The Sun. — London, England, 1867-07-13 00:00:00

THE NAVAL REVIEW. The subjoined is the authorised programme of the' Naval lleview tit Spithead on the 17th of July : " The fleet will be formed into two lines, the ironclal-s forming the line nearest to the Isle of Wight, with the respective flagships to the eastward, and be unmoored and hove short by nine o'clock on the morning of the 16th inst. " His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, and also his 'fightless the Viceroy of Egypt, will be saluted by the ships in harbour on their respective arrivals at Portsmouth. " nis Imperial Majesty the Sultan will probably ]eave „Portsmouth Harbour in the Osborne, at 10 15 o'clock, and will be received with a Royal salute from the Fleet as he approaches Spithead, the yards will be manned, and his Majesty will be cheered as the Osborne passes the lines. " So soon as her Majesty receives the Sultan and the Viceroy on board the Royal yacht, and ap proaches Spithead from Cowesßoads, a Royal salute will be fired, the yards will be manned, and her Ma jesty will be cheered as the Royal yacht passes. " On her Majesty approaching the leading ships of the line, the ships are to weigh together and pro ceed in close order of steaming to the eastward, and having passed the Nab light vessel and approached the Royal yacht to the southward of the buoy of the Bullock patch, the leading ships will invert the order of steaming (signal 017), and will form the line with their heads to the westward, each ship bearing up in succession is order to keep her place and distance with her leader. " During some part of the evolutions of the day the ships will engage each other until the signal is made to 'cease firing,' and should the direction of the wind or other circumstances admit the fleet may stand in under sail. " On nearing Spithead the ships will be prepared to anchor in succession, the leading ships first taking up their original positions, each ship passing outside their respective leaders. " The gunboats will form an inshore squadron independent of the two lines of the fleet, they will weigh with the fleet, and form in one line in the rear between the two lines, and having steamed out between the Warner and the Nab, they will be ordered, by signal, to part company, and, forming in two lines on the reverse order of steaming, will bear down respectively on Southsea Castle and Fort Monckton, and open an attack on those forts. " On her Majesty taking her departure from the fleet a Royal salute will be fired, the yards will be manned, and her Majesty will be cheered in passing the respective ships. "At 9 in the evening (weather permitting) the ships forming the lines will be illuminated with long lights and rockets." A second grand rehearsal of part of the pro gramme for the review of the fleet by her Majesty on the 17th inst. was performed off the Wight yes terday. Fires were lit on board the respective ships and cables shortened in to signal at 6 a.m. Admiral Sir T. Pasley joine I his flagship, the Victoria, by 9 a.m , and preparations were at once entered upon for weighing upon the signal No. 553 being made from the flagship. The orders for the day were all for ships, as several on the previoas rehearsal were unable to keep correctly their stations, to have suffi cient boiler power to enable them to make an eight knot speed when necessary, the fixed rate of steam tug, without special orders to the contrary, to be six knots. The Daphne and Nymph, screw unarmoured corvettes, to take the place of the Bellerophon and Lord Clyde, absent with Rear-Admiral Warden's squadron of ironclads in the Channel, in the star board division, and the Mersey to take permanently the place of the Princess Royal in the port division, all hope of the presence of Vice-Admiral King's handsome screw liner at the Review being now given up. The signal to weigh was made soon after 9, and in half an hour the Victoria's anchor was secured at her bows, and the other vessels of both divisions followed, some one or two not over quickly, and as soon as this was accomplished they fell into position in two lines in the following order—the Duncan and Lion passing into berths ahead of the St. George and Royal George. All the liners and frigates had royal yards across except the Sutlej, she by permission baying no yards aloft above her topsail yards : PORT DIVISION. Unarmoured Line—Screw Three decker-1. Vic toria (flagship). Screw Liners-2. Irresistible ;3. Donegal ; 4. Revenge ; b. Duncan ; 6. Lion ; 7. St. George ; 8. Royal George. Screw Frigates-9. Mersey ; 10. Liffey ; 11. Sutlej ; 12. Dauntless. STARBOARD DIVISION—IRONCLAD LINE. Screw Frigates-1. Warrior ; 2. Black Prince Screw Sloops-3. Nymph; 4. Daphne. Screw EH gate-5. Valiant. Screw turret ships-6. Royal Sovereign ; 7. Prince Albert ; 8. Wivern. Screw corvette-9. Research. Twin screw gun vessels -10. Viper; 11. Vixen. Hydraulic propelled gun vessel-12. Waterwitch. The Terrible held position off the head of the port line as look out ship, and the Gladiator did the same duty off the head of the starboard line. The Argus, Coastguard screw yacht, carrying the flag of Commodore J. Tarleton, C. 8.; took up position between the two lines and in about the centre of their length to do duty as " repeating" ship, and to whip up the careless vessels into their proper places. In this order the fleet steamed grandly out to the south-cast, the Argus finding plenty of work in seconding the flagship in getting and then keeping all in order. Nearing the Nab the line-of-battle ships changed their position in the port line in obedience to signal, the Donegal, Revenge, and Duncan taking second, third, and fourth places, and the Irresistible fifth; the Daphne, screw sloop, at the same time, after sundry erratic and inexplicable manoeuvres, dropping into her place in the line ahead of the Valiant in the starboard division. The early morning was dull and overcast, with a breeze at about the strength of four from the east. By the time, however, that the fleet were passing the Nab the weather had cleared, and the wind, at about the same strength, came slightly round to about E.S.E. At 11 10 a.m. the heads of the two lines were abreast of the Nab light, and steering for the pivot vessels anchored off the Bullock Shoal, the Daphne again showing proclivities for executing capers on her own account and drawing down upon her from the Admiral a sharp message to " keep her place" in the line. The port line were keeping bad distances, and soon after, the signal being made to the Daphne, the Mersey and the Royal George came in collision with each other, the frigate losing her jibboom, whichlell with its gear and sail a hang ing wreck from tlle bowsprit under her bows. The liner had her stakboard quarter boat smashed. The Bullock Shoal Buoy, E.S.E. of the Nab Light vessel was reached just before noon, when the lead ing ships were spoken by the Camel steamer, Mr. Main, Queen's pilot master, and the pivot marks for turning pointed out off the edge of the shoal—two large buoys surmounted with flags, signal being made at the same time to invert order of steaming. The entire fleet now, with the solitary ex ce pti on o f one incorrigible vessel, were in capital distance order, and wheeled round the pivot buoys by the respec tive divisions superbly. It was, necessarily, the grand feature of the day's exercise, as it will be the grand feature in the few evolutions that will be gone through on the day of the review, and no won der, therefore, that on its completion Sir Thomas l'aoley ordered its repetition. Once more the Vic toria and Warrior led off the four-figure waltz of the war ships, and again the double elliptic track was 1113 , Iced on the surface of the waters. In steaming up for the pivots the second time the wind freshened considerably and told upon the four liners astern of the Duncan—the Irresistible, Lion, and the two Georges, causing them to lag very considerably. Excepting this little contretemps, and the appearance of the irrepressible sloop in the ironclad division, which would have her own private performances, the evolution was again gone through with excellent precision. It is an acknowledged matter of reproach to us, even amon g our own n aval offi cer s, that in the m anoeuvring of a fleet of ships under steam we are far behind the French Navy, bu t t the practice of the Spithead of fleet yesterday inin verting the ordei stelaning round the pivots off the Bullock Shoal was certainly a great So taiwirros, Friday This port contributes no mean addition to the steam flotilla which will be assembled at Spithead on Wednesday next, to witness the great naval Review arranged to come off that day in the presence of her Majesty the Queen, the Sultan of Turkey, the Viceroy of Egypt, and other illustrious pertonages. Between 20 and 30 steamships of various rates of tonnage, belonging to the mail and other shipping interests associated with this port, will be present on the occasion. Five of the large vessels of the Penin sular and Oriental Company have been chartered by the Government—viz., the Syria, to be appro priated to the House of Lords ; the Ripon, to the House of Commons ; the Tanjore, to the members of the Cabinet, foreign Ministers, &c.; and the China and Bangalore, the special appropriation of these two not being yet publicly known. The three first named will go down to Portsmouth on the 16th, there to embark the distinguished company assigned to each, and the China and Bangalore will, as at present arranged, leave the Southampton Docks on the morning of the review. The Royal Mail Com pany send two of their noble vessels, the Seine and La Plata, the former devoted to the company's shareholders, and the latter to the directors, man agers, and others. The flag of the Union Company will be represented by two of their steamers—viz., the Cambrian, with the directors and the share holders, and the Anglian, chartered for the occasion by a private firm. The South-Western Company contribute four of their fleet, the Brittany, Caesarea, Southampton, and Despatch ; the British and Irish Company two, the Lady Eglinton and Lady Wode house ; and the Southampton and Isle of Wight Company four, the Vectis, Medina, Lady of the Lake, and Lord of the Isles. Among the miscel laneous steamers advertised for the occasion from this port are the Southampton, the Salisbury, the Boston, the Zaire, the Annette, &c. ; a steamer of 1,000 tons named the Himalaya, has an chored in the river this afternoon, reported to be destined for the same uses ; and the Thetis is adver tised to leave Portsmouth or Southampton with passengers for the review ground. Other arrange ments are in progress, and there will in all pro bability be at least thirty steamships from this port at the great nautical gathering on Wed nesday. Special trains to and from Portsmouth are to be laid on from this and various other towns in the district. The steamboat fares for the day range from 10s. to £2 25., some inclusive and some exclusive of wines and provisions, and most of the vessels will remain to enable those on board to wit ness the illumination of the fleet at night. The Standard says :—" Letters from Rome give a glowing account of the manner in which the Pontifical Treasury is being filled. They stato that the foreign bishops have presented to the Pope tho extraordinary sum of 7,500,000 f. (.£300,000 sterling) in money, b e : sides other precious gifts. Tho bishops of Canada brought a silver - model of a ship, the sails of which aro composed of bank-notes of various countries, and the cargo of golden coins of every nation. Tho Bishop of Mexico presented his Holiness with an offering of 80,00 piastres, 'and one English prelate alone gave him 2,500,0G0f. 0 Various and amusing are the stories told relative to the great religious festival. Oue very old bishop, supporting himself on an immense walking stick, persis ted in being pre sented to the Pope, contrary to etiquette, with his friend the stick in hand. On approaching the representative of St. Peter, ho excused himself, on account of the poorness of his district, for not being able to make a better offer ing to his Holiness than the stick in question. On inspection it turned out to be of massive gold! Two other bishops, meeting the Pope without the walls of Rome, and not knowing what courtesy to make him, gave him their blessing ! An Oriental prelate is said to have sat himself down cross-legged in the Pincio to smoke his chibouque I" [ADvmmsEmENT.l—Avoid Medicines: they always aggravate chronic complaints: but Du-Barry' s delicious he i alth restorng Itevelenta Arabica Food, whi c h yi e ld s t h ree times the nourish ment of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, and invariably restores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, an energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 6.8,000 cures ;—" The Pope's health restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 08,413.—" "Rome, July 21, 1566. —The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especiall y s i nce, . abandoning all other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic°. 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.2s. Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,771; Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vumiting.—Maria joly.”—Coro No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 year.; 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':l name is most audaciously attached In tins at Is. lid.: 1 lb., Is. otl. 2 lbs., 4e. 6,1.; 5 lbs., lie. ; 12 ]1).3., 22,.; 21 11;,:., 10,, —BAR It Y DU B.\ rtnY an:l Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Loudon; also Fortnam and MISOII, 132, Piccadillls and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapsile ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; HO Strand ; and all grocers and cb.?,naists. (From Correspondents of the Anglo-American Times.) PARIS, July 11. The fate of Maximilian has thrown for the time a shadow on the brilliant atmosphere of Paris and its festivities, though that it will be of no long dura tion is sufficiently manifested in the ordonnance for the mourning of the Court, which will last for thirty days, and be, for the first fifteen, what is called deep mourning, for the remainder of the period of a lighter character. The French press, as indeed also that of the civilised world, is unanimous in its exe cration of the cowardly assassination, though I ob serve it abstains almost exclusively from consider ing the political bearing of the late Archduke's connexion with Mexico. It is said, however, that Maximilian, prepared for the worst, had made ar rangements for the publication, after his death, of his history in connexion with the Mexican Empire. It would be a loss of time to seek to analyse the motives which have influenced Juarez and his party in the commission of this cruel and impolitic execution, or to search for them further than in the well-known baseness, cowardice, and revengeful character of the Mexi cans, but it is possible they may have remembered in the case of the Emperor Augustus I. (Iturbide), who was shot in a similar manner in 1824, that, sub jected only to the punishment of banishment on the occasion of his first capture, that Prince returned a second time to grasp at the visionary sceptre which only allured him to his ruin. The policy of the Americans in reference to Jefferson Davis bears a marked and striking contrast to that of the Mexi cans in regard to the Emperor Maximilian. The Republic of America, however, is great and real, that of Mexico paltry and a sham. Whatever may be the ulterior result of the Mexican anarchy, and I think it extremely probable that it will be to fall under the power and control of America, no nation will recognise them, or lift a sword in their de fence. lam of opinion that susth a subjugation would be beneficial not only to themselves, but to the interests of humanity in general. I am not one of those who shrink with horror fron the idea that America will one day become, if in deed she be not already, the most powerful nation in the world. I believe in fact that it is impossible for events to fall out otherwise, but I do not for all that believe in another invasion of the Huns, nor that an American President rill be found to play the part of a modern Attila. I shall not, however, pursue farther the consideration of a question which has been so ably disposed of in your admirable lead ing article of last week. The affair of Berezowski presents no additional features or discoveries, and it is probable that the account given by the mono maniac is a true one. The Russian journals are pressing strongly the advisability of the immediate denationalisation of the Polish provinces of Lithua nia, Volbynia, White Russia, the Ukraine, &c., and indeed it is difficult to see what wiser course can be adopted. The day hs gone by when the na tionality of Poland could be protected with effect, and as in the case of Ireland in regard to Great Britain the best protection that could be accorded at present to the rol.;s would be a more complete participation in the national privileges of the great empire, with which even now they are almost blended and lost. Germany still appears to regard with jealousy the coquetting of Russia with the slave States, and it is probable that no end of territorial disputes will arise from time to time amongst her own petty princes, who regard in each instance perhaps three fourths of their principalities as their own personal heritage and property, whilst the fourth part ap pertains to the State. This position of affairs tends to raise various knotty questions, of which it is not at present easy to see the arrangements. What is done, however, in the case of Nassau, Electoral Hesse, and Hanover will probably guide the course of precedence in other in stances, whilst the collective guarantee of the Great Puissanccs will prove a safeguard against endangering the peace of Europe. According to the Paris journals his Highness the Sultan, who appears to enjoy with great relish the manners and customs of the unbelievers, has been particularly struck with the excellence of two things in Paris, its cuisine, and the universally excellent manner in which not only the bourgeoisie, but even the lower classes, are shod, especially as compared with his own subjects, who either wear papouches (slippers) more or less dilapidated, or go entirely barefoot. Whether the Padishah will import into Turkey a cohort of French cooks and cobblers, or simply content himself with administering the bastinado to his own artistes on his return, I cannot say ; it is evident, however, that either bedridden hussars' recipe for cream tarts of pepper notoriety must have been lost at Bagdad, or that the aforesaid tarts will not bear comparison with the chefs d'certure of the chef of the Elysee. It is a wonder to me that amongst all the various so called guide books which have been published of late so little attention has been paid to the eco nomy of living ; at the utmost one gets the addresses of some half dozen of the principal hotels who ad vertise in the affair Et Voila Tout. The markets of Paris are both excellent and abundant, and the meat exposed for sale, iu one butcher's shop especially, I have never seen surpassed in quality, even in the displays of England. A well-filled butcher's shop is always an interesting object to most folks, but one which is at the same time a work of art is some what of a curiosity. Figure to yourself a corner establishment, extending each way some 200 yards, the ceiling decorated in the highest style of art, with double cornices of white and purple marble, the walls composed of marble panels, the flooring of encaustic tile in mosaic, the comptoir of white marble, supported by gilded statues, and in the middle an immense fountain of black marble, a statue of Cupid filling the basin with water, from which, under groups of water lilies, peep the noses of— guess gentle reader—some dozen of huge prepared calves' heads, and you have the outline of such a butcher's shop as one does not see every day, and one which is, in fact, unique even in Paris. But I commenced with the view of giving the visitor some hints as regards Paris. His first care is generally his lodging, and if he should happen to be a student not overburdened with the riches of this world, it will be interesting to him to know that there is a company in Paris who have at their disposal 20,000 apartments for natives of all countries, at a cost of one franc per day ; the company may be inquired for at all the railway stations around Paris, and the name of the managing director is M. Jules Conder, 19, Rue Royale, St. llonor6. So much for hint the first, but as I cannot devote the whole of my letter even to a subject so interest ing as that of a practical guide in Paris, 1 will resume it in my next by endeavouring to give some outlines of how one may live inexpensively even in Paris, and during the period of the Exhi- bition. The Imperial Commission has announced a series of concerts, or rather competition, on a gigantic scale, no less than 4,000 executanta being engaged in the affair, which will take place on the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 21st, the last being devoted to an international competition between the regimental bands at present in or about to arrive at Paris for that purpose. Accounts from Rome state that it has of late been filled to overflowing during the celebration of the Papal Centenary by the peasantry of the neigh bouring districts. Pius IX. has received no less than 501 dignitaries of the Catholic Church. Ills Holiness, who is seventy-five years of age, never- 1 theless chanted the solo of the celebration hymn, and it is said that his voice is so sonorous as to be clearly distinguishable above all the others. Amongst other divertissements of the Fetes, the Prince de Boyhere revived the chariot races of the ancients, though I am informed that the racing lacked considerably the Homeric energy of •former ages. The Prince Imperial left Paris for Bagueres de Luchon on Sunday last, the Emperor and Em press accompanying hiin as far as the Railway Sta tion of Orleans, after which they returned to the Tuileries. The Sultan left Paris on Thursday last for Eng land. On the occasion of his v i s it to the Hospital des Invalides his Highness decorated with the Turkish Order of the Medjidie the oldest soldier present, who was summoned before him for that purpose. The Palace of the Elyse during the stay of the Commander of the Faithful, and the Grand Cordon of the Legion of with its crowds of Turkish officials, gave me Honour. The Emperor wore his usual field rather the idea of the Sultan's own Palace marshal's attire, with the red and green cordon at Constantinople slightly modernised—an effect of the Turkish Order. Amongst the staff I noticed increased in a somewhat ludicrous manner by an the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Prince Napoleon, the enterprising French tradesman, who opened a shop Sultan's young son, the Duke of Aoste, the Prince directly for the sale of an immense number of red de Montenegro, and a crowd of marshals and gene fez, which he displayed upon wooden heads ; the re- rals, amongst whom appeared several Arab chiefs. suit of his speculation, however, is beyond my On the evening of the same thy the Sultan attended cognisance. The affiux of royal visitors to Paris a grand ball given in his honour at the Hotel de still continues. Among the late arrivals here have Ville ; his Highness remained for forty minutes, and been Prince Nicholas of Montenegro and the Grand on retiring expressed his warmest thanks to the Duke of Saxe Weimar, the latter travelling under Prefect of the Seine through the me :Hum of Fuad the incognito of Count Letti. The King of Bavaria, Tach, shaking his hand repeatedly, as also that of Louis the First, is expected shortly ; as also .the M. Blanche, secretary-general. For the benefit of Queen cf Prussia. Her Majesty the Empress has persons intending to visit Paris, I may mention declined an invitation from Queen Victoria to that the railway lines have determined to make re honour with her presence the naval review- at Spit- turn tickets available by ordinary trains, of course head to be given in honour of the Sultan, but it is within the period of time allowed by the billet. said she will pass a few days with her Majesty in One of the latest visits paid by the Sultan in the privacy of Osborne. The death of the Emperor France was to the Military School of St. Cyr. The Maximilian is, of course, the cause of the refusal. Inspector-General; M. de Martimprey, and the I was much struck the other day, and I must add General Commandant of the School, M. de Gondre also somewhat annoyed, to find that amongst the court, came from Versailles, at the head of the en names of exposants decorated on the occasion of the tire section of cavalry,to receive and form the escort distribution of the recompences that of no one of his Highness. The Sultan witnessed with great Englishman is to be discovered. I learn, on inquiry, satisfaction the various manoeuvres of infantry and however, that this is owing to the express demand cavalry, which were executed in his presence, and of the English Government, which does not wish its paid especial atttention to the mechanism of the citizens to be adorned with foreign decorations. Fusil Chassepot, with which the Tirailleurs exercised I think this proceeding somewhat arbitrary on the before him. During the Sultan's visit, which lasted part of the Government, which might, at least, upwards of three hours, an incident occurred worthy have left the matter to the discretion of those to of mention. Amongst the officers of his Highness's whom the honour might have been offered. suite there happened to be a young man of Greek The Exposition has given rise to many amusing origin, who had received his military education at incidents. At the Palace of Versailles the other the school of St. Cyr. He demanded and received day two peasants were discussing the wonders permission to re-enter for the moment his ancient they had seen in Paris. "I shall never be able to battalion, where he was received with acclamations, tell my wife all I have seen here," said one. " Bah!" afterwards going through the various exercises in said the other in reply. " Nothing more simple. I company with his ancient comrades. The Sultan, who shall say to mine when I get back, 'Figure to yourself expressed the highest satisfaction at his visit, as paradise. C'est beau West ce pas? bien beau. Eh well as at the high state of military perfection shown bien,—the Exposition, Paris, Versailles, and what by the school, made himself acquainted with the I have seen is bien plus beau encore." If his wife, minutest points of its management, decorating with thought I, will be satisfied with that definition she the Order of the Medjidie before his departure all won't be difficult to pl ease , th a t' s all. On another the Imperial officers and chiefs of the different occasion Mademoiselle Schneider, who takes so ad- services. This week have been distributed at the mirably the role of the Grand Duchess de Gerolstein, Palace of the Champs Elysees, under the imme in that amusing burlesque at the Theatre of the diate presidency of the Emperor and Empress, the Varieties, presented herself in her carriage at one of recompences awarded to the different musical the entrances to the Exposition sacred only to the societies who have come to Paris for the interna admission en voiture of princes and princesses. This tional competition. Their Majesties were accom was respectfully represented to the fair applicant. panied by the Princess Clotilde, the Princess Murat, " Place then," was the reply in the young actress's the Duchess de Mouchy, the Prince Abbe Bona most telling manner, "for lam the Grand Duchess parte, and the Princes Murat. The two grand de Gerolstein." The guard was done for, and the prizes have been decreed, the one for the Musical gate rolled upon its obedient hinges at once. The Societies of France to the Imperial Society of Lille; Empress Eugenie herself at another time was not so that for strangers, to the Tonic Sol-Fa Association successful. Her Majesty, wishing to preserve an at London. The two crowns of gold were presented, incognito, presented herself at the door of the Expo- that to the leader of the Society of Lille by the Emish - sitioa of the Isthmus of Suez before the proper p r es s, the other b y the Emperor to a young Engl time of its bei ng th rown open to the public. lady, conducted by R. Laurent de Rille, whose name Entrance was refused by the doorkeeper. "But I was not given. After the departure of the Sove am a friend of M. de Lesseps," insisted her Ma- reigns the remaining prizes were bestowed by their jesty, who wished to preserve her incognito, if pos- Excellencies M. do Torcade Roque lle, Minis telliant rof sible. " That's what they all say," replied t h e C er- Commerce and Public Works ; Marshal Va, berus with a laugh ; " everybody is a friend of the Minister of the Empress's Household ; and M. directors, but you won't pass for all that." "If Duruy, Minister of Public Instruction. I were to say that lam the Empress," said her Amongst the Americans of note who attended Majesty. " 1 shouldn't believe that either," returned the dinner at the Grand Hotel to celebrate the the imperturbable doorkeeper, and it was not anniversary of American Independence were Go without considerable difficulty that her Majesty vernor Bartin, Pennsylvannia, Hon. S. B. Ruggles, could finally obtain an entrance. In spite of his Elliot C. Cowdin and Frank Leslie, New York, brusqueness, however, the Empress w ould not p er- U.S. Commissioners to the Exhibition ; Rev. Dr. mit the discharge of the too zealous servitor, who Eldridge, Rector of the American Chapel ; Hon. will doubtless be more circumspect for the future John W. Forney, M. Dockerty of Philadelphia, and ere he again refuses the entree to a friend of the Judge Allisson, Pennsylvania. Baron de Lesseps. The Americans present at the Grand Masonic The grand attraction at the present moment is Banquet were brethren William Marshall, P. the International Regatta at the Basin of St. Cloud, Wilder, Grand Lodge of Massachusetts ; Guild, about seven miles from Paris, and perhaps the Cook, Hill, Usher, Forristall, and Cummings. most beautiful locality that could have been selected At the late reception given by Col. and Mrs. for that purpose. Norton to the United States Commissioners were There are various, there aro several methods of present—the Hon. Samuel B. Ruggles, President Messrs. 'William reaching St. Cloud. The railway, the numerous Barnard, Professor Moore, little steamers which flit up and down the Seine Cowdin, Freese, Usher, Valentine, Professor Cleve like fire-flies, or the American horse railway, which land, Major Poussin, Mr. and Mrs. M'Cormic, Dr, has been laid down in a parallel line with the river, Temple, Dr. and Mrs. Stearns, Mrs. Tomlinson and which is traversed by immense omnibuses Mrs. and Miss Coyle, &c. drawn by three horses, and capable of containing about forty passengers, a raised iron flange on the wheels fitting into the railway sunk in the Boule vard. The whole route is one of the most pieturoaciwz in France, and the park and palace of St. Cloud thrown open to visitors on the occasion. Amongst the most beautiful of the royal pleasure grounds, the playing of the fountains, forms one of the principal attractions of the good peo ple of Paris, and albeit de void of the natural gra ndeur of the waterfalls of Sc otlan d and Ireland — leav in g Niagara out of the question--there is yet great artistic beauty in their fantastic arrangements. On Sunday last the scene in the park was perfectly in describable —the concerts, the various military bands, the ball by night, the illuminations, and the immense crowd reflecting by the weird light of the parti-coloured fires, the varied hues of a gigantic tulip bed, made up an ensemble easier to be ima gined than des cribed. The prizes of the first two days' sport (French boats and regulat ions) have been carried off b y the Paris Rowing C lub. On Monday the regattas were continued, but it was evident that with the Sunday they had lost their charm. The tribune, with its throne tent, was p l a ced side by side, and adorned h h but scantily fille d ; the same mi g ht be said of the three marquees r )e:«iix of the various competing coun trieswitt t q l r u a e i ; a long nar row p avilion facin g the basin, and over which the F rench tricolor waved exclusively, was equally deserted, and the little activity at all manifested,svas in thevicinityof the luncheon tent, over which the English Union Jack waved conspicuously. The honours of this day were reserved for the Cana dians, who carried off two prizes, a first and third of the value of 3,000 and 1,000 francs respectively. On Tuesday the scene of the regattas had sunk still lower with the Parisians as an attraction ; and al though about two o'clock the Sultan and his suite dashed over the long brid g e in four lar g e o p en car riages, drawn each by four horses, and conducted by two postilions in the Imperial livery, his Highness did not approach the scene of the aquatic fete. It was probably his farewell visit to the Empe ror and Empress ere he left on Thursday. Tho Turks, to the number of from 30 to 40, ap peared in the highest spirits, and it is probable that no more picturesque excursion has been afforded his Highness the Sultan, than a visit to St. Cloud. The en t r ance to the little Tower is over a long bridge, affording an extensive view of the ruin as it passes through a beautifully wooded district studded with country seats, am principal square or place rises on the slo p e of a sm all hill, an avenue l ea ding up to the l eft to the c h a teau or palace, At the end of the brid g e the below which spreads the magnifi cent park, with its huge clumps of trees cut in squares, carpeted with bright green turf. The fountains, its chief attraction, lie ag ainst the slope of the hill, and descend from a do uble triumphal a rch, surmounted by statues in a se ries of sloping terraces and basins, ornamen t e d with every variety of grotesque monster in bronze, wh ich p roduce the effect so pleasing t o the Parisians, v iz., the s p outing of the waters. Towards the entr ance of the park a number of lillip u tian shops and bazaars have crept in, which add g reatly to the accommodation of visitors. Lower down the st ream, and in a green meadow by its margin, hasfixed rthe , th distance is too far for the Parisia ns ' e head-quarters of the regatta. W bother,b been o wev e or whether aquatic sports are not greatly to their taste, certain it is that, as regards attenda nce, the Inter national Regattas have been a most complete failure. The races of Tuesday w ere most unin teresting, and the editor of Bell's Life present, looked particularly out of his element ; however I shall resume this matter again in the course of my letter. On Tuesday, at four o'clock, in honour of the Sultan, the Emperor passed in review, at the Champs Elysees, the troops of the Imperial Guard and the first corps of the army, with several battalions of cavalry and twenty batteries, making up a total of from 45,000 to 50,000 men. At half-past three the Emperor and his Imperial guest made their appearance at the head of a bril liant staff. The Sultan, w ho .was mounted a n a beautiful grey Aiab, wore a magnificent uniform of blue, almost covered with gold embroidery Unbroken quiet and a general disinclination for now enterprises or speculation is reported to us from all markets, American as well as European. Our cwn forms no exception, and transactions during the past week have been very limited. In Americans the quotation has varied from 821 to 821. but with little business. Tho issue of 1865 is steady at 801 41 ; in that of 1861 we hear of no transactions. The rento closes at 68.90. Tho Italian closes at 50.40. Exchange on London, 25.181. Unliva Obatoo Ecouritica °Joao in clonnad. 1862'5, 88. 1865'5, 834. PARIS, 11th July, 1567. I have this week been requested to solve a pro , blem, and to give a conscientious opinion on a point which I have frequently ele.ded, though, be it said, tasnion writers nave consciences, and can divide arguments into separate points, as they can discern Malines point from Alencon. lam called upon to give my appreciation of the moral influence of our present fashions on society, and therefore state at the very onset, that there is no morality in them at all. Many may think this is a very superficial answer, but I inquire " Why should our morals be dressed up in the newest Paris styles? Why should they be thrust into inconvenient fourreaux, where they can find no more expansion than in umbrella cases? which receptacles, by the way, are tighter fits for that certain stiff kind of morality which so many profess, than the fourreaux without sleeves which are now worn on all occasions, and especially on the 2d of July, at Baroness de Rothschild's dejeuner au Chateau do Boulogne. Why again should the bitter enemies of all vanity look for contrition out of sackcloth, the very material made by nature herself apparently for all uncomfortable purposes, of which it may not be derogatory to say that repent ance is one. To be contrite in new Chambery gauze, trimmed with satin rolls and crystals, or to practise compunction in a plain white muslin that costs 1,700 francs, is almost as impossible to female i n stinct as it hasbeen for Victorien Sardon to prove that his comedies are improving French society. It does not ensue from the above that light lite rature and fashionable pursuits are the leading clue to that distant region we have all heard of, and which the tutors of our childhood affirm is situated in the hottest part of the known world. My opinions may be advanced, but I maintain that a moderate respect for fashion renders home happy. Where is the girl who does not love of all things the pretty white Chinese foulard, which brother Fred sm uggled home for her on his return from India, a nd which she always will wear looped up with blue (the very last novelty in Paris) and because no one can get another like it? Fred wouldn't mind smuggling it back again, in order to escape the heroic enthusiasm of his sister's approbation. Where is the father who does not love to toss up his last baby, chuckling, as mamma says, " like a cherub," all in a cloud of white Valenciennes ? Mammas who have not studied Rubens fancy that cherubim sing eternally in white lace. Where is the husband who does not like to see his bride in her new home seated in a boudoir fur nished h la Parisienne, and wrapped in a sultane n6glige of his own selection? I do not mean that our Benoitin styles embellish life, but life is embellished by subdued refinement at home. If there arc funds to be outlayed in the furnishing of a house, elegance, art, and use com bined should be kept in view. For instance, I know of a young couple whose honeymoon will long be prolonged by judicious expenditure at home. 'The boudoir has nut-wood furniture, covered with medallions on blue ground ; the bed-room is papered with lilac and roses on white, the same chintz to match, and plenty of Swiss curtain hangings. A purple drawing-room, with gilt wood, is carpeted with purple violets, on green ground. 'lhe dining room, of old oak, is studded with steel rails. Flowers, grasses, bronze, and crystal are the only tolerated ornaments. " But women of taste are so hollow," do I hear some readers argue, and really there is some truth in the objection ; but many also exist who are hollower still, and have no taste at all —they are caverns in which roomy emptiness is deposited. The great complaint against Parisian ladies is unfounded ; they are not all silly wives, glorying in diamonds and cashmere. How many with small means are fashionable and profound economists, turning every thread to ac count, defeating cracks in gloves, changing old trimmings into new, perpetually bent on that unaccountable facility of making some thing pretty out of nothing. A stain or a crease on an English lady's attire are beneath her notice, but one or either on the cheapest of dresses makes a Frenchwoman unutterably wretched. Anything that destroys harmony or denotes care lessness is considered ill taste, and thus it is mere worthless combinations present a pleasinr , effect. A line has to be drawn, therefore, ere fashions are (From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, July 10.) The Persia brings us our usual advices from Now York bearing date 25th ult. There had been an active demand for all classes of the public funds, and prices were well sustained. An easier money market had also stimulated speculation in railroad stocks, and a larger business was recorded than for som e time p ast, but without any great alteration in quotations, except that Michigan Central had declined $6, while Michigan Southern had advanced $4. In railroad bonds we note an improvement both in the demand for and price of Atlantic and Great Western First Mortgage Bonds; Border State stocks generally wore more I inquired for. DIVIDENDS. It should bo borne in mind that all dividends on Ameri can Railroads are declared at so much per cont. on the capital, and not, as on Esglish Railroads, at so much per c •mt. per annum. Illinois Central Rome, Watertown, and Ogdens -burgh Norwich and Worcester Michigan Central 3letropolitan (of Boston) Panama Chomung ~ 2 do. d 0.... do. do. 1 Hartford and Now Haven & Chicago 21- do. d 0.... do. do. 16 4 do. d 0.... do. do. 1 I Connecticutitt s.' Fort Wayne, River Fitchburg Boston and Lowell Providence and Worcester d 0.... do. July 1 do. c s s t l k '" do do. 1 Westn. of Massachusetts {a nd 30 Chicago, lowa, and Nebraska 5 do. (W....d0. do. 1 Portland and Kennebec At the close of last week the London Market for Ameri can Securities was dull and inactive, but during the past three days the buying on Continental account has been resumed, and United States Government Bonds close firm, the 5-20's of 1862 being last quoted 73 to 73i. The Bonds of 1865 have been in considerable request, and tho differ ence in price between them and the previous issue has sensibly diminished, the closing price being 71} to 71i, or three quarters per cent. better than this day week. The announcement of the customary dividend on Illi nois Central appears to give confidence in the undertak ing, which wo believe to be in a sound and prosperous con dition ; the shares have improved to 80 to Erie shares have been largely taken on American account, and are last quoted 44i to I. Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds have been dull, and close flat at 24 to 25 ; the transactions have been on a more limited scale than usual, and the decrease in the traffic receipts for the two first weeks in July has induced some selling. tr (From Messrs. L. P. Morton and Co. Y 's Circular.) NEW onx, June 29, Since our last . advices monetary affairs have shown a steady reaction toward ease. While the movement at the Treasury has returned but little of the large amount of currency recently taken into its vaults, tho large sale of bonds to the interior have caused an increase of legal ten ders at this centre, and call loans have declined to 4 to 6 per cent. The gold premium is again sensitive and fluctuating, and has advanced 1,1- at 2e., notwithstanding a decline in the exports of specie, and the prospect of the payment of i about nineteen millions of coin interest, by the Treasury, lon July Ist. The anticipation of the reassembling of Con gress in July creates a somewhat unsettled feeling in busi ness circles. It is apprehended that the session may be prolonged, and that questions may be raised which will tend to renew the lethargy in the trade of the country, caused by the discussion of exciting political issues during the last session. At the same time there is a lack of confidence in the permanence of pacific relations be tween Franco and Prussia, which has a certain tendency to maintain the premium. Apart, however, from these political considerations, the tendency of affairs has favoured a steady improvement in the tone of business. The crop prospects, in all sections, afford substantial ground for the expectation of an active business, and of a decline in prices which will go far to ward re medying - the difficulties under which our industries are at present placed. The w eather, though in some sec tions unusually cool a nd wet, has been upon the whole hi g hly favourable to th e maturing of vigorous crops and to an ultimate ample yield of the cereal , 3. The general trade of the country continues dull, and, as a consequence, United States securities are in very active demand for the employment of idle funds, and continue high and firm. The causes whieh have induced the extraordinarily high prices of bonds appear to have been much the same as have contributed to the advance of Consols. Tho generally u nsatisfactory results of busi- Iness,:aud the disposition among prudent capitalists to keep aloof from trading investments until affairs are upon a minder Dmis, have naturally caused a specially improvement upon its previous practice in the 'Wednesday's rehearsal, and if " eccentricities" are abandoned, and a somewhat closer attention paid to signals, the " waltz of the fleet" round the pivot on the review day will be a spectacle well worthy travelling 1,000 mites to see. On nearing the Nab light-ship the lines of ships were again wheeled out wards, and a course laid out to the S.E. at half speed, the " irrepressible" sloop again soon after the start in the new direction butting with her stern back upon the Valiant's stem, and forcin her out of the line, until the Admiral's signal to the frigate to " keep place" put matters straight. The Daphne immediately afterwards received a similar cautionary message, and deserved it. The three turret-ships, the Royal Sovereign, Prince Albert, and Wivern, kept their stations better than any three ships next to each other in the fleet, and the hydraulic Water witch held her berth capitally astern of the twin screws. The weather had now approached the sum mer aspect of Wednesday, and the sun shone as brightly as then on the lines of ships as they stood ' out into the Channel, each ship at a cable's distance and with about three cables' distance between the two lines—a splendid and unparalleled display of naval magnificence and power. The fleet continued its course thusuntil 2.25 p.m., when the course was changed 16 points by signal, and the fleet wheeled again to port and to starboard in its respective lines, bringing the ships' heads to about N.W., and for the Nab light on its return towards Spithead. Signal was then made to double the distance between ships from one to two cables' length, and to return under steam at five knots' rate, or at the same rate under steam and sail, at the option of commanding officers of ships. Topgallant and royal yrd men sprang aloft, and laid in close in the tops in readiness for the next order. "Away aloft," " Let fall," " Sheet home," rapidly followed, and all plain sail was soon crowded on each ship, the Valiant on this occasion being the smartest ship with the flagship second by a very few seconds. From the order being given on board the Valiant, " Away aloft," until all the royals were fairly set, the time was 1 minute 48 seconds. Many other ships in both lines may have been within a second or two of the Valiant and V ic toria, but the times of all the ships could not be taken from one point in the fleet. All did their best in this competitive struggle aloft, and if all were not winners they at least deserved to be so. The Sutlej made no sail, having no yards aloft above her top sails ; the Mersey set no foretopgallant sail or roya at the same time as the other ships, owing to her accident, but soon after the other ships had done aloft and coiled down ropes, she had made all right again, and got all sail set like the rest. The Royal Sovereign and Prince Albert, of course, scorned the use of sails as contrary to their principles. All the other ships had set their fore-courses, three topsails, topgallant sails, and royals and their jib and flying jib. The day's exercise was now over, and the fleet, in all the beauty of swelling canvas, supplemented by steam at its lowest grade of power. Slowly the fleet moved in for the anchorage, the wind falling very light, the Nab light being passed by the stern most vessel at 4.40 p.m. From the Nab the majority of the ships held their way in under sail only with just occasionally a turn or two with their screws to keep position, until passing through St. Ileleu's roads, where a general signal was made to shorten sail to topsails. Under their topsails and steam the fleet continued its progress towards Spit head. At 5 p.m. topsails were furled, and the Vic toria dropped anchor to her old berths soon after wards, the remainder of the fleet picking up their berths in succession as they arrived in the anchorage. The squadron under the command of Rear- Admiral Warden, consisting of the ironclad Mino taur, Bellerophon, Lord Clyde, Achilles, and Pallas, with the unarmoured screw frigates Liverpool and Phoebe, will have joinel at Spithead by the time his report appears in print. Misce] THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 13. 1867. News. continued. Some of our new styles are absurd, and active demand for the class of securities deemed most should be avoided, especially the new costumes all available for the purposes of a temporary employment of made up of Gladiateur's colours or Fervacques, funds. In stock movements there has been decidedly more ac stripes. Wooden watches are heavy, saffron dye tivity, and prices have advanced within the past week 4 for the hair, instead of Titien glow, is to be a b- to 6 per cent. The earnings of the roads arc generally horred. The two heavy plaits down our backs, in- very satisfactory, and in anticipation of the large traffic stead of light streamers, are somewhat barbarous, which must attend the moving of the crops, there is a and the new round hats worn on the tips of ladies' disposition to hold shares for higher prices. noses are more like masks than anything else. Theco . ttonmovoment has dwindled down toco . mpara w - Gloves, instead of three buttons, are now provided i n iv oa ci r Y i th n e s po lg i ni nt fi ca of nt fi exh g all u s r t e it u n. 9 supp l y s The th re e C r e n iptsat all the begll ports with thirty, and the greatest extravagance is a pea for last week amounted to 10,000 bales, and the shipments green jacket with crimson sleeves. ' to 14,500 bales ; leaving a total stock at all ports of 258,900 The wise middle course in this season is black. bales. The New York market has been rather weak, The Empress's Court mourning is relieved by a under the downward tendency at Liverpool. Yesterday tinge of red. White and black are the coolest mils- Midland Uplands closed at 2G to 261 cents. lies, and at present the most appropriate. Foreign exchange continues quiet. Bankers GO days -- sterling 91 to 10 ; do. 3 days' sight, 110 to noi ; bills on Paris, 5.131 to 5.121 for GO days, and ;;.111- for sight. - COMMERCIAL. NEW Youx, Juno 29, 1867. The intelligence from San Francisco shows that money is abundant, and the rates have there fallen to 12 to 15 por cent. per annum. The steamer on Saturday brought in $1,145,000 in specie and bullion to New York. The na tional produce of the precious metals is valued at about $00,000,000 per annum, of which 75 millions are estimated to bo extracted from the quartz mines. The largest quantity of gold is taken from Californian soil, and the most silver from that of Nevada. The former foots up $50,000,000, the latter $16,000,000. The richest silver mine yet discovered in the world is in Virginia city, Nevada, which within eight years has returned $66,000,000. The amount of specie exported from New York from the year ending July lis little over $40,000,000. Saturday's steamers took out $466,800 in specie, and the Persia, on Wednesday, $152,000, making a total since January lof $23,222,826. There is more speculation in gold, and that market is growing lively, for it is anticipated that the President and the Congress about to assemble will not pull together, and buyers look for a rise. An advance has been already established of from 1 to 2 per cent., the rate closing on Thursday at 1381. On July Ist the Treasury will disburse nearly $18,000,000, and, as the export is steadily declining, if there be no trouble at Washington those operating for a rise can scarcely fail to lose. Money is plentiful, and the supply will be further increased by the July dividends, to be paid by the railroad and other companies. The rates ruling here are from sto 6 per cent. on the best security, and 7toB on the second class. The supply is very large, but some think the Legislative Act of last winter, which will be in operation next week, abolishing legal rates of interest, will have an effect on the market. I need scarcely say that these people are wrong, as the market never has been influenced, and never will be influenced, by any such insane laws. The simple rules of supply and demand will continue to regulate it, as they have hitherto done. Business also has been more brisk in stocks and shares. The Michigan Southern, influenced by a report of a change in its direc tion, and a consolidation of the lino from Buffalo to Chi cago, of which it will form the western link, advanced from 711 to 751. Erie also rose rapidly with many eager buyers. The Buffalo and State line railroad of New York has been consolidated with the Erie and North-west, and the road will be known hereafter as the Erie and Buffalo. Another consolidation is in contemplation to complete the Pennsylvania Central, and to give them a through inde pendent line from Philadelphia to Cincinnati. For this purpose it is necessary to incorporate the little Miami, Columbus, and Xenia railway. The Panama Railroad, dividend for the quarter payable July 5, is 6 per cent. It was thought that the receipts of R3venue and Customs have increased so as to enable the Financial Secretary for the month just closing to show a satisfactory return. At New York the Customs receipts daily range from $350,000 to $400,000. Government Securities are strong, with more business doing at a slight increase of price. Foreign ex change is rising, and is now quoted from 110 to 1101 for gold. Gold 1381, United States Five-Twenties (1862) 1071 to 1101, (1864) 1071, (1865) 1071, (1865, New Issue) 1101, United States Ten-Forties 1001, United States 7 3-10 Loan 1061, Missouri Sixes 981, Tennessee Sixes 67, Vir ginia Sixes 74, Georgia Sixes 841, New York Central Rail road 104, Erie 631 7 Erie preferred 75, Hudson River 1091, Reading 1081, Michigan Central 1081, Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana 761, Illinois Central 1211, Cleveland and Pittsburg 801, Cleveland and Toledo 1201, Chicago and North-western 391, Chicago and North-western Pre ferred 631, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago 1021, Chicago and Rock Island 931, Ohio and Mississippi Cer tificates 251, Western Union Telegraph Company 44, Cum berland Coal Company Preferred 301, Canton Company 46/, Quicksilver Mining Company 30, Mariposa Mining Com pany 7 to 8. BURNING OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE, W ALN UT-STREET, PHILADELPHIA. (From Messrs. Bowles, Drevet, and Co.'s Circular.) Paris, July 12, 1867 Last week we noticed the terrible accident that occurred at this fire when the wall of the building fell. Frank Leslie gives the following particulars : On Wednesday evening, the 19th of June, the American Theatre in Philadelphia was burned to the ground. The fire originated in a stable at the roar of the theatre, and about midway in the performance, while the "Demon Dance," taken from the "Black Crook" drama, was being represented upon the stage, and while the audience were fastening their eyes intently upon the spectacle before them, there was a real demon at work just beyond the stage, and so furiously he beat against the rickety pine boards that presently they gave way before him, and avast mass of flame and smoke and blazing particles swept in upon the stage, and the flame, catching the scenery, mounted, as along a gun powder train, to the flies. In an instant there was, of course, terror and dismay among those upon the stage. Ballet girls and demons rushed up-stairs to the dressing room, and with hearts filled with fear tried to reach their garments. But the masterless flame had already reached the floor of the apartment, and as the door swung open a hot blast gushed out into their faces, and they could see room, dresses, and furniture enveloped in a mass of fire. Down again, just in time to mingle with the crowd of ac' ors as they rushed onward to the street, utterly careless A and regardless of everything but personal safety. Mr. James Pilgrim, the stage manager, who was first in formed of the fire, went to the front of the stage, and, with- Out excitement, said : "Ladies and Gentlemen, Circumstances compel me to adjourn the play at this moment, and you would oblige me' very much by leaving as soon as you can. It is your interest to leave, so do not stand upon the order of your going. What I say I will explain at another time. Ladies and gentlemen, leave — leave as quietly as you c an. " Those remarks took the audience by surprise. Nothing had as yet attracted attention. Some people walked outi but the greater portion remained. A second time gr. Pilgrim requested them to leave, and a few more complied, while some got. upon the stage to ascertain what Was really the matter, but were merely asked to retire. Pre sently smoke began to come out upon the stage, and the pointed flames pierced the flimsy scenery. Then there was a rush and somewhat of a panic. Ilappily there wer e but few ladies or children present, and everybody got out without injury. Late in the evening, when the fire was nearly subdued, it was noticed that the front wall had been curved and warpe d by the heat, so that it leaned. The crowd N're.:re loud in their warnings to the firemen to "look out for the wall." But the firemen, eager and excited, wore reckless of danger. Pre' sently the wall shivered for an instant, and then with deep rumble, followed by a crash , i t t ottered and fell, hurling huge stones, and bricks and tinder down upon the men beneath it. An instant of agonising suspense, and the crowd, realising the character of the accident, rushed to where the fragments lay and began to disentomb the human beings who lay stretched in death or moaning i° pain beneath. The result of the search has been the die. covery of thirteen dead bodies, and about thirty person s wounded, many of them severely. So sad a loss of lifo ha s cast a gloom over the whole city. COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. At our market to-day English wheat met a slow retail demand, and the business done was at last Friday's rste6' Other articles unaltered. Weather fine. LIVERPOOL.--FRIDAY. There was a moderate attendance at to-day's market! and wheat met a fair consumptive demand at ld P e t cental on white descriptions. Flour was in steady requq, at the extreme rates of Tuesday last. Beans firm, at Per qr. Oats in short supply, at a shade higher in value. For oatmeal there was a quiet demand, and prices fa/ supported. Indian corn was inactive. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. ; $ A tolerable supply of wheat. Trade steady , and p r. l , for fine sorts rather dearer; inferior unaltered. V 01714: grinding barley. Oats a moderate show. Beans a heavy trade. $6 New white wheat, 70s to 75s ; new red, 61s to 7 0 s Pa -, stone. Barley for malting, 40s to Ms per qr ; grindi% 358 to 37s per 30 stone. Oats, 29s to 355. Beans, 473 50s per 38 stone. S T AMF °BD—FRIDAY. Wo hal a somewhat limited show of wheat to-d 391 and the business done was at late currencies. Barley sl e a small show, and prices supported. Oats and beans iv° at the rates of last wook. 8 6 New white wheat, 68s to 73s ; red do., 63s to 66 s per 53 stone. Barley, malting, 40s to 50s; grinding, 27s to 5 per qr. Oats, new, 28s to 33s ; old, 30s to 32s per 21 stolid Beans, 43s to 48s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. DERBY—FRIDAY. A ea There was a limited show of wheat on offer to -day', sled. A small Sit,°d, Is were stea, suppo: Last week's price, L •et of grinding barley, at unaltered Y rates . No malting 0. 01 Beans and other articles were a fair show. r 56 Now white wheat, 64s to 74s ; do. rod, 58s to 67s . P°. stone. Barley for malting, 40 s to 47 s per qr. ; g rin Vf o 32s to 36s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 28 s to 345; 3 ; 4.5 3 36s per 21 stone. Beans, old, 58s to 60s; new,,3 B s '`) per 38 stone. BRTOL There has been lS a dull S demand forUGAR—FRIDAY suga r throug . , 10 De the week, both for raw and refined, and prices Ohio" quoted fully 6d per cwt lower. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. 6' s. d. S. 0 Hatton Lyons ........17 6 West Hartley ......... 1 , 7 7 9,. Walls End Hatton ... 20 0 Hastings Hartley ...... 8 ', Wyl am 'tees Haswell ... 2O 0 - - - -- Ships at market, 27—sold. 27. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. il 1 2 0 . A el Australia and New Zealand , v i a Southampton.....a 4. Ditto, via Marseilles Ditto, via Panama ........ ......... .......... : j 6 , Erazii, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video ....... A u° , / Ditto, by French packet •Jull ....•• _. 6, Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... ....... .li- i t; 0. Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena...' je,' ‘ ,' g 0 China, Penang. and Singapore, via Bouthampton.•J u " if' Ditto, via Marseilles .• • jell Faikland Islands IS. Gibraltar, via Southampton lull 0 , India, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil es July 0, Malta, Egypt, &a. Ditto, Marseilles Jul/ ' Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. via 0. Southampton . Jab' jail 14 ' Ditto, via Mareeles Newfoundland J . .A 6, , ug' Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Oporto Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &c., by British IP packet Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) ' Ditto ditto (Baltimore) .. .. •.• .• July fl• 0 Ditto, by Canadian packet West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe JO West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha- uIY 0' J q 9, mas) Cuba and Mexico ..Juli ,Julf 31, Bahamas, via New York Ju l}' Bermuda, via ditto ..... Births. A str ee4 CRANRORNE —On the 12th inst ,at 1, Mansilelu- I . or e Lady Crauborno, of a son. e HumE—On the 11th inst., at 6, Molcombe-plao: to r. d o square, the wifo of G. B. Hume, Esq., of a datiO" 0, v WIRE—On the 12th inst., at Groom's-hill, Blackil° wifo of Travers Barton Wire, Esq., of a son. e t, Marriages. g li oh*Ob e tt t RUSSELL--110DGSKIN—At All Saint's Church, .-- -/ „(1 - g e. William R. Russell, late Captain of the 58th t''', 4 .o l Regiments, to Harriette Julia, youngest dauglit' q llocigskin, Esq„ of Cawley Priory, Chichester. "1,01; W'mx.ixs(li—Vax-x—On the 11th inst., at S t " ; o eltt , 'litchi!), Major Henry C. Wilkinson, 82d St"; El e anor Lydia Grey, youngest daughter o f the Col. Des Vogul, Scots Fusilier Guards. Al Deaths. o o l' CLARKE -On the 11th inst., at W•tl .0 Li e u t - -, . we) ), 0 IL 11. F. Clarke, late 53d Regiment. , 0 0 3 DORMER—On the 10th inst., at Warw ick viaa, , 0 13 ) ton, Miles James Dormer, Esq., ag ed 66. PYMAN—On the 12th inst., Barnes, Samuel 1 3 ' oi Esq., of 7, Westbourne-terrace-road, aged 5 8 . or/ REBELL° —On the 1 0 th inst. , at Wyndham-Pl3ce' stow-square, Francis Rebello , E s q ., a g ed 75. oclii( f! ,4 RICHARDSON-0 a the 10th inst., at Wigan, T ti os i.,b , son, M.A., Ph. D., F.R.S.S.L. a nd E., 31.1 t 0 Inst.. C.E., &c., aged 51 . TEEILEILNE—OR the 11th inst. , at Th e Dell, Lon Morgan Treherne, Esq. , M .P., a g e d 63. Pil tt-- - ----- --- - ------- - - ---------- 1 413 1 Lon d on Printed and Published by WILLIN,--„ 2:, , ,,, • - t y of No. IU.I, Strand, Printer, at THE 0 SUN °- Ci.t o' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill t - Middle,c.ig,--attadaY, July 11,1167.