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IlAnAmr, TussAun's EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 30 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, ls.; extra HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 17:', ;! ,..„1,„ ? UAL g EVENING EDITION. effect of the grand apparatus with which we have been satisfied so long. There are four million children who need instruction, and about half a million yearly pass a very easy test of proficiency. Even of this number only very few attain more than twelve years of age. Such a result as , this is miserable. The children spend very little time at school ; they leave it at an early age ; they learn little whilst they are there. Multitudes never get any instruction whatever. The whole report this year is, indeed, nothing more nor less than a tale of woe. Earl de GREY and Mr. FORSTER tell their story of shortcoming and break-down, and they then leave the public to the assurance that the great change has not come a moment too soon, and to the hope that a far better state of things will speedily arise. THE first serious encounter of the war has been gained by the French. It is true that the news of the battle of Saarbriick comes to us through France, and might, perhaps, have been received with some reserve until we heard what the Germans had to say. But a Central Press Telegram informs us that the battle was followed by the capture of Saarbriick; and here at least is proof that the Prussians have lost ground. For several days past the little skirmishing that has taken place has all centred round this small town, and it became evident that more serious work soon would be done in that direction. The battle just over throws some light upon the plan of the campaign. Saarbriick is the first town that pre sents itself to the French on entering the Rhine territory of Prussia, and it is clear from this attack upon the place that the invasion will be up the valley of the Moselle, direct into Prussia, not through Baden or Bavaria as was anticipated by . some writers. A glance at the map will shew that Saarbriick is the nearest post on the little Prussian frontier that immediately adjoins France, and the one that must first be aimud at by an enemy proposing a campaign up the Moselle valley. That the French will attempt this form of direct attack seems pretty evident. TOPICS OF THE DAY. inquirers by the positive assertion that the Snider was the best breech-loader in the hands of any troops in the world, and that with the exception of some few regiments in India all the regulars and Marines were now armed with it. Within the last two years sixty four regiments of Militia had been supplied with it, and the Government were just about commencing to arm the volunteers in the same way. One or two points, however, were still left open to criticism by the War Secretary. - Why, if the Snider arm is so far superior to all others, should 7,000 Westley- Richards rifles have been distributed to certain regi ments of Militia during the last two years ? Why is the supply to the volunteers to be conducted on so very gradual and tardy a principle, and why must the process of supplying the Militia be entirely com pleted before the supply of the volunteers 'is begun, when there are 300,000 Snider rifles in store ? UNNECI:SSARY CAUTION. It is very advisable at critical seasons like the present for statesmen, journalists, and politicians, of all degrees, to exercise a prudent degree of reticence and avoid unnecessarily wounding the susceptibilities of foreign nations. At the same time the amount of caution recommended by Sir Henry Hoare and Mr. Guest, is fairly absurd as well as pusillanimous. The former regrets that the Government should ask for an increase of the army, as it looks like a menace to our constant and faithful ally, the Emperor of the French, whom in his opinion, the working men of Chelsea estimate very highly. Englishmen, whether residents of Chelsea or elsewhere, are generally of opinion that the con stancy and fidelity of allies are enhanced by the knowledge of England's power of self-defence, and they are even less likely to listen to Mr. Montague Guest's reproaches than to Sir Henry Hoare's. Mr. Guest is highly indignant with those journals which presumed to criticise the Secret Treaty, and so run the risk of involving this country in war. The events of the day might teach him that a pretext for war is never wanting when a strong military power wishes to attack its neighbour, and that the excessive circumspection which he and Sir 11, Hoare would have us observe would, probably, end in a general attack upon the country that p'ayed the part of the Old Man with the ass. delicate health, but she remained in Pisa, living with a relation of the Vicar-General. Some years later she married an Italian gentleman, named De Virte, and all communication with her - family ceased. In the interim her father had induced her to sign a deed resigning certain rights to which she was entitled undtr the will of Lord Ashburton. Of the nature of these rights she was not fully aware. A bill has now been filed to set aside this deed, and a compromise has been arranged, which has received the sanction of the Vice-Chancellor. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. Interesting facts respecting the Public Health are always to be gleaned from that comprehensive table of returns issued quarterly by the Registrar. General. In the report just issued for April, • May, and June, for instance, we find that the death-rate in England, Scotland and Wales, fell to the average rate of the season and was not at any period so high as in the spring of the year previously. The principal epidemic was scarlet fever. The prevalence of this disease is supposed to have been caused by the almost rainless nature of the season. The number of births exceeded the usual mag nitude. The Registrar-General says:—Marriages which 'are highest up to the Christmas quarter, and which always ebb to the lowest point in the first three months after it, formed no exception to the rule this year. In the 91 days of the quarter, the number of emigrants who left our shores was 41,373, or 455 each day. The annual rate of emigration being—Eng land 8, Scotland 12, Ireland 27 in every 1,000 of their estimated population. 4,690 emigrants sailed to the Australian colonies, 15,676 to British North America, 67,458 to the United States, and only 856 to other places. The authority of Mr. Glaisher is quoted in the returns in connection with the weather. We are reminded that April came in cold, that the temperature then rose, and was high until near the end of the month. Anon cold came, and rain fell in small quantities in different parts of the country, until May had fairly set in ; then the weather became warm and dry, and full of sunshine until vary nearly the end of June, when the cold, changeable fit returned, and brought a little rain. THE TWO GREAT BILLS OF THE SESSION. The parliamentary session of 1870, which began with the Irish Land Bill, has terminated with the European war, and the greater interest has very effectually dimmed the less. Had men's minds been less engrossed, however, with Continental affairs, it is still probable that the two great bills of the session would have been finally carried through. Both the Irish Land and the Education questions had grown too grave and too pressing to be longer trifled with, and all except the obstinate holders of extreme opinions perceived the necessity of making some concession. Favourite theories and points of detail had to be sacrificed before the desired ends could be reached, but the soundness of the funda mental principles compensated sincere reformers for many minor disappointments. Mr. Gladstone is able to describe the victorious Land Bill as an endeavour "to establish a harmony between Great Britain and the sister island such as heretofore has not been effectually attained," and the hope which he expresses that the measure may promote "a nearer approach to the union of heart and sentiment in Ireland will be cordially echoed by enlightened men of all parties." THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL. With the view of preventing the recurrence of the disputes that arose during the civil war in Amu -lea, culminating in the affair of the Alabama, the Go vernment have introduced a bill, the chief provisions of which are as follows : If any person, without the license of her Majesty, being a British subject, within or without British dominions or not being a British subject within British dominions, accepts any commission or engagement in the service of a foreign State, at war with a State at peace with this country, he ball be liable to be fined.-andimpri soned. The same liability is extended to any person inducing others to contravene the Act. In like manner the Act renders it illegal for any person to go on board ship with intent to accept service in the military or naval service of any foreign State at war with a friendly State, but of course this does not apply to the subject of the State at war. The em barkation of persons under false representations as to service is decreed to be illegal, and the Act then proceeds to define the cases in which shipbuilding is contrary to law. If any person within her Majesty's Dominions builds, agrees to build, causes to be built, issues any commissions, equips, despatches, or causes to be des patched, a ship, with intent or knowledge, or having reasonable cause to believe, that it will be employed in the military or naval service of any foreign State at war with any friendly State, the offender will be liable to punishment. There are also clauses relat ing to presumptions as to evidence of illegality and penalties in aiding the warlike equipment of foreign ships. Power is given to detain a ship, if the Secre tary of State or the chief Executive authority is satis fied that there is a reasonable and probable cause for believing that a ship, within her Majesty's dominions, is being built or . equipped contrary to the provisions of the Act; and the Treasury will allow an indemnity, if the Court of Admiralty shall find that there was not reasonable and probable cause for the detention. OUR IRONCLAD NAVY. Neutral as England stands at the present moment, preparations for an emergency in case of a change in attitude are being vigorously carried out. Recruit ing is being pursued briskly, the dockyards are beginning to be spoken of; while the ironclads are being put in a sea-going state. Captain Shorard Osborn, seizing the opportunity, writes to the Times advocating some recognition of the soundness of the turret principle. This principle, the gallant captain contends, has been thoroughly successful, but the pre judices of those in authority have hitherto prevented its development in the English navy. The trials have been severe, but despite the almost criminal op position of those who should have known better, " the turret principle is acknowledged to be the true one for handling great rifled guns in a seaway; it affOrds a steadiness of gun platform as remarkable as it is advantageous, and any tyro can seo the superiority for defence the hull must offer if covered everywhere with armour instead of being cut into patches by port-holes, as in the broadside ironclads." Captain Osborn says the Controller of the Navy dreads lest it should be proved that a good deal of public money has been wasted in the attempts made to produce something as good as Captain Coles's ship without frankly adopting the turret principle. If Prussia had six such ships as the rayed Royal Sovereign instead of her present ironclads, Captain Osborn thinks it would be an evil hour for the finest ships of the French fleet, if they were caught Off the Elbe or i❑ the Baltic. BREECHLOADERS. The efficiency of the arms supplied to our , troops is admitted on all handS to be a matter of the first im pc and it is not surprising that it has been made a matter of special inquiry in Parliament. Mr. Aytoun asked whether all our forces wore armed with breechloading rifles, and whether the 300,000 in store were in excess of those given to the troops, and also whether steps had been taken to arm the volunteers with the improved weapon. Colonel Gilpin had understood that some of the regular regiments were only armed with muzzle-loaders, and another member suggested that the volunteers should be armed with Enfields converted into Spiders. Mr. Cardwell replied to all AMEEICANS AND THE WAR. Not many days ago i% was stated that the American residents in Paris had asked permission to form a legion which should be filled exclusively by American subjects, who were said to syinpathise strongly with the French section in the present , dis pute. However this may be, there can be no doubt that the feeling in America is running in the opposite direction, and that Prussia is much more popular than France. It is stated by an . American correspondent that when the Prussian envoy at Washington received the ;telegram announcing that Prussia had accepted the challenge of France, he handed it to the Speaker of Congress, who read it to the House, and the members received it with applause. In the evening the North-German Consul at Philadelphia was serenaded by a large crowd, and there was a considerable display of sympathy evoked among the populace on the mention of the King of Prussia and Bismarck. It must be remem bered, however, that there is a large German popu lation throughout the length and breadth of the States, while the number of Frenchmen is small. On almost every occasion that France has been at war since the declaration of American Independenc e she has had the moral support of America, and the name of Lafayette is still honoured in the United States as one of the bravest fighters in the cause of liberty. According to all accounts there is a feeling , of satisfaction at the breakin , 4 out of war, arising, no doubt, from the belief that it will stimulate the foreign commerce of the country, and the effects are seen in the higher prices for breadstuff's and the increase of premium on gold. The mercantile navy too, which has been in a languishing state since the civil war, may be expected to participate in the improvement. THE FRANKFORT SWISS. After all the excitement which was created by the affair of the Frankfort Swiss youths, it seems that they are likely to return to their old allegiance. They were naturalised in Switzerland to avoid the necessity of serving in the Prussian army, and for this offence were banished the country by the Berlin Government. The present crisis seems to have revived their patriotic ardour, and many of them have written to their parents expressing their wish to join the German army as volunteers in the war with France. According to the last accounts that have been received their families do not withhold their consent, and several of the young men have returned to Germany in order to assist in the war. It would appear from this that they did not shrink from military service in the first instance, but that they resented the idea of being subjected to an arbitrary rule, and compelled to leave their homes for no definite purpose merely to carry out the schemes of the authorities. CARLIST. B RAILWAY ACCIDENT. The inquest on the Carlisle railway accident has been brought to a close. On the 10th of July the mail train was run into by a goods train from a cross line and five persons were killed by the collision. I n summing up the coroner remarked upon the loose system which prevailed in these railways. The case before them proved that it was important for rules to be supplied by the • heads of departments, and that competent persons should be appointed to carry them out; it was also requisite that a proper supervision should be maintained. The accident in question occurred during the night,when no responsible person appeared to have been present to supervise the men. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the collision of the trains was occasioned by the incom petency of the driver of the North-Eastern goods train, whom they found guilty of manslaughter. They were also of opinion that the engine driver was seriously to blame for refusing to join the goods train at the London station, because the accident might not have occurred if he had been in his proper place on the engine. The jury concurred in the remarks of the coroner as to the want of supervision by the heads of departments. They trusted that this inquiry would stir up the North-Eastern Com pany to a sense of their responsibility, so that' the lives of the public might not in future be placed at the mercy of reckless and incompetent men. A SINGULAR STORY. Cases which contain the outline of an orthodox romance not unfrequently occur in our law courts, and a story which would supply the plot of an ordi nary three-volume novel has just been told before Vice-Chancellor Malins. The plaintiff; Madame de Virte, is the daughter and eldest child of the late Roderick Macleod, the proprietor of large estates in the North of Scotland, M.P. for Cromarty, and Lord Lieutenant of the county. Miss Macleod was edu cated as a Protestant in her iitther's house, but became a convert to the Roman Catholic religion in 1840 while staying in Italy for the benefit of her health. She was received into the Romish Church by the Archbishop of Pisa, but her parents did- not know of her change of creed until Easter 1841, when they discovered it and locked her in her room for some days to induce her to retract. Miss Macleod overheard a conversation between them in which they planned severe measures against her to compel her to a recantation. She thereupon con sulted the Vicar-General of Pisa, though we are not told how she obtained access to him, and left her father's house with the vicar's sanction, but unknown to her parents, going t U a convent at Pisa. Her parents tried vainly to induce her to return, but she entered her noviciate with the view of taking the veil. This idea she was compelled to abandon, owing to her THE PAPAL GOVERNMENT. In consequence of . the decision of the French Government to withdraw its troops, the Pontifical Government has provided for its defence so far as lies in its power. The army has been placed on the best footing, and the fortifications of Rome put into thorough repair. In order to carry out the intentions of the Holy See, the War Minister has appropriated a sum of 25,000 f. to the reconstruction of the barricades which are beyond the gates of the city, and he has resolved to concentrate in the capital those bodies of men who are n w in the provinces. These precautions have their origin, it is presumed, in the anxiety that is created by the movements of the Mazzinian party. They have lately received reinforcements from people who have come from Lugano, and money has been sent to them from another part of the country. EDUCATION IN INDIA. It is said that at present education is one of the questions of the hour, just as much in India as in England: In Bengal the controversy is how to esta blish and maintain primary schools, in which the people shall learn to read and write in their mother tongue. On the other hand, the discussion in the North-West provinces and the Punjab, where primary education has been cared for since 1846 to a greater extent than in Bengal, is instituted with a view to develope the higher education exclusively through English or through English and the Oriental classical and vernacular languages combined, so that it may at once fit in to the University system and catch the many who never will be affected by that system. In truth it is sought to give Bengal the lower education which the North-West has enjoyed for a quarter of a century; and it is desired to create the same love for the higher education which has marked the Bengalee, but in such a way that the Ilindostanee and Hindi speaking populations shall not be denationalised as the Bengalee Baboo has been. The Times correspon dent, in writing upon the subject, says that the middle classes of Bengal have been whitewashed, as it were, with English, at a serious cost to the State, and the theory has been that this higher education would filtrate down and affect the lower millions. The efforts, however, of reformers, especially in Bengal, have as yet been met by the native Baboos only in a lukewarm manner. This is proved by the fact that at a recent meeting, for which placards, propagating the story that Government was about to withdraw all aid from English Education, had been issued a month beforehand, the town hall at Bengal was only half filled, and the audience was represented by a pack of school boys. The extravagant declama tion of some of the more earnest appellants for a new system of education, and the fallacy of reports issued by them alleging a want of sympathy from the Government, have no doubt greatly tended to de teriorate popularity in favour of the movement sought to be established. ~,, _:-,i9 , --.'.4111,,,k71- A A. -.:.% - i-• '-'4O - ' • 1.4 ,4 ismiii _ rs›, Tin. , ---- •, tradon, HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, AUG. 3. The Queen and Princess Louise, attended by Vis countess Clifden, drove out yesterday afternoon. Prince Arthur accompanied her Majesty upon horse back. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge was in attendance on horseback as Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning, ac companied by Princess Louise. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor, Prince George, and Princess Louise, attended by the Honourable Mrs. Hardinge, General Sir William Knollys, Lieutenant-Colonel Ellis, and Mr. Knollys, returned to Marlborough House on Tuesday night from Denmark. _ The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge. Princess Beatrice also went out. The Hon. Harriett Phipps has succeeded the Hon. Florence Seymour as Maid of Honour in Waiting, and Colonel the Hon. Arthur Hardinge, C. 8., has suc ceeded Colonel Ponsonby as Equerry in Waiting. The Marquis of Normanby (the Captain), and the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms gave a dinner at their Mess, St. James's Palace, on Tuesday evening, at which General Anderson, C. 8., Mr. Henry French, Mr. Albert Gillett, Mr. C. T. Smith, and other guests, were entertained. THE CARRIAGE ACCIDENT AT RICHMOND.— Last evening Mr. Carter held an inquiry at the Richmond Infirmary touching the death ot Mr. George William Hodder, who died on Sunday last from injuries received in a carriage accident which occurred in Richmond Park on the 28th of May. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death. ' A FATAL DREAM ON THE WAR.—On Tuesday night an inquest was held in Twyford-street, Caledonian road, on the body of James Fayrer, aged 26 years. Latterly deceased had suffered from illness. On Thursday morning he was in a very excited state, and said he had been dreaming of the war, and that the Prussians were ill using him. In the evening he cut his throat, and died two hours afterwards. A verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was recorded. ENGLISHMEN AT THE WAIL—A Correspondent of the Cologne Gazette writes from Saarbruck :—" English correspondents and dilettanti are to be counted here by the dozen. Notwithstanding the anxiety of the British Government to restrain its officers from taking any part in the war it cannot prevent them from displaying interest in the German cause. The English amateurs sometimes seek, with a true enthusiasm, to press, without having been authorised, to the outposts, and the commander has occasionally to converse with them, in order to make clear to them the inadmissibility of their curiosity." LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1870. As to what really constitutes contraband of war— that is the difficulty. According to one great authority on international law it applies, this phrase of contraband of war, exclusively to articles useful only for the purposes of battle, as for example, arms and ammunition. According to another eminent jurisconsult the term is equally applicable to what may be of vital importance to the belligerent sup plied, as for instance fodder to cavalry, or food to a beleagured garrison. Relax the line of demarcation at all, and there is nothing that might not be eventually included. While, whatever dis tinctions, like these, of a minute character are traced by the bold and ingenious hands of men like VATTEL and GROTIUS, it is impossible not to recognise this fact in regard to what is contraband of war, that here, as in regard to every other portion of the International Code, the law must be perpetually liable to vary according to the variation of circum stances. In the particular instance which is just now attracting so much attention to itself, namely that of coal, the argument which would interdict the supply of coal to either of the belligerents in the Franco-Prussian war by a neutral power like that of England, is of comparatively recent date—deriving its whole force, as it does, from the development of science. Without coal a steam war ship is as useless for the purposes of war as a piece of ordnance would be without gunpowder. For that matter, however, it might with equal reason be insisted upon that hay and bread being essential for the men and horses in an army, must needs also, under any and every circumstance, be regarded and dealt with as contraband of war if supplied by a neutral to one or other of the belli gerent forces. Carrying out that reasoning rigidly and inexorably, the dictates of humanity must no longer be obeyed by on-lookers during the period of hostilities. Lint for the wounded, brandy for the fainting, might, by a parity of reasoning, be tabooed equally as contraband of war. According to which, if only the soldier on the field of Zutphen to whom Sir PHILIP SIDNEY handed his bottle of water before himself drinking from it, had been one of the enemy, instead of a lacerated Englishman, as mere contraband of war that bottle of water would have been liable to confiscation. Whether or not the prin ciples of free trade might be applied advantageously here as elsewhere, may be matter for after consider ation. But, meanwhile, there cannot by possibility be two opinions upon the subject as the law now stands, that coal comes, must by necessity come, distinctly within the definition of contraband of war, as supplied by neutral traders during a time of war, to the armed steamships of any one or other of the belligerents. It has been aptly quoted from Pro fessor BLUNSCHLI, of Heidelburg, by a correspondent of one our contemporaries, this remarkable passage— " Neutrality is not participation in war. When a neutral state aids one of the belligerents, it takes part in the war in favour of such belligerent, and therefore ceases to be neutral. The other belligerent is justified in treating this participation as an act of hostility." Apply this dictum of BLUNSCHLI to the question of coal, and then say—lf coal be not contra band of war, what is ? THE last report of the Committee of Council on Education greatly resembles its predecessors. Like them it records a gradual improvement in the gene ral state of education throughout the country; like them it testifies that in spite of all the progress that has been achieved, and all that may be expected, the means of national instruction must, under present conditions, remain utterly inadequate to the end. During the year 1869, the number of scholars in attendance at elementary schools increased, the number of schools was considerably augmented, and the sum devoted to purposes of instruction became greater. But the children who actually were at school still bore a start lingly small ratio to those who ought to have been there, the funds yet remained insufficient, and the quality of the instruction, as before, was decidedly poor. The system in all respects betrays its origin. Supported by voluntary subscriptions, aided by Government subventions, which are not given unless charitable assistance be forthcoming, the organisation is neces sarily limited in extent, extremely difficult to maintain, and unequal in its application, for the best supply of instruction is by no means to be found where there is the greatest need for it. Some of the figures are well worthy of note. The school accommodation in Eng land and Wales is equal to educating 1,824,306 children; but the total number on the books are only 1,569,139, of whom only 149,119 are upwards of twelve years of age the time of life when when instruction is most useful. Moreover this million and a half of children include everybody who is "on the books," no matter how few times they may have attended. In fact only a million children are in daily average attendance throughout the year. Worse still, Dr. Faun cahu lates that of the class for whom the national system is designed nearly four millions of children are of school age, and ought properly to be there. It follows, then, that the school accommodation in England and Wales is equal to only one half of what should be the demand upon it, and that the average attendance amounts to only one quarter of the children who are of school age. This is bad, but even worse remains. It is not sufficient that young England should come to school; we must have a guarantee that some benefit is reaped whilst there, and in order to test the efficiency of the teaching, an examination test is prescribed. The results are melancholy. Of the poor million, who represent the average daily attendance, only 696,000 were presented for examination last year, - and but 470,000 passed without failure in reading, writing, and arithmetic, Here is the net LITERATURE The History of Scotland, from Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, by John Hill Burton, Vols. IV., V., VI., VII. Blackwood and Sons. The present moment when the minds of men and the columns of newspapers are occupied with war and the rumours of war, and the actual state of Europe is exciting all our sympathy and attention is hardly a fitting time to accord to the pages of a byegone history, how ever valuable in itself, or however excellent in its treatment, an attention in any way ade quate to its deserts. We must content ourselves therefore, with bestowing on Mr. Hill Burton a brief but emphatic commendation for the very careful research and manifest impartiality with which he has carried out his task and brought his work to a successful termination: The first of these four.volumes recently published, and which complete the work, commences with the imprison ment of the hapless Mary Stuart, and the last volume begins with the history of her grandson, the heir of her mis fortunes and her fate, Charles I. The wars of Montrose, the struggles of the Covenanters, the Commonwealth and the Restoration complete the volume, which breaks off "as Scotland watched the great events in England, following on the landing of the Prince of Orange." The reader of this history will find no efforts after effect on the part of the writer, no outbursts of elo quence either in description or in panegyric; the object of the author is evidently to weigh well the evidence which he has cillected with no lack of painstaking labour, and to convey to the reader a faithful record of actual events. The most eloquent historian of modern times has been condemned as a partizan pleading at the bar, - rather than a judge pronouncing frtim the bench. It is otherwise with the author of this history of Scotland. He is the careful judge summing up the evidence, and the jury of readers (while they perhaps may regret the ab sence of eloquent enlogium or rhetorical display), cannot but pronounce a verdict in approval of his manifest im partiality and care. A Cruise in Greek Waters. ByE. Trench Townshend, 8.A., Captain 2d Life Guards. Hurst and Blackett. The favourable reception accorded to Captain Towns hend's former work, " Ten Thousand Miles of Travel, Sport, and Adventure," has naturally induced the adven turous author to publish a record of his more recent experiences. In a very pleasant and lively manner the narrative is penned, and the places visited and the scenes depicted are all of most interesting character. Captain Townshend was already sufficiently familiar with the countries he describes, this being his third visit to Spain, and his second to Algeria, Greece, Turky and Egypt. At Lisbon we take part in a Portuguese bull-fight, which is very vividly described. It is less cruel than the Spanish as far as the human combatant is concerned, but equally pitiless to the unfortunate Tauro. The bull-fight, it would seem, is the favourite amusement for the Sunday afernoon at Lisbon. The young King and Queen and some of. their ' children watched the "sport" from the royal box—yet with the recol lections of the gentle pastimes of Hurlingham fresh in our memory, how can we sit in judgment on the barbarity of Spaniard or Portuguese ? Captain Townshend's very in teresting adventures conclude with an account of a hunt ing expedition in Tunis. THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. The report of the directors of the Metropolitan Rail way Company was issued last night. The gross traffic for the half-year realised £206,809. The revenue account shews a balance of £147,749 ; dividend will be at the rate of 3 per cent. The revenue account is not credited on account of surplus lands according to order in Chancery. An appeal against personal responsibility in respectof past dividends is pending. The proposed company for the purchase of surplus lands has entirely fallen through. Arrangemsnts have been made to admit of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company running through to Moorgate-street. The Metropolitan District Railway will not renew the working arrangements after July 21. £160,000 Debentures have been renewed at 4i per cent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON MEETING—WEDNESDAY. The Rous Stakes. Bevington Course. About five fur- Mr H. Dawson's Little Princess, by Thormanby— Alexandra, 2 yrs, 6st 101 b (£5O) (F. Webb) 1 Mr Hodgman's Visage, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (250) (Wilson) 2 Mr C. Jonse' Outpost, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (£5O) . (Parry) 3 Olympia, Master Dick, Malaria, Star Thi s tl e , Hellene, and Zacchaeus also started. The Ovingdean Plate. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr Savile's Reindeer, by Mountain Deer—Sultana, aged, 7st 101 b (Maidmeo 1 Mr C. Head's Bonnie Katie, 4 yrs, 7st llb ... (Hunt) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Asterope, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Butler) 3 Cheddington, Lady Green Sleeves, Lizzie Cowl, Juanita, Religeuse, and Vandenhoff also ran. Won in a canter by five lengths. The Brighton Nursery Stakes. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr Hodgman's Eugenie colt, 75t... ... (Wilson) 1 Mr T. C. Walker's Rapidity, 7st llb (Jeffery) 2 Mr Ray's Phosphorus, 7st 51b (Killick) 3 Phosphorous, Bordeaux, Mabile, Marplot, The Nigger, Labyrinth, Northwood, and Maid of Perth also ran. Won in a canter by three lengths. The Welter Plate Handicap. One mile and a quarter. Mr Payne's Hobart by Young Melbourne—Miss Sarah, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Mr Bovill) 1 Mr Savile's Neuchatel ... . (Mr Crawshaw) 2 Mr C. Wodehouse's Juliet (Mr Hobson) 3 Historian, Deansfield, Crown Piece, and Cauldron also ran. Won in a canter. The Brighton Cup. Two miles. Sir C. Legard's Border Knight, by Adventurer -4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Custance) 1 Mr York's Kennington, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b. (Hunt) 2 Mr It Porter's Little Hutton, 3 yrs, 7st 31b ...(Rowell) 3 Alice also ran. Betting-65 to 40 on Kennington, 7to 4 agst Border Knight, and 100 to 1 agst the other two. Little Hutton made play, followed by Alice, with Kennington and Border Knight in the rear. At the end of three-quarters of a mile the lead was taken by Alice, and Border Knight took the second place a mile from the finish. Descending the hill Sir Charles Legard's horse took up the running, but was at once headed by Ken nington, whom the old one joined issue with at the foot of the hill. A splendid race home ensued, each in turn having the advantage. Border Knight, however, got the best of it at the half distance, and won a most exciting race by a head. Little Hutton was a bad third, and Alice last. The Bevingdean Stakes Bevingdean Course. Five furlongs. . . Mr Chaplin's The Pearl, by Rewminster—Caller Ou, 9st 31b (including 101 b extra) (Custance) 1 Lord Vivian's Bide-a-Wee, Bst 101 b (Cannon) 2 Mr Savile's Camenbert, Bst 101 b Australia also ran. Won by a head. The Pavilion Plate. New Ovingdean Course. Prince Soltykoff's Tibthorpe, by Voltigeur—Little Agnes, 6 yrs, 9st 21b . m Mr Baldwin's Red Hind, 2 yrs, 6st 131 b (F. Webb) 2 Mr Dillon's Victoria, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (J. Payne) 3 Prudentia and Tom Ansley also ran. Won in a canter by twenty lengths. The movements among her Majesty's ships include the fitting ont of the Audacious armour-plated ship, the Invincible, Iron Duke, Vanguard, and Lord Clyde. The Tamar troopship is to go to Devonport to be docked. Mr. J. Pickering was fined 208. and costs by the Leeds stipendiary magistrate on Tuesday, for not having had his daughter, Mabel Agnes Pickering, born on the 11th of December last, vaccinated. Mr. King Harman, who was recently defeated for county Longford by Mr.. Greville Nugent, has issued an address to the electors of Dublin. He declares himself in favour of home government and denominational edu cation. The French papers report an attempted assassina tion at Munich. General de Tausch was stabbed with a poniard as he was returning home at night, after having excited notice during the day by his deference to the Prince Royal of Prussia, who was passing through on his way to Carlsruhe. A. TRAIN ON FIRE•—The down mail train from Dublin took fire near Drogheda yesterday, and a quantity of fireworks in the luggage compartment of a composite carriage exploded. Mr. Elliott, a traveller for Messrs. Amott, Dublin, was injured. The doors were burst open by the shock, and the flames were extinguished by water from the tender of the engine. The shock was felt by the passengers in the adjoining compartment, but beyond the injury of Mr. Amott no damage was sus tained. EXTENSIVE FORGERY.—Painful excitement was caused on the Liverpool Exchange yesterday afternoon by a report that a commission merchant, well known in Liverpool, who has been residing at one of the American cotton ports, had obtained upwards of £20,000 by bills of lading, which, on the arrival of the ship and cargo at Liverpool, turned out to be forgeries. The gentleman is said to have been himself in Liverpool a short time since, but left almost immediately for America. Further dis closures will probably be made to-day. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—Medicine for Summer.—Diseases latent in the system throughout the spring will manifest themselves on the approach of warmer weather unless the blood be freed from impurities, and the body generally from noxious matters. Holloway's Pills have long since established the highest reputation for the full and efficient manner in which they accomplish this purifying. purpose. 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