The Sun. — London, England, 1867-07-24 00:00:00

.. --........-----------------__ IMPORTANT ALLOTMENT of FREEHOLD I U LAND.—East London Estate, No. 2, Forest South Essex.—The Conservative Land Society.—On and after FRIDAY, the 2d of August, the second portion of the East London Estate, Forest Gate (South Essex), one of the most eligible building properties ever offered to the publiz, will be on sale. Prospectuses of the Share and Deposit Departments, for investment only, as well as printed instructions how to acquire and pay for land by installments, and a list of villas and houses for sale, sent free of charge. Plans of the East London Estate, price 6d., or 7d. by post. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Offices, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. _____------- rHEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. 13. Chattcrt‘: - ... THIS EVENING, Selections from Shakspere, the French and other flap, THE GREAT CITY inclusive, for toe Benefit , of Mr. le. 13. Chatterton, sported by the most po pular Artists of the day. t. ommeupnx at a quarter to 7. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN E.—Solo Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.— Grand combination of attractions, for the BENEFIT of Mr. F. B. CHAT TERTON, THIS EVENING (Wednesday), July 24.—T0 commence at a quarter to seven with a selection from Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. First act ; scene second. Miss R. G. Le Thiere, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, Miss B. Aleyne, Mr. F. Mor ton, Mr. C. Webb, Mr. J. Rouse, Mr. J. Irving. By the kind permission of 31. Raphael Felix, director of the French company now performing at the St. James's Theatre, LES RESSOURCES DE JON ATHAS ! Comedic) Vaudeville, un acte. Jonathas, 11. Ravel ; M. Chandora, 11. Hoquet, Mdllo. S. Brunet, Mdlle. Marie Angele. Selections from Shakspeare's Tragedy of KING JOHN. Third act; last scene. Constance, Mrs. Hermann Vezin ; Cardinal Pan dulph, Mr. Barrett. Selections fr om Shakspeare's First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. Falstaff (first time ft London), Mr. Barry Su llivan ; Mr. J. C. Cow ho - per, Mr. C. Warner , Mr. J. Rouse, Mrs. Vandenff. A ll© Love Scene from the fourth act of Shakspeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Beatrice, Miss Herbert ; Bone dick, M.r. Walter Lacy. Mrs. Howard Paul will sing her ce l e brated "French Snee zin g Song," as given five hun dred times during her late visit to America. ; also a new, financial ballad, written by H. S. Leigh, Esq., entitled "King Cash." Selections from the Scottish Robact; Roy, Mr. . Poxvrie (his first appearance since the severe accident in March last); Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. James Johnstone. Selections from Shakspeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Fourth act ; last scene. Ophelia, Miss Madge Robertson. To conclude with the selections from THE GREAT CITY. Workhouse Gates and Jolly Beggars' Club. Mr. J. C. Cowper, Mr. J. Villiers, Mr. W. M'lntyre, Mr. J. Irving, Mr. C. Warner, Mr. J. Fitzjames, Miss Madge Robertson. Stage manager, Mr. Edward Stirling ; musical director, Mr. J. H. Tully. Doors open at half-past six, commence at a quarter to seven. Box-office open from ten to five daily. Private boxes, 2,3, 4, and 5 guineas ; stalls, 10s. 6d. ; dress circle, is.; first circle, ss. ; balcony, 3s. ; pit, 2s. ; gallery, ls. ; upper gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE LOVE CHASE. Messrs. Chip pendale. Howe, Rogers, Kendal, Ciark, White, Weathersby, Arc. ; Mesdames Sedgwick, Chippendale. Burke. ism After which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS. ,3fr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. TIOYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management ...'11) Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. 11. V igan. THIS EVENING, BETTY MARTIN. Mr. G. Vincent and Miss E. Farren. After which. THE LIAR. -- - Mathews. Followed by WOODCOCK'S LITTLE GME. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews ; slrs. Frank Matthew A s. T, conclude wiih THE CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. 11. J. Montague, and Miss E. Farren. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. Mr. and Mrs. Charles ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. Vining. Under the Management of Mr. Hermann Vezin. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with THE CLOCKMAKELVS HAT. Sally Smart, nibs Char lotte Saunders. After w hich, at 8, THE MAN 0' AIRLIE. James Hare ►sell, Mr. Hermann Veztn; Messrs. E. Price, IL Forrester, Sic. ; Misses E. Stuart and welly Moore. Doors open at 7 ; commence at hall-past. iIIiIEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manner, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING (for the Benefit of Miss Kate Terry) A SLICE OF LUCK. Messrs J. Clarke, J. G. Taylor C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman and Miss E. Pitt. After which, at 8, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Messrs. N Billinton, Stuart, Ashley. J. Cl arke, J. G. Taylor, C. Heville. Steph,ensgon, homer; Misses Kate Terry and A. Seaman. To con with TE LITTLE TRASURE. Messrs. TI. Nevil'e cl , ude R. Phillips,H Eburne ; Miss Ellen Terry and Mrs. BiLlington. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Airs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, REVERSES. Okada e . Emery, Swan- Par nelle, F. Robson. W. Swanborough Mesd Ada borough, Johnstone, and Mande's. After whih, the Latest Edition of FRA DIAVOLO. M es srs. Thorne and James; Moidames Gwynne, Newton, llolt, And Weathersby. Commence at half-past Seven. 110 Y AL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, lIIGH HOLBORN. Magnificent Hor3es ; unequalled Equestrians, Gymnasts, Cl iwng, and Grotesques. The various feats nightly received witk the utmost enthusiasm. T etciest, he Theatre u best ventilic ed IA the metropolis. "Tile feats are of the most varied kind, and every one of them is executed to perfection.''—Times, May 27, 1867. "No more successful combination of remarkable equestrian feats, with acrobatic dexterity, and episodes of discreet drol lery, has been for many years witnessed in the metropolis." —Daily Telegraph, July 8, 1c67. " The company has seldom been equal'ed for the grace and elegance of its performance. The eye is not allowed to be wearied by too long a continuance, or too frequent a repeti tion of the same thing."—Standard, July 3. TH IS EVENING, at 8, A COMIC BALLET. Atter which, at a quarter to 9, SCENES IN THE ARENA.. Doors open at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE, every sATu rt.D AY, at the NEW ROYAL A NI PHI TIIEAT ItE and CIRCUS, II Igh 14 &horn, commencing at Half -past 'Two. Carriages may be ordered for a Quarter to Five. Box-oftice open daily from 10 till 5. T HE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.- It. G. 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PORTING.—JOIIN ROBERTS supplies th( LATEST EDITION of "Tilt SUN" as soon as pub 1l shed.— 4, Bath-street, City-road, B.C. THE THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN," giving all the SPORTING NEWS et the day. may be seen at JIMMY MANTON'S house, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," 32, Little Britain, City, E.C. LATEST INTELLIGENCE.— ..01,0 SAM SMITH," late of "The Mail Coach." Shepherd's Bush, now of the White Ilart, Acton, Middlesex, begs to iniorm his friends and neighbours that the LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" can be seen at his house as above. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fins Day.—Morning, 6h. 35m.—Afternoon, 7h. Om, Ta-Monnow.-Morning, 711. 26m.—Afternoon, 711. 57m L i,., <* .7- 71;,7, 1 1, .‘1)8 , .. - - - ,,--z7, 1111 , , LONDON, TVEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1867 Lord. GREY'S amendment has met with the fate that was anticipated, and was rejected, the second reading ha v i ng ta k en p l ace w ithout a division. This intelligence will be hailed throughout the country generally, and from this time no doubt need rest on the minds of those who most ardently desire to see Reform settled. In some respects this ill-ad vised attempt has not been without good conse quences, for a spirit and energy have been infused into the debates that do not often appear in the House of Lords. The speech of Lord DERBY on Monday was admirable in every way, and last night again the noble lord made some very forcible remarks. Lord CAIRNS delivered a speech that was in his best style, and called forth enthu siastic applause. It cannot be said that either the Premier or his colleagues and friends have shirked the matter at all, for they have come forward in the most decided manner and in the most determined manner have evinced their readi ness to carry their cause triumphantly through the House, and so satisfy the just wishes of the country. It cannot at all be said that the Opposi tion leaders share at all in the affair, or those mem bers of the Conservative party .who deemed it ad visable to join them in denunciation of the measure. The main thing, after all, to consider is that the bill is now safe, and perhaps this is the most asto nishing thing we can say when we remember that it has been introduced by a party that has never of late years been treated with political fairness, much less courtesy by its op ponents. The public will be well satisfied at the result of this struggle, for such it has been most decidedly to impede the progress of the Bill, and when a little time has been given to the considera tion of the arguments of Lord GREY and his friends it will be found that there was little in them but the vain utterances of those who are bitter against the meaning of the affair, and therefore take refuge in scanning its details in a cautious and complaining style. Lord CAIRNS'S speech was a masterpiece in its way, and with great perspicuity he addressed himself to the bill, that being, in fact, the most im portant thing and the vital question at stake, and more worthy of notice than the consistency of the Conservative party, or the amendment itself even. A better defence could not have been made of the various 'points of the bill than that which Lord CAIRNS put before the House, and it will be of great service in confuting the hasty and erroneous assertions which some have been pleased to make respecting it. The noble and learned lord put the matter very forcibly before their lordships, when he said that such was the strength of public opinion that it was impossible for the country to " be governed by any party otherwise than in ac cordance with the opinions of the great majority of the householders in this country." As for the eloquent passages in which some had referred to the consequences of changes of this kind, namely, that they had often led to revolution, Lord CAIRNS remarked that he had not so read history, and if such things had: produced such effects it had been when they were not made wisely or in good time. The chief danger that could be incurred was well described by the noble and learned lord as being " the risk that the only bill relative to the question of Reform which has passed the House of Commons since 1832 should meet with anything like rejection at their lordships' hands." Lord DERBY made an honourable reply, in the course of which he paid a fitting tribute to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the manner in which he had carried the bill through the House of Commons. In alluding to the remarks of Lord CARNAR7ON as to the inconsistency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord DERBY said that they were indebted to his right hon. friend for the success with which the measure had passed the House of Commons, in a manner which conciliated the esteem and support of opponents, without, at the same time, alienating the confidence of friends. With becoming spirit and perfect dignity the noble earl stated that, in the position in which they found the.qucstion of Reform, they deemed it ne cessary to bring forward a measure such as they had reason to hope and believe would meet with the approval of the House of Commons. " Under these circumstances I am perfectly willing to risk any taunt which, considering the altered position of affairs, may be made against me or my colleagues." Lord DERBY may do this very safely, for he can well be indifferent to the taunts of disappointed friends and the invectives of jealous foes. All has had the unanimous assent of both Houses of Parlia ment to the bill introduced by his Cabinet, and he may look beyond the Legislature to the people affected by the measure, and find in their appearance ample recognition of the exertions he has made and the struggle he and his friends had to pass through. Considerable amusement was created by Lord GREY'S complaining allusion to Lord RUSSELL'S change of opinion respecting the amendment. Lord RUSSELL'S remarks were more to the point than might have been expected, and he distinctly said that it would not do to support the amend ment, but of course he indulged in a few sarcastic comments upon the bill. On the whole a greater failure could not have been met with than that which has attended this much-vaunted amendment, and the deprecating way in which it was spoken of by all was far more mortifying than if a regular fight had been made for it, and it had been defeated by a large majority. From henceforth, however, it belongs to the past ; and while it fades away into the shadowy land where all things are forgotten, the bill, which it sought to change, shines out more clearly with the light of reality, and, having passed through its numerous difficulties, is now nearer than ever to a successful termination. With the amendment that was negatived yesterday passes away the last great obstacle to the course of the measure, and the work may be virtually said to be over, since the general feeling of the House was most decidedly in favour of its being carried into effect as soon as possible, and with as few drawbacks. It would be unjust not to say that the house of Lords deserves well of the country for the course they pursued, and those who aro ready to detract from its merits should now acknowledge that it has taken a particular line of action in this great emergency, and not been backward in according its testimony to the importance and interest of the question at issue. The last and most illustriou s of our gues skies than left our shores, happily under moregenial than had shone upon him during his brief but brilliant visit. On Monday the Belgian Volunteers steamed down the Thames amid flying streamers and cheering crews, all eager to take a last glimpse of the kind and friendly faces, and to give them a last British cheer to speed them on their way. Yes terday the SULTAN, accompanied by the Prince of WALES and the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, left London for Dover, and, after partaking of lunch at the Lord Warden Hotel, took leave of hie illustrious escort and embarked with all due State and ceremony on board the Royal yacht Osborne, and, escorted by a power ful squadron, took his way across the Channel. The SULTAN has taken care that the memories of his visit shall be something more substantial than eva nescent visions of banquets and festivals. With true princely liberality he has transmitted to the Lord Mayor the sum of £2,500 for distribution among the poor of the City of London. The donation was forwarded by FUAD PASHA, the Minister for Fo reign Affairs, who courteously expressed his Imperial master's sense of the cordiality of his reception in the venerable City. His MAJESTY also gave £5OO for distribution among the officials of the trains which had conveyed him to and from London, so that he has fully realised the traditional splendour and munificence cl an Easterh p oten:tate. On taking leave of the Prince of WrALzs the SULTAN expressed the great gratifica tion. which he had derived from his visit, and his sense of the greatness and power of the country. It is understood that his MAJESTY'S visit was somewl at curtailed in consequence of the lamente 3 death of Madame Musunus, but it has been long enough to enable him to appreciate in a great degree the character of our count ry and of our population. His time has not been exclusively devoted to mere pleasure seeking, for he has taken the opportunity of examining many ilistitutions whose existence could previously have been scarcely known to him, and he devoted special attention to a scientific engineer who exhi bited some designs for improving steep gradients, which the SULTAN at once admitted would be desir able on the Ottoman railways. To hear a Grand Turk discoursing about gradients is certainly convincing proof of the march of mind ! Very probably the advocates of improvement and of progress will now a-days find less obstinate opposition in the Ottoman Empire than they would have met with a generation or two back among ourselves. But theories and principles in themselves sound, if they are once adopted in a great country, make their way slowly but surely ; and England has possessed pre eminent facilities for the dispersion of prejudice, and the diffusion of intelligence and of knowledge in her vast commercial dealings with the rest of the habitable globe. Every fresh country that is brought into the circle that is induced to open its porta to our merchants, and to send its wares or its products to our shores, is so much gained to the cause of general civilisation. The great and able explorer, whose uncertain fate we all so deeply deplore, was fully sensible what great ends could be achieved by the aid of commercial enterprise. Un happily the pioneers of civilisation are often the very last men who are likely to turn their opportunities to any good except a selfish one. Where larger in terests are brought into play, and the commercial in tercourse of the nations is put on a recognised basis, it is inevitable that by degrees the softening in fluences of civilisation will make themselves felt, and the wisdom of Europe will insensibly temper the rugged ignorance and narrow prejudice of less favoured quarters. The 'Viceroy of EGYPT has long been known as a man of superior intelligence and enlightened mind, and it is fortunate indeed when the rulers of despotic nations are thus in advance of their people. There is good reason to hope that they will induce their subjects to enter upon the way of progress, and when the first few steps are taken there is little reason to fear that they will be retraced. The visit of the VICEROY was not so remarkable an incident as the visit of the SULTAN, inasmuch as we had welcomed his pre decessors in this country, while ABDUL Aziz is the first of his rank who ever condescended to penetrate so far West. But in both in stances we may hope the same results have been attained. The impressions made by the extent, the wealth, the population of this city upon a total stranger is difficult for us who have been familiar with it all our lives to realise. Everything must have been a marvel to our Eastern guests, from the steam-hammer which attracted the SULTAN'S attention at Woolwich to the thunders of the ironclads which deafened him at Spithead. He could see, too, the daily life of a free people satisfied with themselves and their government, notwith standing the national habit of grumbling ; and he could see, too, in their loyalty to their Prince, their cordial hospitality to their guests, and their self governing order traces of those qualities which, after all the achievements of science and the outlay of wealth, form the real bulwark of English liberties. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Pants, Tuesday Evening. The Emperor yesterday received at the Tuileries his Majesty Louis the Second King of Bavaria, who, as already Etated, comes here incognito under the name of Count Berg. The King of Portugal, accompanied by General Count Reille, aide-de-camp of the Emperor, and Count de Paiva visited the Louvre yesterday. The_ bulletin of the Moniteur says :—" King Charles of Wurtemberg on his return from Paris passed through Stuttgard on Thursday last to join the Queen at the chateau of Fredrichstafen. His Majesty was kind enough to say to the persons whom he received on his return to his State that he was very sensible of the cordial reception which had been given to her while he was in France. On Friday last there was a funeral service for the re- pose of the soul of the Emperor Maximilian in the Catholic Church of Stuttgard. The diplomatic body and the high functionaries of Wurtemberg were present at the ceremony. Yesterday the Chamber of Deputies of Italy was occupied in dis cussing the Budget of 1867 presented by the Min ister of Finance, in which he acknowledged a deficit of 217 millions, including arrears. M. Nervo pro posed on the other hand, by way of amendment, an ec)nomy in the expenses for the year 1868 to the extent of 30 millions. The Chamber approved of the accounts and proposals of the Minister by a vote of 193 against 27." The papers to-day give reports of the proceedings in the Chambers to a voluminous extent very un usual, to the exclusion of miscellaneous matter. I see nothing, however, in these reports which would particularly interest the English people. The Con stitutionnel, in its efforts to satisfy the appetite for Parliamentary reading, presents an appearance which reminds one very much of the state of the Paris papers during the censorship previous to the revolution of 1830. This journal ordinarily con sists of four pages, but to-day, by some gigantic effort, it gives its readers ten pages. One of these pages is, however, blank ! in the time of Charles X., when his active censors used to erase the most innocent articles, blank columns and pages were not unusual, but a whole page of a newspaper in virgin white and innocent of print upon subjects either grave or gay is certainly a novelty even in these strange times. There are papers here which give such rubbishing articles that a blank page in them must be a solace and consolation to their readers, but in July one is not accustomed to offerings, as at Christmas, which come under the head of "Bene volence of the season." The Cologne Gazette con tains an interesting petition addressed to the King of Prussia by the members of the Permanent Com mittee of the ancient Diet of Electoral Hesse. Ac cording to the statements of these petitioners the most enlightened men of the country were favour able to the annexation of Hesse to Prussia, in the confidence that the country would continue to enjoy provincial independence and a certain degree of in dividuality. The petitioners, however, evidently disappointed of the possession of those happy rights, now express a hope that the Government will think of granting them. One point they especially claim is the establishment of provincial councils. They are equally anxioui in regard to financial mat ters, and they modestly claim t hat they should not be subjected to heavier taxes and duties than the Prussians. "But," they add, "after authentic calculations, Electoral Hesse will have to ;pay, in direct taxes, under the blessing of Prussian rule, 90,000 dollars more than they had to pay before they had the advantage of Prussian domination." The petitioners conclude with the expression of a hope that the State Treasury is not to be, purely and simply, an annexation to the State Treasury. Upon these simple facts the Journal des Debats remarks : We wish the petitioners a good chance for the realisation of their claims. But the Bohemian cam paign was very expensive, and it is not easy to persuade Prussia that she is rich_enough to pay for her glory." A grand dinner is to be given to the King of For- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 24 1867. tugal at the Hotel de Ville on Thursday evening, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. I LATV INTE. on the part of the municipality of Paris, his Ma jesty having accepted the invitation given with the (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) view to do honour to him by Baron Haussmann, the Prefect of the Seine. His Majesty has been to the Exhibition, and has expressed his admiration of it in enthusiastic terms. THE SULTAN. LIEGE, July 24. One of the most terrific and violent storms of thunder and lightning experienced in Paris for years occurred at an early hour this morning. The first thunder-clap was not like the general run of thunder, rumbling and threatening, but it was a single burst of elementary violence, and sounded like the report from a heavy cannon. Last evening was very tranquil, but all were prostrate with the heat. About 11 o'clock the wind began to blow again, and the storm commenced soon after mid night. To-day the atmosphere is dull and heavy, and there has been some violent rain. For two or three dais the immense forests ex tending from the Maures mountains and the Prejus, to the south of Draguignan, have been on fire. The fire commenced in the commune Of Draguignan, and impelled by the wind the conflagration spread to such an extent that the local papers say, " the country is literally in flames•" The flames could be seen from the island of llyeres, in the Mediterra nean. The commander of the squadron, seeing them, sent his crews to give assistance. The popu lation were active in rendering assistance. When the last accounts reached Paris the fire continued to progress. The disaster is attributed to the im prudence of some of the inhabitants of the district, who set fire to rubbish without considering the con sequences of what they had done. The damage will be of serious character, as the wood is very valuable. The Moniteur of this evening has the following announcement, but not in its official part :- 6 , The Empress arrived on Monday afternoon at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, after a favourable passage." At the Vesinet Steeplechases, on Sunday, Brada mante won the Prix do Croissy. For the Hacks Sweepstakes there was a dead heat, and the prize was shared between Katinka and Loup de Mer. In the handicap Caprice won the Prix des Pavilions. The Prix a Reclamer was won easily by Nemesis. The Sultan arrived here at 1 p.m. to-day, and was received by the King and the Count of Flan ders. The reception was of a very cordial cha- racter. After taking supper the Sultan left again at half- past 2 a.m. THE CRETAN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 23. The Ottoman Legation at Athens telegraphs yes terday to the Porte, announcing the evacuation of the Spakia district by the insurgents and its com plete occupation by the Imperial troops. The whole island is declared to have submitted. A solemn funeral mass was performed here this morning, accompanied by the firing of minute guns, for the repose of the soul of the Emperor Maxi- milian. ,:a RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, July 24. An Imperial ukase bas been issued, raising the duty on certain excisable articles. .(This Day.) COURT OF PROBATE. ,efore the Right Hon. Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) ROWE V. HARVEY. This was an action to try the validity of the will of Mrs. Rowe, and it was alleged on the part of the defendant that it had been improperly executed. Mr. Inderwick appeared for the plaintiff and Dr. Tristram for the defendant. The circumstances of this case were rather singular, and showed by what a slight mistake a will may become vitiated. It appeared that the will was executed by a Mrs. Rowe, living near Exeter, who, although a married woman, had the right of making a will. It was executed in May, 1866, and the husband was appointed executor, and he proceedal to propound. While preparations for doings° were going on, it was discovered that the witnesses, a man and his wife named Heard, had signed their names before the testatrix, therefore the will would become null and void, and the legatee, a young man, under age, named William Oliver Burrows, would lose the pro perty left to him, which was nearly all she had to leave. Proceedings were then taken to prove the invalidity of the will. Mr. Heard, a farmer near Exeter, stated that he was called upon to see Mrs. Rowe, who lived close to him, and who wished him to witness her will. He found her ill in one bed, and her hus band ill in another. She told aim to sign a certain document, and he did so, and his wife then signed it also. He was sure this was before Mrs. Rowe signed it. He saw her sign it after wards. Mrs. Heard said that she was with Mrs. Rowe when she was ill. She asked them to sign the will, and said that she knew that she ought to sign it first, but that she felt sick and weak and could not do it then, that it would not much hurt her if they saw her sign it afterwards. She (the witness) signed it, and saw the testatrix sign it on the same day, because she recovered strength enough to do it. After hearing the evilence, the learned Judge said he could not, after the evidence he had just heard, do otherwise than pronounce against the will. The question of costs was reserved. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar liazlitt.) N RE SIR SAMUEL MORTON PETO, BART., M.P. BETTS, AND CRAMPTON. These bankrupts were described as contractors or constructing public works, and builders, carry- ug on business at Great George-street, West• minster, and they were adjudicated bankrupts upon he petition of Messrs. Warden and Sons of the Railway Iron Works, Edgbaston-street, Birming ham on the 3d inst. To-day was appointed or the proof of debts and choice of assignees, but no accounts are yet filed, though the firm have admitted the validity of the pro ceedings in bankruptcy in the usual manner. The petitioning creditors, Messrs. Warden and Son, claim in respect of a dishonoured bill of exchange for £lllBs. 6d., and some goods sold, £3l 12s. 6d., making, in all, £143 is. Of course, there was the usual amount of confusion consequent upon these meetings, and the court was crowded with the creditors against the firm. Mr. Denton, Mr. John Linklater, Mr. Clark, Mr. Lawrence, and other solicitors, appeared for creditors and the firm—Sir S. M. Pete and his partners being also present. Mr. Linklater, who appeared on behalf of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, tendered a proof for over £6,661,914 14s. 2d. against the bankrupts, and when the learned gentleman mentioned the circumstances there was Borne laughter. ne observed that there was no occasion for any laughter in the matter, which was really very serious. He might say that the directors, in justice to the shareholders and the public, intended to prosecute this claim to the uttermost. He was aware that bankrupts made a counter claim against the Loudon, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company of some £300,000. Look ing at the magnitude of the company's claim, per haps it would not be admitted to-day, but it might be put upon the proceedings and investigated upon a future occasion. He confessed that he did not see why those who represented the bankrupts should receive the claim with claim. Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupts, said that it was clear the claim could not be admitted, nor did he think that his learned friend would insist upon pressing his claim to-day. Mr. Liuklater objected to Mr. Lawrence being heard, and after a short but very decent wrangle, Mr. Lawrence proceeded, and said he coal state positively that the railway company owed the firm £340,000. Mr. Linklater asked that the claim might be formally received. Mr. Lawrence objected. Mr. Reed, for several large creditors, said that he strongly protested against the large claim of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company being put on the proceedings in any way that could prejudice the interests of the other creditors. It was clear that while the bankrupts disputed the £6,661,000 claimed by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, Mr. Linklater had no right to appear. Mr. Reed said he should ask that the case might be adjourned, so that the matter might be fully considered. Mr. Link later remarked that he never heard of such a thing as a claim being taken off the files of proceedings after it had been once put on. Mr. Lawrence said that the Court should be very careful before it allowed this claim to pass. Mr. Maynard remarked that the admission of this claim would seriously affect the position of other creditors in the matter of dividend. Mr. Linklater denied this, and contended that all he now asked for was that the claim should be for mally put upon the proceedings with a note that it was disputed. Mr. Lawrence said that such a course would cer tainly be most mischievous. In the discussion that was proceeding it was candidly mentioned that it was proposed to appoint as assignees the three gen tlemen who had already been carrying on the estate under inspection—viz., Messrs. Bishop, Fothergill, and bolt. Sir M. Peto was then examined as to certain bills, and he said that they were all accepted on the part of Peto, Betts, and Crampton. There had been two firms—Peto, Betts, and Co., and Peto, Betts, and Crampton. Witness could not say when the title of the firm was altered. The first firm was in ex istence prior to the second. The latter firm was formed in 1862 for the purpose of carrying on the works of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and other works. Witness could not say what were the liabilities of Peto, Betts, and Co. They were more than £500,000. The liabilities in respect of Peto, Betts, and Crampton were, irre spective of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way Company, over £2,000,000, including loans, for which witness had become liable for the benefit of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Comyany. Baring Brothers held securities for money advanced. The securities were bills of exchange, which had been discounted by Baring Brothers, on account of the witness's firm. By Mr. Lawrence—l did not personally obtain discount for the bills. Our cashier did that work. Proof was tendered on behalf of the Bank of Eno-- land fcr a sum of £lO,OOO, and Mr. Reed objected that the proof was not properly tendered. Mr. Registrar Hazlitt said he should admit the proof. Mr. Reed then intimated that he should take the opinion of the Commissioner upon the subject. Many large proofs were tendered, but the whole proceedings were conducted amidst a constant buzz of conversation that was most un p leasant. I A day was named for the next meeting. DEATH OF Mus. ABDY.—We have to record the death of Mrs. Abdy, a lady who has long been well known for her poetical writings. Her earliest contributions ap peared in the pages of the New Monthly, under the signa ture of " M. A.," and sho subsequently became connected with the Metropolitan while it was under the editorial care of Thomas Campbell. Her poems have been collected in five volumes. The mother of the deceased was the sister of Horace and James Smith, tho authors of the "Rejected Addresses." AGRICULTURAL HALL. The experiment of giving promenade concerts at the Agricultural Hall has succeeded beyond mea sure, as the series announced for the next six weeks bids fair to be the most successful entertainment ever given in this immense building. Music, how ever, must not be looked upon as the only attrac tion, as the splendid decorations by the Messrs. Defries on the occasion of the Belgian ball remain intact, and elicit the admiration of the thou sands who have since the commencement of the concerts thronged the hall. The great prismatic fountains also lend an additional charm to the hall, and, combined with Mdlle. Liebhart's singing and Mr. Levy's wonderful cornet playing, make up one of the most remarkable shilling's worth of entertainments ever submitted to the public. Last night, notwithstanding the audi ence exceeded 10,000, not the slightest inconve nience was experienced, as hundreds availed them selves of the floral promenades, which, illuminated, revive again the glories of " Ranelagh." A grand morning performance is announced for Saturday next, on which occasion an immense audience is fully anticipated and provided for. WESION'S MUSIC HALL• The proprietors of this favourite place of public entertainment have been compelled by law to with draw their excellent " operatic selections" through the " friendly" action of some of the officials of a rival establishment. If anything could show the necessity for an alteration in the law the proceed ings taken against Messrs. Holland and Sweasy afford a very strong illustration. They gave an excellent selection of music from a popular opera, and because the vocalists appeared in theatrical costume the law prohibited the performance. At another establishment grand ballets are per formed, with all the accessories of the stage, together with the additional attraction of troupes of young women, habitod in such a manner that modesty retires blushing from the place ; yet this style of entertainment is allowed by law to be carried on without the slightest interfer ence, and the reason for this strange anomaly is, forsooth, that the intellectual performance is called a stage play, but the sensual one is, by a fiction of law, decided not to be so. The sooner such a state of things is altered the better. Messrs. Holland and Sweasy had intended that their next operatic selection should have been from Fra Diavolo," bat the proceedings we have alluded to render that impossible, and for the present, therefore, they have been compelled to seek for other attractions. They have called wit and hu mour to their aid, and now present their patrons with au entertain ment which embraces all the com ic vocal talent in the metro po l is. The " Comic oFestival"ft h ec l ever ricanniny Minstrels the hall is crowdedis a great success , and with the addition every evening. The Weather and the Harvest. We observed in our last that St. Swithin had asser ted himself incst unequivocally on the first of his recognised forty days. The grain crops have been a good deal knocked about, and here and there laid to a considerable extent, by the weather of last week, but we trust that St. Swithin, having so fully vindicated his sovereignty at the commencement, will be content to exercise a milder influence during the remaining period of his legitimate reign. As yet there is no reason to believe that the wet weather has done any serious or permanent damage ; in deed, should fine and warm weather now ensue, the late rains may prove to have been even more beneficial than injurious. Some of the wheats are already indicating by their altered colour that the ripening process has begun, and that harvest is rapidly approaching. So far as regards barley, oats, peas, and beans, the rain has unques tionably whilst, as respects thetu been rnipand serv r i o c o e t abl c e r , ops, they will reap enormous profit, the long-continued dry weather during the hay season having made them feel the want of moisture rather seriously. For these last men tioned crops nothing could b e more advan tageous than the late rains, and if we are only blessed with bright suns and a warm temperature there is no reason why our harvest should not fulfil the ample promise our broad acres hold out. The reports from the hop districts are by no means satis factory and rather conflicting. The showers have come very opportunely, and are universally wel comed, but they have not, upon the whole, proved so entirely efficacious as might have been wished. In many places the rain has washed away the fly and lice, but in oth ers t h e verm in have held on, and although the bin e has made progress, a nd looks of a better colour, it seems scarce l y a ble to stand against its enemies. The hi g h w i n d s h a ve proved damaging in all exposed sit uat i ons, an d the young shoots have been terribly battered. The burr has come out kindly among the forward garchns, but the tempe rature has not been sufficiently warm either day or night to force the plant on as one expects at this period of the season.—Sussex Advertiser. TUE REFORM L EAGUE AND THE PARKS QUES TION.—The Reform League held a soiree in Radle y 's Hotel last night, in commemoration of their Hy de- p ark demon stration of last ye ar . M r. W ha ll e y, 31'P' ' and several of the prominent members of the executive, wero present. Mr. Beales, who presided, referred in strong terms to the Royal Parks Bill. He said that unless the bill was altered in committee the League would declare openly the most determined hostility to it. They would not, as far as they wero concerned, allow the right of public meeting to be placed under the foot of the Government, or be sacri ficed to the fastidious judgments and whims of Rotten row. If there was to be a war of classes, which they had anxiously endeavoured to avoid, let it come. To the park they should go more determinedly than ever. Mr. Whal ley, after giving Mr. Beales and the League the credit of having been the chief instruments in passing the Reform Bill, denounced the introduction of the Royal Parks Bill as an audacious attempt to deprive the people of one of their most constitutional rights. The election committee of Mr. Bazlcy and Mr. Jacob Bright met on Monday, and resolved to bring foward those two gentlemen in combination at the next election for Manchester. SPAIN. MADRID, July 24. The Bank of Spain is about to make advantageous offers to the Government to facilitate the conversion of the Passive Debt. The Guzette publishes a note on the mode of effecting this conversion. SOUTHAMPTON, July 24. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Saxonia, from Now York, passed the Needles at 9.35 a.m. to-day. SOUTHAMPTON, July 24. The Union Company's steamer Briton passed lurst Castle at 4.10 a.m. to-day. OVERLAND MAILS. GIBRALTAR, July 22, The Mooltan left at 5 p.m. on the 20th. She may be expected at Southampton on the 25th inst. The Euxine left at 6 p.m. to-day. She may be expected at Southampton on the 27th inst. All well. FRANCE. PARIS, July 24. Yesterday the Emperor received Prince Albert of Prussia And the Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha. The Government have received a telegram from M. Dano, the French minister in Mexico, dated the 9th inst., in which he said that he did not think he would leave Mexico for another week. The tele gram makes no mention of the occurrences in Mexico since the occupation of that city and Vera Cruz. The Policy, a journal of Prague, which was re cently suspended after a condemnation for calum niating Baron de Beust, has just obtained from the Emperor, at the instance of the Minister, a relief from that rigorous measure. The bulletin of the paris Observatory of Saturday morning gives the following as the atmospheric situa tion :—" The centre of barometrical depression, which this morning was to the west of the Norwegian coast, has shifted towards the east, and is now in the Baltic. The glass has fallen 6mm. at St. Petersburg and Bat Stockholm. A rise of some importance-snim. —is observed this morning in England and France; but the pressure diminishes at Valentia, and the wind has veered to the south-west at Penzance and in Ire land. In France yesterday the sky was much clouded and overcast, and the wind westerly ; on the smith coast it is north-cast, pretty strong, with a clear sky. The glass is sinking in Italy." In Paris yes terday the weather was delightful, a pleasant breeze tempering the heat of the sun. At three in the afternoon the thermometer marked 23 5-10 Centi grade (74 3-5 Fahrenheit). BouusE, July 23, Two o'clock.—There are but few transactions, the market is weak and neglected, and quotations are lower. Threes 68f. 821 c., a de cline of 10c. ; Italian Fives have declined 25c., at 49f. 30c. ; Credit Foncier shares 101., at 1,390 f. ; Credit ➢iobilier Bf. 75c., at 340 f. ; and Spanish Mobilier If. 25c., at 228 f. 75c. Paris Gas shares are quoted 2f. 50c. lower, at 1,550 f. Immobiliere are offered at 171 f. 25c., a loss of 3f, 75e. N o noticeable change in the railway market. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows li. per Cents — Do. end month — 3 per Cents. — Do. end month 6B 85 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Fonder — Do. end month 1393 Bank Shares Italian Loan Do. end month 49 40 Mexican Loan Do. 80nd5,...,.., Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred reYs. For Account. Orleans Northern 1155 Lyons and Mediterranean.... Southern 551 25 Western Eastern Sardinian — Austrian 457 50 Lombard 377 50 North of Spain Saragossa Homan DEPARTURE OF THE BELGIANS. The following farewell address of the Belgian Gardes Civiques and Volunteers on their departure from England was presented to the President of the Belgian Reception Committee :-- ~ My Lord,—.On behalf of those whom I have had the honour to command during their visit to E n gland, I beg permission through you to address a few words to those who have so nobly entertained us . Everywhere and by every one we have been greeted with the most touching marks of friendship, goodwill, and cordiality. We were prepared for a welcome worthy of England, but we were far from expecting to meet with such spontaneous and unanimous cordiality. We had heard of the hospitality of England, but we confess that the result has surpassed our most san guine anticipations. Not only will the remembrance of this visit ever remain among our dearest recol lections, but I assure you that Belgium will hence forth regard it as another earnest pledge of friend ship between the two peoples. In the name of these under my command, and on behalf of all the Civic Guards and Volunteers of Belgium, I tender my most heartfelt thanks to England, to those who so worthily represent her, to your admirable citizen army—in a word, to all who have received us with such friendly welcome. " GREGOIRE, Colonel Commandant-in Chief, " Head-quarters. of the Belgian Detachment, Grosvenor Hotel, July 22." MUNIFICENCE OF THE SULTAN.—Yesterday morn ing the Lord Mayor received from Fuad Pasha, the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, a communication in the French language, forwarding a donation by his Impe rial Majesty the Sultan of £2,500, to be distributed amongst the indigent classes of the city of London. The communication, dated the 22d inst., translated, ran as fol lows :—" My Lord,—llis Majesty the Sultan, touched by the reception which has been awarded him by the city of London, and desiring to evidence his sentiment of lively gratitude to the inhabitants of this great and illustrious metropolis, which has been tno pride of the civilised world, he thought right to meet the well-known views of his hosts by praying you to accept a sum of £2,500 to be dis tributed amongst the indigent classes of the city. I dis charge not only a duty but an honour in forwarding to you that sum, as I am happy to offer you the homage of my high consideration.—(Signed) FuAD. To the Lord Mayor of the City of London." UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—The ilolme professorship of clinical medicine, to which is attached the office of physician to the hospital, has become vacant by the resignation of Professor J. R. Reynolds, on his appointment to the professorship of medicine to the col lege. It le iu the gift of the Council• litfinot tirtallat HER MAJESTY, &c. OSBORNE, July 23. The Empress of the French arrived yesterday afternoon on a visit to the'Queen. Her Majesty is attended by the Duchess do Bassano and the Count do Brissac. The Queen, accompanied by the Empress, drove out this morning. Prince and Princess Leiningen dined with the Queen yesterday. THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. COWES, July 23. The Empress Eugenie leaves Osborne to-morrow afternoon for Brest. From thence she goes to Cherbourg and Havre, weather permitting, where the Emperor will meet her. To-morrow morning the Reine Hortense will steam to Portsmouth to embark the Duchess A'Albo and her brother, the Empress's cousins, from South sea pier. The yacht will then return to Cowes, and the Empress will take leave of the Queen. The visit has been strictly private. The Emperor will probably visit London nest month. FRENCH THEA7RICALS. LORD DUNDREARY.—The appearance of this dis- tinguished foreigner in the very midst of foreign players has caused great contention amongst the critics. There are some few who are mightily en raged at his impudence in presuming to play in Paris. One who would perch on the very pinnacle of fame, were his abilities equal to his pretensions, says that he does not understand one word of English. He has not been to see Sothern, nor does he mean to go, and having thus prepared himself for elaborate criticism, he falls to and abuses the English play and players. Another com plains that he is the most affiche of acteurs, that he can't turn without seeing Dundreary grinning at him through his lorgon ; he even saw his portrait pasted on the walls of the cemetery. But after all, they have not treated him uncivilly ; they who have been to see him admit that his inimitable acting made the language in which he clothed his confused ideas indifferent to them. They were unable to follow him into his dreamy perplexities, but they screamed with laughter, and felt that they would like to see him again. M. Theophile Ganthier considers him a " sort of snob escaped from Thackeray's book and clothed in a snob's skin, which fits him like a glove." Now this is precisely what D undreary is not; there is nothing snobbish in his ap pearance, dress, manners, or above all in his nature His intelligence hovers amidst those indistinct species which puzzled Buffon whether to place in the animal or vegetable kingdom. But Sir Piercie Shafton was an ass. The fair Molinara even laughed at his insufferable conceit, as Dulcinea at Don Quixote, he also was a foolish fanatic ; yet they were gentlemen to the heart's core, gentlemen, as Bayard himself, and you might as well compare them with the men in armour at the Lord Mayor's show as with the Waggles, the Pontos, and the other snobs pilloried by Thackeray. When French men attempt to swim out of their own waters they get out of their depth. M. Paine has devoted more time and attention to our literature than any other of his countrymen, perhaps, yet how miserable are his mistakes about our national characteristics. M. de Tocqueville alone, in his letters to Lady Theresa Lewis, proves his mastery over our verna cular and manners, but he stands nearly alone in his glory, if there be any glory in the achievement. The others who meddle with us assimilateDundreary to a snob, as they would Mary Stuart to Mrs. Fry. This drawling, drivelling peer is too much of a gentle man to hesitate in offering precedence to the softer sex. He will learn with pleasure that those sunlit tresses, which he " considers "just like theweed with the moon thining on them," and the other attractions of his destined bride, have made as deep an impres sion on the Parisians as on him. They are all mad about Miss Rose Massey, the Mary Meredith of the play, and they are fortunately impervious to the deficiencies of the performance. An illustrious per sonage fancied that he had not only emptied all the vials of his wrath, but that he had even broken the bottle, when he called us a " nation of shop keepers." Pitt retorted by calling the Gauls a na tion of actors. Each, doubtless, thought that he had hit the other very hard,but for our part we see nothing so very disgraceful either in the counter or the sock and buskin. Moreover, do we not see one duke selling champagne, another selling coals, others retailing their pines and pheasants, and some selling that which should be unsaleable ? And has not a great authority told us that all the world's a stage, and that we are all players ? Pitt seemed to agree with the chimney-sweep who rebuked his fellow' sweep for laughing at Charles Kemble : "You don't know what you may come to yourself." lAre rise, however, from our visit to Lord Dundreary, stung to the quick with the justice of Pitt's observation• The French are a nation of far better actors than the English. Blondin has been compelled to break his engage" meat at Asnieres from causes not very creditable to his rivals. On closely inspecting his rope the other day he discovered that it had been sawn asunder, so that one fibre only remained, which his weigh t would have broken. But for the timely discovery this diabolical attempt would have succeeded, aria the visitors to the Paris Cremorne would have been horrified by a repetition of the frightful disaster at the English Cremorne and at the Hippodrome. Mme. Ristori has left Paris, where she has been studying the role of Marie-Antoinette. Two daYs past she visited the chapel and the cell in the Con ciergerie where the ill-fated Austrian lady wa s immured. The genius loci yet flits about those gloomy precincts, and will doubtless inspire the great tragedian, and identify her with the wrongs and woes of the Bourbon, as she has made of those of the Scottish Queen. BELGIAN VOLUNTEERS AT MANCHESTER A 1419 DERBY.—On Monday upwards of 40 of the Belgian Garde Civique arrived at Manchester by train, at three o'clock, from Lon lon. They were met at the London" road Station by Messrs. Malcolm Ross (President of th e Chamber of Commerce), Louis Bebrins, Dr. Roylei Vr. Gompertz, and other members of the reception committees and a number of the Manchester volunteers. The ri fle !, volunteers forming the guard of honour consisted of 20 ' officers and men of the Ist Manchester, under the n° l3 „: . ; wand of Captain Philips ; 200 officers and men of the '- Manchester, undel Captain Statham ; 100 officers and ro e! of the 3d Manchester, under Captain Shaw ; and in adal tion to these there were present a battery of the 19th Lan cashire Artillery, under the command of Major Prest °ll ; They were marched to the Town-hall, whore they wera received by the ox-mayor (Mr. Alderman Bennett), an partook of a cold collation. Although the rain fell heal'', thousands of spectators lined the routo from the rai l " '3 ,,,g station to the Town-hall. Another party of Belg it ''':„, visited Derby the same day. They wore escorted 11. ° -- f the railway station to the Guildhall by a guard of hoee . of local volunteers, the band playing the Brabaqouns, The Belgians were enthusiastically received by the tovry a people, who thronged the line of march and c heer incessantly. Extract from the Moniteur, Paris, July 16.- - " Wheeler and Wilson Company, of New York, innt l f c ,i turers of American sowing machines, have just rece"- p a the gold medal at the Exposition Universelle, for the V fol . c onstruction of machines; the new improvemen t s making button-holes, applicable to their sewing manb ili , e „ s . also, for their machine especially for making button -nt t ,t This award is accorded for the great develop m ent t,' os Messrs. Wheeler and Wilson have given to the B°7l o o machine industry, in bringing their machines to the cli,c)ol 3 of all, by their cheapness and solid construction, 1".0,1 allows their employment with satisfaction in families with groat advantage in shops. VilOa rt " THE CURATE'S DISCIPLINE," by Mrs. ---- ss (Hurst and Blackett), is a very good novel. The authin;ea has contrived a most dramatic plot, and she has deli t o it with much ingenuity and cleverness. Nor is it 1 _ t he action of the story alone that reason is found toprais7ioo4 authoress. She has taken great pains with the &lineal:0o of all her characters, and in some of them she ha ° an d markedly successful. Mrs. Eiloart writes vigorousll with a keen souse of humour."—Star. a clai THE CHANCERY VACATION JUDGE.- - Y e—e i r dUa it was announced that Vice-Chancellor Malins °- t uo the vacation judge in Chancery, and not the Igastc /r Rolls as was supposed.