copy, as you were so poor, for the small charge of a shilling. Consider able assurance enabled some of the visitors to fight shy of the amateur news hawkers, but from the lady flower girls there was no possibility of escape. Armed with the tiniest of little baskets, and wearing the most coquettish of little hats, they had the pret tiest of little nosegays, which they had just prepared for your buttonhole. Perhaps you tried to put them off by sayingyou " hadmade so many purchases you really could not," &c. It was of no avail. They had learnt how the flower-girls of Naples do when you tell them you will not buy. They presented you with the nosegay, and then followed you for payment. Most of the actors adhered to " the boards ;" but Mr. Buckstone and Mr. Sothern cast their lot in with " Aunt Sally," and Mr. H. Widdi combe, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. J. Povey, and Mr. W. Worboys followed their example. Lord Dundreary showed an admiring crowd that he could " shy" a stick with the best of them ; and on seeing Mr. Buck stone fix a pipe between Aunt Sarah's teeth—he would call her Sarah—one would have supposed that he had been brought up to the business. Many of the booths were admirable. When you stood before " Richardson's Show" it was difficult to keep your self from imagining that you were at a t coun ry fair, and in presence of " the strollers." There was the rough-looking yokel at the foot of the steps, keeping S ps, keeping off the small boys with flourishes of the blackthorn ; half way up the ladder stood the man with the white hat, high shirt collar, and knee breeches, who cried out, " Walk up, walk up, ladies and gentlemen ; decidedly the best show in the fair; just going to commence ;" on each side of the gang way to the green baize door were a pair of tradi tional clowns, moving up and down, now walking, now dancing ; young ladies in white, with pink stockings ; in one corner a big drum and three brass horns, " discoursing" music sufficiently noisy, but not "most eloquent ;" a fat woman and a seedy man at the box-office ; and an infant prodigy doing the acrobat here and there and everywhere. The get-up outside was wonderfully true to the original article. Having paid your shilling, you descend to see " The Mysterious Monk ; or, the Secret of the Iron Pillar." The orthodox delay in raising the curtain evokes the usual kicking, which produces the desired effect. The curtain rises and the villain of the piece enters boldly, in ample boots, slouched hat, and grizzly beard of ebony hue. Having de livered himself of sundry imprecations on all man kind, he is joined by ruffians No. 2 and 3, who, after fully coinciding in the malevolent views of their chief, disappear to allow of a tete-a-tete be tween him and a venerable gentleman with flowing white hair, who has an only daughter, whose hand caitiff No. 1 demands. Then follows a Romeo and Juliet scene, in which a young gentleman with pip ing voice makes love to the old gentleman's beloved child. The three wicked wretches again appear ; as do also a monk, a ghost, the aged father, and the maiden. There is a general fight with short swords hacks"—the entire strength of the company taking part in the conflict; and amid blue fire every body kills everybody else—youth and age, innocence and guilt, ruffianism and religion, all finding one common grave, over which the curtain drops, the stage manager at the same instant emerging to the footlights and expressing his confident hope that the enlightened audience on their departure will re commend the public outside not to lose a moment in rushing in to witness a repetition of the thrilling and powerful tragedy. Next door to Richardson's is Addison and Robin's waxworks, with a chamber of horrors " containing over two hundred thousand of the most distinguished murderers." Mr. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Billington, Mr. J. Ashley, Mr. R. Romer, a n d Mr. C. J. Smith appear in 4, Professor Toole's Chinese Exhibition of the Golden Pay-goda of the Thousand and One Devices." The Professor himself delivers a lecture on China ; and Mr. Paul Bedford and the other members of the company illustrate the manners and customs of the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire. In this they are assisted by Che-Mah, the Chinese dwarf, a real native. The droll earnestness of Mr. Toole and the mock gravity of Mr. Bedford and Mr. J. C. Smith in the performance are to the last degree comic. Mr. Toole, taking the audience into his confidence, announces that it is all a " sell." It certainly is to the only Chinese in the company, the child Che- Mah, who evidently does not know what to make of it. Outside Messrs. Toole and Bedford's booth is a musician, made up as a Chinaman, who pre tends to play on four penny whistles at one time. During his peregrinations round the building Chang frequently s t oppe d and gazed on this whistle player with an extremely perplexed expression of counte nance. One of the best things in the fair is "Mr. R. Phillips's astounding and extremely rare cat show." O n the walls inside are some very clever sketches illust rat i ve of " catsup "—a cat sitting on a mushroom; caw. ° jae ... "—two cats rolling a log ; and other words pieci ; es w illeh" cat " forms a part. The exhibitor cherry-coloured cat," and him se l f to produce t 4 a re deems his pledge by introducing a black cat, whose coat he shows you is of the same ti n t as black cherries, which he holds in his hand. A not h er of his curiosi ties is " a live Hibernian Chameleon." He asks in.. dividual spectators to tell him the colour of the ani ; but the moment he receives an answer, he gives the chameleon a poke to make him turn a dif ferent quarter, which is sure to be of another colour. He states that the genus of the brute is unknown, the only thing pcsitively ascertained on the point being that he is not a Fenian. Some of the audi ence suggest that it is a juvenile pig painted in party colours. The showman assures them that they are mistaken, though he feels bound in candour to admit that one ill-informed zoologist had previously been rash enough to suggest that the animal did belong to the porcus vulgaris tribe. Mr. J. Bland exhibits in his Temple of Magic " a living head without a body, surpassing the famous Sphynx." This ghastly object discourses from a box, and on a table after the box is removed. The trick is an excellent one. In another part of the building Mr. Bland shows a beautiful and very ingeniously-con structed singing bird, whose caretaker is Miss God sall of the Adelphi. A humorous competition 15 kept upwith this little warbler by the amateur show men on the platform of the Temple of Momus, in which the leading vocalists of the various music halls minister. In the same vicinity Mr. Frederick Maccabe, Professor Matthews of the Polytechnic, and Mr. W. R. Julian render efficient service in keeping up the fun of the fair; and, at some dis tance off, a Scotch dwarf delivers oracles from the roof of a mysterious cave, within which there is an extraordinary automaton exhibited by M. Thiodon. On applying your hand to a small lever a little lady wa]ks out of a house, makes the circuit of a glass platform, and returns home again ; but, if you should want your fortune told, she will stoop at a drawer in which you will find an answer to your question. There is no connection between the automaton and the platform, for you can lift her up and see for yourself that she is not attached to it. There is a fairy post-office in the building, and bevies of fair gipsies are in attendance to trace the lines on your palms ; for which process silver is, of course, indispensable. In front of the grand orchestra is the Derby " ring," where a number of young ladies, in jockey caps and jackets, are ready to book your bets for money down, and give you a " tip" for the next Derby. The originals on Epsom Downs do not tout with greater earnestness, but the fair bookmakers in the Crystal Palace do business with a charm that is irresistible. The only favour they ask is an unusually long day for settling—the next anniversary of the Dramatic Fete, when, if they lose, they will make it " double or quits" for that day twelvemonths. Facing the orchestra is a drop scene, with a painting of the Dramatic College, the garden infrontbeing represented by an arrangement of real flowers. The whole fitting up of the fair on this, as on former occasions, has been under the di rection of Mr. R. Phillips, stage manager of the Adelphi, who has admirably performed the task. The fair will be continued and concluded to-day, when the admission will be only is. On Saturday the attendance was very large for a ss. day, and most of the shows were crowded at all the perform ances. It was late in the evening before the visitors began to depart. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION. (From a Special Correspondent of the Times.) GREAT EASTERN, BEREHAVEN, July 5. The voyage 'round to this harbour has been longer and much more stormy and disagreeable than could have been reasonably expected at this season of the year. Strong gales and high seas have prevailed throughout, and tested the trim and sea-going qualities of the Great Eastern to the utmost. At one time the wind was so fierce and so full ahead as to take a knot and a half an hour off her speed, and bring her down from nearly seven to little more than five knots. The heavy swell and wild chopping sea, too, in the Irish Channel told not only on her speed but even on her steadi ness, and though her rolling was trifling, she plunged her bows into the heavy sea with a depth and frequency which she has never done since the me morable night when she was so nearly lost in the gale off Holyhead. Beyond these disagreeables there is nothing much of incidental interest to re cord. The start from the Mouse Light was made soon after 12 on Sunday. It was intended to start earlier, but at the last moment a chain was found to be entangled under the starboard paddle. This would have been a most serious check, but that the Great Eastern seems to be provided with all sorts of apparatus to meet all sorts of emergen cies. A diving dress was soon produced from her stores, with air pump and ample length of hose, and by the aid of these one of the crew was soon able to descend. He was some time beneath the water, but at last succeeded in freeing the chain, and the vessel started a few minutes before 1. At first only the screw engines were used, and these but slowly, for the Alexandra Channel had to be passed, in which there were some dangerous shoal patches and many very narrow windings. Sometimes it almost seemed as if the vessel was touching, so muddyand disturbed did the water seem around her. She never did touch, however, though at times there were so few inches of water between her and the ground that the drag of the ship must no doubt have stirred up the mud considerably. Soon after 3 in the afternoon she was safely through the worst, though it was not till the open water was fairly before her and the leadsman reported no bottom at 12 fathom that the word was given to go ahead at full speed. Hp to that time she had only been moving at from two to three miles an hour, just enough, with the wash from the screw, to keep steerage way upon her. But when the paddles were set going she at once improved to about seven knots, a rate which she maintained throughout ex cept when the worst squalls of wind and rain and heavy sea were dead against her. The paddle en gines worked beautifully and with the most perfect ease, making from 61 to 7 revolutions a minute, the screw making about 25 in the same time. The con sumption of coal averaged as nearly as possible a ton per knot per hour, while the water was smooth, but unfortunately this was not for long. Before the Downs were reached on Sunday afternoon the weather, which had been very un settled, turned dead against the ship's course. The yachts which were following alongside dipped deeper and deeper as the wind and sea rose, and though the Great Eastern remained as immovable as a rock to the little breakers of the Thames mouth, it made a serious difference to the smaller craft, which, after being swept fore and aft by seas, at last signalled " farewell," and ran for the nearest port for shelter. Towards sunset the Great Eastern had passed the Downs, where a whole fleet of shipping was anchored, for the wind was adverse, and outside the sea ran high. Neither wind nor sea, however, then made the slightest difference in the Great Eastern's steadiness, and it was scarcely possible even by means of a pendulum to detect that she was moving at all, far less that she was steaming against a strong gale and high cross sea. When nearly off Deal, the pilot, Lieutenant Brockman, was landed in a tug which came off for him. It was only with difficulty that he could get on board it, and the risk of keeping the small vessel near was so great that, though many were to have been put ashore, the steamer at last had to shove off, leaving on board the great ship a number of disappointed workmen who ought to have landed, and who will have to make a forced journey to Berehaven. After rounding the cliffs of Dover and turning fairly down Channel to the west the weather grew much worse. The glass fell rapidly, and as fast as it fell the sea rose. Just towards dusk a rather startling incident occurred. One of the sea men had to go aloft to loose a block attached to the mainstay over the engine -room. The man, as it afterwards turned out, was ill—that is to say. sea-sick—and one of his hands was sore, and from both these causes he lost his nerve when half- way up the rope,' and, seeming as if about to faint, hung down almost helpless, holding on by both hands to that part of the rope which was directly over the paddle engines. It seemed as if nothing could save him. it appeared impossible to reach him, and his death was certain and terrible if he fell among the working engines. Advice, entreaties, directions, and expostulations were volunteered with their usual liberality from all the seamen on deck, but the man's f a te would have been sealed had not Mr. Halpin, the chief officer, comefortunately w a f s ootrwarbeos d i H t, e a s n a d w , at a glance that not a moment springing to the stay, wentuspeiizn it hand the sailorandoverh on as actively as a monkey, and, the rope, managed to get hold of him in the ay ch st awa in y as enabled him to bring him down over h safety. It was an anxious moment while Mr. Halpin with his almost helpless burden was passing over the open gap w hi c h l e d d own to th e eng i n es, and it was not till he had brought his charge actually to the deck that the suspense was over. Only those who saw this act of self-devotion can appreciate the cou ragei and skill whi c h Mr. Halpin displayed, for never d appeared more certainlyan almost t his ai n t o y w n ef life deatht o a t v o e r a t what da fellow-creature. During the night of Sunday the wind and sea increased, till at last at about 11 it burst into a regular storm. The rain poured in tor rents, the wind kept up a perfect scream through the rigging, and then, and not till then, was any motion discernible upon the vessel. Yet even this was so slight that it was only by watching the chan deliers in the saloon that it could be detected at all, and but for the slight but infallible test of these pen dulums many would have disbelieved in the motion of the ship altogether. The night, though very dark , and wild, was clear. The coast was kept close in view, light after light was sighted upon the various headlands, and the position of the vessel known with as much ease and certainty as a man might read his position in London by the names of streets during the day. Conspicuous among all these bea cons was that of Dungeness, which has an electric light, the brilliant rays from which so far outshone all others as to be literally beyond any degree of comparison with them. Monday at noon found the great ship off Portsmouth. The day was tolerably clear, but squally, with showers of rain, the sea still high, and the wind getting every moment higher. The Great Eastern stood so close to the Isle of Wight that, in passing the beautiful shores of Ventnor, every house could be distinguished, and even people seen. But from this point out a wider berth was given to the mainland, and she ran in the regular track of coasters, scores of which were met, whose curiosity to see the great ship closely brought them so near as sometimes to put Captain Anderson to inconvenience, and often even expose themselves to danger. Thus, in one instance, a small bark, under all sail, bore down so full upon the ship that her course had to be sud denly altered and the helm put hard over to avoid running her down. Off the Race of Portland, and just before dusk, we fell in with the Baltic, from Southampton, which overtook the Great Eastern only after a very long race, and this, be it said, was the first vessel that had passed her at all. Every other steamer we had come up with, either paddle or screw, had beer passed easily ; not that the great ship had a higher rate of speed than seven knots, but simply because heavy winds and seas which were making smaller vessels plunge bows under had no manner of effect either upon the speed or steadiness of her tremendous hull and ponderous weight of cargo. For nearly an hour it was a close race be tween her and the Baltic. The latter at last drew a head, and seemed at one time as if about to cross the great ship's track. But the imminence of the dan ger was so great that the attempt was soon given up, though not until it had been pushed to an extent that for the smaller vessel seemed awfully hazardous. The whole of this night and the following Tuesday were equally rough—wind, rain, and high seas seemed as if they would never end. At seven on Tuesday evening she was off the Land's-end, where a heavy sea was rolling in from the Atlantic before the full force of a strong sou'-westerly gale. The lighthouse could just be discerned through the misty haze, like a huge white tombstone on the rocks, round which the waves kept leaping up only to fall back slowly in clouds of spray and long white cata racts of foam. A more desolate picture could not well be imagined than this solitary building in the midst of the boiling surf with a misty background of cloud like a fog bank, which the clouds almost rested on, while the great black rain squalls from the sea came up before the wind as regularly and almost as quickly as the waves themselves. In the centre of this gloom and cheerlessness the sun shone out a single ray from behind a cloud, and shed a bright, though very transient, gleam of light upon the rocky shores of Cornwall. It was only for a moment, but it seemed like a parting cheer from old England, and the whole scene was soon enveloped again in mist and spray and driving lumps of half made clouds of rain. Once past the Land's-end the Great Eastern's long maintained steadiness forsook her. She did not roll because she could not to a head sea, but her heavy pitches were quick and deep as she faced the long ranks of waves that came in tier on tier from the ocean. This night of Tuesday was a very wild one, and the Great Eastern laboured rather heavily to the seas. Sometimes she rose with a long, slow, easy swinging motion, but only to drop more heavily into the furrow of waves beyond the ridge she had forced her way through. Often, how ever, she was not so fortunate, and the masses of water struck her with a boom like thunder, and made her quiver from stem to stern, and seemed as if she stooped half stunned, for a moment gather ing her strength to face the seas again. At about half-past 1 a.m. on Wednesday a tre mendous sea struck her forward on the port side, which rushed fairly in board and threw a consider able depth of water on her deck. The wind at this time was very strong, and the sea, even for that most turbulent of all Channels—the Irish—was very rough indeed ; so bad, in fact, was the appearance of the weather at 2 o'clock that Captain Anderson was called, and from that time till after 4 he never left the deck. Just after dawn on Wednesday, or rather soon after 4 in the morning, a monstrous wave struck her on the port bow, which rushed in over almost the whole space of bulwarks between the bows and paddle-boxes. This flooded the decks forward, and was by far the worst wave she en countered during the trip. As it may happen even to the most practised hunter to make his leap awk wardly, so it was in this case with the great ship. She met her wave suddenly and unawares, and as it struck her full there was nothing for it but to come in over her, which it effectually did. Wednesday brought no cessation of the wind ; in fact, it was stronger than ever. The sky was tolerably clear, and the sun shone the greater part of the day ; yet still the wind kept violently high, and the sea was rolling stronger and heavier than ever. At no time was there much broken water, though there was still enough occasionally as the waves struck the ships's side to cover the forward part of her decks with spray. The rolling of the vessel during all this time was absolutely as low as only three de grees each way, which in plain terms, means that the movement was so slight that even the mode rator lamps on all the saloon tables were left, as usual, quite unsecured. The pitching of the ship, however, was by no means so moderate. In fact, the great ship plunged till it seemed as if she would take the green seas in over her bows. Many times the forward pulley sheaves which are to be used in hauling in the last year's cable were dipped completely under water. So quick and so continued was this pitching motion that an examination of the cable tanks and their supports was thought advisable. A very careful inspection was accordingly made by Mr. Clifford, but the re sult showed that their fastenings were absolutely perfect. Even beneath the largest tank amidships, the starts which have to sustain a weight of more than 2,500 tons, not a sound could be heard beyond a trifling creaking noise, which was as nothing com pared with that in the saloons in the upper portions of the ship. Not a single adjustment, improvement, or alteration of any kind was found necessary. The tanks, however, being filled with water, and the pitching of the ship occasionally spilling it over their edges, it was thought better to reduce the quantity. The valves beneath the tanks were there fore opened, and a mass of the water was allowed to flow away into the sea. Beyond these bare facts there is little to tell of incidents connected with this fifth Atlantic telegraph expedition. All through Wednesday the Great Eastern kept plunging on across the Irish Channel—now dipping heavily over a tremendous swell, and now and then striking it as she would a rock, and cover ing herself with clouds of spray and foam. Wednes day, though the least pleasant day of the cruise, was certainly one of the most interesting. It was one of I those rough wild times which are called in nautical parlance strong summer gales. The sun was as bright and the sky as clear above as on a mild day in spring, and all the while a warm though heavy gale was blowing, and the great blue ridges of heavy seas were torn and jagged about, and Came rolling in with high crests of feathery spray that carried every thing before them. No greater contrast could be afforded than by the mild, quiet look of the sky above and the wild violence of the wind and sea below. Yet, in spite of all these atmospheric disturbances, the large party on board did their best to make the time pass pleasantly. There were many ladies of the party, and music and singing were abundant in spite of winds and waves. On the Monday, too, after leaving, it was proposed to get up a burlesque, and it says something for the inexhaustible resources of the Great Eastern when we tell that a most humor ous poetical skit on the cable and it s adventuresau and sparkling below a a fewh the seaursi‘r. was i written Dudley, b y he ttwo artist, r f t s he t passengers, drew an exquisitely amusing bill, and this, with the text, was lithographed and distributed among the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E VENING, JULY 9, 1866, performers almost within 12 hours after the idea was started. Fortunately among the visitors there were materials for a very strong cast. Colonel De Bathe, Lord Hastings, Captain Boulton, Dr. Poore, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. G. W. Elliott, Mr. Dudley, and Mr. Barclay were chosen for the principal characters. There was a great hunting up of " properties" in which to make a suitable appearance, but, with the keen zest in which all on board entered into the fun of the thing, every difficulty was soon overcome. The ladies placed their wardrobes entirely at the dis posal of those who were to act as mermaids, while the sailors improvised the most characteristic cos tumes out of canvas and oakum for those who were to represent tritons and sea monsters. Cotton waste and tow made capital wigs, and with two preliminary rehearsals all was ready. The storm of Wednesday, however, was so voilent, and the pitching of the ship so heavy, that the idea of per forming that night was abandoned. But soon after nine that evening the wind moderated and the play was insisted upon by general acclama tion. In a few minutes afterwards all the saloon tables were unscrewed and removed, a theatre of flags strung up, footlights provided, and a curtain rigged, and the whole performance, which was con ceived in the utmost spirit of burlesque humour, and admirably acted, went off with the most enthu siastic applause. So great, indeed, was its success, it has to be repeated again to-night, and a number of visitors in the neighbourhood are coming off to see it. The Great Eastern Theatre is rather a diffi cult one for visitors to reach just now, but as the play bill says, " the captain's gig and the (gun) carriages" may be ordered at any hour precisely. On the night preceding this performance, Mr. Oliver Smith, the brother of Willoughby Smith, the chief electrician on board, gave a most astounding exhi bition of his powers as a mesmerist on a number of the sailors. The trances into which he threw them at will, and the extraordinary delusions under which he made them labour, would be almost incredible to any but those who witnessed it. The Great Eastern anchored here at 7 o'clock this morning. She lies far inside the bay, moored with two anchors so as to swing freely, and is just beneath the picturesque headland called, most appropriately, " hungry hill." The coaling ships are all here, and the work of filling up the bunkers commences to morrow. The William Corry, Albany, and Medway are hourly expected with the rest of the cable. The condition of the vast mass of submarine wire on board the Great Eastern has been tested night and day by Mr. Willoughby Smith. Its condition has steadily improved since its immersion under water in the tanks, and it is now considered to be electri cally perfect. The following telegrams have been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) from Mr. R. A. Glass, managing director of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company. . 46 VALENTIA, Friday. " Shore-end of the Atlantic cable successfully landed at 3 p.m. Tests perfect. The William Corry proceeding to sea paying out slowly. Weather fine. Cable of 1865, tested at noon to-day, is perfect as when laid. 46 VALENTIA, Sunday. Novel, Blackbird, Pedlar, Skylark, and William Corry returned to Berehaven at 3.30 a.m. All ves sels will complete coaling at Berehaven to-morrow night, and will proceed to sea to splice main cable to shore end on Wednesday morning, weather permit ting. All going well." THE FOUTEH JULY IN PARIS. A letter, dated Paris, July 5, says :—Yesterday afternoon the Americans in Paris met to cele brate the anniversary of their national indepen dence by a fete champetre at the Pre Catelan, Bois de Boulogne. The clouds which had covered the sky during the earlier part of the day broke about four o'clock, and the sun shone in full glory to lend additional zest to the enjoyment of the crowds collected. About the same time the Prince Imperial, by in vitation of the Committee, visited the fete, and, dis mounting from his carriage, took his place in the tent where the children's ball was in lively progress. He remained for half-an-hour, and then departed amid hearty American cheers for himself and the Emperor. The compliment to the Americans was a very pleasant one and very kindly meant. sen l i n or the and dancing,eevenin t gthec o hildren gave way to thei r excellent music, occupied the attention of the many who were not attending to the wants of the inner man. The tables were bountifully covered with eatables, and there seemed to be small lack of wherewithal to drink, Among the distinguished gentlemen present we noticed the Hon. John Bigelow, United States Minister at Paris ; the Hon. Secretary Fox, United States Navy ; Captain Beaumont and his brother officers of the Navy ; the Hon. John Jay, Presi dent of the Union League Club of New York ; the Rev. Dr. J. P. Thompson, Professor Hitchcock, and many others, several of whom addressed the assemblage. _ The Chairman of the committee called the as sembly to order, and, after making a few happy remarks, introduced the Hon. John Jay, whose speech was received with great enthusiasm. We are fortunately enabled to lay it before your readers. Elegant and stirring speeches were also made by Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, the Rev. Dr. Thompson, Mr. Monod, and George Cox, of Maryland, which were all received with cordial and enthusiastic applause. The brilliant illumination in many coloured and treeslights,red of this charming spot, and the softb e beauty of the myriad fl induced many of the younger of both sexes to take advantage of the open-air promenade. are due the mem bersthemanagement of the The of thanks thn c Comfmittee theirnitteo for countrymen whole affair, which was certainly a complete success, leaving nothing of regret to mingle with the recol lection of the festivities in which they were fortu nate enough to participate. It is to be hoped that the fact that two of these celebrations have now occurred so successfully in Paris will encourage the Americans abroad to organise the thing in permanent shape, not alone for the sake of the pleasures of the day, but as a happy means for kegping alive the international good feeling. . SPEECH OF THE HON. JOHN JAY. Mr. JAY, after thanking the chairman and the company for their cordial reception, remarked that a recent essay in th© "Revue des dens Mendes " on the European question, closed with a reminder that in thirty years - America would have a population of ono hundred millions, and would then be a match for the whole of Europe, and its tone seemed to suggest the possibility about that time, if not sooner, of an European invasion. . The idea, said Mr. Jay, struck me as a strange one, but I am persuaded that there is a good deal in it, and if the writer wore here to-night he would be satisfied that the invasion had begun—(cheers and laughter)—and that a respectable detachment of the grand army, in excellent spirits, with well-appointed ambulances and capital rations, were comfortably quartered in the Bois. (Applause.) Ho would learn, too, that the main body of the invading corps were already scattered throughout Europe; that a fleet of ocean steamers was almost daily bringing new re cruits from every state and city in America, and that there is still a countless army of reserve at home hoping to join their comrades on the field of Europe, to advance the lines of approach and communication. (Cheers.) Two telegraphic lines in opposite directions are now in progress for this army—the one by Russia and California —the other that of our indefatigable countryman, Cyrus Field—(applause)—and perhaps in this connection I may refer to the presence among our guests to-night of Mr. Secretary Fox, who, I hope, will answer for himself. (Groat applause.) Ho has brought over some of our nicest iron clad; and there is a rumour, which I believe to be correct that in his successful cruise across the Channel he capti vated by a single " coup " the Lords of the Admiralty and the editor of the Times. (Laughter and applause.) Occasionally our Amerioan detachments, as we have been pleasantly reminded this afternoon, come with troops of light and heavy infantry—(applause) —admirably drilled in their evolutions—(laughter)—and sometimes with fair and fearless Volunteers armed for victory, who contem plate without dismay an engagement with the most gallant of the European aristocracy. (Laughter and cheers.) Those of us who have recently come from Italy—that beautiful land whose noble people in this great struggle have all our sympathies—(loud a pplause)—have known something of our southern wing during the winter. We saw them at Naples surveying its lovely bay from Castellamare to Baia, parading the Chiaja and Villa Reale taking observations from the Capo di Monte and the stun mit of Vesuvius, re-peopling for the moment the silent streets of Pompeii, and lending by their bright presence a new charm to Sorrento and to Capri. Rome, as every one knows, was their head-quarters during the seven days' battle of the Carnival—(laughter) —the ancient prowess of the Romans paled before the valorous enthusiasm of tho fair strangers from our New World. Young and old mingled in the fray as though it was the great business of life, and from their balconies and masked batteries they fired volleys of confetti and flowers, and received the shot of the enemy in return with a bravery that never flinched, and a resolution that never flagged. (Cheers.) They stormed St. Peter's during Holy Week. (Cheers and laughter.) They invaded the Vatican by regiments. In Indian file they explored the catacombs in companies. Armed with their Murrays they trooped through the gal leries by platoons. They were reviewed in the morning at the Pazza d Spagna, and in the evening on the Pincio with a military band. They marched and counter-marched the Corso from the Piazza del Popolo to the Forum of Najan. They gathered in the Colliseum by the light of the moon, and by the most brilliant illuminations. They bivouaced in the villas of the Italian nobles ; and ex tended their lines to Albano, Frascati, Tusculum, and Tivoli. Their cavalry assembled at the meet and scoured the Campagna, and they rendezvoused week by week in the beautiful garden of the Emperor of the French, which crowns the ruins that were once the palaces of the Caasars. (Cheers.) As we came northward late in the spring we assisted in bringing up the stragglers in the rear, and swelling the trains of baggage. At Florence they were in possession of the Pitti and Uffizzi. From thence to Bologna they were studying the admirable engineering of the railroad across the Apenines. At Venice they were at home in the piazza of San Marco, or embarked in gondolas on the grand Canal, from the Bridge of Sighs to the Rialto. A Padua, Ferrara, Milan and Como, Turin and Susa, were parties of skirmishers, with couriers hastening to recross the Alps, to renew in Paris their munitions of war, and refill what the French with charming propriety designate armoires. (Applause and laughter.) Nor is it to be supposed that they returned empty handed, or that their invasions of the studios and ateliers, of ancient palaces and curiosity shops, have been without results. The bankers of Italy could assure you on this point. The forwarding houses could point you to the piles of boxes containing the frnits of their forays—paint ings, statues, cabinets, and antiques. Indeed, I heard of one party from Boston, who in a brief foraging expedition had actually captured an entire gal lery, which is, I believe, now on its way from tho City of the Sea to the Hub of the Universe. (Laughter and applause.) In this beautiful Paris, whose increasing magnificence commands our constant admiration, a handful of volun teers from New York have seized upon one of the finest works intended for the approaching Exhibition—a group in bronze of a tigress and her cubs, by Auguste Cain—and this trophy is devoted to our Central Park. (Great ap plause.) And thus are the European masterpieces of the olden and present time being rapidly gathered for our country from the Atlantic to the Pacific ; and this thought suggests another, that /ma is the time for the American people to lay the foundation of a National Institute and Gallery of Art, and that the American gentlemen now in Europe are the men to inaugurate the plan. This brilliant assembly, then, is but a detachment of the American army of invasion, whose coming is so cordially greeted. You see here but the rear guard, temporarily left at Paris, while the main body occupy the watering places of France and Germany. Some preparing to invade Denmark and Russia, others to push their route, like Julius Caesar, to the shores of Britain ; or hastening to conquer the passes of the Alps, mounted on a mule, like the first Napoleon. (Cheers and laughter.) Wherever this army goes, it goes as an army of ideas ; wherever its members go they go as citizens and as sovereigns ; representing the nationality, watchful of the rights, jealous of the honour of the American Republic. (Applause.) We are happy in meeting at a spot where all Americans are at home—in the heart of that France that•has fought by our side, but never against us (onthusiastic and pro longed applause)—and between whose people and our own exist none but bright and cordial memories. (Re newed cheers.) It is a pleasant thought that to-day Americans in Europe aro assembling everywhere as we aro assembled here ; delegates from far different sections, members of different parties, advocates of opposing policies, but all uniting, as of old in the family circle, to celebrate with a common pride the birth-day of our common country. (Warm and prolonged applause.) Let me close by calling for three cheers for the President of tho United States. Thoso were given with waving of hats and handker chiefs and wild onthusiasm. More " Certainties." The facetious correspondent of the Racing Times writes on the above subject as follows : There was such an undoubted tone of truthful ness about one chief " certainty" last week as to induce several country cousins to seek further par ticulars, but we can only refer them to the chan nels where the details were given in extenso. We say were, because the advertisements have been withdrawn from some of the larger sporting news papers since our recommendation to at once inves tigate the means and follow up the process was announced. So good a thing was the realisation of a picture as to the £106,800, that no sooner had my esteemed relative, Mr. Paul Greenhorn, of Coosh Villa, near Fleet Pond, Hants, obtained last week's number of the Racing Times, than hastily putting a few things into his carpet bag, he took a ticket for Southampton, resolved to pay a flying visit to Guernsey, by far the prettiest and most romantic of the Channel islands. After some re search he contrived to spot the " General Mer chant," and made an inspection of the vast stores of corn, oil, and wine heaped together in profusion for transmission to all parts of the world. Sugar, crushed and loaf, dispensed its sweetness ; Dutch cheese was also there, but as no civilised being was ever known to consume that article it was not in much force. The information obtained as to the large " certainty" turned out to be gath ere d f rom a long-winded thin sheet of trash relating to an illegal foreign lottery, the aiders of which would have run considerable risk had it been published in England. Paul has since returned with the £l9 in his pocket, and so the gigantic fo r t une rema i ns i n abeyance until better times, when Europe becomes reparcelled and war shall be a thing of history. At present the insolvent territory whose scheming minions set the G enera l Merchant in motion can hardly hope to gull even the most transparent greenhorn who ever backed a horse. Certainties, however, are still to be had, and at a very reduced figure, so much so that the verdant public ought to boil over with gratitude for the disinterested way in which the much-calumniated tribe of tipsters continue to labour for their interests. As one name is with drawn from print only, perhaps, to be revived by another in the same person, one cannot fail to be amused at the muscular resolve to get money some how. Only fancy the economy of this : " What will win the Leger ? Try Fairplay's long shots. Winner now at long odds. Enclose a directed en velope. No pay till won!" This is only a penny, and I am sure nobody but the greatest and most selfish miser in existence could grumble at the reasonableness of the investment. There is another extensive advertiser slightly in advance as far as immediate outlay is concerned —slightly, I say, although the figure amounts to 100 per cent. The announcement is headed, " Strange, but true ! A bad horse wins the Good wood Stakes ; odds, 20 to 1. My knowledge against your fancy ; 10 to 1 on one. All is square. Enclose envelope, also two stamps." Even this 'small outlay is enough for a " bad horse," which the tipster is alone prepared to send. The next man says he is "late of Manchester," but does not give any reason why he left that industrious sporting locality. "The certain winner of the stakes will, however, be sent to any gentleman on a mere promise of a liberal present after the race ;" and, he continues, t , the horse he is now advising will win with pounds in hand." If there be any reliance to be placed on this the horse can't be a bad one, and therefore by all known logic not the animal referred to by the other adver tiser. The fee for this good thing, whatever it may be, is slightly in advance, for he modestly goes on, " send directed envelope, enclosing four stamps to, &c." The address may be found, if needed. One of the two last-named gentlemen is clearly wrong, or if the " bad horse" is good enough to win, where will the other be that catches the judge's eye first, with " pounds in hand ?" We have now three fair specimens of cheap prophets at a penny, twopence, and fourpence. There is yet another in the same locality as the first, on identically the same terms ; it is " Stamford's Leger certainty. I am confident I know the certain winner of the Leger, at long odds. Good things now ready for Goodwood. Enclose directed envelope. Certain winner of Good wood Stakes at 25 to 1." We must now advance by a sliding scale on the ascent. Vulgar bronze will not be taken by others who scorn to deal in half pence ; silver, or stamps equivalent to it, are required. The first genius calls himself " The Great Leviathan Turf-adviser," as if anything of a leviathan character could possibly be otherwise than great. In money affairs the name is pluralised, for a " Co." follows it. The fee is twelve stamps, and the advertiser engages to forfeit £5 if his firm do not send the winners of the Stakes and Cup, and to some extent lets the cat out of the bag by telling the public that Kenyon will ride the former. Industrious friends may therefore trace the key and solve the mystery. The fee in this case is only a shilling, and the party may be heard of in Glasshouse-street, rather an awkward locality for stone throwing. There are a great number of circulars advertised by different gentlemen all at the " time honoured shilling," as the old opera box-keepers call it—they have mostly double events for the next great races—" Guaran tee " £BOO down to £lOO to any who will transmit any of them a stray sovereign, so that it is difficult to make up one's mind that sporting spoonies are at all on the decline, or that there is any real tightness in the money market. One more word as to a third advertisement from that anti-sporting place Ipswich and I have done for the present—it winds up " REMEMBER SUSPICION ! SUSPICION ! ! SusricioN !!" alluding of course to last year. I confess, however, to being somewhat taken by his advice, and entertain an immense amount of sus picion about the whole fraternity. So much for racing " certainties"—just a word for the agreeable voluntary matters of a similar class elsewhere. I mean those as discoursed and retailed on the "Turf " at the Crystal Palace on a Saturday, where no fewer than 22,708 persons assembled to be willingly wheedled out of so much spare coin as possible. A bevy of ballet ladies were railed off dressed as jockeys, laying all sorts of odds in all kinds of courts, as well as offering straight tips." It was impossible for any gentleman of almost any age to escape their pleasantries, but few ventured within the charmed enclosure —how many of the " howling swell " species were victimised of all but their return tickets it is impossible to say. The ladies never worked with such determined zest in the cause of charity before. I was informed by good authority at my club late in the evening that a very aspiring young gentleman from the Stock Exchange presented a fair stall-keeper with a clean, crisp billet of the Old Lady in Threadneedle-street, value £5, for the pri vilege of partaking of the remaining half of a straw berry which the charming Queen of Comedy had bitten ! A similar act of liberality was performed on a smaller scale by a thick-headed-looking youth from the Temple as to a cherry, so giving the go by to the old saying about two bites of that cool, refreshing fruit. Toole, and the great but ever green Paul, were immense in the Chinese way as proprietors of the " Golden Pay-goda ;" a better name could not have been devised, and the liberal contributors were all well satisfied with the piece of plate (willow pattern) presented to them. To give or to attempt within the limits of this article even a faint idea of the gorgeous " certainties" met with in the great establishment would be impossible. From Richardson's Show as of old, with its noise and comical ghost, to the sensational wax -work of " Madame Two Swords," conducted by Messrs. Addison and Robins, all was excellence, and the out-of-door attractions were so numerous, and of so funny and varied a character, that it became entirely impossible for any one to regret his visit while the hours passed so quickly away in the most delightful of all charming company. How many Benedicts were lectured by their spouses at night on supposed imprudent glances at ladies in the " betting ring" it is out of the question for me even to conjecture. Many of the younger male visitors in the transition dreamy state of courtship were looked upon reproachfully by their fair companions for saying or thinking too much of the importunate solicitors in the cause of charity ; but no harm could scarce even be imagined by ttie most fastidious observer. THE AN-4TOMY AND DRAPERY OF THE HIT3fAN FIGURE. While we aro somewhat disposed to question the old saying " it takes nine tailors to make a man," we question if nine mon will make a tailor in the full meaning of the word. We find nowadays science applied to almost every trade. No one will dispute its applicability to the learned professions; and few, we apprehend, will ignore its utility when applied to industrial pursuits. We live in an age of artificialities, and, perhaps, none more so than in the adorn ment of tho outer man. When science is here applied with taste and the precision of mathematical certainty, it increases very much the gracefulness of the human figure. If it is a fact that man is made but a little lower than the angels, how important, then, that the cover ing of the form divine should be well adapted to the peculiarities of the human figure. There is a class of charlatans who draw money from the simple by saying, Show us your handwriting and we will tell your charac ter. There is, perhaps, a little truth at the foundation of this saying, but much more in the following: Show us the cut of your coat or riding-habit, and we will at once tell you the character of the society you keep or move among. Do they tang as if made for another person ? Is ono shoulder pinched at the e xpense of the other ? Is the style that of a navvy or his sweetheart ? Or do they fit and hang gracefully, as becomes a lady or a gentleman ? Are there some little outre peculiarities in the figure which should have been hid or aided, but which are exaggerated by the cut of the garment ?" There lives not the man who has not some such physical peculiarities, and they should always be re lieved by the aid of art. But how is that to be obtained ? certainly not by going to establishments where the gar ments are cut and put together as by so many human machines, and as by chance. In such places the order of the day appears to be, hit or miss. Go to establish ments where the heads and chief assistants have, so to speak, gone through their curriculum —to such as delight in being perfect masters of their trade. That there aro many who have, such a laudable delight we make no doubt—men who train their minds to bring all the appliances of science to bear on their avocations. We are led to make these remarks from seeing the vast quantities of wretchedly made habiliments which appear in our streets; aye, and in our leading and fashionable streets, and at our evening parties. What more out of place than a misshapen coat or an ugly fittting vest and worse continuations ? We see on an otherwise elegant and handsome lady a miserable apology for garments, and those accom panied by the chaste gold chain and sacred locket, with the sparkling ruby or diamond on the spotless white hand, making ludicrous in the extreme that which ought to be the perfection of beauty. There is, perhaps, no city in the world where there is more bad taste in dross than in London, and no other place where an elegant taste can be bettor gratified, if only a little extra trouble and expense be incurred to find out the proper establishments. When we find that the learned Dr. Wharapeu has fliwobed a large quarto volume to the anatomy and drapery of the human figure, and that those who have been his pupils have been so at a cost of from fifty to ono hundred and fifty guineas each, we find in these circumstances a guarantee ; for those who have not ability and taste as well as money, that they would not incur such an ex pense to make themselves perfect masters in so ordinary a trade. And, if we discover that these men who have so studied are patronised by crowned heads, by princes and princesses, by the nobility and gentry, and by the mer chant princes of this and other great cities, who know their value, we say we have the greater guarantee that we shall have art properly applied in our outer wants. We have for some time watched the manipulations of Messrs. Creed and Co., who conduct them on the unerring scientific principles which we have indicated. We have also had our outer man somewhat improved by, the head of that well-known firm, who is a most intelligent, honest, and enthusiastic disciple of Dr. Whampen—and when we inform our travelling and resident friends that the provinces are regularly supplied by them ; that their style and fits aro to be seen daily in all parts, wo think we have said enough. If wo want our sons to have a supe rior education, we soud them not to the hedge or village schools, but to our universities. If we aro in trouble over our broad acres, wo go not to the sharp practice petti fogger, but to the man at once highly educated in his pro fession, and high-toned in his sense of honour and honesty. If we are sick, wo go not to the ignorant and presumptuous quack, but to the man who has devoted his life to the study of the thousand ills to which flesh is heir. If we want good, becoming, and elegantly-fitting garments, we go on the same principle to Messrs. Creed and Co., Conduit street, Bond-street, where we are waited on and suited by gentlemen who thoroughly understand their business.— Anglo-American Times. Letters from Rome of the Ist state that the leave of absence of General de Montebello will bo for threo months. Cardinal Patrizzi, assisted by tho Bishop of Poitiers and Moulins, consecrated on that day Mgr. de Morode as Archbishop in partibus of Mitylone. On the occasion of the fete of St. Peter, the Pope again protested againet the annexation of the Pontifical provinces. PIGEON SHOOTING. THE ARISTOCRATIC MEETING AT HENDON. The last but one of the handicaps of the year, rendered so popular by the excellent arrangements of Frank Heath cote, Esq., took place on Saturday last at Mr. Warner's, the Welsh Harp, near Hendon. There were no less than 97 entries, and in the shooting the gun on this occasion was the winner, inasmuch as in the 106 birds shot at in the groat match 69 were killed within bounds, and 37 only got away. First class birds were provided by Barber. There was a large muster of spectators, and the following is the return : FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, 5 sovs each; usual condi- tions. Six birds each. Yards rise. Name. Birds shot at. Total. 23/ Sir F. lohnstone 23 Mr. C. J. Monk. M.P. 23 Captain Boycott 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 26/ Mr. Moore 26 Captain Hill 23 Mr. J. M. Thorp 27 Lord Holmesdale, M.P. 27 Mr. C. Hambro 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 24 Lord Willoughby do Broke 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 23 Earl of Winchilsea 24 Captain Baskerville Captain Fredericks (29), with nine others, retired, some having only scored three out of five, and others as low as one out of three. By the above score it will be seen that Sir F. Johnstone and Mr. Monk killed all their birds, and in shooting off as usual, bird for bird, Sir Frederick killed five in succession, and so obtained the first prize of £7O. Mr. Monk missed his fifth, so received the second prize of £2O. Captains Boycott and Hill, and Messrs. Moore and Thorp having killed five each, shot off for the third prize, when Captain Boycott brought down his first two, and re ceived £10; Captain Hill missing one out of two, Messrs. Moore and Thorp being out of it from the first. Messrs. Lysley and Rudd contend in a match at three birds each, 30 yards rise, when the former won by killing all three. There was7a Sweepstakes of £1 each, and 17 gentlemen contended, at three birds each. Captains Baskerville and Hill, Messrs. Laing, Noriss, Lysley, Rudd, and Lord Parker killed all their birds ; and it was rare sport, for in shooting off, bird for bird, Captain Baskerville and Mr. Laing killed six in succession, which, making their total nine, they divided. Mr. liudd was close up, as he only missed his ninth bird. There were many other matches, and a large amount of bye shooting. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH- SATURDAY. The wheat market to-day was much influenced by the peaceful character of the news from the continent; and to effect sales a reduction of 58 to 6s per qr. had to be sub mitted to, but these terms were reluctantly accepted, and only a few transactions took place. Little doing in other articles. Much rain has fallen, thunderstorms have been prevalent during the week, and the hay harvest has been much impeded in consequence. White wheat (weighing 641 b), 55s to 57s ; old,red aitto weighing 651 b), 518 to 535; new red ditto weighing 601 b to 631 b), 518 to 53s ; best malting barley weighing 521 b to 531 b), 36s to 388 ; runs ditto (weighing 511 to 521 b), 34s to 36s ; distilling ditto (weighing .501 b to 521 b), 30s to 32s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 57s to 39s ; peas (maple), 36s to 38s per qr. Flour, 32s 6d per sack. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. Tho supply of wheat to-day was tolerable. Buyers ope rated slowly, at a decline of 3s to 4s per qr. There was a scanty supply of barley, and prices were unchanged. The show of oats was very limited, and samples were disposed of at the rates current this day week. Of beans the show* was short, and prices ruled firm. New white wheat, 56s to 62s ; new red, 52s to 58s ; old, white, 55s to 60s ; old red, 50s to 56s per 36 stone. Bar ley, for malting, 35s to 40s per qr.; grinding, 30s to 340 per 30 stone. Oats, old, —s to —s ; now, 27s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 50s to 55s ; new, 46s to 50s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 46s ; seconds, 40s to 43s per 20 stone. YORK-SATURDAY. We had a seasonable show of wheat at our market to day. The demand was very limited at several shillings per qr. reduction. Of grinding barley there was hardly any on offer, and no alteration occurred in prices. For oats there was a moderate demand, and prices were similar to those of last week. There was a tolerable demand for beans, which made fully late currencies. New white wheat, 56s to 62s ; new red, 53s to 56s per 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 32s to 34s per qr. ; grinding, 32s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 28s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 48s to 50s per 38 stone. Malt, 66s to 685. Flour, 40s to 42s per sack of 2801bs. NOT TINGHADI-SATIMDAY. There was a middling show of wheat, for which the de mand was flat, at 3s per qr. less money. There was very little barley shown, and prices were the same as heretofore. Of oats the supply was again short, and recent rates wero well established. Beans were scarce, and commanded high rates. Old white wheat, 58s to 66s ; old red, 54s to 59s ; nevi white, 56s to 65s ; new red, 50s to 58s per 36 stone. Oats, old, 32s to 365; new, 26s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 52s to 54s ; new, 46s to 50s per 38s stone. Fine flour, 39i to 41s per sack. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa July 20. Ditto, via Marseilles July 14. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet ...... Aug. 5. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 22. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July 3. Ditto, via Marseilles July i 4. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 3. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. . July 13. Ditto, via Marseilles . ... July 7. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton .. July 3. Ditto, via Marseilles July 7. Mauritius, via Southampton July 13 Ditto, via Marseilles. July 7. Newfoundland Portugal . . .....Aug 5. 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, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..July 13. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. —July 11. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) - July 14. Cuba and Mexico July 30. Bahamas, via New York. July 26. Bermuda, via Halifax . .Aug. 1. ADVERTISEMENT.} -Avoid medicines: they always WO' vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious Health - Restoring Revslents Arabica Food, which yields three time , the nourishment of the best meat, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and invariably restores perfect digestion. strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, re freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 60, 09° Cures :—Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehall , of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility' nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad dirlee.: tion, constant sleeplessne ss , an d t h e most i ntolera b le ner von, agitation.—Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies. Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.- 10 ' 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia , nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, liatulenoP spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly."—Cure 149 ' 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derange' ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabetb Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, 100 spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure No. 54,616. The Rev. Ja l , ll T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, "of indi ge stion and ton ) ; dity of the liver. which had resisted all medical treatmcnt- 1 In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 4s 6d ; 51b, 118 ; 121 b, 22s ; 2416+ 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street; likely/ 0e at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgste street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, strand; 38, Upper 'salter-street ; 103. Tottenham - court-road ; 96 ' Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Clove Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, S t ' John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and oho' mists.—Beware of spurious imitations. Births. CHEALES—On the 6th inst., at Hagworthingham, nea r Spilsby, the wife of Wm. B. Chenles, Esq., of a son. PARKER —On the 4th inst., at Long Melford, Suffolk, tila wife of Sir Wm Parker, Bart., of a daughter. Tr.tus—On the sth inst., Mrs. Tyars, of Charles-stag e Soho-square, of a daughter. WHITE—On the 6th inst., at 89, Lowndes-square, the wife of Col. Henry D. White, C. 8., of a son. Marriages. Anmont—MALLAnv—On the sth inst., at St. James's, re d ; dington, the Rev. Saml. C. Armour, 8.A., o f Gree r. Crosby, Lancashire, to Sophia, daughter of the late Mallaby, Esq., of iirkenhead. DowsoN—SWAN—On the sth inst., at St. Stephen's, Lewi ° * . ham, Alfred C. Dowson, Esq., of Bridge Dock, Lir'lt; house, to Annie Chalmers, second daughter of the 18 Robert D. Swan, Esq., of the Indian Navy, and of Lia droo Banda, Ceylon. Deaths. BONALLACK .-On the 4th inst., Mr. Jacob Bonallack, o ° 3 of the firm of Bonallack and Son, of Whitechapel, ag e 76. BRENCHLEY—On the 6th inst., Adeline, the wife of Joh° Brenchloy, Esq., of Ililgate, near Maidstone. CASTLE—On the 3d inst., at Cleevo Court, Somerset, n° l/t. Castle, Esq., agod 59. HANNAH—On the 20th ult., at Aberdeen, H. G. tranna li i Esq., of Huntly, aged 52. HANBuity—On the sth inst., at Bognor, Mr. John Hanbury, of 30, Carlton Villas, Maida-vale, aged 38. n PHEYSEY—On tho 7th inst., Henry Pheysey, E s q., of Prince's-square, Kensington-gardens, aged 49. X' STEUART—On the sth inst., at Allanton House, LanaLw shire, Lillias Margaret, younger daughter of the late w Reginald Macefonald Seton Steuart, Bart. _ - WS' London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDit— of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Trug SUN Office, No. V o l Strand, in the Precinct of; the Savoy,' in the Coun t y bliddleee&—Nonday, July 9, MM. 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