The Sun. — London, England, 1867-07-25 00:00:00

EATRE ROY AL DRUR Y-LAN E. Sale L?.ssce and Mansger, Mr. F. B7chattertb2. T 13 KVENING, THAT I:ASCAL JACK. 'M eilrs. J. 11 , u,e, J. Neville, C. Warner; Mesdames B. Alevne, C. hompson. To conclude with T LIE GKKAT CITY. Messrs. C.Warner, P. -Morton. Fitzjame, ' Villiers, J. one ; . CoMewl sda er, mesW. i'd'lnlyro, J. Roume, J. Irving, J. B. Johnst Robe! tsun, It. G. Le Thiere, C. homp:on. Commence at Seven. EAT RE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Solo Lebsee and Mana_pa, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LOVE CIIAcIE. MesFrs. Chip pendalo. Howe, rs. Kendal. C ark, White, ‘Veathersby, ; Me+dames S,dgw ck Chippendale. Burke. &a. Alter which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POEN DS. Mr. Buckstone. T.) conclude with rIIE RIFLE, AND ROW TO CSE IT. Mr. Compton Commence at Seven. pOPAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Solo Lessee, Mr. B. Webster: Manager, Mr. ti. R igan. THIS EVENING, BET fY MARTIN. Mr. G. Vino-nt and Miss E. Warren. After which, THE LIAR. Mathews. Foilci.vod by WOODC.;CIi'-; LITTL' , : CAME. S:r. and Mrs. unarb Mathews; Mls. Marthovs. T. conclude wi h THE CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. II J. Montague, mid Miss E. Farrell. Doors open at half-past Six; eommence at Seven. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. Vining. tinder the Manawment of 11r. Ilermann Vezin. THIS EvENrvn, the performanc; will commence with THE CLOCKMAKEIt'S HAT. 5..11y but at, nibs Char lotte Saun , e-s. After Which,atB,THE MA.N 0' AIRLIFI. .T•tmes Hare hell, Mr. Hermann Vt-z,n; Messrs. E. l'rice, 11. Forrester, &c. ; Misses E. Stuart and Nelly Moore. Doors onen at 7; comment: at half-past. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, anew Musical Drama. GARIBALDI IN SICILY. Miss It)den, Miss E L.ily Litt; Messrs. It. Philli; 5..7. G. Taylor. and Ash'ey. Atter whi••h, at 8, THE I.A l)Y OF LYONS, M, ssrs. Bilrngton, Atffilcy, Steuart, and C. 11. Ste .henson ; Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. St. Henry, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with A SLICK OF LUCK. Masers J. Cla-ke, J. G. 'ray:or, C. FT. Stephenson, C. J. Smith ; Mies A. Seaman and Miss E. Pitt. 1 - 3 OYAL STRAND TIIEATRE. tlb Sole Lessee and 3Ltnageress, Hrs. Swanboromol. VITA EVENING, REVERSRR. Measrs. S. Emery. Par selle, F. Robson W. Swanborough ; Mtsiames Ada swan borough, John: to e, an ,t Mauders. After whi;h, the Latest Elitinn of FRA DIAVOLO. Messrs. Thorne and James; MLsdames Gwynne, Newton, Holt, and Wealtersby. Commen:e at half-past Seven. sip OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HIG LI HOL BO RN. - Magnificent Horses; unequalled Equestrian% Gymnasts. Clowns, and GrotesquJs. 'I he various teats nigutly received wita the utmost enttiusiasin. The Theatre universally ac knowledged to be the coolest, prettiest, and best ventila ed in the metropolis. "The feats are of the most varied kind, and every one of them is executed to perfection.''— rimes, May 27, tS67. "No more su2cessful combination of reinarkableequeatrian feats, watt acrobatic dexterity, and episodes of discreet drol lery, has been for many years witnessed in the metropJlia." —Daily Telel,raph, July 8, I 67. " The comnany has seldom I:l2ett equaled for the grace and elegance of its performance. The rye Is not allowed to be Al earied Ly too long a continuance, or too frequent a repeti tion of the s ,me thing. '—Standard, July 3. TII IS EVENING, at 8, A COMIC BALLET. Al Ler which, at a quarter to 2, SCENES IS THE ARENA. Doors open at halt-past 7 ; commence at 8. VRAND monNIG PERFORMANCE, every SATURDAY, at the NEW ttol'AL A I'lll - THEATRE and CIRCU , , High Holborn, commmcing at Mat-past I wo. Carriages may be ordered for a Quarter to Five. llox-ollLe open daily from lu till 5. rIIHE "SUN" NEWSPA PER.— G. R. 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WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. r iris Dal. —Morning, 7h. 26m.—Afternoon, 7b. 57tn. p-Mowtow.-21.)raing,, Bh. 30,n.—Afternoon, 91,. srn. .",e), • 4 4 14 : c 4 ,1 4k4.33 1 tf7,l_4 LoArpolv, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1867. The House of Commons yesterday, towards the close of its sitting, went into committee ou the Sunday Trading Bill, but very little progress was made in it. Ther?, did not seem to be much dispo sition on the part of hon. members to expedite it, and th,2 various opinions collected concerning it were not favourable to the matter. So far as we can judge, the bill appears to be an oppressive one, and one likely to press hardly on the poorer classes, who are chiefly concerned if not entirely affected by the restrictions here made. Mr. LOCKE said he thought that the bill was much too sweeping in its provisions, and that if it became law no one would be able to sell a newspaper, prayer-book, or even bible on Sundays. The House of Lords has already rejected a proposal similar to this on two previous occasions, and the hon. member for Southwark spoke very sensibly when he said that this Parlia ment had better not deal wick these Sunday Trad ing 131114, but leave them fer the future considera tion of the householder and the lodger. The New Cut seems to be the place particularly referred to in this scheme, and it will cause great inconve nience, if not discontent, to interfere in too arbi trary a manner with its practices. Those who dwell in these localities have not the same advantage of time and money that richer inhabitants of more favoured spots enjoy, and hence it is hardly fair to apply the same argument to them. The law as it stands at present is quite enough to provide for the due observance of Sunday, and the constant attempt to force new and imperative regulations upon the poorer classes may be well meant, but is certainly most ill-advised. Some years ago a most angry feeling was produced by this endea vour, and the peace and order of the metropolis was disturbed during several weeks by mobs marching about on Sundays to the hindrance and molesta tion of respectable inhabitants. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE excited considerable amusement by his observations. He said that the bill had been drawn up in such a manner that no tradesman, even if he had had a University educa tion, could understand what he might do under it. "The small tradespeople," he said, "looked at the question on very narrow grounds, talked of their little ones, and all that sort of rubbish." He ob jected to the bill also as being one of a persecuting measure ; its penalties reminded him of the cumu lative vote ; and they increased to an extraordinary extent. We quite agree with Sergeant GASELEE that these harsh restrictions will create great dis gust, and that in most places Sunday is very well observed. Mr. LOCKE also condemned the at tempt as ineffectual and undesirable ; it was, he said, so difficult to settle exemptions that this kind of legislation was absurd. Fixing nine as the hour for shutting up shops on Sunday was, as he showed, a great hardship, because working people did not like to get up at an early hour on that day ; an. 1, as he added, those among the working people who did not like to buy after that hour could easily abstain from ding so without asking Parliament to prohibit them doing so ; he could not under stand who had asked the honourable member for Lambeth for this bill. " They must be ex cessively fond of legislation, and think that Parliament, even though it had Reform to deal with, was in want of a job." At this stage prayers were repeated, and thus very little was practically done. We should hardly think that the bill would be carried into effect, and it is not at all desirable that it should be so, for it holds oat the prospect of attaining no satisfactory end, while it gives such indications of acting in an oppressive manner, and producing discontent and irritation among the lower class, which feeling it is at all times desirable to allay, :Ind not to stimulate. The news from New York brought by the Saxonia on the 13th is full of interest. Congress has shown no indication of adopting a less aggressive policy, and the chi,f object of this July Session scams to have been the subversion of alt those constitutional principles so distinctly affirmed by the Attorney- General. The supplementary Reconstruction Bills ' passed by both Houses are evidently designed to destroy the last remaining remnants of Southern civil liberties. The supremacy of the military commanders is the one great end at which they aim. The Senate appended to its supple mentary bill additional clauses, ratifying the past ac:iun of the district military commanders, empowering General GRANT to remove the Southern officials, declaring no person entitled to registration on account of the Presidential pardon, and also de claring all civil officials who participated in the rebellion to be disfranchised. This, one would think, was tolerably severe, especially considering that no attempt has been made to renew the rebel lion or to resist the authority of the Union. 1 But it does not go far enough for the I House of Representatives, who, while passing 1 t the bill, added an amendment of their own, 1 deposing all Southern civil officers, and authorising the military commanders to appoint their suc cessors. The Americans certainly furnish us with a notable example of the readiness with which man kind passes from one extreme to the other. The I very nation who boasted so long of their freedom 1 from military burdens, now not only maintain a large standing army, but are tolerating the substi tution of military for civil law, thus rolling back the tide of liberty and progress for many a genera tion. It is difficult to understand how American 1 citizens can be so infatuated as not to see upon what a dangerous course they are entering. Almost all the great Republics of the world have ended in military despotism. The successful and popular General is the most formidable enemy of Republi canism, and if the body politic is broken up into factions and parties, if the bitterness and jealousy of political rivalry become the animating spirits of the Legislature, the Executive, the press, and the platform, the peril is great indeed. The public at large become wearied at perpetual contention, of angry recrimination, of intrigues and manoeuvres. The mutual accusa tions and exposures break down teir . confidence in their so-called leaders, and they turn with a feeling of relief to the strong band which shall weld all into one, and shall at least restore vigour and unity to the Government. But the ascendancy of the Radicals in Congress is so complete that they i car s r t y or a y ll before them, at least within its doors. ii la_ lost upon them, the examples of other nations are useless, remonstrances at home and abroad are alike unheeded. It is openly avowed by some of the party that they intend to exclude the South from representation until the Southern people promise to vote for Radical candi dates—until, as Mr. STEVENS and some others openly affirm, Radicalism can obtain " dee:sive and trustworthy majorities." The only reliable means of alttining this desirable end is Ly giving carte blanche to the military cotninanders in the matter of registration. No unregistered person can vote ; and, therefore, if by a little judicious tuanceuvrinf , none but Radicals are registered, themajority will be pretty certainly on their side. This assertion receives strong confirmation by the publication of some letters addressed to Generals SUERID AN and ORDE, which direct them to continue the registration of voters in their districts without reference to the Attorney-General. How long it will be possible to maintain such a system may well be wondered. Another achievement of the Radicals is an outrage upon public decency and feeling, of which few national assemblies would, we may hope, have been guilty. STEVENS, CHANDLER, land several other prominent Radicals, have made epeches in Congress strong'y denouncing THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1867 MAXIMILIAI4 and approving of his execution ! We could not have looked for any exhibition of kindly or magnanimous feeling in such quarters, but a little respect to common propriety might have been shown. The Washington Government is said to be in favour of intervention in Mexico, and numerous filibustering expeditions are organising in New York and other cities, which it is not thought likely will be interfered with. The beginning of the end of Mexican self-goverment is at hand, in spite of the temporary triumph of the JUAREZ faction. tious. A Madrid piper states that in 1864, when Maximilian unfortunately accepted the throne of Mexico, verses were in circulation at Trieste to the following effect :—" Maximilian, do not put confi dence in the Mexicans. The worm-eaten throne of Montezuma is like a Gallic cup overflowing with froth. Who forgets the timeo Danaos ? Under the purple the rope i 6; found." There was a Cabinet Council this afternoon at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor pre.sided. LA TEST INTELLIGENCF. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, July 24 (Evening). The Italia of this evening says Signor Rattazzi was present at the last sitting of the committee on the bill for the suppression of the forced paper cur rency. He declared that the Government would be enabled to withdraw the forced paper currency if the Chamber would grant them the 600,000,000 lire they had demanded, and which they proposed should be raised in the form of an extraordinary tax on the ecclesiastical property. The committee is disposed to propose an additional clause to the bill, stipulating that the withdrawal of the forced currency shall be expected on the Ist of July, 1868. The Government will, however, be allowed a few months' latitude, in order to facilitate the operation, and to provide by other means for the wants of the Treasury. BRUSSELS, July 25. The Queen of the Belgians is expected to re turn here in a few days, accompanied by the Empress Charlotte. PRUSSIA AND DENMARK. BERLIN, July 25. The reply of the Danish Government to the last Prussian Note upon the North Schleswig questio❑ is to the following effect villages of Comitandes and Nipero, the defile situated between those two villages, the defile and the vil lages of Askifo, Prosnero, Alicombos, all the villages of the Eastern part of Sphakia, and lastly, the whole district of Sphakia, excepting eight villages which will easily be reduced, are now in the hands of the Imperial troops. 'lhe only resource left to the insurgents is to take refuge in the rocky and narrow valleys of the, village of Samaria, where they can only remain a fe . w days, after which there will be nothing left to them but submission. The insurgents who had taken refuge in two caverns at Pachtanos and Capsodusso submitted to-day to the number of 250 men and women, amoegst whom were Captain A nagonsti Papadaki, a member of the so-called provisional Government, Captain Manosdi, and several other chiefs. Their lives and the pro perty which they had placed in the caverns have been and will be religiously respected. Up to the present 47 barrels of gunpowder and 25 cases of other ammunition have been discovered there. The third division have also effected their junction with the principal corps at Calikratie. The number of muskets sent to the authorities amounts to 6,000. The Ferik Ali Beni Pasha has subdued the district of Kissano. Colonel Mustapha Bey has just cut to pieces 'the 400 Hellenic volunteers lately disem barked iu the island, together with their commander, Captain Mietto, and two Greek officers. He also captured 3,000 tins of biscuits, 400 overcoats, and 1,200 rifles." The last news from Berlin seems to indicate a more favourable termination to the guarantee ques tion than might have been anticipated from what has hitherto taken place. It is stated that the Danish reply to the Prussian despatch on the sub ject of guarantees for the protection of the Germans in the North Schleswig districts which are to be ceded to Denmark leaves open a way for the two Cabinets of Berlin and of Copenhagen :to:arrive at a mutual, direct under standing. It is further added that the Danish Government has taken up an attitude which is by no means unfriendly to the Prussian Government. This is so far satisfactozy if the intelligence can be relied on, for little or nothing is likely to be gained by angry controversy at this juncture, while in all probability the end of altercation would be that the Danish inhabitants would suffer, and the Germans reign paramount. So far as reason is concerned in the matter, we really cannot see the necessity for all this anxiety or, the part of the Berlin Cabinet to secure these guarantees ; they must know very well that there really is no danger in the least, and that the interests of their countrymen will be well pro tected. Prussian statesmen must at all times, how ever, and at all hazard, put in as many claims as they can, and insist on as many formalities. It will be a good thing when this cession has taken place, and though it is but a small thing done tardily, and in no very gracious spirit, still it is a step in the right direction, and it shows that some influence still prevails in favour of Denmark, because nothing of a generous character would have induced Count BismAncic to agree to such a pro position. Only politic motives or great pressure of circumstances are likely now-a-days to prove effectual in making the Prussian Government give up anything that they have a hold up3n. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM. OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The Emperor received at the Tuileries yesterday Prince Albert of Prussia and Prince Augustus of Saxe-Cobourg Gotha, Duke of Saxony. The Moniteur contains the following news : " The Government has received this morning from M. Dano, by way of New Orleans, a telegram dated July 9. Our Minister did not then think of leaving Mexico More a week. This telegram does not give any details respecting the events which had occurred at Mexico since the occupation of that city and Vera Cruz by the troops of Juarez, which was an nounced in the Moniteur of the 10th inst." On Sunday last, the anniversary of the accept ance of the crown of Belgium by King Leopold the First, the founder of the dynasty, a solemn Te Deum was celebrated in the parochial church of St. Peter and St. Paul, at Ostend. King Leopold the Second was represented by Count d.; Lan noy, Comp troller of the gleen's Household, and Baron de Wyckersloot. King Leopold has left Brussels for the camp of Bevcrloo, where his Majesty will only stay a few days previous to his departure fur Liege, where he goes to pay his complements to the Sultan on his passage through Belgium on his way back to Turkey. In a recent letter I in,lntionel some facts which foreshadowed coining troubles in Italy. Some questions were put to M. Itattazzi in the Chamber on Monday relative to certain enrolments which have taken place in Italy, in answer to which the Minister replied that the Italian Government was firmly resolved to execute rigorously the convention of September last, mid to guarantee the Pontifical territory against all aggression, direct or indirect. According to the Corriere Italian°, Cardinal Antonelli has put some questions to the four Catho lic Powers with the view of ascertaining what would be the course adopted in the three following cases : 1. If they were certain of the connivance of the Italian Government, notwithstanding the en gagements contracted by it according to the terms of the Convention ? 2. If the revolution were to break out at the gates of Rome? 3. If insurrec tion were to occur in the city of Rome itself ? The answer given to these questions is not known, but, according to report, the four Powers have offered to give personal protection to the Pope and the Sacred College in case of danger, reserving to themselves the facility of replying to the questions when they shall have received full instructions from their re spective Governments. The Italian troops have dispersed some men in arms who assembled on the frontiers of the Roman States, and the French general Dumont has been sent to Rome to make inquiries relative to 300 de sertions which have taken place from the Antibes Legion. These are the facts which induced the questions to M. Rattazzi above alluded to. Italy, as was foreseen would be the case, is in a very excited state. Mazzini has gone there, and negotiations are in progress between him and Gari baldi respecting the National Roman Junta, which was substituted for the two former Roman Commit tees. Garibaldi is said to be in the environs of Pisa, where he has appointed the officers who are to com mand the insurrectional army which, it is believed, is about to invade the Pontifical States. The Italian Government has reinforced the troops sta tioned on the Pontifical frontiers. It is a strong force, about 40,000 men. Garibaldi's plan is said to be to create un insurrection in Rome simultane ously with the invasion of the Pontifical States. The France states that the Danish Government persists in refusing the guarantees demanded by Prussia previous to the cession of Schleswig, and ex presses its desire to have all the Danes in that Duchy reunited to Denmark. It is stated that Prince Waldeck has just ceded his principality to Prussia by a formal treaty. The principality of Waldeck is situated between West phalia and Electoral Hesse. Its extent is 20,000 square miles and its population 60,000. So much for the disclaimer on the part of Prussia of any de sire for further annexation. A man named Davrina, a returned convict, has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder and mutilation which I recently narrated. He was formerly a butcher, which may account for the businesslike way in which the bead and limbs of the murdered man, Dugue, were severed before they were thrown into the water. During the discussion, in the Chamber, relative to the Post Office, the director of that establishment, M. Vandal, m ide some interesting statements show ing the great increase in Post Office communication. For six years past there has been each year an in crease of 40 millions in the articles couveyed by the Post Office, the total making an increase of 240 mill:ons more than in 1861. The rural Post Office service is perfurnel by 16,500 agentA, who only re ceive about £23 sterling a-year for their labour. The distance traversed by them in the course of the year is equal to a journey of ten times round the globe. The revenue of the Post-office increased so much that more persons could be employed and more faci lities coull be given to the public. The increase in the number of new Post Offices during the last six t n . n u e i r n e b n e s r e . By nt he m i n e e a n n i t i o e f s t r h a r i 1 0 1- a g y h s w t h e years was to the extent of a seventh upon the total great i w were r e 1 1% e 'as tter a s sent. The amount of the increase in the Post Office revenue would this year probably be four millions of francs. The weather has been stormy to-day, but sultry, and with a good deal of rain from time to time, succeeded by ardent sunshine. In the course of the afternoon there was thunder. The Spaniards are known to be fiery 13 upend- In the matter of the guarantees asked for by Prussia, Denmark has not been able to recede from the point of view she has hitherto maintained. The Danish laws, well known to be liberal, secure equal rights to all subjects of the State, and there fore afford ample protection to German residents. Special guarantees, therefore, are not required. With regard to the co-operation of Denmark in settling the frontiers of the districts proposed to be restored, touched upon in the Prussian Note, the Danish Cabinet points out that Denmark is ex cluded from taking the initiative iu this matter by the clause of the Treaty of Prague referring to the subject. Denmark must therefore await the pro posal of Prussia. The Note concludes with the expression of the readiness of the Danish Government to enter into negotiation with Prussia. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, July 24. A late edition of the Abendpost publishes Capt. Groller's official report of the death of the Emperor Maximilian, partly confirining and adding to the facts already known. Prdvious to the execution of the Emperor Maximilian C:ipt. Groller had offered Juarez the friendly alliance of Austria in exchange for his liberty. AGRAM, July 23. General von Goblenz has arrived here. The newspaper Pozor, the publication of which was prohibited here, will hendeforotard appear in Lai back. lIUNGARY. PESTII, July 24. General K!apka and his nephew have arrived here. General PerazA has been proposed as a can didate for the Chamber of Deputies for Egeroseg. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, July 24. consequence of the A circular of M. Vandenpeerboo m has been pub plague i n C on ti c h (i n r li e s a h r e p d ea t r o a -d nc a e y o s f tat th ii e ig e t a h t a tl t e ,, in the province of Antwerp), the orders re-establishing fairs and liberating the cattle traffic from all con trol are suspended. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, July 25. The Inman steamer City of London, from New York on the 13th inst., arrived here at 2.30 a.m. to day with 53 passen gers and $1,383,066 i n spec i e. She landed mails and p assen g ers, a nd proceeded im mediately for Liverpool. All w ell. The Guion steamship Manhattan, from New York, arrived here at 10 a.m. to-day, with 53 cabin and 60 steerage passengers. She proceeded for Liverpool immediately. SOUTHAMPTON, July 25. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Mooltan passed the Needles at 12.10 p.m. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 24, Two o'clock.—The market is 0r 2 d 2 , O E f . sompte 20f., at more animated, but offers prevail. The discount list comprises 37,500 Three per Cents. and 5,000 f. Italian Rentes. Threes are 68 f. 72 ic., with a de cline of 'lie. ; Fives of 15 c ., at 49f . 2 5 c. Credit Mobilier shares have fallen 12f. 50c., at 322 f. C Credit Foncier 2 50 5., c f .; Satpain,i3sl7lollfl.o;bilcieormspft., at 730 f.; Gas shares 5f., at 1,545 f. ; and Immobiliere 6f. 25c., at 162 f. 50c. Railway shares are likewise offered at a loss of about sf. Three o'clock.—The market has remained dull to the close, which is as follows 4} per Cents 99 75 Du. end mouth — 3 per Cents. 6B 75 Do. end mouth 6B 74 Credit Mubilier Do. end month Credit Fonder Do. end month 1363 Bank Shares 3350 Italian Loan 49 20 Do. end month 49 25 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds. — .14kish Threes 11 - mho Debt — Deferred HAILW itYB. For A c count. Orleans 876 23 Northern 1147 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 875 ci7 50 Southern - Western r 36 Z.. 71 Eastern Sardinian ................... . Austrian Lombard North of Spain — Saragossa ...... g 5 _ 73 7 U Roman. THE CRETAN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 23. The Ottoman Legation at Athens telegraphed yesterday to the Porte announcing the evacuation of the Sphakia district by the insurgentg, and its complete occupation by the [ te perial troops. The whole island is sail to have submittel. A solemn funeral mass was performed here this morning, accompani e d b y the fir i ng o f minute guns, for the repose of th e sou l of t h e Emperor Maxi milian. The following official d espa t c h has been received from Athens, dat e d th e 92 d i nst. : , 4 the Impe r i a l t roops complete l y occ upy Sphakia, and the insurgent s h ave evacuate d the district in disorder. The wh o l e i s l and h as g i ve n in its sub mission to the Imperial authorities." . The following official despatch has been received from Omar Pasha, dated Sphakia, July 18 : " Our soldiers, after two fights, have routed the i n surgents, an— d occulied the heights of Calikratie and Sfendo, and, after securing poss ession of those mountains and the vill ages o f th e s ame name, they proceeded across th e p l a i n o f A s kifo, where they effected their junction with the corps which came from Apocoron, crossing the defile of Gfappi. The BELFAST, July 23.--Flax :—Rather an increased supply was exposed for sale in the various markets of this province throughout the past week ; an animated demand continues to prevail, especially for the better descriptions ; prices remain firm and un changed. Yarns :—Very little improvement has taken place for home consumption, orders for ex port were not numerous, nor to a large extent. Stocks have rather increased, save in some few num bers of line wefts. Prices generally are unchanged ; still the tendency is downwards. Ilandloom linens (brown) :—Save for the superior descriptions of cloth for dyeing and Hollands, medium and fine sets of linen handkerchiefs and cambric handkerchiefs, a total absence of all animation has existed for all other goods in this department. Powerloom linens have also been neglected, except roughs, some manu facturers being oversold at full rates. Dr_ills and damasks have also been in moderate request. Bleached and finished linens were not much iu re quest for home account. A moderate amount of business was transacted on continental account. The business done on American account was com paratively trifling, Stocks cannot be said to have increased ; prices are without change. AWFUL. VISITATION AT THE STRAND THEATRE.— ' Last night Mr. S. F. Lang,ham, the deputy coroner for Westminster, hold an inquest at King's College Hos pital on the body of Mr. William Simpson, aged forty years. Mr. Tom Surridge, licensed victualler, and pro prietor of the Black Horse Tavern, Coventry-street, Hay ma, ket, said that he had known the deceased for several years. He was a man that used to bring information to persons interested in proceedings on the turf. He was last seen alive by witness between eleven and twelve o'clock ou Friday morning last, when ho appeared to bo in good health. Deceased was then quite sober, and he never drank in the morning. William Edinburgh said that he was the fireman at the Strand Theatre. On Friday evening, about ton minutes past eight o'clock, he heard a disturbance in the gallery, and after making his way there he found the deceased in a fit. Witness assisted to get hint out to the steps of the theatre, when he recovered, Lot whc n he reached the street he had an other fit, and the police had him put in a cab and conveyed to the above hospital. Police-constable Redford proved going in the cab to the Losrital with the dtceastd. He was then alive. Witness found Os. and a pocket book upon him. Mr. ShingLam Smith, house physician, said that he saw the deceased about 9on Friday night. He appears like a man fast recovering from an epileptic fit. He was attended to, but died in a very short time after admission. The post-rnoltem examination proved that deceased's kidneys were double the size than usual. The brain was softened. The liver was tolerably healthy. The state of the kidneys would produce the fit. Verdict — Death from disease of tae kidneys. A DISPUTED BET. —A case which has excited some interest in Belfast was laid before the stew ards of the Down 'llia Corporation Races last week. About two months before the Derby a person called upon a well-known bookmaker iu Belfast, and asked the price of Hermit for the Derby, on behalf of a gentleman who had commissioned him to make the inquiry. The price was stated to be 10 to 1, and, on being informed that • the money was good enough, th e b oo k ma k er entered the bet of .£5OO to .£5O, and a receipt for the £5O, marked unpaid" was given. We believe there is no dispute that there was sent a short time before the race to the bookmaker a cheque for £5O by hand, and there is also no dispute as to the fact that the cheque was not offered to the bookmaker previous to the race, although the person by whom it was sent states that he called at the book maker's place of business, and found that he was not at home, and therefore did not leave the cheque. Hermit as every one knows, won the Derby, and on the £5OO being demanded, the bookmaker refused to pay. The question on the above facts is—was the bet what is known in turf circles as a " confirmed" bet? N o doubt, had th e book maker thought it was, and been put in possession of the £5O, ho could, if the horse did not answer his book, have made eight or ten times as much by backi ng the horse ' a week before the race, as ho stood to lose over the bet men tioned. This is a very fair argument in the bookmaker's favour. On the other hand, there is the argument that the bet was booked, though the money was not paid. The case was brought before the stewards of the Down Royal Corporation Meeting, who sat with closed doors, although the defendant, as the bookmaker may b e ca ll ed, requested that the Press should be present, as he said ho did not acknowledge that the stewards of the Maze Meeting had an y power in the matter, and he wished a full and fair re port of the proceedings to bo laid before the Stewards of the Jockey Club, whose decisi on h o would abide by. The s tewards, including Lord Downshire, Captain Gray Mr. Winder, and others, decided o n th e f acts as stated above against the bookmaker, and so the matter at present stands.—Northern Whig. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT. —Ismail Paella, Re cording to the Egypte, as soon as ho arrived in Paris, made a gift to the Empress of the tree and the ground surround ing it under which, as tradition says, the Virgin rested during the flight into Egypt. Every ono in that country knows the Virgin's tree. His Highness has enclosed in small coffer a portion of the earth in which it is planted, a piece of the bark, and the hodget, or title to the property, which wore presented to her Majesty, GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—The joint benefit of Mr. and Mrs. German Reed and Mr. John Parry will terminate the present season at the Gallery of Illustration on the sth of August. rbe " Dream of Venice " will then be represented for the 140th time, and will be fol lowed by Mr. John Parry's "Merrymaking" and other entertainments. The occasion of publicly acknowledging the services of these popular artistes is one:which the lovers of a refined and, at the same time, animated and brilliant class of amusement ought not to miss. THE PARIS E XHIBITION.--The select committee appointed to consider and report on the advisability of purchasing articles at the Paris Exhibition for the benefit of British schools of science and art have just issued the ir report. They a d v i se that such objects bo boug h t. as will be useful to the manufacturing industry of the country. The committee think that the sum spent should not, under any circum s t ances, exceed £25,000, an d t h a t no object should be purchased except such as shall be recommended by r. commission, consisting of gentlemen distinguished for their artistic and scientific attainments. MANSION HousE.—The customary banquet to her Majesty's Ministers at the Mansion House has been fixed to take place on Wednesday, the 7th of August, and the Earl of Derby, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the rest of the members of the Cabinet, have accepted invitations from the Lord Nio.yor and Lady Mayoress on the occasion. ROYAL HOUTICULTURIL SOCIETY.—The annual conversazione of the above society took place last evening at South Keusirgton. The conservatory was thrown open for the reception of members and visitors at nine o'clock, and was fitted up iu precisely the same style as on the occasion of the Sultan's visit on Monday last. Refresh ments were served in the corridors. The company sepa rated shortly after twelve o'clock. TUE CATTLE PLAGUE.—III the week ending July 20th only one fresh case of cattle plague was reported. It occur:el at Long Sutton Crosses, in Lincolnshire. The animal attacked died, and 22 h.althy cattle were slaugh tered to prevent the spread of the disease. THE Loss OF IiER MAJESTY'S SHIP OSPREY.—A naval court of inquiry was to assemble at Shuou's Town on the 19th ult., the day of the mail leaving for England, to investigate the circumstances under which the Osprey was wrecked. BATHING IN REGENT'S PARK.—Sir F. Goldsmid has written to Mr. Beare, the hon. secretary of the Regent's Park Bathing Association, to say that the difficulties which he perceives in the way of proper arrangements for bathing in R?gent's Park, together with the strong objec tions which his neighbours entertain to the project, will provent hina from assoxiting to it."---Parocleiai Critic. The Reliques of Father Prone. New Edition. Complete in One Volume., Bell and Daldy. Call him how you please—Father Prout, Oliver Yorke, Francis Mahony--the brilliant wit and ripe scholar who penned these radiant and racy " Reliques" had carved out for himself before his death an unique and enduring niche in the Walhalla of our national literature. And from that niche none will ever care to, topple his effigy or oust his reputation. He has won it. It is there. It is fairly and securely established. And what is re markable about these writings in their very origin, is this—that they grew up gradually, imperceptibly, in a manner quite unpremeditatedly, under the hand of their writer, as a series of occasional contributions to Fraser's Magazine : contributions for the most part of a very fragmentary, some few among them even of an apparently quite fugitive character. Pleasantries light as air—the merest bub bles, so to speak, born of the effervescence of a sparkling and irrepressible wit—these quite casual trifles (no better seemingly than so many chance straws, flies, and so forth) have somehow or another, after floating loosely down the current of Father Prout'a fancy, become congealed, embedded, em balmed, eternised in the amber of his scholarship. And here, in this same comprehensive and delightful gathering together of them all, we have the fun and frolic, the learned acumen, the incisive irony, the rol licking humour, the poignant sarcasm, the exquisite taste, the eloquence, the erudition, and the scholarly larking (for after all there is really no other phrase for it than scholarly larking) of this grog swigging, joke-cracking, song-singing, bright-eyed, mellow-voiced, open-handed, large-hearted, Parish Priest of Watergrasshill, in the county of Cork, Ireland—the brogue from whose tongue was only the more delectably laughter-moving from its having been flavoured, as it were, by the sufficiently ob vious fact of that same tongue having once upon a time given a lick to the blarney -stone. As to this the latest " new edition" of Father Prout's " Reliques," the volume is, in simple truth, a ne plus ultra. It has been carefully revised throughout, and —what is far more—it has been largely augmented. In the mere embellishment of it, the book is precious, and one that every possessor will (once having it) gladly treasure up on his book-shelves. They are the earliest manifestations (these embellishments) of the genius of one of the greatest painters now living, Daniel Maclise, or—(as he might have been, only that he is understood to have declined both those proffered honours from the Crown and from his profession) —Sir Daniel Maclise, President of the Royal Academy. Scattered through the delicious letter-press of this volume are one•and-twenty of the earliest productions of Maclise's pencil—etchings, many of them, quite perfect in their way as illustra tions of character. First and foremost, there is that wonderful, historical, folding frontispiece, giving us seven-and-twenty life-like portraitures of writers in Fraser two-and-thirty years ago—namely, anno domini 1835. And of which seven-and-twenty celebrities (seven-and-twenty--that is, including among them Fraser himself) not more, alas than six are actually still surviving : those six being— William Jerdan (once upon a time one among our own predecessors as Editor of The Sun newspaper)—Barry Cornwall (otherwise Bryan Waller Procter, ex-Lunacy Commisioner)— Thomas Carlyle (then issuing from the press, piecemeal, " Sartor Resartue")—Harrison Ainsworth (still, to this day, indefatigably wielding his pen as a popular roraancist)—Rev. George Robert Gleig (still, as he has been eversince 1816, the honoured Chaplain-General of the Forces), and last, not least, of the illustrious group, Sir David Brewster, the venerable natural philosopher, to whose ingenuity the world is indebted for (among other beautiful contrivances) both the Kaleidoscop e and the Stereoscope. All the rest of that one -and-twenty who two-and-thirty years igo were feasting with those still surviving 11:x in 1835, at 212, Regent-street., when. Fraser .- and his six-and-twenty most famous contri butors were pencilled by the hind of young Daniel Maclise, have, one after another, dropped 2ut of life, lapsing thereupon into so many mere memories! Among them—Coleridge, Thaekeray, D'Orsay, Lockhart, Hook, Moir, Hogg, Galt, Sauthey, Crofton Croker, and Allan Cunningham 1 Side by side, too, on the left hand of Maginn—the Reverend 'Francis M away and the Reverend E award Irving—the Catholic Priest and the foun der of the Irvingites ! Sir Egerton Beydges, Dun lop, Percival Banked, Churchill, Macnish, and Ser geant Murphy—completing the catalogue of those assembled Opposite the cartoon-frontispiece there is, too, that delightful vignette on the title page representing " The first Planting of the Potato() in Ireland"—Sir Walter Raleigh stand ing by as witness of the incident, with a short pipe of tobacco—a genuine dudheen—between his lips. A. du lheen—or a clay pipe of any kind for that matter--being simply, of course, an anachronism— remembering how tobacco -smoking was first of all enjoyed by Sir Walter and other early English smokers through the aid of a straw an I a walnut shell, or other such exceedingly primitive devices. As for the occasional likenesses scattered through the book, some among them are absolutely wonder ful, from their life-like verisimilitude. Instance this—Sir Walter Scott (p. 51) Kissing the Blarney Stone—L. E. L. (p. 229) seated on a moonlit bank with the young artist, Alaclise himself, reclining at her feet as her lover —or Bdranger, again, (p. 313) seated tranquilly with his feet crossed, in quiet meditation. Turning, however, from the scattered pictures by Maclise to the affluent letterpress by Prout —what charming morceaux we 'light upon as we casually turn the pages ! Foremost among them Mahony's own choicest metrical masterpiece, those melodious " Bells of Shandon," the music of which rings charmingly to us from the distance of the past, and will con tinue so to ring on, charmingly, down the lengthen ing perspective of the future. Then, too, those inimitable " Rogueries of Tom Moore" —as, for example— Lesbia hath a beaming eye, But no one knows for whom it beameth ; Right and loft its arrows fly, But what they aim at no one dreameth, Sco. Translated thus by Prout— Lesbia semper hint of inde Oculorum tela, movit; Captat omnes, sed delude Quis ametur nemo novit, Jce. Or, again : "Go where glory waits thee, &e." Translated thus:— " va cat la gloire t'invite ; Et quand d'orgueil palpite Ce occur, qu'il pense lb moi, &c." Or, yet again : " Wreathe the bowl With flowers of soul, &c." Translated thus : Ireliewl.ctv OVV KvreXXov Tots avecizotol qtvxtir. There is one peculiarity about these really astonish ing feats of scholarship, wit, and poetry combined, that has always seemed to,,us very noticeable in deed in Father Prout's [or as he ought rather to have been known, as in propria persona in Father Mahony's] instance as a Master-Philologist, that he was, as a rule, at his best, far rather when translating from English into another language—Greek, Latin, French, Italian, what you will—than when trans lating into English . fro:n those lang iage.s, ai in the in stance, let us say, of o les or lyric. 4 penned by II oracc, Pindar, B6ranger, Petrarch, &e. Better, for example, far and away better, that bewildering transference from Moore to Petrarch of— "Fly not yet ! the fount that played," & c . Transformed into— " 3or e ro nel mezzo giorno," Better that, we say,than any,:even the choicest among his versions in our vernacular of many priceless gems from the peerless Ronan Lyrist, or from (in his school) the no less peerless French Chansonnier ! Still, what metrical translations there are, too, among Prout's Songs of Italy, Songs of France, and Songs of Horace!--with individual lines here and there quite worthy the bards they affect to come from— " . . . Jewels five words long, That on the stretched fore-fiuger of all rime, Sparkle for ever." Then, too, what outpourings there are here of full and frolic in their very revelry and devilry, one is almost tempted to say ! Where possibly could we hop to find them more signally The Duke of Leuchten'oerg and the Prince de Sayn-Wittgenstein have arrived at the Imperial Hotel, Torquay. Their yacht, the Verky, is in Torbay. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester are en tertaining a select party at Kialbolton Castle, Hants, dur ing the Huntingdon races. The Due de Iluescar and the Duchess Louisa d'Alba and son havo left Claridge's Hotel for Portsmouth. The Duke de Vallonibrosa has left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. The Marquis and Marchioness de la Fuente y do Sotomayor and family, and M. J. J. do Osmor, have lei t Alaurigy's Hotel for Brighton. Lady Howard de Walden has arrived at Cla ridgo's Hotel from Paris. Funeral of Madame Musurus—This Day. The funeral of this lamented lady, whose death, it will be recollected, occurred during the late grand ball given at the India-office to his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, took place this day at Mensal-green Cemetery. As the deceased was a member of the Greek Church the solemn rites of interment were con ducted in accordance with that form of reli gious belief. Shortly before eleven the illustrious personages , invited to take part in the solemn ceremony arrived at the Embassy, and at half-past eleven the funeral cortege quitted Bryanstone-square for Welbeck street. The attendance comprised nearly the whole of the corps diplomatic and some of the members of her Majesty's Government, the funeral procession being lengthened by the attendance of an immense number of private car- Tiages, headed by those of her Majesty and his Royal Iligliness the Prince of Wales. Oa the arrival of the procession at the church, his Excellency took his seat behind a screen on the right of the altar, his family occupying seats near the coffin. The boly of the deceased was placed under a magnificent catafalque, richly hung with black vel vet, ornamented with silver cords, tassels, and fringe. Around the body were placed a number of wax candles in massive silver stands, the chapel was entirely hung with black drapery looped up with silver cord, and on each side silver entablatures, the coronet, and the monogram of the deceased were placed. The altar was richly decorated ac cording to the custom of the Greek Church. A solemn requiem was then performed, at the conclusion of which the body was removed to a splendidly ornamented hearse, and the cortege then proceeded to the cemetery at Kensal-green, where the remaining portions of the funeral service was performed. There was a large attendance of the public as sembled at the cemetery, and along the entire lino of route. A Correction Corrected. EPAMINONDAS, THEMISTOCLES, AND PERICLES. The following bas been addressed to the editor of the Times : It was a 'sad slip of Lord Cairns last night to make out that Epaminondas ruled Athens. He lived a little after my time, and was better known at Thebes than in Athenian circles. But are you quite right in your correction, when you suggest that his lordship meant Themistocles ? I am not old enough to remember Themistocles at Athens, though I well recollect hearing of his death in exile in Persia when I was a girl in my teens. The story about " ruling Athens," &c., belongs neither to Epaminondas, nor to Themistocles (who, though the head of the most powerful party, and Premier in his day, can scarcely be said to have ruled" Athens any more than Mr. Gladstone or Lord Derby rule England), but to the great Pericles, whose unworthy relict I am ; and I feel sure that you will allow his widow to put in a word on behalf of his memory, as the only man who can be said to have " ruled" Athens in the strictest and fullest seuso of the term. I cannot vouch for the exact words used by my dear departed husband, but, as nearly as I can remember at this distance of time, they were said to have been as follows :—" Europe zules the world, Greece rules Europe, Athens rules Greece, I rule Athens, Mrs. Pericles rules me, and little Master Pericles rules his mother ; therefore little Master Pericles rules the world." Such, at all events, was the version of the story as told by the late Dr. Whateley to his pupils at Oxford, when giving them an example of a fallacy in a Sorites. Apologising for the length of this communication, on the ground of a mother's and a widow's feelings and a woman's volubility,—l am, Sir, your obe dient servant, THE GHOST OF ASFASIA. Athens-villa, Puyx-place, July 24. P.S.—I am not going to deny that I did rule Perinlol occasionally, or that my little boy always ruled me. TEMPORARY LAWS.—A register is annually laid before Parliament at this season showing what laws ere temporary and may have to be renewed. The register this session comprises CO Acts of Parliament. Some of thee° would ex,.ire before next session unless now renewee• The Act passed last year relating to the authentication of copies of depositions produced under the Extraditio n Treaties Act expires on the Ist of September; on the saute day expires the Act of 1863 regulating the use of locomo tives on public roads; ou the 31st of December the Act ° f 1811 for the completion of a survey of Great Britain ex pires ; and of com so the annual Indemnity Act for persons who have omitted to qualify themselves for certain oflices , the annual Act for exempting stock-in-trade from poor rates, and the annual Act for suspending the ballot for tb° militia have to bo renewed. The act suspending the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland will expire on the Ist of March. Several acts would expire at :the end of pel t session unless renewed :—The Poor-law Beard Act, the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act, the Preservation of the Peace (Ireland) Act. An Act of 1840 for preventing frau ds by weavers, sewers, and other persons employed in the linen and o her manufactures in Ireland, and for the hotter payment of their wages, expires in August, 1869. NATIONAL REFORM UNION.—We are informed that the Executive of the National Reform Union have de" termined to hold a large conference in Manchester intlue diately after the ReforM Bill has passed the lions° °t Lords, and also a grand banquet during the autumn! which the leading Liberals of both Houses of Parliament will be invited to attend. STA a OF TRADE. LITIRATURII. manifested than in the instance, we mil co:1ton ourselves with saying, of Father Prout's con genial translation into English verse of the wildly preposterous " Vert Vert" of Gresset ? The book is altogether a very treasury or repertory of wit, and humour, and poetry—Father Trout's flow of words throughout the whole of these Relives of his being thoroughly racy, idiomatic, and exhilirating—or, to apply to him and his writings just one other phrase (to finish with) perfectly delightful from first to last, as the wildest waggeries ever indulged in by the archest wag, surely, who ever disported himself in the raiment of erudition. F 3 ((lin r t tianbt HER MAJESTY, &c. OSBORNE, July 2-1. The Queen, accompanied by the Empress of the French, Princess Louis of Hesse, and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriag and four. Major-General Seymour was in attend ance on horseback. The Empress of the French embarked this morn ing in the Heine llortense on her return to France, attended by the Duchess de Bassano and the Count de Brissac. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Princess Beatrice, accompanied the Empress to Osborne Pier to take leave of her Ma jesty. Mr. Jabez Hughes, of Ryde, had the honour of photographing the Queen and the Empress of the French yesterday at Osborne. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, at tended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Mary Ade laide of Teck and his Serene Highness Prince of Teck honoured Lord and Lady Foley with their presence at din ner last evening at their residence in Grosvenor-square. His Imperial Highness Prince Mustapha Pasha and his Imperial Highness Prince Halim Pasha, attended by a numerous suite, have left Claridge's Hotel for Brus sels.