The Sun. — London, England, 1867-07-31 00:00:00

liFERIAI FARM A HEN lIOUSE OF LORDS—LAsT EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. TIIR VESTMENTS BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that as it was pro bable that the R4Aform question would occupy their lord-- ships' attention on Thursday and Friday next, it would suit the convenience of the house to adjourn his motion on the Vestments Bill till Monday next, and he trusted that the right reverend prelate would then be prepared to state to their lordships what course Convocation would take in the matter. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The West Cork Railway, and Great North of Scotland RAilway (Amendments) Bills were read a third time. PETITION A T etition was presented that members should be allotted to the University of Edinburgh. RAILWAY COMPANIES BILL. The report of amendments on this bill was read. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. This bill was again passed into committee. Clause 7 being the first submitted to the house, Lord GREY said that with regard to this clause, which was the creation of a franchise from the personal payment of rates by the occupiers of small tenements themselves, it had always been found that there was the very greatest difficulty in obtaining the rates from an immense number of poor districts, and from the inquiries of the Poor Law Commissioners and other authorities, the then Government had become satis fied that it was a great hardship to inflict on these poor persons the imposition of rates ; and in 1856 an act was passed which enabled vestries and other bodies to make such terms with the owners of this class of property as they thought fit. Now this act which was passed almost unanimously had mate rially aided in adding to the comfort of those who inha bited the poorer class of dwellings, but by the insertion of this clause the other House of Parliament had entirely swept away what former legislation had done. If the system of compounding the rates was abolished the result would be that, whereas at the present time the landlord collected the amount due, together with the rent, weekly, that when the tax collector called upon these poor people he would find that they had moved from parish to parish, leaving the rates unpaid. In addition to that it would lead to heart-burning and vindictiveness against the parish officers, which would lead to discord and general discontent. He would ask their lordships whether it was right by such a clause to bring on such a state of discontent, both amongst the old voters and the new. They would be in flicting an injury on the old voters, and would be entail ing a heavy burthen on the new. They would find that such an excitement would be created by this new system of rating that something would have to be done to miti gate it. Ho should therefore move that this 7th clause be omitted. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the preference which was given to the compound householder with regard to the franchise was from the fact that ho saved the parish a deal of expense by the manner in which the rates were collected. It was necessary to protect the compound householder and prevent him from being disfranchised. This could have been done by repealing the act alluded to by the noble earl ; but that did not come within the scope of this bill, and therefore it was not practicable, but to meet the evil clause 7 was introduced, and he sub mitted to their lordships that it was necessary that it should remain part of the bill. (Hear, hear.) Lord ROMNEY said that very great benefit had been conferred by this act, and they were going to repeal it, not because it had failed in the object for which it was named, but to meet a totally different matter, and this he thought excessively un wise. Lord RUSSELL said that, though he should not oppose the clause, he considered the present way of dealing with the question was far from satisfactory. • After a conversational discussion which followed, and in which the Duke of Richmond supported the clause, Lord Granville recommended the withdrawal of the amend ment, and Lord Harrowby, though wishing to avoid a division, was ready to support it. Lord GREY replied to the objections made against his motion. It was absurd, ha contended, to say that this clause had anything to do with the franchise. It must be judged on its own merits, and independently of the bill of which it formed a part. The bill was not a money bill with which they could not meddle, and the Government had themselves consented to many amendments, some of which he thought most injudicious. After a few words from Lord EVERSI EY, The Duko of ARGYLL, though prepared to vote for the clause as an essential part of the bill, could not refrain from drawing the attention of their lordships to what he thought would prove most serious defects in its working, illustrating his arguments by the state of the rating system in Scotland, and especially in Glasgow. Lord Lichfield and the Duke of Manchester gave very faint praise to the measure, and the house divided, when there appeared for the retention of the clause— Contents Non-contents Majority The clause was then agreed to. On clause 8, Lord HALIFAX moved an amendment to the effect that persons registered as voters for the county should not for the same premises have votes for borough members also. The Duke of RICHMOND thought the amendment might appear at first sight Conservative, but in real work ing it would be more injurious than its mover imagined. Not the least of its ill effects would be to increase the re presentation of leasehold property and diminish that of freehold, while at the same time it would add a large town constituency to the roll of voters for the counties. Lord RUSSELL added a few remarks, amid some cries of " Question," when The House again divided, and the numbers were— Contents 41 Non-contents 13:5 Majority .. •.. The amendment was therefore rejected. On the same clause Lord LYTTELTON moved an amendment to the effect that none in future should be en titled to vote at elections who cannot write a legible hand. This led to a rather amusing discussion, Lord Denbigh stating that from his experience begging-letter writers wrote the best hands he had over read ; while Lord Gran ville said that a valuable servant at the Foreign-office once sent a despatch which, when a copy of it was wanted, was almost undecipherable, and he thought ho would have had to send for the original. Eventually the amendment was negatived without a -105 . - 91 division. On the Bth Clause the Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved an amendment to the effect that after the passing of the bill none admitted as freemen of cities or boroughs should be entitled as such to vote at Parliamentary elec tions. To this the LORD CHANCELLOR objected, and even tually it also was negatived without a division. On Lord CAIRNS' motion, on the same clause, to insert a clause that no person should vote for more than two can didates at one election, or in the city of London for more than three, his lordship maintained that such a change as this would really give representation to the minorities, would do away in a great measure with the most expen sively-contested elections, and also to a certain extent with bribery. Lord MALMESBURY, while admitting the consum mate ability of the advocate for minorities, and what are termed three-cornered constituencies, objected to the clause, not only as new fangled in principle, but as opposed to the general feeling of Englishmen, who were accustomed to bo governed by majorities, and to submit to their deci sion either as to what they thought or what they did. Lord RUSSELL supported the proposed clause. He looked on Lord Malinesbury's assertion that party contests did good as most erroneous, and still more erroneous was the idea that any amount of clauses introduced into a bill would ever put an end to them in this country. He hoped Lord Cairns would press his motion to a division. Lord Denman spoke briefly against the proposed clause, and Lords Spencer and Stanhope strongly in its favour. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH defended the course taken by the Government, and denied that the three-cor nered constituency plan had originated with her Majesty's Ministers, though they had acquiesced in the suggestion when it was put before them. The inevitable effect of the proposed clause would be to reduce the number of candi dates. The whole thing would be managed by an election committee, who would settle among themselves who was to be their member, and if that system once prevailed Par liament would lose the great influence it now possessed as representing the feelings and influence of the majority. After a few words from Lord COWPER in support of the clause, Lord CARNARVON gave it his most hearty approba tion. The plan proposed was neither a Whig nor a Tory scheme, for it seemed to meet with general approval from both sides of the house. Ho trusted their lordships would dismiss all party considerations, and remember the trust placed in them, which he feared they would ill des?rve if they rh.jected the clause. Lord Houghton and Lord Shrewsbury continued the debat , , both briefly announcing their intention of support ing the clause of Lord,Cairns, as did also Lord Stratford do Radcliffe, with whose observations the discussion closed, and their lordships divided, when there appeared for the clause,— 132 Contents Non-Contents -91 Majority Lord Cairns' clause was accordingly carried. The Marquis of BRISTOL moved to omit clause 9 which disqualifi es pa id canvassers or o th er hi r ed agents of candidates from voting, but after a short discussion across tho table, in which several of their lordships took part, but scarcely a word of which was audible, the clause Was agreed to with some verbal amendments. On clause 10, disfranching Totnos, Lancaster, Reigate, and Great Yarmouth, Lord ROMILLY moved an amendment that they should be disfranchised only to tho year 1880, as the punishment of total disfranchisement was too severe, and confounded the innocent with the guilty. The LORD CHANCELLOR, however, maintained that the punishment was not more severe than the offence de served. It was necessary to make an example, and there were ample precedents for what had been done. Besides, the seats which formerly belonged to those boroughs had been disposed of to other towns. The discussion was continued briefly by Lords Stanley of Alderley, Skelmersdale, Kimberley, and Malmesbury, and eventually the amendment was negatived without a division, and the four boroughs remained disfranchised. Clauses up to 11 were then agreed to. The House then resumed, and the other orders of tho day having been disposed of, their lordships adjourned at 25 minutes past 12 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 2 o'clock. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. FAWCETT gave notice that on Thursday he would ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the house would be consulted before any charter was granted or any legislation took place with reference to the universities in Ireland. MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR. In reply to Mr. EIKYN, Mr. G. HARDY said that Roman Catholics, as also Presbyterians and Dissenters, might be appointed military knights of Windsor. The only thing that was required was attendance at church, and as far as statutes went that was imperative. THE COURTS OF LAW. Sir R. PALMER asked the Chancellor of tho Exchequer whether the Government was prepared to advise her Majesty to issue a commission of inquiry into the opera tion and effect of the present constitution of the superior courts of law and equity in England. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER - said the Government had considered the subject, and they were of opinion that it would be expedient to issue a commission for the purpose referred to. EAST INDIA (ENGINEERS' ESTABLISH MENT, 3cc.) On the motion of Mr. ADAM, an address was ordered for a return of the names of the examiners appointed to examine the candidates who presented themselves since last return for admission to the engineers' establishment and public works department of In iia. PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER, returns were ordered relative to the private bills introduced and brought from the House of Lords, and of acts passed in the session of 1867. DIVISIONS AND SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER, returns -sTere also ordered relative to the number of divisions of the house during the session of 1867, and of the number of days on which the house met during the same period. FACTORY ACTS EXTENSION BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. MOFFATT moved that the house was not pre pared, without further evidence, to interfere with the free exercise of labour to so great an extent as was contem plated by the present measure. Mr. WALPOLE was of opinion that the information before the house was of the most extensive description. There was no subject on which the house was better in formed, and he therefore hoped the house would at once proceed with tho bill. Any further delay was greatly to be deplored. Mr. LIDDELL supported the proposal of the hon. member opposite (Mr. Moffatt). Ho did not think the house should adopt the principle of compulsory education without consulting those who were more immediately in terested, and ho therefore hoped the house would wait until their voice was heard within the walls of Parlia- ment. Mr. BRUCE said the argument of the, hon. member who had just spoken meant delay, not till next session, but till the session subsequent to that. Ho, however, demurred to any further delay, and thought there was sufficient in formation before the house. Mr. POWELL supported the amendment, and thought the house had reason to complain of the crude state of the bill when first introduced. The resolution was withdrawn after some further con versation, and in committee the clauses of the Factory Acts Extension Bill were discussed and agreed to, with some unimportant amendments. The flours of Labour Regulation Bill was then taken, and the first six clauses agreed to. The Sewage Bill passed through committee. At the evening sitting no business was done, the house being counted out as soon as it re-assembled. CONDITION OF MEXICO. MAXIMILIAN has been blamed for remaiuirg in Mexico after the French withdrew. We believe that MAXIMILIAN in this case was substantially .......,. ____ right—and that events have shown he was justified in the course he adopted. We speak in reference to the position iu which he was personally en tangled, and the way out of the difficulty. He could have retired in safety from the country to his native Europe in the possession of high rank and of a large fortune. But he knew that he would leave thousands the victims of a shocking persecution. It would have been impossible for him to have enjoyed a moment's peace who had thus sought his own safety and case, leaving his followers to a terrible fate. Some men could—but not MAXIMILIAN. His life would have been blighted, his honour gone ; and henceforth he would have dragged on a weary and miserable existence. What would then have beenit he judgment of the world which now condemns him for rashness had his conduct been in accordance with what it declares to have been advisable ? From the nature of Mexican leaders and parties, MAXIMILIAN foresaw that from the moment he ceased to rule, the country would become the prey of the most horrible excesses. If he could succeed in establishing his power, unaided by foreign bayonets, much of the anticipated anarchy would be averted. If not, he could at least die gloriously,with out witnessing this misery, and leave an honourable name recorded in history. He accepted the alter native when he found the decree against him with the courage of a brave man, leaving an example to his followers who since fell in thousands for his cause. They at least had not the bitter pang when led to execution that they were the victims, while the chief who had deserted them was luxuriating in European palaces, leaving them to suffer every ex tremity in Mexico. It is on this ground that his tory will justify MAXIMILIAN. Could he have treated with JUAREZ, and felt secure of a general amnesty following his abdication, the course pru dence dictated was to vacate the throne and return to Europe. But he knew that this was impossible ; he must either control in Mexico, die, or witness the extermination of his adherents. MAXIMILIAN was but the first of a frightful massacre. It is stated that since his execution nearly 2,000 persons have been shot without any trial whatever. ESCOBEDO meant what he said, when he stated his hopes of seeing the blood of every foreigner in Mexico shed. Although DI Az on entering the capital did not inaugurate so brutal a system of persecution, there is in reality little difference between the rule in Mexico and the rule in Queretaro. lie appears to have directed alarge measure of his vengeance against the Church. Religious institutions of all kinds have been broken up, and 1,000 nuns turned in to the streets. The advice by the Java :say that JUAREZ is confiscating the Roman Catho lic convents. Priests have been compelled to abandon their distinctive attire. The capital is in a state of destitution, absolutely without money, yet a heavy tax is being wrung from all possessors of real estate. Hundreds of the most prominent citizens have been thrown into prison, and as there are no courts and no Government, save the will of the General and his myrmidoms, they remain t absolutely at his mercy. Every brigand in his own circle controls the inhabitants by the force of the bullet and the sword. Trade is annihilated, and I all who can, have fled the capital to escape a rule worse than the days of terror in the metropolis of France. Those who knew anything ofle Mexico were of ware that this would f o ll ow on the ascendancy a bo ly of men, perhaps l ess fitted to rule their fellows than any other class on earth. The effect on the United States of such a scene of iniquity is 1 shown by the organisation of parties bent on inter ' fering for the suppression of so d amag i ng a scan d a l to Republican institutions. The Asglo-Saxon can ! not understand why a system of government, admir able in his case, should be unsuited for other races. He might, in truth, as well attempt to feed his infant on the food fitted for himself. But he does not personally come iu contact with these Mexicans, and he cannot therefore judge what the effect really is. A large party of earnest Liberals in the United States, honestly believing that JUAREZ, ESCOBEDO, DIAZ, and the other Republican commanders, are striving to establish Liberal institutions in combating a usurper and a form of government hateful to them, justify the acts of the Mexican leaders. Thus STEVENS, CHANDLER, HOWARD, LOGAN, and other members of Congress, have in their places strongly THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY kV ENING, JULY 31, 1867. denounced MAXIMILIAN, and approved his execu tion. As a matter of abstract principle, they may be right, and we have little doubt that however exaggerated their statements may have been, they only uttered what they truly felt. But we believe they do not take into consideration the inapplica bility of their Liberal principles as applied to the inhabitants of Mexico. It matters little what faction is in power, whether they call themselves Imperialists or Republicans—whether followers of JUAREZ or ORTEGO, if each successive revolution is but to be followed by the plunder and extermina tion of a large body of citizens. The state of such a country is intolerable, but it furnishes the best field on earth for the Radical Congress to put in force the system of government in the construction of which they are becoming ,such adepts—•the rule of military dictators. It was a fatal mistake for MAXIMILIAN to have abandoned a most enviable position in Europe to take up one so unenviable as that of a chief of a faction in a coun- try which is little better than a hell on earth, and for which he has been stigmatised as an adventurer and a fillibuster. Yet the case would be very diffe rent if a Northern General was established in the city of Mexico, and this we believe to be the only possible escape from anarchy for the unfortunate inhabitants of that country, and the one for which many earnestly pray. An article has appeared from the pen of a member of JUAREZ'S Cabinet in the Liberalist organ of the capital, dated 25th June, in which the United States are spoken of contemp tuously, their interference repudiated, and their patronising style sneered at. European monarchies are termed " infamous," and the Government at Washington is coupled with them, for whom the writer declares the Mexicans care nothing. The sentiments of Christendom are defied, and the lead ing idea in Mexico appears just now, as expressed in this article, to be hatred, contempt, and defiance of all nations. It was written in reply to Mr. SEWARD'S Notes asking for clemency to MaximiLiAN, and is directed mainly against the United States. Although we could wish to see the Government at Washington act energetically in checking Mexican excesses, we are sorry to learn that fillibustering expeditions against JUAREZ are being organised at New York, New Orleans, Buffalo, and other cities, and large numbers are said to be enlisting. It is reported, however, that the Washington Adminis tration is in favour of intervention. .MARQUEZ, on finding the capital untenable, escaped to the mountains, where he is endeavouring to rally a force to join GOZADA against JUAREZ. Though his followers are few, the plunder of the city has made him rich in funds. No enthusiasm greeted the Liberals on entering the city of Mexico, and but 100 out of 7,000 men of the garrison fell into the hands of DIAZ. GOZADA and MONTENEGRO ignore the authority of JUAREZ in Jalisco, where, supported by 12,000 well-armed men, they have proclaimed the State independent. CoRTINAS has been ordered by JUAREZ to occupy the line of the Rio Grande. Even the French Mi nister, M. DANO, it is said, has been refused a pass , port. —Anglo- A »zerican 7 ivies. Railway and Other Companies. PERNAMBUCO. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern — Mr. R. Benson in the chair. The Secretary read the minutes of last meeting, which were confirmed. The CILIII01:1N said he was sorry to say he had received no news from the other side of the water. The debate upon theaddress of the Emperor was still going on in the Brazilian Chambers, and until this was ended no other matter would come on for con sideration. The old question of the stability of the present Ministry and the war engrossed public at tention. The Government had to lay on fresh taxes, but he had no information at present to lay before the proprietors respecting their own affairs, so that everything remained in stale quo. It was hardly worth while to ask them to meet again by adjourn ment, for if anything should transpire between this and the holding of the next ordinary meeting in Oc tober the directors would let them know by circular. There could be no doubt that their agent at Rio was doing all he could for them. Tile only other question he had to refer to was that of the deben tures. At the end of the present month £132,000 would become due, and they had arranged for more than one-half of them. The debenture holders could take the company's guaranteed interest for the defi ciency. The company's debentures were now being offered to the shareholders and others at 95, the in terest being 7 per cent per annum, which he thought a good investment. The St. Paulo Railway Com pany was doing no better than they were in getting their debentures taken up, so that he hoped the pro prietors would approve what the directors were doing in that respect. They had provided for the renewal of £73,000 oat of the £132,000 of debentures falling due, and up to the end of December next they would have to be renewed. He trusted there was nothing to make them uneasy about those matters. Lord GORT, in reply to a question, stated that near the end of last month the directors had sent a circular to the shareholders informing them that a certain amount of 7 per cent. debentures were falling due, and for which they could subscribe. If the shareholders had come forward as the directors had and taken up anything like their proportion the de bentures would have been all provided for. As they now saw that another Brazilian company was ad vertising the issue of debentures at 95, the interest being at 7 per cent. per annum, the directors had just decided on doing the same—namely, to offer the debentures for five years at 95, leaving 7 per cent. interest to be paid out of their guarantee from the Brazilian Government. He would second the motion that the meeting be dissolved. A SHAREHOLDER believed, if it were generally known that the debentures would be issued at a lower rate than par, that the remainder would have been taken up. The CHAIRMAN said they had sent a circular to the shareholders on the 29th of June, but they since found there was no chance of placing them in that way. The whole of the company's debentures only amounted to £250,000, and they had a guarantee of £56,000 a year to pay the interest and principal if necessary. There was not a railway company any where that could pay off their debentures at once without sufficient notice. In reply to questions it was stated that the Minis ter now at the head of the Brazilian Government was in favour of the company's claim for the ex tended guarantee. He was of the same opinion in 1863, and had not changed his mind. The measure had passed the Chamber, and only required the sanc tion of the Senate. Mr. MAXWELL said he believed that the direc tors had done the best they possibly could for the shareholders, and he had confidence in them. After some further observations it was agreed to dissolve the meeting, and the proceedings con cluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. LANGHAM HOTEL. The annual meeting of this company was held yesterday at the hotel, Langham-place, the Earl of Shrewsbury in the chair. Mr. Grant, the secretary, read the report, which stated that at the present time the receipts were much in excess of any former period. There was an available balance of £16,085, which the directors proposed to appropriate as follows :—£2,400 for dividend on preference shares, £6,000 to deprecia tion fund, leaving a balance of £7,686 available for dividend on the ordinary share capital, which could not be paid till February next. The CHAIRMAN said it was not the intention of the directors to ask the shareholders to adopt the report on the present occasion. Several shareholders who held a large interest in the company felt dis satisfied at the small return of profits on the large business done in the hotel, and had placed them selves in communication in the most friendly spirit, and it had been mutually agreed that a committee of consultation should be appointed. He had there fore to propose " That a committee of seven be ap pointed to confer with the Board on all affairs con nected with the management of the hotel, with the object of enforcing economy in all departments, and to report to an adjourned meeting of shareholders." Mr. Rous seconded the motion. A long discussion ensued, and several amend ments were moved, but the resolution proposed by the chairman was adopted by a large majority. Mr. 11. Green and Mr. St. George Burke were then elected directors in the room of Mr. Hoare, deceased, and Mr. Rendle resigned, and the meet ing adjourned to the Ist of November next. CROPS AND COMMERCE. The revival of trade between the United King dom and the United States, interrupted by the late war, is clearly sun in the Report of her MAJESTY'S Commissioners of CuAotus, in 'presenting to the Treasury, the statistics of Trade and Revenue for the year 1866. The values of the exports of British and Irish produce show an increase of £23,000,000 over those of 1865, and the imports an increase of £24,000,000. Almost the whole of this extraordinary rise is due to the revival of the exchange of commodities between the two sections of the Anglo-Saxon race. The year 1865 was con sidered iu Great Britain to be one of unusual pros perity. That of 1866 was marked by a financial panic, that has had a powerful effe.:t in depressing trade, and, by destroying confidence, has pro tracted this depression beyond all former experience. Not has this panic and lengthened depression been confined to the United Kingdom—it has ramified over the world, and been severely felt though from different causes, in the United States. In the face, then, of a dejection everywhere experienced this rise in the exports and imports has been achieved. It is gratifying to know that unless in terrupted by a war, it is almost impossible to check the steady growth of commerce between England and America. On the one hand, the industry and natural advantages of each country rise superior to any legislation however mistaken ; and on the other hand, each country obtains its necessary supplies in spite of all obstacles. The immediate effect of peace in the United States was to restore with a marvellous rapidity the former commercial relations with Great Britain: The whole of the vast increase of the imports into the United Kingdom amounting to £24,000,000 is due to the United States. The total receipts for 1865 from the great Republic were £46,852,281, showing the increase of last year to be more than half the total of the year preceding. But the rapidity of the move upwards is better seen from the fact that the imports from the United States for 1866 exceeded those of 1864 and 1865 put together. The period when the imports into Great Britain from the United States reached the maximum was in 1861, when the war commenced. This was due mainly to two causes. People who foresaw the struggle to be inevitable made prodigious efforts to push all the cotton and other produce they could collect from the Southern States into Europe, and the crops of that year were unusually large. The effect of the war was to enhance the value of these staples, and, in consequence, the figures represent ing their values became immensely increased. Al though the imports from the Republic for 1866 do not equal in amount those of 1861, yet that year is the single exception. The direction to which we may look for the cause of the increase is clearly in dicated, and is full of promise of returning prospe rity to the South. It is known that two previous years of neglected culture and bad harvests through out the Union were on the third year followed by a harvest still worse, eventually necessitating the prairie States to import breadstuffs for the subsistence of their inhabitants. The supply of wheat furnished by the United States to Great Britain thus fell in 1866 to a value of £375,000, or one-tenth the value of that imported in 1861. It is not then to the Northern States we must look for the cause of the increase. Of course cotton takes thelead in accounting w hich 7, 000 000 cwts. (by far the largest quantity , imported from for the upward move. In 1861 England imported 11,000,000 cwts. of c otton, of one country) came from the United States. Last year England imported 12,200,000 cwts., of which the United States furnishe d 4,600,000 cwts. The increase in quantity from the worst year of the war to the concluding year of the Report, is repre sented by values of £365,000, followed by £5,000,000 for 1865 and £24,000,000 for 186 G. The price of cotton, now that the United States has again fairly entered the field, has fallen consider ably, and therefore the returns of the present year, although exceeding in quantity, may show a less aggregate value. But there can be little doubt that the States will maintain and probably increase the trading position they have resumed. Throughout the Union the harvest is considered one of the most promising ever seen, and of all sorts of produce the reports are favourable. Free labour in the South is working better and more economically than em ployeri expected ; and industry is resuming its old habits and channels. Thus we may expect a large increase in breadstuffs, the great staple of the North, and at the same time a steady revival and development of the vast agricultural resources of the South. It is to these staples we must look for the solution of the Financial problem, which has so long and strongly agitated Congress. The exports of cotton, tobacco, wheat, maize, and rice, ought to if s o, the precious metals will not be re balance the value of the im p or ts into the U nited adjust differences. This would leave in the e ' enormo us and daily increasing yield of ciSnt Unionai r t ee to athnd gold and silver produced in the Pacific States, and Secretary 3.l.Cut.Locit would then have the ball at his foot to roll as he pleased. A satisfactory settle ment of the labour question and a few good harvests would have a magical effect in altering prices in Wall street and in the gold-room. Abundance of pro duce must lead to an accumulation of the precious metals, and that to a return to specie payments. All depends on the crops, which at least this year are considered safe. In the Southern and Central States wheat is being harvested, and elsewhere throughout the Union it is thought secure beyond all but extraordinary contingencies. The high price led to a greater area than ever being placed under cultivation. Returns received at the Bureau of Statistics in Washington, given in the Wall-street Journal, show an increase in the acreage of wheat this year of 10 to 15 per cent. The estimated im provement in the crop over last year is shown by the following table : Ohio l6O p. cent. Mi550uri......... 89 p. cont. Indiana 73 do. Kentucky ...... 53 do. Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois The breadth of cotton sown is very large, and, notwithstanding th e circulated about th e co tt on crops to in fluence prices, its conditio n i s k nown to be highly favour able, and gives every prom ise of exceeding. any except that of 18 61 . The ha y is former crop rumours of damage alwa y s secured in overfl ow i ng a bundance and fine condi tion ; and corn, th oug h l a te, ow ing to the cold, wet spring, looks well, and has lately been rapidly ripening. Secretary Al'CuLLoca has had to contend with uulooked-for difficulties, but there is now good reason t o b e li ev e that he w ill be hel p ed along in a degree h e littl e expected by the agricul tural industry of th e people and favourable weather. Some of the che er y N e w York cor res p ondents of the London daili es w ill be compelled t o chan g e their tone, and cease t o exc it e the apprehe nsions of weak minded European b on dholders in terested in the financial prosperity of the United States.—Atig/o- American Times. ndian EADVERTISIiM"t3—AvoI,I Medicines: they always aggravate chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious licalth-restoring Revelenta Arabiea Food which yields three times the nourish ment of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound —The health of the H U :ly re 4 ° ll . e 6 : lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshinf, sleep, functional regularity, am' energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 6,i,000 cures ;—" The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food.is Route, July 21, 1866. especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Aralaica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly bene ficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excel lent food too highly." From the "Gazette de Midi, July 25. Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehm', of seven years liver • complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion , constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous a gitation" Cu re No. 1,771; Lord Stuart do Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,832: " Fifty years i n d es cribable agony from dyspepsia, nervou sness , asthma, cough , constii ,alien, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. — M ar ia Joly.—Cure No. 46,270: Mr. Jame s Roberts, of Fr imle y , Surrey, of 30 years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Important Caution. —Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached In tins at ls. ; 1 lb., 2s. 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. Gd.; 5 lbs., 12 lbs., 2'25.; 24 lbs.,. 403.—BAltair Du BARRY and Co., No. 77, ilegent-street, London; also For t n am and Mason, 182 , Piccadilly ; and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cifeapside ; 63, 150, and 2t)S, Oxford-street 330 Strand; and all grocers and chemists. Miscella: N cws Admiral Tegethoff with his suite, left Liverpool on Saturday by the China for Mexico, proceeding by New York and Washington. It is stated that an officer of the American navy will accompany the Admiral to Queretaro. Juarez has, we 'believe, signified to the United States Government his wil lingness to deliver up the body of Maximilian. ltn tne diately after the execution the corpse was em balmed. Juarez is said to have been compelled by his subordinate commanders to order the death of the Prince. It has generally been supposed that the execution was highly unpopular among the Indian inhabitants, and Juarez himself was au We noticed last week the serious illness of Judge James W. Way ne, and this week we have to announce his death, which occurred at Washington, Friday, sth instant, at the age of 77. He had been ap pointed to his office by President Jackson. Ile was a Southerner from the State of Georgia. This vacancy reduces the Judges of the Supreme Court to 8, but in compliance with the law lately passed fixing the number at 6 the vacancy will not be filled. The death is also announced of John A. King, son of the celebrated Rufus King, once United States Minister to St. James's. The late Mr. King had held several responsible offices, even tually obtaining the high position of Governor of the State of New York. He was educated at the English public school of Harrow, and was there a contemporary of Lord Byron and Sir Robert Peel. He was delivering an address at Jamaica, Long Island, on Independence Day, when he was stricken with paralysis, and died a few hours afterwards, at the age of 80. Another death is noted in this week's advices, that of Mr. E. J. Westmoreland, British Consul at Brunswick, Georgia, who, on Friday, sth July, was shot by a man named Martin. The late Consul had but a few hours before married a lady of Brunswick, and it is thought jealousy led to the murder. The assassin was arrested, and committed to. the Savannah Gaol. It ap pears that - . General Meagher fell from the deck of a steamer near Fort Benton, and was swept away by the current. He was born at Waterford in 1823, and in 1848, as a leader of the young Ire land party, he was arrested during the abortive rebellion, tried for high treason, and sentenced to death. This was commuted to transportation to Tasmania, whence lie escaped in a very questionable manner in 1851. He proceeded direct to New York, where he was enthusiastically received by his countrymen in 1852. In 1861 he entered the army as a captain for the war, and rose to the rank of brigadier-general. He was not very successful as a soldier except in using up the men under his command, but be served till the end of the war, and was then appointed secretary of Montana, and was acting-governor when he was drowned. Ex- Governor and Ex-Senator Lazarus W. Powell has also died during the week. Congress has defeated by a heavy majority the resolution introduced in the House on the 9th to re assemble Congress in October to take up the work of Impeachment, and to compel the Judiciary Com mittee to make a report. The majority of the Com mittee held that there were no grounds for impeach ment, and on this plea refused to report. Last Monday, July 22, Congress adjourned to the 13th November. The House rejected Mr. Munger's resolution for an investigation of rebel prisoners by the North, and resolved that the House would en tertain no resolution implying other than humane treatment of rebel prisoners. By the Jaca we learn that Congress had passed the supplemental Reconstruction Bill with the amendments of the House in the Senate, by a ma jority of 31 to 6, and in the House by 111 against 30 votes, and the bill had gone to the President. A million dollars had been appropriated for Re construction, but the President states that the act will necessitate the appropriation of $14,000,000, and that Congress should consider if, in abrogating civil Governments, the National Government would not become responsible for the debts incurred before the rebellion, amounting to $100,000,000. The Justiciary Committee were instructed by the Senate to inquire whether Kentucky, Maryland, and Dela ware have Republic forms of government. Our neighbour, the Echoes of the Clubs, is too young to know the injury it may do by concocting despatches and publishing them as genuine docu ments. Some time ago such a despatch appeared in its columns, as from the pen of Mr. Seward. This bore too unmistakeably the stamp of its origin to impose and obtain an extended circulation. But the Echoes has been much more successful in its last attempt. If the Echoes succeeded in imposing on the Pall-Mall Gazette, and other English journals of repute, it is little wonder that American news papers have been deceived. We cut from a leading weekly the following item :—" The Russian Go vernment has taken the remarkable step of pro posing that Russia, France, and the United States interfere with England in behalf of Ireland. The wrongs of the Irish must be grave indeed to attract the attention of the Czar of Russia, but it is not likely that England will thank him for his inter ference or follow his advice." We hope our contem porary will next exercise its ingenuity in a more harmless direction. It should bear in mind that it can give circulation to a report injurious to its country, but it cannot undo the mischief, unless aided by some such powerful journal as the Times. The change wrought in Richmond may be gathered from the fact that the negroes have nomi nated Cornelius Harris (coloured), a shoemaker, for Mayor, and three negroes and two whites for the city council. On the register lists, so far, the blacks predominate by 1,700. Twenty negroes are to be enrolled in the police force, so intensely to the disgust of the white members of that body that they all threaten to resign. At Memphis, Tennessee, the completed list foots up 7,185 coloured, and 3,945 white voters. In Georgia we find partial returns from various coun ties, which uniformly show a large majority of coloured voters. In Savannah the negroes regis tered outnumber the whites three to one. General Butler, at the head of his committee for grubbing to the roots of the assassination conspi racy, has set to work with his usual vigour. On Wednesday, 10th, he examined Mr. Ould, formerly Confederate Commissioner for exchange of pri soners. Mr. Ould was closely questioned with refer ence to the course taken by thevarious Federal officers and the impediments thrown in the way of effecting the exchange. The president of the committee directed his questions so as mainly to bear on Gene ral Grant. The public cannot see the connection between this exchanffe and the assassination con spiracy. A committee has been appointed by Con gress to inquire into the treatment of Federal pri soners im Confederate prisons, and such evidence as Mr. Butler endeavoured to elicit is more pro perly within their province. The Conservatives desire to instruct Shank's committee to investigate the alleged ill-treatment of Confederate soldiers in Northern prisons, as a reference to the reports in the War Office show that more Southerners died during their detention in theNorththanNortherners detained in the Southern gaols. General Butler has introduced and passed reso lutions in the House of Representatives for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the assassination plot, and of this committee, consisting of five, he has been appointed chairman. Power is granted to send for persons and papers, and to sit during the recess of Congress. Also to grant par dons to those who turn evidence. Mr. Butler still holds that Mrs. Surratt was unjustly convicted, but it is thought that his object is to implicate people in the highest position in the guilt of this horrible conspiracy. Surratt might be brought before the committee as an evidence, and pardoned if he made a full confession. The following is the last and most pithy of the resolutions :—" Be it further resolved, that as the crime to be investigated is of a most heinous, and, in this country, unprecedented character, and is believed to have included in its plan and perpetration many persons holding high positions of power and authority because of the civil war, who were active through inferior persons as their tools and instruments ; and as such persons may be pre vented from giving evidence because of liability to punishment for participation in such conspiracy ; therefore, in order to open all sources of evidence, the committee be empowered to report a bill grant- ing grace and amnesty, according to Parliamentary usage, to any person having cognisance of such con spiracy not already put on trial and convicted of complicity therein, who shall give material and faithful evidence tending to bring to light the facts of said conspiracy; and that in the judgment of the House no person in whose favour said report shall be made ought to be brought to trial on any evidence given by him to the committee, nor should such evidence be used against such person on any trial." On Friday, the sth inst., the prosecution closed in the trial of Surratt, and the defence com menced next thy, being opened by Mr. Bradley, junior, who declared his belief in the prisoner's in nocence, and his ability to prove an alibi, as well as to break down the most important testimony of the Government. The proprietor and many of the actors employed at Ford's 'Theatre when the assas sination occurred were examined, and a professor at the Observatory of Washington. These wit nesses show that the theatre was not open on the day preceding the assassination--that the mysterious calling of the time is to apprise the actors when they must appear on the stage, and that it was not Surratt who called the time, bat an employ of the theatre. They further show that the night was cloudy and dark, and that it was impossible for people to have been sworn to by the wit nesses for the prosecution. The testimony on Thursday was interesting and important. Its object was to destroy Weiehman's evidence. Sur ratt's counsel stated that he could prove Weichman to have been deep in the conspiracy. Hollahan, who accompanied the detectives to Canada in their search for Surratt, claims the handkerchief picked up at the railway station at Vermont as his own. It will be remembered that it was supposed to have been dropped by Surratt as he fled from Washing ton to Montreal on the night of the murder. The Government witnesses, Tibbetts, Lee, Cleaver, and several others, are, according to a number of per sons, not to be relied on, and the last was shown to have been tried and convicted of rape and man- slaughter. Petroleum has again been tried on board the United States gunboat Palos at Boston, on July 3. The vessel steamed 44 nautical miles in 4 hours 10 minutes, or at the rate of 10 knots an hour, con suming eight barrels of petroleum. This trial is considered conclusive, confirming, as it does, the success on previous occasions. Greater speed would have been attained, but for the derangement of the air-pumps which were temporarily con nected. The gentlemen on board resolved them selves into a meeting, and passed sundry reso lutions, of which the last was as follows:--- Resolved, " That the thanks of the commercial world are due to Colonel H. R. Foote and his asso ciates for this discovery, which must produce an important revolution in ocean and river steam navigation." On a recent visit to Lennoxville Jefferson Davis at the Sherbrook Railway station made a short speech. lie was met there by a large crowd, who welcomed him with loud cheers, and, after some per suasion, he said :—" Gentlemen, —I thank you most kindly for this hearty British reception, which I take as a manifestation of your sympathy and goodwill for one in misfortune. It bespeaks the true in stincts of your race. I trust you may ever remain as free a people as you are now, and that under the union of your provinces you will grow great and prosperous as you are free. I hope that you will hold fast to your British principles, and that you may ever strive to cultivate a close and affectionate connexion with the mother country. Gentlemen, again I thank you." The Iron Age encourages the stern re solve of the Irish P eo pl e t o smo th er the British lion with its own piece goods and other manufactures. As the British lion cannot be choked out of existence by the Fenian grasp of the shaggy beast's throat, the oft-tried device is to be again attempted of starving it by withdrawing custom. We cannot say with what amount of dismay the much-enduring brute will hear of this fresh conspiracy for its destruc tion. It may perhaps be comforted by the know ledge that the scheme has been often planne I, but with little harm. People have a shocking habit of buy ing in the cheapest market, and of this inveterate propensity it has been found most difficult to break them. While the New York Ti ibune has been ad vocating " Protection to American Industry" it is regularly printed on paper imported from Europe, and takes credit to itself for the great advance it has made in the creditable appearance of its sheet. We wonder what paper the Iron Age uses ? It certainly is of so good a quality that we are half-inclined to believe that it also is foreign. But this of course cannot be so, for whatever might be the inconsistency of the Tribune, the Iron Age could not have the audacity to print on foreign paper the article to which we allude. It will scarcely be gratifying to the Iron Age to learn that the country which has taken the largest supply of British pro duce and manufactures for the last year is the United States, the increase being so great as to restore the value of British exports to that country to a higher position than they occupied before the American war. But whether gratifying or not, the increase of imports into the TJnited Kingdom from the United States is on a still larger scale than the increase of exports, as the annual report to which we allude elsewhere shows. If the Fenian conspiracy drops into this harmless result, we may well con gratulate the Irish brotherhood on the change from dangerous madness into drivelling idiotcy. THE SULTAN'S VISIT. If pleasure and sight-seeing be a weary pastime ,o even young people of western Europe, what must have been the toil to ABDOOL-AZIZ of the lasi few weeks. It requires long residence in the east for the people of either England or France to com prehend the feelings of the grand Turk when he found himself the centre of attraction in the great cities of Paris and London. A Christian sovereign is more or less trained to be a show. It is his most irksome duty to form the principal figure in pageants, and to take the foremost place in cumbrous ceremonial, but it is all after his kind— the customs and habits to which he has been educated. Yet it wearies inexpressibly, and he is a rare monarch who does not occasionally break impatiently through the etiquette which fences him around. The leading idea of an eastern potentate is that power is to be used for personal gratification, not for the benefit of his subjects. If he be lazy he reposes in a state of dolce fur niente, and the rule passes into the hand of his minister. If he be sensual he fills his harem with houris, and the law of the Prophet against the sparkling bowl becomes a dead letter. If he be cruel the heads of the faith ful are severed from their bodies; whatever may be his idiosyncrasy he makes it felt over his dominion. So long as he occupies his throne he is widely sepa rated from all around him. Those who come in contact with him address him as the Master of the Universe—almost as GOD on earth—whom it is their business to obey at the sacrifice of their lives, as his slaves—the mere creatures of his will. No doubt there are controlling influences which ho feels indirectly, but he reads little, and knows little, even of the country over which he presides. The plunge of the SULTAN from his capital of Constantinople into the midst of Parisian and London society is in truth a " header," a sort of cold bath, which it is impossible for us fully to comprehend. An Eug iishmau, finding himself id au Eastern city feels how strange all is around him ; yet he is not ad mitted into Turkish houses, he does not view more than the outside of Turkish society, he does not dine at their tables, converse with their wives and daugh ters ; he is not introduced into their harem, and, however strange the change may be, it is but the outside of things he sees. Reading lessens much of the novelty, and his roving habits break in a measure the strangeness of the scene. But ABDOOL-AZIZ, without such preparation, found himself on the boulevards of Paris, not many hours after the minarets of Constantinople had sunk below the horizon. From that moment he became the centre of a throng of Franks. Thousands of eyes were for ever peering at him. At his elbow stood the reporter, pencil in hand. The lens of the photographer was directed at him. If he spoke, his words circulated through the press ; if he looked, if he laughed, if he yawned, all was recorded in large type for the in - formation of the world. He was too rare and ~. v... costly a prize not to be made the most of ; so he was hurried from sight to sight, from review at sea to review on land, from dinner to ball, from opera to supper, till he sank wearily to sleep, and forgot his toils on what to him was a strange couch. As we begin to understand his feelings we can better realise his sensations on awaking in the morning to the pastimes his hospitable entertainers had chalked out for him. If he rose for prayer at dawn, for which no call from mosque sounded through Buck ingham Palace, he might have looked over the huge city during its only peaceful moments, and felt with a sigh of relief that the monster slept. When to his Eastern mind a full third of the day had been spent, if he looked again he would have seen the gathering Franks, to whom it was but beginning, pouring in thousands along the Mall, and felt that he was the bear they were corning to bait. At every cover he must have peered with suspicion with a shade of pork darkly crossing his mind. had the prayer been repeated over the animals slain that covered the Christian board? Was the mind of the Sublime Porte at case, that he, a descendant of the prophet, was the right man in the right place, as a guest in the Palace of the Unbeliever ? What did the Turk think—who knows not the value of time—of his five minutes' lunch at Windsor ? Perhaps he felt that these Christian dogs had a wonderful facility in bolting their food. What were the SULTAN'S impressions —who, if he does not believe that the wind and the tide should obey him, at least holds that it is expedient that lie should obey the wind and the tide—when our Lady the QUEEN stepped on board her yacht, through whose rigging a gale of wind was howling, for the amusement of reviewing her fleet at Spithead ? It is no light thing for the " Asylum of the Universe " to be turned upside down and inside out, a sorry spectacle before this Woman Ruler of the Franks. ABDOOL-AZIZ left London on Tuesday morning, no doubt satisfied that in their own uncouth way the Feringliees had done their best to entertain him. lie may carry away a grateful remembrance of the effort, but we feel sure that he will recall his week in London as one of ceaseless worry while be remained the show of the ever-moving, restless throng among whom Le had so unguardedly placed himself. We ought to make a wide difference in our manner of entertaining an Eastern Potentate and a body of Belgian Volunteers. It is scarcely possible to leave to the former too much quiet and repose, while it is difficult to overdo excitements and amusements for the latter. To gratify and pro vide for these peculiar national characteristics is rue hospitality.—Anglo-American Times. TILE GAME OF " LA CROSSE." By the kind permission of Lord Ranelagh, a group of 18 Iroquois Indians were enabled yester day to introduce, in the grounds of Beaufort Ilouse, Walham-green, for the first time in this country, A 3 national game of Canada, called "La Crosse." bare mention of the character of the game will im mediately show that Lord Ranelagh's extensive grounds are remarkably well adapted to such exer cise as it involves. The " Crosse" is an instrumen t somewhat resembling a racket bat. It is composed of hickory wood, having a long handle at one end , and at the other a curve, or loop, which is filled up by a network of catgut or whipcord. The length of the handle and the construction of the frame enable the player to exercise full control over the ball, and to lift it from the ground with a facility which could not be achieved by means of any other instrumen t used at games with the ball. The ball in this case is made of indiarubber, and is not less than eigh t inches, and not more than nine, in circumferenc e. By one of the rules which govern the game player s are forbidden to catch or to throw, or to pick up 01° ball with the hand ; but they are permitted to lift it from a hole, or to any other spot which is inacces sible to the crosse, and to block or pat it in order to protect the face or body. Under any other circuni stances it must not be touched, except with th e crosse, which instrument, though somewhat heavy, is wielded by these Iroquois Indians with surpris ing agility and dexterity ; and it is interest ing to observe the amount of physical exer i° l3 they are able to undergo in their endeavour to at tain the goal. This goal is formed by two flag Fold, seven feet apart, and the duty of " keeping" it is an important feature in the game. Besides the goa l ' keeper there are various fixed places for the player ° :, called respectively "point,"" cover-point," 'centres, " home," and " fielders"—terms which have doubt, less been translated into English by a well - s killet ; cricketer. Nevertheless the game partakes more °: the character of hockey or football than of crick l; In short, it conveys the idea of football played crick 0 au instrument instead of the foot, for the bal l ouc _ thrown into the field, the players are compelled.t; pace the ground with a helter-skelter rapidity wh i . c is suggestive of that old English pastime. The Pe, turesque dresses of the players on the present occ:i sion naturally contributed to the general effect it the game ; but, irrespective of this considera tioni t may be said that " La Crosse" (which is now ab °ll . ll to be played in different parts of the country) 'Nilo doubtless speedily find favour at our large se ll° e ; where the promoters of the present " moveroe li i o purpose gaining an opportunity for the lrecill" Indians to exercise their skill and agility. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRIS T 0 lier ° The corn market to-day had Th i n atte n d ance , and t- t° is was no business done in wheat. Barley and o ats 6d 0 dearer. Peas are very scarce. Maize at the prices al week. LEEDS—TSDAY. The supply of wheat was scarc UE e, with a fair dem and f a r fresh sorts, and last week's prices were fully supp orts Other articles unchanged. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TuEsDA.Y. gen e. White wheat, 68s to 74s ; red, 598 to 68s pet 3 388— „or Barley for malting, 40s to 52s per qr; feed, 32 s to ist, 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 348; new, 26s to 32s per Beans, old, 52s to 5453 new, 45s to 50s per qr. LIVERP 0 OL—T UESDAY. tri We had a moderate attendance of the town and couo trade at our market to-day, and wheat met a goo d , 6 ,-, ° o' sumptive demand at Friday's rates. Flour steady 83 '4 vious rates. Indian corn sold at a decline of 6d, NO" e cl fair demand. Beans and peas wore scarce, and advslifoe slightly. Oats and oatmeal in fair request at a provement on last week. little SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. ~ iO There was a moderate business transacted to-t- 7 .,0 0 the corn trade, but only a slender attendance. )-..,:tijet were not materially altered. Grinding barley W 3S '- higher in price. ~,s 1 , lted wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushels....2ls Od to A,', 4 o? White do do 268 Od 2 ,,1 g 0 , 1 New red do do ...40s Od „ 1 ";; 3 0 , ; New white do do 23s 6d ' Oa Beans do 2 2 ° do Ws Od , a 3 0 , , Peas, per qr. Grinding barley, per qr 35s Od V, 0, Malting barley, eo .3s Od „',;', 3 Oo Oats, do 278 Od o' F10ur....2s 4d to 23 8d per 141 b. MARKET HARBOROUGII.—TnEsDAV. g r° rg U 1 3 , Old white wheat, 67s to 72s ; new red, 62 s to G. - , JO - 1. stone. Barley, fine, 52s ; other kinds, 23 s t o 36s Ve`, of ' Oats, new, 26s to 35s ; old, 34s to 35s per qr. 13 `' a 46s to 535; new, 42s to 4 7s per qr. , Births. si r d r E LWORTH Y—On the 29th inst., at The Grove, New ° t . worth, Mrs. Albert Elworthy, * of a son. „sce a " HEATHCOTE—On the 29th inst , at 23, Wilton-a — Lady Evelyn Hea hcote, of a son. o laa e ' Sr° TTISWOODE—On the 29th inst., at 50, Grosvo na- ' the wife of William Spottiswoode, of a son. Marriages. a •i!'. ll , CAnniTT —CnAnizEn—On the 29th inst., at the 1) , ' 1 , ` church of South Bersted, Sussex, William aell„rii'l;`); only son of Wm. Carritt, Esq of Greenhithe 11,-,,ivio2 tolph-lane, City, to Julia Coustantia, i the only say . s q., " child of Laura and the late h -lier ..• Henryy a l ' 1 1 , Ghent. Cha c pst HENRY —TATHNIV— On the 29th inst. at at St. Joh o ',,, l og - t o hyde-park, Alfred Lucas, 3,1 R.U.(b) Hussars, Y` t i o os : . 0 son of the late Samuel Henry, Esq., o f Bar t , a do la' Emma Blanch Cose, youngest stepdaughter 0 , " Henry Tatham, Esq. Deaths., clift °l3l ARTHUR—On the 29th inst., at 10, Brighton-Par k ' I. Bristol, Win. Stock Arthur, Esq., aged 63. , Ti lliqta CARTER—On the 27th inst., at Guern sP y , cot " . 11 Carter, C. 8., 63d Regiment. 03a rr° FOWDEN—On the 26th inst., Mr. Fowden, °- Lodge, Beckenham, aged 66. 1,,,5t0° 1 I'ls' HUNT—On the 27th inst., George-street, Edw.— „of Hunt, Esq., J.P., aged 76. the vi ''' ° PLUNKETT —On the 27th inst., at Gibraltar, watt) Captain the Hon. T. O. Plunkett, Resident 31-4 ,0. Longford, ages 22. geu Porn—On the 28th inst., Ilargt. Pope, of Stables, a ~v -----_— .... A 14113 , P' I_o. London Printed and Published by WILLIA-A. So. - o f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Ofile°'oooiY Strand, in the Precinct of the SP 'Toy, in the L . Kiddlesox..—Wednesday, July 31,1867.