The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-06 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, July 31.—The mail last night from Marseilles brought no news of the squadron which left Toulon the 18th of July for a cruise at sea. Her Majesty's scre w fri g ate Endymion, 3, Capt. C. Wake, which arrived lately from the Pintas, leaves to-morrow to join Lori Clarence Paget on the coast of France. She has been relieved in Greece by the Racer, 11, screw corvette, Com mander L. Brine. The Cruiser, 5, steam corvette, Commander M. Singer, came into port on the 28th inst. from cruising in the Malta Channel, and will remain here for the present. The Italian corvette Eurydice, Capt. Cavaliere Bertello, arrived yester day from Algiers, and leaves this evening or to morrow for Cagliari. The Turkish Government screw steamer Kady Kedy 11. left on the 26th inst. for Constantinople. The Governor of Tripoli, Ali Riss Pasha, who has been absent from the province on leave, returned here on the 28th inst. from Con stantinople on his way to resume his post. He left for Tripoli in the Trabulus Garb on the 29th. Dr. Burke, Royal Navy, left in the Byzantin for Eng land via Marseilles on the 28th inst. Sir Victor Houlton,K.C.M.G., chief secretary to the Govern ment, leaves for England by the same route to but above all puerile and made for a rod. Its best known chiefs have just given a proof to some thousands of reasonable persons from all the civi lized nations. Annoyed at having witnessed for a fortnight together the passage of Catholic Europe over its territory on the way to Rome, and it having received from the travellers marks of the little esteem in which they were held, the statesmen of Florence, wished to extract some satisfaction from them, and at the same time some sons. They invented, accordingly, a means doubly ingenious, which was at one and the same time a most offensive vexation and a flagrant extortion : they feigned to believe that the cholera was at Rome. In subjecting the pilgrims to fictitious sanitary examinations, which they multiplied and rendered interminable, they caused them to lose the trains and compelled them to take up their abode in the hotels where they were fleeced with out mercy. Christians to the lions ! There are three sorts of lions in regenerated Italy the custom-house officer, the fumigator, and the hotel- JOURNALS. ~....... much against it. Then all Papists are born trai tors just as negroes are born black and Malays yellow. This is another point of faith sinful to doubt. A list of such propositions as these a re the real thirty-nine articles that limit the creed of the genuine Protestant. In a few generations this state of things will scarcely be believed excep t b y the curious explorers of old libraries and the readers of old pamphlets, but we need no convinc ing. As yet the good old race is not quite extinct, and we may still hear the last survivors of the old stock making their daily profession of faith, not only in such chance assemblies as that of St. James's Hall, but in Exeter Hall, Crown Court, or the House of Commons. The Apocalyptic seer of this generation has gravely announced in his last publication the charitable belief that there is just a chance for the salvation of Papists, though he feels sure that if heaven is ever open to them at all, they will feel utterly at a loss what to do when they get there. Again, a learned Archdeacon has lately taken advantage of a visitation to prove elaborately that Popish theology authorizes the unblushing violation of every precept of the De calogue ; and the most perfect living specimen of the family announced a few weeks ago to an un sympathizing House of Commons that Popery was beyond a doubt the most fearful curse that had ever fallen on any land. Yet in spite of the vigour displayed by these scions of the good old stock, it is clear that the good old stock itself is fast dying out. A proof of this is to be found in the fact that such assertions as the above require now no refu tation. The charge of Archdeacon Sinclair is as harmless, and we may add, as amusing, as Don Quixote's charge at the windmill. Dr. Cumming we may leave to the castigation of the Saturday Review, and Mr. Whalley we may safely leave to himself. As for the Associates of the " National Protestant Institute," they may hold as many meetings as they please, and print as many placards as they please, but they will never persuade Eng lishmen that they are the victims of a Jesuitical conspiracy, or induce them to go back to the thoughts and feelings of the " glorious days of King William." They might as well try to revive the old style of controversy, when adversaries were uniformly accused of " wallowing in the slime of misrepresentation and calumny," or readers warned " not to kiss the Pope's toe until his nails be pared, so as he will not scratch and make the blood run about the mouth of Christendom." This is the mother tongue of Protestantism, and it is one of the signs of the times that like the old Welsh it is growing obsolete. The late meeting in St. James's Hall was a kind of Eisteddfod to keep alive the old spirit and the 010 language. These attempts at a " Revival" must be expected from time to time. On the next occasion, however, if we may venture to make a suggestion, several alterations should be made in the programme. In the first place, the Association ought to have too much respect for its traditions to meet anywhere except in Crown Court or Exeter Hall. Then with all due respect to Sir W. Verner, M.P., we must really protest against his occupying the chair in face of the superior claims of the honourable m ember for Peterborough. Prominent places too, on the plat form ought to be assigned to Dr. Cumming and Mr. Newdegate. Dr. M'Neile should be induced to attend from Liverpool, as the representative of great and good men in general, and ArchdeacoArchdeacon Sinclair would have great p leasure we are sure in reading his " Charge " for about the fifteenth time. Really none of these little points should. be ne glected tokeep the " sick man " aliv e. It Is to Mr. Whalley, as first physician, that we look for able treatment at this crisis, unless indeed he really harbours the secret ambition of living to a green old age, and being able to say if he will condescend to speak in a Popish language "Le Protestantzsm e, c'est nzoi!" COUNTRY MARKETS. SPIRIT OF night. The Duke of Cambridge, Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief, paid a lengthened visit to Alder shot yesterday and reviewed the whole of the divi sion at that station. The Commander-in -Chief had expressed his intention of visiting Aldershot on Friday week, but the heavy rain on that day pre vented the review and field-day taking place, and the Duke postponed his visit until yesterday. The division, to the number of 6,667 of all ranks, paraded yesterday morning, and, marching to the com,-non, formed upon Eelmoor-hill, facing south, the infantry (12 regiments) in line of contiguous column at quarter distrance in front, and the cavalry, with the Royal Horse Artillery, on either flank in rear, and two field batteries in open column of batteries in rear of all. His Royal Highness—who was accom panied by Colonel C. R. Egerton, Deputy-Adjt.- General ; Col. E. R. Wetherall, C. 8., Deputy- Quartermaster -General ; Col. Gloucester Gambier, C. 8., RA., Deputy-Adjt.-General of Artillery ; and attended by Col. T. H. Clifton, Aide-de -Camp _travelled by the ordinary train, arriving at Farn borough at 10.30. The Prince of Teck also accom panied the Commander-in -Chief. The Royal party rode slowly across the common to the division, which presented arms as soon as the centre of the line was reached. Lieut.-Gen. the Yorko Scarlett, K.C.8., having joined his Royal Highness, the troops were inspected from right to left of the front line and from left to right of the rear line. Position having been taken up at the saluting point, the division marched past, the artil lery and cavalry in open column of batteries and squadrons at a walk, and the infantry time .in open The co l um n of grand divisio ns in quick cavalry, royal horse artillery, and field batteries afterwards passed the saluting point at a trot, and the infantry in mass of brigades at quarter dis tance, and again by brigades, in contiguous column also at quarter distance. The troops then formed up in order of battle on the ground occupied by them prior to the march p, and s manoeuvres were gone through in opposing an enemy marching from the southward on Aldershott camp. After a very fatiguing day the troops re turned to quarters about 3 o'clock. The field state of the day showed 1,097 cavalry, 749 artillery, 4,770 infantry and engineers, and 54 military police. The day was fine, but the dust, as usual, was a great drawback, the troops being occasionally hid in dense c louds of it. His royal highness and su ite returned to town by an afternoon train. Brigadier-General Sir Alfred Horsford, K.C.8., commanding the 3d Brigade at Aldershott, having been granted leave of absence from the 22d of July to the 31st of August, on account of ill health, Col. Greer, C.B. ( 68 th Regiment), has assumed the command of the bvigade, and will continue to com mand until the Brigadier-General's return. 31. LOUIS VEUILLOT ON 1103 IE. Miscellaneous Foreign News keeper. As soon as one arrives at the revolutionary frontier, the Italian gendarmes make their appear ance, ornamented with incredible plumes. These gendarmes with plumes are without end. Mignon ought now to sing : Connais-tu le pays ob. flenrit le gendarme ? I was not subjected to the fumigation, as I judged it better not to leave my seat in the carriage, where —thanks, no doubt, to my character as layman — the gendarmes left me in peace ; but in revenge my fellow-passengers had to undergo the opera tion, in various forms, five times in twenty-four hours. These absurd formalities, sanatory, or appertaining to the Custom-house, which, moreover, only extended to a section of the travellers, taken at hazard, were freely accompanied by words of insult. A venerable, wearied out with the arrogant minutia of these visits, cried out, " What do you take us for?" " For priests, and that's enough," was the reply. Many examples of such ill pleasantry are related. Nevertheless, it must be acknowledged that towards those who resisted them they were yielding. Near Ancona, where they showed themselves par ticularly troublesome, a French bishop refused point-blank to be fumigated. He said to the It a lians that it was they, and not he, who had the pest, and ordered them to withdraw. They obeyed; but the bishop could not compel them to allow him to continue his journey, for the corresponding train had started. The present aspect of Florence is not contagious. There we behold a people ragged in every sense ; scandals of every kind, utter degradation of the intelligence, in the form of pamphlets, of adver tisements, of photographs, and of caricatures, are to be seen among the chefs-d'ceurre of the past ; and also, this is without inventive power or dash ; an insipid and hideous copy of all the insipid and hideous things which have been done elsewhere. Florence, in which the intellectual life of revo lutionary Italy finds its centre, has not a man, not an artist, not a pamphlet writer, not a caricaturist to show to the world. It is a contemptible workshop of contemptible counterfeits. Beggars abound, and a greater number are to be met with in the short distance between Florence and Firsole than are to be found in the whole of Rom ar e. But scandalous exhibitions eclip se even the beggs. This evil moves about; grimaces offend the eyes, the ears, and decency. Such, in its glory of being capital of Italy, the proud city which once acknow ledged only the Christ as its Sovereign Lord, the city of Cimabrue, of Dante, of 13runelleschi, of Savonarola, of Michael Angelo, of the Medici—now the city of the Garibaldis, of Dolfis, and of the Egeria who is called Madame Urbain. Poor Dante is held in Florence in great honour. Ills statue is set up in the salons of every inn, by the side of those of Garibaldi and of Victor Emmanuel. His Etruscan profile, with its austere majesty, seems strangely out of place in such company. We fancy we hear his haughty words :- 0 souvra tutte mal creata plebe Che stai nel loco onde parlar è duro! \ After a certain fashion, then , the Moniteur s p eaks the truth. It is certain that those who were com pelled to prolong, as we have related, their voyage On his return from Ro me M. Louis Veuillot of pleasure in Italy, have n ot re p ented of it— comments, in his accustomed brilliant and incisive I although the " pleasure" was wanting. Moniteur gives of , But there are mishap s about which it is not be style, on the account w hich the the celebrations at Rome , and of the p resent poli- s eeming to speak more. The p il g rima g e of Catholic tical and religious state of Italy. After describing Europe to Rome in 1867 will have , o f a certainty, that account " as meagre , v er y unintelligible, with- formed of later, a nd which the world will know, other consequen ces, which the Moniteur will be in out transparent ill - will , " he sa y s it y et contains some errors which spring sim p l y from the ignorance e ven though the Moniteur were alwa y s to be silent of the editor—an ig norance which is neither in- upon them. None of t h o se who witnessed th elf at v oluntary nor premeditate d, but p roceeds from the s c e ne will ever forget it. I must accuse mys of having related it ver y indifferently. n oble disdain which such inconsiderable things as D o wn there, or to speak better , there above, there Papal Allocutions a nd the Address of the Episco- pate inspire in such men as the writers in the was no time for waiting, much less for word-paint ilbmiteur. After these introductory remarks M. ing• The matter and the light overpowered the workmen. They who lived in that vortex of ideas Veuillotthus proceeds : E v en though the Moniteur does not know Latin and of wonders will excuse me. Alone in Europe, Rome has preserved the elements of spiritual mag so perfectly as it knows English, its scholarly ver nificence. It is the unique theatre of a unique sions seem to be not without malice. We cannot thing ; it is Rome, and it has the rope. But Rome conceal from ourselves that the Moniteur has a itself for centuries has ne ver seen the Pope in slight contempt for us. But, after all, it is a gentle , such splendour, and perhaps no Pop e ever a pp eared con t e mpt, and we are on l y too g lad that that which has just taken pla ce in Rome should not be more s o manifestly in his character of hea d of the human race, surrounded by the pastors of all nations holding openly ridiculed. The official journal seizes the o pp ortunity of con- the keys of heaven and speaking the wo rds of life. m enting once more on the g eneral pacification We are told in tones of anger that Ro me at the same time is besieged and mined, that its words which has arisen in Italy in regard to the religious Moniceur of life fall on a multitude irritated or i ndifferent question. It is a lon g time now since the from whom the only response is words of death. has looked upon Italian matters in so favourable ignorant of it, a m anner. It does not do so without a purpose. We are not and none of those who were at Rome but on entering it came across this Moliere sketches somewhere a Dorine or a Nerine multitude which presses round its walls on every who shrinks from no difficulties, and who is woman side. The crowd is dense. Those who came from enough to marry the Grand Turk with the republic the ends of the earth could not take a step without of Venice. The Moniteur wants to marry the Pope meeting it, and without having the opportunity of to modern Italy ; it would all be well were it stipulated that the children should be brought up learning its indifference and of hearing its blas in the Catholic religion ; but, on the c ontrar y , the , Phemies• co ndition is to omit this clause, and hence the There are Free-thinkers and hangmen in China, en li g htened minds in the Mallaccas, subscribers to difficulty. Nerine, that is to say, the Moniteur, is the statue of Voltaire among the Flat Heads and not discouraged by so slight a matter. To believe Pierced Noses. In the Oceanic isles, among those it, the love is such on both sides, that this paltry dispute is being q uickl y p ut aside. Let us marry, people who would not be thought to belong to the and the children shall be brought up as they like. h um an race, if they had not the essential charac teristics of the race, the brewing of intoxicating We, however, did not see that matters were so drinks, and the art of prolonging tortures as soon forward, either on the Catholic side or the Italian. as any missionaries sho w themselves—a third talent According to the Monite ur " the Italians (Catholics) has made itself known in the production of a kind who came to Rome abstained from all manifests- of Charivari. In less than n o time the nomad bons that might appear to have a p olitical mean population has poets, engravers , wi ts, who furnish ins ;" and in the welcomes with which the Holy 1 arguments against the Priests; and all this is as well Father was everywhere received, " no utterances of a political c h arac ter were remarked." Will the as at Paris and at Florence, and destroys even with Aloniteur allow us to say that this account is crro- g reater facility. Yes , v eril y Rome is besieged, and the besiegers are multitudes, nevertheless the spec mous? In the first place, the Italians of the tacle was none the less sublin _ e of beholding the hundred cities who were presen ted to the Hol y Father by the Marquis Boschetti , t o the number Pope in the midst of five hundred bishops, showing of twelve or thirteen hundred, neve r g ave them- them the world, sho win g them Paris, London, selves as partizans of Italian Unity, and the Holy Florence, Honolulu, and Pekin and Llassa, and the Father did not receive them as such. If the rest of the earth, and saying to them : Ite, docete ! The Moniteur will reproduce their Address and t h e y passed and repassed ; t he y p ierced through an swer of the Holy Father, all the prefects , all the the multi crossed over the sands, over waves and mountains mayors, all the officials of the empire will be con- vinced of it. Secondly, Italians and others, all and rolls of p a per, and nothing will h inder the those who welcomed the Holy Fat her, took particu- Gospel from being p re ached to every creature. lar care to cry out, " Long live the Pope-King I" an utterance eminently political. Were the Moniteur to maintain the contrary a thousand times, not one of those who were at Rome would believe it on its oath. About Italy, the Moniteur gives other assurances " of perfect tranquillity," which likewise are not verified by facts. " The railways," it says, " having offered special facilities, numerous parties of pilgrims resolved to follow vp their religious pilgrimage by some excursions simply of pleasure, and it is certain that they did not repent of it— thanks to the spirit of conciliation which is begin ning to spread t hrou g hout Italy." 0, .Moniteur, what a French fashion of speaking ! 0, Nerine, what illusions ! The truth is that these worthy Italians did what they could to vex, to insult, and to annoy the " pilgrims ;" and they did not suc ceed ill. Among the prophecies more or less authentic, which have pervaded Italy for the _last twenty years, and all of which announce misfortune, there is one which the pilgrims to Rome have seen ful filled to the letter. It declares that in the reign of Charles Albert Italy shall fall under the yoke of a puerile people—popolo puerile—which shall heap derision on it. It is the people of the Revolution ; one cannot be mistaken--a people insolent, wicked. We hear that negotiations are in progress for the acquisition of British Columbia to the United States. The inhabitants of Vancouver's Island and the settle ments on the mainland find themselves left out in the cold by the consolidation of the British Pro vinces into the dominion of Canada, and, at the same time, hemmed in by the transfer to the United States of Russian America. Under these circum stances they appear to desire annexation. Another report is circulated that Mr. Seward contem plates the purchase of the Island of Madeira. The treaty with the Sandwich Islands is about to be submitted to the Senate. Though termed reci procity, it is made wholly in favour of Hawaiian sugar planters and the sugar consumers of the Pacific States, by which a loss will accrue to the revenue of half a million dollars. Ia 1866 the exports of the islands to the United States amounted to over $1,500,000, while the imports from the United States were little more than half, of which a large portion were stores forwarded to American whalers cruising in these waters. The goods consumed by the islanders do not exceed $2,000,000, of which only a portion comes from the Union. The foreigners, who mainly cultivate the estates, desire either annexation or such a treaty, hut they pre ferred the treaty, as it gave them the benefits unen cumbered with the drawbacks. The President has also transmitted to the Senate, for ratification, the Treaty between the United States, Great Britain, France, and Japan, which, in common with that of the Sandwich Islands, will probably be ratified. The committee to inquire into the treatment of Northeners in Confederate prisons have issued a circular calling on those to come forward who are able to give information on the subject. The de bate in the House on the appointment of this com mittee was very warm. The House was asked to instruct the committee to investigate the alleged ill-treatment of Southerners in Federal prisons, but this was refused. The speeches turned on the re sponsibility of stopping the exchanges, for which General Butler has been much blamed. He was a Federal Commissioner when the exchanges ceased, but he alleges the order of General Grant. General Ould acted for the Confederates, and proposed to exchange 20,000 sick and wounded Federals for an equal number of Confederates. This statement appeared in the National 1 ntelligencer, but General Butler denied its truth in the House, producing papers to show that no message relating to such an exchange ever passed between himself and General Ould. Mr. Eldridge, in defence of Ould, stated that if that officer had been a rebel so bad Wash ington, and Hancock, and Adams ; all were rebels until success bad made them patriots. Mr. Eldridge was not, however, successful in his defence, for he sat down under a storm of hisses, which lasted many minutes after he had ceased to speak. Mr. Cave, M.P., who proceeded to America In the interest of the Atlantic and Great Western Rail way, was entertained at a dinner at Willard's Hotel on the 18Lh iust. Though invitations were sent to a large number of prominent men, not many responded. Mr. Banks proposed " The House of Commons, the first Representative Assembly in Europe." In replying, Mr. Cave dwelt at length on the mistakes entertained in America regarding the attitude of the British people during the war, I w hose neutrality, he was bound to s a y , was a reality ' and not a sham—on the identity of interests be tween the nations—on sympathy in England with abolitionists—and on the furtherance of despotic designs which would result from a war between England and America, a war that would be wit nessed with joy by the despotic powers of Europe. He closed his speech with a free-trade sentiment. A C l h r. a . n S d p l eera,ker and others Colfax, Sen n, a t followedors, S w h h e e r n m avne,r kindlyyWilso feel o in pnio giswn thatuttered,er e isnow inaki whichsnhowcvetohnesrttrsone vgednrift of f those who not long since expressed great intero national animosity. General Butler is a curious study. The audacity of his nature characterises all his actions. No man has brought on his shoulders a greater amount of odium, or borne it with more unbending resolution. There are many who believe in him—in his sincerity, his ability, and strength of character ; but all believe in his impudence. He got up a special committee to examine into the administra tion of the Ordnance Bureaux. That committee has adjourned to October 23, after passing this re solution :—" Resolved—That the Secretary of War be requested to suspend the alteration of muzzle loading Springfield rifles into breechloaders of reduced calibre, as is now being done, by which all ammunition for infantry now on hand will be rendered useless, until such alteration, its expense, utility, and objects can be investigated by the com mittee." Now this is not a bad resolution for General Butler, considering that he has an interest in another mode of converting ordinary muskets into breechloaders, which he is said to have urged on the Government, but which they decline to adopt. The interview between Generals Sherman and Hancock at Fort Harker is over, and the former has returned to St. Louis, the latter to Fort Leavenworth. Whatever may be the ultimate result of the conference, the Indian troubles con tinue, and the last news recor is the capture of a train near Fort Larned. Bishop Laing and ten other Roman Catholic priests, together with six sisters of charity, were taken by the savages. The men were of course killed and scalped—the women carried off. The expenses of the war are becoming very heavy, and telling severely on the Treasury. Over one million dollars a week are now expended with every prospect of a considerable increase. The difficulties of carrying on a civilised system of war fare against such an enemy, without a point of at tack or a base of operations, is increased in propor tion to the magnitude of the campaign. Colonel Leavenworth, the Indian Agent at Fort Harker, has been directed not to distribute any more an nuity goods among the tribes until peace is restored The Commissioner of Indian affairs has reported to the Senate that the difficulties have mainly arisen from unfair treatment and the oppres sion to which the Indians have been sub jected by the Government, adding that if proper means be used these difficulties may be easily set tled. Congress passed a bill appointing a com mission of Generals Sherman, Hancock, Augur, and Barney, together with Kit Carson and other civilians, to treat for peace, with power to select lands for the settlement of the tribes. If they fail in inducing the Indians to bury the hatchet, they are directed to adopt vigorous means, calling out volunteers from States or Territories, and enlisting for the war the practised hunters and rovers of the frontier. It has been always found that such per sons are better qualified for the guerilla style of fighting than regulars ; and this war is no excep tion. What befel the English in New Zealand is occurring now with the United States troops in the Far West. The balance of killing is against the white men, and every red man's scalp is calculated to have cost $70,000. It is in vain to cry Out against the generals, who cannot accomplish im possibilities, and it is equally vain to talk of a sharp and decisive war, which cannot be carried out. We shall discuss this subject more fully in our next issue. Surratt's defence proceeds slowly. Only one wit ness was examined on Wednesday, the 17th ult., but it was announced that the testimony for the defence would be closed on Thursday, in which they failed, as five of the expected witnesses had not ar rived. Mr. Bradley assured the court that they would be in attendance on the 20th July. The de sign of Surratt's counsel is to prove an alibi. Judge Fisher has ruled against receiving some important testimony, such as thehotelregister at Canandaigua, New York, where it is alleged Surratt was on April 15, proving that he could not have been in Washington on the day of the assassination, or in Burlington, Ve rmont, on Monday, 17th April, where the prosecution attempted to show he had dropped a handkerchief. Also that the compact was signed by the Confederates Booth, Payne, Harold Atzerodt, but not by Surratt. The docu ment was burned through fear, and from the same cause nothing was said about it at the time of the conspiracy trial. James Matthews, the actor, who offers testimony on this subject, affirms that he had a perfect recollection of the paper. Great difference of opinion appears to exist in America as to the rela tive weight of the evidence against and for Surratt. We are inclined to think that this discussioess of n and free exercise of opinion by the public pr America is unfair to the prisoner and to affirmed the court. On the one hand it is openly who was that the President pardoned Caineron, deeply committed by the rebellion, for the express purpose of swearing to Surratt's innocence. Another party declare that the presiding Judge has shown a decided leaning towards the prosecution. The one party state it to be impossible for the jury to acquit the prisoner in the face of the overwhelming evi dence of guilt ; the other cannot see how any jury can on such testimony convict a man of murder. The question of guilt or innocence has degenerated into a political squabble, which perhaps is fortunate for Surratt, as the jury under such circum stances are not likely to agree. Every we who bears witness in this remarkable case is covered with dirt. No sooner has he made his statement than he is proved to have committed all sorts of crimes, and to be utterly unworthy of belief. It matters not whether he is for theprosecution like Dr. M`Millan, or for the defence like Mr. Cameron. Iu the meantime attention has been attracted over the border by a fierce dispute between the La Minerve of Montreal and the Montreal Witness. The latter having denounced the Roman Catholic priests who had concealed Surratt, the former journal makes this remarkable statement :—" We could have pub lished long ago the name of a Protestant clergyman, whose letter is before us, who himself originated the idea of assassinating President Lincoln. The Con federate agents in Canada, whose answer we also hold, declined the proposal, and the clergyman then resorted to a private attempt. If need be, we could give his name and the place where he is at present residing in one of the Northern States, in a city well known, where he occupies an important post and is respected." Amongst the subjects which have occupied the attention of Congress is the decline in American ship -building. What that decline has been may be judged by the fact that the firm of the Westervelts, who in 1850 built 13,000 tons, have launched within the last 18 months a single vessel of 310 tons. The Arago was the last of the great ocean steamers, if we except the three vessels for the Pacific mail ser vice. In 1850 70,000 tons of merchant ships were built in the yards of New York. Now these yards are silent, or constructing only small vessels for the coasting trade. The difficulty is to apply a remedy that will be effectual in restoring the country to the proud position it occupied six years ago, when the Stars and Stripes flew over the greatest number of sea-going ships, and Great Britain stood but second in the lists of its mercantile marine. Nor does this represent fully the real position America then occupied, for a large number of the swiftest ships which sailed from English ports, under the EnOsh flag, had been constructed in the States. An eminent ship builder of New York, writing to the limes of that city, recommends the removal of all taxes on ship -building materials, adding that with all the necessary materials free of duty it would be many a long and weary year before we can stand so near the head of the line as in the proud times of half a dozen years ago." A movement is reported from Washington among Congressmen to put General Sheridan forward for the Presidency, and it is said to be gaining ground, nitt ‘ntoposu,di yer n i eniunn a fano t i as tenderedsdi for it. eyni independent srtspt. o rth f fohoneTbe l r l iaephs e nbtterh n oipu slre r nui eythosriypisiemJa: pursued nomination ,neshaaadaehas seiotod t h oug h opposed by the friends of Speaker Colfax, n a Chief Justice Chase, and Senator Wade. The Raymond, as Minister to i e nbEa A cei in l oueoce r frnen . opGgeplterceeteoreaodtsnbyras confirmed. mit certainly o tml i n ßleple d daedni n. posts did not rox, rob t nnof o alhot trd o de, - a able Greene, the " grandson" whom the historian flattered himself he had squelched. Ex-Go vernor Andrew will, in all probability, be nominated as Minister to Mexico, a post at present of the very highest importance to the United States, and for which Mr. Otterburgh may or may not be qualified, for few know anything about him. It is not likely, however, that Governor Andrew will accept the post, though patriotism may induce him. Samuel Blatchford has been confirmed as Judge of the - United States District Court in the southern district of New York. Captain 11. A. Wise, son-in-law of Edward Everett, has also been confirmed as chief of the Naval Ordnance Bureau; and Eugene Schuyler, of New York, to be Consul at Mexico. The Democrats have been endeavour ing to secure General Grant for their candidate as President, and Sunset Cox and other New York members of the party proceeded to Washington to consult the General. But Grant is too sure of his ticket to be easily led off the course. It is as cer tain as sublunary affairs can be, that General Grant will be elected next President by the Republican party, and that the only struggle will be who is to step in behind him as Vice-President, always pre suming that Grant will stand ; but this is believed to be more than doubtful. We have heard it positively p h r a e s f e r m r i a n d g e u to p his m ind declineto remain the darling of the people present post than to swallo w all the dirtto hold his affirmed that th e t p h r e e sd Gen eu e e r y a , l and falls to a President's lot. that now Registration proceeds in the Southern States. At Richmond the Registration List closed on Satur day, the 13th July, with a coloured majority of 1,119. At Mobile, Alabama, the number of voters registered is 5,814. At New Orleans the negroes are in a mino rity, the white voters exceeding them by 20 or 30. At Nashville the list was re-opene 1 on the 13th July, and nearly 400 voters registered, only 13 of whom were whites. In Florida registration com menced with July; but the pro gress i s no t yet known. General Gillen, Bureau Commissioner in Mississippi, reports that registration is proceeding quietly in that State. Aaron Sweet, a free-born coloured man in Cheraw district, South Carolina, is actively canvassing for an election to Congress. Ex-Governor Johnson of Georgia advises the people of that State not tote Military Reconstruc tion Acts, but to defeat by their votes w hat he terms. " A scheme for our degradation in the over throw of the Republican Government." Gen. Sheridan has removed the Governor of Texas and named the 31st July as that for closing the registration in his district. By advices from Vera Cruz of the 11th July it appears that Maclaine Juarez had arrived, and had been enthusiastically received. Juarez was in the capital, and was said to have declined a re-election for the Presidency. Nidamri had been shot at Queretaro, and others condemned. The execution of Santa Anna is confirmed. Marquez was secreted in the capital, but later advices inform us he had succeeded in escaping. The Austrian frigate Elizabeth was at Vera Cruz, and several Austrian sabjects had sought s helter on board. In Northern Mexico independent republi c , and a h n ave joined him. Th e w h o l e co untry Londe is in fav our of formin g that portio n of the o a rmed factions, some o f w h o m will Mar quezci soub bristling i t si r st y lis na i gi a d t w o t t h probably be strengthened by restless and unruly spirits from the United States' frontier. The Wash ington Government will suppress any general action of filibusters, but they cannot prevent the move ment of individual citizens. It is clear from Mr. Seward's despatch that Mr. Johnson's Government wishes to strengthen the rule of Juarez, and that he will receive the good offices of the United States in his attempt to rule in Mexico. The Scotia's advices inform us that Mr. Seward has de cided not to send a Minister to Mexico, and Mr. Otterburgh will therefore continue to perform the functions. Advices from Matamores to the 15th July state that Juarez is a candidate for re-election, w— h; ch is more likely to be true than the former report, as no one ever heard of any one in Mexico surrendering anything stolen, or honestly obtained, which could by fraud, violence, or any other means be retained. The report that 12 more Imperial Generals had been si l o. ) and 4 Colonels at Quarctaro, had been confirmed. Porfirio Diaz has ordered the cap tare of all foreign representatives refasing to recognise the R epublican Govenment. The com mand of the army has been given to Escobedo, who is said to have a hankering after Maximilian's purple—but the purple robe which is most likely to be his is the robe purple with his life blood, as was that in which Maximilian ended his reign. The death of Salta Anna is again denied. The new island that had risen so mysteriously midway in the track of vessels bound from San Francisco to China has disappeared, and no trace of it can be found. Another expedition has returned to San Francisco after au unsuccessful search. It was stated to be in a part of the ocean peculiarly liable to fogs, but it would be strange it a place about which we had obtained so circlunstantial an account should turn out to be a mere myth. The London College of Physicians has moved in the direction of making the nomenclature of diseases Universal, mainly with the view of obtaining statis tical data, to be applied to the elucidation of the best means to prevent disease and death. The first step is that the nomenclature should have a common signification, and be everywhere used in a similar sense. A scheme has at length been devised which defineS the precise usage of terms, and gives to each disease its proper position. The idea originated in a correspondence between Dr. Durnbreck, an army medical officer, and Dr. Gibson, and at first had reference to a special system fer the army medical service. The difficulties and magnitude of the de sign, as it grew in proportions, may be imagined when we state that the subject first came up on the 19th July, 1857, when the College of Physicians appointed a committee to prepare a nomenclature of diseases, with full power to co-operate with other bodies. A large number of representative men in the public services were invited to aid the committee in their objects. The army and navy medical de-. partments, the East India Company, the Registrar- General, the medical officer of health of the Privy Council, the president of the College of Surgeons, and the Apothecaries' Company took part from time to time in the deliberations in the early sittings of the com , nittte ; and in 1863 the representatives of the Re gistrars General of Scotland and Ireland, and several other gentlemen were added to the committee. But the final preparation of the design embraced every sec tion of the profession, and thus its trustworthiness, extending over so wide a range, has b3en greatly enhanced in value. Diseases have been arranged in plrallel columns in English, and the Latin, French, German, and Italian equivalents. The Egglish names have as far as possible been used in the manner in which they are employed by the Registrar-General of England, so as to avoid any serious alteration in the present form of recording diseases, which would cause a damaging break in statistical evidence and destroy the possibility of an accurate comparison of past, present, and future data, the diseases being classified according to ana tomical considerations. It is thought that the scheme may ultimately solve many difficult problems with regard to epidemics, and that the uniformly grouped and compared phenomena will give the in formation from which general principles can be ex tracted. Dr. Farr considers that an accurate regis tration and classification will be of unspeakable benefit in solving problems regarding epidemics which " distinguish one country from another, one year from another—have formed epochs in chrono logy, have decimated armies, disabled fleets, have influenced the fate of cities, nay, of empires." The Echoes from the Clubs is so proud of its suc cessful hoax, anent Prince Gortschakoff's despatch relating to Russian intervention in Ireland, that we beg to add to the list our contetnporary has published, the following additional notice from the press, which we have only to say is from the New York Nation to secure attention :—" The Cable newsman on the other side of the Atlantic, as might have been ex pected, fell easily, last week, into the trap set by some wag in London, by the publication of a de spatch purporting to come from Prince Gortschakoff, and proposing a joint European investigation into the condition of Ireland. The hoax was rather clumsily executed, and probably few people except the Cable newsman were taken in by it." It is rumoured that Mr: Schenck challenged Mr. Bingham, both of Ohio, on account of a remark of the latter in the House that Mr. Schenck was intoxicated. Mr. Stevens observed—" I hope the reporters won't state that any one in this House was drunk." Mr. Harris presented his credentials to the Presi dont on the 16th of July, as Minister of the King of the Sandwich Islands, and on the occasion made a little speech. Dr. Sears, President of the Peabody Fund, deli vered an address, on the 16th July, at Lynchburg, Vir ginia, where an educational convention was assembled. A re solution was adopted in support of the general inst ruc tion of the people. Gen. M'Mahon, of New York, Sylvester Mowry, of Arizona, John Nugent, of California, and Gen. Gordon Granger are the candidates for the post of Minister to Mexico. It is said that General Meagher's death was due to delirium. He had been very much excited by a quarrel he had on a steamer with an Irishman, and about 10 o'clock in the evening got out of bed and walked on the deck from which he fell. The wife of General Meagher telegraphs that, although the greatest exertions have been made, the General's body has not yet been recovered. Iletty H. Robinson, the New Bedford millionaire, was married at New York on Thursday, July 18, to Ed ward 11. Green. The Senate has rejected the appointment of Mr. Greeley as Minister to Vienna, and General APOlerland to Mexico. The trustees of the State Agricaltural College will hold a meeting at Amherst on the first Wednesday in Au gust, to choose a successor to President Chadbourne. Tho Hampshire Agricultural Society has voted to establish a scholarship in the college, and the president of the society, Austin Eastman of Amherst, has offered to found another. The directors of the Hampden Agricultural So ciety, at their meeting on Monday, July 15, decided upon a plan for the seats on the park, and have ordered the lumber and issued proposals for their erection. The seats will bo 36 by 308 feet, will seat 3,000 persons, and will have a flat roof over all. The entrance will be from th e back, which is to rest upon the dyke, and underneath the committee and refreshment rooms will be partitioned off. A South Danvers schoolboy has written the fol lowing composition on his native town :—" South Danvers is in the United States. It is bounded by Salem, and reaches to Middleton. Its principal river is Goldthwaite's brook, which empties into Salem harbour. Its principal lake is the mill-pond, which is dry in the summer. Its pr i nc ipal productions are leather, onions, the South Church, and George Peabody. South Danvers has many religious sects, among which are the Orthodox, who wor ship their minister, the Spiritualists, who worship every thing, and the Unitarians, who worship nothing." The number of immigrants that arrived at New York during the first six months of 1867 was 136,826, of whom 28,308 came by sailing vessels, and 108,518 by PETROLEUM AS FUEL FOR LOCOMOTI VES. TIDIES.—At a time when the signs in our poli tical horizon prompt so many predictions of stormy weather, it is pleasant to turn to a set of facts which, so far as they go, justify the most encou raging anticipations. Few historical observations are so generally true as that great political disasters are accompanied, if not caused, by material dis tress. Ju.lging by this symptom, we have not the slightest occasion for anxiety. The return of the Registrar-General for the last quarter exhibits a degree of health and prosperity which is, at least, unsurpassed, if not unexampled. The birth rate in England during the months of April, May, and June was the highest on record for that quarter. It was at the rate of 3.7 42 per cent., and shows an increase in the number of births over the previous spring quarter of 7,190. At the same time, the death rate is lower than it has been in the same season for ten years, and is below the quarterly average. Instead of being 22 in the thousand, which is the average, or 24, as iu the same quarter of last year, it is only 21. The total number of births in England was 199,619, and the deaths 112,523 ; that the natural increase of the people in the quarter was 87, 126, or 957 daily. In round numbers it may be said that the English race grows in these islands at the rate of 1,000 a day, or that in every year a town of the size of Bir mingham is added to the population. In England and Wales emigration forms but a slight check on this increase. The spring emigration has been for the last five years stationary or declining, and only 16,718 persons of English origin left the country in the past three months. It follows, there fore, that the actual increase in the population of England is at the rate of more than 750 a day, and is nearly equivalent in the whole year to the addi tion of a town of the size of Leeds. This certainly does not betray a condition in which " wealth accumulates and men decay." The men are in creasing side by side with the wealth. We have said that this is a most encouraging ressult, but it also suggests some grave reflections. If this development of our home population is to be continued, it is essential that employment should be found for them by a corresponding development in the manufac tures or the agricultures of the country. There can be uo doubt in which kind of industry there is most room for growth ; and there certainly never was a time when it was more imperative that trade and handicrafts should be free from all restraint. The new corners will need every opening that can possibly be provided for them. Of course, there are those who would pursue an opposite course, who would look upon these fresh hands as enemies, and, in the hope of keeping everything to themselves, would drive the others elsewhere. That is not the way England became prosperous, and it is not the way to preserve its prosperity. The more hands we get the more work they will find ; the more work they find the more wealth they will create. It does not make this growth less satisfactory that it is due, in some measure, not merely to the natural fecun dity of people, but to our increasing success in reducing the rate of mortality. The Registrar's return on this head affords matter for the greatest congratulation. It will be remembered that this time last year we were in the midst of an alarming out break of cholera, and it is, perhaps, to that very cir cumstance that we partly owe our favourable condi tion at this moment. The reappearance of that epi demic reawakened our flagging exertions in sanitary reform. Almost every district set its houses more or less in order, and the clear evidence o btained as to the manner in which the disease is propagated has supplied a stronger motive to vigilance than existed before. At all events, a decided improvement is observable in the health of both town and country districts, and this improvement is happily greatest where it was most needed—that is, in the towns. The town districts in England contain a population of eleven millions, and their mortality for the last ten spring quarters has been at the annual rate of 24 in the thousand. In the last quarter it was at the rate of only 21 in the thousand. If this improvement be maintained, it follows that 33,000 lives will be saved each year in the towns alone. Of the thirteen largest cities Birmingham was the most healthy, at a rate of rather less than 20 in the thousand. Lon don comes next, with a rate of rather more than 20. Then follow in order Bristol, Sheffield, Hull, Sal ford, Liverpool, Newcastle, Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. In the two great Scotch cities the mortality is disgracefully high. The rate in Glasgow is nearly 29, and in Edinburgh more than 29 in the thousand. Scotchmen ought not to allow themselves to be beaten in such a matter by Liverpool. It will be seen from these figures that London and Birmingham have been during the last quarter more healthy than the country in general. There can be do doubt to what such a result is to be attributed. THE "WESTMINSTER GAZETTE" ON A DECAY ING RACE.—There is always an air of beautiful sadness surrounding the last representatives of any race of beings. The world, in spite of all its heartless ness, cannot look without emotion on the last sur vivor of the cannibals of Tasmania any more than on the " last rose of summer." Sensationalists know this perfectly well. Who can enumerate the novels bearing on their title-pages the touch ing name of some " Last Man !" '' We have the " East of the Barons," and the "Last of the Mohi cans," and the " Last of the Bards," and the " Last of the Tribunes," and the " Last of the Caesars." The human heart will ever have human sympa thies, and these magic words will always elicit them. They make us exclaim with the poet— " Out upon Time ! which for ever will leave But enough of the Past for the Future to grieve O'er that which bath been, and o'er that which must be!" The anti-Catholic world has been for some years coming to the melancholy conclusion that one of its grandest lineages is coming to an end. It is a race more famous in its way than any of the fine old historic families of England—the Ilowards, the Percys, or the Talbots, and more unique than any of the types of mediaeval society—the min strels, the knights, or the morrisdancers. It is the race known by our enemies as the grand old thor oughbred single-minded patriotic Protestants of England. Alas ! that it should be so, but so it is. We might almost count up on our fingers its few survivors of any note in this country. Among the many-headed populace indee, there is still a con siderable remnant of the old heroes, as was shown a few weeks ago in Birmingham, but among the higher classes of Englishmen they are like the sur vivors of the Peninsula Campaign—few and decrepit. About a week ago a grand meeting of the " National Protestant Institute" was convened at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, for the purpose, as the placards announced, of making " a demon stration in commemoration of the great Protestant triumphs under William 111., of glorious and im mortal memory, and in opposition to the Jesuit conspiracy to Papalize Church and State." The preparations were on a large scale, though the attendance proved but poor, and the mottoes and inscriptions placarded throughout the Hall were of the mostlion-taming description—"No Popery," "No surrender," "No Puseyism," " The Reforma tion and the Revolution," "For our God, our Queen, and our Country." The Orange lodges of Eng land, Ireland, and Canada, were well represented. The chair was filled by Sir William Verner, M.P. (Where was Mr. Whalley ?) Proceedings opened with prayer and the reading of a portion of Scrip ture. So far so good; but, alas ! it is quite sad dening to have to record the bitter feelings of dis appointment that nestled in the bosoms of the patriotic speakers and found vent in all their orations. Everything and everybody, they com plained, were against them. The Government was the victim of a Jesuitical conspiracy. The public press had taken the side of their enemies. The spirit of Protestant E n g land was slumbering. Sucl were the sentiments of the Grand Masters Deputy Grand Masters of the Orange Lodges o, Great Britain and Canada. Have not the com ments of the public journals opened the eyes of these screaming orators by this time to see that what they take for a mere passing slumber is really the heavy sleep of death—that real Protes tantism is in its last agony, and that the wisest physicians have shaken their heads and given up all hopes ? Protestantism may linger on, it may andea nnever strong. die hard, but it is a question ofhours. It walk about in the world again, healthy Year by year the ranks of Protestantism are grow ing thinner and thinner. Its champions disappear and there are none to take their places. Nay, the conclusion is being gradually forced on the world that very probably in a few years Mr. Whalley, of Parliamentary renown, will be the sole surviving specimen of his race, unless he fall an early victim to his superhuman exertions in the defence of "the glorious doctrines of the Reformation," or blow out his unrivalled brains (which God forbid) by way of a mild protest against the godlessness of the House of Commons. It is easy to recognise in the orators of St. James's Hall the true descendants of the failing stock of genuine Protestantism. The badge of orthodoxy is not any elaborate system of theology, any more than a high standard of life or morals. A true Protestant is as likely to be a jolly squire or a rollicking gamester as a pious parson or a learned divine, but one thing he always is—a " good hater." Thetiodlnd.fatshhaitonleodokPsrolitkeestaitn.t hates P o p e ry and every _ _ hatred may not b e on any very definite grounds,— it is instinctive, yet it is a broad, strong, practical hatred. Added to that is a clear conviction that ev erything in thet_Pofpaiistliii C m h o i r i a r l c s h , eidsololiadteizsloyvearnyd thino• hope l ess ly corrup Th ere may possibly here and there be a bunt fi . cle Papist just as there may he an honest Jew ger, but the chances are very or a poetical gicaYen steamers. The Neu , York home Journal announces an en terprise of startling magnitude as about to be undertaken, viz., the construction of a tunnel under the Atlantic, con necting the Now with the Old World. Our contemporary s ays that the most eminent engineers in America and in England have been consulted, that they consider the work a s perfectly feasible, though requiting, of course, a good deal of time and money, and that the necessary capital will be " forthcoming." By their calculations, £500,000,000 will complete the job. The base-ball match at Worcester, Thursday morning, July 18, between the Yale and Halyard freshmen, was won by the former, 38 to 17, after a game of three hours. The steamer North American, that went ashore at Anticosti, has been got off and towed by the steamer Austrian into Gaspe, whence she will be taken to Quebec. A series of experiments to determine the value o petroleum as fuel for locomotives, took place at the shops of the Warren and Franklin Railroad at Irvineton, in Pennsylvania, not long since. The apparatus used was Spence's burners. It is described as consisting of a pan covering the bottom of the fire-box in the locomotive, and taking the place of grates. On the pan are placed heaters or gas-generators, six in number, consisting of in clined plates of cast iron, supported at an angle of 45 deg. ; opposite to each heater is an injector con veying the oil to the heater, where it is instantly converted into gases, oxygen being also furnished to the gases in their nascent state for combustion. The oil is contained in a tank on the tender, from which it is conveyed by feed-pipes to the injectors, each pair of injectors being controlled by a throttle, by means of which the fire is regulated as readily as the light of a lamp. The locomotive used weighed 31. tons, and was of one 150 horse- power. No cars were attached. Under 851bs of steam the locomotive passed over four miles of track in less than eleven minutes. All in the patty agree that oil may supersede wood and coal in railroad use.—The Albion. EXTRAORDINARY REAPPEARANCE. —In the SUM- ' mer of last year, a young man named John Henderson, of Brampton, disappeared suddenly from his native place, and shortly afterwards a paragraph appeared in the newspapers stating that on the 10th of June, 18E6, he was drowned at sea while attempting to save the life of a lady who had fallen overboard from a yes O. Everybody believed this report, and Henderson was universally accounted dead; but a day or two ago, to the astonishment of all who had known him before he had left Brampton, he reappeared and went' among his acquaintances as though he had merely been away for a short trip. He is now employed in the American merchant service.—Carlisle Journal. THE HARVEST IN THE EAST.—liarvest opera tions will be in full swing in the eastern district in about ten days. In the neighbourhood of Ilalesworth wheat promises to be a fair although not a bulky crop. Barley on mixed and well-farmed soils in the same district looks well, but on the strong soils the prospect is not so good, and an average crop is not anticipated, either as regards quantity or quality. Beans are a fair crop, and peas aro about an average. In Norfolk the wheats aro strong and bulky, but the quality of the sample and the weight of the grain will depend on the weather of the next month. Bar leys have somewhat improved, but aro not expected to prove a liberal crop. Oats, beans, and peas will be a full , average. COLCHESTER--Auck. 3. This market was very moderately supplied with wheat' but business was steady. Last week's prices unaltered. Harvest will not be general for another week or ten days. Wheat, white 4Bs red 72s 763 ; Beans, Mazagan......33s 3 's 686 71s ddle and small._ 44s MI Barley ... l2B 483 Pea s, white 383 424 Oats grey ..30 12% CHELMSFO. To-day the supply of grai were scarce. Wheat decline( limited trade. Most descripti at late rates. IRD—AUG. 2. In was pretty fair, but buyers d is to 2s per qr., with a very ions of Spring corn stood firm Whedt, old white....sBs 72s new 7ss old red '64 66s new. 61s 70s Barley.... ..268 33s Chevalier I's 53s Grind .n? '6B 328 Malt 66s 748 Chevalier 68a 7di Oats •• 2os 268 Peas, Partridge ...... 4r e 4 8 6 htte ..348 36 B ........ 363 40 9 Dun. ditto, new.... --0 Beans, Tick, old ......405 459 new. ...309 434 Harrow ticks.42o 463 MazAga n n e . V . .. 4453: ABERDEEN,--AuG. 2. At our market to-day there was a quiet business don e, with a thin attendance. Prices for all kinds of grain were on a par with last week White wheat 58s Od to 63s Od 1 ). 621 b il bushel. lied wheat ....50s Od to 58s Od Potato oats Common oats 2 2 8 6 5 s 0 6 d d t t o o 2 2 9 7 5 s 0 0 d d 40th bushel. i Pere 35 s Gd t o 3Gs Gd 531 b V bush el. Barley 35s Gd to 3Gs Gd pita• Oatmeal 20 s 6d to 21s 6d ?boll of 28 ... Flour, fine 52s Od to 5 1 s Od 11 sack of 280 11 KIRKCALDY—At G. 3. Small supplies of wheat, two qrs barley, and no oatt h Wheat is below the currencies of last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First 61s 6d ' 37s 6d --s 6d second 62s Od 1 Od s --5 Od Tuird 6ls Od —s Od COAL MARKET. --- ----- Price per ton at the closeof the market. d• s. s. d. 3 18 Walls End Hetton 2l 6 Cown don ............... 6 Tunstall Kelloe East Hartlepeol 8 Tees llotton Lyons .. 18 9 Cowpen lg 6 South Iletton ... 21 3 Russell's Iletton..• ••• 1, 3 West Hartley ' Ships at market, 59—sold. 54. Foreign Mail racket List. MAILS DUE. &Astralla and New Zealand, via Soathamptott.....A u g° 2 ,1 Ditto, via M a rseilles ••••••••••Ang• L'• Ditto, via Panama. Ditto, by French packet Au'''. 2 ' .• .... ..... •• • ', Cape Verds. by Brazil packet ...... .. Cape of Good Elope. Ascen sion, and St, Ileleila. .. .. .............. ' !.. 7. China, Penang. and Singap ore, via Sottihampum..Aug• c 8 Ditto, via Slarseillea ......... ..... ...... . —....AUg• 1 Falkland Islands • •• dibrattar, via Southampto n .......... - India, via Southampto n • Ditto, via Marseil es Atli' 8 , • : Malta, Egypt, ..tc. .. ......... ... Ditto, Marseilles Aug. v Mauritius, Cape of Good Rape, and Natal. via Aug. 21. S ou thampton . Aug. 16 ' Ditto, via Maneides • Au g. IE. Newfoundland Aug. 5 • POltUgal Ditto, by private ship to Oporto ... ....... ... • • Ditto ditto to Lisbon ......... ...••• • United States, Canada, California, &c., by British packet Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York , Ditto ditto (New York) ........ Ditto ditto (Baltimore) •• Aug g. Ditto, by Canadian packet West Coast of Africa, aLadeira, and Teac iff.: ...... "Aug, West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha- C " i s. mss) AO' ...Aug' 2 8 . Cub i and Mexico Balla nas, via New York Aug 125 ' Bermuda, via ditto nd so' Apetition from New York cit for Woma n -- g ' .rage, presented to the New York Constitutional G°nl-°; tion on Tuesday, 16th July, was headed by Dirs . 1 : - b e e Greeley. Its announcement raised a general laug h 5" his expense of Mr. Greeley, who has displayed less ti 3 . ,, u d i e usual courage on this subject, and, in fact, 10 C o e' strenuous efforts to prevent the discussion of it in Ol e " ° or vention. The women say he is either afraid a theui the question. Perhaps a little of both. Births. ~,„ if° ARO —On the 31 inst., at Marlborough Lodge, t ',., - ,: cf Capt. Ashe, King's Dragoon Guards, of a daug''''-r.cl, Ownx—On the sth inst., at Fern Lodge, 00001(1,7; Clapham, the wife of John Owen, jun , )f oars, dng'ol..9 O'CoNNELL - On the sth inst., at 5, Onslow. -sq t he - 1 of Daniel O'Connell, of a daughter. Marriages. ~,. st• HALES—TRAFFORD —On the Ist inst., at St. Sairi °ll ,-ii,rist :B George's-square, John W. Hales, Esq., Fellow of u,",: v iog College, Cambridge, to Henrietta second satyr' o pt daughter of the late Leigh Trafford, CountY - Judge. t o WALLEu—CURRY n the 3d inst ,at St. Bartholent tho Church, Sydenham, Charles Beatimont, eldest scm .of late Charles Waller, Esq., M.D , to Harriet, &tight° Henry Curry, Esq., of Penge-lane, Sydenham• Deaths. cds olii COLLINS—On the sth inst., at Knowle Hill, Berks, P wife of Mor.imer Collins. War latr Dv CAN -On the 3d inst., at 5, Seymour-plaeelo g 140.1 worth-road, Henry Allen Duncan, En., . 11 '''' '' aged 52. e• 0 11 ' MEE -On the 2d lust , at Cliftonville, Brighton, gaPr Charles H. Mee, Royal Artillery, aged 72. ~, , itilf Sairru—On the 3d inst., at Datcl;et, . Thos. b ,-- Buck. , Esq., aged 53. London ' inte and to vf , „„ of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T its SUN Ofile °, ,„unty ° C 1' Strand, in the Precinct of the SP v oy, in th 3 " MidcUes9l.-•-TUetiday, Anguat 6,1867. TIM SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1867. C