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Lord DERBY will state what course the Government will advise the House to adopt on the matter, and there can be but little doubt as to what the Premier will say. It cannot be denied that great disappointment will prevail in some respects. The voting-papers would have been a great advantage, and all who have studied the transactions of elections will regret that so important a clause of a remedial nature should have been lost. Still, as things are now, it is idle to dream of carrying out these propositions against the expressed wish of the Howe of Commons, and therefore the scheme must be deferred to a future period. It was hardly to bo expected that so im portant and comprehensive a thing as a Reform Bill would pa3s without some difference of opinion be tween the two 'lutists of Parliament ; and, perhaps, under the circumstances, more points of difference might have naturally arisen, but as thes3 must be surmounted, many of them, small or great, before the measure is completed, the best way will be to get over the intervening stage as quickly as pos sible. The committee appointed by the House of Commons to draw up the reasons why the House disagreed with the Lords' amendments sent them by a messenger to the Lords on Friday. We do not anticipate that either House will be put to the alternative of fixing three mouths for the considera tion of the matter, thus destroying the bill, nor is it even likely that the House of Lords will ask for a conference with the Cum - eons. This was done in the case of the Jew Bill but that was quite THE suN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1867. -national feeling is to fill the coffers of the Congress men themselves, and to enrich the soldiers at the expense of the national solvency. The warning voice of the SECRETARY of the TREASURY has been raised with emphasis, and there have not been wanting tangible indications to confirm his state ments. Still the Radical party for the present car ries all before it. The leaders, secure of the two thirds majority, despised the Presidential veto ; its orators compete with each other in virulence of language, in reckless abuse of the PRESIDENT, and in threats and execrations towards the South. Unless some great crisis should occur which would justify extreme measures, we cannot hope to see a change for the better in the American Congress until new elections give the people an opportunity of showing their feelings. Nevertheless, mode rate views aro gaining ground. A few days since a delegation of Conservative Republicans from Pennsylvania waited on the PRESIDENT, and informed him that their party proposed to nominate candidates on a platform distinct from either of the great political parties. The PRESIDENT said, in answer, that he trusted both wings of the party supporting him would bury past differences for the promotion of the common end. It is to be hoped some such compromise may be made, and that a firm and united party may rally round those moderate and patriotic politicians, who, by what ever name they call themselves, prefer the ultimate good of the whole country to a temporary triumph of their own interests, and refuse to sacrifice one half the nation to the selfish ambition and reckless greed of a limited and unconstitutional party of political fanatics. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. of the civil governors by the military commanders. According to General SHERIDAN'S interpretation of the Act the civil officers are but puppets in the hands of the officer in command of the district, and peaceable citizens have no security in the nominal superintendence of a civil ruler. It was not likely that the military commanders whom the Radicals have put at the head of affairs in the Southern States would make a merciful or conciliatory use of their power. So far from doing so, they appear for the most part anxious to stir up the smouldering discontent and irritation felt among the people to open manifesta tions of disaffection. Thus General SCHOLEFIELD has issued an order requiring a list of all officers in his district who are disposed to be obstacles in the way of reconstruction. The chief interest of the moment is centred on the State of Tennessee, where the election excitement is on the increase, and riots of a serious nature are apprehended. The Govern ment has been making active preparations for the suppression of any disturbance, and Governor BROWNLOW has made it his business for weeks past to divide and subdivide his militia at diffe rent posts. Notwithstanding these precautions a fight occurred at Purdy, Tennessee, on the 3d of July, between a party of guerillas and a company of the State militia. Such a condition of things may be tolerable during a temporary political crisis, or immediately on the conclusion of civil war, but it is most inconsistent with a settled government and a time of comparative tranquillity. The great difficulty in American politics is one of Radical manufacture, since the Southern population ha‘ shown every disposition to accept their faie with outward silence, if not satisfaction. If a consistent and liberal course had been pur sued towards them from the first there is no doubt that the real work of reconstruction would by this time have been done, and the national finances would be in a very much better position. But the Radicals have made it their object to dis organise and irritate the white populations, since by so doing they maintained their own political supremacy by loud talking, by an unscrupulous exercise of bribery and influence, and by a skilful use of the P RESIDENT'S imprudent language they con trived to carry the elections last year, and by so doing to strengthen the position immensely. The common sense of the country Las, it is true, begun to discover that the effect of all th:l high-totted (FROU OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the Tuileries. The Empress presided. The Commission appointed by the decree of the 17th July last for the settlement of the Mexican indemnities assembled yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and commenced their labours. The letters and documents which have been sent to the Ministry were placed before the Commission. The Queen Mother, of Naples, died on Thursday last at St. Albano. She was the daughter of the Atchduke Charles, of Austria, and married King Ferdinand 11., on the oth of January, 1837. The Gazette, of Vienna, received in Paris, pub lishes the text of the treaty of Commerce and Navigation concluded between Austria and Italy. The Russian frigate General Amiral, from the Pirzus, anchored at Cadiz on the 31st of July, bound to Cherbourg. - - The Minister of the Interior has issued a cir. cular to all the Prefects respecting the celebration of the Emperor's fete on Thursday next. The cir cular states that although the National fete is always celebrated very joyously it will always re ceive additional eclat this year from the fresh glory shed upon France and her Sovereign by the grand results of the Universal Exhibition. It then re quests the prefects to assist:with the religious and military authorities to take steps to render the re joicings worthy of the occasion, and to devote the greater portion of the funds voted upon the oc casion to the relief of the poor generally. The annual public meeting of the five academies will take place on Wednesday next, under the pre sidency of M. Lebrun, Director of the French Academy, when the grand Council prize offered by the Emperor will be awarded. Various interesting speeches will be made by the most eminent mem bers of the academy. A paper will be read by M. Renan, the author of the elaborate work, " The Life of Jesus." The death is announced of Madame Sardon, the wife of the young author who has written so many popular comedies. Madame Sardou had suffered from a long and painful illness. The funeral ser vice took place yesterday, at the parish church of St. Mary-le-Roi, and was attentlea by user numbers of actors and literary men. Public attention is very much excited by a sen sational trial for murder before the Court of Assizes for the Seine and Marne, some particulars re specting which I gave at the time of the terrible occurrence. The accused is a mar ried woman, named Matilda Louise Frigard, who is charged with murdering, on the Bth of May, 1867, at Fontainebleau, a widow named Marguerite Dussart Mertens. In another indictment the pri soner is charged with fraudulently obtaining several sums of money from the deceased by means of forged documents, and also with abstracting from her pockets two keys and gold and notes. It ap pears from the evidence that the two women slept together on the night of the 7th of May at the Hotel de France et Angleterre at Fontainebleau, e w x a t r e d u s d f e o d u e n e d in th a e fi g e r l a d e n s a a r e t d h i a n t i tn t ot o niti w hege n u . e rightand the dead body of the widow Mertens was after rra agonyand d eb er a fi handpcks death. wa w a u a d s s some rrem g t ra h s e s a eN p i p d e e a n r t a l l y i e p e l e u f ck t e h d e other indications the surgeons gave their opinion that death was caused by suffocation, probably by the knee of the murderess being pressed upon the neck of the deceased. In the course of the afternoon of the Bth the prisoner went to the hotel and asked if Madame Mertens had come back there and pretended that she lost her in the forest. It is pretty evident that after the pri soner had committed the murder she extracted two keys from the pocket of the deceased, as well as some money, and then went to the house where she had lived in Paris (in the Rue de Laval) and took away documents and money. The deceased led an irregular life, and so did the prisoner, and one of the imputations is that the prisoner received a share of the money given by gentlemen who visited the deceased. The widow Martens had a sum of money to the amount of 31,000 fr. placed at interest at the Comptoir d'Escompte, a great dis count establishment. By means of forged docu ments the prisoner contrived to obtain this money from the bank, andit was proved that she had paid part of it to purchase an hotel. She also sent 800 fr. to her husband, and expended other sums in jewellery. The evidence proved also that the prisoner was in the habit of carrying a six-barrel revolver and ball cartridges in her pocket. The ex planation of the reason for this which she gave to the President was that she was afraid of an Englishman 'named. Williams, who, with other men, had once attacked her in the street and en deavoured to murder and rob her. She said this man was a very desperate character, and was much wanted by the English police. On further interrogation the prisoner suggested that the murder was committed by this man Williams, who had been seen, she sai, near the spot where the body was found. Besidesd, she added, he was very strong and she very weak, too weak to commit a murder in the way imagibed by the surgeons. On the very next day after the murder it was proved that the prisoner went to the Discount Bank, and by means of a forged receipt in the name of the widow, drew oat the remaining 3,500 f. left there to the credit of the deceased. The prisoner admitted this fact to the President, adding that she did not know of the widow's death at the time, but that she drew out the money for her benefit, as they were partners together in a provision shop, and some rent was due. The President remarked that the forged document went to support the charge of murder. The prisoner, in a loud and excited tone, replied, " But, Monsieur le President, you know very well that I did not kill this woman." The prisoner then added that she did not positively accuse 'Williams of killing the widow, but she wished energetically to protest her own innocence of the murder. The sitting of the Court yesterday was adjourned after au examination by the jury of the document alleged to be forged. The Government has not yet received any posi tive information respecting M. Dano, the French Ambassador in Mexico. It is supposed, however, that he is retained as a prisoner by the Mexican Government. The latest news respecting him from LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Aug. 12. The Senate has adopted the first 17 clauses of the Church Property Liquidation Bill, the first and most important clause was passed by a large majority. BERLIN, August 12. Count von Bismarck will preside at the first meeting of the Federal Council on Thursday next. hlis wounded hand is progressing favourably. THE BOMBAY MAIL. On Saturday the magistrates sitting in Petty Sessions at Dursley, were occupied in hearing charges arising out of the late election for West Gloucester shire. In the first place there were five prisoners charged with riot and attacking Sir George Jen kiuson and the Hon. Grantley Berkeley after the close of the proceedings ; and, secondly, Sir George Jenkinson himself was charged with an assault upon one of the yellow party. The magistrates on the bench were—Mr. Purnell (chairman), Capt. Moss, Col. Purnell, Mr. Ben gough, Mr. G. C. Hayward, and Mr. Forbes. The first case was against four men, named Andrew Kilmister, William Deane, Itichd. Lacey, Rowland Hill (a boy), and Henry Woodward, who were charged with having, with divers other evil disposed persons to the number of ten and more, unlawfully and riotously assembled together to the disturbance of the peace, and with having riotously assaulted Sir George Jenkinson and the Hon. Grantley Berkeley. members of A great number of witnesses, chiefly the police, were examined. The y p roved that after the declaration of the poll, as Sir George Jenkinson was leaving Duraley in a carriage or break, accom panied by the Hon. Grantley Berkeley and a num-' ber of ladies, they were followed by a crowd throw ing at the carriages eggs, sticks, sheeps'-heads, stones. and other offensive matters that. I,ntly Jenkinson, other ladies, a little boy, and Sir G. Jenkinson, were struck with these missiles; and that the prisoners, except Deane, who was not particularly identified, took an active part in these proceedings. One important witness was Captain Kennedy, who was visiting at Sir George Jenkinson's, and accompanied him to the hustings. He was near the Bell and Castle Inn when Sir G. Jenkinson's carr ia g e was brou g ht out ; but Sir George's party we re interce p ted b y the crowd, and ienggstll sticks, and rubbish were thrown e carriage. He was the last of atones,athe t party h e people bones, that got into the carriage, and could see what took place. Lacey was one of the most active of the crowd, and witness got hold of him and handed him over to the police, having taken from him a paper bag full of eggs. He was himself struck with eggs and other missiles. Lady Jenkin son had her face cut, and another lady had blood on her face. When he got up to the carriage, a little boy who was in it was crying bitterly. He had liven struck in the eye. After he (witness) had given Lacey into custody he was surrounded by a lot of persons, and he had no doubt that, but for the timely arrival of the police, he should have got a good thrashing. At length the carriage drove off. At that time be was standing on the hind step of the car riage. The crowd followed the carriage with various lie considered the conduct of the mob was calculated to excite terror. He was not a very timid man, but he certainly did think that lives would have been lost. He had been at elections before in a military capacity, but never saw such an excited mob. This was the first occasion on which he had been an amateur assistant at an election. Cross-examined —Did not see Sir George Jenkin son strike any person. Several broken mop and broom handles were thrown into the carriage. One but he avoided it by stooping. would have struck him on the head, s Police-constables Ha wker and Gough ide ntified of the prisoner s. All were recognis ed as taking an active part in the riot except Deane. Gough had seen a sheep's head " flying about " the crowd, and saw Hill pick it up and pitch it into Sir George Jenkinson's carriage. Another policeman proved an admission by Hill, after his apprehen sion, that he had picked up the head and thrown it, and that it fell in the carriage amongst the ladies. For the defence it was alleged that this was no riot, but only a common electioneering row, and that justice would be fully done by calling upon the defendants to enter into sureties to keep the peace. The bench considered there had been a disgraceful and violent riot, and committed all prisoners except Deane for trial at the assizes. Bail was accepted. Thomas Ward, l a bourer, and mil itia ser g eant, then charged Sir G. Jenkinsou w ith an assault by striking him with a w hip. The evidence taken in the case s howed that on the morning of the declaration of tho poll, a number of yellows (Liberals) had assembled at King's Hill, near Dursley, to meet the unsuccessful Liberal can didate, Mr. C. Berkeley, when Sir George Jenkin son drove up in a carriaffe. lie was hooted, and as his witnesses alleged, a boy ran in front of the horses with a bushel, to make them shy. Ile cut at the boy with his whip, which struck complainant on the head. Ward denied that any boy with a basket was on the road, and said the blow was aimed at _ and that Sir George called them all a set of black guards. Two policemen deposed that Ward ad mitted to them that Sir George, though he had cu at him, did not hit him with the whip. The magistrates fined Sir G. Jenkinson 40s. costs. FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.--About one o'clock yesterilay morning n tire broke out in the stables belong ing to the Hautboy and Fiddle public-house, at Ockham, near Esher, Surrey. Two men were sl)cping in the stables at the time, and before they could escape the place was consumed. Thus they lost their lives. Two valuable horses, the property of the postmaster at Esher railway station, were also burnt. The origin of the calamity has 1120 t been aPCOrtained. SUEZ, August 12. The Benares, from Bombay, July 24, anchored at one a.m. to-day. The Orissa left for Bombay at five a.m. to-day. Clears off all cargo. PORTUGAL. LissoN, August 12. A decree has been issued appointing a royal com mission to examine the financial state of the country, and devise the best means for its ameliora tion OPORTO, August 12. Princ© Augustus, of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha, and -- - . Princess Leopoldme, of Brazil, have arrived here. FRANCE. Queen Amelia, widow of Otho, ex-King of Greece, has been attacked with small-pox ; but the disease, it is hoped will not prove dangerous. A letter from Sion of the 7th says :—" The in auguration of the resumption of the works for the completion of the railway to Italy took place here yesterday. The President of the Council of State of the Valais laid the first rail." Mr. Bancroft, the new Minister of the United States at the Court of Prussia, has arrived in Berlin. Lord Lyons, late English Ambassador at Con stantinople, was received by the Sultan, when at Pesth, in audience of leave, and left on the following day for Vienna. BOURSE, August 10, Two o'clock.—Great calm ness with but restricted transactions. Threes are firm, with an advance of 5c., at 69f. ,37ic. Italian Fives remain unvaried at 48f. 924 c. Credit Mobilier and Spanish Mobilier shares have advanced if. 25c., at 322 f. 50c. and 213 f. 75c. Credit Foncier and Immobiliere are quoted without change. Very little doing in railway shares, which show no noticeable variation. Three o'clock.—The following were the closing prices :-- 4 Cents lOO 50 Do. end month — 3 per Conts. 69 40 Do. end month 69 42 Credit Mobilior 323 75 Do. end month 323 75 Credit Fonder 1375 Do. end month 1385 Bank Shares 3325 Italian Loan 4B 90 Do. end month 4B 90 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds llO Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred (Mrs. For Account. Orleans Northern 1152 50 Lyons and Mediterranean •• 890 Southern 552 50 Western 565 Eastern - - Sardinian . ................... — Austrian Lombard.. North of Spain Saragossa B6 25 Roman. ARRIVAL OF A CAPE MAIL. different. As it was of no consequence if it passed one session or another, so long as it was satisfac torily arranged at last. The Reform Bill is, on the contrary, most important, and suggests that no time should be lost about it. Lord Derby, we fully expect, will advise the Lords to agree to the reasons of the Commons, and thus obviate the ne cessity for a discussion, and the result would be, of course, that the bill would soon become law. It would be out of the question to suppose that the House of Commons could not agree to the voting papers or to the £lO copyhold or leasehold franchises, because it must be remembered that they have twice decided against them already. Such a concession is not to be expected nor even desired, for it would be un fitting to the dignity of that assembly. The House of Lords have done something as it is, and they had better rest content with what they have achieved, and not attempt too much. The representation to minorities which they have given to some of the largest constituencies is a change of an important kind, and one that will introduce a new state of things into the House of Commons. With the ac complishment of this great scheme, the Lords must make up their minds to give up their other plans, and they had better do so with a good grace. If the only wise course that lies before them be taken, and we have no doubt that it will, the bill will speedily become law, and the chief want of our legisla tion supplied. People have become so accustomed to seeing ono session go by after another with nothing done in the way of Reform, that it will be, indeed, a startling change to find that this year has seen the realisation of the hopes of many preceding ones. It often happens, when a work of this kind has gone on for some time, that as it nears its conclu sion some drawback occurs in it, and the progress of the Bill in the House of Lords has not been so satisfactory as could have been hoped. There was, on more than one occasion, reason to fear that it might, at the eleventh hour, follow the long train of defeated mea sures that had preceded it. When, at last, the measure had left the Upper House, the Commons started new difficulties by disagreeing with the last amendments sent down to them. We feel confident, however, notwithstanding all these hindrances, that the end is near, and that a satisfactory one. The House of Lords will have too much sense, and too much anxiety, for the passing of the mea sure to agree to any act which would interfere with that one, and they will choose the only safe course which lies before them, namely, that of accepting the reasons of the Com mittee of the Commons, and thus remove the last obstacle that stands in the way of the measure. Not till the bill has become law will the relief be experienced of having this vexed question settled. For long years it has stood in the way of other useful and important acts of legislation, besides being the bugbear of statesmen and the shipwreck of Cabinets, the fruitful source of agitation, and the source of anxiety to the wise and far-seeing. The Government of Lord DERBY have indeed accomplished a great work, and now it will be univertally recognised when it is a settled thing. They have effected what their predecessors could not do with a large majority in the House of Com mons, and what the former Cabinet could not and would not do with many and great advantages around them. While a few may murmur at this, and find fault with that, the general voice of the community will be in favour of the measure as it stands, and that is the best that can be hoped for ; for under no circumstances can everybody be satisfied, and no thing is more difficult than to pass a measure of reform. The long-talked of trial of SURRATT for compli city in the assassination of President LINCOLN has come to a somewhat unexpected conclusion. The jury finding themselves unable to agree to a verdict have been dismissed. The evidence given was of so contradictory a character, and the rumours of sinister influences were so current, that it is not sur- prising such should have been the result. The tele graph brings us no further news, but the arrival of two vessels, bearing date July 31st and August Ist, confirm the previous accounts of disturbance and uneasiness throuipout the South. Gen. SHERIDAN, who seems to have adopted the Radical policy con amore, has removed Governor THROCKHORTON, of Texas, for opposing the State Convention, otherwise impeding reconstruction," and has ap pointed ex-Governor PEASE as his successor. This continual interference with the State officials can hardly be otherwise than mischicvoul, more espe , civilly as by the action of political parties the re- " and 'royal is likely to be superseded in the course of a few weeks, and the supposed offender reinstated. The decision of the Attorney-General respecting the constitutional law was against the supercession the United States is of the 26th of July, when his position is described as " very equivocal." He had requested Porfirio Diaz to give him the means of reaching the coast with 250 other Frenchmen who had remained at Mexico. Diaz had referred the matter to Juarez, who replied that M. Dano must wait until his arrival in the capital. There seems little doubt that M. Dano is really a prisoner, but it is supposed that ho will be liberated on the arrival of Juarez. There has been a terrible catastrophe at Bor deaux. Some explosive materials in the cellars of a house took fire, and several buildings were blown up with no less than 80 persons. Some were killed, and upwards of 30 were taken to the hospital. It is feared that more victims will be found in the cellars. An artilleryman of the 10th Regiment at Vin cennes has murdered a young servant girl with whom he was on very intimate terms. They had passed the day together on Friday, and after a quar rel, the girl having threatened to leave him, he drew a dagger from his pocket and stabbed her to the heart. Death was instantaneous. The murderer was arrested without resistance. Count de Labedoyere, a Senator, died on Friday last. Yesterday and to-day have been settled, real summer days, with uninterrupted sunshine and ex cessive heat. Another King has arrived in Paris, Orelie Antoine the First, King of Avaccania and Patagonia, but as he is a very poor King nobody takes any notice of him. He is so poor, indeed, that he has petitioned the Senate to give him a pension. This he has done in despair, having, without success, written to the Emperor, the Empress, and the Imperial Prince, and sent a memorial. to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In his memorial he says that " the moment he ascended the throne he endeavoured to establish a strong central Government." THE RAIL WA YA CCIDENT NEAR DUBLIN THE FENIAN TRIALS. -• DUBLIN, Sunday. The coroner's jury found that the accident on the Bray Railway was caused by some defect in the permanent way, but that they had not sufficient evidence to say what the defect was. The wounded are progressing favourably, with the exception of Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Jordan, and a man named Donnelly, who arc not expected to live. The engine -driver and stoker are going on well. Captain Moriarty was found guilty of treason felony at the Kerry Sessions on Saturday, and sen tenced to twenty years' penal servitude. A witness swore that it was arranged that Moriarty should hang Father Mawe, P.P., Cahirciveen, for speak ing against Fenians from the altar. Thomas Noonan was sentenced to ten and Reilly and Goulding to five years' penal servitude. The West Gloucestershire Election Riots -.• v../Dun tirtubr. HER MAJESTY, dzc• OSBORNE, AUG. 11. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, at tended by the Countess of Gainsborough and Lady Augusta Stanley. The llon. Mortimer Sackville West was in at tendance upon horseback. Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice also went out. _ . ller Majesty and their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine Service at Whippingham Church this morning. The Rev. George Prothero officiated. his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left Osborne yesterday for Greenwich Park. The Right Hon. John Wilson Patten, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, arrived at Osborne yes terday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. Lieut.-General the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey had also the honour of being invited. Mr. Odo Russell has left Osborne. The Princess of Wales drove out on Saturday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge. The Prince of Wales, with Captain Ellis in wait ing, attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—His Royal high ness the Prince of Wales, attended by Captain Ellis, honoured this theatre by his presence on Saturday even ing to witness the performance of Mr. Hermann Vozin in the highly successful play of " The Man ce Airlio." INDIAN MODES OF SALMON FISHING. On the Nanimo river the Indians have a most ingenious contrivance for taking salmon. They construct a weir across the stream, and, instead of placing basket traps, they pave the bottom with white or light-coloured stones ; this pavement is always made on the lower side of the weir, and leads to an opening in the wicker ; a stage is erected between or near these paved ways, so that Indians lying on the stage can see in an instant if a salmon attempts to ascend over the white paving. A long spear, barbed at the end, is held poised in readiness, and woe betide the adventurous salmon that runs the gauntlet of this perilous pas sage. But the most ingenious system I have ever seen practised is employed at Johnson's Narrows, near the Nimkish river. Salmon readily take a bait in salt water. The Nimkish Indians provide a spear 70 feet in length, together with a shorter one having a barbed trident end, about 20 feet in length ; two Indians paddle along in a canoe, and when on favourable fishing ground moor it. The one having the long spear is likewise provided with a small hollow cone of wood, trimmed round its greater circumference with feathers like a shut tlecock ; this cone he places on the end of the long spear, and depresses it under water until down the full length of the spear ; then a skilful jerk detaches this feathered cone, and it wriggles up through the water like a strug gling fish. The savage with the short spear intently watches the deceiver—a salmon rushes at it, when like magic, ho transfixes it with the spear. In June or July the great " run" begins, and the number of salmon that ascend the various streams is beyond belief to any one who has never seen them. In some of the tributaries to the Fraser river, the Chilukweyuk is an instance—a perfect mountain torrent—the salmon throng up in such myriads that it is next to impossible to throw a stone without hitting a fish. The spring salmon keep to the large streams, and seldom enter the tributaries until they get a long way uP from the sea ; these spring fish reach the salmon falls at Colville, in June, distant about 1,000 miles from the sow- This salmon is the Salmo Quinnat of ;in ‘...ranook, typho, or chiLf salmon ;" Colville Indian, " S3met-leek ;" Yakima Indian, " kwin-na-to ;" Nisqually Indian, "catsup." It is beyond doubt the finest salmon obtained in the rivers and inlets of British Columbia. The colour of the flesh is the most delicate pink, the general appearance bright silvery and metallic, the dorsal region having a tinge of greenish hue. Commer cially, it is, too, by far the most valuable salmon, and very large quantities are salted and bar relled by the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Langley upon the Fraser. During the season the Indians on thd Columbia, Fraser, and, in deed, on all the principal streams, take immense quantities of these salmon, and prefer them to any other species for drying and winter use. At the cascades on the Columbia, and on the Fraser river, the method of taking salmon is with scoop nets. The salmon keep close to the shore, to avoid the more rapid current, and to take advantage of the eddies to rest in during their upward run. The Indian builds, or rather hangs, a stage over the water, and lies upon it, armed with a net like a shrimping net, about four feet in dia meter, fastened to the end of along pole. Ile passes his net down the current, and allows it to be swept on as far as his arms can reach, then he hauls it out and plunges it in again up stream as far as pos sible. In this way I have seen a savage take 35 to 40 salmon an hour. They usually fish immediately after sunrise, or late in the evening. At the north of the Fraser river and on Puget Sound the Indian employs long poles, with sharp gaff-hooks at the end of them, then paddling about in canoes, thus hook in large numbers of salmon. Higher up the streams, at the salmon falls or leaps, the Indians use huge wicker baskets, flat on one side, and bellied out on the other ; these they bang in places where they well know the salmon leap ; usually against the face of a rock, the fiat side of the basket being towards the rock. These baskets are hung before the river begins to flood from the melting snow, for the Columbia rises At least 35ft. above its autumn and winter level. As soon as the water bas risen sufficiently for the fish to leap the falls, at it they go, and in leaping often fall back into the baskets. I have seen from 250 to 300 salmon taken from out ono basket two or three times a day. I have likewise seen over 100 salmon in the air at one time, and often six or eight tum ble into a basket together. Two Indians go naked, into this huge pannier, each ca rr y in g in his hanu a heavy wooden club, and , utte rl y reckless of the water dashing over them, and scrambling abo ut amongst the struggling fish, they seize one after another by the gills, give each salmon a crack eu the head with a club, then fling it out upon th ° rocks, whereon the squaws are waiting ; the , om en t poun ce upon the stunned fish, lug t hem away, ell off their heads, split them open, take out the baciv bones, and then hang them upon long poles to drY , keeping a small fire always smouldering underneath _ the poles to partially smoke the drying fish. Salm% cured in this way I have know n to kee p two Year perfectly fresh.—A Home in the TVilderness. --------- THE HARVEST IN THE EAST.—Tho harvest roaY now be said to be becoming g eneral in the eastern distrct' In the neighbourhood o f Newmarket the corn crops °f. i every sort are heavy, and they are ex p ected to yield a f ul. average. About Godmauchoster the corn crops aro p ro ' mising, and all that is now req uired is fine and seas o n a aai l" weather. Recent heavy rain s have boaton down fiells of grain, but if flue weather follows it is thougbt that no serious damage will result. Reaping machia° cannot, however, be so extensively used as on former occa -BiollB owing to the corn having been knocked down tl ° much. Near Debenham (Suffolk) wheat is considered t° be quite equal, if not superior, to en average ; some Pieces which in the spring were thouglAt to be thin and inferi4-4 have now improved. Barley ict this district cannot 10t called a good average crop. Pea s are in many 0 0,09 " 1 and carted, and will prove a fair - . ield. Beans , if not ectO to last year, must be called a gocd crop. Wheat has beeo cut in several places about Woodbridge (Suffolk); it DT; pears to be barely an average crop but recent rains, although they haxe retarded harve.7. operations considerably, have proved of great Weil. Barleys on poor badly-farmed lands :reflect the adverse 10: ia this neighbourhood licence of the severe spring , b ut on tjudly we ll-cultiva ted soils they look better. As many as 3,500 of the schoolmasters of Frane 1/111: L are to visit the Exhibition durin g the vaca tion. Thel be lodged in the colleges and public tichoole of Paris. .This Day. MARLBOROUGH STREET. AN UNGRATEFUL ACTION.—Louis Hamburg, a Polish tailor, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a watch, the property of William Wolf, also a Polish tailor. The prosecutor said that on Wednesday last hp met the prisoner in Leicester-square, and after some conversation the prisoner asked him if he could give him any work. He took the prisoner up to his room, - where there were three other men at work, and told him to wait a few minutes while he went on an errand, he (prosecutor) leaving his watch hanging by the side of the mantel-piece. While he was gone the prisoner went to the fire-place and lit his cigar, and then said " I'll be up in a minute," and left the room and went down stairs, and shortly after ho was gone ono of the men missed the watch from the place where it had been hanging, and went after the prisoner, but could not see him. From information ho obtained ho went that morning to the prisoner's 19dging3, accompanied by a constable, and, after the prisoner had denied all knowledge of the watch, he produced it, saying that he had taken it. police-constable Wm. Chandler, 117 11, said that in going to the prisoner's lodgings in Chambers-street, Good man's-fields that morning and telling him the charge, ho denied knowing anything of the watch, but after wards on him telling him that ho should search his box, produced it, saying, " Well I did it at a moment when the devil got hold of me, and I meant to take it back." The prisoner said he had been out of work for a month. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner's was an ungrateful action towards a man who was willing to help him, and he should commit for two months', with hard labour. WESTMINSTER. ROBBERY AND DESPERATE ASSAULT ON THE POLICE. — James Carroll, twice before convicted of felony, was charged with unlawful possession and assaulting Police-sergeant Hickson, 4 B, in the execution of his duty. James Hickson said that at twenty minutes past three ho was in Cromwell-road, and met prisoner with a bundle and two other men and a woman. He crossed over and asked prisoner what he had. He said, " Nothing belong ing to you." Witness asked to look at it, and prisoner threw it down. It contained linen and wearing apparel. Witness asked him where he got it from, and he said from his mother at Hammersmith, and was taking it to his wife, at 6, Pond-terrace, Marlborough-road. The other two men and women crossed the road, and one said, " Go to the Marlborough-road and see if it is right." I said, " I shall take you into custody for un lawful possession, and he said he would go. He walked twenty yards, and then threw the bundle down, and said, " Will you let me go?" I said, " No, you are in my custody." Ile said, "I will kill you if you don't let me go," and struck me with a chisel in the back of my head ; it broke in two, and loft the iron part in my head. I got up and rushed at the prisoner, who was running away, and knocked him down. We struggled on the ground for ten minutes, during which I received a severe blow. I became exhausted, and prisoner ran away into Thurloo-mews, to the bottom of which I followed him, and struck him with my truncheon. He then drew a knife and said, " You —, I will rip your guts out." Wo struggled on the ground, and he got away in Thurloe place. I again struck him with my truncheon and knocked him down, and two constables came up and ho asked me not to kill him. He was then taken to the station. The ' property has not been identified. lie was remanded till Friday. THAMES. FLI-MOUTH, Aug. 1 The Diamond Steam Navigation Company's screw steamship Kaffraria, Captain B. B. Starks, arrived at Falmouth on Saturday night, from Table Bay, July 6 ; St. Helena, July 15 ; and Madeira, Aug. 2. She brings 24 passengers, 13 bags of mails, and a full cargo, including 1,500 bales of wool. At the,, Cape, Parliament was still in session, and during fortnight had been engaged in con sidering some important meas_urpa, The home Government despatches relative to the withdrawal of the troops had been tinder discussion, and resolutions had been ado p ted by the Assembly, urging Luau to is impossible for the colony to pay more than it now does—upwards of £lOO,OOO a year, and otherwise appealing to the generosity as well as justice of the mother country for continued protection. The Legislative Council were left discussing ad ditional resolutions on the same subject, in which they took up a bolder position, and stated reasons why they thought the 'colony entitled to this pro tection. Two bills, intended to modify the colonial legislation relative to the natives, had also been under discussion. The first of these bills was in troduced by the Government, and virtually estab lished a vagrant law. It provided that any person found wandering about or over a farm might, unless ho could give a good account of himself, be imme diately arrested, and summarily tried and punished before the nearest magistrate. The second bill was introduced by a private member, Mr. Molteno, and was strenuously opposed by the Government. Its object was to more effectually repress sheep and cattle theft; and with that view it empowered resident magistrates to try offences of that sort summarily, instead of the usual process of a circuit judge and jury ; and it provided as punishment either a short imprisonment, not exceeding one year, with or without spare diet, or a limited flogging. Both these bills had met the approval of a large majority in Parliament, and would in all probability pass, although there was a strenuous opposition from a minority. A similar Reform measure to that recently abandoned by the Government had been attempted by Mr. R. W. Murray, the member from Cradock, bat was rejected, the Parliament being decidedly Conservative. The expected visit of the Duke of Edinburgh continued to be looked forward to with much interest, and arrangements for giving him a most loyal reception were being continued on the largest scale. The inner docks of the Table Bay works were con fidently expected to be completed and ready for traffic next April. For the works at Algoa Bay, the Assembly had agreed to authorise a loan of £40,000, and for the Kowie works £30,000. The ship Queen of the Deep, 1,257 tons, from Calcutta for Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton and jute, took fire in lat. 31.50 S. and long 28 E., and had to be abandoned at sea. The crew, after being three days and two nights exposed in their boats, were picked up June 26, by the Union Company's steamship Natal, and were taken on to Natal, and from there _shipped on board the Diamond Steam Navigation Company's screw steamship Nataliau, en route for Algoa Bay and Table Bay. Her Majesty's ship Orontes left Simon's Bay, June 21, for Mauritius. The Union Company's screw steamship Saxon, Captain Ricketts, left Table Bay on the same after noon, July 6, for Southampton. The outward bound mail steamer Celt, from Ply mouth June 11, arrived at St. Helena July 3, and proceeded on. Her Majesty's ship Vesper, iron screw storeship, Staff-Commander J. G. 11. Thain, from China, for England, arrived at St. Helena July 5. The Torch, 5, screw gunvessel, Commander G. A. Douglas, was at St. Helena July 11. The liaffraria's mails were landed at Falmouth, and forwarded by this morning's (Sunday) mail train. Several of her passengers also lauded at him, Falmouth. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKETL= This Day . The niarket opens firm at full prices, especially for American. Sales probably 12,000 or 15,000 bales. ----- CLOSE OF THE SESSION. —Lorcl Redesdale, as Chairman of the Committees of the House of Lords, sig nalised the approaching close of the present Session of Parliament on Saturday last, by the usual fish dinner at the Trafalgar. Covers were laid for 60 guests. The Mi uisterial whitebait dinner has been fixed for Wednesday next, at the Ship Tavern. A clergyman in Cornwall, named . Barton, has been fined £5 and cogs for abusii3 and staving a flock of 20 sheep. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—Alexander Crawford, a man about 40 years of age, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with violently assaulting Henry Pink, a watchmaker, of No. 18, Beaumont-terrace, Stepney. The complainant, whoso face was marked, said he was passing along the Mile-end-road on Saturday evening when the prisoner, who was a total stranger to him, tapped him on the shoulder and said, " I wish to speak a few words to you on a matter of great importance, will you retire a few steps. He refused to do so, and asked the prisoner what he meant. The prisoner said, "If you don't come with me l'll look you up for robbing my wife of a jacket 12 or 18 months ago." He begged of the prisoner to leave him. The prisoner immediately struck him a fearful blow and knocked him down. When he got up the prisoner struck him three " consecutive" and "very distinct" blows, and he was immediately covered with blood. The prisoner then dragged him to the opposite side of the way, and said to hls wife, "Do you know this man ?" to which she said "No, I do not." Mr. Partridge—How do you know it was his wife ? Witness—He said it was his wife. He beat me again, and while doing so a policeman interfered and pulled him off me. Two witnesses confirmed the statement of the com- plaivant. The prisoner said ho was vory sorry for what he had done—he had mado a dreadful mistake. His wife pointed ' • '-' -" - - ngo. and he thought the complainant was the man , a nd on t his reiusai to confer with him he did striko him. Ho was now satis fied of his mistake. He was now anxious to make an apo logy to the prosecutor. Mr. Partridge—What aro you? Prisoner—l am a wood engraver. Mr. Partridge—l will let you retiro with the prosecutor. You may come to terms if you please. The parties were away for a few minutes, and on their reappearance the complainant said he was satisfied with the apology made by the prisoner. Mr. Partridge--You are very forbearing. The prisoner has committed a very gross and unjustifiable assault, and I hope this will prove a caution to him in future. lie is discharged. The Chasing-Cross Hotel Company, Limited. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY). The seventh general half-yearly meeting of the Charing-cross Hotel Company took place at the Board-room of the hotel this morning the Hon. James Byng in the chair. Mr. Haines, the secretary, was called upon to read the report, which was as follows :—" That the directors congratulated the shareholders on the very satisfactory condition of the company, as shown by the accounts. It would be observed that their an ticipations of increased business, as referred to in the last report, had had been fully realised, and that the receipts during the six months were £38,603 ss. Bd., and that after placing £2,000 to the credit of the fund for depreciation and renewals, charging interest on debentures, and £690 14s. 9d., the balance of the cost of the South Shades, there re mained £9,016 13s. 2d., which, with £74 19s. 10d. brought forward from last year, would amount to £9,091 13s. The proprietors would observe that the directors had been enabled to write off the re maining costs of the South Shades, by which the future profit arising from that department would be added to the revenue without any increase of capital. The directors recommended that a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free of in come-tax be declared, which would absorb £B,OOO, and leave a balance of £1,091 13s. id. to be car ried over to the next ha-year—the dividend war rants to be payable on the 15th August, at the Imperial Bank, Victoria-street, Westminster. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the proprietors on the position of the company, and the report having been unanimously adopted, and the retiring direc tors and auditors re-elected, proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Higgs, the manager, eulogising in very strong terms the ability and energy displayed by that gentleman. Mr. IliGGs briefly replied, and, after the cus tomary formalities to the chair, the meeting erminated. POLICE INT Pigeon Shooting. THE GUN CLUB, SHEPHERD'S BUSH. • The pigeon shooting at the Gun-club Grounds, Shep herd's Bush, was brought to a close on Saturday. A .£5 handicap sweep was announced as the final event, but the attendance of members being small, and the majority of those present objecting to so largo a stake, it was aban doned;and nothing beyond sovereign sweeps were arrived at. The first, for which there were only eleven entries, was well contested, five gentlemenMr Gregory, Captain Talbot, Mr Neville, Mr Rudd, and Mr Monk, M.P.—kill ing all their birds. On shooting off the ties Captain Talbot and Mr Rudd fell of at the second round, leaving the contest between Messrs. Gregory, Neville, and Monk, the first of whom missed at the fifth round. The remain ing two killed their live birds each, and consented to di vide rather than prolong the contest. A large number of similar events were shot off, in the whole of which the s h o oting was very f a i r , being quite up to the averag e The ground will be closed, except for practice, until the Ist of. April next, by which time it is expected there will be a very large accession ofmember's' THE HOME DEPA RTME NT. —WC regret to state that owing to continued ill-health the Right Hon. Horatio Waddington has tendered his resignation as permanent Under Secretary for the Home Department, an office which ho has for years filled with so much credit to him self and usefulness t o the country.— John Bull. DROWNED WHILE BATHING. —A sad accident happened at Bade, Cornwall, on Thursday. A gentleman named W. G. Langdon, late of the firm of James Black and Co., Exchange-square, Glasgow, was bathing with his son, when a breaker was seen to strike his head, and he san k. His body was discovered about a quarter of an hotir atemardo.