The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-19 00:00:00

BII?MIIVGHAM CHAMBER of CC'IIIIIIERCE. The half-yearly meeting of this body was held on Thursday evening—Mr. J. S. Wright, the Pre sident, in the chair. The report was merely a resume of the Parliamentary and other business in which the Chamber has taken a part during the last six months. In moving its adoption, the CHAIRMAN referred to the Bankruptcy Bill brought in by the late Attorney-General, which, he said, was the best that had emanated from any Government ; it pro posed to restore the power to creditors—to place a bankrupt's affairs very much in their own bands, and it gave them power to have the estate wound up in the cheapest and most economical manner outside of the Court. It enabled them to put up the winding-up of the estate to com petition, and to select the best party to wind up the estate. There was, also, he be lieved, a provision made for the payment of a suffi cient dividend before the bankrupt could get his discharge. These features in the bill were very thankfully received by commercial people generally. There were some things about it that they would have liked to sec improved. It made the passage through court by insolvents too easy. It allowed too great freedom to a n y one to go into court. It seemed to contain a little of the feeling which an official assignee had expressed when somebody was deprecating bankrupts. He rather opposed that de precation, and said, "Why, they are our best friends." The bill appeared to be drawn up a little too much in favour of insolvents. Then there was the fear that it gave too much power to officials. There were too many references to the courts. The failing of the bill appeared to be that there were no proper provi sions for the punishment of reckless and fraudu lent debtors. Till they could get some more stringent clause —something that would really punish a man who bad recklessly squandered and wasted the property of his creditors—they would never have a satisfactory bankruptcy law. He did know whether they were ripe for that yet--whether public opinion was quite prepared for it. He was almost inclined to think that they had something to charge against themselves in that matter. Before they could get a right state of things they must have in society a higher moral tone with reference to such matters. He thought that until they should taboo to a certain extent the and who had squandered his creditors' property recessly —the man who bad traded upon other people's eapital in a wild and speculative manner—until they could, outside of the law courts, place that man in his proper position, they could not get Parliament to do it. Parliament, at the best, could only be a reflection of the state of so ciety. In England bankrupts lostbardly any of their p restige, and they might go on the third and fourth time in the same course of conduct. Till society at large put down that sort of thing, and till they placed a fraudulent bankrupt much in the same category as a man convicted of larceny, there could not be a right state of things. He did not fear for Englishmen generally becoming too hard upon those who, through inadvertence or misfortune, be came insolvent. lie had never found any num ber of gentlemen who were not willing to extend help to those who, by things over which they had no control, had got into difficulties. But how few were such cases ! The cases of bankruptcy through unavoidable misfortune and fair trading were scarcely one per cent. cf the whole that happened in the country. He hoped that during the few months that would elapse before Parliament again assembled - they would occupy themselves in enforc ing the importance of such changes in the bank ruptcy laws. It was no use letting professional etiquette stand in the way. They must impress upon Government, as they had done before, the fact that they wanted the Scotch system introduced in Eng land as nearly as possible as it operated there. Nothing less would satisfy the commercial com munity. In reference to the Factories and Workshops Bill, he said he regretted, with a great many others, that these very important measures had not re ceived a large share of attention. (hear, hear.) He had no doubt that thousands of manufac turers in London would be affected by that bill, and he believed he might safely say that there were not 2f per cent. of them who had any idea that a bill was being passed that would affect them as that bill did. That bill, which had passed the third reading, would affect from 5,000 to 7,000 workshops and factories in Birmingham, some 50,000 families, from 150,000 to 200,000 persons in the town, and all over the country it would bear directly upon a million and a half of the working population. And yet there would be no offence on the part of one em ploying fewer hands. It seemed to him the most bungling attempt at legislation that ever the House of Commons had made. He should not claim to be a prophet, but it would be impossible for these two Acts to work for any considerable time concur rently in one place. He was quite aware that the intention of these bills was to promote education and to reduce the hours of labour of children. He believed the manufacturers of Birmingham were generally opposed to these tills, as was shown by the petition which Mr. Bright pre sented from a large number of the leading manufacturers, and from a great number of the work people of the town. If it were found that they did promote the education of children, and did not prove seriously injurious to the incomes of poor families, they should all rejoice; but if their operation resulted otherwise, the bills would necessarily require to be amended. The present was a very dangerous time to bs making restrictions on the labour-market. Trade was bad, and the united earnings of father, mother, and even of the children, were in many cases barely sufficient to get the necessaries of life. Foreign competition was every day increasing upon them. There they bad to a great extent unrestricted labour to contend with, and at rates such as that the foreign manufacturer could employ men for what the Eng lish employer could scarcely afford to give to women. It was a very critical time to introduce such inno vations, and whether they could carry them out without great injury to their trade was a matter upon which they would soon be able to speak with experience. Mr. JOHN LOWE supported the resolution for the adoption of the report. Until (he said) they bad in this country the trial by jury of every fraudulent bankrupt—a trial at the expense of Government — they might depend upon it they should not be able to punish vagabond tradesmen as they deserved. In regard to the extension of the Factory Acts, he did not think that they were ripe for legislation on the matter. With such a ',large number of small manufacturers the matter would require to be dealt with very carefully, or a great mischief would be done. Mr. SAIIPSON LLOYD said in reference to the Factory Acts that the question whether parents' earnings were affected or not by the labour of their children employed in manufactories was not at all the first consideration even with the parents them selves—certainly not with the temperate, well-edu cated portion of the working classes. Wise legis lative interference for the protection and education of their children was what they desired, and it would be a pity for the Chamber to assume an inde fensible attitude with regard to the actual facts, and towards the public, by expressing themselves too strongly against the Factory Acts. He moved the following on this subject for insertion in the report : " Two bills on this subject have been under con sideration of Parliament during this session, and will in all probability become law. The minute interference proposed by these bills with the free and hitherto unrestricted labour of this district may involve serious consequences, and it is to be regretted that these consequences have not received suffi cient attention from the parties most interested. Your council do not object to the principle of legis lative protection being given to young children and women, as respects excessive hours of labour but they deem it highly important that due regard should be paid in the legislative provisions which give that'. protection to the peculiar circumstances of the manufacturers of this district. Your council also consider that the decision of the I-louse of Com mons (by which the same trade is placed under two distinct laws, making that penal in case more than 50 works°ple are employed, w hich is no dello- at all in ease less than that number are employed) is unjust and unsatisfactory." After a few words from Mr. Dixon, M.P., the report as above amended was adopted. Miscellaneous Foreign News. (From Correspondents of the Anglo-American Times.) PARIS, Aug. 15. Many years ago when I was a small boy reading Caesar at the grammar school, I came to a passage which announced that Caesar had gone into winter quarters. Not perfectly understanding the meaning of the phrase, I ventured to ask the usher. That great man being fortunately in a good humour, probably in consequence of the close approach of the winter vacation, facetiously informed me that Csar, like myself and others, went home for the Christmas holidays, with which explanation I was satisfied, thinking within myself that Caesar was per fectly justified, and that bis going home for the holi days, and leaving the Bituriges, the Caturiges, and the Allobroges, and a host of other ruffians, whose names alone were sufficiently troublesome (at least I know they were to me) to fight their own battles, was one of the wisest possible courses he could adopt. I little thought then that another Caesar would write the history of the first, or that I should live to witness the meaning of my friend the assist ant's waggery, or practically confirmed and illus trated in the departure of his Imperial Majesty Napoleon the Third for winter quarters in camp at Chalons. His Majesty left Paris on Thursday last, being accompanied as far as the Eastern Railway Station by the Empress and the Prince Imperial, and was received at Mourmelon by General Lad mirault, commandant of the camp, at the head of his staff. The arrival of the Emperor at the camp, which bad been attended with the greatest impa tience by the soldiery, was saluted with the most enthusiastic acclamations. Their Majesties the Kings of Sweden and Portugal, as also their Excellencies the Princes Charles and Albert of Prussia, had previously taken leave of their Imperial host. The departure of the Emperor for Chalons, where be will be joined by the Empress, who will then leave with him for Salz bourg, is regarded as a notification of his with drawal from his public connexion with the Exposi tion, and it is therefore probable that Paris will receive no more visits from foreign potentates, un less they assume an incognito. In accordance with this view of the case the Viceroy of Egypt, who had intended to return to Paris for the fetes of the 15th and 16th, left on Saturday last for Toulon,whence he will proceed to Constantinople in his yacht the Mahrousa. Though the brilliancy of its attractions be thus in a measure diminished, the Exposition has completed the great preliminary objects for which it is designed, as well as powerfully influenced others in a more indirect manner. With regard to the latter there can be no doubt of its having exerted considerable influence in the most beneficial manner upon the peace prospects of Europe ; whilst in respect to the former it has effected a cordial rapprochement of nearly all the nations of the earth. Aided by the presence and example of the rulers ' themselves, it has brought hither the princes and people of the extreme East, again to be followed up by the establishment of European colleges and insti tutions in those hitherto sealed regions ; it has shi.wn, and lighted, and smoothed the path of future progress ; it has has sown the good seed, and however long or short may be the remaining duration of the Universal Exhibition of 1867, it remains only for the devotion, and study, and labour of practical meu, to assure and confirm, so far as may be, the advantages it has opened up. France is fortunate in her Minister of Public Instruction, 'and from indirect allu sions made by M. Duruy, on the occasion of awarding the educational prizes, it is believed that the Prince Imperial, who has commenced his educa tion under the charge of a private tutor (M. Mon ' nier), will continue his studies at the Public Lyceums of France. M. le General Frossard will continue to be the governor of the Prince, whilst M. Monnier will be called to the discharge of other duties. Berezowski, whose departure had been announced in more than one journal, is, however, still in Paris. It is not until the ensuing month that he will be transferred to Toulon, where he will be placed at the Guzane Francaise ; the injuries that he received are not yet entirely cured ; he is not therefore sub jected to any labour. his conduct since his impri sonment leaves no room for reproach. The programme of the fete of the 15th, as given in the Moniteur, is as follows : —The fete of the day will take place at the Trocadero and the Barriere du Trone. At one o'clock a solemn mass will be celebrated at the Cathedral Church of Notre Dame. At the same hours the various theatres and circuses will be opened gratuitously to the public. In the evening all the public promenades, gardens, and monuments will be illuminated. At half-past seven a second representation will be given at the mili tary theatres of the Trocadero and Place du Trone. Two Feux d'Artifice will be discharged, the one at the Place du Trone, the other at the Arc de I'Etoile. On Saturday, the 10th, an instance was afforded of the practical manner in which the benefits of the Exposition are to be worked out in an interesting conference by M. P. Nicol upon the Maritime Inter national Exposition, to take place at Havre in 1868. Amongst the many princely visitors of Paris the Prince Humbert, eldest son of Victor Emmanuel, appears to excite the greatest attraction and good will, especially amongst the military portion of the population. This is owing to various reasons. In the first instance, the Prince has come to Paris almost unattended, save by two veteran Generals. He has assumed no incognito, and mixes freely with the Parisians ; in the second, he is the brother of the Princess Clotilde, wife of the Prince Napo leon ; and, lastly, he is the son of Victor Emmanuel, and has himself fought side by side with his father in the ranks of the French army during the Italian war. This incident, in which the King commanded in person the 3d Regiment of Zouaves, occurred as follows :—The Austrians having learnt that Palestro was garrisoned only by the 4th Brigade of the Sar dinian army, under the command of Cialdini, marched an overwhelming force to the attack. At the critical moment, however, arrived the regiment of Zouaves, and, putting himself at their head, Victor Emmanuel, by a brilliant and well-executed charge, redeemed the fortunes of the day. The Zouaves were so pleased with the personal bravery and companionship of the King that, at a solemn consultation over the bivouac fire, they decreed to his Majesty the title of Corporal of Honour in the 3d Regiment of Zouaves, a distinction which Victor Emmanuel accepted with great gusto, and it is said ranks amongst his most special military orders. A murder was committed on Saturday evening last by a young Artilleryman of the 10th, on the person of his sweetheart. The soldier, who is named Thomare, had been imprisoned a few days for some fault he had committed. During his incarceration he had been informed that he had been supplanted in the good graces of the fair one by his sergeant, and being a man of violent temper, he promised himself to take an immediate revenge upon the con firmation of the report. Being discharged from prison on the Saturday, he betook himself to the wood of Vincennes, where he arrived about nine o'clock in the evening, and almost immediateli saw his fickle fair one upon the arm of his comrade. On his appearance she quitted the arm of the ser geant for that of Thomare, who walked with her for some time amongst the trees. At length as they approached one whose foliage was thicker than or dinary, placing his arm around her, he drew her towards him with a gesture of the tenderest fami liarity. At the same moment he drove into her left breast a dagger knife ; the death of the victim was instantaneous, the blow having been struck with such force as to pierce the shoulder blade through and through. The murderer was immediately se cured and confined in the Fort of Vincennes. The body of the victim was conveyed to the Morgue. I have had the pleasure from time to time to signal to the reader and public at large, some a u me si mat ters which appeared to me to possess either or interesting character. Ido not know that I can do hetter in my present letter than, to speak of a society recently established in France under the title of the Union of Commerce a d Industry, the object proposed being by means of representatives in every town in France to effect a rapprochement between the producer and consumer, the fabricant and the purchaser, at first-hand, and unshackled by the various heavy intermediary profits which at present render it so difficult to procure a genuine article at a reasonable price. Paris is at present the central depot for the placement, if I may use such an expression, of the products and merchandise of France, but the advantages offered by the society will be far more thoroughly felt and appreciated in its extension by and bye to other countries, and especially to England and America. A few illus trations will probably here explain to the reader the objects and value of this society. A wine grower of the Ciite d'Or (the richest and finest district of the wines of Burgundy), of Epernay, or of Bor deaux, wishes to find a market for his champagne, Burgundy, or claret, and even in France it is astonishing what difficulties exist in this point of view. A farmer of Calvados or the Manche has some 10,000 kilogrammes of flour to dispose of ; the Representant of the Society for either of these places writes to his colleague at Paris, and at the wine or flour halls the market is speedily found. On the other hand, whatever may be the special produce required in any town of France, wines, silks, laces, &c., a letter despatched from the Representant Director at Paris is sure to obtain immediate attention, and the most advantageous market. Neither are these advantages confined to whole Sale commerce, for the Society, whilst thus assisting the large dealers, does not fear to extend its assistance to the public at large. Thus, for instance, does a private family require a small cask or a few cases of wine, the agent is equally atten tive, and procures the same genuine quality, the same advantageous market for the purchase of a few gallons as for one who may take the whole produce of the year from the grower. It will make the matter still clearer to the reader if I give him an idea of what wines and brandies of the first quality cost in France, as compared with the enor mous prices given both in America and England frequently for an inferior article. As regards cham pagne, it is a very prevalent but very grave error to believe that only three or four marks are worth pur chasing—a belief, whilst it has the effect of rendering these few wines enormously dear, acts in a most un just and injurious manner upon the other pro prietors, who can produce a wine equally good. An excellent champagne may be purchased of the grower even in small quantities at half-a-crown a bottle, in the case of wholesale dealing, at a much lower cost. From lfr. to 3fr.—that is to say, from 10d. to half-a-crown —one may purchase even at some Cognac quart t d e ( g F . r e o n f ch s t ) r e of the finest brandy at sale ordinarily is by quantities of 100 litres, or sO a to q quarts, equivalent to 22 gallons English measure, but, of course, it is very easy to obtain a dozen I ma y possibly return on anothe r occa sion cases , to this subject, but in the meantime I will conclude with mentioning that all letters requiring information on this subject addressed to the Direc tion of the Society, the Union of Commerce and Industry, 2 Rue Vivienne, Paris, will receive im mediateattention. An International competition has recently taken place at the Imperial Farm, Vincennes, for mowing, reaping, &c. The following prizes have fallen to the lot of our American friends : Reaping Machines (worked by five horses).—lst prize, M'Cormick, Chicago, Illinois ; 3d, Wood, New York. Har rows.—lst prize, Wood, New York ; 2d, Perry, Rhode Island ; 3d, M'Cormick, Chicago, Illinois. Hay Tedder (honourable mention).—Silas C. Her ring, New York. A subscription has been opened at the principal banking-houses in Paris, and at the office of the Franco-American, 21, Rue Vivienne, near the Bourse, in aid of the American Colony at Jaffa, Syria, who make an urgent appeal to their country men for help. They inform us that their remains now in the colony only 70 members, who have been brought to utter destitution by misfortune, sickness, and the failure of the harvest, on which they depended even to the latest moment. They are without provisions, without money, with out medicines or medical advice. Their case is urgent, as it is evident that unless relief be speedily afforded them they must succumb under the united attack of disease and famine. This appeal is veri fied by the official statement of the United States' Consul-General at Alexandria and at Jerusalem, as well as by the verbal testimony of Dr. W. H. Bidwell, special agent of the United States Govern ment, sent to investigate the affairs of the colony. There is no doubt that our friends will respond heartily to a call like the present. The King and Queen of Portugal, with the Duke of Coimbra, and their suite, left Paris on Monday last for Bordeaux, where great preparations are making for their reception. From Bordeaux their Majesties will reach Madrid by special train. The grand musical festival of the Orpheons of France took place on Monday last at the Cirque de l'lm peratrice. Many of the pieces were enthusiastically encored. The Sultan has arrived at Constantinople, where return ctlhisaptla fser an m nf n tilialirofinirtsgi illumination oa t n h tt e i o matters h fi we d i tß e h l s o Ns pi hi A i oc which ohs n ilt iaso tsaid y r great rejoicings have taken pl a ce t o ce l e b ra t e hi s s will occupy himself will be the foundation of a military college similar to that of Saint Cyr. Apa place eui dilemma. i ma o u m s incident a. distinguished visioccurred Visiting ing lawyerti this iejoafrdp Paris n lek ca lculated to npatihlacenult horns t e a s ed iu of i o th f t a he fr e i a en g d es , , a w h h a il n st d h g is lid a ed tte s n o t f i t o l n y i N n va to s e fi o x m ero n n y on w e his pocket, and retired, not empty, but enclosing his portemonnaie. The transition, however, had escaped voas) ah t ti h s e oan v rer i e g i v i a l a a rl n ,r e c as e nt deodffiantn(hidiene conducted gents, the eud a a n it d iot y t t h ho e ef n robber . his intended victim, he at once wrote to the lawyer retaining him for his defence. If bar etiquette in duce the man of law to accept the brief, he will, at all events, be provided with a queer client. The village of Serchass, Saone et Loire, has been thrown into great consternation during the last week by the depredations of an enormous she wolf. It appears that not only the pangs of hunger in the winter increase and exasperate the ferocity and boldness of this animal, but that in the summer the care of providing for the young, incite it to an equal pitch of hardihood. One evening last week an aged woman who had been occupied in the borders of the wood of Meillerage, in the cultivation of her patch of vineyard, accompanied by a little grandchild of about four years of age, happening to look round saw what she considered to be an enormous sheep dog creeping round towards the infant. Thinking that the play of the supposed dog would be too rough, the woman placed the child on her shoulder, when the immediate attack of the disappointed animal at once showed the foe with which she had to contend. The woman, however, faced the wolf boldly, retreating backwards towards her house, the wolf following, growling, and snapping every now and then at the legs of the child. It is difficult to say what would have been the result had not a neighbour, who was passing armed with a scythe, fortunately come to the rescue, when the animal was driven off. A general pursuit was at once organised, but in vain. The poor old woman has been seriously ill from the terrible fright she had experienced. Before I fulfil my promise of giving a faithful description of the Dunderberg, I must sly a word to the wise, which an old adage observes " is sufficient to them." Old adages do sometimes make mistakes ; therefore, instead of one word, I will utter two, " mca culpa." This is the briefest confession of all the worst crimes ever heard of., When a Mexican robber plunders a man and shoots him afterwards, he says " mea culpa," and there is an end of it—nothing more can be expected of him. I trust that this recipe for pardon will exonerate me, as I have only committed myselff--not man slaughter. I said in my last correspondence that the financial transactions between the French Government and Mr. W. 11. Webb, the builder of the Dunderberg, had been confided to Messrs. Tucker and Co. in Paris, and I was letl to believe this, knowing that they had purchased the plates for Mr. Webb's two Italian Vessels, and I had the despatch concerning the arrival of the Dunderberg at the above bankers. On requesting the favour of more information I , was told th atMr.Tucker had been called to Cherbourg, and by forming too hasty conclusions of what was said around me, incurred the necessity of declaring for the sake of correct information that Mr. Tucker disclaims having had any financial matter to trans act concerning the sale of the Dunderberg. I con gratulate him heartily on the subject. That such a magnificent vessel should be bought by the French Government at all must be a painful consideration to true Americans, and it will be all the more so after the following description. In 1863 the Government at Washington awarded to Mr. Webb a contract to furnish a vessel to be built upon his own plans, such that her formida bility would render the Naval arm of the United States invincible. Ile was required to deal promptly with his contract, and at the same time to meet all the new phases that were being developed in Ord nance and Naval Gunnery, and also notice the sug gestions of the Department, which were at times in direct opposition to his designs. For this reason the completion of the vessel was prolonged beyond the time anticipated. When the vessel was ready for delivery, as peace reigned in the United States, and the causes which gave rise to her construction were no longer operative, the vessel, without passing into the hands of the Government, remained the property of Mr. Webb, and was finally sold to France. Her keel was laid in the summer of 1863, and considering the new features engrafted in her construction and internal works she was launched in the remarkably short period of two years. She is the largest vessel of war afloat, and is constructed with a view to unite all the ele ments of power and resistance ; for the purposes of the former she carries the heaviest marine battery in the world ; her bow is solid and surmounted by a heavy iron prow, constructed to take a vessel below the water-line ; for the latter purpose her sides are solid and 7 feet through, which themselves are protected by 3i inches of mailed armour of the first quality. Upon the upper deck is built a case mate 8 feet in height and 200 feet in length, and of a thickness of nearly 4 _feet, and protected by 41 inches of forged iron. The sides of the casemate incline to the deck at an angle of 60 degs., it having been shown 'by experiment that this angle renders it practically impos sible for a proj e ctil e to secure penetration. The Dunderberg h as great speed, and need not, except from choice, su bj ec t herself to a combat at short range. The weight of her ordnance gives her the advantage of distance, and her ram provides her with a serviceable weapon at close quarters. She is so easy in steering, and shows such subordination to the helm, that she can be worked in the heaviest sea-way by a single man. She has two rudders both aft, and designed when working in concert to give the vessel a facility and ease in movement not ordinarily attained in vessels of her class, but so well has one answered the purposes of both that it has never been found necessary to put both to use. Sbe has a pilot-house forward of the thick ness of eight inches, and all the appliances for work ing the vessel in time of action without exposing in the least the lives of any one on board. The ven tilation and comfort of her quarters were tested during her passage to France, and nothing could be more satisfactory than the accounts given by those on board. The most hopeful anticipations of all were exceeded by her behaviour and superiority over other vessels in a heavy sea, and had it not been for the bad weather encountered in the passage the time from New York to Cherbourg would have been materially shortened. As it was, the period of 14 days 17 hours from port to port may well be con sidered remarkable. The Dunderberg is 378 feet long, is 73 breadth of beam amidship, and has more available deck surface than any war vessel ever built. She displaces 7,000 tons of water, has two engines of 5,000 horse-power each, and a screw of 21 feet in diameter. She has an overhang extend ing for a distance of 25 feet over her stern, which is designed to protect her rudders and propeller from the fire and ram of an enemy, and which acts iu a heavy sea as a breakwater. Though built upon a new model, and constructed upon entirely new prin ciples as regards attack and defence, the Dunderberg has in a voyage of great severity decided the supe riority of the former, and it only remains for an opportunity to fulfil the expectations of the latter. It is to be hoped that the above description will be found as interesting to my usual readers (chiefly ladies) as the details I have sometimes entered into on revolvers, breech-loaders, fishing-tackle, and other masculine apparatus. Why women should not be as well initiated in the appliances of a vessel as in those of a dwelling-house has not been satisfac torily proved, and before I leave what in society is called " arduous questions;" because anything me chanical is perversely called arduous, I must men tion the chronometers, clocks, and watches which no man-of-war should be without—watches which have been adopted by the managers of our Railway Companies, and for the service of the guards on all the principal lines. They have also been patronised and adopted by the King of Italy, the Maharajah of Burdwan, the Raja of Cumba, and the Govern ments of Bombay and Madras. Mr. Walker, of 230, Regent-street, and 68, Cornhill, is the inventor of the crystal case watch and clock in question. They are remarkable for solidity, elegance, and precision, never break even when thrown from a considerable height to the ground, and the watches especially are of invaluable worth to officers in the army or navy. They are either made of gold or silver, the dial being protected by a flat crystal glass covering, most ingeniously adapted in order to avoid the casting of shade on the surface. Eighteen of these watches having been stolen in 1865 from Mr. Walker's warehouse, Corn hill, they were thrown by the guilty fugitives from the top of Blackfriars-bridge into the Tbames. Twelve were recovered with the assistance of Henicke's diving apparatus; and of the twelve, seven in crystal cases, had neither been broken nor damaged ; the other five were of course shattered, the water having penetrated through the broken glasses. Mt. Walker has received and the medal of honour , especially at t he Exhibi tionmany medals, of 1862. A visit to his stand at the C ham p s de Mars will be found very interesting, as some of his ladies' watches are perfect jewels, the same in vention being applied to them as to the immense pieces of clock-work which he executes for railway companies. On looking over the catalogue, I see his stand is to be found in Class 23. The news by the Persia is to the morning of the 7th August. General Sickles has ordered the post ponement of the reassembling of the North Caro lina Legislature until further notice, and has directed the' suspension of trial by jury until the jury lists are revised. General Pope has ordered all civil suits against officers for. acts done in pur suance of military orders to be abandoned. The State military authorities of Tennessee have assured the protection of all negroes discharged by Con servative employers for voting the Radical ticket. The Union meeting held at Covington, Kentucky, on the evening of the 3d inst., was dispersed by a mob. Negro troops, armed and equipped, partici pated in the Ridical procession at Prattsville, Ala bama, on the 3d inst. The most important cable intelligence is to the effect that President Johnson had pressed Mr. Stanton to resign the Secretaryship of War ; that Mr. Stanton had refused ; whereupon Mr. Johnson had suspended him, and appointed General Grant to act in his place. The re-election of Governor Brownlow has passed off without the anticipated riots in Tennes see. On the 30th of July a fight took place at Purdy between a party of " gorillas," as their op ponents insist upon calling them, and a company of State militia. Brownlow's majority was 30,000, .a number he boasted he would secure. The Demo crats have, however, carried the Kentucky.elections. It is possible that the movement of United States troops from Kentucky into Tennessee, under orders from General Grant, has had its effect in prevent ing riot. The World termed this preparation against an unlawful outbreak a monstrous violation of the Constitution, as the Tennessee Legislature had not called for the troops. The triumph of the Democrats in Kentucky has balanced that of the Republicans in Tennessee. Ur. lielnz has been elected governor by a majority of 60,000. Mr. Galtoday fills the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. use as member of Congress. Mr. Edward E. Dunbar has written to the New York Times in defence of Juarez. Of his descent that gentleman speaks as follows :—" Taking the now remaining Toltecs as one family, Juarez can trace a pure lineage, clear and distinct, a great ways further back than the Hapsburg family. He comes from the mysterious regions of Mitla in Oajaca, where the winds sweep mournfully through the stately groves of cypress that shade the graves of the kings of his ancient people—graves whose dates are lost iu the unknown past." Personally, he con siders Juarez to be a man of great polish, compar ing favourably in this respect with Maximilian, while in scope of intellect, solid acquirements, and all those qualifications that constitute the true statesman he far 'urpassed him. Such comparisons are out of place ; the world will consider, and history will record, the one as the murderer, the other as the murdered. Another last address of Maximilian has been pub lished. If the unfortunate Prince wrote and spoke the last addresses attributed to him, the period of his imprisonment must have been fully occupied. There is nothing so touching as the two words he uttered immediately before his death, " Poor Carlotta." The proclamation which has been placarded over Mexico bears too clearly the stamp of its origin to deceive any one except the miserable things who are now rejoicing in the grand exploit of having executed a European Prince. The shooting of Castillo and other Imperialist offi cers at Queretaro is confirmed, as well as of Vidaurri at the capital. Canales and Gomez were creating anxiety and causing much trouble in Tamaulipas and forces were moving into the district to crush them. Documents have been published authorita tively showing that the late Emperor Maximilian made a proposision to Juarez through the United States Government offering to retire from Mexico until the permanency of the Empire could be decided by the people. Mr. Seward declined to entertain the proposition, not recognising the right of Maxi milian to represent any portion of the empire. Juarez, it was thought, would be re-elected to the Presidency by the unanimous voice of the people. The body of the late Emperor had been given up to Baron Magnus, the Prussian Ambassador. The Austrian screw-frigate Novara had arrived at Gib raltar, and left on the 30th July, for Vera Cruz, to receive the remains. Admiral Palmer proceeded to the City of Mexico, it is said, to demand the person of Santa Anna, who is still a prisoner at Campeachy. Vera Cruz continued healthy. The Consuls (except the United States') had lowered their flags. Marquez, the brother of Miramon and other generals, were organising a large force in the mountains. The canvas for the Presidency was progressing quietly. The Austrian frigate Eliza beth was about to return to New Orleans, as the Mexican authorities were said to have refused to surrender to the commander the body of the late Emperor Maximilian. By the cable, however, as above stated, we learn the remains had been handed over to the Prussian Ambassador. General Sheridan removed Governor Throck morton, of Texas, and appointed in his place ex- Governor Pease, a lawyer, a native of Connecticut, and a good Union man. This he did on the plea of Mr. Throckmorton's opposing the State Convention and impeding reconstruction. He also removed certain of the aldermen and assistant-aldermen of New Orleans for malfeasance, and for opposing the reconstruction laws. The Virginia Republican State Convention, which adjourned at Richmond on the 2d instant, endorsed the general's action, alluding to the embarrassments thrown around Sheridan by the President. The press reiterate the statement that the President has determined to remove Sheri dan, and even that he had consulted at least two Generals, who plainly told him that they would pursue exactly the same course as Sheridan, if appointed his successor. The news by the Persia gives the additional information that Sheridan has removed the city treasurer of New Orleans, and appointed his successor. Generals Sherman, W. S. Harney, and Alfred 11. Terry have been appointed military members of the New Indian Commission by the President. They were to meet those named by Congress at St. Louis last week to organise and get to work on their duties to make a permanent peace with the Indians. The hostility of the Red Men has in no degree slack ened, and constant attacks have been made on small isolated parties. Even on the route between Salt Lake City and Denver coaches have been attacked, and the Big Pond station burned. The inquiry into the whipping of soldiers and civilians at Fort Sedg wick has shown the reports to have been much ex aggerated. Cholera prevails at Fort Harker, Fort Gibson, and Fort Lamed. At Ellsworth, Kansas, it is so fatal and rapid that nine out of ten attacked die in from two to fifteen hours. The town is de serted, and the Indians will, it is expected, de stroy it. As generally anticipated, the jury empannelled to try Surratt could not be made to agree ou a verdict, and have in consequence been dismissed. The trial had assumed so political a complexion that it was reasonable to expect such a result. There is neither a verdict of " not guilty" nor even of "not proven," as there might have been in Scotch law; so the world will adhere to its own opinion, and there can be little doubt that the mass of the American people will hold that even if there was not sufficient evidence upon which to convict Surratt, there was abundance to show he was in connexion with the gang who perpetrated one of the greatest crimes of the pre sent century. We believe that Mr. Lincoln was beyond all comparison the most worthy ruler who ever died by an assassin's hand. A crime more unprovoked, less warranted by circumstances, more idiotic, it would be difficult to conceive. However high party spirit may run, there is but one opinion on this subject, and wherever Surratt may go, he is not likely to be welcomed as a hero. Broadhead and Crookes may have their admirers, but the world has not yet descended to the low ebb of baseness that can associate anything but what is vile with the conspiracy that cut short the most useful career, of one of the greatest patriots the United States have ever produced. An important decision has just been given by the Supreme Court of Michigan, in the case of the Western Union Telegraph Company versus Carew, on appeal from the Wayne County Circuit Court. These are the circumstances :—Carew telegraphed to Baltimore for forty cases of oysters. In the transmission an error occurred whereby he received four cases instead of forty. The message was written on one of the telegraph blanks, with the usual printed heading containing the conditions on which messages are taken for transmission. The Circuit Court held that the telegraph company were liable for the damage suffered by Carew, treating the company as common carriers, and Carew as not bound by the conditions, unless his attention was particularly called to them. The question before the Court of Appeal was whether Telegraph Companies were common carriers. If such they were bound by the laws regulating those companies. The Supreme Court ruled that a tele graph company is not a common carrier. The Court further decided that they had a right to establish reasonable rules to govern their liability in the impartial transmission of messages—that the sender, who wrote his message on a paper at whose head was plainly printed in conspicuous letters the terms on which the com pany undertook to forward the message, was bound, by those terms, whether he reads them or not, as it, is his own negligence if he fails to notice them. The adjournment of, Congress—the advent of the heatei term, and the exodus of many of the leading politicians to Euroye,--have combined to make things dull in the U nited States. Speakers are dis cussing, newspaper& are writing, on the coming man who is to be 'the next President. The Re publican Central 'Committee of New York has nominated Generfal Grant. Senator Wilson made a speech at Sa•tatoga, when he stated that the people would vote either for Grant, or Sheridan, or Thomas, Chase, Colfax, or brave old Ben Wade. He as ,cured his hearers that "no man who opposed the c'anne of the country during that war, no man who. oppo3ed emancipation, no man who opposes the civic rights of the emancipated race, no maa who oppos43 ;logo garage, Will OM in Yro. sident of the United States again." This Convention will not sit for a year, and the un fortunate man now nominated will have to stand a battery of abuse for all that period. Already Grant is the object of attack. He commands a power wholly independent of party, as the great Northern General. The design of the Democrats as giving them their only chance, appears to be to nominate him. It is said that General Butler engaged a de tective officer to keep Grant constantly in sight, and the unfortunate individual selected for this agreeable office got well thrashed by one of the General's friends. Mr. Wade's ill-judged speech in Kansas is not yet forgotten, nor is it likely to be. General Sheridan, if removed from his command, will obtain a fair start. But changes in the United States are so rapid, that a fair start early in the race is almost sure to be fatal to the competitor. There are people who think that the man is compara tively unknown, who is destined to fill Mr. John son's place. The Quaker City, with 65 American excursionists, arrived at Naples last week, and was put into quarantine for seven days. A large portion of her passengers on hearing to what they would be sub jected landed at Civita Vecchia, and many of them came by land from Naples. They expected to stay 12 days, of which seven were to be passed in quaran . tine. At Pekin have just been struck, as an experiment in monetary reform, pieces of gold and silver in conformity with the French system, of the value of 20f., 5f., and l.f. These coins have, on one side, the cipher of the present Sovereign of China, and, on the other, the winged dragon. An extensive fire broke out at two o'clock on Thursday morning in the Cathedral of Frankfort, by which the entire sacristy and some adjacent buildings have been burnt to the ground. Three lives were lost. THE TIIEORY OF MINORITIES. The recognition by Parliament of the right of minorities, though for the present limited in extent, involves a principle deeply affecting the whole organism of Government. Its universal adoption— for it is not in the nature of such a principle to remain only partial in its application—will shift the basis on which public society rests, and will, in reality, do more towards weakening obedience and upsetting authority than the most democratic lowering of the franchise ever yet seriously pro posed. For, to admit the right of minorities is to break up the unity of corporate bodies, of the com munity ; it is to transfer authority from the com munity to the individual, to make the House of Commons represent not communities, not the na tion, but persons and numbers. But what authority is there in mere numbers ? There is an authority intelligible and definite in the community, in the corporate body, in the nation. Its will, as expressed by the majority, is the will of the community, of the corporate body, or of the nation, loyally accepted and obeyed by all ; the acts which proceed from such an expression of will are the acts of the nation. But once destroy this prin ciple and you disintegrate society, and you will have to fall back, as the only alternative, for the source of authority on the will of the individual. To admit the doctrine of minorities is to inaugurate the reign of individualism, which is the bane of modern society. But what Christians regard as the bane of modern civilization—the erection of the individual reason into the supreme and ultimate judge of all acts, the source of all authority, philo sophers look upon as the triumph and the highest result of modern progress. The supremacy of the individual will is their creed ; all authority outside of the individual is nothing else than a cession of his sovereign rights, a delegation, for convenience sake, ' to the community of a portion of his supremacy. We were not, therefore, surprised to find the philoso phers, the doctrinaires, the advocates of pure " Geist," combining with old-fashioned and obstruc tive Tories to force on practical statesmen what, in men like John Stuart Mill, is no mere crotchet, but a Parliamentary development of their philoso phical theories. To stiff and " wooden " politicians of the Lord Ellenborough stamp—the heavy weights on the Tory course—any extension of the franchise, though conceived in the spirit of the Constitution, is down right treason—the commencement of inevitable democracy—the beginning of the end of the British Empire. Such men, with political weights and scales in their hands, are for ever weighing and balancing, as grocers do pennyworths of sugar, political privi leges against popular demands ; they see in the growth of the people in intelligence and political activity, nothing but danger to the Constitution. They are wilfully blind to the great merit of our Constitution —its elasticity, its adaptability to the growth of the nation, its power of comprehension. Dull of eye, these obstructive politicians, void of the true Conservative spirit, see not the signs of the times in which they can scarcely be said to live, but they fill the ear with evil forebodings ; prophets of ill, their prophecies have a tendency to bring about their own fulfilment. In voting with the philoso phical Radicals these men, both Tory and Whig, had no idea - whatsoever on the theory of minorities. They seized upon it simply in the hope of surrepti tiously cutting down and paring away the largely extended franchise which, in a generous and un grudging spirit, th,; Government and the House of Commons had conferred upon the people in full confidence that the working classes, admitted to the franchise, would act in obedience to old tradi tions and kindly associations so as to continue in the ways of the Constitution. If the right of mi norities was only made use of by the obstructives as a " dodge" to cripple the Reform Bill, the doc trinaires and philosophers rejoiced in its success as in the triumph of a principle which, though prized by " the politicians of the writing table," by the philosophers," the ". enthusiasts," and the "dreamers," they never for an instant fancied would be adopted by practical statesmen, or be driven by " Geist " into the heads of the " Philis tines." Hence their inordinate joy at such an un expected triumph. The Times broke out in a strain of unconcealed self-laudation. It regretted, for the honour of the English press, that it stood alone in its support of the right of minorities which but yesterday scouted by Mr. Bright as the " spawn of feeble brains," rejected by practical politicians like Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone, is to-day, thanks to Mr. Lowe and the doctrinaires of the Times, to John Stuart Mill and the philosophers, to the House of Lords and its fears of the people, erected into a principle of the Constitution. How far in the support and in the development of this novel principle—so deeply affecting the whole organism of Government----Tories of the Lord Ellenborough stamp, and philosophical Radicals will combine, it is difficult to reckon. Between these two small but influential parties there is one point of contact, and that is their common detestation of practical politicians of the great Middle class and of the "Philistines." The Spectator,the most able and consistent exponent of Rationalism in every rela tion of life, looks upon the introduction of the new principle involved in the right of minorities as the dawn of a new era in English politics. This I English interpreter and worshipper of " Geist" —this high-priest of individualism—announces with an almost ecstatic joy, the dethronement of the great Middle class and of its unintellectual leaders. It sees in the alliance of the " thinkers," and of the Democrats, an inauguration of the reign in England of a philosophic democracy. The working men, inspired and led by the philosophers, the philosophers freed from ancient prejudices and precedents, by which unintellectual statesmen and. the great Middle class are bound, will not shrink from applying to politics the discoveries of pure reason. In such a process the Spectator and. the class it represents sees not only the means of de livering modern society from the dangers which threaten its stability, but of attaining to a more perfect state than has ever yet been seen. Fas est et ab hoste doceri ; which means that we may wisely learn from the Spectator what we have to avoid, viz., the application to politics by the theory of minorities of the doctrine of individualism, a doctrine equally opposed to the principles of authority in polities as in religion.—Westininster Gazette. IHE SUN, LONOON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1867: COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. As harvest operations have now commenced in the South of England the weather has some influence upon all Stock Exchange securities. With fino weather, about an average crop may still be secured, but with wet weather the damage will be so much greater, as many fields have been laid by the late storms. The fear of a bad harvest and the general want of confidence prevents many busi ness transactions, and although the tendency is in favou of a rise at the present low quotations, still any advance in (price brings in sellers. Foreign stocks have been very much neglected, and the attempt to bring out new loans in the present state of the money market, is most im prudent. It is' believed that scarcely a single public subscription has been sent in for the new Russian loan, and the only effect of its introduction has been to cause a depreciation of about two per cent. in the existing Rus sian Stocks. A hope is generally expressed that the system of bringing out loans in rapid succession—each new one at a lower price than its predecessor, will thus have received a check. It is surprising that any respectable firm can venture to bring out any loan at a time that all description of stocks are more offered for sale than bought. To invite public subscriptions at such times must end in failure ; and how can the public be expected to subscribe 600,000 obligation bonds of £2O each, even at the price of £l2 55., when Brazilian 5-per-cent. stock is at 75, and Chili 6-per-cent. at 82, and every other foreign stock at about the same depreciation ? Every stock requires rest, and no new stock ought to be brought out until such time as the old 5-per-cent. stocks shall have gone up again to par. But business men seem to have no consideration for the ruin they bring down upon the public that have had sufficient confidence to subscribe to these foreign loans, and who are daily exposed to see their stocks fall 5 to 10 per cent. by the issue of some new stock at that low discount. If the credit of any country requires rest, it is the credit of Russia. It appears that during the last eight years no less than six loans have been con tracted. The loan of 1859 was for £7,000,000, that of 1860 for £6,210,000. The loan for 1862 was for £15,000,000 ; theloan of 1864 for £6,000,000 ; and that of 1866 for £6,000,000 ; and the Orel and Vitepsk Railway loan for £4,500,000. ln all, £44,710,000 since 1857. Ac cording to the last reliable statement of the whole Russian debt, funded and unfunded, it amounted in 1863 to £242,000,000, or more than 1,500,000,000 silver roubles, and since that time it has, as we have seen, increased. In 1864 (the latest year for which revenue accounts appear to be:published) the revenue was £57,000,000, and the ex penditure £70,000,000. The new railway loan at ; 4 per cent. being issued at £l2 ss. in the £2O, or at £6l in the £lOO, is offered at a price which would be equivalent to about 764 at 5 per cent., or about 10 per cent. lower than the loan of 1r36, which, bearing 5 per cent. interest, stands at 86. How any Uovernment . that has any respect for its credit can accept such terms is surprising; and it is to be hoped that the non-success of this Russian obligation loan will prevent other loans being brought out on similar terms. No doubt the resources of Russia are great, but no country can trifle with impunity with its credit. The proposed railway dividends to the 30th of Juno show a decrease when compared with those paid for the first half of last year. Tho London and South-Western pay 34 per cent., the Great Northern 44, the London and North-Western 54 ; but the traffic receipts show an in crease upon those of last year, since the Ist of July, which, if supported during the autumn, may enable those com panies which aro well managed to pay about the same amount of dividend as last year. Railway shares aro firmer in price, and, as confidence returns, they will, no doubt, be able to renew their debentures at reduced rates, and more in harmony with the low rates of money, and with increased traffic better returns may be expected The Pernambuco Railway Company have announced that their debentures, which fell duo on the 31st of July, have all been renewed or provided for. The last returns of the Bank of France show that the metallic reserve has again increased, the augmentation being 174 millions of francs. The total amount of the metallic reserve at present is 903,000,000, or £36,120,000 to 1,149 millions of francs Of notes in circulation. The fine harvest weather at the beginning of the week caused an advance in the English funds. Foreign stocks were a little less weak, the few changes that occurred being upwards. In the share market railway stocks were more active ; the best managed lines are looking up, and there is more inquiry in miscellaneous descriptions generally.—lirestminster Gazette. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICII—SATURDAY. White wheat (weighing 631 b), 72s to 74s ; red gilt°, (weighing 631 b), 66s to 68s per qr. Flour, 49s Od to 50s Od per sack. NOT TINGIIAM—SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 70s to 708 ; old red, 66s to 72s ; new white, 74s to 78s ; new red, 68s to 73s per 36 stone. Ottt,s, flue, 28s to 36s ; new, 28s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans, old, —s to —s; new, 46s to 50s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 49 to 51s per sack. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. Now white wheat, 68s to 75s ; new red, 60s to 69s ; white, —s to —s; old red, —8 to —s per 36 stone. Bar ley, for malting, —s to —s per qr.; grinding, 35s to 408 per 30 stone. Oats, fine, 37s to —s ; new, 28s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, —s to —s ; new, 46s to 50s per 38 stone Fine flour, 528 ; seconds, 46s to 48s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. White wheat, from 64s to 72s ; rod, 60s to 66s per 3 6 stone. Barley, for malting, 39s to 40s per qr. ; grinding , 36s to 38s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 28s to 30s per '2l stone. Beans, new, 46s to 48s per 38 stone. Malt, 66s to 6 8 s. Flour, 49s to 51s per sack of 2801bs. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &naval& and New Zealand, via Senthampten, Aug. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 13. Ditto, via ra114111% , •• •••••• • ••• Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Sept. 3. Ditto, by French packet . Aug. 22. Cape Verde, by Brazil paoket ...... _ Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena.. —Aug. 2 7 . China. Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Aug , 24 . Ditto, via Marseilles •.. , Se l ,t. 2. Faikland Islands ... Sept. 3 Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug• 24. India, via Southampton .. • •.. Aug. 29. Ditto, via Marseil cs Aug. 23. Malta, Egypt, Am .. ......... ... • Aug. 19. Ditto, Marseilles Aug. 21. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton Aug. 19. Ditto, via Mareebles Sept. 1 3 . Newfoundland Portugal Sept. 3. - • _ Ditto, by private ship to Oporto Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &c., by British Aug. 2 1 . packet Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet Aug 23. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept. 4. West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) • Aug. 214 Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York Aug. 2 2 . Bermuda, via ditto The Arago arrived - at Falmouth on Thursdait having on board the master and crew of the ship Czar, of Greenock. That vessel was abandoned a sinking state last Sunday, when on her voyag e from Shields for Quebec. The Arago fell in with her in lat. 50.2 N., long. 26.12 W. Although th e , weather was singularly fine throughout the Unitea Kingdom it appears to have been very rough ° II the Atlantic. 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