The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-07 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRIJRY-LA-1%.1 E. Sole Ltssee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chat N terta J. TITIS EVENING, THAT RASCAL JA_CR. iezars. Route, J. Neville , C. Warner; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C. Thompson. To conclude with T FIE GREAT CITY. Messrs. C.Warner, F. Morton. J. Fitzjamez, Villiers, J. C. Coavier, W. IWlntyre, J. Rouse, J. Irvinz, J. B. Johnstone; Mesdames C 'lliomplon. M. Uobertson, R. G . Le Thicre, . Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bucks One. THIS EVENING, THE LOVE CHA.SE. Messrs. Chip pendalo. Howe, Rovers. Kendal, C'ark, White, Wcathereby, &c. ; Me.dames Sedgw•ck. Chippendale, Burke. &e. Alter which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE rous DS. Mr. Duckstone. To conclude with THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT Mr. Compton. means of placing the institutions of this countr y on a firmer basis ; and that the passing of this measure will tend to increase the loyalty and content of a great portion of her MAJESTY'S subjects." We hope that this cordial expression and frank avowal on the part of Lord DERBY will have due influence, and tend to remove in a great measure the unfavourable improssion produced by those who have been so ready to de clare that the Conservatives are against all mea- sures of Reform. Very little discussion took place last night, but Lord STRATIIEDEN chose a most inconvenient time for making an extraordinary proposition. Just as the bill was on the point of passing, the noble lord spoke at some length, and, after referring to the chief elections that had taken place since 1832, at which popular candidates had lost their seats, he moved that certain seats should be kept vacant, in order that the House of Commons might have the power of electing as representatives for these places those whose services were important, and yet who had been rejected. Lord DERBY, in a few amusing remarks, showed the impossibility of such a step being taken, and said that under the Jewish dispensation " there were certain cities set apart to which the manslayer fled, and be secure from the consequences of his act," but the proposal of the noble lord had the merit of singularity and novelty. It is not surprising that the clause was negatived without a division, for it was indeed a peculiar one ; but it was not good taste to have brought it forward at such a time. Lord RAVENS WORTH made s)me remarks on the Lodger Fran chise, and deprecated the courso taken by the House of Lords in rescinding their vote on the subject. The workmen, he said, were under the power of trade unions, and had no freedom of action. Lord RUSSELL made some observations, and it is a satisfaction to find that the noble lord did not share in the gloomy anticipations indulged in by some. He apprehended no danger to the British Constitu tion. We agree with the remarks of the noble lord on this topic, and think he was quite right in his assertion, that the majority of the people would be the strongest safeguard to the constitution when they shared in the electoral working, being attached to it most sincerely. Very unnecessary were the com ments subsequently passed by Lord RUSSELL on the course taken by Government, but perhaps it was hardly to be expected that he would lose the last opportunity for making a protest. Ministers can, however, well afford to listen to these strictures, for they have the proud satisfaction of knowing that their task is accomplished, and they have succeeded in passing through both Houses of Parliament a measure well calculated to answer the desired ends, and to serve the best interests of the community. It seems really almost incredible to think that the Reform Bill has passed both Houses of Parliament, and only awaits a few more stages to be the law of the land. It would no doubt afford great satisfaction to those who take a deep interest in the question s and indeed gratify the public generally, if her MAJESTY could prorogue Parliament in person. It would be a gracious and a graceful act on her part, and connect her more immediately and intimately with a measure that is in some respects the most important political feature of her reign. The Govern ment of Lord DERBY has great claims on the gratitude of the nation, for it has had an arduous task to perform, and it has set about the task in a right spirit, and with a generous endeavour to do the thing as complete as possible. We do not believe that the Liberal party, as it stands at pre sent, could have carried a measure that approached this ono in completeness and extent, and hence it is the more to be rejoiced at that the Conservatives should have come to We rescue. time had, indeed, arrived when Reform could no longer be shelved with credit to Ministers, satisfaction to Parliament, or respect to the general feeling of the country. Under all the circumstances of the case, we do not see that any better measure could have been passed than that bill which was yesterday read a third time in the House of Lords, and which will shortly be com pleted, to the great satisfaction of the country, and ,he credit of all who have assisted in its pasting. The brief but suggestive intelligence respecting our fellow-countrymen in Abyssinia which was yesterday received from Aden is of the highest importance, and must give great relief to the friends and relatives of the captives. A letter received from Mr. Davies, the agent of the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company at Aden, dated the 20th ult.—the latest date to which ad vices have been received—states that her Majesty's steamer Dalhousie arrived from Massowah on the 15th—latest date ; that she reports—" Captives cut off from the Emperor, both parties being surrounded by the rebels ; no danger of their falling into his hands again." It is nothing new that the dis affection among the EMPEROR'S subjects has been wide-spread and increasing for some time past. Many powerful chiefs have fallen away from him, and it has even been said that nothing but a kind of superstitious belief in his power prevented a general rising. Colonel MEREWETHER, writing on the position of affairs in January last, says that whereas Mr. MASSAM accompanied the KING last March, and saw his army to consist of 80,000 men, he had not then 15,000 with him. lle enumerates several chiefs, one of them having escaped from confinement,who were in arms against another named Tissoo GoLuZYE had an army of 20,000 men, and held Walkait and up to Gondar. WAKSIIIM GOLUZYE had also a strong force, and held nearly all Tigre. Mr. RASSA3I confirmed this intelligence in a few lines, which he contrived to forward to the Colonel, in which he said that no respectable man in the country approved of THEO DORE'S conduct, but that no one had the courage to speak plainly to Lim. In case of war Mr. RASSAM advised that we should try and obtain the friend ship of the two chief rebels, Tissoo and WAR SHIM, who could be very useful to us in stopping communication between the EMPEROR and the coast, and in other ways. This advica was evidently very sound, as if the news from Aden proves true, it is to these chieftains the captives owe their safety. From the state of open warfare in dicated, it would seem that the chiefs have closed upon the EMPEROR, or else that he has ventured at last to attack them. In either case there is little doubt that the long delayed vengeance for the cruelty and oppression THEODORE has been guilty of has at length come upon him, and that the hours of his authority are 'lumbered. We have much reason to rejoice that the captives should have escaped his hands under circum stances which render it extremely improbable that he can reclaim them. We shall wait anxiously for fuller intelligence, but it will not do to slacken our energies on behalf of the captives. We must not rest contented with knowing that they are out of the EMPEROR'S hands, and leave them to find their way out of the country as they can. It will be a matter for consideration how fat it may be desirable to join with the leading rebels in their endeavours to free the country from the intolerable tyranny of THEODORE, to open its cities to com merce, and to provide for the protection of European travellers, Lu any case, the security of the prisoners THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN3, AUGUST 7, 1867. instance, in the garden there is a model washing house and laundry, replete with convenience and with appliances for washing and drying linen in a very short space of time. Linen may be well washed and properly drained in three hours. Very dirty linen is not suffered to come into contact with linen which is moderately clean, and the labour is won derfully abridged by mechanical contrivances. The whole process of " getting up" fine linen, as it is called, is performed in a shDrter time than even laundresses could imagine. The night fetes at the Exhibition, so often talked of, will be shortly commenced. They will be on a novel and attractive scale, including concerts, torch light processions, boat races, fireworks, and, in short, spectacles and entertainments, which will give to the fetes an aspect and character hitherto unpr ralleled. It was indeed but one summer's day which we enjoyed yesterday, although the weather appeared to have assumed a settled character. Even this morning it was fine and very warm, but towards midday there was a sensible diminution in the tem perature, and it soon afterwards became a rainy day--at least not exactly, but a day with repeated showers, like an April day. A genuine and useful novelty is in course of organisation in Paris-- a ladies' club—which will be opened on the commencement of the next year. Men have had their day with their clubs ; why should not the ladies have their day? The regula tions for admission will be on the most severe scale. The number of members is not to be limited, but one black ball. out of s'x will be sufficient for exclusion. The lady committee engaged in the arrangement of this club includes some of the most eminent aristocratic ladies of Paris, but for the moment I must not mention their names. The club-room will be a jewel in regard to magnificence and comfort. The vestibule will be under the direction of female servants in appropriate costume; dress of light blue merino, black silk apron with pockets, and cap trimmed with blue ribbons. Each attendant will be furnished with attributes agreeable or useful to ladies, say white, red, and black paint for com plexion or eyelids, essential salts and all artificial assistants to beauty, in spite of the dictum of the poet that " loveliness needs not the foreign aid of ornament." Cards and music will be introluced at this club for ladies, and even whist will be al lowed, although it is a game which requires silence. The great difficulty with which the framers of the regulations are occupied is whether men shall be admitted. Ladies do not go to clubs to look after their husbands, but it has been proposed that husbands shall be per mitted to go to the cl u b t o s ee their wives. This is the knotty question with w hich the committee are occupied. Perhaps th ere ma y be a compromise, and husbands will be admitted to the club by a ticket signed by the wife. All this, however, is matter for serious consideration. At the rowing matches at Dieppe on Sunday all the prizes were won by the Paris Rowing Club. The match with two rowers was won by M. Etoile, with four rowers (prize of the Prince Imperial), M. Gauloise, with six rowers, M. Fabrienne. There will be matches at Dunkerque on Sunday next, at which the Paris Rowing Club will again contend for the prizes. Commence at Seven. HEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS F.VENING• a new 3Tusical Drama, GARIBALDI IN SICILY, Miss Baden, Miss E Lily I'itt; Messrs. It. Philli; a. J. G. Taylor. and Ashley. Alter wbi , h, at 8, THE LA IA OF LYC,NS, 3G pars. 11. 1`14. -, llle, Ashley, Steuart, and C. H. Stet henson ; Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. St. henry, and airs Killington. To conclude with A SLICE OF LUCK. Maqsra Clarke, J. O. Tay'or, C. IT. Stephenson, C. J. Smith; Mi.!!! A. Seaman and Miss E. Pitt. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEAT RE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. TO-NIGHT, SIX MONTHS AGO. Mr. Clayton, ]lies Palmer. After which, THE LIAR. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Matthews. To be followed by THE CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. II J. Montague, and Miss E. Farren. Doors open at half-past Six ; commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. sole Lessee, Mr. Vininz Tinder the Manszement of Mr. llermann Vezil. TIl IS EVENING, the rerformanc • will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. E. 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To-Moratow.-3lorning, 7h. 40m.—Afternoon, Bh. 10m le lAI fif illt LONDON, TVEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1867, The Reform Bill has passed the House of Lords, and this intelligence will afford the greatest satis faction throughout the country. As in the House of Commons the bill passed nem. con., and this will be hereafter dwelt upon with satisfaction, when the stir and excitement of the present is over. With few exceptions, indeed, there have been no great efforts made in the Lords to interfere with the progress of the measure, and the acknowledgments of Lord DERBY were appropriately tendered. The noble lord made a few remarks in the right spirit upon the motion that the bill do pass, and availed himself of the opportunity of expressing, on his own part, and on that of the Government, their ac knowledgment of the very temperate, fair, and candid manner in which their Lordships had dealt with the question. The noble Premier declared that he had had the honour of a seat in Parlia ment for forty-five years, and yet during that time he could not recal another instance of a mea sure so important, and involving such changes passing with so little bitterness or party spirit being displayed as that which had distinguished the progress of the bill before them. This is very true, for the House has aided the Government throughout in the task of passing the bill. Lord DERBY said that he felt the necessity of passing the measure because it had been accepted by the other Ilouse of Parliament, and its rejection by the Peers would have been attended with peril, and also be cause he indulged a hope that a stop might be put to agitation by the passing of the bill. The question, indeed, must have been settled before long, /gime it stood in the way of all useful legislation. "No doubt," Lord DERBY said, "we are making a great experiment, and taking a leap in the dark ; but I have the greatest confidence in the sound sense of my fellow-countrymen, and I entertain a strong hope that the extended franchise which we are now conferring upon them will be the THE REFOIOI BILL. PROTEST. The following Protest has been made by Lord Ellenborough : " To the third reading of the Representation of the People Bill dissentient : " 1. Because the Bill, creating in almost every city and borough in England a new constituency more numerous than that which exists, impairs, where it does not destroy, the power of the present electors, and substitutes for it that of a new body inferior to them in property and education. " 2. Because the confid ence justly placed in con stituencies of approved worth cannot re asonably be transferred to such men now first entrusted with electoral power ; and it is to be feared that when labour makes laws for capital—poverty for property —legislation, no longer directed by educated intel ligence, will impair the individual freedom of action and the security of possession which have been the , • -0- 1 ,....1t1 " 3. Because it more nearly concerns the public welfare that r epresentatives should be well chosen than that constituencies should be numerous ; and the larger constituencies have rarely been fortunate in the choice of their representatives, or persistent in retaining them when they proved worthy of sup port. " 4. Because a seat in the House of Commons, more difficult in attainment than heretofore, less secure in possession, and not exempt from mnilia tion while occupied, will cease to be an object of the same ambition to that high class of gentlemen by whose patriotic spirit and statesmanlike wisdom the liberties of the people were secured and the great nessmisatneennt tl y weak, pport ; and suc cessivelimited in the choice of men to fill the g reat offic es of Sta te to of the count r y has been achieved. gi 5. Because th e House of Comm o ns, comp osed of inferior men , de p endent upon the ' fickle feelin g s su of the masses th e y re p resent, will not afford to an y Ministersafairad e oer G o vernments, p the few who may have the best hopes of re-election, compelled to feel their vsmy by measures of a tenta tive character, not fully approved even by them selves, will exist from day to day by concession, lose all respect for themselves, but not before they have lost that of others, and at length retire with the conviction that the theoretical perfection of con stituencies is incompatible with the successful con duct of the affairs of the country in Parliament." LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) HUNGARY AND CROATIA. PESTII, August 6 (Evening). From the Ist September next the Croatian finances will be placed under the control of the Hungarian Finance Minister. The Croatian Credit Establishment will also be placed under the same control as soon as its statutes have been sanctioned. A general meeting of the shareholders to delibe rate upon the statutes takes place to-day. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Aug. 6 (Evening). Prince Charles of Roumania paid a visit of courtesy to the Sultan at liustcbuck to-day, cross ing the Danube in the French steamer Magicien. The Prince had a prolonged interview with the Sultan, and was received with great honours. ITALY. FLORENCE, Aug. 6 (Evening). The Opinionc, of this evening, says :—" The late order of the day, adopted by the Chamber of De puties upon the incident of General Dumont's mission to Rome, is not judged favourably by the Paris press. According to their views, it would appear that a convention between France and Italy is not equally binding upon both Govern ments, seeing that France could interpret it in the manner most suitable to herself. The Journal La France goes so far as to threaten, holding up the spectre of a new armed intervention. We shall not look upon such fits of ill-temper as serious. We are sure that the French Government will not allow itself to be cheated by insidious suggestions into undertaking another expedition to Rome, which Italy would feel herself bound to oppose to the utmost, and which even if successful would only place France in the same position as that recently occupied by Austria in Venetia." The Italie of this evening, referring to the same subject, says :—" Liberal journals are seeking to induce the belief that the incident of Gen. Dumont's mission to Rome may give rise to fresh complica tions between France and Italy. We consider our selves able to affirm that the incident iu question terminated with the publication of the late note in the Moniteur, and a despatch to that effect must already have been sent by our Government to Paris. If Signor Rattazzi has displayed in the negotiations on this subject a proper firmness, for which he has the thanks of the public, he also knows that it is . necessary to stop when full satisfaction has been received." AME RIC A. ARRIVAL OF THE ALLEMANIA. SOUTHAMPTON, August 7. The Hamburg and American Co.'s steamship Allemania, from New York on the 27th July, has arrived here with 121 passengers, $38,000 in specie for England, $13,100 for France, and $1,200 for Hamburg ; 37 sacks of mails, and 750 tons of cargo. MEXICO. PARIS, August 7 The Mexican mail steamer, which arrived at St. Nazaire yesterday, brought a despatch from M. Dano, the French Minister in Mexico, dated Bth July, which states that Juarez was expected shortly at the capital. Paririo Diaz, who was in command, seemed personally disposed to show moderation. General Vidawori, however, was arrested on the morning of the 7th July, and, by order of the Com mandant, shot the same day. PASCAL'S LETTERS. Sciences, 111. authenticity would be I n com municating Pascal's correspondence to the Al. Chasles certainly In the Acad emy it se lf MM. Duhamel and Fay e have alrea dy signified their French i d n i l d p u n o n t e A d f c o b a r y d e s e emme Academy t n h o y a f . dissent from his views; but now two other and more dangerous adversaries have come forward. One of them, M. Faugcre, appears to be most com petent to decide the question, he having for a long time been engaged in examining Pascal's MSS. for the purpose of publishing a correct edition of the " Pens4es," and also of verifying certain contested points concerning his life. As soon as M. Faugcre was informed of M. Chasles's dis coveries, he waited upon him and requested the favour of obtaining a sight of the documents in question ; and in a letter addressed to the President of the Academy he states that after an attentive scrutiny he has arrived at the firm conviction that the signature at the bottom of the notes and letters produced is not P asca l' s ; an d that he is ready to give all the inform a ti on i n hi s po wer on that point to any commission th e A ca d em y m i g ht think proper to entrust with an i nvest i ga ti on . Another letter on the same subject, a dd resse d to the President, is by M. Benard , who writes from Evreu x, that these documents are un d ou btedly forgeries, and even very clumsily concocted ; and in su pp ort of this view he quot es passages f ro m them containing modern expression s , and asks, mo reover, how Pascal, on 2d of J anuary, 1655, could have calcu lated Saturn's m ass b y means o f the revolution of a satellite which wa s on l y di sco vered on the 25 th of March of that ye ar , an d th e first tables of which , published by llayghens in 165 9 , we re exceedin g l y . imperfect. M. Renard spo il s a good case by gra tuitously asserting th a t t h ese forgeries Must b e " an English act of pe r fid y, " f or the purpose of casting ridicule on French men of science in case they should swallow the bait, and admit Pascal to have been the discoverer of universal attraction. To prove this stupid assertion he selects from the controverted notes a couple of odd expressions which he calls Anglicisms, and whereby he only shows that he him self dces not know English. As for M. Chasles he stoutly maintains the authenticity of the papers in question, and the dispute is therefore likely not to end here. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.--The N orth German Lloyd screw st eams hi p N ew Y or k, Capta, in Dreyer, sailed hence at 2 p.m. t o -d ay f or N ow York, wi th t he En g lish, French, and German mails 121 cabin pass , mgers, jowollery from Havre value 55,200 f., and a Lop ocargo of general Eatgalalldige, must be the first thought, and we hope that Lord STANLEY will take care to obtain the most prompt and reliable information possible. The arrival of the City of Antwerp, from New York on the 27th ult., reports a serious riot from Rogersville, Tennessee. Mr. EMERSON ETHERIDGE, a candidate for the governorship, was addressing a Conservative meeting, when he was interrupted by some Conservative Radicals. Pistols were used, two persons killed, seven mortally wounded, and many were more or less injured. Another meeting held two days later at Knoxville was also inter rupted by armed negroes, and mischief was done, though not to so serious an extent. Apprehensions of further collisions throughout the State on the approaching election day are generally felt. The South Carolina R-publican Convention have rejected the resolution proposing a coloured candidate for the Vice-Presidency, so that we may hope that that crowning piece of folly may be at least postponed. No one can doubt that if elected the coloured candidate will be chosen simply on account of his colour, partly by reckless enthu siasts, and partly by Radicals anxious to secure the negro interest for their own party. The importance of the coloured voters in the political scale may be estimated from the fact that in Alabama the official registration gives 30,000 white and 50,000 coloured voters. This is not likely to temper the excitability or quicken the characteristic indolence of the negro. lie is about as likely to put his easily acquired political advan tages to good account as a child would his whole future fortune if put at once in his hands. Let him grow up to the use of it, be carefully trained and taught by influence and example, and it will serve a different purpose. In the same way the negroes, if they had received the gifts now so lavishly and carelessly bestowed by degrees as time and trial showed they were fitted for them might have turned them to blessings for themselves and others, instead of, as there is too much reason to fear may be the case, converting them into national curses. The PRESIDENT, it is said, intends to remove General SIIERIDAN, and replace him by General MEADE. It is quite possible that he may try some bold, decisive measures during the short lease of power now left him, and endeavour to undo in some degree the mischief committed by the Radi cals. The sense of the country would be with him, but unhappily it is not always the sense of the country which carries the day in the United States. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Pants, Tuesday Evening. The Moniteur has an additional half-sheet to-day, but it is chiefly devoted to decrees of local import ance. The other papers have their space chiefly occupied with intelligence connected with the General Councils, which, although of great interest for France, have none for England. The Journal de Rome contains accounts of the celebration of the fetes of the Company of Jesus, on the 31st of July, which took place with more than the accustomed pomp at the Farnese, the church dedicated to Ignace de Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits' Society. On the Ist of August the canons of St. Sauveur, of the congregation of Latran, celebrated in the church of St. Pierre-es-Liens the fete in which the Church commemorates the memory of the chains with which the Prince of the Apostles was bound at Jerusalem and Rome, and which are now preserved for the contemplation of the pious in the above church. His Holiness the Pope went to the basilisk during the first vespers, offered adora tion to the Iloly Sacrament, and venerated the precious relics which perpetuate the testimony of the sufferings endured by the Prince of the Apostles. The basilisk was profusely ornamented, and an immense number of the faithful were present, who, atter prayers, were anxious to kiss the sacred chains. M. Alfred Verliere, author of a pamphlet en titled " Deism and Social Peril," is summoned to appear on Friday next before the Correctional Police-office, on the double charge of outrage against public and religious morals, and an attack upon the system of public worship legally recog nised by the State. This prosecution affords another proof of the desire of the Government to promote religious and political liberty by suppressing licentious attacks upon it. The evening Moniteur has the following informa tion relative to the visit of the Empress to her Majesty "The:a— micable feeling w hi c h ex i sts b etween the Empress and the Queen of England is considered as another , proof of the cor di a l sent i ments between Englana and France. The more the relations be tween the two countries multiply, the greater is the pressmii t u al u e s g t e e n e i b s e m t cs u - e c e h n b t e h l o e v m e . d inPeErnsognlaanlldy. the E Every body does justice to her eminent qualities as wife mid mother, as well as to her sentiments of charity. " The Empress arrived in the Isle of Wight on Monday, the 22d of J u l y , a t t h ree o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied only by her lady of honour, the Duchess of Bassano, and Count de Cosse Brissac. As her Majesty travelled incognito, the flag of the Imperial yacht, the Reine Hortense, was not hoisted. The most cordial intimacy was displayed by the two Sovereigns at their meeting. Queen Victoria, sur rounded by her children, the Princess Alice, Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold, had none of her Minis ters near her. The Prince de Hesse, her son-in-law, the husband of Princess Alice, was at Osborne at the time, and also Lord Alfred Paget, first Equerry, and General Seymour. " The chauteau inhabited by the Queen is in a beautiful and picturesque position, and is sur rounded by handsome buildings. The Empress and the Queen took several walks and drives together. Prince Arthur followed the carriage on horseback. When the two Sovereigns took leave of each other they exchanged the most affectionate words. The departure of the Empress took place on Wednesday, July 24, at ten o'clock in the morning." An old soldier of the French Empire has just died at the Invalides, nearly 90 years of age. He had rendered many services to the State, but he used to recount one of them with peculiar glee. He was on duty in the square where the murderer of Kleber was executed, in Egypt, and he gave a glass of water to the murderer in his agony when he panted with thirst. It may not be recol lected that General Kleber was assassinated at Cairo, after a review, on the 14th of June, 1800, by a young Mussulman named Soleyman, who stabbed him with. his dagger in several places. The punishment wrAs terrible. His right wrist was burned in a sraall furnace, and he was then placed over a fire which consumed him gradually. Ile remained r.dive for nearly four hours. Oppressed with terrible thirst be supplicated a glass of water, but the favour was refused to him because it would have assuaged his agony. Nevertheless, a soldier on duty, who had served as a volunteer in the Army of Egy - pt, moved by compassion at his pain, went and procured a glass of water for him. The assassin d- auk it off and expired instantly. This is the sol dier, named thlrroy, who has died at the Invalides, where he had remained for thirty-four years. .• Among the objects of peculiar interest In the Ex hibition is the model of a Swedish infant school . It W is in the house of Gustavus asa, and its arrange ments show the care taken for the comfort of the pupils. Literature in Sweden is in a more ad vanced state than may be generally supposed. Major Staaff, a Swede, attached to the Legation in Paris, has compiled an extensive and remarkable book, which may be found in Class 90, containing the most choice specimens of French literature from the time of Charlemagne. In this work the French romances and poems of theiniiddle age are not for- gotten. Although one is astonished and delighted at glittering and valuable works of art and taste at the Vallibition the useful is net igrgOttell. For FRANCE. The French Government (says the Echo Agricole) 4. 11 ,v.x. to two swkalrin rtuk.w..2.A.xci riamokazacs 0 in the department of the Loire-Inferieure. The fair of Sainte-Anne, which i. 3 held at Pont-Rousseau, is usually considered, and rightly so, as one of the best, if not the very best, of the department, espe cially for Brittany mares. For two or three days beforehand considerable transactions take place between the dealers ; the stables are full, and, in fact, there is a three days' fair. On the present occasion all was much changed, as there were not more than fifty or sixty mares in the market. Two causes chiefly led to that circumstance—the scarcity of horses generally, and the requisitions of the Government addressed to those who could nrocure remounts for it, principally for the Artillery, the I.llilitary Train, and the Cavalry of the Line. The dealers made every effort to meet those demands by collecting the animals from the breeders where ever they could ; and consequently the latter have had no occasion to bring their stock to market. Th e wheat harvest has commenced in some fa voured localities around Brussels. The grain is described as magnificent, and the ears well filled. A rather serious conflict took place a few nights back at Zurich, between the students on one side and the citizens on the other. Several of the former, who caused the tumult, were arrested. An explosion of fire damp has just taken place in a mine at Wittkowitz, in Austria, belonging to Baron de Rothschild. Up to noon of the following day 32 dead bodies had been recovered, but 10 or 12 other men were missing. About 30 workmen were got out alive, and although insensible for the moment afterwards recovered. The disaster is believed to have been caused by the use of blasting powder, contrary to the regulations. it M. Mulaton," says the Journal de Villafranche, 6 , a wealthy proprietor in the commune of Lier put an end to hi s life. He had been for gUCS, has some time under ideas of suicide, in consequence of the failure of his vine crop. He was only 23 years of age and married." The railway from Vendome to Tours has just been opened to the public. The shooting season is fixed to open on the 17th August in the departments of the Haute-Garonne, the Herault, the Aude, and the Var ; and on the 18th in the Gironde. 'IONS. The art of book-illustration is just now passing ,hrough a curious phase. When George Cruik- shank or liablot Brown, two artists whose names are here associated solely for chronological reasons, had to make the illustrations to a work of fiction, it would seem to have been their practice to select as subjects all the most dramatic situations, whether of a comic or tragic sort, which were treated of in the narrative. On the one hand, violent encounters, terrible accidents, exciting adventures, crises through which the characters described in the book were compe:led to pass ; on the other, situations characterised by their extreme absur dity, in which the persons represented were shown in a ridiculous light, or exhibited under laughable circumstances—these were almost in variably the themes chosen for illustration. Their ambition appears to have been to put the more remarkable scenes described by the author before the reader's eyes rather than to display their own artistic powers. But this principle has got to be now regarded as antiquated and obsolete. Our modern men appear to occupy themselves less with the thing to be done than:with the manner of doing it. Their ambition seems to be confined to the desire of producing a beautiful work of art. The modern illustrator, when a book is put into his hands, proposes to him self—judging by results—rather to produce a set of drawings which shall redound to his own credit than to help the author, whose works ho illustrates, to make himself understood. The consequence is, that he ordinarily chooses those situations which are the tamest and least dramatic, because they fetter him less, and lend themselves more readily to his purpose of producing a complete and agreeable picture than those more stirring situations which both the author and the public would have liked to see illustrated. A large proportion of the drawings with which such works are embellished represent scones wholly devoid of action or stir. Two or three people seated round a table, partaking of a meal, a couple of young fellows chatting over their wine ; a lady showing a picture-book to her little girl ; lovers in pairs, without end ; single figures, also without end ; young ladies reading love-letters, or over whelmed with some piece of ill news just received. Dickens's " All the Year Round." 4 r qso tart HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, Tuesday. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of Leiningen, drove out yesterday afternoon ; and her Majesty and Princess Louise rode on ponies in the grounds this morning. The Royal family walked in the grounds yester day afternoon. To• day is the birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The Rev. George and Mrs. Protheroe had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday. The Prince of Wales, attended by Captain Ellis, left Marlborough House yesterday afternoon for Osborne, on a visit to the Queen. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have left Stafford House, St. James's, for Lilleshall, Shropshire. The Duke and Duchess of Roxhurghe have left ;he Clarendon Hotel for Floors Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol and Lady Mary Hervey have loft their residence in St. James's square for Milton Park, near Peterborough, on a visit to the Hon. George and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. The Earl and Countess Manvers have left town for Thoresby, Notts, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Dartrey left their residence in Curzon-street, Mayfair, on Monday, for Wiesbaden. The Earl and Countess Spencer have left Spencer House, St. James's, for Althorp Hall, Northampton, for the season. The Marquis of Bath has arrived at the Hotel Westminster, Paris, from Vienna, on his way to London. The Earl and Countess of Gainsborough and family will leave town to-day for their seat, Exton Park, Rutland. The Dowager Countess of Gainsborough is in waiting upon her Majesty, not the Countess of Gains borough, as was erroneously stated. 13ounsE, August 6, Two o'clock.—The tone o: the market . is good, and, with th e e x ception of Credit Mobilier and Comptoir d'Escompte, securities have improved--Threes 7ic., at 69f. 25c. ; Italian Fives 105 c., at 49f. 20c. ; and Credit Foncier 2f. 50c., at 1,370 f. Credit Mobilier lose 5f., the pre sent quotation being 310 f. 25c., and Spanish Mo bilier 3f. 75c., at 210 f. Comptoir d'Escompte have fallen 16f. 25c., at 717 f. 50c. Suez Canal gain 3f. 75e., at 300 f. A slight advance has also taken place n railway shares. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3335 Italian Loan 49 30 Do. end month 49 15 Mexican Loan l2 Do. Bonds lO5 Spanish Throes 31 Homo Debt — Deferred 'AYS. 4 per Cents 99 95 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. Do. end month 69 25 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Poncier 1375 Do. end month 1375 RAIL' For Account. . 880 Orleans Northern ll5O Lyons and Mediterranean B7B 75 Southern 551 25 Western 565 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 375 North of Spain 7O aragosEa — Roman, — TIIE BELGIAN VOLUNTEERS AND MISS BURDETT Couns.—We read in the Precurseur of Antwerp, of the 4th :—" Tho general meeting of the London excursionists of the Antwerp Civic Guard was a very large one. It took place yesterday evening at the Hotel de Ville, Major Bex in the chair. The first resolution was that an album—a genuine work of art—should be offered to Miss Burdett Coutts, containing portraits of all the Antwerp Civic Guards whom sho so graciously received at her residence. A commission of Dino members was appointed, and tLe execution of this album is entrusted to M. Bogaerts, the author of the magnificent SOUVeltir left in London by our BOOK FATAL GUN ACCIDENT. An inquest was held at Guildford on Tuesday morning, before Mr. W. Bridges, deputy coroner for West Surrey, and a respectable jury, of which the Rev. R. B. Matthews, vicar, was foreman, in the library of Chilworth manor-house, on the body of Robert Alfred Godwin-Austen, aged 19, who died on Sunday last, under the circumstances detailed in evidence :—EdwardGodwin-Austen (who was much affected while under examination) deposed :—I am 17 years of age, and am brother to the deceased. On Wednesday mornirg, the 24th of July, at about 5 o'clock, I went with my brother up St. Martha's hill rabbit-shooting. We both had guns, which were loaded with small shot. Mine was a double barrelled gun, and only one barrel was capped. I borrowed a cap from my brother, and put it on the nipple. I carried the gun against my side. My brother was standing close to me and I was looking up a tree at a bird. In the act of doing so I turned half round, and immediately heard a report. I did not know that it was my gun which had gone off ; but I saw my brother lying on the ground. I picked him up and saw that he was shot. I tried to carry him home, but he could not bear the pain of removal. Robert Tugwell, footman in the service of Mr. Godwin-Austen, J.P., deposed that on the morning in question he went up St. Martha's-hill for a walk. He saw the deceased fall, and •n proceeding to the spot he found both guns lying on the ground. One barrel of Mr. Edward Austen's gun bore symptoms of having been recently discharged. Mr. J. R. Stedman, M.D., of Guildford, deposed that he was called to see the deceased on Wed nesday, the 24th ult. Ile found on the upper and inner part of the right thigh a lacerated gun-shot wound an inch and a half long by two inches wide, extending deeply down to the muscles of the thigh. There was a second wound of about the same size on the outer side of the thigh, and between the two wounds an uninjured portion of skin tWo wine. 11"ItuusS examined the wounds, and found the passage from one to the other so large that to the best of his judgment the whole charge of shot passed through it. No shot was found in the wounds, which were quite clean, and apparently no bones or arteries were injured. There had been haemorrhage to a moderate degree, but not to any great extent. Deceased progressed satisfactorily until Saturday last, the 3d inst., when witness detected the early symptoms of tetanus, or lockjaw. These symptoms increased and con tinued from Saturday until the time of his death on Sunday afternoon. Deceased was constantly watched during this period either by witness or his partner, Dr. Morton. He was rational, and conversed freely the whole time until he expired in convulsions. The cause of death was tetanus, the result of a gunshot wound. The coroner summed up, remarking upon the melan choly nature of the case, and pointing out in clear and explicit terms the law bearing upon the case. After a very brief consultation, a verdict of " Acci dental death" was returned. Deceased was uni versally beloved in the neighbourhood. The funeral is to take place on Friday next, at Shalford Church. Copper in Cholera. Pr. V. Burq, whose name we have often had occasion to mention in connexion with cholera as the discoverer of the prophylactic and curative qualities of copper in that terrible disease, has just published, under the title, " Metallotherapie du Coivre contre le Cholera," a volume the serious perusal of which we may safely recommend to the professional reader. We have always advocated a fair trial of Dr. Burg's discovery, not because of its eflicPcy, which is still disputed by many, but because, as far as we know, it is the only curative system resting on a positive and well authenticated fact. In 1852 Dr. Burq, who had for some years past been engaged in investigating the therapeutic properties of copper, accidentally visited a large foundry of that metal, and there learnt in the course of conversation that none of the 200 workmen and inhabitants of the place had ever been attacked by cholera, even during the worst period of the epidemic. Following up this hint, Doctor Burq visited a large number of establishments of the same kind in person, wrote to others, And in a short time collected evidence sufficient to prove that all shops or manufactories where copper was con stantly handled had, almost without an exception, enjoyed complete immunity from cholera. Hence Dr. Burq very rationally concluded that copper must possess a specific curative power in that disease. lie has since administered sulphate of copper internally, and metallic copper externally (the latter against choleraic cramps) with great Elie cess, although it is said the system did not succeed in the hospitals of Paris. Was it ever sincerely tried there, on subjects not past recovery ? This we are unable either to deny or to affirm ; but last year we laid before our readers the note communicated to the Academy of Sciences by Dr. Lisle, of the Lu natic Asylum at Marseilles, in which he stated that he had cured 20 out of 21 patients by administering sulphate of copper even in smaller doses than those prescribed by Dr. Burg. We therefore persist in affirming that a method of cure like this, founded upon sound reasoning from facts, and confirmed by experiment., ought to have a fair trial on a large scale.—Galignani• THE LIBERAL WHIP.—The circular issued by Mr. Glyn on behalf of the loader of the Liberal party runs as follows : " Special and important. —Your attend ance is most earnestly and most particularly requested in the House of Commons on Thursday, the Bth of August, to consider the Lords' amendments to the Reform Bill. Divisions will be taken upon the 'voting paper clauses,' which have been re-inserted by the Lords; upon the lodger franchise, upon the qualification of copyholders, and upon the representation of minorities. Your attendance is most specially urged, as the amendments proposed by the Lords are of the greatest importance." Since the fore going was issued the lodger qualification Las been disposed of ; the three other matters specified still remain to be 444 with. Persecution of Jews in Moldavia. Some further correspondence laid before Parlia ment gives an account of an interview which Consul St. Clair had with Prince Charles at Jassy on the 2 7th of June. The Prince assured the Consul that he was determined to put a stop to all persecu tions against the Jews, and that persons guilty of such acts should be severely punished. The Consul represented to his Highness that on the evening of his arrival in Jassy (the 24th) more than 200 Jews were beaten and ill-treated, and some of them had their beards and hair burnt and torn by the torch - bearers who ran alongside his Highness's carriage. More than thirty of these had called at Her Majesty's Consulate, and had evidently been roughly handled. A Jewess, in the family way, the Consul also saw who had received a bayonet wound in her arm because she tried to prevent some soldiers from beating her husband. The Consul, writing on the 28th, the day after this interview, is able to add that the officers who ill-treated the Jews had been arrested , and would be punished ; but he writes that he ex pressed to the Prince his fear that on his Highness's departure abuses would recommence, as the authori ties were either weak or unwilling to do their duty, and the people unfit for a European constitution and laws, which are foreign importations, and not the result of the habits and customs of the Rouman na tion. In regard to the outrage at Galatz, the British Consul at that place reports that on the 12th July a batch of ten Jews, brought from Jassy,represented to be " vagrants" who hadcome from Turkey, were de ported by soldiers across the Danube and forced on shore opposite Galatz, on a marshy island, where the soldiers left them, telling them to make their way to the mainland by a ford which they would find further on. No such ford exists. It searching for it through mud and water one of them disap peared. The others were observed by the Turkish guard at Zatoga, who sent a boat to rescue them, fed them, and took them back next morning to Galatz. From this place they were on the same day carried back to another part of the same island. Here they were again taken charge cf by another Turkish guard, and a second time sent back to Galatz. This time the Aioido_Wallachian guard refused to receive them. The Turkish guard drew their boat close to the shore, and compelled the Jews to land. The Moldo-Wallachian soldiers drove them into the water with their bayonets and the butt-ends of their muskets. The Turks shoved off. The Jews clung to the boat to save themselves from the soldiers on shore. The Turks forced them to let go their hold, and no attempt being made by anybody on shore to save them they were both drowned. One of them was a very old man, so weak that, when taken over to the Turkish side of the river the second time he had to be supported by two Moldo-Wallach ian soldiers. When the Turkish boat was clear off, the surviving Jews were allowed to get out of the water, and were put under arrest, and ultimately sent to the Jewish Hospital in a pitiable condition. Th is affair excited much indignation, and the foreign con sills met, and sent to the Prefect a joint protest, declaring that they held him and the superior au thorities responsible for these acts of barbarity in the face of the civilised world. The British Co nsul also made known to the Jews at Galatz that he wae prepared to afford a refuge at the consulate to any of them who might require it. The Buch arest 21/(mitond tries to throw the blame on the Turks! this but the Roumanians were clearly the cause of lamentable occurrence. Their Government Ilse WV. 0 appointed a commission to inquire into it. British Consul at Bucharest writes that he .fe!flife certain that Prince Charles would lay down his rather than wittingly be a party to a Jewish pers e . cution, but that it is so profitable that official uu derlings will not abandon it if they can help it. THE ELECTORS IN SCOTLAND UND• THE NEW REFORM BILL. From a joint return moved for by Sir E. Colebrook Oa il3 Mr. M'Laren, just printed, the effect o f the ratepaY.s suffrage upon the numbers of the Sco ttish borough constle tuencies is very deafly set forth. We subj oin the reolto as regards the different boroughs and groups of bor ou g hs No. of Mal e COI" piers who lisTe_e pa id rates arl foe R No. of Electors entitled to ° t a t on Roll. by Ito o o lodgers). 21,2 80 51,91 2 8,445 3,81 1 5,964 Edinburgh Glasgow ... 17,348 Aberdeen Paisley Dundee 3,333 Greenock Perth 1,993 1,151 Wick District Inverness Dirtrict 993 Elgin District ..... 1,083 Forfar District 1,840 St. Andrew's District 857 Kirkcaldy District Stirling District Kilmarnock District 1,725 Haddington District 717 Leith District Falkirk District Ayr District 1,366 ...... Dumfries District 1,128 ...... Wigtowu District * Poor rates levied on income. A THE SALE OF BREAD.—A pretty general instrtl o l tion has recently been given to pol ice superintew dents to enforce the law, which compels every baker t° set ae: sell by weight, and to furnish with weights and every cart for the delivery of bread. During the past wort many bakers in West Surrey and North Hants have been summoned before the local magistrates, and fin ed 1 ,,t amounts varying from 15s. to .£l, in consequence a not with the above regulations. In numerous in stances the deficiency in weight in a quartern loaf has b ee ! as much as half a pound, and oven newly-baked loave' have been found several ounces deficient. 11 / 4 1 ° 8t °f til t ° defendants pleaded ignorance of the law, while some 3 " - logocl that loaves lose weight iu the b . • that On needless to say that the magistrates pointed out law deals with the loaf in the scale and not in the oven, or polo', and that proper weight must henceforth be given Guildforyi ties would be incurred. Some of the bakers of who had been fined have revenged themselves ou OW . customers by raising the price of bread a haifPe n , rls c, l :ll loaf, and by adopting a process of " slack baking,' w - , A _ renders the bread heavy and indigestible. It is expee‘e:l: however, th a t the inhabitants will devise means to deliver aking. It ii almost themselves from dictation of this kind. the THE DUNDERBERG.—The iron steam-rain a Dunderherg, purchased by the French GOVerninellt 1-1,. fate . ' h i e ' the United Sta'tes, has arrived at Cherbourg', passage of 14 days and 17 hours. Notwithstanding to, avourable weather, this vessel show©d perfect sea - s °l D qualities.