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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. A ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT. Mr. W. Farren and Miss Ada Cavendish. A f ter which, DAVID GAR RICK: Messrs. Sothern, Buck stone,•Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Coc, Ac.; Mesdames Moore, Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, Ac. To be followed by LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR : Messrs. Sothern. Buckstone, Gordon, Braid, Ac. ; Mrs Chippendale, M ss Hill, Ac Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vinino. SUMMER SEASON.—Doors open at Half-past Seven, performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. THIS EVENING, a New and Original Dram•, in Three Acts, by Watts Phillips, Esq., entitled THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN. Principal characters by Mrs. Stir.ing, Miss Neilson, Miss A ucrusta Thomson ; Mr. G eor_ e Honey:m(l Mr. Vining. Grand rallet of lioliendans, in which MM Flageo let, clodoche, Comete, and Normande, will 2 ppear. New scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds. 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DAY.—Morning, lb. 38m.—Afternoon, 2h. 6m, TJ-Moitnow.-Morning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 55m, t -.: - P ; 1311__ "-ria- 11 g On" 1 " 411$11 A PII- N.,. :,.i;-,.,,,, 1 ,,p 1 Nit SUM neglecting to test a system which affected the best interests of the country. England, said the right hon. baronet with great truth, has entered upon a costly race, but it is one in which she cannot afford to be beaten, and no Ministry, be it Whig, Tory, or Radical, would dare to suffer the naval power of the country to be diminished. One of the main principles which should now govern our Admi ralty is perfect fairness, and unless merit is allowed at least a trial and a hearing, we shall be obliged to copy from other nations instead of profiting by the genius and the industry at our own doors. Captain COLES'S method deserves different treatment from that which it has hitherto received, and we hope the presence of the Miantonomah in British waters will urge on our authorities to prompt and impartial action. So far as the pledges on the hustings are to be taken as a test the members of the new Admini stration promise fairly. It remains for them to act up to their promises, and to show that they deserve that fair and candid trial which men of all parties are at this crisis willing to accord to them. LONDON, ?lIURSDAY, JULY 12, 1866. The addresses delivered yesterday by the several Ministers who have been re-elected will be read with interest. The speech of Lord DERBY on Mon day evening had indeed previously indicated the tone and temper of the new Administration, and sketched out the line of policy which they intended to pursue ; and the leader of the House of Commons has not had the opportunity of explaining his views The intelligence that the EnTeror of the FRENCH has announced that he will carry on an " armed mediation" will cause universal satisfaction, and we hope that the news conveyed by an official Austrian paper will be confirmed to-day in Paris, for in this rests the last hope of Austria, accord ing to the statement made by the Abendpost. The Emperor of the FRENCH has taken fresh steps of an energetic character to effect the conclusion of an armistice. It is the " pronounced will of the E3IPEROR," it is added, " that Austria should not be weakened in her position as a great Power." We expected all along that it would come to this if the Prussians persisted in their arbitrary demands, and violated all princi ples of national justice by their extortionate and extravagant claims. It would be the height of impolicy for the French EMPEROR to allow Austria to be degraded in the eyes of nations, and still more injurious to his interests to permit Prussia to assume so vast an ascendancy over her. The proportions of the territory ruled over'by King WILLIAM will be equal, if not superior, to the French Empire if he is to be allowed to realise his extensive idea of aggrandise ment. The French fleet is on its way to Venice, according to the Vienna account, but this is not confirmed as yet. It is said that in consequence of a " hitch" in the negotiations the departure of Prince NAPOLEON has been indefinitely deferred, but of this again we are not certain. One thing seems plain beyond a doubt, and that is the diffi culties into which the French Government has been plunged by the disputes that have arisen, and the disagreements that prevail on the subject of an armistice. on public affairs. Still considerable curiosity was naturally felt to hear what Lord STANLEY had to say on foreign affairs, what Sir J. P AKINGTON and Gen. PEEL thought of the condition of their respective departments, and what were Mr. BovlLL's senti ments on his accession to his new legal dignity. Of the several speeches Lord STANLEY'S was natu rally the most important and the most interesting. Foreign affairs just now are the theme of every one's thoughts. They are, in fact, the one en grossing subject of attention, insomuch that even the excitement attending a change of Ministry is tame compared with the eagerness with which men watch for the telegrams from the Continent. The assumption of the duties of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at such a crisis is therefore no light matter, and although at the present moment ' England is happily apart from the conflict, the complications are so various and extensive that it is impossible to say how far we may become involved. Under these circumstances the course which our Foreign Minister may pur sue becomes a matter of moment. Lord STANLEY'S speech will be read with general approval. lie repeats Lord DERBY'S distinct denial of any inclination for war on the part of the Conservatives. The policy of non-intervention carried in our own days to a length which not unfrequently defeats itself, as in the Schleswig- Holstein question, has seldom had a more able advo cate. Lord STANLEY'S idea of our foreign policy is that we should make the peace of England our first object, and the peace of Europe our second. The great principles which we wish to further, the na tionalities we are anxious to befriend, we can better aid, he thinks, by moral than by material influence. He holds that this pacific policy is not merely selfish. " The substance of non-interference in continental disputes lies deeper. It lies partly in our vast Indian and colonial interests making up the British empire, and throwing upon us duties and responsibilities with which continental states have nothing to do, and which are in themselves a burden heavy enough for our nation to discharge. It lies partly in the duty we owe to our poorer classes at home, for whom we are trustees, upon whom an increase of debt, and consequently of taxation, must fall with crushing weight. It lies partly in the conviction we entertain that example is worth more than pre cept, and that by simply existing as we do as a free, self-governed nation, we are doing more than could be done by a thousand despatches of any com bination we might put in practice against both the policy of despotism and the policy of revolution. It lies also in our experience and recol lection of past mistakes, in the lessons which our own history teaches, how often in former days we have fought for objects which, after all, we did not secure, or if we did secure them were not worth the price we paid for them." If Lord STANLEY'S diplomacy is guided by these principles he will not be likely to entangle the country in continental disputes or to embroil us needlessly with our neighbours, while we trust he w ill remember that a firm and decided policy will at once secure the respect of other powers, and help to keep us out of war. Of the German struggle Lord STANLEY says in thing—a reticence which is not surprising, consider ing the importance of the crisis, and the weight which his position would give to casual words. The two Powers to which he especially refers are France and America, which, from their power, their intelligence, and the ties of neighbourhood and kindred, are, he considers, by far our most im portant allies. France, he says, has been for the last sixteen years our faithful ally; America is closely connected with us, and has risen with mar vellous rapidity to the ranks of the foremost Powers. The speech of General PEEL was singu larly enough the most occupied with domestic affairs, but he promised to do his best towards maintaining the efficiency of the service, and gave evidence that this was something more than a mere verbal form by mentioning that he had already increased the order for the conversion of Enfield rifles into breech loaders from 40,000 to 100,000. This is as much as can be can done in our Enfield establishment in the year, but he has invited the co-operation of the trade, so that we shall probably have a much larger number ready for use by the end of 1866. It is fair to General PEEL to observe that he did not appropriate the credit of this order, seeing that it had been'partly given by his predecessors and would no doubt have been increased by them after the battle of Sadowa. How is it, by the way, that our Birmingham manufacturers have not seized the op portunity of making 100,000 breech-loaders for Austria ? She would be glad to pay handsomely for their opportune assistance. It is not a little re markable that the experiments already made prove that the Enfield rifles fire much better after the al teration than they did before, a fact whi c h in a measure confirms the superiority of the breech loader. The conduct of Italy has been throughout most inconsistent, and now, at this critical period, she has been, if possible, a greater obstacle in the way of peace than Prussia. The Italians set out by affirming that they cannot accept Venetia at the hands of the French, which declaration would be absurd at any time ; but after the intercession of France in 1859 is simply ridiculous. There is surely enough for all to do in the settlement of the complications of Germany, without the Italians put ting in their absurd claims, and parading their rights. Half of the excitement that now prevails doubtless arises from the disappointment they feel at not meeting with any success in the war on which they have so madly entered ; but that forms no justifiable reason for embroiling Europe, and preventing de settlement of matters. It looks very much as if Prussia and Italy were playing into each Other's hands in this constant opposition they are making. The King of PRUSSIA begins by declaring that he can do nothing without the consent of his ally, the King of ITALY ; and, therefore, the latter declares that Italy cannot accept the cession of Venetia in the manner pro posed by the French. This is quite idle when great interests are at stake, and must appear so to all independent lookers-on. The Florence journals of Tuesday state that the Prussian Government has officially declared to the Italian Cabinet that Italy cannot accept an armistice which, being based upon the cession of Venetia, would be equal to a separate peace, and would also disengage the hundred and fifty thousand men stationed in Venetia to the detriment of Prussia and the advantage of Austria. It is said that Prussia insists in excluding Austria from the Germanic Confederation ; she also seeks for the incorporation of Electoral Hesse, Saxony, Hanover, and the Elbe Duchies with Prussia. This is very likely, to judge by the demands hitherto made by Prussia. The French proposition seems the best—that neither Austria nor Prussia should be members of the Confederation, for, so long as they are, it seems idle to expect anything like unity. According to La France of last night, the departure of PrinceNAn OLEON has been retarded in consequence of the nature of the demands of Prince REUSS, which induced the Fronch EMPEROR to send a repetition of the communication to England and Russia, be cause he considered they " raised questions of European interest which can only be settled by the consent of the great Powers." If this be true, there can be no doubt that the indignation of Europe will be aroused against Prussia, and by persisting in this course she will bring down upon her the wrath of the French EMPEROR. It may not be convenient for him just at once to declare his intentions, but unless he has entirely changed his policy, which we have no reason to suppose, he will never rest satis fied with the arrangements set forth by Prince REUSS. They will entirely destroy the prestige of Austria, and make Prussia a most dangerous rival to France. The fruit of long years of skilful diplo macy will be thrown away at once if this proposi tion of Prussia is carried out, and much as he may shrink from war, and inimical as it may be to his people, he will rather resort to such an experiment than put up with the insult thus offered to him, and with the injuries it would inflict upon him. It is, indeed, sad to contemplate the great suffer ings and heavy losses inflicted upon thousands in order to gratify the pride of one encroaching king dom. The First Lord of the Admiralty made a highly interesting speech, and referred at some length to the weighty problems which still remain unsolved with regard to our guns and our ships. " Our Navy," he said, " is more than ever in a state of transition. It is still uncertain what ought to be the strength and amount of the armour with which they are covered. It is still uncertain (and this is the most anxious question of all) whether the arma ment of such ships should be placed in turrets in the middle of the vessels, or whether they should be used, as of old, in the broadside of the ship." As regards the guns, the perplexity is even greater. When Sir JOHN. PAKINGTON left office in 1859 the most powerful gun for ships was the 68- pounder. We have now many 300 -pounders, and it is believed that with the turret system we may have GOO pounders. As regards this system we hope, from Sir JOIIN PAKINGTON'S speeches in the house, he will give it a fair trial, and not :hare the dis race incurred by his predecesso., of wilfully " What millions died that Cresar might be great," exclaims the poet, but these men are sacrificed for nothing, who have left their homes never to return, but to swell the list of victims in the cause of Prus sian aggression. The policy of the Emperor Louis NAPOLEON will be anxiously watched, as he is at present the leading man in Europe, for it depends upon him to decide the destinies of nations in a great measure. lie may make mistakes in his arduous undertaking, but he will have the thanks of all if he contrives so to order affairs as to check in an effec- ,ual manner the pretentious course upon which !russia has entered. The extraordinary efficacy of the Turkish Bath in the treatment of Pulmonary Consumption has very recently been further illustrated in two most re markable cases—those of John Wright, a young shampoer (aged 25) and of John Johnson (aged 40), the General Manager or Superintendent of the Hammam, No. 76, Jerinyn-street, St. James's. A brief yet sufficient summary of these two really notable cases, in each of which suffering was very considerably allayed, and in each of which also life itself was astonishingly prolonged, has just now been issued from the press at Annecy, in the form THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1866, of a little brochure of twenty-four pages, en titled " Du Bain Tare dans la Phthisie Pulmonaire" —the pamphlet consisting, in point of fact, of a record of the autopsie or post-mortem examination of the remains of the two sufferers from that fatal disease, these two autopsies being preceded by a letter addressed to Dr. Pollock, of the Consumptive Hospital at Brompton, by Dr. Charles Depraz, a gifted physician, formerly practising in Turin, and who was recently in this country (at the time of Mr. Urquhart's recent sojourn for a while in London) for the express purpose of subjecting the sys tem of the Turkish Bath, as carried out to such perfection at the Haminam in St. James's, to a dispas sionate and searching examination. The publication to which we are here directing attention is one which is, in the main :purport of it, in the highest de gree satisfactory, for inasmuch as it demonstrates beyond the reach of contradiction that consumptive patients, even when apparently at the lowest ebb, at the very last gasp, so to speak, may find relief from pain, may snatch from the very jaws of death a prolongation of their existence, by submitting them selves to the benign agency of the Turkish Bath, judiciously applied under skilled management. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS . , Wednesday Evening. The Moniteur has nothing about the progress of the negotiations for the armistice, and very little news about the war, telegraphic or private. From the general information of the Paris papers it appears that the Prussian army will not march upon Olmutz, as was sup posed would be the case. It will make for Iglau and Brunn, and will advance upon the capital by avoiding Olmutz. What strengthens this opinion is the fact that the Prussians did not think it expe dient to attack the fortresses of Bohemia, or even to occupy Prague. It is evident that they are not disposed to lose time, and they want another success. The rapidity of their opera lions proves this. The strategical plan which they seem now disposed to adopt, however, is not likely to be attended with success. Some of the German papers express fears that the cession of Venetia by Austria may ultimately have an injuri ous effect upon her rights in Germany. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) VENICE. Mr. Drouyn de l'Huys, the Minister of Fo reign Affairs, has lately had a conference with the Emperor, at which Prince Jerome Napoleon was present. The result of this discussion is that the Prince has left Paris for the head-quarters of Victor Emmanuel, charged by the Emperor to hasten and arrange the negotiations for the armistice. The Prince is accompanied by Baron Saillard, who re cently fulfilled an important mission in Mexico. The Italian papers received to-day in Paris con tinue to exhibit great disappointment and irritation at the cession of Venetia to France. The Pays, it seems, has a correspondent in Lon don, who sends it marvellous news. This corre spondent in forms it that there is unusual activity in all the arsenals in England, as if war were ap prehended, and that an immense quantity of needle-guns are in course of manufacture. The needle-gun, by the by, occupies a very prominent portion of the attention of the Paris journals to-day. They say that a great many needle-guns have been finish ed, and that a portion of the troops at the camp at Chalons have been supplied with them. This is the truth, but it is not the whole truth. I will supply your readers with some information upon which they may rely. At Mendon, some seven or eight miles from Paris, a very large quantity of guns have lately been in course of construction. A good many troops are there, and in an arsenal or manufactory of warlike weapons some guns of very destructive quality have been made in profusion. Their chief character is that they can be loaded and discharged with great rapidity. Towards the end of the last and the beginning of the present month there have been frequent discharges from these guns at Mendon, -which have alarmed or astonished the residents of the vicinity. Of the principle of these guns I do not pretend to speak for the moment, but some seven or eight dis charges succeed each other instantly. As I told you, the Emperor paid a visit to his cousin Prince Jerome at Mendon the other day. There may not have been any intention to examine into the capa bilities of these guns, but as Shakspere says of the rejoicings at Hamlet's mother's wedding, shortly after his father's funeral, the Emperor's visit fol lowed " hard upon" his complimentary attendance upon his cousin at Mendon. "The Empire is Peace," but yet if the corre spondence from Cherbourg is to be believed (and why not ?) there are additional armaments and increased activity at that port. The " hippophagical," or, sha 11 I say, the horse flesh banquet, duly took place at Lemardelcy's, in the Rue de Richelieu, on Monday. If not a " feast of reason," it was at all events attended by men of learning, science, and intelligence, who contend that the meat of the dead horse is good for man. The President was M. Quatrefages, a member of the Legislative Body, who was supported by M. St. Hilaire, the Director of the Garden of A cc ii ma t a . tion, and celebrities gastronomical, scientific, and literary. I confess that I could not screw up my courage sufficiently to accept an invitation to at tend a banquet at which cats' meat was the only feature, but a friend less particular, and perhaps more discreet, who was there tells me that the soup and all the horse-flesh viands, cunningly and artisti cally metamorphosed, were relished much, and eaten abundantly. Toasts were given appropriate to the occasion, deprecating "prejudice" against h or se flesh, and speeches and sentiments delivered illus trative of the argument that to eat horse flesh was to be humane, economical, and indicative of refined culinary taste. Your sporting readers may like to know that the Amiens races, which were about to take place, have been indefinitely postponed, in consequence of the existence of cholera in that town. The heat has returned with increased intensity. This has been the hottest day we have had this summer. THE POSITION OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH iS deplor able. It is claimed by one man, Sir Thomas Maryon 'Wilson, as his own private property. The public, the thousands who flock there daily during the bright and warm months of the year, are deemed by him interlopers, and he would, had his baronetcy the power—for the wish is in him—inclose every acre. But the law mercifully re strains him, and so, en revanche, ho contents himself with undermining this beautiful heather-clad,gorso-covered hill, by digging out, carting away, and selling the gravel, a right which the Legislature has not interfered with. Wo may expect therefore one day to see the heath deprived of its natural character and beauty. Are there no commoners to assert their rights against Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson ? If so, what has become of them ? and if not, how have they been spirited away ? Ilave their privileges been sold, like Esau's birthright, for a miserable mess of potage ? has the steward or agent of the lord got hold of them, per suaded them that their rights are of no value, and deluded the ignorant simpletons into vending them ,for a pint or perhaps a quart of beer ? SUICIDE FROM A STEAMVESSEL.--- Last evening James Murton, age 33, chief engineer on board the Doris passenger steamvessel, plyin g between Woolw ich and London, committed suicide by j u mping i n to the Thames between the Woolwich and Ch ar lton piers. It a pp ears that when the Doris left Woolwich on her up passage the wife of deceased was on board, and upbraided him in no measured terms as to certain irregularities of which she accused him. She refused to leave the boat on arriving at Charlton-pier. The deceased then deliberately lifted the haul-rail on deck and jumped into the water, at the same exclaiming, " I will go to my brother" (alludin; to his brother who was accidentally drowned about 12 months since). A gentleman, who was a passenger on deck, took off his coat and plunged into the river, with a view to ex tricate the deceased, but Was himself with difficulty rescued from drowning. The deceased was seen to rise twice, but he did not appear to make the slightest exertion to avail himself of the means used to rescue him. The body has not yet been found. REVIEW AT CROUCH HALL, HORNSEY.-011 Saturday afternoon a review took place in the grounds of Crouch Hall at Hornsey. The troops ou the ground were the 19th and 41st Middlesex Rifles and a portion of the Highgate corps. The volunteers arrived on the ground at half-past six, and after partaking of the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Bird proceeded to the park, where, under the command of Mr. Thomas Hughes, they went through a variety of field movements. A largo number of spectators were present, including several ladies and genthlmen, the friends of the propriet6r of the grounds. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WAR IN GERMANY. THE PROPOSED ARMISTICE. FLORENCE, July 11 (Evening). The Court of Berlin has declared to the Italian Cabinet that an armistice on the bases of the cession of Venetia is inadmissible. The Italian Government, in its reply, is said to have announced its resolution to continue offensive operations against the Austrian Empire, without relaxation, in conformity with the engagements mutually entered into by Prussia and Italy, until both these Powers shall have obtained from Austria satisfactory terms for the conclusion of peace. FLORENCE, July 12. Despatches received here from the seat of war in Venetia state that the Austrians appear disposed to give battle to the Italians upon their attempting to cross the Adige. The Prussian Government has complimented Italy upon the operations of General Cialdini, as forming part of the plan of co-operation of the armies of the two Powers. DEPARTURE OF FRENCH VESSELS FOR TOULON, July 11 (Evening). The French ironclad frigate Provence, and the corvette Eclaireur, have left suddenly for Venice. The remainder of the squadron is still taking in provisions. VIENNA, July 12. Count Mensdorff has returned from the head quarters of the Austrian artny. He resumes to-day the direction of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Archduke Albrecht is expected in Vienna to day. Intelligence received from the head-quarters of the Austrian army in Venetia announces that the Austrian forces are being withdrawn from contact with the enemy. The fortresses are strongly garrisoned and suffi ciently well armed for defence without support from the army. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. The following telegram has been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) at 1 17 p.m., on the 12th July, from Mr. R. A. Glass, managing director of the Telegraph Construction and Main tenance Company (Limited) : VALENTIA, July 12. The Great Eastern and attendant ships will leave Berehaven this afternoon, arriving at the buoys on the shore end at daylight to-morrow morn ing, where the splice will be made, weather per mitting. THE BOMBAY MAIL. QUEENSTOWN, July 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Avoca, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 58 passengers, £1,937 in specie, and 241 packages of cargo. The Avoca experienced a heavy gale and high sea in the Bay of Biscay. On the Bth inst. she passed the steamer Delta. Her Majesty's ship Adventure was at Malta. The remainder of the fleet had sailed for Patras. GIBRALTAR, July 6.—The British steamer Chaucer of Sunderland, bound from Malaga to London, with lead and oil, struck on the Cabejos Rocks on the 4th inst. Tho captain and crew have arrived here leaving the vessel stranded. Surveyors have proceeded to her for the purpose of adopting the best means for saving the ship and cargo. During the 4th and sth inst. the following British ships arrived here—The Dewillas, Sylph, Glasgoi, Twelve Apostles, Lord Londesborough, Lydia, Hilton, Sydney, Jane, Harry, Herbert, and the steamer Christina. OVERLAND MAILS. MALTA, July 11. The Pera left at six p.m, and the China at four p.m. The former may be expected at Mar seilles on the 14th, and the latter at Southampton on the 20th inst. GIBRALTAR, July 10. The Delta, from Southampton on the 4th inst., arrived to-day at one a.m., and left at 10 a.m., for Alexandria. She had experienced head winds. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 11.—Two o'clock.—The tone of the market at the opening to-day was somewhat better ; but as soon as the extensive claims of Prus sia, exacted as the only conditions under which she will accept the armistice, were known, a general re-action set in. The prospects of a discontinuance of the war by Austria on the unsati s f actory terms set forth in the Prussian reply being therefore al most entirely annihilated heavy sales have taken place, and the:retrograde moveme n t i n quo t at i ons has consequently been rapid and general. Three per Cents., for the Account, which were dealt in at at 68fr. 25e., are now a t 67f. 70 c., or a the opening fall on yesterday of 80c. Italian Fives have rece d e d lf. 55c., the present price being 51f. 25c. Credit. Mobilier and Foncier Shares have declined—the former 30f., to 600 f., and the latter 20f., to 1,255 f. Comptoir d'Escompte are at 830 f., or 12f. 50c. lower. Railway Shares are likewise much offered at depreciated rates. Orleans have declined 10f., to 840 f. ; Northern, 15f., to 1,105 f. ; Lyons, 5f., to 8421. 50c. ; Austrian, 12f. 50c., to 337 f. 50c. ; and Lombard, 5f., to 370 f. The Discount list to-day comprises the following, namely-405,000f. Three per Cents.; 205,000 f. Italian Fives; 15,000 f. Credit Mobilier Shares, and numerous other less important sums. Mexican Bonds arc quoted for cash at 157 f. 50c. English Consols are telegraphed with a de cline of per per cent. for the August Account. Three o clock.—A further fall of is telegrahed on English Consols. Here quotations have con tinued their downward movement, the market closing as follows : 41 per Cent 5......... 96 Do. end m0nth...... 3 per Cent 5.......... 67 35 Do. end m0nth...... 67 25 Credit Mobilier 585 Do. end month ... 580 Credit Fonder...... Do. end month ...... 1250 -- Bank Shares 3500 Italian Loan 5l Do. end month 5O 30 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred WAYS. For Account. Orleans B4O Northern 1095 Lyons and Mediterranean 835 Southern 525 • Western — Eastern Sardinian . — Austrian . 330 Lombard North of Spain lOO Saragossa l2O Ditto to Barcelona 5O Roman --- DISPOSING OF A DEAD CHILD.—The following facts wore proved at an inquest held on Tuesday evening, in the St. Martin's Vestry-room. On Wednesday last a little girl named Jemima Cheeseman, 14 years old, having charge of a baby, was seated in St. James's-park, when a woman respectably dressed, entering into conversation with her, asked the girl to take care for a few minutes of a black bag that she had in her band. The woman then left, but never returned. After waiting a long time the girl took the bag home to her aunt, who called in a police man, and he opened it. In it was found the body of a child wrapped in a piece of calico, apparently some portion of a chemise. The girl Ckeeseman described the woman as wearing a brown mohair dress, black silk jacket, white straw bonnet, with black strings and veil, and black kid gloves. The jury found an open verdict, and the police are endeavouring to discover the woman, whom the girl declares she can identify. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, July 5.---The French steamer Euxine leaves to-night for Leghorn and Marseilles, taking a mail, which will probably reach London in antici pation of the China and India mails, whose arrival at Suez has not yet been signalled. Her Majesty's screw frigate Arethusa, 35, Capt. Macdonald, has left Malta for the Piraeus of Athens, to relieve the screw line-of-battle ship Gibraltar, 81, Captain R. Coote, which has been stationed there for some time. The Assurance, 4, Commander "'yin, is the only available vessel of war at present at Malta, and she will leave us in a couple of days to convey the next mail to the Commander-in-Chief, who is sailing on the coast of Greece in the vicinity of Patras. The Turkish paddlewheel yacht Sultania, Capt. Izzet Bey, left Malta on the 29th ult. for Constantinople, after undergoing repairs in the naval dockyard. The harbour extension works are so far completed that the agent of the contractor has waited on the naval authorities at this island to intimate his readi ness to make them over to them as soon as the necessary soundings have been taken to show that the stipulated depth has been attained. The steam dredgers are now putting the final touch to the work. Great credit is due to the contractor, Mr. Gabrielli, for the rapidity with which he has com pleted the work. A letter has been addressed to the Government by the elected members of Council on the subject of the sanitary measures which should be taken in regard, to vessels arriving from ports in fected with cholera. The Government has conse quently issued a notice imposing seven days' qua rantine on arrival from Liverpool, where some cases of cholera are reported to have occurred among the German emigrants. The tendency of public opinion in Europe, based on the facts of the late visitation, is in favour of quarantine as a precautionary mea sure. But no regulations can, it is evident, accom plish the end in view in these days of rapid commu nication between countries. A vessel, for instance, arrived at Malta from Liverpool, soon after the determination of the Government became known, having a clean bill of health, with all well on board. She was 22 days out, but of course no exception could be made, and she is now performing the esta blished term of quarantine in the Marsamusoetto harbour; while to-morrow persons who may have been in Liverpool or other snspected towns four or five days ago, and have taken the overland instead of the sea route, will be permitted to land inValetta without molestation. It should be observed, how ever, that at Malta, as at Gibraltar, the authorities are singularly placed, and can scarcely save them selves, whether they like it or not, from imposing quarantine on arrivals from suspected places, owing to the jealous watch constantly kept over them by the boards of health of neighbouring countries, on which they depend for supplies. Spain, Sicily, and Greece are ever ready to punish relaxation in this respect by immediately closing their ports against offenders. A telegram has'just reached Malta stat ing that the Board of Health of Gibraltar hasplaced a quarantine of five days on arrivals from Malta and Alexandria. Farcy among horses has lately broken out in Malta. This disease, which is quite new to the island, is supposed to be introduced from Bom bay. An ordinance has been passed in council to empower the Government to cause all animals suf fering from it to an incurable degree to be slaugh tered, and to segregate others affected with it, but which afford hopes of recovery. It is also proposed to place all animals coming from Barbary in a qua rantine of observation. Commander Hunter and the officers and crew of Her Majesty's late screw sloop Amazon, with the exception of one boy, arrived at Portsmouth yes terday at 3 p.m., and were received on board the Duke of Wellington, Capt. Fellowes, pending the court-martial, which it is expected to be held on board the Victory. The boy alluded to is missing, and it is feared must have gone down in the ship. There are of course all kinds of rumours relative to the collision between the Amazon and Osprey, to the lights shown by such vessel, the directions in which the helm was shifted at the moment prior to the collision, &c., but it would be unwise to repeat such rumours when the whole matter will be imme diately investigated by a court-martial. It is to be regretted that the two fine Gi ton 7in. rifled guns which formed the main armament of the Amazon have gone down in the vessel, and in a position in the Channel where there is no possiblo chance of their recovery. At the present moment, when the rearmament of our navy has just com menced, the loss of these two guns is almost of greater importance than the loss of the Amazon her self. Her Majesty's screw steam ironclad ship Cale donia, 30 guns, Capt. Foley, flagship of Rear A0:1 miral Yelverton, got under way at Portland some what suddenly on Tuesday week, and proceeded in a south-easterly direction after rounding the break water. Early on the morning of Friday last she again returned to her former anchorage, accom panied by a screw steam vessel of about 250 tons, brig-rigged, which the Caledonia had captured in the Channel 20 miles south-west of Portland Bill. The vessel, it is stated, has on board 200 or 300 naval men, who were being illegally conveyed to a South American port to take part in the war now raging between Chili and Peru. The vessel cap tured by the Caledonia is the Greatham Hall. Upon sighting the Caledonia she put her lights out and endeavoured to escape, but after a run of two hours the Caledonia Came up with her, and, having boarded her, Rear-Admiral H. Yelverton returned with his prize to this harbour, and doubtless now awaits instructions as to the disposal of the captured vessel. The two Russian screw,frigates Asshaba, Capt. Kramer, and Viti9.z, Capt. Green, on a cruise from Copenhagen, arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday, and exchanged the customary salutes with her Ma jesty's ships Ganges and the Castle of Pendennis. Rear-Admiral Possiett, who has been waiting at Falmouth the arrival of these ships, accompanied by the Russian Consul-General, hoisted his flag on board the Assbaba, and will remain in port some days. The lighter Duck, with stores from Chatham, arrived at Devonport yesterday. H. Hoskings master, left The lighter Tortoise, Devonport yesterday with stores for the dockyards at Portsmouth and Sheerness. The iron screw steamship Achilles, 26, Capt. E. W. Vansittart, was placed in the Princes Dock, in Devonport dockyard, on Monday. She will be re paired with all despatch, and may possibly leave again on the 26th, to join the Channel squadron. On the present occasion there will be no alteration of her masts. The Achilles would leave the dock sooner but for some repairs necessary to her ma chinery. One of the cylinders is split. FRENCH VIEWS OF PROMOTION BY PURCHASE. —To us Frenchmen (who are accustomed to look upon promotion as to be gained by honourable service, by seniority, or by distinction in the field), this turning of army honours into mere shares, as it were, which are to be bought and sold, appears simply detestable. So long as it continues, I am persuaded that the English army will never be what it might be, and that no other reforms in their military system will, or can be, of much avail. Its existence is the cause of an extraordinary system of pro motion called brevet, which takes some little time to un derstand, and which confused me not a little. With us, a captain is a captain, and nothing more. If ho be rewarded by promotion, he is made a chef d'escadron or. a chef de bataillon either in his own or in another corps, as the case may be ; so is he promoted in the English navy, from one rank to another. But not so in the English army. Regi mental promotion, save in the exceptional cases of death vacancies, or the augmentations of a regiment, or the for mation of a new corps, is not in the gift of the military authorities. When an officer has to be rewarded with promotion, ho gets brevet advancement. Thus—an officer may be only a captain in his regiment, but have the brevet rank in the army of major, lieutenant-colonel, and eveh colonel. So long as he is with his regiment alone this brevet rank does not tell ; but whenever his corps is in garrison with another regiment, or part of a regiment, ho has a right to assume his army rank. An English officer told me of an extraordinary anomaly of this kind which happened in India some time ago. A captain in a cavalry regiment, who from having been mentioned in general orders when on the staff had attained the brevet rank as colonel, took command, by virtue of his seniority, of a whole brigade of cavalry before the enemy : thus superseding all the field-officers of his own and of every other regiment of cavalry. When the campaign was over he rejoined his regiment, and did duty again as a simple captain. —Dickens's " All the Year Round." WRo's TOUR DOCTOR ?—)10.11I$ON' PILLS. Court - curtrfir HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 11. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein ; and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning, ac companied by their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice visited the school during the afternoon, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady Susan Melville, and Lieutenant Stirling. The Rev. GeOrge and Mrs. Prothero received their Royal Highnesses. Lady Augusta Stanley has arrived at Osborne. Mr. Engleheart has also arrived. PRINCESS HELENA AND PRINCE CHRISTIAN.- To-morrow their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein will take leave of her Majesty and royal family and embark from Osborne in the Victoria and Albert yacht, which will steam direct for Cherbourg, under the command of Captain Prince Leiningen. The Prince and Princess will be attended by Major-General and Lady Sarah Melville, Major-General Seymour, Count Rantzau, and Mr. Kenny, her Majesty's courier. The royal party will not disembark before the following morning. From elle' bourg their royal highnesses will proceed on a continental tour, and will return in time to accompany her Majesty to Scotland. His Excellency the Brazilian Minister, Baron du Penedo, left Cavendish-square yesterday for the Con tinent. The Commandeur Barboza da Silva is the Charge d'Affaires during his absence. The Marquis of Hastings has left the St. George's Hotel. _ The Earl and Countess of Scarborough leave town on tho 12th inst. for the season. The Countess of Portsmouth has arrived at Cataldi's Hotel from Harrogate. MARRIAGE IN HIGH DAY.)—This morning a marriage was solemnised in the parish church of St. James„Westminster, between the Earl of Brecknock, M.P. for Brecon, oldest son of the Mar-pig Camden, and Lady C. Churchill, daughter of the Duke of Marlborough. Thera was a very large attendance of the nobility and distinguished persons. Among the 200 guests present Nye noticed the following : —Earl and Countess Vane, Lady Derby, Countess of Macclesfield, the Ladies Parker, Mar chioness of Ormonde, Lord and Lady Churchill, Mar chioness of Ailesbury and Lady Foley, Lord and Lady Rokeby, Lord and Lady Henniker, Duchess of Wellington, Countess of Shaftesbury, Sir John and Lady Pakington, Baroness North, &c. Funeral of the Marquis of Lansdowne. The funeral of the Most Hon. Henry, fourth Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., who died suddenly on Thurfiday last, took place this day about one o'clock in the family mausoleum at Bowood, Wilt shire, which stands in the woods about two miles from the house itself. The body was removed from Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, at six o'clock on Tuesday evening, and lay in state yesterday. The chief mourners who :followed, or were pre sent, were the Earl of Kerry (now sth Marquis of Lansdowne), Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, son of the deceased peer, and Lady Emily Fitzmaurice, daugh ter of the deceased ; the Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Hon. C. A. Gore and the Countess of Kerry (sister-in-law of the deceased), and the Hon. J. K. Howard and Lady Louise Howard (sister of the deceased), Mr. W. Hearn (secretary), Mr. Spencer (agent of the Bowood estates), Mr. Shearn (steward) and the household. The service was read by the Vicar of Calne. The executors are the Hon. C. A. Gore and the Hon. J. K. Howard. The hatchment is being put up over Lansdowne House this afternoon. Iroumasters' Quarterly Meeting. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening. The quarterly meetings of the ironmasters of this district commenced here to-day. The attendance was scanty, and comprised almost exclusively those who are engaged in the trade in this locality and in North Staffordshire, scarcely any of the Liverpool exporting firms, or those similarly engaged in other parts of the country, being represented. So far as relates to actual business this meeting might as well not have been held; there were scarcely any buyers present, and none of them evinced any disposition to enter into engagements, though they might have done so on good terms, as all, except a very few of the makers who stand in the highest repute, have confessedly not sufficient orders in hand to keep their mills and forges more than half engaged ; in that respect alone the trade is in a worse condition than it has been for several years, and other circum- , stances are operating prejudicially for all who are engaged in it. The specifications in the market are scarcer than they have been for a long time past. The foreign houses are doing next to nothing, and home consumers avoid buying a ton beyond their immediate requirements. Had the Bank rate been lowered somewhat of a better tone might have been imparted to this meeting, and in the event of a re - • duction taking place to-morrow it may help to en liven the Birmingham assembly, whereas its reten tion at 10 per cent. will contribute to make this the quietest quarter day ever experienced in this locality. For every description of finished iron the demand falls very far short of the average, and even under the most favourable circumstances relative to the war and to the money market it is not likely that for the next six weeks, at least, any material improvement will take place. In the meantime the second-clash firms will be glad to take orders at the best prices they can command. Pig-iron is dull of sale. There were no transac tions in it at this meeting, and a nominal quotation was given-ss. per ton below last quarter-day, but the price is still too high as compared with that for which the manufactured commodity is selling. The district has borne the pressure of the last two months wonderfully, having regard to the peculiari ties of its position, and there are good grounds for the hope that it will now tide over without further casualties of importance. NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE.---Mr Frederick Maccabe, the inimitable humorist, mimic, and ventriloquist, commenced an engagement on Monday night i at this popular theatre, and on Tuesday night repot," "musical, dramatic, and ventriloquial entertainment," titled "Begone Dull Care," in which his marvellous poWer of changing the voice, figure, and face, together with the rapid and picturesque changes of costume, won the admirtv tion and excited the continued laughter of a crowded house' His powers of mimicry and imitationare certainly amushigi and his character representing an old pursy gentleman making an after-dinner speech was so comic, and withal se correct, that everyone present was convulsed with laughte r Then, again, his impersonation of Miss Mary May, 14 sentimental young lady, in dress, voice, deportment/ action, and manner, was a finished performance, and W e • could not help wondering what a marvellous change Nva ° effected, from an old gentleman making a speech at e dinner-party, to a young lady reciting her love advea tures, and that in a few seconds. There is an origina l sketch of " Lord Dundreary," which is very amusing, hut. the " Wandering Minstrel," in two pictures—Romance tie' Reality—set the audience in roars of laughter. Mr. g" - cabe, ;vial his other accomplishments, plays and sing e well, so that his appearance as a Troubador in magnificent costume,with a guitar in hand, singing a very pretty song!. had really a very pleasing effect ; but the other side of the picture was one of the most amusing represeet3- tions that could be witnessed. The Romantic Troubador is followed by one of those poor, miserable beings too often' unhappily, seen in the streets of this great metropel is ' clothed in rags and playing a penny whistle, to attra ct the notice of the humane and induce them to throw hiln copper. The music and the songs were irresistibly conic' and made the whole audience actually shout with 'mug'''. ter. Mr. Maccabe next gave specimens of his extraordi nary powers of ventriloquism, sometimes holding a e e/2 .; versation with three imaginary persons ; and allogether_lt was one of the most amusing e n te r tainments given in til v ‘ most populous neighbourhood for a very long period. At the Bank of England yesterday there was further withdrawal of £215,000, in gold, for Pari s ' A call of £2 per share has been made by the 1 017 0 and Malt Exchange and Warehouse Company the shares upon which £5 is subscribed, payable ov' or before the 3d of August. t he At a meeting to-day of the shareholder s o ._d Oriental Commercial Bank, it was resolved to virl' up the affairs of the establishment. 11 linst Credi Int er , 2 dis. u Der ( • a u Per e w 3 l ' T ew 2 D0.44 , 11 1i j 1) 0 ( F..3 cc h e , Arg e4 4Ustri Brazil Do: . 0 . Do. °men° D o , Do Chili, Do. Do. DO. DO, DO Gr eek DO, DO, I): 4 1iat e] Itaiiaz Do D o . b . 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