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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fine DAY. —Morning, 9b. 55m.—Afternoon, 10h. 30m A f terno on, 11h. 36m I'a-3(onaow.-Morning, Ilh. Bm. I irki #4N :‘;letafo - - LONDON, SA7 UnDAY, AUGUST' 10, 1867 -qv The second reading of the Factory Acts Ex tension Bill last evening in the House of Lords is a matter for congratulation to all who long exerted themselves in forwarding legislation in this matter. There is good reason to hope that great as are the benefits already accruing to the workers in our mills and factories from the acts of former years, they will be considerably enhanced by the adoption of this supplementary measure. All the earlier legislation with regard to the protection of the factory labourers was, in fact, experimental. It was carried out from a strong sense of justice and feeling of humanity, in spite of loud and confident assertions that its effects upon trade would be most mischievous. The owners and employers natu rally feared that their profits might be seriously affected, and they accordingly opposed every step in the way of reform. They have since then frankly admitted that so far from their fears being realised they have actually been gainers rather than losers by the working of the measure. Lord SHAFTESBURY, in his able and interesting speech last night, referred to the effect already pro duced in the Potteries by the legislation of 1864. He had visited the schools last year, and the testi mony of all concerned was that the improvement among the children was wonderful. The increase of scholars speaks for itself. Within the factory districts alone, said Lord SHAFTESBURY, there are now nearly 70,000 children under tuition, whereas when the Act was passed there were not, he be- lieved 1,000. Yet the masters, in many places, as sert that the work done is greater in quantity and improved in quality, because the em ployed bring untired minds and bodies to their work. No doubt legislative interference with the details of a large establishment appears in many instances vexatious and unnecessary; but experience has proved that, as a general rule, neither. men nor masters can be trusted to adopt those necessary precautions on which the health and life of the workmen often depend. Many employments are only injurious because the proper measures which science points out are not taken. Thus one clause of the new act provides that fans shall be intro duced to blow away the dust in rooms where men are engaged in grinding, glazing, or polishing on a wheel. The inhalation of this dust reduces the average age of grinders to 40 years, while its dis persion by fans greatly lessens the danger. Many similar regulations are introduced in the measure, whose working will only be found irksome at first. It is possible that some parts of it might bear alteration, but we must remember that this bill is not the device of a theoretical philanthropist, but has been elaborated before a select committee, composed of men thoroughly conversant with the subject in all its details —many of themselves pro prietors of works. We can hard suppose that such men would not have fully weighed both s ides of the question, and we may therefore hope, with the noble earl, who is better qualified than any other to give an opinion on the matter, that the bill may be instrumental in carrying peace and comfort to the hearts of thousands without any material draw back. The Atlantic telegraph brings us the important intelligence that President JOHNSON has requested Mr. STANTON to resign, but that he has refused to do so. It has long been rumoured that the PRESI DENT bad such a step in contemplation, and the differences between them has been known outside the Cabinet. Mr. STANTON has never been a cordial supporter of the PRESIDENT ; and on many im portant questions, more especially on the recon- struction of the South, their views are diametrically opposite. The Secretary, however, does not hold Radical opinions for nothing, and he is fully deter mined to reap all the advantages which his position gives him. Whether this open breach is due to a sudden quarrel, or is merely the natural result of long - standing differences, we cannot learn from the brief wording of the telegram, but it is possible that the PRESIDENT has determined to take advantage of the dispersion of Congress to remodel his Government. The Cuba, which arrived yesterday after an unusually rapid passage, brings news to the effect that Mr. JOHNSON has decided upon removing General SHERIDAN. Perhaps the PRESIDENT may be inclined to try a bolder policy than heretofore, relying on the h support of te mo derate party throughout the country. The Radicals hare gone on unchecked for so long a time that the public have been able to judge of the prac tical effect of their policy. They can hardly be well satisfied with the result. The finances are heavily embarrassed, the national debt increasing, the South completely disorganised, riot and tumult being the order of the day, and the whole trade and commerce of the country suffering from depression and uncertainty. In Tennessee there aro still ap prehensions of serious election riots—so much so that the Militia are ordered to be under arms, and Federal troops are being distributed to preserve order. The citizens are for the most part wearing arms, and it is expected that the negroes will in some parts be intimidated from voting. Riots at elections are unhappily becoming a matter of course, and in the South they, too, often furnish an excuse for an outbreak of the bitter feeling smouldering between the races, which all recent legislation has been directed to increase rather than to moderate. In Kentucky the Democrats have carried the elec tions—an encouraging sign of the times but since nothing can be hoped from the patriotism or good sense of the Radical party, we can hardly expect to see a permanent change in American politics until their ascendancy over Congress has been destroyed. We are glad to meet with another communica tion from our able correspondent, "A Lover and Observer of Historical Dates and Facts." It is, indeed, a satisfactory task for him to look back upon the last six months, and the retrospective glance which he takes more than realises the best he could foretell in his prophetical remarks. What will Lord DERBY do? he asked before, and he now con cludes his inquiries by asking,W hat has Lord DERBY done ? As he says his previous answers were neces sarily most vague and problematical, but he has a " good, full, and substantial answer" to his ques tion at the end of the session. All who have watched the course of events during the past ses session, and considered the progress that has been made, will concur in the reply here made that Lord DERBY has done a " vast deal." He has shown equal talent and vigour in carrying the Reform Bill of 186? that he did in carrying that of 1832. Seldom, indeed, can we point to the accomplish ment of so much in a lifetime. The period which has elapsed since the time of the first Reform Bill has, lucked, been a momentous one, and its changes have been most striking ones. Some of our every day surroundings now were then unheard of, and at best but vague and illusory. Railways were hardly spoken of, and the electric telegraph was wholly unknown. Old Father Time has wrought many changes, and, as it is effectively put here, the old of 1832 arc gone, and those then in their prime are either in extreme old age, dying, or dead. The young Princess, then the Heiress Presump tive to the British Throne, has been our QUEEN for a whole generation, and is the mother of a large family " from whom we look forward to a line of illustrious kings." To return to the thread of the argument , Lord DERBY has done more in six short months than his predecessors did in seven long years. -The only ad vantage, as it is truly said here that England gained THE SUN, LONDON, SATUUDAY EV ENINQ, AUGUST 10, 1867. he was received with great enthusiasm. There LATEST INTELLIGENOB. was a grand fete in the city, and the Bosphorus was (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) illuminated. M. Rodolphe Cuvier, a relative of the illustrious Curier the naturalist, has just died in his 84th year, at his country house at Montbeliard, Cuvier's birth place. Private accounts from Madrid continue to record insurrectionary movements and excitement in Spain. The arrests of suspected persons are very numerous, particularly in the provinces of Cadiz, Andalusia, Xeres, and Tarifa. Among the persons of note arrested is Pablo-Gornerz a Moure, a violent De mocrat, who it is supposed will be summarily shot. It is evident that there will shortly be an important insurrectionary demonstration in Spain. There is a wicked mystification in Paris just now. The men who sell photographs in the street offer a portrait of M. Peak, the Hungarian statesman, as a genuine likeness of the traitor Lopez. The portrait they sell of the Emperor Maximilian is probably an equally good likeness of somebody else. The Gazette du Florence says it has received with the post-mark of Milan a republican proclamation from. Mazzini headed " Universal Republican Alliance," from which it is evident that there is no foundation for the alleged concert between him and Garibaldi, with a view to create an insurrectionary movement at Rome. In this circular it is stated that the party are not satisfied with the movement which is under organisation for an outbreak in Italy. They disclaim any participation with the present movement " with the elements which divert it," or with the " Ancient National Commit tee." What Mazzini seems to want is a Republican insurrection, but, according to the latest accounts from Rome, the late agitation is all over. A circumstance may be mentioned in reference to the Exhibition, which of itself proves very con vincingly that vast progress has been made in France in works of art, taste, and industry. At many stands are articles marked " hors concours " —out of competition, meaning' that the manufac turers of them having obtained the highest possible rewards it was useless to compete for more. This is the case as regards the beautiful manufacturing showbein it was business ess o f commen this circumstances tea eetru c ii l o asi n lac n ria. e i c n t t e e d r e s w t t h display of Messrs. Christopher and Co. There aro It tha w t as es t ta h b e li fi sh rs m t en to t .xtenFt called y o e rf m e e v n r i t e s auap/ upon a n n thee,ig tt E a n i n i d n g i t t w o o n nde p r r f o u c l ess e unerringly the esta blishment.eed Since , 1845, igoufres h the w the amount of its b • usiness is in round numbers 107,160,000 francs • The amount for the year 1866 alone was nearly eight millions of francs. It has manufactured something like eight millions of covers, and the silver employed upon the metal would weigh 77,692 kilogrammes, or more than double that number of English pounds. The establishments of Messrs. Christophe and Co., at Paris and at Carlsruhe, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, employ 1,418 persons, of whom 400 are women. These gen tlemen are philanthropists as well as manufacturers, for they have organised a fund for sick or disabled workmen, and lend them money without interest under certain circumstances. In short, the estab lishments are like one family. Although some of the articles are most costly and beautiful, yet the million may be provided with covers and other articles at a wonderfully cheap rate. In addition to the assistance to workmen just spoken of, Messrs. Christofle and Co. give pensions to their widows. They have rendered inestimable services to art and artists—to art by encouraging its development in every possible shape in the execution of their manu factures ; to artists by encouraging draughtsmen, designers, architects, modellers, engravers, chasers, and statuaries—in fact, workmen in all the multi farious branches of art. These services have been appreciated, for, in addition to gold medals given to the establishment, one of its chiefs has been deservedly rewarded with the cross of the Legion of Honour. If all employers were to act like these amiable and enlightened gentlemen there would be very few " strikes." Upon various exceptional occasions—for instance, when provisions become unusually dear—they spontaneously increase the wages of their workmen. Of all the wonders of the Exhibition their department is pro nounced by all to be the most wonder ful, and the arrangements they have adopted for the comfort and prosperity of their workmen in the precious metals deserve to be recorded in letters of gold. The negociations between France and the Holy See for a literary convention have been attended with success, and a treaty of that kind was signed on the 21st of July by M. Sartiges, on the part o France, and by Cardinal Antonelli for the Pope. It is expected also that the two Governments will agree to a treaty of commerce and navigation. The Emperor has sent a letter to the Marquis du Chasseloup Laubat, President of the Geographical Society, with a sum of 50,000 francs towards the expenses of the French expedition to the North Pole, which I described. His Majesty also expresses a hope for the success of the expedition, " so inte resting for science and so deserving of the greatest encouragement." The Russian Prince Nicolas Tabowski has com #ted suicide at Turin. STArE OF TRADE. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MALTA, AUG 9. The Bangalore left at 7 a.m., and the Pera .eaves at 10 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 11th inst., and the latter at Southampton about the 18th inst. The Tanjore, from Southampton, July 27, ar rived Ang. 4, at 11 a.m., and left at 10 a.m. on the sth for Alexandria. The Nyanzt, from Marseilles Aug. 5, arrived on Le 7th at 6 p.m., and left at 10 p.m. for Alexandria. GIBRALTAR, Aug. 9. The Euxine, from Southampton 4th inst., arrived to-day at 1 p.m., and leaves at 6 p.m. for Alexan dria. All well. TN DIA. BOMBAY, August 9. The screw steamship Great Victoria, the pioneer of the new line of screw steamers between Bombay and Liverpool via the Cape, arrived here yesterday after a fine passage. She sails hence for Liverpool on the Ist October, calling at Port Elizabeth to land mails and passengers. The Swed;sh brig Ida, of Southenburg, sprung a leak, and was abandoned in lat. 36 45 N. long. 0 37 E. The crew were landed here from the ship Venskabel. Exchanges are quoted :—London 90 days' date, 50i to ; Paris, ditto, sf. 28c. to 29c ; Marseilles ; ditto, sf. 29c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, par to die. ; Cadiz, ditto, par. ; Malaga, ditto, to dis. Barcelona, ditto, pm. ; Valencia, ditto, par. MANCHESTER, Aug. 9.--The market has been generally quiet at to .day's prices. For yarns made from American qualities of cotton a slight advance of price is asked, and in these a fair business has been done. The market for cloth has been rather firmer to-day, though the change has not led to any actual improvement in price. Buyers of cloth show no disposition to give out orders at full prices, and in some instances even lower offers have been made than on Tuesday. The business to-day has been sma ll—l e ss than for some days past ; but recent opera tions have relieved stocks a goo d d ea l. There is no improvement in advices fr om Calcutta , and the latest are not very encouraging to buyers hero. CARDIFF, 9th.—No material alteration has taken place in the steam coal trade since last report, ope rations at the docks being of such a character as fail to give satisfaction to the proprietors of the district. The shipments to several of the Continental houses are not to the extent they were at the correspond ing period of last year, and orders are but slowly received. For home coal there is an average trade done with coasting buyers, and the local consump tion is beginning to show a slight increase. The improvement which took place at the commence ment of the present quarter ja the iron trade con tinues, to a certain extent, unabated. The Ameri can demand increases, and it is confidently believed that the demand from Continental markets will gradually increase for some months to come. LEICESTER, 9 th.—There is an improved tone im parted to trade generally this week. The wool market presents a more cheerful feeling, and the prospects of a bountiful. harvest tend to restore confidence. There has been a little more inquiry from the trade, and staplers are firm in holding stocks, knowing that prices must be maintained. Growers also seem to take a wise course in holding back their wools for a better price. What has been offered has not been at less rags than formerly. While there is more doing in all branches of the worsted yarn spinning department at previous quo tations, there is still an absence of sr eculative feel ing. Fancy yarns are a good demand, and worsteds and cottons continue firm. Silks are slightly lower. Fancy goods are also a much better inquiry, and mixed worsted fabrics more looked after, although buyers act with extreme caution. This improved state of things seems to have been brought about by the prices of the raw material having assumed a more settled state, as instanced at the recent Liver pool wool sales, the effect of which has been such as to be already felt in the Leicester trade. The boot and shoe trade continues fully employed. It is stated in military circles that Capt. Jervis, whose case has boon recently before Parliament, will be reinstated. FIRST TOWER HAMLETS ADMINISTRATIVE BAT TALION.-Itt reference to the st dement that Colonel C. Buxton had advanced uniforms to nearly 500 men of the Ist Tower Hamlets Administrative Battalion, the 12th corps, which is connected with the battalion for adminis trative purposes only, desires to make known that its mem bers reclothe theuiselves at their own expense entirely, and prido thonaolveo 9n Voir oelf-oupporting Under. "by turning out the Conservatives in 1859 has that of causing Parliamentary Reform to be placed ort the shelf for eight long years, and so causing England to be deprived of the services of a useful body of electors." In point of fact we may fairly say that Lord RUSSELL and his followers have as much cause to be ashamed of their inaction during tho3e seven years as Lord DERBY and his friends have reason to be proud of their exertions for the last six months. The course pursued by the Whigs and Liberals was, indeed, most supine and quite unworthy of the reputation of some of their leaders. Lord RUSSELL, with his historical relation to Re form, and Mr. GLADSTONE with all the promises lie held out at one time of being its able exponent, were alike weighed in the balance, and found to be miserably wanting. The suddm death of Lord PALMERSTON in office afforded them a rare oppor- ;unity; and it may be safely said that never was opportunity so completely thrown away. With a large majority in Parliament, a great confidence displayed by the public, they murdered the work completely, offended their friends, prejudiced their well-wishers, disappointed their admirers, and finally deceived the community whom they had led to expect so much. Very different was the course pursued by Lord DERBY and his colleagues. For every advantage possessed by the Ministry of last Session we can easily substitute a disadvantage that accrued to the Government of this year. They had no majority in the House, and they had bitter, jealous opponents to deal with ; and yet while the one party retreated in ignominious discomfiture, the other ob tained an extraordinary success. It is curious, as well as interesting, to dwell upon this theme ; and perhaps the best solution of the problem may be found in the reflection that the Conservatives put their work before them as the primary objeci - , and made everything else subservient to it, while their predecessors, on the contrary, put their own pre judices and predilections in the foreground, and their persistence to force them on the House at any cost. Mr. DISRAELI consulted the House, Mr. GLADSTONE dictated to it, and the difference of the result was indeed surprising. Hon. members were willing to pass a Reform Bill, but they were not willing to take all that the Government deemed fitting, and still less could they put up with being told that they were obnoxious to all change and conspirators against the interests of the country. As for the inactivity the late Government dis played for so long a period perhaps the reason may be found in this letter. " All the soi-disant Liberals wanted was to get into office, and when once in stalled they were glad enough to send Parliamen tary Reform to the winds." We may readily turn from the past to the present, and be thankful for our " bountiful harvest" of new Parliamentary Reform. So far as the question of Reform is con cerned, it is indeed perfectly true what is here said—that " no Reform Bill has ever reached man hood, unless our present most illustrious Premier happens to be a member of the Cabinet. He has carried the bill of 1867 as he did its great ancestor in 1832, only thirty-five short years ago, for thirty five years is but a brief period, historically speak ing, however long it may be for other purposes." We rejoice with this writer that the country has given the present Ministry a fair trial, and the country itself has good cause to rejoice also, for the gain has been substantial, and the con sequences most beneficial. The fact is, that historical dates and facts have been too much overlooked of late years, and people have been running after those who contrived by clap trap and other do ices to make out that one party bad done everything, and that there was nothing to hope from the Conservatives. As Mr. DISRAELI rightly said the other night at the City Banquet we had had to endure a monopoly of Liberalism. This being done away with, we may hope for better times and brighter days, for nothing can flourish while monopolies are iu the ascendant. The pre sent Session will long be memorable as having seen the passing of a Reform Bill, but besides that it will be notable for having seen the destruction of that long course of power that was held so un worthily by a particular section, to the hindrance of all progress, and the prejudice of the real interests of the nation. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The .21Ioniteur in its bulletin says:— " The Federal Council of Northern Germany will meet in a few days at Berlin. Prussia will be re presented by eight members, among whom, in addi tion to M. de Bismark, Federal Chancellor, will be Generals De Padbielski, De Pueben, and Messrs. Do Pommer, Esche, and Philippsbon. The Saxon Government will be represented by M. de Priesen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, whose post will be filled in the interim by Baron de Falkenstein, the Presi dent of the Council. On the 29th of July a treaty was signed a Berlin between the two Governments of Prussia and Saxony for the construction of a railway be tween Leipsic and Zeitz, by way of Pegau. Zeitz is already connected by railway to Gera, a rather important manufacturing town in the principality R of l e ) u u ss k . o Christian, of Holstein, and the Princess Helena, of England, his wife, are now on a visit to Constantinople for Pa r is to the o C r o d u to f Lyons t h x as Sony." lef t assume his functions as Ambassadortfrom England. Great preparations have been made at the English Embassy, in the Faubourg St. Honord, for his reception. The title of Federal Chancellor, recently con ferred upon Count de Bismark, gives an influence of great importance not only for Prussia but for the whole of Germany. According to the Constitution the powers of that high dignitary are much greater than those of a mere Minister. -The Chancellor is the only real executive power of the Confederation. It is he who appoints all the Federal func tionaries, and receives their oaths in the name of the Confederation. Alone he forms with the King the Federal Government. It is he who presents the 'proposals made by the Federal Council to the Reichstag, who promulgates the Federal laws, who superintends the execution of them by the Federal States and their functionaries, and who is also charged with all that the Presidency sends back to him under the head of " Superior Director." This is an extraordinary position, which would not have existed if the Reichstag had succeeded in cre ating a Federal Ministry. The King of the Belgians has left Brussels for Ostend, where his Majesty will stay several days for the benefit of sea -bathing. The Queen of the Bel gians has returned to Tenueren to stay with the Empress Charlotte of Mexico. The private accounts respecting the Empress represent her to, be in a list less and melancholy condition, and very indifferent to passing events. The Emperor has left Paris for the camp at Chalons, where he will remain for a week. The King of Sweden and the King of Portugal took leave of him at the station. His Majesty was ac companied by General Fleury, Generals de Failly, Le Boauf, and other officers. Her Majesty and the young Imperial Prince will go to the camp onThurs day next. His Majesty's fete will be celebrated by the royal family at Chalons. The Emperor after that day will leave for Salzbourg, where he will arrive on the 18th to meet the Emperor of Austria. The Emperor and Empress, will travel in strict incognito. On his return from Salzbourg the Em peror will go to Baden Baden to have an interview with the King of Prussia, the latter Sovereign in tending to stop at Baden after his return from the waters of Ragatz, in Switzerland. The Sultan has returned to Constantinople, when TIIE KING OF PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Aug. 10. 'rho King will shortly pass through Frankfort. on-the-Maine for Cassel, where his Majesty will remain two days. The deputations from places re questing a Royal visit have been positively in formed that after leaving Cassel the King will pro bably return to the Castle of Babelsberg. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, August 10. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ceylon, Captain Coleman, with the heavy portion of the above mails, 50 passengers, specie £3,683, and a general cargo, including 2,490 sacks of wheat, has arrived. August Ist, off Malta, she passed a barque with three topm . asts gone, steering into Malta. August 2d, in latitude 34.10 long. 8.43 E. passed a British schooner standing to S.E., showing signal 11.P.5.R. (new code). August 6th, off Cape Roca, exchanged colours v,lth an American ironclad, steering to S.W., and passed a schooner standing to southward. August 7, about 70 to the southward, off Cape Finistcrre, the Peninsular and Oriental steam ship Euxine, bound out. GIBRALTAR, Aug. 5. The Chronicle of the 2d says— "We learn from Tangier that the Moorish Minister, yesterday, communicated to the Foreign Representatives the Sultan's decision that the ex pprtation of grain from Morocco, recently pro hibited, is now to be permitted for six months longer, counting from 10th July. The new Bashaw of Tetuan has arrived there with about 300 troops. IFs presence, and the ex hibition of force to support the authority of his office, were both much needed. The assassinations at the very gates of Tetuan had inspired such terror that the Jews dared not stir beyond the wails, and were kept close prisoners in the town. Since tho arrival of the new Governor they have taken heart of grace, and go about their business as, usual. A new Governor has also been appointed to the Riff, who has promised to restore law and order, which in that district aro too often at a discount. Recently a Spanish fishing cutter, the Dos Hermann, wa s attacked on the Riff Coast by a launch filled with armed Moors, and plundered of the little money the crew possessed, about $25, 200 weight of biscuits, all their fishing tackle, guns, and ammu nition, and the cutter's boat. The crew arrived, half-starved, at the Spanish settlement of Penon de la Gomera, where they were provided with rations by the Governor of the fort. The Austrian frigate Novara arrived here on the 28th on her way to Mexico. The following British ships have arrived here : Integrity and Helen, from Cardiff; Marathon, from Liverpool; Latona, from Cardiff ; Villanova, from Glasgow; Champion, from Llanelly ; Amazon and Peninsula, from London; Forest Queen, from Newport; Sunderland, from Sunderland; Tanjore, from Southampton ; Negociator, from Newport ; Mersey, from Swansea; and Loudon, from London. OF WORKS. The ordinary weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday, at the offices, Spring-gardens. Sir John Thwaites, the chairman of the Board, presided. There was not a numerous attendance of members. The Finance Committee presented the usual weekly cash statement, of which the following are some of the items :—ln the London and Westminster Bank, general account, £143,403 19s. 11d. ; Main Drainage Rate collection, £1,050 16s. 9d. ; Fire Brigade, £4,339 12s. 3d. In the Bank of England —Metropolitan Main Drainage, £16,074 15s. 3d ; Thames Embankment, North, £34,801 Is. 3d. ; Southern Embankment, £46,688 17s. Bd. Total, £465,312 Ils. 11d. The Chairman proceeded to open tenders for the formation of an embankment and roadways in con nection with the Main Drainage works near Plais tow, West Ham. The two lowest were Mr. Winiam Webster, £3,330 ; and Mr. Thackeray, £3,300. After a few words from Mr. Legg, Mr. Roche moved that Mr. Thackeray's tender for £3,300 be accepted, which was seconded and agreed to. The Finance Committee recommended that the several sums named in the statement, amounting in the whole to 136,062 Bs. 2d., be paid, which was ap proved. The Works and General Purposes Com mittee brought up a report, which stated that they had considered the subject of the inundation of the houses in Meadow-row, St. Andrew's-road, and the neighbourhood on the 26th of July, and have directed the engineer to report to the Board on the subject generally. The report wag approved of. THE RECENT EXTRAORDINARY RAINFALL. Mr. J. W. BAZALGETTE, the chief engineer, brought up a report which he had prepared at great trouble in reference to the heavy fall of rain on Friday, July 26. The report, which was read by Mr. Bazalgette, was as follows : " Metropolitan Board of Works, Engineer's De partment, Spring-gardens, Aug. 9, 1867. " A fall of rain such as has not been recorded in London for the last 20 years, and stated in the Re gistrar-General's return of July 27 to have been unprecedented at the Greenwich Observatory, fell between midnight on the 25th of July and 9 o'clock on the following morning. During these nine hours 3; inches of rain fell ; not like a thunderstorm, confined to a portion of the metropolis only, but a uniform downfall extending over the whole of the metropolitan area and the surrounding country. Thus one-eighth of the average rainfall of a whole year fell in nine hours, or nearly one-thousandth part of a year ; ono quarter of the year's rain hav ing fallen during the month of July. In preparing the scheme for the main drainage of the metropolis, it was anticipated that the low level districts of London would be very considerably relieved of the flooding which had pre% iously produced such dis astrous destruction of property during heavy rains; and those expectations have been fully realised. It was not contemplated by the intercepting sewers to carry off all the flood waters produced by extraor dinary rainfalls. The report of the eminent engi neers who have considered this subject, and my own, commencing in 1854, are numerous and very explicit on this subject. They propose in addition to the sewage to carry off by the intercepting sewers a quarter of an inch of rain in 24 hours. They give an average of the number of days per annum upon which such rainfalls have oc curred, and explain the manner in which it is proposed to deal with exceptional rain storms, and how impossible it would be, by works of reasonable magnitude and cost, to carry off and pump through the intercepting system such exceptional storms as fell on the night of July 25, and which, within nine hours, deluged London with 26,000,000 tons of water. Such a rainfall may not Within the present generation again occur. In spite of the relief afforded by the new intercepting sewers and the provisions made for the escape of storm waters, there were on July 25 some exceptional instances of the flooding of property in the low level districts on the south side of the Thames. The houses of thu lower portions of the south side are built within a basin, the rim of which is the river Thames ; and at high water the river is Eft. or 7ft. higher than the streets and 12ft. higher than the basements of the houses; therefore no water can run by gravitation out of their sewers until the tide has fallen. The pumps and intercept ing sewers relieve these districts by the constant re moval of so much rain as they were designed to cans off. The surplus can escape into the river through the storm outlets only when the tide is low. On July 26 the tide was rising as the storm fell, and the accumulated reservoir space of the district sewers not being sufficient to store the surplus water of that extraordinary rainful until they could get re lief the flood rose above the level of some of the lowest basements. The protection of the low level districts against such casualties rests to a large ex tent in the hands of the local authorities, and it is their duty to provide-1. That new houses shall not be allowed to have basements so much below the level of the river that they cannot be properly drained. 2. That the private drains of all such houses as have low basements shall be protected by flood valves. 3. That all sewers to be constructed in such localities shall be of sufficient capacity to store the flood waters during the time the tide is above their outlets. A large proportion of the houses in Battersea and other localities, with respect to which complaint is now made that they were flooded on July 26, have been built since the level., of the main drainage sewers were determined upon or commenced, at so low a level that they cannot be properly drained, nor have a ny precautions been taken in forming their drains to protect their basements against floods. Several properties have also been flooded by defects in their own drains or by other local causes having no refe rence to the general system of drainage. There are about 80 miles of new intercepting sewers, and up wards of 2,000 miles of local or branch sewers, and it is to these branch sewers, therefore, that we must look for the storage of about nineteen-twentieths of the waters of extraordinary floods during the period of high tide. Now these sewers have not keen formed upon a complete and comprehensive plan, but they have been the growth of ages, con structed from time to time to meet local wants, and many of them are still very defective. They are continually being added to, improved, and deepened by the Metropolitan Board, the Vestries, and the dis trict Boards, and, in proportion as these improve ments progress, so will the probabilities of the flooding of the low-level districts decrease. It can not, however, be too forcibly urged that there is a limit to the depth to which it is possible within a reasonable cost to drain, and this limit has, in many instances, been exceeded. The intercepting sowers have more than answered the original expectations with respect to them ; their soundness and efficiency can scarcely again be more severely tested than on the 26th of July last. The pumps were that day lifting a volume of water equal to nearly half an inch of rain over the whole of the low-level area, nearly double the quantity they were intended to lift, without even such partial failure or accident as might in a work of such magnitude, and under so severe a test, have been fairly expected. I submit herewith several claims for compensation and other communications with respect to the flooding of pro perty by the rain storm of the 26th of July, and I recommend that the report be printed, and a copy thereof sent in reply to each of the communications on the subject, and that the claimants for compen sation be informed that this board denies its liability to make compensation. " F. W. BAZALGETTE, Engineer." On the question of how to dispose of the rainfall, Mr. Bazalgette stated that it was a question of con siderable difficulty, and had given rise to mach diver sity of opinion. That arose from the fact that, while it was in itself harmless and even advantageous to the river, it sometimes fell suddenly in large quantities. These considerations had induced theo rists to advocate that the rainfall should not be allowed to flow with the sewage, but should be dealt with by a separatesystem of o s u e l w d e i r n s v . ol l v h e is a n d e o t u h b o l u e g s h e t t most impracticable, as it w of drains to every house, and the construction an d maintenance of second series of sewers to every street. Applied to London it would involve the re-draining of every house and every street in the metropolis, and according to a moderate estimate it would lead to an expenditure of from 10 to 12 millions of money, .~~ while the interference with private property alone would render such a proposition intolerable. In 1858 a report was submitted by Mr. Bidder, Mr. Hawks ley, and himself,which stated that their observations distinctly established the fact that the quantity of rain which flowed off by the sewers was in all cases much less than the quantity which fell on the ground ; and although the variations of atmospheric phenomena are far too great to allow any philoso phical proportions to be established between the rainfall and sewer flow, yet t'iey felt warranted in saying that, as a rulo of averages, a quarter of an inch of rainfall would not contribute more than one eighth of an inch to the severs, nor a fall of four tenths of an inch more than a quarter of an inch. If the sewers were capable of carrying off a volume equal to a rainfall of a quarter of an inch per day during the six hours of a maximum flow, there would not be more than 12 days in a year in which the sewers would be overcharged, and then only for short periods during such days. Mr. Bazalgotte having gone at great length into this question, The CHAIRMAN said the only thing they could do would be to see that the houses were properly drained. Mr. BAZALGRTTE said houses built below the level of low water could not be expected to be drained. Mr. LEGG moved that the engineer's report be printed and circulated, and that a copy be sent to each claimant for compensation, and when the ques tion was well ventilated it would be found in what quarter the blame lay. Mr. FREEMAN thought that after what had taken place, the engineer ought in future very carefully to consider the subject, with a view to prevent a recur rence of such an accident. Mr. PHILLIPS said if he did he hoped he would not take the 26th of July as the basis for his calcu lation, as what occurred upon that day might not L take place again for 20 years to come. ' After a few words from Mr. SISAW, the motion that the engineer's report be printed and circulated • was agreed to. FRANCE. The Florence Gazette says :—" The Mazzini party, according to information which we have received, is discouraged ; has little faith in itself, in its strength, an d in the present movement. If there be a Re publican party in Italy, it is too feeble to disturb tranquillity." The King of Sweden was present at the Odeon Theatre the other evening, to witness the perfor mance of " Le Marquis de Villemer." The Princess Clotilda dined two days back with her sister, the Queen of Portugal, in her Majesty's apartments of the Pavilion Marsan. The Presse of Vienna says :—" The scenes of horror which, according to some journals, have taken place at Tetuan, and which culminated in the assassination of several functionaries belonging to the Austrian Consulate, are, we are assured in communications to be relied upon, a mere fantastic invention of the private correspondents of Gibraltar newspapers." BOURSE, August 9, Two o'clock.—A reaction has set in, though transactions continue few. Italian Fives arc particularly affected ; this stock having Wen below 49f., is now quoted at 48f. 90c., a de cline of 25c. French Threes have declined 12ic., at 69f. 30c. ; Credit Mobilier shares 3f. 75c., at 321 f. 25c. ; Credit Foncier 12f. 50c., at 1,372 f. 50c ; Comptoir d'Escompte 2f. 50c., at 717 f. 50c. ; and Immobiliere lf. 25c., at 155 f. Spanish Mobilier, on the other hand, have advanced 6f. 25c., at 211 f. 25e. The railway market is devoid of interest. English Consols are now quoted for the September Account, and are telegraphed with an advance of I. Three o'clock.—The following were the closing prices : ti- per Cents lOO 10 Bank Shares 3320 Do. and month — Italian Loan 49 t 5 3 per Cents. 69 95 Do end month 4B 92 Do. end month 69 32i Mexican Loan l3 Credit Mobilier ... 321 2o Do. Bonds ll2 50 Do. end month ... 321 25 Spanish Threes _ — Credit Foucier 1380 Home Debt — Do. and month 1377 50 Deferred - RAILWAY& . ___ .. ____ For Account Orleans Northern 1146 25 Lyons and Mediterranean BBl 25 Southern 551 25 Wer'ern — Eastern - - Sardinian — Austrian Lombard 372 50 North of Spain — Saragossa B6 25 Roman. — THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS IN THE LORDS JUSTICES' COURT.—The act empowering the Lords Justices to it separately for the dispatch otbusiness has been already acted upon. Lord Cairns stated that, upon consultation with the Lord Chancellor, they had agreed that the Act enabled the hearing of appeals on mOtion for decree to be heard before any member of the court.—Law Times. METROPOLI SEWAGE UTILIZATION BILL. It was agreed that no steps should be taken with reference to this bill. Some other business was transacted of a routine character, and the board adjourned for six weeks. tgl i trt 4.-. I NOZ A` • , 'lc•,--, -• i i tr Wit , 1 - ___-- HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, Aug. 9. The Queen walked in the grounds yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, and her Majesty walked this morning with Princess Louise. Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice also walked out. The Prince and Princess of Leiningen have left Osborne. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday after noon, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of Horatio Ward, Esq., a native of the city of New York, United States, but for many years a resident in England, and late of Osnaburgh terrace, Regent's Park, was proved in the principal registry, on the 11th ult., by the executors, namely —William M'Kewan, Esq., manager of the London and County Bank; Benjamin Moran, Esq., Secre tary to the American Legation ; and Henry Paul, Esq., Throgmorton-street. The will is dated 1865, and a codicil January, 1867, and were executed at the office of the American Legation. The personalty in this country was sworn to as under £90,000. The testator died in Paris, April 28, at the age of 66. There are many specific bequests left to his nephews, nieces, and other relatives and friends, and legacies to his medical attendant and his servants. There is one interesting bequest which he has made to the surviving daughters of the late Henry Morris, Esq., of Philadelphia, of the sum of $19,000. " These ladies," he states, " are the granddaughters of the celebrated Henry Morris, of the Revolution ; and it will be a surprise to them to receive a legacy from a person they never knew, and perhaps never heard of. It is in return for kindnesses shown me by their father when I was a boy ; and I beg to in form them that it was I who sent them money, under the name of their father's friend, a few years ago." The testator bequeaths to the National Sol diers' and Sailors' Home, at Washington, $100,0 00 ; and to the various asylums or homes in the United States for orphans made by the late war for the re storation of the Union, $lOO,OOO. The bulk and residue of his property he leaves in specified .por tions amongst his three nephews and a niece— . namely, Alfredo Ward, Baillie Peyton Ward , Osbert Ward, and Alice Ward. The Scotch confirmation of the personal estate of the late Wellwood Maxwell, Esq., of The Grove, near Dumfries, has been sealed by the E n g lish Probate Court, and the personalty sworn under £200,000. The surviving executors are his nephews , Wellwood Herries Maxwell, Esq., of Munches ; and Maxwell Hyslop, Esq., of Liverpool, who is to as sume the surname of Maxwell. The deceased was eighty-two years of age, and unmarried, and was the founder of the firm of W. A. and G. Maxwell and Co., of Liverpool. By his will, his estate of The Grove is bequeathed to Mr. Hyslop ;. his personalty is apportioned by legacies amongst his sur viving brother, sister, nephews, and nieces ; and the residue devolves upon the children of his late nephew, Wellwood Maxwell, Esq., of Glenlee, Kirkcudbrightshire. Legacies to the amount of £2,700 arc given to ten friends ; £3,000 is apper" tioned amongst his servants ; and the following charitable institutions in Liverpool and Dumfries are remembered, viz., in Liverpool : Royal Infir mary, £l,OOO ; Northern Hospital, £2OO ; Southern Hospital, £2OO ; School for the Bli nd, £lOO ; School for the Deaf and Dumb, £lOO ; Strangers' Friend Society, £lOO ; Orphan Society School, £lOO. In Dumfries : Royal Infirmary, £5OO ; Greensands School, £lOO ; Ragged School, £lOO ; Dumfries Hospital, £lOO. His whole bequests are g i v en fre e of legacy duty. The Scotch confirmation of t he p ersonal estate of the late Alexander Maxw ell, of Glengaber, nest Dumfries (brother of the above), has been sealed by the English Probate Court, and the personalty sworn under £160,000. The surviving executore are his nephews, Wellwood Herries Maxwell, Esq'' of Munches, and Maxwell Hyslop, Esq., of Live e r " pool, who is to assume t he surname of Zlaxwll. The deceased was 80 years of age, and unmarried. By his will his estate of Glengaber is bequeathed to Mr. Hyslop. His personalty is apportioned b y legacies among his surviving brother, sister, nephen and nieces, and the resid ue devolves upon till c hildren of his late nephew, We ll w ood Maxwe'l Esq., of Glenlee, Kirkcudbrightshire. Legacies to . the amount of £3, 0 0 0 are given t o fourteen friend!! £3,230 is apportioned a mon g st the servants of 11' brother, with whom he resided ; and the f o llowil ls o fir , receive institutions in L iver p ool and Dunafric rece ive benefit— viz., in Liverpool—Royal 113t mary, £3OO ; Northern H os p ital, £250 ; South hospital, £250 ; School fo r the Blind, ii°ort School for the Deaf and Dumb, £lOO ; in Pu l l: fries—Royal Infirmary, £250 ; Greensands Sell°° .4'200 ; Ragged School, £ 2OO. All le g acies are free of legacy duty. The late .Edward Priest Ric h a rds, Es q ., of Gar: P duff, Glamorganshire, who died possesse d of 'e: o soualty sworn under £140,000, has b e queathed . e, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowle the National Society for the Education of the r?° :11 the Society for the Prop a g ation of the GosPel ILA , Foreign Parts, and the Add itional Curates A Society, £l,OOO each. --- SIR WILLIAM MITCIIELL.—At a special meeting of the Royal Naval Reserve Club held recently at the club' room in Mark-lane, it was reso lved to forwar d a letter .Wit W Sir W. Mitchell congratulating him u p on the honour viblc her Majesty had just conferred up on him, and acknowl a ing the indebtedness of the me, cantile marine to Sir liala for the groat oeryicea he had rendered to that podP