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TITEATRE ROYAL, HAYALiRKET.— Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF conFoßr. ilf r. Howe and Miss Ada Cavendish. After which, DAVID GAR RICK : Messrs. Sothern, Buck stone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Coe, ac.; Mesdames Moore, Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, &c. To be followed by LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR : Messrs. Sothern. Buckstone, Gordon, Braid, (to. ; Mrs Chippendale, M es Hill, &a. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. SUMMER SELSON.—Doors open at Half-past Seven, performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. THIS EVENING, a New and Original Drama, in Three Acts, by Watts Phillips, Esq., entitled THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN. I'rincipal characters by Mrs. Stir.ing, Miss Neilson, M iss Augusta Thomson ; 'lr. Gem. e Honey and Mr. Vining. Grand ballet 01 Bohemians, in which MM Flageo let, Clodoche, Comete, and I\ ormande , w ill appear. Ne s scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds. NEW THEATRE -ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7 precisely, TUE FAST FAMILY. Messrs. Billinizton, J. L. Toole, Paul .13‘dfori, R Phillips, Eburne; Mrs. A. Mellon .Miss Woolgar), Miss fl. Simms. Mi s s Furtado, Miss Smith, Miss Seaman, Miss God salt, and Mrs. H. Lewis. After which a Burlesque Opera, called lIELENE ; or, T,ken from the Greek. Messrs. J. L. Toole , P. Bedford , R. Phillips, Ashley , Eburne; Mrs. A, Mel lon , M iss Furtado , Miss Seaman, Miss Godsall, &C. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE WEATHERCOCK. After which, will be produced the grand Easter Burlesque, PARIS; or, Vive Lempiere : Mes,rs. Stoyle, 'Lhorne,Jamee, Fenton : Mesdames A. Swanborougb, Raynham, Simpson. Johnstone, Ranoe, and Holt. To conclude with Ml. AND MRS. WHITE. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.— Under the Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. THIS EVENING, the new adaptation of Chas. 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MILL should have mixed himself up with the Jamaica Committee, and, still more, that he should come forward in Parliament to advocate their views. Last night in the house he gave notice that on Thursday next he would put a series of questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the transactions in Jamaica. These, of course, allude to the matters which have been made the subject of so much discussion, and given rise to such angry remarks and bitter altercation. After enumerating some of those whose names figured conspicuously in the accounts of the insurrection, the series concludes with the two chief parties in the affair, and it is asked whether any steps have been taken, or will be taken, for the bringing to trial of Colonel NELSON, Brigadier-General, in Jamaica, for unlaw fully causing to be tried, in time of peace, by mili composed, and a ft er suc h tary courts irregularly trial to be unlawfully put to death, GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON, and o th ers. Finally, comes the chief offender, Mr. EDWARD JOHN EYRE, late Governor of Jamaica, and it is asked whether any legal proceedings have been, or will be ordered to be, taken against him " for com plicity in all or any of the above acts, and particularly for the illegal trial and execution of Mr. GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON ; if not, whether her MAJESTY'S Government are ad vised that these acts are not offences under the criminal law ?" Can anything be more ill-judged or ill-advised than this series of questions ? and what is the end which they are supposed to answer ? Surely the Royal Commission that was sent out to Jamaica did enough, and more than enough, to vindicate the cause of the negro, and to discriminate concerning the authenticity and legality of the trials that took place. In many re spects it would have been better if the Commission ers had deemed it expedient to take more evidence On the side of those accused of cruelty and the com mission of illegal acts, but the talk of beginning the case over again in a criminal court is really quite preposterous. Sufficient injury has been done to the cause of good order in our colonies throughout the world by the unwise and arbitrary proceedings of Earl RUSSELL in hastening to supersede Governor EYRE, and to throw the weight of his opinion into the scale against him. Two letters from Mrs. GORDON, sent to Mr. CIIAMEROVZOW, are published according to her suggestion. They seem as fair as we can expect under the circumstances, and, what is of most importance, she declares her unwillingness to prose cute the ex-Governor of Jamaica. It seems to us that this decided expression of opinion from one so deeply concerned the matter sh ou ld h ave due weight with those who have professed to take up her cause in doing justice to the memory of her late husband ; but it appears otherwise, and Mrs. GORDON felt constrained to write again to explain that she could not in any way interfere with it. The Jamaica Committee considered it advisable to take proceedings. THIS DAY.—darning, 6h. 10m.—Afternoon, 6h. 30m, To-Moßnow.-AlorDing, 6h. 50m.—Afternoon, 7h. 15m, •4" q .t._- , . , r iiii., tb. .......,04,. • LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1866, Mr. BERKELEY'S annual motion for the Ballot always succeeds in eliciting some discussion, and if it serves no other purpose, it at least proves that the English Legislature is not wholly indifferent to the scandals of electoral corruption and intimida tion. We have at least 110 members who are willing to sacrifice prejudice and interest to secur ing a better state of things, and who do not con sider bribery, intimidation, drunkenness, and riot ing as especially 4 , English" virtues. It is not therefore altogether unreasonable to hope that another House of Commons may reverse the order and give the ballot a majority of 87 instead of a minority like last night. The worst of it is that the evil, like most other evils, tends to perpetuate itself. Noble lords and honourable gentlemen, who owe their seats to threats of eviction, promises of custom, and a liberal use of the current coin of the realm, are not very likely to record their votes in favour of the Ballot pier et simple. The introductory pro cess by which they obtained the envied seat in Parliament is not likely to develope a high degree of patriotic and disinterested virtue, so that as long as we have a House of Commons returned by the same influences as it is now, there will always be a strong party ready to fight to the last against the introduction of the obnoxious and too efficacious remedy. But it may encourage us to remember amid the laughter which always attends the yearly debate on the Ballot that the case is not hopeless. The early days of every great Reform had to en counter opposition as resolute, ridicule as unsparing, argument as ingenious, denunciation as loud. The Constitution, as we all know, trembled in the balance before the great Reform of 1832. No one can now trouble himself to remember the fearful results which were to follow the Catholic Emancipation, while as for Free Trade it was to plunge the country in ruin, and the Factory Acts were to paralyse our manufacturing industry. It is noticeable, however, that the opponents of the ballot do not venture to specify the direct evils which are to result from its adoption. They prefer to soar into the regions of abstract morality, to enlarge upon the great public trusts co mmitted ' to the voter, the benefits of publicity, &c. Certainly it would be subjecting the gravity of the House of Commons to a severe test if any one were to sug gest that the ballot would demoralise the voter after the revelations of Nottingham and its fellows. Nobody pretends to deny that bribery, intimida tion, corruption, and influence in various forms exist throughout our constituencies more or less. We do not of course accuse all the opponents of the ballot of interested motives, but they rather under rate the weakness of their fellowmen, or overrate their virtues. How can we expect a tenant farmer to offend his landlord, a tradesman to affront his customer, a clerk or a merchant to disoblige his employer Nay, how can we ex pect struggling professional men to be altogether Of course we all know what the purport of the answer will be that Mr. MILL will receive to morrow, and it will then remain for us to see what course will be adopted by these devotees to the negro c ause. It is certainly a matter of regret that public men s h ould thus commit them selves to but the promoti on o f partial and prejudiced views; as for Mr. EYRE and his coadjutors, who are as sailed for having done their duty in a trying mo ment, it will be the best thing that can happen to them if they are prosecuted by this com m itt ee. Th e public will then have an o pportunity of judgi ng th e merits of th e case more fully thanthey have hitherto done, and also they can fully estimate the man ner in which their actions have been criticised by those who really understand but little of the true merits of the case. In the present day we have , independent of the wishes of those whose • wealth r.zeen nothing to equal the fanaticism which has been or position renders them valuable Metal or I exhibited respecting this Jamaica business, and we dangerous enemies ? Well-meaning men of shall not be sorry to see the perverse upholders of average character are not prepared for any prejudice e x p ose d as they ought to be, for they are suc h Curtius-like sacrifices. Political questions sacrificing sense to the furtherance of their schemes, are not the all-important matters of life to th em, and making a mockery of the name of justice. they are naturally inclined to consider first the in terests of themselves and their families. It is use less to argue from abstract principles ins'cead of from acknowledged facts. We have to deal with ordinary men, not with a population of stoics and philosophers, and if we legislate on high-flown notions of what men ought to be rather than what they are, we shall end by making them a great deal worse instead of better. This, in fact, is the tendency of the present system. Bribery and corruption are increasing rather than diminish ing, and the scenes at our periodical elections are lamented by men of all parties and opinions. As a Tory candidate justly observed, "No evil can equal that of wholesale and open corruption ;" yet there is no denying that it existed to a large extent at the very last general election. The clubs univer sally employ the Ballot to avoid the awkwardness attending open voting, and their members find it highly advantageous to the general interest without injuring their public morality or destroying their English qualities. Mr. MOWBRAY, wbo came for ward as the champion of the good old abuses last, night, told his hearers that there was no analogy between the cases, since the one was the election of a person for social purposes, the other the election of a person to dis charge a great public trust. Does the hon. member think " a great public trust " is more likely to be fulfilled by the man who gains his election by his guineas than by him who is obliged to depend on the honest opinions of his constituents? Mr. MOWBRAY made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the publicity which is the great principle of the English Constitu ' tion. " Every act an English elector had to do," he exclaimed,with virtuous indignation, " had to be done in the face of day." Was Mr. MOWBRAY ever on an election committee? Does he really believe that every thing is done in the face of day ? Are there no such things as agents? Are there no secret meet ings, no money-changing hands in a contested elec tion ?—to be candidly of opinion that every man walks soberly and independently to the poll to re cord his vote for the candidate whom he really pre fers. If Mr. MOWBRAY himself is fortunate enough to represent such an immaculate constituency, we can only doubt whether the experience of the other 657 M.P.'s would tend to confirm his opinion. Mr. BERKELEY is at present the leader of a forlorn-hope, but we need not despair. The common sense and good feeling of the country are on his side, and he has mixed too long in public life not to know that the old adage about the ultimate victory of truth and right is generally realised amongst us. The prospect at first may seem cheerless enough, but only let the cause be urged with sincerity, with per severance and with moderation, and the vic tory is certain. By degrees argument over comes prejudice, fact silences assertion, and the public conscience speaks too loudly to be mocked by interest or party feeling. It has been the case time after time it will yet be the case with the Ballot. We have only to convince these who are honestly opposed to it that its benefits will be greater than the drawbacks they apprehend. We may leave transcendental moralists and elec. It will really be a relief to all parties when the German war is over, for it has been on the side of the Austrians and their allies one of the most ill managed and ill-conducted affairs ever witnessed. Not in one instance, but throughout the events of the struggle, we may fairly say that they have done their best to lose, and have succeeded beyond all expectation. Far too much was done before the actual strife commenced, and far too little was done after it began. No one in England can comprehend why Austria should have risked all her hopes and drained her very existence when she could not in reality have felt at all secure of victory. There is everything to ad mire in the dauntless courage and stedfast resist ance which some nations have exhibited when forced to engage in war at a great disadvantage, but it may truly be affirmed of the Austrian Government that they provoked the contest, whose issue has been so disastrous to them, and whose results are likely to cost them so dear. It would have been better to have given up the Duchies at once to Prussia, instead of persisting in refusals and reprisals, which, after all, amounted to sham without substance. As for the Federal army, it seems that it might as well have remained inactive for any good that it has done ; one defeat after another has allowed the Prussians to enter Frankfort. The last accounts from Berlin state that the negotiations for a three days' truce between the Austrians and Prussians have failed, and that the Prussians are advancing upon Vienna. Indeed all their forces seem to be about to be concentrated in that direction. The Austrians have evacuated Moravia without making any resistance, and the Prussians seem to be suc ceeding everywhere in an extraordinary manner. It must have exercised a most depressing influ ence on the Federal forces to find so large a share of territory occupied by the Prussians, and as for the Austrians, whatever hopes they started with seem to have disappeared at the rapid successes their enemies met with at the outset of the struggle. We hardly see what end Austria has in view in this resumption of hostilities. Surely better terms could have been made before Vienna was in the possession of the enemy, and it would have been more profitable if some of the energy so manifest in the later manifestoes of the EMPEROR had been visible at an earlier period of the war. It is still doubtful what course France will pur sue in this strange affair, but conjecture will be rife again now that Prince NAPOLEON has left Paris for the head-quarters of King VICTOR EMMANUEL. He is intrusted with a " special mission." What its nature may be cannot be ascertained just yet, but the fact goes far to prove that the Emperor NAPOLEON is by no means 1 so indifferent a spectator of the contest as some suppose. His interference may come too late to save Austria from the effects of this ill-starred campaign, but it will not be too late to check __— Prussia in' her course of spoliation, and her insane desire to pursue territorial aggrandisement to the negject of all better considerations and higher in terests. The end is not yet come to the German civil war any more than the Convention at Gastein was the conclusion of the Dano-German SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1866. play, and must replace it instantly in his cash-box on account of his employer. The shopkeeper offered to take the letter himself, and found no difficulty in recognising the gentleman as he came out of the office. When the latter read the letter he appeared to be much enraged, said his son might go to the devil, and that he would do nothing more for him. After a few seconds, however, tears came into his eyes, and he appeared to relent. "I won't drive him to despair," said the gentleman : " take him this 200 f.-note." On the return of the shopkeeper the supposed son was much delighted, and said that he bad saved his life. He added that he would keep his promise to give 25f., but as he had no change perhaps the shopkeeper would keep the note and give him the difference. The shopkeeper did so. The note turns out to be a forged one. Two hundred Americans residing in Paris have sent an invitation to the 7th Regiment of New York Militia to come and pay a visit to the capital during the Great Exhibition. There is at present a considerable exportation of cattle from Calais and Boulogne for England. In one week 600 oxen from the south of France were embarked, and in one day only 388 left France for the same destination. These cattle have all been bred by French farmers and graziers. Chicot, one of the sailors acquitted by the Mari time Tribunal of Brest of the charge of murder and piracy on board the Faderis Area, has just engaged himself in the 2d Regiment of Marine Infantry. It was through the information and disclosures of Chicot that the circumstances of the terrible drama on board that vessel became kn own. The Siecle, speaking of the ext raor di nary weather yesterday, says The inhabit ants of the Place Vendome witnessed a phenomenon,which is certainly not common. Between five and six in the evening there was a very heavy shower of rain, which while the sun was s last bin e i d n g t b h r r i e g e h o l y r f a o n u d r n m ot i n a u e t e l l d was to be seen in the sky. We saw the same phenomenon on the Boulevard des Italiens—a meteorological fact, which is be explained by a sudden condensation, under an electric current, of the volume of water with which the atmosphere was saturated." The vineyards of Poniard have been almost de stroyed by a violent hailstorm. The crop is esti mated at a million of francs. The yin de Poniard is generally considered as very delicious. In neigh bouring districts there will be a loss of one-half of the first-class wine. A young girl of 16, residing at Tours, has been for 40 days in a deep lethargic sleep. She breathes easily and regularly, and presents every appearance of health, but she does not speak and does not appear to hear what is said. She is nourished with liquids, which are forced down her throat. There has been a frightful murder and suicide at the hamlet of ThEys, in the department of Isere. For two years an individual had been on intimate terms with a married woman. She suddenly broke off the acquaintance, which so enraged the man that he watched for her in the fields at the ti me s h e was going home to prepare her husband's sup per. He tied the poor woman's hands, put somethi ng i nto her mouth to prevent her from crying out, violated her, and then murdered her with a knife, affer uhich he shot himself. An old woman, a neighbour, witnessed the murder as she was going home. Baronet Brunet Denon, formerly aide-de-camp to King Murat, has just died in Paris. The storm of yesterday, although it has refreshed the air and vegetation, has not much cooled the temperature. There has been slight thunder at intervals duriAg the afternoon, and the sky had a dark and stormy aspect all the morning. About three o'clock there was another storm of thunder and lightning, but the rain was not so heavy as that of yesterday. La Liberte has a vulgar and violent article against England, by M. Emile de Girardin, founded upon Mr. Disraeli's address to his constituents. It says that France can attend to her own affairs, whatever may be the opinion on the policy of England. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF C IMONS.-JULY 17. BALLOT. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Motion made, and question put, t ' a ‘ i T a h l a sßv t ua , ultsi h k:\ a t_e.aul v nl, i ,, n }A.3.E g ...w. re . gard to the failure of all direct legislation against corrupt prac tices at Parliamentary elections, it is expedient to make experiment of the system of taking t an h d e raio v owr o : t c: e it s .. a t such elections anonymously, according ti owl t ipe h nt e ,ans la itr : L i i i . low in force in other parts of her Majesty's dominions." The house divided—ayes, 110 ; noes, 197, AYES —llO. Adair, H. E. Gower, F. L. Ayrton, A. S. Goschen, G. J. Baines, E. Grenfell, H. It. O'l'eilly, M. W. Barcl,iy. A. C. Greville, Col. }% Osborne, R. B. Barnes, T. Bass, M. T. slll ß l°: u o s t s te e r n , , E s . ir , W. e e b r o i d w a , n J , J. } G T .. B . Baxley, T. it G i ar r Gridley, . O H rG. .. c a p tit Peto, Sir M. Biadulph, M. Harris, J. D. Phillips It. N. Blake, J. Henderson, J. Platt, J. Bonham-Carter, J. Henley, J. W. Butler, C. S. B ibbert, ;J. T. Potte T. B. Candlish, J. Hodgkinson, G. Pricer'R G. Cave, T. Reardon, D. J. Chambers, 31. Chambers, T. In_ ham, Robert Robartes, T. J. A. Clay, J. Clive, G. Ki l l l i ee o " na l Holland, , 1 , E . , cr . a. p Colerid;_e, J. Kinglake, A. W. s am _ ue on, B. Collier, Sir R. P. K inglake, Serj. J. Seely, C. Smith, J. B. Li a i u w n r a , i n r c d , : A. W. le . atham, W. Stacpoole, Capt. Crossley, rro o oaw r su b est a . nlu l e,r l y y d J, , , Davie, Sir 11. R, F. Leeman, G. Sykes, Col. E. H. J. Lawson, J. Taylor, I'. A. Duff, M. E. Lewis, 11. Lite, W. Eykyn, R. Locke, J. Trevelysn, G. Dillwyn, L Sliii . r. L lll. .. :l L L e e fevre, G. J. S . Lusk, A. Fawcett, H. Villiers, C. P. Tildes, J. M'Kenna, J. N. Foley, ll.' M'Laren, D. Whalley, G. 11. Fordyce, W. Maguire, J. F. hitbread, S. Forster, C. Martin, P. W. White, J.' Forster, W. E. Merry, J. Woods 11. Gavin, Major Monk, C. Wyld, Gibson, T. M. Morris, W. J, Gilpin, C. Morrison, W. Goldsmid, Sir F. Neate, C. TELLErinßerkeley, H. F. Goldsmid, J. Ogilvy, Sir J. 'Vivian, 11, 11. NOES-197, Acland, T. D. Eckersley, W. Miller, S. B. Adderley, C. B. Egerton, Sir P. mill er, T. J. Andover, Lord Egerton, E. C. Parke, a, e Ne w ice d ei ;:a .E t iiir e , C. Mord tunt, Sir C. Morgan, O. Morgan, Major Mowbray, J. 11. Aytoun, R. S. AA A rr n ke n hw e d s ra l i g e n y il , tc: C av o p l .t . i II . Fellowes, E. Naas, Lord Baggallay, R. Ba4ge, W. Floyer J. I I:: e ag i ne l dre Egerton, I J I. V . . Fergusson, Sir J. Nicol, J. D. Bailey, Sir J. Forester, Gen. North, Col. Baillie, H. J. Galway, Viscount Northcote, Sir S. 11. Baring, Henry George, J. Baring, H. B. Baring, T. Packe, Colonel Baring, T. G. Paget, R. H. Barnett, B. Goodson, J. GG 00 Gladstone, idddnaeryd,GA :WI; L. II , Barrow, W Parker, major W. W. H. Gore, J. It. 0. Patten, Colonel W. Barttelot, Col. Gorat, J. Bass, A. Graves, S. R. Peel, Sir R. Peel, Gen, Bathurst A. A. Greenall, G. Percy, Earl Beach, Sir M. Greene, Pim. J. E. Beach, W. Grey, Sir G. Powell F. S. Beecroft, G. S. Griffith, C. D. Read, , C. S. Beresfard, D. Grove, T. Repton, G. W. J. l ifil le are n rvth le e y P , P j Bingham, Lord Hamilton, Lord C. Ridley, Sir M. W. Booth, Sir R. liamilton, Visct. Russell, Sir C. Bourne, Col. Hardy, G. Samuda, J. Bovill, W. Hartley, i f. Saunderson, E. Brett, W. B. 3, Lord A. Sclater-Booth, G. Bromley, W. D. Hay, Sir J Scourfield, J. H. Bridges, Sir B. W. Bruce, Lord C. Heatheote, G. IL Sel w yn, C. J. Bruce, Lord E. A. Heathcote, Sir W. Severn°, J. E. F. L je a rv ng o t i o s n e , wSir. G. .istiLkley, E. Simonds, W. B. Buller, Sir E. M. liesketh, Si T. Smith, S. G. Burghley, Lord Bildyard, T Smollett, P. B. Burrell, Sir P. 11° gg, 1 4-Col. Somerset, Col. E. Cairns, Sir H. Hood, Sir A, Speirs, A. Campell, A. H. iz -411 ani. Lord Stall ley, Lord Capper. C. "'owes, E . Stanley, F. Cartwright, Col. li umphery, W*. Stucley, Sir G. S. Cave, S. Hunt, G. - • Sturt, H. G. Clinton, Lord A. P. Jon es, ,Z. J. Sykes, C. Clinton, Lord E. P. K ok, J : Thorold. J. H. Clive, Capt. G. W. Kendall, N, Cavendish, Lord Tollemache, J. Cobbold, J. C. King, J . K. Tottenham, Lt-Col. Cole, Hon. J. L. K ilig , J. G. Treeby, J. W. , Cole, Hon. H. Knight, 1, , , Trollope, Sir J. Sturt, Lt.-Col. N. Colvile, C. R. Courtena', Lord ii_ -eY. Sir Earl of linie-hti w_ Turner, C. uox, Col Tyrone, Cooper, E. 11, Laird, J. Walcott, Admiral Crosland, Col. Waldegrave:Les!ie Cubitt, G. Leader, N. P. Walker,Major U. Cust, Hon C. H. Le,,11 Major ~, waipole, S. 11. , C. Dawson, Captain Letroy, A, Walsh, A. Dent, J. D. Walsh, Sir J. Lennox, Lord G. G. W . E. Dick, F. Lennox, Lord IL G. WeIPY, 6 Dickson, Major Liddell, H. G. Dimsdale, R. Lindsav, Col. IL . M. .E1.v13.. Schreiber, ii. W. Disraeli, B. Lon.- I ,-,, t. p Wise, H. C. Du Cane, C. Lopes, Sir H. Wyvill, M. Duncombe, W. E. Lowther, .J. Yorke, J. R. Dunne, Gen. 3l'La.• ball, V. Williams,W l il il l i l a ams: Col. Du Pre, C. G. M ainwaring, T. Dyott, Colonel Marsh, XL it, Eaton, 11. W. 31111 J s L TELLERS. Taylor, Colonel Noel, G. J. JIFEBOAT SERVICES. CovRTOWN, IRELAND, July 16.—At midday (w r it es J. S. Scott, Esq.) a large barqu e was reported to have gone on the Blackwater Bank. The Alfred and Ernest, lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution stationed at Courtown, immediately put off to render assistance. Up to 73° p.m., when our despatch l e f t, the lifeboat had not returned. A telegram subsequently received from Waterford states that the vessel proved to be the Pawnee, of New York from Liverpool to Monte Video with coals, that she struck on the Blackwater Bank, that she was abandoned by her crew, but drifted off, and that she was taken by a tug in charge of the coastguard to Waterford. The Courtown Lifeboat was a gift to the National Lifeboat Institution of the people of Manchester, the cost of that boat and of se veral others having been benevolently raised in that town through the indefatigable exertions of _Hobert Whitworth, Esq., and the Rev. E. Hewlett. The boat is named after the gone of the latter gentleman. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR IN GERMANY, DARMSTADT, July 17. The Prussians have arrested at Frankfort Sena. tors Bernus and Speltz, and the editors of the Pos, Zeitung and the Handels Zeitung. AUSTRIA. ORDER OF THE DAY TO ARMY OF THE SOUTH. VIENNA, July 14. The Archduke Albert has issued the following order of the day to the Army of the South : " Soldiers of the Army of the South !—Our arms have not been favoured in our first combats in the North. The check, however, which they have ex perienced has not been able to shake the confidence of our august Sovereign in our good right and our strength, and the whole of Austria has likewise un shakably resolved upon the most determined conflict until an honourable peace shall have been obtained assuring the European position of Austria. " By the Imperial resolution made known in the manifesto of the 10th July a new task is assigned to us, while the necessary forces remain behind to guard the fortresses of the country, and protect, in concert, with the faithful and brave population, the strongholds of the Tyrol, of inner Austria, and the coasts. I depart with the rest of the army for the North, where the decisive blow will be struck. " Comrades in Arms! I know that you quit with pain the theatre of your last battle, but the hope of fresh victories animates afresh your forces and your courage. You are called upon to complete in the North what you have so brilliantly commenced in the South. " Soldiers of the garrisons of the fortresses of Venice, of the Tyrol, and of the coast ! I declare you to be the inheritors of the victory of Custozza and I leave you as the brave and faithful guardian of the work which has been commenced. Whatever may happen hold on with remarkable tenacity to this glorious legacy and raise aloft the banner of our dear Austria. Your task is as indispensable in the South as ours in the North. All will have part in the same honour, the same gratitude. " Filled with calm confidence, I wish you in my own name, and in the name of all those who are leaving you, a cordial farewell ; but at the same time I look forward to our meeting again. " And you who go with me to the North, let us show the world, in concert with our brothers in arms already there, that the struggle of Austria is not yet broken. Let us march to the decisive encounter full of confidence in God and our strength, which has already helped us to overcome victoriously the greatest difficulties." THE BANK OF PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JULY 18, The Bank of Prussia has reduced its rate of dis count to 7 and 7f per cent. for bills and advances respectively. BRIGANDAGE IN SICILY. MALTA, July 17, 1.10 p.m Captain Shortland, commanding her Majesty's surveying steamer Hydra, and two seamen, were captured by brigands at Maro, Sicily, but were released after a short detention and paying a small ransom. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. QUEENSTOWN, July 18. The Inman steamship City of Boston, from New York on the 7th inst., has arrived here with 272 passengers and $64,000. She landed 48 passengers and 11 sacks of mails, and proceeded for Liverpool at 6 50 a.m. FRANCE. PARIS, July 17. Prince Napoleon left lagt night for the head quarters of the army under Victor Emmanuel. His Highness is entrusted with a special mission. BOURSE, July 17.—Two o'clock.—The market shows more firmness to-day, and quotations have generally regained the ground lost yesterday. Threes are at 68f. 40c., or 30c. higher, and Italian Fives at 52f. 30c., an advance of 70c. Credit Mobilier Shares have improved 13f. 75c., viz., to 635 f., and Spanish Mobilier 7f. 50c., to 332 f. 50c. Credit Foncier Shares are 2f. 50c. higher, at 1270 f., and Comptoir d'Escompte 5f., at 840 f. In Railway Shares Lyons gain 2f. 50c.—at 847 f. 50c. ; Aus trian, If. 25c.—at 340 f. ; and Lombard, 3f. 750. at 376 f. 25c. English Consols are telegraphed with an advance of Three o'clock.—The market closed on the fol lowing quotations : 4j per Cents Do. and month 3 per Cents. Do. end m0nth...... 68 35 _ . Credit Mobilier ... Do. end month ... 630 Credit Fonder — Do. end month 1270 Bank Shares — Italian Loan — Do. end month 52 10 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 'AYS. For Account. Orleans 852 50 Northern lllO Lyons and Mediterranean B5O Southern 525 7. Western 542 50 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 375 North of Spain Saragossa 125 Ditto to Barcelona Roman JOINT STOCK BANKS.—A pamphlet has been published by Mr. William Ray Smee, F.S.A., on this subject, with a view of obtaining for deposits placed at interest in joint stock banks greater security. The matter is a very important one, and the ideas of Mr. Smog are all put forward in a clear, forcible, and intelligent manner, and they deserve the most serious consideration of all those interested in the commercial prosperity of the country. With a view to greater security for the deposits he sug gests to the Legislature the consideration of a measure in which it might be enacted that for every £lOO,OOO received by any bank on deposit at interest approved securities for that amount be lodged in the Bank of England, together with the exact total of such deposits held every Saturday by each bank. The pamphlet is an exceedingly interest ing one, and will well repay perusal. rilE BEAUTY OF ICE.—Witness the phenomena of crystalisation, to appreciate which we need go no further than the freezing of water and the formation of snow. Pro fessor Tyndall deftly and delicately dissects a block of ice by means of a beam from his electric lamp, pulling the crystal edifice to pieces by accurately reversing the order of its architecture. Silently and symmetrically the crystal ising force had built the atoms up ; silently and symme trically does the electric beam take them down. Hero we have a star, and there a star ; and as the action continues, the ice appears to resolve itself into stars, each ono possessing six rays, each ono resembling a beautiful six petalled flower. By shifting the lens to and fro, new star flowers are brought into view ; and as the action continues, the edges of the petals become serrated, spreading them selves out like fern-leaves. Probably few are aware of the beauty latent in a block of common ice. Only think, continues our eloquent countryman, of lavish nature operat g thus throughout the world ! Every atom of the solid ice which sheets the frozen lakes of the north has been fixed according to this law, Nature "lays her beams in music," and it is the function of science to purify our organs so as to enable us to hear the strain. To many persons a block of ice may seem of no more interest and beauty than a block of glass ; but, in reality, it bears the same rela tion to glass that an oratorio of Handel does to the cries in a market-place.:The ice is music, the glass is noise ; the ice is order, the glass is confusion. In the glass, mole cular forces constitute an inextricably entangled skein ; in the ice, they are woven into a symmetric web, of the won derful texture just described.—Dickens's "All the Year Round." COUNTY OF TYRONE ELECTION.—We learn by telegraph that Rear-Admiral Seymour was yesterday re elected for ale county of Tyrone unopposed. CORRESPONDENOZ FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The illoniteur, in its strategical analysis of the position of affairs in Germany, says :—" The com munications, as well by telegraph as by rail, are interrupted on several points of Bavaria. Thus the news relative to the march of the Prussian armies in the interior of Austria only reaches us after con siderable delay, which increases as the Prussians are further removed from the scene of action. We hear, however, that since Friday King William has been at the head-quarters of the army at Brunn, the chief town of Moravia. The corps coming from Iglau occupied Znaim, that is to say, that the valleys converging from the Iglawa and the Thaya are in the hands of the Prussians. To judge by the rapidity with which they have always effected their movements, they must have proceeded further, perhaps after passing Brunn and Znaim they were able to effect their junction in the region of Nichols bourg. This operation, which appears to form part of the Prussian plan of campaign, is analogous to the one which they effected in Bohemia. " The invasion of Moraviaproceeds upon a similar plan, which seems to indicate that the two Armies which traverse that province intend to effect a junc tion before reaching Vienna. The Austrians appear to have formed at Florisdorf a camp, where the army is placed, which is destined, if possible, to de fend the approaches of Vienna, by being in advance of the. enemy. The capital is not considered as a strategic point, and the Government of the Emperor Joseph wishes to save it from the horrors of a struggle. Nevertheless, there is still a considerable force at Olmutz. It is to be remarked in this cam paign, and the more so as they advance, that the Prussians preceed with extraordinary audacity. If they should be victorious to the end, their fortune will prove that they were right, but, in the hypo thesis of a defeat, their position would be seriously compromised. If they should think of a retreat, the Austrian Army at Olmutz, taking them in flank, would cause them extreme embarrassment. In Bo hemia the garrisons of Koniggratz, Josephstadt, and Therescenstadt, which they have neglected, might also intercept their retrograde march. The Prus sians follow the inspirations of the new military school created by Napoleon the First, which consists in massing with overwhelming rapidity large num bers of troops upon a given point. The telegraph states that the engagement which has taken place at Aschaffenbourg was a very serious one. It will give the Prussians the power of marching without obstacle upon Frankfort, and we may expect to hear of their speedy occupation of that city. In Italy Cialdini occupies the plains of Venetia." The Ost Deutsche Post announces that a great council of war was held on Sunday at Vi enna. Count de Mensdorff gave an account of the condi tion of the Army of the North, and Archduke Albert and Field Marshal John described that of the South, and explained what time it would take to come to Vienna. Great secresy is observed as to what was said and done at the Council, but it is said three alternatives present themselves. A decisive battle with the united armies of the North and South ; an energetic defence of the line of the Danube—or the acceptance of the conditions proposed by Prus sia. The Presse of Vienna says that the proposals of France have not been accepted by any of the belligerent Powers. The cholera at Amieus is very nearly extinct. The last bulletin gives the number of deaths iu the day as 12, the lowest number since the outbreak of the disease. The deaths from cholera have been upwards of 80 a-day. Another clever trick has been practised in Paris. A well-dressed young man entered a shop in the Avenue de Maine, and said he was a stranger in the neighbourhood, and wanted to send a confidential letter, which he did not like to entrust to a com.. missionairc. He said he would give 25f. to any one who would take a letter to his father, who was head cashier at the Comptoir d'Esconipte. He said he did not wish the messenger ;c. go into the office, but to wait cutside till his father, whom he described minutely, came out at 11 o'clock. The letter from the swindler im- plored his father to send him a 2001. bank-note or he should be ruined, as ho had lost that money at •••••nt .A...... THE WIMBLEDON MEETING. SECOND STAGE OF HER MAJESTY'S PRIZE. --.A. Cup value £250, cr in money, with Gold Medal and Gold Badge of N.R.A.-800, 900, and 1,000 Yards.—Seven shots at each distance. 800 900 1000 Total . Private Cameron, 6thlnvernessYds Yds. Yd s. P ts. (Winner) 26 •... 22 21 Captain Burra, 29th Kent ... 25 21 17 Private Hals a ll, 21 st L ancashire ... 21 _ 22 ... 22 Sergeant Ni c h o ll s, 15 th Middlesex 23 21 ... 21 Corporal Edwards, 11th Cornwall 21 ... 24 ... 20 Private Ingram, Ist Lanark 23 23 19 Colour-Sergt. Cortes, 11th Sussex 21 ... 21 22 Sergeant Roe, 3d Salop ... 22 ... 21 21 Private Grant, Ist Aberdeen ... 23 ... 22 19 Lance-Corporal Howard, Ist Suffolk 20 ... 21 22 Private Pitts, 4th Somerset 24 ... 16 21 Private Peath, 6th Lancashire 22 19 ... 19 Private Deacott, 2st Notts... 22 ~. 20 10 Sergeant Lovatt, Bth Cheshire 24 17 _lB Sergeant Green, 3d Somerset ... 23 20 16 Ensign Winn, Ist A. B. York 21 18 19 Sergt. Montgomery, 30th Middlesex 16 23 19 Corporal Jones, Bth Salop 17 Private Ridler, Ist Gloucester 20 ~, 22 15 Col.-Sergt. Smith, 33d Lancashire 21 ... 22 ... 14 Ensign Hewitt, 26th Middlesex 20 ~, 24 13 Private Homes, 22d Middlesex ... 15 20 21 Private Waggett, Ist Sussex ... 19 19 18 Corporal Chapman, 3d West York 14 19 22 Corporal Newlyn, Ist Hereford ... 22 12 21 • Private Marshall, 3d Stirling 20 18 17 . Captain Drewitt, 13th Surrey ... 22 _2O 13 Private Hay, 15th Middlesex 19 ~, 17 18 Private Pouncey, 11th Middlesex... 20 ... 19 ... 15 . Sergeant Bacchus, 2d Middlesex.., 9 22 22 . Private Sloper, Ist Somerset ... 22 ~, 19 ,„ 12 Sergeant Westlake, 18th Devon ... 22 17 ... 13 • Private Clemetson, 4th Durham ... 22 ... 17 13 . Private Weir, Ist Surrey Sergt. Bravington, 15 t h Surrey 17 _lB 16 . Capt. Cummins, 80th Lancashire... 23 14 13 Sergeant Walker, Ist London ... 21 _l4 ... 13 Private Kilgour, Ist Edinburgh 19 „, 16 12 Lieut. Fowler, 19th Middlesex ... 19 ... 16 ... 12 Lieut. Hodges, 3d Dorset ... ... 13 16 ... 16 .. Capt. Sanderson, 14th S omerset ... 14 16 ... 15 Quartermaster-Sergt. Larmer, sth Surrey „ • •" ... 23 10 12 .. Private Aldridge, 4th Essex 15 19 ... 9 Corporal Picken, 3d Wigton 18 17 ..• 8 Sergeant Hoare, Ist Brecon 17 18 „, 8.. Private Sharpe, Ist A. B. Notts 17 18 ... 7 Sergeant Robson, Ist Newcastle 18 „, 14 ,„ 8 The remaining 13 competitors retired. An awkward hitch occurred in reference to the Queen's Prize, which at one time bade fair to create confusion. The Birmingham Small Arms Company, by whom the arms and ammunition for the second stage of the contest were this year supplied, were bound by the terms of their contract to provide sufficient supplies. According to their statement, 4,000 rounds were brought down to Wimbledon, and absorbed by Volunteers upon the ground. Be this as it may, it was found, to the general conster nation, when the shooting for the second stage of her Majesty's Prize commenced, that there was no ammunition appropriate •to the rifles to serve out. A Council meeting was hastily summoned, and, the difficulty having been explained to the competitors, there was at one moment an intention of reverting to the Enfield rifles and ammunition for the final struggle. It transpired, however, that many of the Volunteers had in their possession supplies of the small-bore ammunition which they had purchased with a view to private practice ; and, a calculation having been made of the number of rounds procur able in this manner, the competition proceeded, and the fortunate arrival of 1,000 additional rounds from the contractors before the supply thus gathered together had been exhausted removed all further difficulties. The Public Schools match is one of the most popular contests of the year, and yesterday it was, if possible, watched with greater interest than usual. Winchester, for local reasons, was unable to send a contingent ; but the other great schools —Harrow, Eton, Cheltenham, Marlborough, and Rugby —were represented. Collected together at the firing points the dull grey of the school uniforms in quiet dis ciplined squads looked to advantage as central points of the animated and gaily-dressed crowds surrounding them. The firing of the boys as a rule is quicker and more decided than with older marksmen; but the feelingpresents itself at all these matches that the contagious excitement among the bystanders, and the very fact of standing up to shoot in presence of so many lookers-on, must in fluence prejudicially the scores of the Elevens. The main contest was exceedingly well maintained, Eton and Marlborough, though inferior to Har row in the grand total, having each an individual score superior to that of the highest among the Harrow Eleven. This is now the third time con secutively that Harrow has carried off the Ash burton Shield, and the cheering was proportionate. ... 65 ... 65 ... 65 ... 65 ... 61 ... 61 ... 64 ... 63 ... 61 ... 60 ... 60 ... 59 ... 59 ... 58 ... 58 ... 57 .. 48 The proceedings yesterday were highly interest ing. The Public Schools match and the second stage of the Queen's Prize were decided. The knowledge that both these prizes were to be con tested drew to Wimbledon a large and fashionable concourse. Her Majesty's Prize once more dis appointed all calculations of the small-bore shots, and fell to the lot of a Volunteer who never till this competition handled anything better than a rack rifle. In the history of shooting at Wimbledon this affinity of her Majesty's Prize with the humble rank and file is certainly remarkable. Expert riflemen, with full command of time and money, may practise shoot ing till it becomes a science in their hands, gun makers may labour to produce sights warranted almost to win the prize themselves ; but still, upon the field at Wimbledon, all these ingenious contriv ances somehow fail in their object, and the prize is carried off by the steady Enfield shot, who is not accustomed to depend for success upon refined me chanical aids. The case of the Queen's Prizeman for 1866 is a striking proof that at Wimbledon there is for every one a clear stage and no favour. As in 1865, the competitor next upon the list was for a time believed to be victorious, and the congratula tions addressed to Captain Burra, of the 20th Kent, were interrupted by the shouts announcing that his score had been exceeded. The winner, private Angus Cameron, of the 6th Inverness Rifles, is a good specimen of the active Northern volunteer. Only 19 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches in height, and wearing the kilt, he is a model of the Highland light infantry skirmisher. Two years ago he became a volunteer, and in his first year's service obtained the Marksman's Badge, but never till this meeting shot with any other weapon than an Enfield rifle, or at a range greater than 800 yards. All the ad ditional information that it is necessary, or indeed possible to give, is that Private Cameron resides at Kingussie, Inverness-shire; and acts as assistant in business to his brother. It will be perceived from the returns annexed that the score of 69 was in ex cess of the most fortunate rivals of Private Cameron by no less than 3 points ; and, in further proof of the excellence of his shooting, it may be added that the gold medal last year was won with 64 points by Private Sharman. As soon as the competition had closed, and the identity of the winner was ascer tained beyond all doubt, he was caught up in the arms of his countrymen and hurried off to the camp preceded in orthodox fashion by the bull's-ey e fl ag of victory. Turning a corner sharply into the mill yard the procession was lost for a few minutes to the gaze of the general body of sympathising and applauding spectators, while the new Queen's Prizeman was intrusted, like some precious piece of china, to the hands of Mr. Herbert Watkins, the historian, photographically, of the Volunteer move ment. Resuming their onward course, the winner was subsequently half carried, half escorted to the Scottish camp, where there awaited him a trial per haps more arduous than any he had yet undergone. Private Cameron is a strict t ee t o t a ll er, and not even the solicitations of his friends i n th e moment of vic tory could induce hi m t o a b an d on his principles. Accepting, by way of compromise, a draught of ginger beer, " the littl e gillie," as many o f his coun trymen affectionately called him, modestly made his escape from the Scottish camp by a back way, oily to find on returning to his own marquee that some enthusiastic friend had posted up in letters of giant size the announcement that here was the abode of the " Champion, 1866 "—the winner of £250 and the gold medal of the Association. The following are the details of the match, furnished by the statis tical departmen't HER MAJESTY. a~_ Cricket Match at Sandringham. GENTLEMEN OF NORFOLK. Rev. E. Dowell, c Hon. T. de Grey, b Captain Arkwright••• 4 Mr. E. Buxton, c and b Captain Arkwright 20 Captain R. S. Bagge, b Arkwright ••• 12 Mr. A. Craigie, b lion. E. Stanhope 2 Mr. H. R. A. Johnson, c Lord Skehnersdale, b Arkwright ••• 1 Mr. W. Vyse, c Buller, b Captain Arkwright... 8 Mr. H. Barwell, b Arkwright 2 Mr. R. Gurdon, not out... ... 30 Mr. W. Mott, c Fitzgerald, b Arkwright 0 Mr. C. Wright, c and b Arkwright 13 Rev. H. Lubbock, run out ••• ••• 4 Mr. G. Buxton, run out... ... ••• 5 Byes, et.c Total .„ _ll9 At the Zingari's first innings their score was 277• The Prince of Wales played a splendid game. Th° play will be resumed this morning. MARRIAGE OF THE EARL OF SEFTON AND THE HON. Miss JOLLIFFE.--(THIS DAY.)—This morning the Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton, Lord-Lieutenant of Lan' cashire, was married at St. George's, Hanover-square, to the Hon. Miss Jolliffe, only unmarried daughter o f the Right Hon. Lord Hylton. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Cecil Wynter, Rector of Gatton, SurreP The bride was given away by her father, and the bride groom's best man was Col. J. H. Bathurst. An elegant wedding breakfast was given by the father of the b r ide, Lord Hylton, at his residence in Stratton-street, after which the Earl and Countess of Sefton left town for the Rook's-nest, Godstone, the seat of Mr. E. Birkbeck. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—The prorogation of Parliament by Commission, it is understood, will take place on Saturday, the 4th of August. THE NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—It is understood that the only gentlemen of the " Outer Bat" who will have the honour of " Silk" conferred upon them will bo Mr. C. Pollock and Sir G. Honyman, of the Home Circuit ; Mr. VV. A. Mundell, of the Midland Circuit ; and Mr. J. Dickers' son, of the Chancery Bar. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF COPPER.—On Mon' day the price of English copper was reduced £5 per toll. The prices of this metal aro now lower than have ruled for the last 16 years. THE LATE BOAT RACE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. —The stakes in the late match for the championship be tween H. Kelley and J. Hammill will be given up to Kelley at the Canterbury Hall on Thursday next, the 19th instant. LORD MILTON._ We regret to state that Lei Milton is again so seriously ill that he is unable to leave town as soon as was expected, but it is hoped that in the course of a few days ho will be sufficiently recovered to move to the seaside, in accordance with the advice of hie medical attendants. NEW REGISTRY OF VOTERS.—Next Friday is the last day for the payment of taxes to enable persons to ar pear on the registry of voters. All assessed taxes and poor rates due previously to the sth of January must be paid on or before the 20th inst. MUNIFICENT GIFT.—The honorary treasurer of the Manchester Branch of the National Lifeboat Institution, Robert Whitworth, Esq., has just received frc4 o an anonymous donor, who wishes to be known only e. ki H. W., the sum of Xl,OOO, to be devoted to the philanthropic objects of the institution. In accordant e with the wish of the giver, this large donation will be e% . * pended partly in providing a new lifeboat and transporting carriage and boat-house at Lyme Regis, and partly in fur nishing a new boat for Landdwyn on the coast of earner" von. The former boat will be named the " William Wood' cock," after a friend of the donor. In both the above, cases the new boats aro intended to replace old ones, which ha-S ° been the means in years past of saving many lives. Ti le number of lifeboats built by the Manchester branch within the last three years will then be raised to seven. THE REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN HYDE-PARK.-' A general meeting of the London Working Me (3 , ' 0 Assciation was held last evening, when it was resolve , 1.- - " That this association agree to unite with reformers ge rally in making the Hyde -park demonstration as effect isre as possible, and recommend the working men of Lon , 3 05 generally to attend such meeting, trusting that each wo ing man present will consider himself as responsible fo r the good conduct and order of the assemblage." " That the association invites its members, and working men gfin' g ; rally, to assemble in Lincoln's-inn-fields (west side), at. " o'clock, on Monday evening next, the 23d, to proceed in procession to Hyde-park, to take part in the Reform D monstration ;" and a third reso l u ti on was passe d accep ti t with thanks " the offer of the ladies to provide a largo si I banner." ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. A ve ry crowded meeting of this society took place yest or' day ; Mr. W. Wilson Saunders, F.R.S., in the di si r ; Amongst the numerous specim ens ex hibi te d , exclus i v 3 0' a fine collection of plants from Mr. Bull, were two f arra s from Chili, a Polystichuna and Lomaria, Lechieri and Mirenbergia rioularis, a prostrate species, with large v Jil t° flowers, now for the first time introduced into this cou a trs'• Mr. Bateman m a d e some i nterest i ng o b servations on a cal ous orchid, Grammatophyllum Ellisii, and the lovely oi.•ange flowered Mutisia decurrens. Some excellent observatio nns were then made by M. Du Chaillu and the Rev. Mr. El lis on the orchids of Africa and Madagascar, which were most valuable, as affording hints for their successful cultivatio v • The Prince Consort Medal was presented to Mr. B ull, Or having obtained the greatest number of certificates for ob jects exhibited at the Saturday weekly show last Several new fellows were elected, and the Keovil _District Floral and Horticultural Society was admitted into union• FRANKING.—The privilege of franking letters 10 still allowed to members of the Congress of the. United States. The Postmaster-General has just made a report' in which he states that the privilege is so abused ;Ji; t O lessen seriously the postal revenue, and bring reproach upon the department. Ouo senator allows hig niece to write his name upon envelopes to frank them; patent agents send out their circulars under the frank of aineia- Nor of Congress; a clerk in one of the departments farp ,he franks of three members• re ."'"'" d'irfurt---iiks: Ovular OSBORNE, July 17. The Queen went out yesterday afternoon with Princess Louise, and again this morning with her royal highness. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out driving. Sir Thomas and Lady Biddulph had the honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family yes terday. Lady Augusta Stanley has left Osborne. A match between the I Zingari Club and Eleven Gentlemen of Norfolk was commenced yesterday morning, on a splendid piece of table land in front of Park House, on one of the highest pieces of land on the royal estate in Norfolk. The ground has been made for the purpose by direction of the Prince of Wales, and was very pretty. The coin was spun for choice of innings shortly after twelve, immedi ately on the arrival of the Prince of Wales on the ground, and was won by Norfolk, who sent to the wickets the Rev. E. Dowell and Mr. E. Buxton. Captain Arkwright commenced the bowling, faced by the Hon. E. Stanhope. Lord Skelmersdale was put on as wicket-keeper, tee Rev. Hope Grant was long stop, and his royal highness short-leg. Royston was umpire for the I Zingari, and Muncey for Norfolk. Mr. Buxton opened proceedings by obtaining a good drive for three, and ere he had terminated had scored 29, made up of four 3's, three 2's, &c. He was then caught and bowled by Captain Arkwright. Rev. E. Dowell got 4 ; one 2 and two singles, when he was caught out by the Hon. T. de Grey, M.P. Captain R. S. Bagge batted steadily, making an innings of 12, with two 3's, two 2's, &c. Mr. Craigie did not play up to his usual form, as his wicket fell for a 2. Mr. Johnson was caught out by Lord Skelmersdale, having only just hatched his duck's egg. Mr. Vyse got 8, made up of a 4, a 2, and two singles. Mr. Gurdon, the hon. Secre tary, made a very respectable score of 30, which in" eluded a 4, five 3's, two 2's, &c. Mr. W. Mott got the inevitable " duck." Mr. C. "Wright batted steadily, getting 13 before he was caught and bowled by Arkwright. His score included four 2's. Mr. Lubbock got 4, a 2, and two singles. Mr. G. Buxton commenced with a 3, and after getting two singles besides, he run out. The wickets fell as follow :—First for 7 runs, second for 3 0 ; third for 42, fourth for 50, fifth for 57, six for 62, seven for 62, eight for 64, nine for 9 3, ten for 103, and eleven for 119. The bowling Was good, but the batting for Norfolk was very superior. The following is the bowling analysis :—Captain Arkwright, 120 balls, 54 runs, 9 maidens, 8 wickets; Hon. E. Stanhope, 100 balls, 52 runs, 3 maidens; and 1 wicket ; Hon. T. de Grey, 16 balls, 4 runs; and 1 maiden ; Mr. Fitzgerald, 1 ball and 1 wicket. The following was the score when the parcel was despatched : ... 69 . 66 57 57 1.); b o A 1) 0 I) ,,itt c or 00. Ak tistris, F l e tc h 1111 Coxi so i s 1) °. 4 Ch. Col Cul La ) Oa/ Kg 3 D tire, ' Gua ttaii D, kex 11, 3 , N e .1) ( 121 ( 4107 u nc DC Di• J ' O a ti .--ortl 11 0 D o 0 . " 1 18s1 D o D o Do 1)‘ 0 - uardi Do, s pan; D o D o D o Do 11 0 "I) tni