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General ay, July L was, for Lar mem id almost Le volun d became the Fifth Li,ouaves). on of the ,he Chas nand as xty-fifth, Id com- N. Y.); cuons for nd meri- uccessive )sting in arness to part of y Corps. )rps was, Potomac monstra whington perations heridan's r Creek, sous ride wounded t charac id touch an troops the gene s to rail nd. Al i Hamb hospital ifferings, and fill- anions to deavour hausted. Irevetted the bri ►porariiy -Massa. is ps to St. d to full gements )omatox. 6, 1865, Army of and was in July, severely, In per d height, res and ,t review the close ssip and Lblin had Army of elves the ne of the nen, and 3 brigade :nds and L he had amented gencies y. He nd Chief tNT remarks se ques to the nt of all linese of nt day, be true talist or d down is happy servant inerican se most intelLi rms her g to tier a close 'Halides le place, oon dis 31f suffi le water waitress vill not lonely. knows another rifleman n by all deratas he lady ements. through length to cook e scorns ; a full 3hildren of the ours of on the ty cross of five ;he lady a raw iorough accord udence, nhappy •ess has every ve the )m the st do to the agree another iemand . The ings of make a r Posi- Satur vesent )tropo le true ords of sf even ted to lesday ttagers happy rected to car te hall riages, Liadru- vife of 1, of a o wife Perc Rent, Red- Ireorge )rton, a Wil- igton ity of dgar, E, of im at ►f the LONDON, WEDNESDAY, N o . 24,376. CRYSTAL PALACE.-EXCURSIONS DAILY to the PALACE of the PEOPLE'S PLEASURES. Flower Beds, with their masses of colours, in great beauty. A holiday in the Grounds now most enjoyable. THIS DAY. Palace open for admission from .. .. 10. 0 till 7.30 Orchestral Band .. 1.0 and 4.15 Display of Terrace Fountains 2.15 Pianoforte Recital—Mr. It. Beringer 3. 0 Volunteer Band in Grounds from .. 6. 0 Festival Organ and Promenade till 8. 0 Admission as usual, Is., or by Guinea Season Tickets. Present issue dating from Ist July, and admitting to the great fetes in contemplation on the four days of next year's Handel Fes tival, and generally till .30th June, 1871. At all entrances and agents this day. Children under 12 and schools of ten or more, half price. Note.—The Exhibition of Church Decorations now Open in the Mediwval Court. Admission free. CRYSTAL PALACE SHILLING OPERAS, under the direction of Mr. GEORGE PERREN.—TO MORROW, at 2. 45. Donizetti's BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Characters by Mr. G. Perren, Mr. E. Connell, Mr. E. Cotte, and Miss B. Cole. Full orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet. Conductor, Mr. MANNS, Stalls, 2s. ed., now seady. CRYSTAL PALACE.-THE WAR ON THE CONTINENT. EXHIBITION of IMPLEMENTS of WAR, &c.—The Directors will be glad to receive loans of Chassepots and other Arms, Army Uniforms, Models of Tents, Hospital Appliances, and other articles illustrating not only the pomp and glory, but the horrors of Warfare. As the Exhibition will Open on SATURDAY next, the 23rd instant, Army Contractors will oblige by forwarding particulars immediately to _ ROBERr K. BOWLEY, General Manager. Crystal Palace, July 19th, 1870. CiREMORNE.—Lessee and Manager Mr. JOHN _ BAUM. This EVENING, and during the week, the NEW GRAND MAGIC FAIRY BALLET "LA FEE AUX ROSES ; or, the Enchanted Roses." Most of the Wonderful and Daring Per formances on the High Vibratory Rope by the Indian Brothers Rajub and Sumjoo. Grand performance on •the Flying Trapez, by Sig. Eugenio. Offenbach's popular operetta, "THE BOSE of AUVERGNE," 84 , &c. Admission, one shilling. Amusements free. ALHAMBRA. - MR. FREDK. STRANGE, managing Director.—OPEN TO-NIGHT, at Eight o'clock. Everything New. Three Grand Ballets, "LES FLEURS DU JAR DIN ;" " BROWN, JONES, and ROBIN SON," New Comic Ballet, by H. Boleno and • Troupe ; and New Magnificent Water Ballet "LES NATIONS, or GRAND CASCADES," with Real Water ; and a host of Novelties and Varieties. The Best Band in London, under M. Riviere. Prices—is., 25., and Gallery, 6d. ; Dress Circle, 55.; Private Boxes, 215., 31s. 6d., and 425.—80 x Office • open from Eleven till Four. MR W. S. WOODIN'S THIRTY-FOURTH WEEK "AT HOME." WITH his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG and SKETCH-600K ENTERTAINMENT in ?the Large Room EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except Saturday) at 8; Saturday Mornings at 3. "Mr. Woodin has spared no expense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously furnishing his salon for the comfort of hls patrons." Seats Clay bq secured in advance, at the Box-office, open from 10 till 5; also at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal music-sellers. Stalls, 3s. • Area, 25.; Balcony, Is. Family Private Box, One, Two, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, Mr. DUDLEY. ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, Piccadilly. The extraordinary success which has attended the production a the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electriC light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pate in it, "Combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance Music Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the 1 r sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient chef, Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest com positions of all distinguished composers—the solos in which are assigned to "the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca ; Messrs. W. Graves, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman M.O. . _ Admission, la.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. Brutficr,L, Proprietor. N.B.—The GRAND EXTRA NIGHT and Last of the Season will take place on MONDAY, Ist August. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street. A Portrait Model of WALTER MILLAR Gadded to the CHAMBER OF HORRORS. Admission, ls, Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENMAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's of Geology ; t will greatly the resting study of Elements MINER A LOGY he and GEOLOGY, facilitate and can be inte- had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 50') guineas each. 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By the Author of "John Halifax," forming the New Volume of Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library. "This work sustains the author's reputation as a writer of the purest and noblest kind of domestic stories."—Athenacum. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE COMET AND THE WAR. The Powers of the Heavens are Rot yet shaken. Comets " excite wars, heated and turbulent dispositions in the atmo sphere and in the constitutions of men, with all their evil con sequences ;" page 91, PTOLEMY'S "TETRABIBLOS." See, also, ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC, page 38.—J. U. BERGER, London. Now published, "FJORD, ISLE, AND TOR." A 1300 K FOR TOURISTS IN NORWAY, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, CORNWALL, AND THE SCILLY ISLANDS. BY EDWARD SPENDER PRICE 38. • "It is a straightforwardly and sometimes gracefully written Sketch of Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, from the holiday traveller's point of view, not, however, exclusively devoted to matters of scenery or itinerary, but designed to give the voyager an intelligent interest in the manners, customs, industries, and institutions of the districts he is.expi ring. Fox intending visitors to Norway especially, Mr. Spendei s book will be welcome. It has, moreover, the decided advantage of com pression, clearness of style, and easy manageableness of bulk."— Daily 'Telegraph. "The volume perfectly fulfils its purpose. It is neat and cheap and contains in a small space a great quantity of very interesting matter, much of which will be novel, and all of which will be useful, not only to those who visit the places described, but to those who stay at home. Mr. Spender is an acute observer, a most industrious and judicious collector of facts, and an eloquent and graphic writer, and does ample justice to his subjects."— Yorkshire Post. "It deserves a welcome, this book we have so long uncon sciously been in search of. The itineraries themselves are to the intending excursionists a veritable benefaction. . . Altogether the book is one to carry in one's knapsack or valise during the happy time of our holiday excursion, and to give a place to on our book-shelves afterwards as a most pleasant remembrancer." —Sun " Fjord, Isle, and Tor' is a very delightful little book. The essay on Norway is particularly full of information, but the others are not far behind it in proportion to their length, and all are written in a genial spirit."—Globe. " Without being exactly a guide-book, it answers all the pur poses of one, and contains beside a vast quantity of information, all given in the most condensed form possible. There is not a line of space wasted in fine writing, but the descriptions of scenery bear witness to the author's genuine love and appreciation of thg picturesque, just as his closely compressed facts and statements prove the practical and hardworking man of letters."—Man chester Courier. "From back to back `Fjord, Isle, and Tor' is full of matter interesting equally to the tourist and the ordinary reader. It is written in an easy and pleasant style, and is well ` got up.' " Eastern Morning News. '• We cannot part with this fascinating little work without con gratulating Mr. Spender upon it. Addressed, as it more especially is, to travellers in Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, it is, nevertheless, a book that will afford the keenest gratifica tion to the general public. . . . As to its literary merits we need say nothing, the name of the author being sufficient guarantee on this point."—Western Mail. 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For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly ex cellent; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole ner vous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8 King William -street, Charing-cross, London, and by most drug gists, in boxes, ls. lid, and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuintS are in a square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, .King William -street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Government stamp. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,, Golden-square, W. President—the Right Hon. the Earl of STRAFFORD, F.R.S. This Hospital has relieved upwards of 24000 patients since its foundation, and is in great NEED of FUNDS to meet the heavy current expenses. EDMUND WYLD, Secretary. RITPTURES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS tPcrfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 182), is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the Curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and elcse tress that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post -office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post 9flice, Piccadilly. WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on heir useful work. T. ALEXANDER, See, and Sup. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each Postage, 6d. NATIONAL INSTITUTION for DISEASES of the SKIN, Gray's-inn-road and Mitre-street. Physi cian, Dr. BARR MEADOWS, 49, Dover-street, Piccadilly. Ave rage number of Patients under treatment, 1,000 weekly. Free letters are available for necessitous applicants. THOMAS ROBINSON, Hon. Sec. 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SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (late Dreadnought).— Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL is now RE MOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green wich, where any seaman, needing medical Gr surgical care, will be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in troduction or recommendation. The Society's offices are re moved from the City to the same building. KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary. CITY of LONDON. HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. Special APPEAL for the NEW WING. Amount still required, £4,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164. The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street. HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Sec. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. MORNING EDITION. QZOKERIT (PATENTED). KINAHAN'S ' LL E 7 18 H 65 15K Y.- DUBL EN Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina han's " LL Whisky. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Gold Medal. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail llousei n London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act Of Parliament; 1859), 4, RIISSELL-STREET, COVENT.GARDFN; LONEON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or Leasehold Property; for one, two, or three years, epayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly dis ounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. UFRUF ZU EINER.-MASSEN VERSAMM LUNGDER, Deutschen in London. Mittwoch, 20 Juli, 1870. Abends, 81- Uhr in der Deutschen Turnhalle, 30, Stainton terrace, Old St. Pancras-road, King's Cross. Zur GRUNDUNG EINES HITLFS. VEREINS fair Verwundese,pler provissirsche Ausschuss. N.B.—Die Gallerien sind fair Damen resewirt. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT OXFORD, July 18th to 22d. ORDINARY TRAINS leave Paddington for Oxford at 6.0 a.m., 8.0 (3rd class), 9.15, 10.0, 11.0 (3rd Class), 12.30 p.m. ; 2.20, 2.45, (3rd Class) 3.30, 4.50, 6.20, 7.0, and 8.10 p.m. ORDINARY TRAINS leave Oxford for Paddington at 7.15 a.m 9.5, 9.20 (Ist Class, 2nd Class, and 3rd Class) 11.55 a.m, 2.2 p.m., 2.35 (3rd Class): 4.0 p.m, 5.8, 6.25, and 9.3 p.m. On each day of the show the 6.50 and 10.15 a.m. trains from Paddington, and the 9.19 a.m. from Bishop's Road, and the 11.5 a.m. from Reading will be continued on to Oxford, and special trains will leave Oxford at 8.15 p.m. for London, and at 8.50 p.m. for Reading and Basingstoke, also at 4.45 p.m., for all stations up to Slough inclusive. On Tuesilay. and Wednesday a special train will also leave Oxford at 7.10 p.m. for London, calling at Reading, Twyford, Taplow, and Slough ; and on Thursday and Friday there will be an Excursion Train at about the same time, by which ordinary passengers can travel. _ - A Special Train will also leave Oxford at 7.30 p.m. for Reading and intermediate stations. For full particulars of special trains and excursions from the principal stations, see special bills and local advertisements. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington, July, 1870. . GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. On Saturday, July 23, an Excursion Train will leave Padding ton at 3.25 and Reading at 4.35 p.m. for Bath and Bristol, and will return on Tuesday. July 26. On Sunday, July 24, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 8.40 a.m. for Twyford, Henley-on-Thames, Reading, Theale, Aldermaston, Woolhampton,l Thutcham, Newbury, Kintbui y, and Ilungerford, returning the same day. For full particulars see handbills. J. 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They are, Thomas Murphy for Collector of the Port, Moses H. Grinnell for Naval Officer, Noah Davis for United States District Attorney, and Thomas Hillhouse for Assistant Treasurer. We believe these nominations to be eminently good ones, and such as will subserve the purposes the President had in view in making them. They will certainly secure an honest and efficient admi nistration of the public service, which we regard as the primary consideration. Doubtless they were aimed also to insure greater harmony and unity of action among the several sections of the Republican party in this neigh bourhood, and this is, perhaps, a proper occasion for the President's attention when solicitude for party is in the least likely to be identical with solicitude for the country. Since Mr. Grinnell has been Collector of the port a cease less and bitter criticism of his appointment has been kept up. Only the malignant and mean have made these cri ticisms personal; for none who have• any sense of self respect venture to impugn that gentleman's integrity and business capacity. But it was a perfectly fair criticism that in the peculiar position of the Republican party in the State it could not afford to waste so impor tant a post as the Custom Howe; and in Mr. Grinnell's occupancy that post was clenly not well economised for party purposes. It seems, therefore, to have been deter mined at head quarters to make such a change as would give the best use of the patronage here toward inducing among the Republicans that harmony that might give them at least a chance to carry this State. As the President has made this appointment after ample time taken for the study of the political difficulties here—a proverbially knotty point for Presidents—we believe it will be found fitted to secure the good results of greater party unity and power expected of it. Mr. Grinnell will make an excellent naval officer, and w ill find the post undoubtedly more congenial to his tastes th an the one he leaves. The other appointments are marked by the best judgment that characterises the Fresident's choice of men. —New York Herald. The statement published by the Daily Telegraph according to which as late as the 15th of July Lord Gran ville addressed energetic representations to the Prussian Government at Ems, is officially declared to be completely unfounded. The Daily 7 eleyrapla complains that the Convoca tion of Canterbury has not asked one Canadian or American scholar to help in the work of the revision of the Old and New Testament. It may be mentioned, in reply to this, that at the late meeting of Convocation a resolution was passed providing for such an invitation, and as the companies will not meet again until October, American scholars will, in all probability, by that time have reeeived cordial invitations. —Globe. SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT. TUESDAY. Will Ministers make any statement this afternoon ? was the question asked by everyone yesterday. It was sad to think that nothing they could say would turn back the desolating flood of war which is 'now threatening to overwhelm Europe. Still, the expectation that they had some communication to make attracted many anxi ous inquirers to Westminster, but fewer than I should have expected. The first part of the sitting in the Commons was occupied by a discus sion about a railway bill, in which Mr. Charles Gilpin seemed to be very angry about something or other, and Mr. Lefevre seemed to be one of the objeets against which his wrath was directed. At one time a division seemed inevitable. Now, divisions on private bills are a nuisance. Members, as a rule, don't know what the dis pute is about, and therefore don't care to take sides. So when Mr. Gilpin threatened war there was a loud cry of " agreed, agreed," and as when people are ignorant about a matter their unanimity is wonderful,the majority obtained their wish, and the House proceeded to uninteresting topics. After the petitions came the notices of motions, and Mr. Cross let it be known that he in tends to be troublesome, by giving warning that he should call attention to the late period -rat which the estimates are brought forward, and move a resolu tion with the object of preventing suck tardiness here after. But Ministers 'need not fear any assault now. They have a tower of strength in " Historicus." He has left the Irreconcilables, among whomhe sat throughout The education debates, has crossed the gangway, and yes terday sat immediately behind that bench on which he hopes to have a place before long-- to wit, the Treasury bench. He rose to ask whether Ministers here were going to issue a proclamation of neutrality, and rose again a little later to inquire if it was intended to introduce a bill giving effect to the recommendation of the Neutrality Commission. Mr. Eastwick asked another question respecting the crisis, and then amid cries of " Order," which meant that gossiping M.P.'s were to hold their tongues, Mr. Gladstone rose. He looked sad and sorrowful, and hesitated in a way most unusual with him. The Government, _he said, would, undoubtedly, issue a proclamation of neutrality when the proper time arrived. Unhappily, there could be no doubt, this time was close at hand ; and then he read the telegram which had just been received from Lord Lyons, announc ing the departure of a messenger from Paris to Berlin with the declaration of war. Government would also intro duce a bill to give, effect to the recommendations of the Neutrality Commission, sore tidings this for hon. mem bers, for it means the prolongation of the session by at least another fortnight, some say a month. Then we passed to other topics. Lord Edmond Fitz maurice wished to know if after what had taken place in the House of Lords ministers still retained the hope of passing the University Tests Bill. Mr. Gladstone re plied that though at first they had thought the course taken by the Lords fatal to the bill they did not now. think it their- duty as yet to despair. There was a chance of passing the bill this year ; but, he added very significantly, it must be passed in a form consistent with the main principle of the measure. Colonel Knox then put a long question, which no one heard, and which seemed as if it would never come to an end. After Mr. Fortescue had replied to it, Mr. Beresford Hope, in his grotesquest manner, referred to . the memorable Friday morning sitting when members sat for thirteen hours at a stretch, and asked, amid shouts of " oh " from the Radicals if the Government did not think that " the patriotic support " given by the Opposition to the Education Bill ought to be rewarded by some conces sion on the point which had excited so much keen contro versy. Mr. Forster's reply that Government meant to adopt Mr. Hibbert's proposal seemed to please that gen tleman but no one else. In a low voice, so low that we should not have known that he was speaking, but for the "movement of attention" (as the French say) which was exhibited by members, Mr. Disraeli was understood to ask if Government had any papers to lay before the House, or any statement to make with respect to the Continental crisis. With the same sad look and sorrowful voice, Mr. Gladstone prorcised that the papers should be laid upon the table at the earliest possible moment. It had not been practicable to do so hitherto because they were of an extremely delicate character and involved other Powers. After a few words from Lord John Manners about the Education, 1 Bill there was rather a lively scene. Mr. Gladstone an nounced a fresh slaughter of the Innocents. Mr. Bruce, who has been peculiariy unlucky this year, having had to postpone his Licensing Bill and his Cabs Consolidation Bill, is now constrained to abandon his Mines Regulation Bill. That has shared the fate of the Merchant Shipping and other second-class measures. But, alas ! that was not the only sacrifice demanded by tempus edax. Amid an audible groan from the Radicals, the Premier an nounced with great regret that though Ministers had clung to the hope of passing the Elections Bill during the present Session, they were now compelled to abandon it. All that they could hope was to complete the Land Bill, the Education Bill, the Estimates, and one or two other important matters ; and it was useless to enter upon a measure involving so much detail as the Elections Bill in the third week of July. Thereupon fol lowed rather an exciting incident. Two members rose together from the below-gangway benches. The one was pale and bald, the other florid and hirsute. When I say that the first was our old friend and favourite, Mr. Bernal. Osborne, you will suppose that the cry by which M.P.'s denoted their selection of the man they wished to hear was all for the witty Waterf ordian. Not a bit of it. The cry was " Leatham, Leatham." The Radicals guessed what he was going to say, and they cheered him as he said it. The " it" was a notice that as the Government had given up the Elections Bill for the session, he should proceed with his own Ballot bill on Wednesday. Mr. Bernal Osborne then had his turn. His wish was to k now a ll a b ou t M r . Reed.' Mr. Childers received a most lusty cheer from all parts of the House on this his first re-appearance after his illness. I would not by any means imply that the First Lord of the Admiralty is Moliere's " Malade Imaginaire," but he certainly is a " robust in valid." He looks stouter then ever, and is bronzed as though he had been- yachting instead of sub mitting to a surgical operation. He read the whole cor respondence between Mr. Reed and the Admiralty, which by the way, confirms in every point the statement of your London correspondent, and chews how entirely misin formed the professional journals were upon this matter. Seeing his foe once more before him, Sir James Elphin stone, who has the care of all the navy upon his mind, asked Mr. Childers what steps he was taking at the Admiralty to maintain the efficiency of the British Navy at this crisis. Quietly but firmly the Whitehall chief declined to give any information, and ex pressed, amid the cheers of the Hous e , his surprise that such a question should be put. Then there was another lively scene. Mr. Cavendish Bentinek does not like the long hours we have been enduring lately, and he pre tested very vehemently against them, and especially against the morning sittings. Mr. Bass, amid disappro ving interjections from members with owlish proclivities, said he wished that every sitting was a morning one. Then there was a violent shout of laughter, and every head was turned to the end of the Ministerial benches nearest the Speaker's chair. The laughter was so uproarious that even Mr. Gladstone joined heartily, forgetting for the moment all the sad events of the last few days. What was jt all about ? It was a very simple incident. Mr. Bernal Osborne was making a remark, but whereas he had asked his qugstion about Mr. Reed from one end of the House, he noiv suddenly appeared at the othor end. Considering that the House, or rather the room which goes by that name, is only a few dozen yards long, I do not see anything very remarkable in the fact that a member had contrived to make his way from one end to the other. But hon. members are like schoolboys, glad of a diversion in the midst of their work, and being in an unusually sedate mood yesterday afternoon this translation of Mr. Osborne was seized upon as a most welcome joke, and gave rise to some of the loudest laughter that I have ever heard. Soon after this Lord Charles Russell took down the mace, and the House went into committee, just in time for members who cared to do so to make their way to the other Cham ber to hear if the Foreign Minister would be more commu nicative than the Premier had been. There was but a medium attendance of Peers, though as a rule their lordships take peculiar interest in Foreign affairs. The Duke of Argyll was the first Cabinet Minis ter to appear, and then Lord Granville followed. With them Lord Russell talked for a while, and as he held a paper in his hand it was clear that he was about to speak. As soon as the time for doing so came, he moved from the Ministerial bench to the bench below the gangway, and asked five questions at considerable length, and in a voice which for him was loud, though, as he turned himself away from the gallery, it was difficult to hear him. As soon as he sat down, Lord Cairns rose and asked the question which Mr. Vernon Harcourt had asked in the Lower House with respect to the Neutrality Law ; and Lord Granville, on rising, gave a similar JULY 20, 1870. answer to that which Mr. Gladstone had given. He then, turning full towards the gallery, and in a voice unusually distinct and emphatic, as though he wished every word to be heard and knew well that his remarks would in a few minutes be read in every capital of Europe, answered Lord Russell's ques• tions. Important as the occasion was, Peers could not resist a laugh when the Foreign Secretary said that Lord Russell had given him private notice of only two ques tions ; that one he had omitted to ask, and that the four others were new. He then went on to make the brief statement which you will have published long before this, and on sitting down was cheered. No one took notice of what followed : with Europe preparing for battle, there was little chance that Lord Stratheden would get Parlia ment to listen to his dissertation on the slave squadron off the coast of Africa. E IAL PA RLIAN/E T. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock- The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took the opportunity of de nying the authorship of a a circular which had his name attaehed, asking their lOrdshiPs to attend in their places on the occasion of the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Repeal Bill. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE intimated that it was not his intention to.proceed further during the_ present session with the Bankrupt Law Amendment (Ireland) Bill. The Medical Officers' Superannuation Bill passed through committee. The Telegraph Extension Act was read a second time. The Earl of Kimberley moved the second reading of the New Zealand (Guarantee of Loan) Bill.—Earl Grey bad great objection to the principle laid down in the bill, as he objected most strongly to guaranteed loaning of any kind. He thought that if one colony was favoured others ought not to be denied the same favour.—The Earl of Carnarvon did not object to the principle of the bill, but said that it was was quite opposed to the policy of the noble earl. Two or three months ago he had refused a loan on the ground that it was unwise' to encourage a colony to borrow.—Earl Granville said it was true he ob jected to loans in general, but the present was quite an exceptional measure, and one that was justifiable. The friendly natives had behaved admirably, and it was thought that they should be employed as far as possible in useful occupations, such as making 'roads, which would not only have the effect of opening up the country, but would tend to its pacification.—The bill was then read a second time. The reports of amendments on the Public Health (Scot land) Supplemental Bill and the Liverpool Admiralty District Registrar Bill were brought up and received. The Petty Customs (Scotland) Abolition Bill and the Passengers' Act Amendment Bill were read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned at six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at five minutes past two o'clock. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. Lord OTHO FITZGERALD, Controller of ,the Queen's Household, brought up her Majesty's reply to the address from the House in reference to the Thames Embankment, which was reserved to the Crown, and which had been reclaimed from the river at the expense of the ratepayers of the metropolis. The reply stated that as no public offices could be erected without a vote of Par liament, the House had in its own hands the means of giving effect to the prayer in the address. Her Government would not ask for such a note unless they had reason to suppose it would meet with the approval of the House. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Lord OTRO FITZGERALD brought up: the reply to an address to her Majesty, praying her to appoint a commis sion to inquire into the law relating to friendly societies. Her Majesty stated that she had given directions for a commission to issue for the purpose in question. SECRET TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND DENMARK. Mr. A. SEYMOUR, the member for Salisbury, gave notice that on Thursday next he should ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Government had any infor mation other than that furnished by the newspapers as to the existence of a secret treaty between France and Den mark, and whether at any time during the last six months a formal proposal for mutual disarmament had been made by France to Prussia, and refused by the latter Power, as stated by French and English journals. THE IRISH COAST. Mr. GRAVES asked a question relative to important changes that have occurred in the banks of the Irish Coast between Tuskar and Dublin. Mr. SHAW-LEFEVRE replied that the subject was under the consideration of the Admiralty, but before they gave any definite information they would require the Irish Light Commissioners to forward a detailed account of the changes. CHRISTMAS DAY. Mr. PEMBERTON asked the Home Secretary, as Christ mas this year fell on a Sunday, whether he would bring in a short bill to authorize the closing of the Bank of Eng land and other banks on the day before or after it. Mr. BRUCE answered he did not think it would be consistent with public convenience to bring in such a bill. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BILL. ne Elementary Education Bill, as amended, was con sidered. There was a tolerably large attendance of mem bers, but the discussion was very languid.—Mr. Dicken son, the member for Stroud, proposed the introduction of a clause to the effect that the managers of a public elementary school might, with the sanction of the Educa tion Department, and with the consent of all parties Whose consent might be required by the Edu cational Department alter any regulations to which the management of such school might be subject, attaching any special qualification or dis qualification to the office of a manager or teacher, or giving a person, not a teacher, special superintendence or authority in the management and teaching.—Mr. Forster was quite indifferent as to whether the propo sition were accepted or not, and when he was appealed to by Mr. G. Hardy to give his opinion upon the amendment, he quietly observed that he did not think it was necessary, neither did he think its intro duction into the measure would do any harm. Neverthe less a division was forced by the dissentients, and the proposition was adopted by 86 to 53 votes.—Sir George Jenldnson, the representative of North Wilts, proposed a clause, by which he sought, in any case where a public elementary school existed at the time of the passing of the Act, in any duly constituted ecclesiastical district, and where such school fulfilled all the conditions required by the act as to management and efficiency, and was maintained by private and volun tary funds, assisted by the Government grant and the children's school pence, to exempt the persons who thus con tributed to the support of the school, from the rate for the support of any other school. The proposition, which had really been well discussed in committee, was on a division rejected by a majority of 120 to 70 votes.— Several verbal alterations were made consequent upon the changes which had been made in the bill. Mr. M'Arthur proposed an amendment which met with deterthined opposition. The hon. member's proposition was that no person whatever except the school teacher should give religious instruction in the school, and that no clergyman or minister of any religious denomination, or member of any religious order, should be eligible to be appointed a school teacher. The Vice-President, in the course of his appeal to Mr. M'Arthur to withdraw his amendment, created a little merriment by saying that a member of the religious body to which he belonged might on the Sunday wish to say " a few words in the silent meeting," and yet be in no way be ineligible as a teacher.—The represen tative for Lambeth did not persevere with his amend ment.—Mr. Candlish, the member for Sunderland, pointed out that as the bill stood, no proceedings could be taken for the purpose of acquiring land compulsorily for schcols, except in the month of November. He presumed it would be difficult to discover sny reason for confining the initiation of proceedings to that month, except that it was the month named for the initiation of proceedings in private bill legislaton. - He proposed an amendment, PRICE STAMPED, 1 d , 2d ' which was accepted, removing the restriction.— Mr. M`Laren moved an amendment, the object of which was to secure education for the blind. This could be done at a very small expense, and experience in Scotland had shewn that the mixing of the blind with the "seeing schools" had been attended with the greatest moral good to the afflicted persons.—The Vice-President pointed out the inconvenience which would arise from including the clAss of persons referred to specifically in the bill. The object of the bill was to provide sufficient elementary education to all chil dren not otherwise provided for, and the scope of the measure would include the blind.—The member for Edin burgh, upon this explanation, withdrew his proposition. —Mr. Dixon observed that the Bill as it originally stood gave power to theTownCouncil in boroughs to elect the school boards. There was an objection taken to that proposition by his hon. friend the member for Chelsea, and although he was defeated, though by a small majority, the Government had since accepted the amendment of the hon baronet. The hon. member for Birmingham thought it should be at least provided that in the larger boroughs the councils should retain the right given to them originally in the bill, and therefore he proposed that in boroughs of 100,000 inhabitants and upwards the election of a school board should be by the Council, provided that not less than one-third of the number to be elected should be elected from persons who at the time of the election were not members of the council. He believed that the objec tion to the power of election being vested in the Town Councils arose from prejudice. He spoke of the abuse which Town Councils received, and remarized that they were in very bad odour in that House. If it were found that good boards were not elected by the municipal bodies, then Parliament could make any alteration. The hon. member said that he was quite willing that the figure he had named in his amendment should be reduced.—Mr. Forster denied that the change as to the mode of election in reference to school boards had been made on the ground suggested by Mr. Dixon, namely, want of confidence. The Govern ment had confidence in the councils, especially in large towns. The right hon. gentleman renewed the difficul ties which had beset the action of the Government in this matter, and, said the vice-president, Mr. Dixon himself seemed to be conscious of the perplexing character of the question, for he had stated that he was not disposed to object to the reduction of the figure he had put in his amendment. He believed that they might argue any length of time, either in favour of the council or against it, but the insuperable difficulty was as to where they should draw the line, whether there should be elections by coun • cils in towns of 100,000, 50,000, or 30,000 inhabitants. The Vice-President had every confidence in the system of direct election. Mr. Mundella suggested the withdrawal of the amendment, in order that they might go to a divi sion on the main question—whether or not the elections should be by town councils. Mr. T. Collins, the hon. member for Boston, taunted the Liberal members with want of confidence in popular elections.— Mr. Dixon, acting upon the suggestion of the member for Sheffield, did not press his amendment.—Mr. Forster then moved the omission of the word " council," in order to substitute " persons whose names are on the burgess roll of such borough foi the time being in force." This gave the House an opportunity of bringing the question to an issue. On a division being taken it was decided by a majority of 273 to 57 that the system should be direct election by the ratepayers.—An amendment proposed by the Vice- President of the Council, that if a School' Board were formed in Oxford one-third of that body should be elected by the university, or the schools or halls therein, in such a manner as might be directed by the Education Depart ment, was, after some discussion, carried.—Lord Angus Hervey moved that no school in which the Scriptures were not read should be entitled to the Parliamentary grant. The utmost disinclination was manifested by the House to listen to any lengthened explanation of a member's views towards the close of the debate, and the noble lord was obliged to curtail his speech by asking the House to accept his amendment.—Mr. Forster hoped that inas much as the whole subject had been previously discussed the noble lord would withdraw his amendment.... Mr. Newdegate having addressed the House a division took place, and the amendment was negatived by 205 to 89 votes. Lord John Manners moved the omission of the words in the second schedule—" provided that any poll shall be taken by ballot." The House divided without dircussion on the question, and the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the bill. The result was—ayes, 197 ; noes, 106. The debate was adjourned, and at seven o'clock the sitting was suspended. When the House re assembled at nine o'clock there were very few members present. It was announced that the Speaker being indis posed could not resume the chair, and consequently Mr. Dodson presided over the deliberations of the assembly. The Home Secretary made an earnest appeal to private members to forego their undoubted right to proceed with the business of which they had given notice in order that the Education Bill might be pushed forward.—Mr. Russell Gurney, however, refused to give the measure any prefe rence, and proceeded to call attention to the arrest and detention in prison of Mr. Leonard Edmunds at the suit of the Crown, and moved for the warrant of commit ment.—Hon. members did not betray any appearance of deep interest in the subject, and Mr. Bruce, after appeal ing to the patriotic sentiment of the hon. gentlemen in the most touching manner, could scarcely conceal how deeply the cruel rebuff had stirred him, whilst Mr. Forster, the Vice-President of the Council, left the House in a state of great disappointment. He evidently thought his bill had but an insig nificant chance of progress that sitting. The Attorney-General at considerable length justified the proceeding of Government, and gave an outline of the history of the Case of Mr. Edmunds. Much discussion ensued, and in the course of the debate the benches became well filled. Towards the close of the debate a good deal of feeling was manifested around. The contention of Mr. Gurney and his supporters was that imprisonment for debt had been abolished, whilst the Government contended that power had been reserved to the Crown to imprison for debt ; and the cases of incarceration for non-payment of rates were referred to, and it was argued that Edmunds' case was analogous. The motion was ultimately agreed to. A motion proposed by Captain Grosvenor, that the maximum depth of the Serpentine should be six feet in the summer months, reducible to four feet in the winter months, with an easy slope from the banks, and that an adequate supply of fresh water should be secured, so as to cause during the summer months a constant outfail at the lower end, was, after a long discussion, lost on a division. MR. FE NNELLY. Mr. M`MAHON moved that an address be presented to her Majesty praying that she would be graciouAy pleased to grant a free pardon to Mr. Fennelly, con victed of bribery at the last election for Bridgewater. The Attorney-General and Mr. Brace opposed the mo tion, which was debated for a very long time. At twenty minutes past ten the House divided, and the mo tion was rejected. _ FOREIGN ENLISTMENTS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a bill to prevent the enlisting or engagement of her Ma jesty's subjects to serve in foreign service, and the build ing, fitting out, or equipping in her Majesty's dominions vessels for warlike purposes without her Majesty's licence. SUNDAY TRADING BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Sir HENRY HOARE moved its rejection.—Mr. Rylands moved the adjournment of the debate, and this proposition was agreed to. Several other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at ten minutes to three o'clock. SERIOUS FIRE IN THE STRAND. A serious fire broke out at a few minutes to six o'clock yesterday morning, in George-court, Strand, just in rear of Messrs. Coutts' Bank. It was first discovered on the premises of Mr. Wilkins, a carpenter, from which it spread rapidly to the adjoining houses. The engines were sent for, and the hose from the bank was brought to bear upon the flames. Every exertion was made, both by the firemen and the inhabitants, but the fire was not extin guished for an hour and a half, and the premises of Mr. Wilkins were completely destroyed. A. chess match of not less than fifteen players on each side has been arranged between the City of London and Westminster Chess Clubs, to be played at the rooms of the latter, Caledonian Hotel, Adelphi, on Tues- day, July 26.