The Sun. — London, England, 1870-06-28 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ARR VALS AT ODIIIAM. The following horses have arrived :—April Morn, Ada Byron, Barcelona, Choral, Curry, Chilworth, Challenge, Deansfield, Delusion, Elsham, Epworth, Foundling, Our Tom, Heirloom, Juliet, Kaupai, Lincoln, Malcolm, Mas querade, Moscow, Maggie, Nutmeg Oporto, Satellite. Pontus, Rover, Squib. Skipper, Slashing Kitty, Ventnor, Traveller, Valentino, Victress,istaria, Woodland Mary. Several others expected. SCRATCHINGS. Out of all engagements—Playmate and Good Wine. Out of all engagements at Odiham—All Mr. Bucken ham's horses, Loadstar, Vivid, Honor, Vivandiere, West • ward Ho, and Chivalry. Dogmersfield Park Stakes—Little Jim. TA'rEERSALLS"—LA ST EVENING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to 7 agst Miss Sheppard (taken) 100 to 7 agst Indian Ocean (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Revenge (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Capitaliste (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst John Davis (taken) 20 to 1 agst Moccolo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Newsman (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Jesonia (taken) 23 to 1 agst Five per Cent (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bonny Swell (taken) 25 to 1 agst Maud filly (taken) 25 to 1 agst Roberto Diavolo (taken) 25 to 1 agst Musket (taken) 25 to 1 agst Prince Henry (taken) 25 to 1 agst Acaster (taken) 25 to 1 agst Faraway (taken) 25 to 1 agst Kidderminster (taken) 25 to 1 agst Strathnairn (taken) 33 to 1 agst Sweet Sound (taken) 33 to 1 agst Rattlepate (taken) 50 to 1 agst Painkiller (taken) 50 to 1 agst Toby (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 7to 4 agst Sabinus (offered, 2to 1 taken) sto 1 agst Perogomez (offered) Even Sabinus with start ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Kingcraft (taken to £200) 6to 1 agst Macgregor (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Sunshine (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Palmerston (offered) 12 to 1 agst Normanby (offered) 20 to 1 agst Captivator (offered) 25 to 1 agst King o' Scots (taken) 95 to 1 agst Astolfo (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Bridgwater (taken and offered) 25 to 20 on Kingcraft, Sunshine, and Macgregor mixed (taken) 25 to 1 agst Camel (offered) The bets on races won by Ptarmigan go to the second horse. CITY BETTING—MONDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. 100 to 6 agst Revenge (taken) 100 to 6 agst Miss Sheppard (taken) 20 to 1 agst John Davis (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Capitalist (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Kidderminster (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Indian Ocean (taken) 25 to 1 agst Moccolo (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady Blanche f (taken) 25 to 1 agst Acaster (offered) 25 to 1 agst Jasonia (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Far Away (taken) 100 to 3 agst Roberto it Diavolo (taken) 500 to 15 agst Strathnairn (offered) GOODWOOD CUP. 2to 1 agst Sabinus (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Pero Gomez (offered) 7to 1 agst Muster (offered) Bto 1 agst Siderolite (offered) ST. LEGER. 500 to 200 agst Kingcraft (taken) sto 1 agst Macgregor (offered) 25 to 1 agst King of Scots (offered) 500 to 35 agst Astolfo and Captivator coupled (t.) The Bombay Government is said to have pre sented a splendid collection of objects of art and industry of this presidency to the Imperial Museum at Vienna. During the months of March and April the bodies of those who fell at Solferino and San Martino were ex humed. According to the terms of the law it was neces sary to wait for ten years before the ceremony of exhuma iton took place. The corpses of 7,300 French, and 2,000 Piedmontese troops were discovered. LAW REPORTING.—The Hon. Society of Lin coln's-inn has appointed Mr. R. P. Amphlett, Q.C., M.P., to be a member of the Council, in the room of Mr. Daniel, Q.C., who has retired. General Lord Strathnairn has left Ireland, and has ceased to be commander of the forces. General Sir Wil liam Mansfield, his successor, with Lady Mansfield, will arrive in Dublin in a few days. Lord Strathnairn is to return to Dublin the first week in July, and on the 6th of that month will receive from Trinity College the honorary degree of LL.D. A son of the Earl of Macclesfield, a youth about eighteen, who has just returned from Oxford, while riding yesterday morning with his sister in Birdcage-walk was thrown from his horse and picked up insensible. He was taken to Westminster Hospital, and fortunately was found to be not seriously hurt, only stunned. After re maining there two hours he was so far recovered as to walk to the carriage which conveyed him home. ATTACK ON A BAILIFF IN IRELAND.—Yesterday a bailiff named Leonard, in securing some property under a decree, near Pettigo, was brutally beaten by five men, who have since been arrested. He lies in a dangerous state. - - PROFESSOR GOLDWIN SIIITH AND MR. DISRAELI —Professor Goldwin Smith has addressed a letter to the Cornell Era, in which he says :—" Mr. Disraeli has been foiled as such tacticians always will be foiled, in spite of their most laborious artifices, in any country where any vestige of moral force remains. He is angry, and he pours out his anger on all who were in any way instrumental in his defeat. Probably it was to give vent to his feel ings, as much as to raise the No Popery cry on which he hopes to ride back into power, that he wrote Lothair.'" THE LATE DANIEL MACLISE, R.A.—The second day's sale of the remaining works of this distinguished artist took place on Saturday at the rooms of Messrs. Christie,Manson, and Woods, in King-street, St. James's. The great attractions were the following :—" The Witches in Macbeth," and " Prospero and Miranda " —(two e xamples)-128gs. "Duncan's Last Sleep," a splendid picture-191gs. " The Earls of Desmond and Ormonde," the grand work now being exhibited at the Royal Academy. " Desmond, wounded, and taken prisoner, was borne from the field by some of Ormonde's men, who made a litter for the purpose, which they slung across their shoulders : " `Where now,' asked the victor, this is the great Earl of Desmond?' " In his proper place,' retorted Geraldine, witty as ho was wild—' on the necks of the Butlers." 500 gs. The picture will be delivered to the purchase,(Mr. M`Lean) at the close of the exhibition of the Royal Aca demy. The grand cartoon of the meeting of Wellington and Blucher, designed for the Royal Academy, was knocked down at the price of 300 gs. Great applause fol lowed the adjudication, when Mr. Woods, from the ros trum, announced that this grand cartoon was secured for the Royal Academy. The grand gallery picture, by Mr. Maclise, of " Merry Christmas in the Baron's Hall," for merly the property of the late Mr. Benjamin Gibbons, of Athol House, Edgbaston, was the last icture submitted, by order of the Court of Chancery. It p was knocked down at 200g5., but not sold. A fine bust of Mr. Maclise, by John Thomas, executed in 1859, closed the sale ; it went for 21gs. Of copies from old masters, the principal example was the " Blue Boy," after-Gainsborough. This was sold to the Earl of Normanton for 26gs. FIRE IN LAMBETH.—On Sunday night, a few minutes before twelve o'clock, a destructive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Rogers, oil and colourman, 149, Kennington-lane, Lambeth. Owing to the inflammable nature of the centents of the premises in less than five minutes they were on fire from top to bottom. The fire escape at Kennington-cross was brought up to the spot at once and planted against the adjoining house, and at the same moment Mr. Rogers, his wife and child were rescued, just as they were sinking exhausted from the intense heat and smoke in which they were enveloped. The stock, furniture, and everything in Mr. Roger's house were destroyed, the rapidity of the flames rendering it impossi ble to save anything. It is stated t not insured. The cause of the fire it Mr. Rogers was unknown. RESTORATION OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. — The appeal by Lord Lyttleton and Sir John Pakington for subscriptions towards the £15,000 still required to complete the restoration of W o rcester Cathedral is evoking a liberal response. 'The Earl of Dudley has g iven the munificent donation of £5,000, with out any condition as to the cathedral being used for the musical festivals ; the Dean and Chapter have promised £2,000 ; and additional donations amounting to £3,335 have already been re ceived, including £5OO from Lord Lyttletou, £lOO from Lady Lyttleton, 2500 from Messrs. Bernard and Co., £250 from Sir John Pakington, £5O from Lady Paking ton, £2lO from Mr. A. C. Sheriff, MP., £lOO from Mr. P. A m phlett, M.P., and £lOO from the High Sheriff. Thus no less than 210,335 has already been guaranteed towards the £15,000 required for the completion of the work. LiknvEaTisEmENT. Pills.—Mistakes ran dered. I m possible,—Each box of these admirable pills is enveloped in a sheet of printed directions, so plain and comprehensible that every one who reads. must understand them. Nothin g . injurious to the human system enters into the composition of these pills, which never weaken the feeblest frame. They never can be taken at a wrong time, nor can they ever cause mischief in any stage of a disease. Public favour has placed beyond dispute their merits in curing most disorders, and has bestowed com - mensurate success on the invento r. Holloway s pills can not be surpassed for their safe and curative power in diseases of the stomach, liver, lungs, heart, head, and ,kidneys ; in fact they re g ulate every corporeal function. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, J UNE 28, 1870. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. Although the commencement of the past week was characterised by tropical heat and the absence of rain, towards the close the temperature became cool, and refreshing showers fell, more or less generally over the country. The previous fall had been very service able to the corn and fruit, though too late for the hay crop, and should those welcome rains continue, the meadows will soon recover their verdure. The want experienced was causing the forced sale of stock at ruinous rates, and the slaughter of lean stock could not fail to have a most disastrous effect upon the future price of m eat already above the reach of many of the poor. But a better fate now seems intended for the nation, though a severe pressure has already been locally felt. France, as we surmised, has been excited beyond bounds, especially in the matter of wheat ; but with the crop already mature in the South, she begins to find out her mistake, and Paris has already noted a decline in wheat of 3s. to 4s. per qr., while in some parts of the country it has been more. Her influence has left many of the con tinental markets at a high and unnatural range, which we expect will shortly be set right, for whatever of justifi cation there may have been for the smart and very unusual rise in spring corn, there appears to have been very little reason in the fears for the wheat harvest.—Mark Lane Express. The Magnet says the weather during the past week has been more unsettled. In the Southrn counties be ne ficial rains have fallen, and have assisted in improving the aspect of affairs, but much more moisture is wanted to remedy existing evils. The quantity of grass is still unusually limited, and where the crop has been sewn it has proved to have been miserably defi cient in extent. However, the. effect of the rains now visiting most parts of the country is yet to be ascer tained, but it is certain that beneficial results cannot otherwise than accrue from the refreshing showers. 'The wheat plant does not appear to have suffered so much as has been represented. Indeed, it is asserted that on heavy soils and in low-lying districts the crop will be a good one, both as regards the quality and the extent of the yield, the depreciation being only perceptible on badly-farmed lands and light soils. Barley and oats are expected to make but a poor show, and beans as well as peas will probably turn out very light. Much still depends upon the immediate future course of the weather, inasmuch as heavy rains falling on a dry and heated soil would promote the rapid development of vegetation, and probobly fine large second crops of hay and abundance of late green and root crops. The severe drought which has wrought so much apprehension and damage in the southern parts of the kingdom does not appear to have been so severely felt in Scotland. In fact, throughout the northern counties, the corn crops are farther advanced, and give greater promise of an abundant yield than for a number of years past. In some districts barley is in ear. The hay crop will be unusually heavy. Field potatoes skew luxuriant growth. Turnips are the only crop with a backward appearance. The turnip beetle is this year unusually abundant, and it has eaten down the tender turnip braird as it appeared above ground. In many cases re-sowing has been re sorted to, and where it has been followed by a rainfall, the plants are forcing themselves forward. The earlier sown turnips are thriving best, and in the lower districts hoeing has been proceeded with on many farms. In the counties to the south of Aberdeen there. has been less rain than in the north, and the crops are scarcely so far forward, though they are not more backward than in ordinary seasons. Over the whole of Scotland, the pro spect of an abundance of feeding stuffs of all kinds is, for this period of the season, unusually favourable. Bell's Weekly Messenger says :—During the past six months less than half the average rainfall has taken place. Vegetation was altogether checked in April and May. The plant, however, had obtained a firm hold upon the ground, and was well able to resist the severe alternations of temperature to which it has since been ex posed, and even to benefit by the dry weather we have recently experienced. That this is the fact is evident because whereas the plant was backward—in some places very backward—at the close of April and the beginning of May, it is now in a fair forward condition, and there are no apprehensions of the harvest falling late. In short, a great improvement has taken place in the wheat plant during the last six weeks, and all cause for gloomy fore bodings, for which there was toomuch reason at the close of April, has been removed. The plant is certainly not thick, except on favoured soils, and the straw is short, but the ears are strong and level , and appearances justify the be lief that the return will prove an average one. It may be re - marked that in dry seasons like the present • opinions usually become current in regard to the wheat crop, the falsity of which is generally exposed at the time of thrashing. The reason of this is not difficult to discover, and has indeed already been pointed' out by us. In hot forcing seasons the wheat plant does not present that luxuriant appearance in the fields that it does in humid years ; but it will almost invariably be found that dry seasons are most favourable in this country for the proper development of the wheat plant. We are now approaching a critical period in the history of the crop. Blooming has already commenced, and heavy falls of rain or strong winds would be prejudicial. The crop, however, would be stimulated bymore moisture on light soil. We must glance rapidly over the position of the spring corn corps. Barley is very variable, and is probably in most danger. Oats have also suffered from the want of rain, but the recent showers, which have been very general, have greatly beuefitted both crops, and they have made considerable prapTess during the past fortnight. Beans and peas stand in much the same position but the pulse crops do not give much promise of a good return, though there is sufficient straw to carry fair crops. Haymaking has become general in West Somerset, but the crop is light, and the farmers are uneasy about winter food for their stock. From France the accounts are some what better than was feared. In the Jura the wheat is tolerable, in Bazas it is good, and in the Loire it is described as magnificent. In the rise the wheat on good land is fair, but here as elsewhere the crops on light ground have suffered. In the centre of France the de ficiency is much greater than in the South. In Alsace the hops are as yet in a satisfactory condition. From the Continent the reports are somewhat contra dictory. In reference to the yield of wheat in France, it is now asserted ' that the actual deficiency on heavy soils will be more apparent than real, and that it is only on thin soils that the crop will turn out badly. Then, however, it is generally admitted that the yield will not ex ceed one-half the average. In Southern Prussia the fields have presented a magnificent appearance, and, not withstanding large purchases, the value of wheat has ruled slightly easier at Odessa. In Belgium, Holland, and Russia the yield will be about sufficient to meet home requirements ; whilst the state of affairs in Bohemia has been further ameliorated by the occurrence of copious showers of rain. From America we have varying accounts. Minnesota has been blessed with abundant rain, and has never had a more promising wheat crop, while the forwardness of the season promises a harvest two weeks earlier than usual. Wheat is reckoned at one dollar a bushel. Illinois, too, has good news, and promises unusually large crops- Virginia has had an extremely wet season, so wet that the late kinds of wheat are very backward, • but the earlier varieties are good. Clover and oats have suffered from wind and rain. Georgia has a good crop of wheat, but not much to spare for export apparently as much ground is given to cotton. From the north-west provinces of India comes the news that the price of wheat fell steadily from the beginning of April to the middle of May. Barly has also been low, but prices have reached their lowest point, wheat having been twenty seers per rupee, and barley twenty-four. It is thought they will now rise slowly. The Government has determined on laying down an additional telegraph submarine cable between Ireland and England. THE ROYAL VISIT TO READING.—SO great is the excitement at Reading respecting the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, that from ten to eighteen guineas are being paid for windows from which the procession can be witnessed. THE RIOTS AT Conx.—The correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette telegraphs that the men on strike at Beamish and Crauford's brewery, Cork, seized the engi neer on Friday and attempted to put him into the machinery, which was in motion. TEE POPE'S CONSISTORY.—The Pope will, it is expected, hold a secret consistory for the preconisation of several bishops, among whom will be four French prelates. These will consist of the new Archbishop of Lyons, and the Bishops of Grenoble, Nantes, and E , reux. It is 'said there will be no snore promotions to the Cardinalship. Two young men, clerks in Liverpool, were drowned while boating at Birkenhead on Saturday evening. They were seen struggling in the water, and were prevented ' from sinking by three youths, who were also boating, and who went immediately to their assistance on observing the capsized boat. Unhappily, owing to the delay which elapsed before me dical aid • was obtained, both their lives were lost. NORWICH ELECTION.—A correspondent telegraphs that Mr. Warner's friends have gent out circulars soliciting promises of support to every registered elector, with the view of ascertaininc , their strength. The negotiations undertaken by the Conservatives with Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., have gone off, and Mr. Robert Baxter, of the firm of Baxter, Rose, and Norton, is now confideiftly named as the candidate of the party. According to the Observer, Mr. S. Morley was unavoidably prevented by his engagements at Bristol from voting with the Government against Mr. Richard's amendment on Friday. No pairs were to be obtained upon this division. Many of the ordinary supporters of the Ministry were at Windsor, in attendance at her Majesty's fete, and in consequence the majority for the Government, large as it was, did not represent the full strength of the support accorded to Mr. Forster's scheme. NEW LOANS.—The Economist again cautions the public against foreign loans, especially two brought out this week for Buenos Ayres and Honduras. It thinks neither of these States should be able to borrow without their claims being carefully scrutinised. One of the loans perhaps is as bad as anything that can be imagined, but it is tolerably certain that more of these attempts will be made upon the public purse, with consequences it is not difficult to foresee. Mn. HODGSON, M.P.—The new Member for Bristol, Mr. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, is not a stranger to St. Stephen's, as he represented the borough of Bride port from the year 1857 down to the general election of December, 1868. He is the eldest son of the late Mr. John' Hodgson, of The Elms, Hampstead, Middlesex, who died about twelve years ago. He was born in the year 1814, and educated at the Charter-house. He is a merchant of high standing in the City of London, and a director of the Bank of England, and a Commissioner of Public Works Loan Office. LAW AND POLICE, PARK AND BOULTON.—A FOOLISH FREAK.—William Hewitt, a young man, describing himself as a waiter, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at. Marlborough-street Police Court, on Monday, with being drunk and disorderly. Sergeant Mackenzie, 4 C, said that at four o'clock on Sun day afternoon he saw the prisoner, -who was drunk ; in Piccadilly, extending his arms before some ladies and gentlemen, saying that he was Park, then that he- was Boulton s and to others that he was " Miss Park," and several ladies and gentlemen complained of his annoying them; He then took the prisoner into custody; and at the station he said he had been having a lark. The prisoner said that all he had done was to ask the persons whether they had seen Park and Boulton. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 10s., or seven days. VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON A RELEIVING OFFICER. —J ohn Robertson was charged at the Thames Police Court yester day with assaulting Mr. Ed. Neagle, one of the Relieving Officers of the Stepney Union. .The complainant said he was proceeding along Salmon's-lane, Limehouse, carrying a parcel of boas in his left hand, when he was met by the , prisoner, who stopped in front of him, and with his right list struck him on the side of the face; He seized hold of bhn and struggled with the prisoner, collared him and took him to the workhouse. , While waiting for a police constable tho prisoner struck him on the side of the face again. He then took the prisoner inside the work house, and kept him there till a constable arrived, when he was given into custody. The prisoner, in a whinine - , exaggerated strain, said Mr. Neagle was a villain, and the greatest liar that ever lived. On being admonished for using such coarse language, the prisoner said he went to the Ratcliff Workouse for relief. Mr. Neagle refused to give him any, and said "Turnthat fellow out of thehouse." Mr. Neaglo said he had been frequently threatened by the prisoner, but for what he did not know. His wife was receiving out door relief, and the prisoner was sup ported by th money.- He never did any work. He was sent to prison for 14 days. A PAINFUL STORY.—Mr. Edwin Clarkson, a gentleman of independent means, residing at Brighton, has been summoned at the Worship-street Police-court for deserting his wife, and allowing her to become chargeable to the parish of St. John, Hackney. The wife was formerly a servant in his father's house, and the defendant's family were . strongly op posed to the marriage. However the husband and wife lived happily together until last April when the defendant announced his intention of going to Brighton and taking the children with him. He parted from her at the station in an affec tionate manner, but she neither saw him nor heard from him until she met him before the magistrate. The Hackney Board of Guardians, on being applied to for assistance, found her-without the necessaries of life, and took proceedings against the husband. The case was adjourned - several times to allow of an arrangement, being come to, and eventually the defendant agreed to allow . his wife 255. a week, his father becoming responsible for the due fulfilment of the promise. The magistrate threatened, if terms were not agreed upon, to commit the defendant to prison. He was ordered to pay £8 ss. for the reimbursement of the guardians, and the two younger of the three children were ordered to be given up to the mother, • • A QUESTION OF DOMICILE.—A case of some importance relatinc , to the law of domicile, has been tried before Vice Chancellor . James. The question was whether the representative of a deceased husband or the surviving wife was entitled to a certain sum of money, to which the wife was originally entitled as next of kin. The husband was a Scotchman, but resided in England dur ing the latter half of his life, and the wife contended that his domicile was English, and that, - by a settlement made before marriage, he surrendered any right to this particular property. On the other hand it was argued that the husband, whose name was Allan, was born • and bred in Scotland; a landed proprietor and a• banker in Edinburgh, having been also once Lord Provost of that city. -He was married in England to a wealthy widow lady, and it was maintained that her influence over him became so great that his selection of an English house was more a necessity than a choice. Mr. Allan, who was a staunch Conservative; went down to Edinburgh to take part in the great banquet given to .Mr. Disraeli, but took a vio . lent cold on the way, and returned to Brighton, where he died. The Vice - Chancellor decided that Mr- -Allan was not so much under the influence of his wife that , the choice of an English home, was a matter of necessity, and therefore his domicile was English. There was no reduction into possession and it was therefore unnecessary to determine the effect of the settlement. A HEBREW BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.—The case of Keiser v. Marajosef was tried in the Bail Court, Queen's Bench, before Mr. Justice Hannen and a common jury. The iiarties were Hebrews ; the plaintiff keeping a re freshment and lodging-house in Duke-street, Aldgate, and the defendant being a lodger in her house: The plaintiff alleged that shortly after coming to lodge in her house the defendant promised her marriage, whereupon she obtained from'a Rabbi, whose housekeeper she had previously been, a certificate of good character, that being a usual proceeding before a Jewish mar riage. She then, according to her own account, lived with Marejosef for some weeks as his wife ; but he refused to marry her, and then she brought this action to recover damages. Mr. Sarjeant Parry, for the defence, commented strongly upon the laxity shewn to have pre vailed, and expressed the opinion that if the law govern ing such actions was to be made available in such a case as this, the sooner it was abolished from our statute book the better. The defendant, on being sworn, positively denied giving any promise to marry the plaintiff. He said that on the first Friday night after he went to lodge at plaintiff's, she came into the room and asked to be allowed to comb his hair. He allowed this familiarity, and it was repeated every night for about a week, when the house being very full, he suggested that. she should occupy his room, while he slept on a sofa downstairs. She said he was not to give up his bed; but she would sit on a chair and rest her. head on his pillow. This she did, and slept that way, all night. About a week afterwards she slept with bimf and continued to do so nightly for about three weeks. She frequently asked him to marry her, but he refused. Evidence was also given with the view of skewing that her conduct towards her other, customers was very improper. Before the case was concluded, his lordship was called away, and conse quently it stands over for another day. KENT-HOUSE.—Another of the historic houses c. London is doomed. Kent-house, so long the residence o the Duke of Kent, the father of the een, and subse quently of Lord Clarendon and of Sir Cornewall and Lady Theresa Lewis, is being pulled down. We trust its beautiful and extensive gardens may be preserved, and that those who build new mansions on the site of the old house may sti'l keep its fine old trees and shady shrub beries. There are few like it in London. ROUTE MARCHING IN HoT WEATHER.—It appears likely that when the whole facts of the recent movement of troops to Aldershott by march route shall have been elicited, an amount of official mismanagement greater even than that which -has been censured will be revealed. In addition to the deaths recorded and unrecorded which occurred in the 9th and 94th Regiments, it should, be stated that when the 101 st Regiment, from Gosport, marched into camp, a fortnight ago, it arrived about half past 11 o'clock in the morning. The men were greatly fatigued.by the excessive heat, and one of the first duties which they had to perform was to fall in with the band for a funeral parade at the burial of a private who expired on reaching the camp, it is believed from over exertion and exposure. If every case of the kind-were made the subject of a coroner's inquest, there can be no doubt as to what should be the verdict of an intelligent jury.—Ti - ines. F.LoODING OF MINES IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. — The fears which haV'e been entertained of the flooding of the mines in Tunstall and Burslem districts appear to be realisation. During the last few days the Winghay mine, at the Jackfield Colliery, at Burslem, was filled wirh water to the level of the Kewhurst Mine, into which water has begun to flow. This latter mine is one hundred yards deeper than the Winghay seam. As long ago as January last warning Of this probable contingency was given to the mineowners by Mr. T. Wynne, Government Inspector of Mines, and two Meetings were held in connection with the matter. At the first of these meetings it was stated that there had been - a gradualrising of water in the mines since the stop page of Mr. A. H. Williamson's pumping engine at the Pin nox and Scotia Colleries,Tunstall. The Bycars Colliery was the first to become flooded, and soon after much damage was done at Messrs. Adams's Newfield Colliery, and work-in other pits was stopped by the water. At the second meeting of the mineowners, Mr. R. -H. Wynne, mining surveyor presented a report, s:iewing the ex tent of the coalfield affected, and likely to be affected by accumulations of .water, the proboble 'cost of keeping the mines clear, and a method of assessing the cost upon the owners, but the meeting failed to agree upon the last point, and, as a consequence, nothing has been done to check the progress of the water. It may 13 as well to add that the accuracy of Mr. Wynne's calcula tions is being made manifest, and that it is evident that other mines besides those already flooded will be soon reached by the water. THE COST OF A WAlL—Little Peterkin's memor able question as to what good came at last out of a famous victory, may well be echoed by those who read the elabo rate statistics of the American Civil War, compied by General Schenk. Everything in America is on a gigantic scale, and the great Civil War was carried on with a spirit and energy commensurate with the enterprise of the people and the natural resources of the country, The immense armies sent into the field were more proportionate to the habits of the middle ages than of our sober nineteenth century. The number of men in the Federal army in the four years of the war was 2,335,951. Of these 3,931 officers were killed in battle, or about one in 21; 38,793 white men,' or about one in 54 ;- and 1,514 coloured men, or about one in 118. There died in wounds received in action 2,069 officers, or about one in 41; 30,887 white men, or about one in 67 ; 1,037 Coloured men, or about one in 173. These proportions are reversed when we come to deaths from disease while in the service. One officer in 49 died of disease, one white man in 17, and one coloured man in 7. This difference is explained partly by thegreater hardships endured by the priVates in camp, partly by their disregard of health before and after enlisting. It is an error - to suppose that reckless exposure and irregularity as to meals make men hardy, and able to stand anything. Thevery reverse is maintained by General Schenck, and is certainly partially substantiated by his figures. The statistics of deaths from disease are necessarily incomplete, but the whole mortality from all causes amounts to the following Officers, 9,314, or about one in nine; white men, 251;722, or about one in eight and a quarter • coloured men, 33,379, cr about one in five and one-third. ' The total loss, therefore, is stated at 294,415. To this the reader must add. the number of sufferers for life from the effects of wounds, disease , exposure, &c., if he would form an idea of the amount f individual suffering caused by the war independent of the private misery of bereaved families. Peterkin's question certainly wants a sufficient answer. . THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. The House, by its amendments to the pending Appro priation Bills, preserveS its character as the more economi cal branch of Congress. It 'discriminates in a manner which, unfortunately, the Senate seldom imitates. Thus, by adopting the equitable principle that the pay for cleri cal service shall be regulated by the character of the service, and the capacity of the person rendering it, irrespective of sex, the HOuse does full justice to the female clerks, at the same time that it refuses to sanction the Senate scheme for increasing greatly the Departmental expenditures on clerical account. The House also rejected heavy items connected with the National Capitol—lend-. ing no countenance to the agitation for its removal, and none to the folly which would stifle the cry for removal by reckless outlays at Washington. The Polar expedi tion, or rather the appropriation for it, was also voted. down. The House is on the right path.—Reduced taxa tion should be followed by reduced expenditure. —Nero York Times. SPIRIT OF 111 E PRESS.-THIS MORNING. THE EARL OF CLARENDON. Lord Clarendon (remarks the Times) was a man such as the highest type of official life in England produces. He was one who was trained in public employments, not one of those who rise irregularly to greatness by success in Parliament. One of his greatest achievements was the government of Ireland at the time of the troubles of 1818. At that conjuncture there may not have been more danger than during the late Fenian conspiracy, but there was undoubtedly more alarm. This was caused by the crash of thrones all over the Continent, the outburts of Socialist passion in the great cities of Europe, and also by the attitude of our own English democracy, which was then very bitter, vicious, and destructive. It was imagined by many who were by no means alarmists that the State would have at (ice two hostile classes on its hands, one in each island, and that these would be supported by foreign sympathy, if not by something more. Lord Clarendon never lost his head for Ireland. He was never frightened, and consequently he was never cruel. He brought the offenders one after another to justice, and amid all the menaces of 'the time the juries duly convicted them, and they were removed from the place where they were dan gerous. The Post says that the death of Lord Clarendon's is an event not only of English but of European importance. It has come upon us with a suddenness which sensibly in creases the sorrow it has produced, and there is not a country on the Continent but will find an echo to that sorrow, nor any dependency where sympathy will not be felt for the loss which England has experienced. There are few foreign Ministers of any nation of whom so much could be said, but Lord Claren don had the gift of making and keeping friends both for himself and for his country, and he has nowhere left behind any bitter memory that can cast a shadow upon his name. Throughout his life he devoted himself to England's service, and now that he is no more his remnins can only fittingly be received in the chosen resting-place of those men who have made the English name illustrious. When the Premier proposes that monu ment in Westminster Abbey which is Lord Clarendon's due it will be his duty to expatiate upon an assemblage of great qualities such as are rarely given to one man, and such as will win for their possessor an honoured place in the memory of his countrymen for all time. The Daily News observes that after a review of all the great events which have illustrated Lord Clarendon's pub lic life and service, it may be that'not one of them will be more kindly remembered by his countlywen than his unhesitating assumption of the responsibility of treating with the Greek brigands for the release of their captives, and the ardent solicitude, as of a private and personal affection, with which he laboured night and day during that distressing Whitsuntide. Death is often more felicitous and more opportune than the bitterness of survivors is willing to believe. Seventy seems scarcely a ripe age for a statesman ; but life for men in the thick of the battle must be weighed by all that it has contained of pleasure and ambition and activity, not counted by the succession of months and years. Lord Clarendon had reached the allotted term of mortal years. Singularly fortunate, he found, in the free and generous use of full faculties and rare opportunities, the consenting esteem of opposite political parties, the well-deserved confidence of his Sovereign and his country, and, above ail, the perfect love of those nearest and dearest to him, and the tender affection of all who had the happiness of knowing him in the intimacy of home. Such a one might have exclaimed, with the Roman poet, " I have lived." In these hurried days it may be too much to affirm of any public man that he will 1 1. missed, but of Lord Clarendon it is no mere form of wordy, to say that he will be regretted. Writing of the deceased nobleman, the Telegraph, says that he was credited by those who knew little of him with great diplomatic finesse ; but the true secret of his success in politics was that he was a thoroughly earnest and good-hearted man. What superficial observers considered suavity prepense was really the outcome of a natural kindli ness of disposition. Although a man of really powerful understanding, yet, judged by his intellectual achieve ments, he was not great ; but he was, in every sense of the term, a large-hearted man. He was never little, never mean. He had no petty pride, no small punctilios, no minute affectation. He was an ' English gentleman hi the simplest and purest significance. The Standard says the Earl of Clarendon may well be mourned for himself. There will be many who will even more keenly regret his death because it removes the one link which connected the present Government with the old and great Whig party. The death of the Earl of Clarendon leaves that party unrepresented in the Cabinet, and signifies the complete triumph in the Liberal party of that new school which would get rid pf a Foreign Minister altogether as a dangerous person, which declaims against secret diplomacy and the cost of diplomatic missions. Lord Clarendon must be deeply regretted by all men as an able and honest public servant. [is loss must be even more keenly felt when it is remembered that with him will probably die out in the Liberal party, and in the Government of Eng land, so long as that party engrosses it, the rules and th© traditions wnich have hitherto governed the conduct of our relations with foreign powers. THE LORDS AND THE LAND BILL, The Times considers that the vote on Lord Clanricarde's. amendment was a painful interruption to a discussion otherwise marked by a different spirit. Remembering who first used the epithet, the Times cannot but regret an alteration of the bill that would enable "felonious " acts to be still committed with impunity if it were allowed to st and unredressed. The glaring insufficiency of the argument of Lord Cairns on the subject, its want of point as an answer to the speech of Lord O'Hagan, is ex plained by Lord Kimberley's statement that Lord Cairns delivered it without having had the advantage of hearing the previous debate. This fact makes intelligible what would otherwise b e hopelessly dark, and it affords some additional reason for looking forward to an easy reversal of the mistaken vote of last night. Long before the subject comes again before the Lords there will be opportunity for examining and appreciating the real facts and reasons bearing on the question, and we may trust to the House to abandon a conclusion which is at variance with the principles admitted on both sides as those that ought to govern the Land Bill. The Standard is not surprised to find that the conduct of the Lords does not give satisfaction to the friends of the' Ministry. The Peers have presumed to alter the Irish Land ]ill. It is true that the alterations have been very slight, and merely upon matters of detail. Even the principle of the bill has been left untouched, but this is not enough for Mr. Gladstone. He has desired that the whole bill, and nothing but the bill, shall be passed. He has resolved that it is the perfection of legislative wisdom. Mr. Gladstone has willed that it must be pass, and because the Lords have dared, after agreeing to its main principles, to alter some of its de tails, they are declared to be enemies of the people, and are threatened with extinction as an order. If whenever an amendment is carried against the wishes of the day we have this threat of revolution—of ruin, not only to the political existence, but to the personal rights and the property of the Lords—how extravagant is the idea that we still retain a Constitutional Government in England ! Upon the present occasion there is absolutely no pretext for a resort to the usual tactics of the Liberal party. The House of Lords, so far from displaying any intemperate or partial spirit in their action towards the Irish Land Bill, have been singularly moderate, disin terested, and self-restrained. It is scarcely conceivable that they could do less than they have done consistently with their character of an independent, co-ordinate branch of the Legislature, M. DE LESSEPS IN LIVERPOOL. Addresses were presented at the Liverpool Town Hall yesterday to M. de Lesseps from the Chamber of Com merce and the East India and China Association. A very large number of commercial men assembled on the occasion, and M. and Madame de Lesseps were loudly cheered. Madame de Lesseps, with a few ladies, occupied a seat in the orchestra in the great ball room. In reply to the addresses M. de Lesseps said that if he might judge from the efforts of the past Liverpool would not have to wait very long before her commercial relations were doubled with India,China, anci other countries of the East. He assured those present that the Suez Canal Company would do all in their power to meet the requirements of commercial men and to fulfil the important destiny of that undertaking in regard to the material and moral pro gress of nations. M. de Lesseps afterwards went on 'Change, where he was very warmly greeted, and Mr. Lange, who accompanied him made a few remarks, thank ing the merchants and shipowners for the very handsome welcome which they had given to M. de Lesseps. mitru rrtmoNs 15II.RNT TO7DEATH.--;:011 Mon day an inquest was held at the Town-hall, Herne Bay, before )11r. T. T. Delassaux, coroner, on the bodies of SusannahMtaustall, aged 71, Ethel Day, aged 6, and William Busby, aged 3, who were burnt to death in a cottage on Saturday night. rt appears that Susannah Wanstall and her daughter, gilannah Day, carried on a laundry at a cottage in King ~,Leet, and were engaged in ironing clothes till nearly twelve o'clock at night, shortly after which they retired to bed. At half-past twelve the house was discovered in flames. Susannah Day, in an excited state, without waiting for a ladder which was being fetched, 'jurope4 through the window, and fell on the pavement below, She was speedily removed to a house opposite, where she remaini without hope of re covery. Her mother, Mrs. Wanstall, hid - evidently not been apprised of the fire, and she and the two children were consumed. The bodies presented a ghastly appear ance, being literally burnt to a cinder. The cottage was completely gutted, and the adjoining property was saved only by dint of greet exertion. After hearing the evi dence the jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and expresse&their surprise that no means whatever exist in Herne Bay to extinguish a fire. The '_relideacon of London, the Veil. William Hale, lies dangerously ill at the Master's Lodge, Charter . - house. THE DEATH OF THE EARL OF CLARENDON.—The Cpyntess of Clarendon, although suffering acutely, is as well as can be expected under her cruel affliction. Her' ladyship has received the kindest assurances of the Queen's sytnpathy. The whole of the corps diplo matique and a great number of the nobility called on Monday, at Grosvenor-eieseent, to make inquiries.— Morning Post. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of whiskg in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is r ommended by the medical profession in preference to French brand . Sup plied in casks and cases for home use or exportation. Quotations on application to Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., Royal Irish Dis tilleries, Belfast ; at thdir Louden Offices, 4, Besnfort Buildings Straffd W.G. THE ST. THOMAS TREATY. Letters received from Denmark shew that the govern went and statesmen of that country continue to be much mortified at the neglect of the Senate of the United States on the subject of the St. Thomas treaty, that body having two years ago been informed of its ratification by Den mark, and the period for the exchange of ratifications having been several times extended at the request of this government. The last time expired on the 14th of April. The Senate allowed it to elapse without one word for or against the treaty. The correspondence says the people feel now, as -heretofore, that it is a clear breach of international good breeding, and that they have not been treated with the consideration that one friendly Power should shew to another. It was supposed that the Senate, at the present session, would take some notice of the matter; but in this there has been disap• pointment. It seems to be settled that Denmark will make no further movement on that subject, especially in view of the fact that the proposition to purchase was ori ginally made by the Exezutive Department of this Govern ment, Denmark being reluctant at first. to enter into the negotiation. It appears from these letters that the treat ment by the Senate is more complained of than would have been the failure to ratify the treaty, and that if the treaty had been promptly acted on, though rejected, this would have left less unfriendly feeling than is manifested among the Danish people.—/kw York, Times. THE CUBAN DEBATE. The great Cuban debate ended to-day in the defeat of General Banks and his adherents. Though the final vote is not yet taken the result is assured, and the action of the House will sustain the position of the President. The debate was opened to-day by Fernando Wood in favour of the majority report. He was followed by Mr. Willard, in an able speech on the ' other side, one of the most noticeable features of which was the vigorous "manner in which he defended the , right of . the . President, and the i-)rWriety and good taste in his judgment to send a message to Congress on so important a subject at any time, especially when the fact was considered that Cuban advocates and ex-Confederate generals were per mitted on the floor of the House to appeal personally to members in behalf of their cause. Mr. Judd then ob tained the floor, but yielded iu half an hour to Gen. Butler, who made a strong and characteristic speech against the report. He was followed by Gen. Logan, to whom Mr. Judd yielded the balance of his time, and who made a speech that, to say the least, was most extraordinary. The first ten minutes was devoted to Butler, and it was the rough est assault ever made upon that gentleman in the House. The rest of it was a characteristic advocacy of the Cuban cause, abounding in exuberant rhetoric, elaborate and never-ending sentences, highly-wrought illustrations and extreme views, in which the President and his position were not overlooked. General Banks then rose to close the debate, but had not proceeded far when his voice failed him, and he said he would be obliged to call for the vote. Mr. Bingham then moved to reconsider the vote whereby the main question was ordered, so that he could get in his substitute, which is simply the third resolution of the minority report, authorising the President to protest against the manner in which Spain is conducting the war. Mr. Cox moved to lay this motion on the table, which was first lost on tellers by six majority, and then on yeas and nays by thirteen majority. After considerable confusion and some delay, the motion to re consider was carried by eighteen majority,yeas eighty-eight, nays seventy, and thus the case fell under the manage ment of Judge Bingham, who immediately offered his substitute, on which the previous question was seconded, whereupon the House adjourned. The first vote will be on Mr. Logan's amendment to the majority report, which is,. in substance, to put Cuba on the same ground in respect to intercourse and trade that Spain now occupies. The next vote willbe or. Judge Bingham's substitute for both the majority and minority re ports, and it will doubtless be agreed to. —New York Time, June 16. THE PRESIDENT ON CUB The President's Message on the Cuban question is an impartial review of a hi.•;hly important phase of national policy. The opinions it enunciates are those which the best authorities on international law have consistently maintained, and its protest against the barbarities of the contest is the earnest of an authoritative remonstrance which we have repeatedly urged. The present document refers to the position taken up by the President in his first annual Message six months ago, and proceeds to re capitulate the present circumstances of the insur gents as the most conclusive vindication of the senti ments then expressed. The most important sec tion of the Message is that which refers • to the time-honoured policy and precedent of the founders of this Republic on similar questions of international law. The early necessity which existed for a well-defined rule in such matters is clearly shewn, and the honorable pre eminence we have secured by a steadfast adherence to the line so draivn, is emphatically noted. With regard to the position of foreigners making war on a friendly State, under cover of our protection, the President shews that nearly all of his predecessors had to deal with a similar difficulty, and that all treated it in the same consistent manner. As a question of policy, our relations with Cuba are ably and concisely summed up in the statement, " the question of belligerency is one of fact, not to be de cided by sympathies for or prejudice against either party." After an exhaustive resume of arguments which we have repeatedly adduced in connection with the same subject, the President comes to the conclusion : " I am unable to see in the present condition of the contest in Cuba those elements which are requisite to constitute war, in the sense of international The strength of a conviction which has been reached in spite of a natural leaning to the cause of the struggling colonists, and in spite, also, of the weight of popular sy m p a thy inclining in an opposite direction, cannot fail to be appreciated by every candid citizen. It ought, especially, to convince the Spanish Go vernment that our Executive has earned the highest right to demand the perfect immunity of our citizens from annoyance, and full reparation for all the outrages they have sustained. Scrupulous honour has the best claim for scrupulous justice in return. In seeking redress on be half of our injured citizens, and in interposing on behalf of a common humanity to prevent atrocities that disgrace civilization, our Government occupies a position in which it is impossible that its motives should be misapprehended. Had any. wish .existed to provoke a quarrel with Spain, and to profit by the dissensions of her colonists, it could have been very easily and profitably gratified. But in persevering in the high-minded and honourable policy which was laid down very early in the struggle, the President has shewn that no such desire was ever entertained, and the demands which he makes in the name of the nation ()light to receive instant attention. Though the Message wisely abstains from apportioning the blame of savage warfare anything but, equally between Cubans and Spaniards, yet the latter must necessarily bear the larger portion of the blame. We treat with them as a regularly organised Power, having disciplined armies, and professing to regard the usages of modern warfare. Atrocities perpetrated by them must, therefore, rank as more heinous crimes than those committed by scattered bands of desperate and ill organised insurgents. From the one we are entitled to demand the proprieties of a civilised people ; from the other, though we may wish for mode ration we can scarcely be surprised to find excess. The short and emphatic reference to the fact that Cuban bonds have been issued, whose payment is subject to the recognition of Cuban belligerency, or independence, is all that was required to make the Message a very complete statement of all the points of a complicated question. Perhaps no more appropriate comment can be made upon such a proceeding than that contained in the document itself, namely, that "it is a subject for serious reflection." If the Government has a right to expect that its un swerving rectitude will meet its due recognition from foreign powers, it has ano less u n q u estionable right to look for both appreciation and imitation among the representatives of the people at home. One thing is certain —we must tolerate no more outrages upon American citizens in any part of Cuba.-- New York Times. WASHINGTON, June 13, The Cuban Message sent to the House this afternoon fell like a bombshell in the camp of General Banks and his supporters on the. Cuban question. To-morrow had been set for the consideration of General Banks's report, several strong speeches were to be delivered, and it was intended to drive through the House a bill prepared by by General Banks that is directly at antagonism with the policy of the Administration. Very few persons were aware that the President contemplated such a Message. It has been talked of in a quiet way for at least a fortnight, and no determination as to it was reached when the President went away last week. He seems to have thought it over during his absence, and his somewhat unexpected return this morning may have been due to the fact that he had made up his mind to send in the Message, or at least consult with the Cabinet about the matter. A special meeting of the Cabinet was called at noon. Boutwell and Belknap being the only members absent, and the Message reached the House just before four o'clock. The reading of it caused some excitement, and everybody in the House and galleries paid the closest attention to it. General Banks asked that it might be printed and laid on the table, this being the usual course with papers relating to matters concluded in committee, Mr. Judd thought it had better go to the Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Cox broke out in hot wrath, denouncing it as an insult to the committee and saying it ought to be treated as the House formerly treated Andrew Johnson's Message. Mr. Dawes then came to the front, and remarked that, after Mr. Cox's words, the only respectful course was to send it to the committee. This was accordingly done by a decided ma jority. There is a great deal of talk in official and poli tical circles to-night about the Message, and nobody now supposes that General Banks can carry his Belligerency Bill to-morrow. --Special Despatch to New York Times. CHARLES DICKENS There are very few Americans who will cherish at this day any of the feeling of resentment against Mr. Dickens which was so prevalent at the time of the publication of " American Notes" and" Martin Chuzzlewit." The dis appearance of the sentiment of wrath may be dated from . the war, which while it gave us some cause for national pride, took a good deal of the old foolish conceit out of us ; but the feeling had been on the decline for some time, a sober second thought hiving convinced most sensible people that Mr. Dickens was entirely honest, and his tendency, to caricature was inseparable from his genius, that he had made greater fun of the weaknesses of his country men than he had of our own, and that there was a,gTeal deal more truth in his most disagreeable remarks than would- appear at first sight to an American whose eyes were dulled by familiarity.—Boston Advertiser. A DEMONSTRATION IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE. On Saturday Trafalgar Square was visited with a new class of demonstration in a gathering of teetotallers from all parts of London and the suburbs to agitate in favour of Mr. Rylands' proposed restrictive legislation respecting the sale of alcoholic drinks on Sunday. The place occupied by the demonstrators was tbst which was formerly the scene of • the Reform meetings, at the foot of the Nelson column and facing the National Gallery, and the people who made up the gathering were nearly all " Sons of Phcenix," " Sons of Temperance,' and members of other temperance societies. The various societies marched into the square with bands and banners, and many present wore tinsel ornaments, cross-belts, and sashes. The position of chairman was taken on the base of the column by Mr. Hillman, and the following con clusions were sought to be enforced :—" That ex ter ded restrictions on the Sunday sale of intoxi cating liquors would result in sensible public benefits, including a— diminution in drunkenness and crime, and an improved condition of the homes of the people more directly affected by them ; that to realiSe these benefits no corresponding drawbacks would be incurred, and no serious inconvenience occasioned to the sober and respectable of all classes ; that the restrictions required to obtain these results- would be in accordance with public sentiment ; and, therefore, that nothinc , in the way of popular reaction may reasonably be feared:" The chairman urged that where the public houses were closed on Sunday, vice, crime, and pauperism were diminished, as in Scotland, and he urged the working classes not to hug their chains even if the upper did keep their club-house rights of drinking and so of dissipation. The motion of Mr. Corrigan was o support a petition to Parliament in favour of Mr. Rylands' Bill, and arguments in favour 'of the enforced total abstinence were urged with some weight, and many homely illustrations were.used. Mr. Clutterbuck, a working man, seconded the motion, and it was supported by Mr. Lester, who described the publicans as a class who kept the work ing classes of this country in a state of degraded poverty, and he told his hearers that the money the working classes spent in unnecessary drink, if put to legitimate use, would lessen the need for charitable institutions, for workhouses, and prisons. The motion was carried, though not unanimously ; as was another thanking Mr. Rylands for the Bill. The meeting then broke up into a number of different gatherings, and the display of teetotal eloquence was kept up in several parts of the square for some time. THE SHIPBUILDING INTERESTS IN . FRANCE. • The United States Consul General for France ; John Reade, jun., has addressed a letter to John Lynch, chairman of the Committee on the Decline of Ameri can Tonnage, relative to the condition of the French naval and commercial marine. Mr. Reade calls special attention to the protection afforded the shipbuilding interests by the French government. This is in the form of a rebate or drawback similar to• that proposed by the bill reported to the House by Mr. Lynch. Mr. Reade states that the provisions of this act seem tobe inadequate to the actual requirements of the interest it was intended to protect. It is a notorious fact that shipbuilding in France has for several years past been gradually declin ing. The number and tonnage of vessels built is growing less with every year. In view of these facts, the princi pal shipbuilders in Havre, Bordeaux, and other leading ports of France have addressed a series of manifests to the Government, setting forth the inadequacy of the decree of Jule 19, 1866, and praying for further pro tection. The sense of their memorial may be stated in a feW words, as follows :—The decline of shipbuilding in France is becoming more alarmingly apparent from day to day. Constructors are discouraged and are rapidly closing their yards, withdrawing their capital from the business and investing in other directions. Since the tax on foreign tonnage has been rendered uniform with that on French tonnage, foreign vessels have monopolised an excessive portion of the carrying trade of France. The activity of the principal yards of Great Britain, Italy, and the North German Confederation, contrasts most unfa vourably for France with the decline of her shipbuilding interests, the abandonment of her yards, and the de crease in her tonnage. The increased activity displayed by these Powers in the building of first class vessels indicates that they appreciate the decline of the shipbuilding interests in France, and are preparing to monopolise among themselves her very important carrying trade. In the course of three or four years France will have fallen from the rank of a first class to that of a fourth or fifth class maritime Power. If the present unfortunate state of affairs is to be reme died the radical difference in the aid extended by the French government to its marine and that allowed by foreign Powers to theirs must be taken into consideration. If the requirements of the government render an exten sion of the privileges accorded to French vessels impos sible, certainly foreign ships should not be admitted to the enjoyment of the same privileges. The manufacturing interest of France, protected by :tariff varying from five to twenty-five per cent., has no right to demand a uniform rate of taxation on French and foreign tonnage, to the detriment of the national carrying trade, lowering the rate of freight and in the end transferring that trade en tirely to foreign bottoms. The matter, thus fully ex plained, is now before the Chamber of D eputies, and a committee has been appointed to investigate and if pos sible apply a remedy to the evils of which the memorial ists complain. Mr. Reade further states that the French Government now pays government subsidies to steamship companies employed in its postal service to the amount of $4,716,496. An odd item in the expenditure of the United States Government for the past year is $416,000 for arti ficial legs for soldiers. CUBAN LADIES.—The Cuban ladies residing in New York are after their unwarlike compatriots of the other sex, who, they say, " spend their time promenading Broadway and sending letters to the papers, instead of going to Cuba to fight." They held a meeting in the metropolis lately, and took measures for reviving interest in the patriot cause. The most serious proposition was that of a Mrs. Villaverde who is going to raise to company of amazons, teach them to shoot, and take them to Cuba if the "Broadway promenaders" do not go. This is a hard hit at the patriots of the pavement. Judge Orth, of the committee on foreign affairs, also admini stered to them a sharp rebuke in his late report, and it really seems as though they must do something pretty quick.—Boston Advertiser. LADVEILTIMMENT.I Consumption, and all nervous bilious, stomach, an 3 liver complaints in every stage are only aggravated and mc3lerated by drugs of eve y description, but perfe_tly curable by Du BARRY'S health-restoring Revalenta Arabic's, Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless ; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastrin derangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, ner vousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throat, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sink ing fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tLhtness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, and be'eween the shoulders, &c. We quote a few: -The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No 68,413—" Rome, July 21 1866. The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revaleuta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly."—From the "Gazette du ➢lidi," July 25. Cure No. 46,270.—Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Fulmley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Curs N 0.1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford of • many years dyspepsia. -No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescrib able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, con stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—.))aria Jolly " Important Caution.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which. without authority , Baron Liebig name is most audaciously attezhed. •In tins, at is Lid; Ilb 2s 9d; 2 lb is 6d; slb lls,; 121 b 225: 24 lbs s.—Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA • RAWL CHOcoLATi POWDER is packed in tin canisters: for 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cup■ at is 6d, for 48 cups at6s, for 2cB cups at 30s, for 576 cups at blls —being about one penny per cup. The 30s and 55s tins are sent free of carriage in England on 'receipt of Post Office Order.— , BARRY Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London and all Grocers and Chemists. BIRTHS. On the 23d inst, at Clifton, near Bristol, Mrs. Simon Scrope. of a son. On the 23d inst., at Mount Congreve, co. Waterford, the Hon. Mrs. Congreve, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 25th inst., at Ballysax Church, co. Indere, George Lyddon Morley, Esq., late 75th Highlanders, and now of her Majesty's Commissariat Staff Corps, to Mabel, daugh ter of the Bev. George B. Wheeler, Rector of Ballysax, Curragh Camp. On the 22d inst., at St. Thomas's Church, Henbury, Lionel Edward Darell, Esq , eldest sou of Sir Lionel Darell, Bt., of Fretherne Court, Gloucestershire, to Helen Frances, only child of the late Edward Marsland, Esq., of Henbury Park, county of Chester. On the 23d inst., at St. Mary's, Lewisham, Edward Wat son King, son of Knowles King, Esq., of Maidstone and Blackheath, to Annie Elizabeth, granddaughter of Thos. Edwards, Esq., of The Lindens, Blackheath. DEATHS On the 25th inst., at 17, Woburn-square, Robert Low, Esq., aged 66. On the 23d inst., Alfred Richardson, of Ormond Lo dge, Richmond, Surrey, aged 45. 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