The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-16 00:00:00

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERNI RAILWAY. SPECIAL NOTICE of IMPORTANT ALTERA TIONS in the RUNNING of DOWN MAIL TRAINS from LONDON on and after MONDAY, the 2d day of September next, by order of her M.ajesty's Postmaster- General. The IRISH MAIL TRAIN, no w leaving Euston Station at 7.25 a.m., will le ave at 7.15 a.m., and intermediate Stations at which the Train stops ten minutes earlier, as under, viz.: 7 .15 a.m. Euston, depa r ture ....... 9.13 „ Rugby „ Stafford ~ Ches t er „ Holyhead, arrive Kingstown(Steamer). . (Irish time) The MAIL TRAIN now leaving Euston Station at 8.4 i a.m., for RIMMING LIAM, Sta fford, Manchester, Liver pool, and Preston, will, on and after the 2d proximo, run as under, v:z. : Euston, departure Rugby „ Stafford „ Manchester, arrive Liverpool „ ~1 .20 „ Preston The 9.0 a.m. DOWN EXPESS from LONDON will continue to run as at present, and will convey passengers to Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, and the North. Other alterations in the Running of Trains will be made consequent upon the changes now notified. For further particulars see Time Bills for September. By Order. W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, August, 1867. COVENT -GARDEN THEATRE. COVEN T-GARDEN CONCERTS. EVERY EVENING. Under the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL. Vocalists : Madlle. Samna, Madlle. Eraclio. Instrumentalists : M. Wehli, pianist; Mr. Richard Levey, violinist; Le Petit Bo nne y , xylophone Mr. Reynolds, cornet-a-pistons ; the Courtois Brass Band Union. Band of 100 performers. Conductor, Signor Bottesini. Mr. Russell has also the pleasure to annou nce that, in order to give eclat to t hese Concerts, he has engaged, solely for the dance m n.ie, the services of the renowned Johann Strauss, from Vienna. The refreshment department is entrusted to the eminent firm of Spiers and Pond. Promenade, a mphitheatre stalls, and amphitheatre, ls.; private boxes for four persons: grand tier, £2 25., .£1 11s. 6d., and £1 ls. ; do. first tier, 10s. 6d. ; dress circle, 2s. 6d. The BOX OFFICE, under the portico of the Opera in Bow-street, is OPEN DAILY, from Ten till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Hall. Doors open at half-past seven. Commence at eight. (THEATRE ROY AL DRURY-LAN E. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattertm. THIS EVENING. THAT RASCAL JACK. Mears. J. Rouse, J. Neville, C. Warner; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C. Thompson. To conclude with T EIE GREAT CITY. Messrs. C.Warner, F. Morton. J. Fitzjames, F. Villiers, J. C. Cowper, W. 111•Intyre, J. Rouse , J. Irving,Johnstone; Mesdames M. Robertson, R. G. Le Thiere, C. Thompson. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Messrs. Chippendale. Backstone, Rogers. Compton, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, Braid, Clark, White, W F heeatr itzwilliam, sby, Dalton Coe, &c.' Mesdames Sedgwick , C hi pp e, , Coleman. After which. TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE FOUNDS. Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. HEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Tl . Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama. GARIBALDI IN SICILY. Miss Roden, Miss Emily Fitt; Messrs. It. Philli; s, J. G. Taylor, and Ashley. After whicb , at 8. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Messrs. Nevil e, Billington, Stuart, Ashley, J. Clarke, J. G. Taylor, C. 11. Stephenson. Romer; Misses Kate Terry, E Pitt. Hughes, and A. Seaman. To conclude with A SLICE OF LUCK. Messrs J. Clarke, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman and bliss E. Pitt. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. TO-NIGHT, SIX MONTHS AGO. Mr. Clayton. Mr. H J. Montavue, Miss Di. Palmer. After which, THE GRASSHOPPER. Messrs.H.Wigan. P. Murray, and J. Clayton; Mesdames Ada and Emma Webb, and Sheridan. To conclude with BETTY MARTIN. Mr. G. Vincent and Miss E. Farren. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. Vining. Under the Management of Mr. Hermann Veen. THIS EVENING, the nerformanc ^ will commence with THE DAY AFTER. THE WEDDING. Mr. E. Price and Miss NLlly Moore. After which, at 8, THE MAN 0' AIRLIE. James II ,re hell, Mr. Hermann Vezin; Messrs. E. rrice, IL Forrester, Sc. ; Misses E. Stuart and Nelly Moore. To conclude with AN UNPKOTECTED FEMALE. )Mies Polly Marshall. Doors open at 7 ; commencl at half-past. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanageress, Sirs. Swanborough. Tlll-; EVENING, REVERSES. Messrs. S. Emery. Par - Pelle, N. Robson. IV. Swanborough; Mesdames Ada Swan borough, John,toc e, and Manders. After which, KENILWORTH. Messrs. Thorne and James; Mesdames Swanborough, Holt, G WyIIIIC, Commence at halt-past Seven. ROYAL AMPHI IGHTHEHOATLBRE AND CIRCUS, HORN. BRILLIANT AND UNABATED SUCCESS. THIS EVENING. an almost Entire Change of Pro gramme. M. VIDAL in his Wonderful Performance on the RHOMBOID. Immensely Exciting" VAN liH LNG ACT," by the Eccentric ABBO fT. The BROTHERS BRAD BURY, in a new and daring Double Act of Horsemanship. The BROTHERS DANIELS, the Musical Clowns. appearance ot the Wonderful FIRE HORSE " Zamor," arc. ac. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fins DAL—Morning, 2h. 38m.—Afternoon, 2h. 53m. To-Moß.Row.-Morning, 3h. 10m.—Afternoon, 3h. 27m. t 4 *4 4;4Ar(ltV"':,' ';,3 nit ~,-,_. *--N I LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1867. We have now arrived at the period when there can no longer be any doubt as to the fate of the different measures before Parliament, and the hopes and fears of different sides of politicians reach a climax. Yesterday the Royal assent was given to several bills ; first and foremost among which was the Reform Bill. The proceedings characterising the ceremony were of a very formal character, and but a brief time was occupied by them. In the House of Commons general cheering greeted the announcement of the Speaker that the Royal assent bad been given to the bill, but the fact alone was enough, and needed no excitement to give it effect. It is something at this time of the session to find that the bill is really and truly safe beyond all chance of interruption and danger of interference on the part of any, and that all the opposition of some and the jealousy of others, cannot now stop the pro gress of this popular measure, so long demanded and desired. Perhaps it is as well that the last scene in this strange eventful history should have been delayed until the close of the Session, for it seems more suitable in many respects, and by the time Parliament reassembles we expect that even those who are most disappointed now will have be come reconciled to part, if not all, of the provisions of the new scheme. It is a wise arrangement, by which it has been decided that the bill will not come into effect until January, 1869. The delay will give ample time to those most affected by the changes about to be introduced to make up their minds re specting them. So many and so comprehensive are the changes that will have been wrought by this bill that a precipitate entrance upon the work could not havebeen a successful one. Another thing tobeconsi dered is that a general election taking place soon after the stir and excitement caused by the passing of a Reform Bill would have done a great deal of harm. We can fancy Mr. GLADSTONE telling the electors of South Lancashire how much better it must have been if he had had the opportunity of introducing a bill himself, while Mr. BRIGHT would have disturbed the serenity of Birmingham by his noisy assertions concerning the wrongs that would be done, instead of the right conferred, by the new Reform Bill. He may do so now very likely, but it will be with impunity, whereas it might occasion evil under other circumstances. At the comparatively distant period to which we refer, it will be quite impossible for the same angry and excited feelings to obtain the mastery that they do now, and most likely many will be glad to think the work is over instead of having to be begun. The new aspect which affairs seem likely to as sume may puzzle some inexperienced politicians, but there can be no doubt that the general gain to the community far outweighs any individual in convenience. It has been seen that great injury resulted to the cause of progress by the question of Reform, so long being made a stalking-horse of party warfare, and it is a relief to think that this dodge can no more be tried by any ingenious member of the Liberal party. Through how many years of inaction have they not monopolised this to themselves, and upon the momentous occasion of 1859, when they drove the Conservatives out of office by their deceit and treachery ? Reform, rightly considered, should be the appanage of no party, but the intelligence of the experienced, and the patriotism of the elected representatives, should concur in making it easy for any govern ment to introduce and carry to a safe issue a mea sure of this kind. It is not so, however, as we all know to our cost, and more especially has it not been so in the case of the Reform Bills introduced of late years ; because the Whigs and Liberals, or whatever they are, have been so prejudiced and resolved to keep all the game to themselves. The Radicals have also been most faulty in the matter, and over] and over again have nearly spoiled everything by demanding impossibilities, and denying that there was any gain without some of their own schemes had been put into practice. The curtain now falls, however, upon all those actors, and it is indeed a consoling reflection to carry away, after the whirl and excitement of the session is over, that the great work has been done which has so often been deferred, or the absence of which has made the programme of many a session blank. The Government may well be con gratulated upon the position before the country, and Envy may hide her diminished head, while political jealousy is silenced, and those who are fond of speculating upon the advantages of a Liberal Ministry, may change their minds when they find that it is not they, after all, who can point to the Royal Assent being given to the Reform Bill, but to those to whom they begrudged the honour of so doing. Their disappointment is a well merited one ; but it is not of failures that we would now think, but rather turn gladly to the bright side of the picture, and contemplate the advantages that will accrue from the settlement of this vexed question, and acknowledge the skill with which the measure was devised and the spirit with which it was carried out ; for to pin the end yesterday celebrated, it was, indeed, necessary to climb the hill of difficulty with courage and good faith. The lateness of the Session has stood the Re form League in good stead, and they will be able to rejoice, as no doubt they will, over the defeat of the Parks Bill. It is rather unfortunate for their cause that they had no more heroic leader than Mr. WHALLEY, who contrived to bring down upon himself and his cause the displeasure of the House. Certainly his persistence in pro secuting his visionary question of privilege did him good service in one sense, because it frit tered away the time of the House, and got through the previous minutes, and saved Mr. DENMAN a little labour in fulfilling the arduous duty of talking against time. Mr. HARD). - did very wisely in withdrawing the Bill, which it was quite evident he would not at that late hour of the session be able to pass into law. The opponents to the measure, which, no doubt, was far enough from perfection, have ingeniously contrived to mix up with it the right of public meeting, with which it has really nothing whatever to do. The parks, how ever beautiful, are not the only places in London, and very certainly the right of public assembly can be vindicated in other quarters. The continual meetings of the Reform League are, in fact, proof positive that men can talk as freely as they like on any subject they please to select, and we need not go very far back to recall the Anti-Corn Law meetings, and many other important popular de monstrations, with which Hyde Park, had nothing to do. But the opponents to the Parks Regula tion Bill talk and act as if so long as the parks are kept for their legitimate uses there is an end of free discussion. We have little doubt that the good sense of the public will eventually triumph, and that a - measure of some kind will be adopted for the preservation o 1 these pleasant places of resort. The town of Liver pool possesses public parks, but the Corporation of the town have unanimously enacted that no preach ing or lecturing shall be permitted within them, or that any political or religious demonstrations shall be allowed within the enclosures. This is not with the view or intention of checking political or reli gious discussion. The inhabitants of the good city of Liverpool, with its mixed and varied community, would not be very likely to aim at such a hopeless and undesirable result. But just because there is so much diversity of sentiment, and so ready a de termination to express it, the managers of the parks resolve not to allow them to be turned into lecture halls or platforms. There arc plenty of other con venient localities for those who wish to debate or demonstrate any particular point, and we have never heard it remarked that Liverpool was destitute of public spirit or deficient in a sense of its rights. The more crowded and populous a city the more important it is that there should be some open space for those who want a little fresh air and quiet otherwise unattainable. The Reform League can hardly be always in existence, neither can we sup pose that the most enthusiastic of their followers have nothing better to do than to carry banners and listen to speeches on a subject which, for the present at least, is exhausted. But if the right to hold meetings in the Parks is conceded, they will have plenty of imitators. We may have (who knows ?) anti-reformers. We shall certainly have religious disputants by the dozen, and every local quarrel will be settled in Hyde Park. Mr. DEN AN urges on behalf of his clients that the people have a moral right to the use of the parks as Parliament has spent enormous sums of money in improvements. This argument, however, points rather the other way, since the taxpayers of the metropolis have a right to be consulted in the matter, which is at present temporarily settled by ,he clamour of a few. A very striking proof of our army mismanage ment was yesterday brought before Mr. KNox, at the Marlborough-street Police-court. We need not wonder at the growing unpopularity of our military service when such instances are constantly before the eyes of young men entering life. The first idea in the mind of a man on taking up hiS trade or pro fession is to earn enough by steadiness and industry to insure a provision for the days when from illness or incapacity he can work no more. But a long period of arduous service, medals, and certificates, and other testimonies of merit fail to secure the disabled soldier from want and desolation. PATRICK HEA, a pensioned sol dier, was brought before Mr. KNOX, charged with attempting to commit suicide in Kensington Gar dens. A paper with a list of his services was handed in, and they included all the principal actions of the Indian war of 1857-58, besides services in the earlier Indian campaigns. This paper, signed by the officer of the regiment to which he belonged, stated that he had an Indian medal and two clasps. The poor man told his pitiful tale with much emotion. He was discharged last October on a pension of sixpence a day. He tried work first here, then there, but every time his failing health compelled him to give it up. He is suffering from consumption, so his troubles are not likely to be long, but they were more than he could bear. He attended an hospitable and tried to get into one, but failed. Ile had no friends, and having paid his debts with his quarter's pension he went into the gardens and gave way to despair. The magi strate, after commenting on the deplorable na ture of the case, gave the man some rclief, and said that no doubt something would be done for him, now his case was known. Probably it will, and the poor man will be placed in some comfort for the rest of his days. But let U 3 ask our Horse-Guards • how many more such invalided pensioners are liv- I ing, or trying to live, on sixpence a day ? The Earthquake in Java. THE HAGUE, Aug. 14. The mail of the 27th of June from Batavia brings the following particulars of the terrible earthquake which happened in the Island of Java a few days previously : " The damage caused in the district of Djocjo carta was most serious. Several large estates and numerous manufactories and dwelling-houses were in a few minutes totally destroyed. Scarcely a building remained uninjured. The damage in Djocjocarta was estimated at four million florins. Three hundred bodies were recovered from the ruins. Among the buildings destroyed was the Djocjocarta Hospital, by which catastrophe the whole of the family of the director perished, only the father and one child succeeding in making their escape. 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She landed all the mails, consisting of 116 sacks, and 15 passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 9.40 a.m. All well. NEW YORK, Aug 7, Morning. The Democrats carried the elections in Kentucky by a majority of 60,000, electing Mr. Helm gover nor, nearly all the members of the Legislature, and Mr. Galtoday, as member to Congress, to fill. the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Ilise. General Sickles has ordered the postponement of the reassembling of the North Carolina Legislature until further notice, and has directed the suspension of trial by jury until the jury lists are revised. General Pope has ordered all civil suits against officers for acts done in pursuance of military orders to be abandoned. General Sheridan has removed the city treasures from New Orleans and appointed his successor. The State military authorities of Tennessee have assured the protection of all negrocs discharged by Conservative employers for voting the Radical ticket. The Union meeting held at Covington, Ken tucky, on the evening of the 31 inst., was dis persed by a mob. Negro troop; armed and equipped, participated in the Radical procession at Prattsville, Alabama, on the 3d inst. Admiral Palmer, of the United States navy, has gone to the capital, it is reported to demand the person of Santa Anna, who is still a prisoner at Campeche. The Attorney-General has received complaints that the military commander at Wilmington ob• structs the serving of civil processes issued by Chie: Justice Chase in North Carolina. General Michel has resigned the command of the military forces in Canada. Advices received here from Vera Cruz to the 24th ult. state that the city was healthy. The Presi dential canvas was progressing quietly. All the foreign Consuls at Vera Cruz, except the American, had lowered their national flags. It is reported that Marquez, the brother of Mira mon, and other Generals, are organising a large force in the mountains. Lozada still defies Juarez. The Austrian frigate Elizabeth was about to return to New Orleans, the Mexican authorities refusing to surrender to the commander the body of the late Emperor Maximilian. FRANCE. The annual public sitting of the Five Academies of the Institute of France was held yesterday under the presidency of AL. Lebrun, the director. M. Villemain, perpetual secretary of the French Aca demy, and other distinguished members, were pre sent. The papers read after the president's address and the proclamation of the grand biennial prize were :-1, Report of the competition of 1867 for the Volney prize for linguistic excellence ; 2, An examination of some facts relating to Faustina, wife of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, by M. Renan ; 3, The Academy o f S cie nces in 1789 and 1793, b y A as heantd4, Mazarin, by M. Wolowski. thel. B presentrand w ; fourth occasion on which the , ert institute has had to award the biennial prize founded by the Emperor in favour of " the Work or the Discovery most suited to do honour or service to the country." The name of Felicien David, the laureate proposed by the Academy of Fine Arts, was and, in crowning the musical composer, the president that pro nounced on him a high eulogiun - i. AI. Vallers for his receivedwit h works acclamation, of " Persian-Latin Dictionary," M. Schleicher for his "Compendium of thelndo-German tongues," divided the Volney prize between them, and a favourable mention was accorded to M. Schuchardt. AI. Re nan's paper, which is an attempt to clear the memory of the Empress Faustina from the infamy that his tory h as s tamped . upou it, was received with much favour. The sitting of the French Academy for the distribution of the prizes for acts of devotedness and those for literature will take place towards the end of the month, as already stated. M. de Falloux will deliver the address on the former. The receipts at the Exhibition by the turnstiles on Monday were 55,730 fr. The restaurant omni bus gave 4,858 repasts at an average of lfr. 45c. each. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory of yester day morning gives the following as the atmospheric situation :—" The wind all over Europe is gentle, except in Norway, where it blows rather hard from the south west. On many points of the western coasts the sky is overcast. The sea is calm. The glass everywhere remains high, and has changed but little." In Paris yesterday the weather con tinued clear, still warmer than before, with a slight breeze from the east. At three the thermometer marked 33.5 10 Cent. (92 1-5 Fahr.) GUILDIIALL. I.—This Day, GROSS CASE OF SELLING DISEASED MEAT. — James Sampson, a butcher in a small way of busi ness near Weymouth, was this day charged before Sir Robert Carden with selling diseased meat. Mr. Bayliss, the solicitor to the Commissioners of Sewers, conducted the prosecution. He said that this was a case of a most aggravated character. The prisoner had been in the habit of supplying a butcher in Leadeuhall market with meat, and early this month consigned him 2201bs of beef which was in a state totally unfit for consumption. On in quiry it was discovered that he had purchased the cow from a farmer by whom he was employed for £5, the value of such an animal in a sound state being £ 18. When it reached the party to whom it was consigned it was in a stinking condition, and it appeared that the prisoner had purchased the cow so far back as the 30th of July, and that he must have been perfectly aware of its state. The animal suffered from inflammation, and the weather was not at the time calculated to cause putrescence immediately. Evidence was given in support of the preceding statement, and the prisoner did not deny the fact, but merely said that he had bought it with tho hide on. Sir R. Carden said that he must have known the state of the animal from the price which he paid for it. The prisoner received a good character from the butcher to whom he had consigned the meat, and with whom he had had dealings for some years. Sir R. Carden said that this was so bad a case that he would not let the prisoner off by inflicting a fine ; and, except for the good character he had received he would have sentenced him to two months' imprisonment. lle sentenced him to one month's imprisonment in the Ilouse Of Correction, with hard labour. The farmer who sold the prisoner the meat was present, and the worthy magistrate said lie was quite as bad as the prisoner, whom he assisted in selling meat that might have poisoned the consumers of it. If he had sent him to the Central Criminal Court he (the farmer) should have accompanied him. BOW-STREET. SELLING SPIP.ITS WITHOUT LICENSE.—H. Roberts, a barber, in Rodney-road, New Kent-road, was charged with selling gin without a licence. An excise officer said that on Monday, May 12, he went to defendant's shop to get shaved and his hair brushed. After being shaved, he went to wipe his face on a round towel hanging behind the door, and there noticed a small glass upon a shelf. Re turning to the chair where he had sat to be shaved, he waited for defendant to cut his hair. Having gone for the purpose of ascertaining whether the defendant was selling gin, he was just " hesitating about asking for some" when the defendant " saved him the trouble " by saying— " Could you do a drop of gin?" Witness said " Yes," and he fetched a bottle from a cupboard and poured out a glass of gin, which witness drank. Witness then handed him 6d., and received 4d. change. He bad previously paid 2d. for being shaved and having his hair brushed. As be handed witness the gin defendant said—" This is a little on the quiet, you know." Mr. Peake, supervisor of exeise, said the de fendant had no license to sell spirits. The traffic was carried on every Sunday morning when the public-houses were shut. In some cases there was a pretence that the gin was given to the customers. Sir Thomas Henry said there was an old rhyme ending " I'll shave you and give you some drink ;" but the meaning depended upon where the stop was put. Mr. Parke said attention had been drawn to the defendant's shop by an anonymous letter addressed to the Superintendent of Police, and by him handed over to the Excise. Defendant at first flatly denied the whole thing. After a little hesitation he admitted that he some times got in a little gin overnight to accommodate one or two very old customers, but he never took any money for it. lie received it from them over night. _He had no recollection of seeing the officer. Sir Thomas Henry said that if he made a practice of supplying people with gin on the Sunday, even though he bought it over-night, and even though he obtained the money from the customer first, he would find it a very dangerous trade. The defendant said if h 3 had done wrong he would not do it again, and he hoped the magistrate would excuse it. Sir Thomas Henry had no power to excuse it. All he could do was to mitigate the penally, which was £5O, to one-fourth (£l2 10s). Mary Shole, a wardrobe dealer, in Harriet-street, Lower Marsh, was summoned on a similar charge, but did not appear. Inspector Edmonds, of the L Division of Police, said he visited the defendant's shop on the 19th day of May, and found her there with three women and two men. She was in the act of pouring some gin from a glass into a bottle. One of the women handed her 2d., and took the bottle, saying, " Do you call this half a quartern ?" He took the bottle from her, and now produced it, still containing the gin. Defendant said, " Mr. Edmonds, you have been here a great many times. Look over ;t this once, and it shall not occur again." He also found three bottles, one containing a quart fbncl another one and a half pints of gin, and one a pint and a half of rum, and a stone jar containing six pints of rum. Defendant had long been suspected of selling spirits on Sunday morning, and he had several times visited the house, but had until this occasion discovered nothing. Ile believed that the person who usually kept watch and gave the alarm was out of the way, and that was why he was ena bled to surprise defendant and her customers. One of the men was lying drunk on the floor. Defend ant said to him, " You know I have lost my girl," which was true. He did not think she would attend ; she was a very stubborn woman. Sergeant Hart, L 1, who had accompanied the inspector on the occasion, corroborated his evidence. Sir Thomas Henry imposed the mitigated penalty of £l2 10s. MEIEOROLOGY. The Journal des Conna - issances ltledicales pub lishes an extract from an essay written by Marshal Vaillant on the transparency of the atmosphere, and the forecast of the weather which may be de duced from it. "After a few days' fine weather," the Marshal says, " accompanied by an easterly or north-easterly wind, it happens in the central par ts of France that object s w hi c h a re at some distance from our eyes, Bach as horizons bounded b y hills, the summits of m oun t a i ns w hich were only per ceptible through a mist rendering their outlines indistinct, suddenly become perfectly clear and well defined, the eye distinguishing details that were utterly hidden from it before. The atmosphere thus acquires a wonderful transparency,which occasionally even imparts a certain degree of crudeness to the landscape. The top of Mont Blanc in such a case is visible in a direct line from a distance of 60 leagues and upwards. And yet this extreme trans parency of the air is an almost certain harbinger of a change of weather and imminent rain. This singular circumstance may be explained as follows : When a cold wind, suc h as those we have me ntioned, pre vails on the sur f ace o f the earth, it acquires warmth from the latter, and therefore rises, traverses the strata above, mixes them imperfectly together, and causes disorder as regards densities and tempera tuns. In the same way the dry air which begins to touch the soil derives from the latter a certain de gree of humidity which the strata above do not get." The Marshal then proceeds to show that the rays of the sun do not, under such circumstances, reach us in a straight line, but broken by different densities, and th e a tmosphere is theref ore indistinct. When a south or west takes the p lace of the pre ceding ones, where the air, being warmer than the earth, has no being already in the u pp er strata, longer any tendency to rise, it descends towards the earth, which deprives it of its superabundan t warmth, and remains there. In this case therefore the atmosphere is not disturbed, and rays of light reach us in a line which, though slightly curved, appear to us straight. Hence there is distinctness of vision, just at the time when the strata nearest the earth are charged with humidity, and a clear sky in, that case is the precursor of rain. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. JEALOUSY AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—EIIen Stanton, a young woman, described as a servant, was charged before Mr. Knox with attempting to commit suicide. Police-constable Henry May, 637 A, said that on the previous afternoon he was on the north bank of the Serpentine, when he saw the prisoner run ning past towards the Serpentine. As it was rain ing heavily at the time, he thought the prisoner was making for a tree for the purpose of shelter, but instead of that she ran into the water, up to her arm-pits, and then threw herself head foremost into it. He ran into the water after the prisoner, and managed to reach her, and caught hold of her, when she struggled violently and said "let me alone." Having succeeded with great difficulty in getting her to the bank, he then took her to the Royal Humane Society's Receiving House. The prisoner subsequently informed him that she was a servant out of a place, that she had neither father nor mother, and that she had had a quarrel with her sweetheart, which was the cause of her acting as she had done. The young woman, who had no statement to make, was remanded for a week. It appears from a statement made by the young woman subsequently that she was keeping company with one of the Life Guards, and that, seeing him the previous evening in company of another female outside the Sun Tavern, Knightsbridge, that it had indeed her to destroy herself. THE OUTCASTS IN THE PARK.—Two young women, named Eliza Bridge and Eliza Goodman, were charged before Mr. Knox by Sergeant Hors ley, 64 A, with wandering about in Hyde Park without any visible means of subsistence. The Sergeant having proved seeing the prisoners asleep in Hyde Park yesterday evening, and that they were in the habit of frequenting the parks both by day and night, and had been charged before, The girls said, in aimwer to the charge, that they would like to go to a home. . Mr. Knox said he would do his befit to get the Broadhead and the Saw Grinders , We have already reported that Broadhead has been " whitewashed" by the Society of Saw Grinder' with which he has been so long connected ; but it would now appear that not only is he retained by his own seciety, but that others consider him so desirable a member that they invite him, with every show of respect, to join them. Strange and incre dible as it may appear, it is nevertheless true that on Broadhead's return from the meeting of the Saw Grinders' Union on Tuesday, the resolutions of which we published on Wednesday, he found a deputation of non-union saw grinders awaiting him. It appeared that the non-unionists, not being able to obtain admission into the old union, were contemplating the formation of a new society, and looking about for some experienced head to assist their inexperience. Broadhead seemed to them the most likely man. The calling of a meeting of the old union to consider whether or not Broadhead should be expelled afforded them an opportunity, and, fully expecting that he would be driven out of his own society, they hastened to invite him to take the management of theirs. We understand that Broadhead declined the new and unexpected honour —lie had no need to accept it—and advised the persons who waited on him that no good could result from splitting up the old society into factions, and that they ought to wait patiently until there was an opportunity of uniting all the saw grinders in one body. NEW ACT ON REAL PROPERTY. --A somewhat novel Act of Parliament has just been issued. It is to "explain the operation" of an act passed in the 17th and 18th Vic., c. 113, which was an act to amend the law re lating to the administration of deceased persons. In con struing a will a general direction to pay debts out of the personalty is not to include mortgage debts unless such in tention is clearly implied. TILE LORD CHANCELLOR'S CHURCH PATRONAGE. —The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. William Rowe Jolley, M.A., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, late tutor to his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, and chaplain to her Majesty's ship Illustrious, to the vicarage of Corse, near Gloucester, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Wil son, M.A. ; the Re r. Thos. F. Chamberlain, M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge, rector of Rufford, near Ormskirk, and honorary canon of Manchester Cathedral, to the vicarage of Limbcr-Magna, near Ulceby, Lincolnshiro, iu the room of the Rev. John Brown, M.A. ; the Rev. Rowland Smith, M.A., of St. John's Cullege, Cambridge, to the rectory of Lieu/Ly, Suffolk; ali'd the Rev. John Thomson, 8.D., to the Vicarage of liazia2g, Essex, young women out of their present miserable condi tion, but if they were sent to an institution they would not remain there. The prisoners promised they would do so, and they were remanded to find a home for them. ASSAULT.—WiIIiam Charles Morrison, of No. 4, Rupert-street, photographer, was fined 40s. for assaulting Police-constable Newby, 160 C, by striking him in the eye. WESTMINSTER. Edward King, aged nine years, and Chas. King, aged five, described as living at 8, Wicklow-place, Oakham-street, Chelsea, were charged before Mr. Selfe with begging, under the pretence of selling fusees, in the High-road, Knightsbridge. James Seymour, 196 B, said that about 9 o'clock last night he saw the two children offering to sell fusees in High-road, Knightsbridge, and when they saw ‘vitness they rau away. They stopped several persons, and he saw the elder boy receive money. Finding them destitute, he took them to the station, and on the elder defendant he found 4d. in his possession. The magistrate inquired whether the parents of the children were present, when The mother stepped forward, and admitted hay ing sent out the children to sell fusees in order to get food for her children. Mr. Selfe said it was monstrous to send a child of five years old to beg on a day pouring with rain as it was yesterday. The two boys here began to cry, when Mr. Selfe told them to be quiet, as they were not to blame. The guilty party was their mother. The mother promised not to again send the children out, and they were discharged. Tort . ..i• , A , A , etrilgat ---- __ _,‹------"q HER MAJESTY, &c. OSBORNE, Aug. 15. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom panied by Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went The Earl and Countess of Hardwieke arrived at Osborne yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the loyal Family. Sir Thomas and the lion. Lady Biddu3ph had also the honour of being invited. THAMES. A DISIIONEST STEWARD.—John Evans, the steward of the ship Ellen, in the West India Dock, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing two bottles of port wine. Adolphus Clarke, constable of the East and West India Dock, stated that at twenty minutes to seven o'clock last evening he stopped the prisoner as he was leaving the West India Dock at the Blackwall gateway, and noticing something bulky under his left arm, asked him what he had there. The pri soner replied, "Nothing, nothing," and made an effort to pass on. He said, "Oh yes, there is something there ; let me look at it." The prisoner produced a bottle of wine, and said, " Take it ; let me go." He said, " No, I cannot do that ; you must come in here ;" and, after some slight resistance, he forced the prisoner into his box, and took from him a second bottle of port wine, from under his right arm. The prisoner said, " For God's sake let me go, or lam a ruined man." He told the prisoner he could not do that, and detained him. The prisoner then said that the two bottles of port were left in the ship Ellen as old stores last voyage. Mr. Paget asked the prisoner if he had any account to give of his possession of the wine; and it was not until the magistrate had repeated the question three times that the prisoner said, " I stole the wine from the ship." Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to be impri soned for two months and kept to hard labour, for the unlawful possession of the wine. THE LIMEROTJSE TRAGEDY. Yesterday Mr. Paget attended the Thames Police Court specially to hear a report from Mr. James Horton, surgeon, of High-street, Stepney, relative to the condition of a man named Conrad Long, who it was stated on the previous day would give important evidence against John Wiggins, a lighterman, charged with the wilful murder of Agnes Oakes, a young woman with whom he coha bited at No. 1, Temperance Cottages, Lower North- street, Limehouse, on the morning of Wednesday, the 24th of July last. Mr. Horton said that Long could not be removed, and that he was in the last stage of consumption, and was also labouring under sciatica. Mr. Paget said he would proceed to the dwelling of the man Long in company with Mr. Nairn, the second clerk, and Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, and receive his deposition. The prisoner, who was brought from the Clerken well House of Detention, was driven to Lower North-street, Limehouse, in the police van. It would have been unsafe to have escorted him to the place on foot, owing to the ill-feeling of the popu lace, and particularly of the female portion of it, against him. There was a vast multitude of excitable people assembled when the van reached Lower North- street, and a tremendous yell. of execration burst forth when the prisoner alighted from the van at the door of No. 83, in which Long is dwelling. Mr. Charles Young, the prisoner's solicitor, appeared on his behalf. The oath having been administered to Long in his bed, he said—" I remember the morn ing of the 24th of July. At two o'clock my wife gave me some medicine. I afterwards fell asleep, and was awoke by a hallooing and cries of murder. It was then between the lights. I looked out of the window, which is close to my bed. I saw the pri soner's mother, who was hallooing out murder. She came out of her house into the street and called mur der two or three times, and went in again. She had a knife in her hand. It looked a longish knife. I am sure it was a knife. I observed nothing about her hands or the knife, as it was too dark. It was light enough to see it was a knife, but not to see if anything was upon it. The prisoner's father then came out of the same house, clapped his hands, and said, " Well, this is a sight." The old man then returned to his dwelling. After a little while the prisoner came out of the house. I did not see him come out of the house, but I saw him sitting opposite my window on a chair. At first he was standing up, and then they fetched the chair. A man named Williams fetched the chair, and I saw the prisoner sit down. My wife was in bed with me at first, and then she got up and went out. The prisoner's mother had her gown on when she came out. She was not in her night clothes. Cross-examined by Mr. Charles Young.—lt might be ten or fifteen minutes from the time the old woman came out. My wife was awake when the prisoner came out. The clock was going. I did not look at it. Ido not know why I did not look at the clock. The prisoner's mother had a gown on, not a white night dress. It was not light enough to see what colour the gown was. I re member Inspector Turner coming to me on Thurs day last. lie asked me if I knew anything about this case. I said I knew very little about it. I did not say my attention was first attracted after five o'clock. Ido not know that I said so. 1 might have said that the time he was sitting over the way on a chair was about five o'clock. I cannot exactly say what I said to Inspector Turner. I told him there was a noise in the street very often. I said I heard nothing unusual. I did not say anything to Mr. Turner about having seen the prisoner's mother come out with a knife in her hand. Ido not re member mentioning half-past five or six to Mr. Turner. I told him that a young woman's throat was cut. I did not say what time I heard this. I do not recollect saying so. I told him that when 1 heard the cry I looked out and saw the prisoner sitting in the street. I said Williams and several others were with the prisoner. Mr. Turner asked me to tell him all I saw or heard. The reason why I did not tell him that I saw the prisoner's mother with a knife is that I am on my sick bed, and did not want to have anything to do with it. This finished the testimony of the witness. The prisoner was sent back to the Thames Police-court, and in the afternoon he was brought before Mr. Paget. The Prisoner said he should like to hear his father and mother. Mr. Charles Young s aid his client's parents had been heard before the coroner, and in the discretion vested in him he did not intend to call them at present. Inspector Brady, of the K division, who con ducted the prosecution, also declined to put the prisoner's father and mother in the witness-box at present, and finally, after some discussion, The prisoner was again remanded for a week. MARRIAGE IN 111GH LIFE. The marriage of Lady Georgiana Adelaide Rus sell, daughter of Earl Russell, with Mr. Archibald Peel, third son of General the Right Hon. and Lady Alice Peel, was solemnised yesterday at Petersham Church, which is situated within a mile and a half of Pembroke Lodge, the noble earl's residence at Richmond. The bride, accompanied by her father, who gave her away, arrived at the church shortly after 11 o'clock, the bridegroom having previously arrived, attended by Colonel Palmer, who acted as " best man." The bride was received by Lady Agatha Russell, Miss May Drummond, Miss Kate Warburton, and Miss Ada F. Villiers, who acted as bridesmaids. The bride was elegantly attired in white satin trimmed with Brussels lace, with veil to match, and a wreath of orange flowers. The bridesmaids wore white tulle dresses trimmed with blue, and white straw bonnets decorated with forget me-nots. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, M.A., canon of Windsor, rector of Chenies, Bucks, and uncle ,of the bride, assisted by ,the Rev, P. Nott. After the registration of the marriage the wedding party and friends repaired to Pembroke Lodge to breakfast. There were present at the breakfast—His Royal Highness the Duke de Chartres, the Earl and Countess of Leven and Melville and Lady Julia Melville, the Countess of Kerry and the Hon. Charles Gore, the Countess of Dalkeith, the Coun tess of Jersey and Mr. Brandling, the Countess (Dowager) of Westmoreland, Lord and Lady Wriothesley Russell, Lord and Lady Dunfermline, Lord Cosmo Russell, Lady Gilbert Kennedy, Lady Bowater and Miss Bowater, Lady Augusta Ouslow, Lady Anue Baird,. Lady Elizabeth Romilly and Miss Romilly, General the Right Hon. and Lady Alice Peel, Colonel Wilner, Colonel Peel, Colonel Palmer, Captain Morand, Rev. F. Nott, Rev. Mr. Villiers, Mr. Algernon Russell and Miss Russell, Mr. William Harcourt, Miss Villiers, Mr. and Mrs. Warburton, the Rev. Mr. Hugh, Mr. 0. Russell, Mr. George Russell, Miss Lister, Miss Peel, Mr. Melville, Mr. Arthur Peel, Mr. Weigall, Mrs. Wm• Russell, Mrs. 0 wen, Mr. George Elliott, &c. At a quarter-past two o'clock the newly-wedded couple left Pembroke Lodge for Woburn Abbey, the Duke of Bedford's seat in Bedfordshire. The presents were very numerous, several being of the most costly description. The Empresi Charlotte• (From Echoes of the Club.) The Empress of Mexico is now staying at Ter vueren, a summer palace of the King of the Bel gians, near Brussels, nursed and cared for solely by her sister-in-law, the Queen. The devotion Of this Royal lady to the sufferer has been crowned by a signal success. She obtains from the invalid what nobody else could—the implicit obedience of 3 child, and the utmost confidence. They are never separated, either in the palace or in their walks er drives. The few people that have seen the unfortunate Empress say that it is heartrending to witness the change that has taken place in her appearance. Sh e is wasted to a shadow ; her face, once so beautiful, is now drawn and withered, and her head bowed down upon her breast. She is melancholy and help less, and offers no opposition to anything she is told to do ; but the sight of the scenes of her childhood has already produced a salutary effect. She 11 0 asked for drawing materials, and resumed an occu pation which she had abandoned for years ; and once or twice when out driving she recognised people whom she had not since her marriage. Up to the Queen's arrival at Miramar the Eul press had lived entirely upon eggs, so constant WO her fear of being poisoned ; but on her sister-in -10v ordering more solid food, and setting the example ef eating, it was speedily followed. Her Majesty shows the most extraordinary tact as well as tell' derness in her relations with the unfortunate prir y cess, sometimes assuring her that she has the same symptoms, and feels the same suffering, and Oleo prescribing different remedies, all of which she ' serts have given immense relief to herself. The Empress never mentions Mexico ; and th e doctors state that it has become, as it were, a seale d letter in her brain. She seems to have complete l y forgotten that sad period of her existence. sb° never inquires directly after her husband ; but th e simple mention of his name induces her immediate l y to do anything that is required of her. Every O W and then she asks for newspapers, but some excuse At is made, and she never repeats the demand. present it is not intended that she should be mad° ; acquainted with the terrible end of the drama that has taken place. A BRITISH. MERCHANT CAPTAIN REWARDED 0, P R ESIDENT JOHNSON.—At a meeting of the L iver p ool Local Marine Board yesterday, Captain Thos. Ro vilandst of the schooner Margaret Jane, of Barrow, was presente.a with a splendid gold chronometer, a gift from the Tires!' dont of the United States, in recognition of his services, In conjunction with those of the commander of the Russ ian ship Tahiti, in saving the crew of the American 8 131 P Toscano, on the 20th March last, off the Irish co a t When the Toscano was fallen in with she was fast settling in the sea, and the crew were in a most critical conditiort• The letter of Mr. Adams, the American Minister, alludedin high terms to the conduct of Copt. Rowlands an d biA crow, and the imminent peril they underwent in taking ° the crew of the Toscano. FINING A HIGH SHERIFF.—In the Dublin Cow mission Court, Mr. Malachy Hussey, the high sheriff, 1 011.. in g by order of the court been called two or three tiln°B' and not having answered, the Lbrd Chief Justice sai d ''' . The high sheriff has been called, and called mo re tho once, and he has not answered. The station he holds c. i° one of great dignity and of great antiquity. It is an of 6 which has not been constituted for the purpose of eet/r; ferring distinction on the holder. He is bound to atten" BB' this court, or else to make an application to the j udg He has not thought fit to attend. He has been several times and has not answered, and for that breaol l duty it is duo to us and to the office we hold to irnPos s r fine on that gentleman, which we now order to be - corded, of £5O. VACCINATION.—Returns issued by the Poor Board show that in the year ending at Michaelmas, 18,6;'d the number of persons vaccinated in England by the pnv,:n. vaccinators, in the parishes under the Poor Law, ives,mg- 5. 460,089, and of those successfully vaccinated only 4349'-oi The births in the year wore 743,859, so that the numb er persons successfully vaccinated was equal to only 61 f-6 cent. of the number of births, a lower proportion than 01 -- d ever before been recorded in the list of vacc inations e i last 15 years. One-fourth of the vaccinations, too, we le Persons above a year old. DRAMATIC AUTHORS' SOCIETY.—A depu— - from this society, consisting of Messrs. Benjamin Weljo;s,,/ Alfred Wigan, Tom Taylor, Stirling Coyne, and Wi°';ll( Brough, waited upon Lord Stanley yesterday Foreign-office, to support the prayer of a petition to FL'i.;ll, ment from the French dramatic authors, asking for modification or erasure of Article 4 of the literary .01-1-ci tiou between England and Prance respectively. The Fr es t authors complain that the article in question, w hich Pern'tib fair imitations or adaptations of dramatic work 3 to star,e," is so ambiguous in its terms as to render the O s vontion virtually a dead letter. The deputat ion exPres et to Lord Stanley the willingness of English authors recognise the literary rights of their foreign brethren, 9'tl3 their own desire that the clause complained of shouldae, t struck out of the convention. His lordship Pre mis b take the subject into favourable consideration, thougp In oi could hold out no prospect of anything leing done matter during the present session of Parliament . THE HARVEST IN THE EAST.--WedlleSdg . ".,, another brilliant day for harvest wo rk in the e aste r n no trio. A Newmarket letter says :—" Wheat cutti n g Is going on actively in every par t, and the harvest inftY of u said to be general. Sumo forward crops h ave been g_Litti in good condition, and samples of new wheat have sir' b4ca exhibited iu the market."