The Sun. — London, England, 1867-07-18 00:00:00

THE NAVAL REVIEW. The time-worn adage that " man proposes and Providence disposes" received another exemplifica tion in what may almost be called the " intended" naval review in honour of the Sultan yesterday. There was a fleet of men• of-war such as has never hitherto been brought together ; there were fleets of yachts, fleets of pleasure boats, Royal and illus trious visitors in numbers. Nothing was wanted to insure success but fair winds and clear skies. Had the south-western coast been favoured with these all would have been well, and the Sultan would have seen a naval review on a scale of such magni tude as has never been attempted in England before. Fine weather only was essential to success, and it was exactly this essential that was wanting. To say that the weather was bad would hardly do jus tice to its inclemency. Bad weather in July is generally looked for at Spithead, and comes pretty nearly as regularly as the month itself. The time chosen on this occasion was above all full of evil portents, for it was the time of the spring tides and at the change of the moon. Nevertheless, even those best versed in the uncertainties of an English cli mate were not prepared for the storms of wind which swept over Spithead yesterday, and effectu ally put a stop to all the evolutions which compose a naval review. The morning, indeed, broke fine and clear, but with a wind violently high, and the sky and the horizon marked with that ominous grey, watery tint which always forebodes a summer gale, and sometimes a severe one. Everybody hoped against hope that it would at last clear up, but the mist only thickened as the wind freshened, with angry squalls of cold, biting rain. The sea came rolling in heavily on the beach at Southsea, where it broke in clouds of spray, and the ships in the heavy swell outside were dipping to their anchors in a way which showed it was impos sible for small boats to get off from or to come alongside the huge craft in the distance. From the moment these ominous appearances showed them selves all naval officers predicted that the review would be impossible ; and, unfortunately, they were true prophets. Some minor evolutions of the gunboats were gone through, and the fleet itself manned yards and saluted as the Sultan passed, and saluted again as her Majesty came by, but this was nearly all. The fleet never raised their anchors, and the immense crowds of visitors who had flocked in from almost all parts of the kingdom to see the great naval review had not only the disappointment of seeing no review at all, but of passing an uncom fortable day on rough water in half a gale of wind. As we have said this was the more to be regret ted, for yesterday it was for the first time intended to have a real naval review and to put the fleet through complicated manceuvres under steam and sail. The fleet, too, was one worthy of the occa sion. Though less numerous and less imposing in appearance than the fleets of three-deckers and fri gates which formed the naval displays of past years, it was in strength and armament probably the strongest fleet that has ever been brought together since ironclads were first designed. It is literally not saying too much that one of the long, low black hulls which formed part of the starboard line yes terday would have been a heavy overmatch for all the huge wooden line-of-battle ships, whose tiers of guns seemed almost to look down upon the decks of their invulnerable consorts beside them. The whole fleet was moored in two magnificent lines, the flag-ship of the port division being that most superb of all English three-deckers the Vic toria, and that of thestarboard the huge five-masted Minotaur, one of the great leviathans of our iron fleet. At equal distances from these came the rest of the fleet. The total strength of the whole fleet of vessels of I war (exclusive of armed troop ships, &c.), 49, mounting 1,092 guns, and having au aggregate horse-power of 22,500 horses and a burden of 102,000 tons. This in numbers exceeded the fleet that left for the Baltic under Sir Charles Napier in 1851. Both these fleets, however, were nothing in numbers to the tremendous armada which the Queen with the Prince Consort reviewed at Spit head in 1856. Then there were no less than 300 craft afloat of various kinds and sizes, including 26 screw line of battle ships and 90 first-class frigates. Then for the first time the rough uncouth precur sors of the ironclads were seen in the ironeased mortar batteries—the Glatton, Trusty, and the like —which had b3en specially built for service which they never saw against the Russian batteries. Great and imposing as this display was, however, it really fell short as an exhibition of naval power of the fleet of yesterday. Four or five vessels, dwarfed by the lofty three-deckers around them, were in themselves sufficient to sweep the ocean of nearly all the wooden ships that ever floated. The least noticed of these, but, perhaps, the most for midable—where all were formidable—was the Royal Sovereign turret-ship, which scarcely pre sented a mark the size of a target above the water. She lay full in front of our most beautiful screw liner, the Revenge, and, of course, the contrast only heightened the beauty of the latter. So also with the Minotaur, which faced the Victoria, where the advantage in stately majesty of appearance and seeming strength was all on the side of the wooden vessel. Yet, in fact, it was only in appearance, for the two iron ships we have mentioned could have cleared the roadstead of all the wooden fleet from Spithead to Cowes. Yet the wooden vessels had it not all their own way on the side of beauty, for the Bellerophon, the Warrior, and Black Prince were there, and so, too, was the Achilles, all sitting on the water as lightly as so many mail boats, and with bows as fine as so many Cunarders. The little fleet of gunboats formed a separate squadron, moored higher up the roadstead, and therefore in the smoother water which they so much needed in such a swell. It was expected that the review would begin very early, and no man-of-war boats were to leave with visitors to the fleet later than 9.30 in the morning. Long before that time, however, it was almost im possible, as the wind freshened, for any boat to leave at all, and still more difficult to find people willing to face what was not only the discomfort, but even the positive risk, of going off in them. Even the steam launches, which we have copied from the French, but which in out service are made too heavy and far less handy than they should be, came in half full of water, and, once in, had to remain, for there was no going out again in the face of such a wind and sea. The spectators who were so fortu nate as to have eards for vessels in the Dockyard I got off easily enough ; those who were dependent on the shir s 's boats were for the time disappointed, but had - ample reason to congratulate them se l ves on their mcape before the day was over. Soon after I 10 o'clock the wind freshened considerably, th e greTf drift of c l ouds on the horizon mounted up , with alarming rapidity, an d t h e f i rst of the long succession of squ a ll s w hi ch continued with little intermission throughout the day broke over the harbour. The wind was so strong that at times there was almost no facing it, while clouds of blind ing rain came down almost with the force of small shot. Signals passed between the flagship and the rest of the fleet, which were generally interpreted as conveying the order that the ships were not to weigh or even man the yards. Dressing the ship was, of course, out of the question. No halyards would have held a mass of wet bunting in such a wind. So complete was the belief that there would be nothing worth seeing, that the dense crowds which had covered Southsea beach, and indeed all parts of the shore, began to disperse. The plea sure boats and yachts came hurrying in, and the roadsteads, devoid of any sign of animation beyond the fleet itself, was left to the wind and the rain and the dirty-looking cross seas which, ridged with white spray, came tumbling rank over rank before the gale. It was really a miserable beginning to what afterwards proved a miserable day. Occa sionally little breaks would 'come in the scud, half rain, half mist, and raised delusive hopes that the da y might e ven yet prove fi ne ; b u t it never did . It was cheerless and uncomfortable from first to last. The delay of the Viceroy's train in arriving at the jetty was rather diaracting to those who were wa thement ng e ceive his Ili g h ness, for at a cr i t i ca l m o ment guns of th e flagship announced the co g of the Sultan. And so the Board of Admiralty divided itself, and the First Lord and Admiral Milne and Mr. Romaine and others hastened to do their duty to the Padishah, and Admiral Seymour, Mr. Ducane, and another section of naval authorities waitedto receive the Viceroy. After several base less " alertes" the engine and carriage made their appearance in the Dockyard, and halted by a little platform, covered with red cloth, at which his High ness and suite, attended by Major-General Sey mour and officers attached to his suite, descended. The Mayor and Corporation immediately advanced to his Highness and began their address. The guard of honour of the 08th Regiment saluted, the band played an air which was intended to be in honour of the Viceroy, the small crowd of bystanders be longing to the various vessels at the jetties closed round the Corporation, and one of those watery scuds which came flitting over the crest of the Isle of Wight, as vedettes from the great army of rain and storm which no doubt was moving solemnly up the Channel, rushed with dreeping wings over the scene, and shortened the ceremony. No doubt the Viceroy's reply was very gracious, but the Victory, the Duke of Wellington, and the St. Vincent were calling attention to the fact that the Sultan had arrived and was on board the Osborne, and the Turkish ensign, enveloped in friendly smoke, was seen floating only too stiff and flat in the breeze on board the Victory. The Osborne was prepared with great elegance and luxury for the reception of his Majesty, nor was the Helicon, on which the Viceroy of Egypt embarked, at all wanting in taste and care for his Highness's proper entertainment. As soon as the Corporation could get off to the Osborne their address was presented to the Sultan, who received it with proper consideration ; but the same for bearance was not exhibited by many who were im patient of the delay inside the waters of the Dock yard. It was too much to ask of those who had got up so early and who had come so far to comfort themselves with historical parallels while the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth were fulfilling their functions, or to reflect on the wonderful changes since the Crescent and the Star indicated the pre sence of the enemies of civilisation and Christianity. The salute in honour of the Sultan was speedily fol lowed by that which welcomed his Lieutenant in the land of Egypt, and when the Mayor and Cor poration had subsided from the deck of the Osborne into their barge, and were rowed on shore, the pro cession of the Sultan and Viceroy was formed from the harbour, and with the wind whistling through the rigging, and a cold, leaden-coloured sea, flecked with white seahorses surging against their bows, the Osborne and Helicon stood out towards Spit head, followed by the Enchantress, flying the Ad miralty flag, the Tanjore, Ripon, Syria, and other vessels which were entitled to take part in the pageant, and by some non-official steamers. It needed a good deal of the philosophy which teaches that our cold, grey weather has a healthy influence on our race to reconcile even a native of the isle to the prospect before him. Near at hand were the hulls of the Victory, Duke of Wellington, and St. Vincent, with a white bordering of sailors above the hammock nettings, and a scarlet belt of marines on the quarter-decks ; the training ship with its youthful, joyous crew, whose shrill voices rang through the pealing artillery and the cheers of the crowd on shore ; the granite walls with their dull pupilled embrasures, which hem the water; on the left, masses of people clustering on every point, or bordering like a black selvage of rock the fretful line where tide and shingle strive together, all away from the Saluting Battery round by Southsea Castle to Fort Cumberland. As the yachts emerged from the harbour, the long array of the fleet stretching in double line between Sturbridge and the main came in view. They were seen as through a glass mottled with rain or sea mist, darkly and dimly set in a cheerless sea, reflecting the neutral tint of the hurrying clouds, which seemed to come for ever from the sea, and to have the Isle of Wight as a great fog bank resting at their base. So rude and rough was the day that veteran yachtsmen scarce cared to expose the fair visitors on board their craft to the spray and to the more substantial power of the sea which must be ex pected if they quitted the snug moorings in which they were nestled off Rhyde and Cowes, like flocks of ducks in some sheltered nook of a wind-swept lake. There were few yachts to be seen at sea as the Sultan and the Viceroy approached the fleet, and by that time the shore was almost shrouded from view by the scud which flew to leeward from the island. No small boats would venture out; at least—for these is nothing a Portsmouth or Gosport boatman will not face in the way of a sea if he be paid for it—there were no people desperate enough to pay for the certainty of being wet and the great chance of being drowned. Before the Sultan left the harbour it was not be lieved possible that the men could man yards in such weather, but the life lines had been rove, and as the flags of the Osborne passed the embrasures of Block-house Fort the men of all the ships of war swarmed into the rigging, and kept together in black clusters near the masts till the order was given to lay out, when every yard in all the fleet was fringed with its tall even rows of sailors, facing gusts of wind and driving showers of rain with as much steadiness and apparent indifference as if they stood on deck. It must have been a trial for the crews, however, for hardly hail each ship executed this manoeuvre with a rapidity and precision that were machine-like, when the scud hid almost every thing from view, and only the black hulls and tall spars could be seen through the mist, and every vessel looked as watery and unsubstantial as the Flying Dutchman. Up to the head of the fleet the Sultan's yacht came slowly, ploughing heavily through the swell, and with an amount of motion that might have been harassing to the feelings of a far more nautical body of visitors than the Turkish suite. Very few were visible on deck, however, and certainly all were wise in keeping as much under shelter as possible. Closely following the Osborne came the Viceroy's yacht Helicon, the Admiralty yacht Enchantress, the Tanjore, set apart for foreign Ministers and visitors of distinction, the Syria with the members of the House of Lords, and the Ripon, with the representatives of the House of Commons. Not till the Sultan's yacht was flagships did the salute begin,close up on the flagships therewas so m t e e_ an thing stately and magnificent in the style in which the huge vessels fired gun for gun almost simul taneously with each other, till the Channel was wreathed in clouds of white curling smoke which, mounting higher and higher as the wind took it and hulls in its landward, shrouded alike spars thick mass—thicker even than the mists which had preceded it. This portion of the display while it most effective part of could be seen was pretty, and really constituted the yesterday's proceedings. No matter how thick the smoke, the angry flashes from the guns could always be seen cleaving the Blass of vapour around them. The effect of this combined with the terrific thunder of the explosions and the occasional glimpses caught as the fierce wind parted the smoke and allowed portions of masts and yards covered with men to be seen for a moment, was really grand, and almost the only spectacle during the day that could be well seen or was well worth seeing. As a matter of course the firing only brought the rain more heavily than be fore, and when the smoke did clear at last the aspect of the whole roadstead was cheerless and wintry-lookin g in the extreme. The Sultan and the Viceroy had the great advan tage of seeing the fleet from end to end thrice before the day was over. The first salute was fired so judi ciously that the smoke had well nigh cleared off to leeward before the yachts entered the magnificent highway formed by the two lines of ships. Round-. ing the leading ship of the port division, the Vic toria, with the flag of Admiral Pasley, and passing between her and the Minotaur, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Warden, the Sultan and the Viceroy steamed down the broadpath, with ironclads on one side and wooden ships on the other, towards Osborne, whence there came now and then distant thuds which gave rise to the hope that Ifer Majesty would brave the weather and em - bark on board the Royal yacht ; and that there was any doubt on the subject is the best proof that could be given of the very unfavourable nature of the day. As the little squadron with the Turkish and Egyp tian ensigns flying and the Admiralty yachts in at tendance passed between the lines, the crews out on the yards —even on the topgallant yards, in spite of squalls which made the great line-of-battle ships heel over visibly—cheered with that deep yet ring ing resonance which pierces even through the thun ders of the cannon. One felt, in looking to the right and then to the left, as one would do who saw a race of beings beautiful, graceful, and glorious, yielding to the brute force of a new generation of ugly yet tremendous monsters. Impossible to deny the massive strength and rock-like force of these beaked monsters ; impossible to refuse the praise due to the combination of strength and speed ex hibited in such models as the Warrior, Achilles, or Valiant. But turn to such a floating grandeur as the Victoria, or such a combination of gracefulness and power as even the Duncan, and we must admit that it needs much love of the sea for the sea's sake to make our people flock on board the "fleet of the future." As to the turret-ships,even the satisfaction of looking like men-of-war at all, and manning yards accordingly, was denied to them, for they had no yards to be manned ; but they exhibited formid able rows of sailors and marine artilleymen on their bulwarks, who looked like men sinking with all the honours at the end of a fight on board ships which had lost everything that could be shot away. As the yachts approached Osborne, the Royal yacht could be discerned through a fresh squall which wiped out a gleam of sunshine, but it was seen that the Royal standard was flying, and soon afterwards it was an nounced by some keen-sighted person that the Queen was, indeed, on board—an announcement which created the liveliest gratification. There was a short delay off Osborne, during which the rain fell with considerable spirit, and the wind falsified the prognostications that the rain would beat it down. Soon the standard of the Turk and the Royal standard of England flew together from the main of the Victoria and Albert, and proclaimed that the Sultan was in the presence of the Sovereign under whose sway there are almost as many fol lowers of the Prophet as under his own rule. The first signal made had put an end to all hope of naval manceuvres, and obliterated the most eagerly looked for portion of the day's programme. It was " annul weighing." It was 140 when the Queen's Yacht moved slowly a head, preceded by the Trinity yacht as pilot and followed by the Osborne, Helicon, Enchantress, and other vessels at the dis posal of visitors. A rumour ran from ship to ship that, by the desire of her Majesty, no salute should be fired, and that the yards should not be manned as she steamed between the lines of the fleet. But whether this was a false alarm or a momentary lull in the weather caused a change in the Royal pur rase; the e q. certain leading i i E t , g i s v t e h s s a e t l the of the Victoria Port a n D d i v Albert ision , drew pro ceeding between the Daphne and Waterwitch, the crews of all the men-of-war were thrown aloft into the shrouds, and first a gun from the Dane—the Poder Skram—followed by another from the Italian corvette, seemed to unloose the muzzles of the Bri tish fleet, and from ship to ship the fire ran, now rising in a thundering crash through the abating storm, or dying away in a hoarse, rough murmur in the midst of au angry squall. The effect of the s t h i r ie o i u r d t s a w pe a t s in s g ca r r a c o el k y a an in feriorgreat masses to thates of men produced in the by we had seen them when they manned t h e yard s . l The Yoder Skram, ignorant of our signals, sent her men aloft and laying out upon the yards. But the British sailors, as if determined to show that they had not in these days of ironclads lost their daring, though deprived by her Majesty's gracious consider tion of the opportunity of exhibiting themselves at the end of the royal yard-arias, insisted on decorat ing the trucks, and to the admiration of the specta tors as they passed now the Black Prince, now the Warrior, men were seen aloft waving their caps or flying pieces of bunting, and leading the cheers which were almost lost in the storm. Nor were the wooden ships behindhand in similar displays of animated mastheads, and the Vic toria offered three specimens of daring humanity which excited wonder as to the means by which they were enabled to exhibit such strong physical loyalty without any apparent means of securing themselves from the effects of the very evident mo tion of her massive hull. The smoke of the salute had cleared . away before the Royal yacht had well entered the path marked out by the lines of the fleet, and by the time her Majesty had cleared the Minotaur and the Victoria there was a profound silence from one extremity of the armada to the other. The Queen's yacht slowly rounded the Serapis, and then stood in towards the island, and in a little while the signal flew from the Admiral -" Prepare to engage the enemy." Scarcely bad the answering pennant been cleared before all along the line a fire, which gave the most vivid impres sion of the tremendous force of our new armaments, was opened, and continued for nearly 20 minutes. With the background of a dense dark cloud, which seemed to stretch like a wall from the Isle of Wight to the mainland, and against which the hulls and rigging of the ships were sharply defined, there was uss g dep e anoeffir canvasses.ga t withlhh et the e w ff m e h ai c i nen t hcyn t e o vas st aoa Van one e st at the commenceme n t o f th e mock engagement a f itdo s htfearersi thosekvhegie n isrd g eeyo frghehrasuafies grand seds b , p l wr a ae ennarcddee picturesvui : u p oer warmed f h oe the duha ni can non forcing itself against the wind made the forget air heavy with its weight and grand eur , th ere came upon by t hoen very almost er y aspect the of influe nce battle and people , which is rpro ducedget for a time rain and spray and drizzling mist in con templating the scene before them. As the men were " at quarters" firing at discretion, and as fast as they could, it so happened that now and then there was such an outbreak that men peered through the smoke half apprehensive that some ship had blown up bodily. Then, again, came a long rattling roll, as though of some giant musketry in line, broken by a salvo, or melting into a slow, dropping fire, and again from all the line, as if gathering itself up to deliver an exterminating broadside, there came a rush of fire and smoke which made even the iron sides of the cuirassed vessels tremble at the sounds themselves had made. During this time the Victoria and Albert was at anchor, while the rest of the little squadron, much vexed by adventurous yachts, forged ahead and backed astern to keep their places. It was near 3 o'clock when the Queen's Yacht anchored, and the cannonade seemed to have pro duced a desire to carry out as far as possible the rest of the programme. The Royal yacht accordingly signalled, "Is it possible for the gunboats to attack the forts'?" The answer was " Yes," and the at tack was ordered by the signal " Weigh, and attack forts," and this was done at once, with a noisy good will which left nothing to be desired on the part of those who had come down to hear a cannonade. The gunboats, under the command of Capt. Hood, of the Excellent, began moving about like so many mosquitoes, and at once proceeded in two divisions to attack the Portsmouth defences, and to repre seat as far as could be done by such small fry an attempt to force the harbour. They were formed in two lines thus : STARBOARD DIVISION. 1. The Stork, 2 guns, 60 horse power, 236 2. Tho Fancy, 2 guns, 60 horse power, 235 tons. 3. The Pigeon, 2 guns, GO horse power, 268 tons. 4. The Redwing, 2 guns, GO horse power, 236 tons. 5. The Clinker, 2 guns, GO horse power, 233 tons. 6. Tho Bullfrog, 2 guns, 60 horse power, 236 tons. 7. The Fervent, 2 guns, GO horse power, 233 tons. 8. The Orwell, 2 guns, GO horse power, 268 tons. PORT DIVISION. 9. Tho Lee, 5 guns, 80 horse power, 431 tons. 10. The Magnet, 2 guns, 60 horse power, 238 tons. 11. The Pheasant, 2 guns, 60 horse power, 235 tons. 12. The Ifyrena, 2 guns, 60 horse power, 236 tons. 13. The Surly, 2 guns, 60 horso power, 236 tons. I!. The Sandfly, 2 guns, 60 horse power, 236 tons. 15. The Highlander, 1 gun, GO horse power, 233 tons. 16. The Speedy, 2 guns, GO horse powor, 273 tons. Long before these pigmy assailants had made a hostile movement, Forts Monckton, Block House, King's Bastion, Portsmouth, Southsea Castle, the Lumps fort, and Eastney had made everything ready to give them a warm reception. All the guns in all the batteries were cast loose, and small de tachments of infantry were distributed in most of them. In all previous naval reviews where this attack and defence has been represented it has THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1867. generally formed one of the prettiest features of the day's proceedings. But yesterday nothing was pretty, because nothing could be seen without phy sical annoyance and discomfort. One division of the gunboats attacked Monckton, while the second attacked Southsea, the Lumps Fort, Eastney, &c. According to the programme it was arranged that the Southsea works should be silenced, and that then Blockhouse and Monckton with the main defences of Portsmouth should come to the relief and drive off the flotilla, and it was well that this was so, for the gunboats in the rough sea and heavy wind would have stood no chance against Southsea Cf.stle alone. The fire from the boats was even better than could have been expected under the circumstances, while from the steady forts it was replied to with thunders of artillery. There were, of course, showers of rain and always heavy wind during the whole time of this sham battle, which in truth never raged very fiercely, and at last dwindled down into a mere drop ping fire, and the gunboats steamed back to their anchorage, leaving the victory to the forts. In this, as in all other portion of the day's proceedings, the weather spoilt everything, and a large proportion of the visitors' vessels had returned to harbour before it was over. Before the gunboats had ceased their attack the Royal yacht weighed anchor and proceeded towards Osborne, saluted as usual as she passed. It was near 4 o'clock when her Majesty returned, and a race took place between all the vessels to keep pace with the Victoria and Albert. When the Royal yacht was slowly dropping down to her berth the Queen was visible on deck conversing with the Sultan, and it was seen with earnest satisfaction that his Ma jesty had received the Garter at the hands of our gracious Sovereign, and wore the blue rib an d over A quarter of an h our or more Queen went on b oar d t h e Alb erta e h l is a p s s e h d o u h l e d f e e r r . e the from the Royal yacht, having taken formal leave of her Imperial guest, and the signal was made to salute the Sultan as he returned past the fleet to Clarence-yard. A guard of honour was in waiting at the private station, or rather siding in the Cla rence-yard, whore the royal train was drawn up near the water's edge. By this train his Majesty left about 7 o'clock, and arrived at the private sta tion at Nine Elms soon after 9. A long cortege of royal carriages, with a royal escort, was in waiting, and his Majesty drove off amidst the cheers of an immense crowd which had collected to witness their arrival and departure. It would be ungracious and unfair to the Admi ralty, which had charge of this vast pageant, not to give a word of Praise to th e elece ll e nce and precisio n of all their arrangem en t s f or t h e accommo d a ti on o f the numbers of the public who were enabled to be present at the spectacle. An the dockyard preparations for the visitors were admirable, and everything that could be done for their comfort was attended:to on board the vessels, which was all the more agreeable under such ad verse circumstances as were caused by the weather. The management of affairs by private bodies, such as railway companies, afforded a strong contrast to the Admiralty work. On Tuesday afternoon trains from Waterloo were hours behind time at Ports mouth. Yesterday the Viceroy was nearly an hour late in arriving at the dockyard. The Queen expressed the greatest satisfaction with the day's proceedings, although the weather had proved unfavourable, and the Sultan and Vice roy expressed the same feeling, but in still more for cible terms. The Victoria and Albert returned to Osborne after landing the Sultan. The fleet was illuminated at 9 o'clock, when the wind moderated, although it continued to blow in thick rain squalls. During the first part of the display the ships at Spithead were indistinctly seen. The Duke of Wel lington, St. Vincent, and Victory, in the harbour, presented a splendid appearance with their illumi nated tiers of ports and long lights. During the second part the weather cleared for a short time, and the fleet showed m agnificently, covered in outline with long lights, the Minotaur being lit up with red fire over every spar aloft, and the Yictoria in red and white. The general effect, and more particularly that of the discharges of rockets, was, however, greatly marred by the went her. MANVERS Ar THE OfERA. Our neighbours often 'reproach us for being brusque and even brutal. We laugh it off, saying that they do not understand our insular freedom, either of speech or action,and we pride ourselves upon understanding in the fullest sense what we term " good breeding." I need not trouble the Owls with a specific definition of what this is, the more so as I purpose to narrate a pointed instance of what it is not. On Saturday the Viceroy of Egypt made, according to announcement, a public advertised visit to Her Majesty's Theatre. His Highness with his suite were shown into the Royal Box, which is now, I believe, like most Royal boxes, the Prince of Wales's. They had not, however, enjoyed the music or undergone the stares of the audience for long when a movement was made, and the Viceroy and his suite quitted t heir places to make their re appearance i n Lord Dudley's box. I t appears the that b a almosto veryke incredible, but it is nevertheles s s t r i ct l y true, a party subsequently arr i ve d , w h om to see was to recognize. They had the box th e v given ieer e t y o them for the night, e txe na t u ral mistake having b een ma d e by a p rs, Th andon finding there, instead of seeking ot her places, or appropri ating Lord Dudley's box, or going home, they actu ally turned his Highness out of the Royal box, and, in violation of all politeness and hospitality, East ern or Western, the Viceroy of Egypt had to vacate his place to make way for some private persons. Apparently at the opera the ordinary Englishman and Englishwoman no longer feel bound by the same rules as distinguish' his or her conduct in so ciety. I have always believed that it was incon sistent with good manners to stare persistently and for a length of time at any illustrious personage who may happen to be in a box at the theatre ; but still more I hold it to be an invariable rule at all theatres that no inhabitant of a box is allowed to crane his or her neck round the pillar, and either look behind or before the intervening curtain at the neighbouring occupant. Yet I, on this very occasion, perceived most flagrant infractions of these rules, and the unhappy object of this rude inquisitiveness had to take refuge in the back of the Dudley box. Icertainly will allow considerable licence to country cousins, or very young ladies, or gentlemen who have never been at the opera before; but these savage and untamed people should be careful always to have a keeper with them, in the shape of some dowager or resident London acquaint ance, who may warn them when they go beyond the boundA of legitimate curiosity, and deter theta from the habit of eating i ces between the acts, or talking so loud that the audience are obliged to hear their banal conversation instead of the strains of Nilsson or Titiens. These annoyances, however, of talking and staring are merely evidences of bad taste and rudeness ; but the insult offered to the guest of the Queen and the nation calls for public condemnation, and requires specific apology. The affront offered to his Highnes s was so fia . g rant that no one could have been surprised had the Viceroy imme diately quitted the house. Like a true gentleman, however, he felt his own dignity to be above petty insult, and submitted to be treated as his hosts chose to treat him. The occurrence can hardly have failed to diminish his estimate of English cour tesy, and is likely to induce him to forbear from giving his entertainers a second opportunity of treat ing him in like manner.—The [A DVERTISIMEN L]-lleneeforth no one will doubt the valuable properties of Du B arry ' s health-restoring Reva l en t a A ra bi ca Invalids' and Infants Food, si nce to th e thousands of blessings deemed hopeless, it has already r ece i ved from Invalids whose posit i on h ad b een we may n ow ad d t h a t o f his Holiness the Pope whose health has b een perfectl restored by it after t hi rty years of unsuccessful medical treatment Wo quote from the " Ga zette du Midi," July 24 t h :—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—" The health of the Holy Father i s excellent, especially since, abandoning all en other remedies, he hits confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabiea Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every m ea l ' it bus produced a surprisingly b ene f ic i al effect on hi s h ealth, and his Holiness cannot pra i se t hi s excellent food t oo highly. " We extract a f ew ou t o f more than 68,000 cures:--Ctu•e No. 58,216, of the M arc hi oness de Brehwa, of s even years' liver complaint, wast i ng away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant s l eeplessness, and the most i nto l era bl e ner vous agitation. C ure No. 1,771: Lord Stuart do D ec i cs, L or d Lieutenant of Wat er f ord, of many years' " dyspepsia. No. 49,832 Fifty years' indes cr ib able agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, con st i pation, flatulency, spasms, s i c k ness, an d vomiting.—Maria Joly . " Cure No. 46,270: Mr, James Roberts, : of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years ' diseased lungs, sp i tt i ng of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness Important Caution.— Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most auda ciously attached. , In tins at Is. lid .; 1 lb,, 2s. 9d. 2 lbs., 4 s. 6t1.; 5 lbs., lls. ; 12 lbs., 225.; 24 11A 40x.—BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77 . ilegent-street, Lond on; also Fortnam and Mason, 182, Piccadilly; US and at 61, Gracech ureh-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, 150, and , Oxford-street ; 330 Str and ; and all grocers an d chemists, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM SUMMER MEETING.—WEDYEsDAY. The Rufford Abbey Stakes of 25 sous each, 10 ft, for two year olds ; colts, Bst bib, fillies and geldings Bst 71b; half a mile, straight. Marquis of Hastings's Cuckoo, by Buccaneer—Peggy Whitethroat, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1 Count Lagrange's Sarah, Bst (Challoner) 2 Betting -1$ to 8 on Sarah, who held a slight lead to within the distance, where she was headed by the non-fa vourite, who won easily by three lengths. The Forest Plato of 50 goys (handicap); winners of any handicap after July 10 (at noon) slb extra; half a mile. Capt. Hawksley's Mrs. Stratton, by Orlando— Catawba, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (inc. 51b extra) (Loates) 1 Mr. Barber's Contract, 5 yrs, ist llb (inc. slb ex.) (Gradwell) 2 Mr. Mackenzie's Outcast, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (Camsron) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Mrs. Stratton, 7to 2 agst Outcast, and Bto 1 agst Contract. Before the trio were dispatched Outcast ran the entire course. Contract on the outside held a slight lead of the favourite on the rails and Out cast in the centre, to the distance, where the latter was beaten, and Mrs. Stratton, heading Contract,. won easily by two lengths ; Outcast was defeated by three lengths. The Nottingham Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs ; winners of any race after July 3 (at eight p.m.) 51b extra ; half a mile, straight. Mr. G. Hodgman's Northern Star, by Cape Flyaway— Star of India, 6st (Quince) 1 Mr. Payne's Dulcet, 7st 121 b (Parry) 2 Lord Bateman's The Returned, 7st 31b (inc. 51b extra) (Kenyon) 3 Marquis of Hastings's Traviata, Bst .....(Cannon) 4 Betting-2 to 1 each agst The Returned and Traviata, 3 to 1 agst Northern Star, and 100 to 15 agst Dulcet. A couple of false attempts preceded the actual start. The mo ment the flag was lowered Northern Star slipped his horses and cut out the work with a clear lead of Traviata and The Returned, Dulcet being next the rails. Northern Star was never headed, and won easily by a length from Dulcet; The Returned was beaten three lengths from the second; and Traviata finished a length behind Lord Bate man's horse. The Chesterfield Handicap of 10 sovs each h ft, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake ; the winner of the Nottingham Handicap 101 b, or of any handicap of the value of 200 sovs after July 3 (at 8 p.m.) 51b extra; one mile and a half ; 21 subs. Mr. G. Hodgman's Vici, by Fazzoletto, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (car. sst 131 b) (Quince) 1 Mr. H. Savile's Claverhouse, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Kenyon) 3 Marquis of Hastings' Black Prince, 4 yrs Get (Jeffereys) 3 Mr. J. Dawson's Numa Pompilius, 3 yrs, Gst 101 b (inc. 101 b extra) (Butler) 4 Betting —6 to 4 agst Claverhouso, 5 to 2 agst Numa Pompilius, 4 to 1 agst Vici, and 100 to 15 agst Black Prince. Vici was fractious at the post, and broke away before the start was effected. Black Prince made the run ning, attended by Claverhouse and Numa Pompilius, Vici bringing up the rear. Passing the stand, Claverhouse dropped back, and Numa Pompilius closed with Black Prince, the pair side by side being fully a couple of lengths in advance of the favourite, Vici lying last, twice that distance in rear of Claverhouse as they traversed the back stretch. Rounding the Mansfield-road turn Black Prince took a decided lead, Claverhouse simultaneously drawing up to Numa Pompilius. At the turn into the straight Black Prince was beaten, and Numa Pompilius, in the centre of the course, held a slight advantage of Claver house, Vici gradually drawing up to the leaders. Numa Pompilius was in difficulties before reaching the distance, and Claverhouse appeared to have the race in hand, but Vici, coming out at tho half-distance, won in a canter by half a length; three lengths separated second and third ; and a similar distance third and fourth. After the race 10 to 1 was taken freely about Vici for the Goodwood Stakes. The Burnley Park Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, fur 2 year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst ilb ; the winner of the New Stakes at Ascot, July, or Chesterfield Stakes at Nowmarket 51b, of two of the above stakes 91b extra (extreme penalty), of any other, two year old stakes value 200 sovs 31b, 300 51b extra ; maiden two year olds, having started once allowed 31b, twice, 51b, thrice 71b; half a mile; 23 subs. Mr. Boadrnan's Orion, by Cramond—Beautiful Star, Bst 131 b (inc. 31b extra) (Clement) 1 Lord Stamford's Ch arnwoo d, Bst 101 b (J. Daley) 2 Mr. Hodgman's Vex, Bst 101 b (Parry) 3 Mr. Eastwood's The Sawyer, Bst 51b (J. Doyle) 0 Betting-2 to lon Orion, 4to 1 agst Charnwood, and 7to 1 agst The Sawyer. The last-mentioned immediately the flag was lowered jumped the rails, and, succeeding in disposing of Doyle, fell, and afterwards bolted on the waste land. The jockey sustained no injury. Orion, next the rail; made nearly the whole of the running, and won cleverly by a length ; Charnwood was a neck only in front of Vex. The Grand Stand Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added; two year olds 7st 31b, three Bst 111 b, four 9st 131 b, five lOst 51b, six and aged lOst 91b. Marquis of Hastings's Traviata, by Stockwell—Stray away, 2 yrs, (Ist (.1:10) (Kenyon) 1 Mr. T. St.,irou's Sunoysid e , 3 yrs, 7 st 111 b (.£10) (Holland) 2 Betting-7 to 2on Traviata. The non-favourite made the running to outside the distance, where ho was headed by the favourite, who won in a cantor by a couple of lengths. The winner was bought in for 200 guineas. The Portland Plate of 40 sovs (handicap); winners of any handicap after the weights are published 51b extra; one mile. Captain Machell's Plunder, by Buccaneer —Andover's dam, 3 vrs, 7st 81b ................................. (Jefforeys) 1 Mr. J. Barber's Bedford, 3 y rs , 7 s t 121 b ....(Parry) 2 Mr. G. Hodgman's Vice Versa, 3 yrs, fist 10 Ib...(Quince) 3 Black Prince, Anchorite, and Cornet also ran. Betting-9 to 4 agst Vice Versa, sto 2 agst Black Prince, 4to 1 agst Bedford, and sto 1 agst Plunder. An chorite was first away, but when they had fairly settled down to the work Plunder, on the inside, took up the run ning, followed by Black Prince, Vice Versa, and Cornet, Bedford bringing up the roar, and they ran thus round the Mansfield-road turn, at which point Bedford closed with his horses, and took second place when half-way in the straight. Ile, however, failed to reach Plunder, who won in a cantor by four lengths. Three lengths soparated second and third; Black Prince, pulling up, was a bad f o urth. Anchorite and Corn e t pu l led up and did not pass the pos • A Selling Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; tho winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; half a mile. Mr T. Stanley's Captain, by Commotion—F'olly Peachum, 3 vrs, fist 121 b .................................... (Gradwell) 1 Sir F. John•tone's Muette, 2 yrs, sst 71b „..(Butl er ) 2 Betting-3 to lon Muette, who ran the course before the flag fell. The non-favourite made the whole of the running, and won inacanter by thre,J lengths. The winner was not sold. The Dolling-ton Park Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, for two and three year olds, with 50 added by the Marquis of Hastings ; two year olds 7st, three, Bst 121 b ; fillies and geldings, allowed 31b; w i nners of any handicap or sweepstakes amounting to 400 sovs 81b, 200 51b, all other winners of plates or sweepstakes amounting to 100 sous 31b extra (weights not accumulative) ; maiden three year olds which have started three times allowed 51b, maiden two year olds if they have started twice 31b, half a mile, straight. Lord Stamford's Charnwood, by Newcastle, 2 yrs, 7st Marquis of Hastings's Cu c k oo (Kenyon) 1 , 2 yrs, ist (in. 31b extra) Betting-7 to 4on Cha rnwood (Butler) 2 'who made play through out, and won in a cant er by three-quarters of a length. Her Majesty's Plate of 1 00 gs ; three year olds Bst 31b, four 9st 71b, five 9st 121 b, six and aged 9st 131 b; two miles. Marquis of Hastings's John Davis, 6 yrs, 9st 131 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. Payne's Safety, 3 yrs, Bst 31b..,.,,,.... cr. Challoner) 2 Mr. Savile's Primrose 3 yrs, • Bst 31b ............ (H. Covey) 3 Lord Batenzan's Anchorite, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (Morris) 0 Betting-5 to lon John Davis, and Bto 1 agst Prim rose. The last mentioned cut out the work, with a slight advantage of the favourite, Anchorite bringing up the rear for three quarters of a mile, when John Davis took up the running, Primrose going on second, slightly in advance of Safety, Anchorite now being beaten off. Within the straight Primrose was beaten, and Safety joined issue with the favourite, but, never quite getting up, she was defeated by a length. Primrose, ten lengths off, was third ; and Anchorite tailed off. HAYLING ISLAND RACES.—WEDNESDAY. A Hurdle Race (handicap) of 50 sovs ; winners of 50 sovs after July 3, at 10 a.m., 71b extra. About two miles, over six flights of hurdles. Mr. H. Marsh's Isabella., 4 yrs. lOst 91b...(Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. Alwyn's Knight of Downe, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (L Jack Captai n P ap i llon ' s Little Bob, aged, 9st (car. l 9st 21b) n) 2 (G. Searle) 3 The following also ran :—Havelock, Nukuheva, Jassy, and Lady Lincoln. Betting -5 to 2 agst Isabella, 4to 1 agst Knight of Downe, 5 to 1 each agst Nukuheva and Havelock, and 6 to 1 agst Little Bob. Nukuheva ran cut at the first flight of hurdles and was not afterwards persevered with. Lady Lincoln made the running nearly a mile and a half, when she gave way, leaving Knight of Down() with the lead ; but at the last hurdles the favourite took up the running and won easily by four lengths. Littlo Bob was a bad third. The owner of the Knight of Downe objected to the winner, and the owner of Little Bob to both, but the ob jections were very properly over-ruled. The Stewards' Cup, value 50 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft; three year olds 7st 71b, four Bst 41b, five and upwards Bst 71b ; macs and geldings allowed 31b. Six furlongs, straight, Mr. England's Prima Donna, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (inc. 71b ex) (Marsh) 1 Mr. Kribell's Impostor, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (H. I'Anson) 2 Mr W. Treen's Duet, 4 yrs, 8a 111 b (inc 101 b extra) (H. Jackson) 3 Eastpn and Tycoon also ran. Betting-6 to 4on Prima Donna, 3to 1 agst Duet, and sto 1 agst Impostor. The favourite made all the running to the stand, where Impostor and Duot challenged, but Prinia Donna won by a short head, a similar distance only separating the second and third. Easton was a bad fourth and Tycoon last. Tho winner was not sold. The Hayling Manor Plato (handicap of 50 sous), for all ages. Six furlongs, straight. Captain Hornby's Sprig of Shillelagh (late Oultou Lowe), by Barbarian—Bridget, 6 yrs, 7st (H. Jackson) 1 Mr England's Prima Donna, 3 yrs, ist 10Ib (Marsh) 2 Mr. J. Dixon's Faint Heart, 4 yrs, Bst 91b ...(Goodwin) 3 Changeable, Sorrel, and Confection also ran. Betting-3 to 1 agst Sorrel, 4to 1 each agst Prima Donna, Changeable, and Faint Heart, and 5 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh. Faint Heart made play till apprachiug the stand, where Sprig of Shillelagh and Prima Donna headed him, Capt. Hornby's horse winning easily by two lengths; a length separated second and third ; Changeable fourth ; Confection, beaten off, last. The Ladies' Cup (handicap), value 30 sovs, with 30 added, for two year olds ; winners after July 10, at 7 p.m., 71b extra. Half a mile. Mr. H. Wright's Judy M‘Cree, by Drogheda—Miss Ted dington, Est 71b Mr. Jones's Spiteful, Est 7lb (Montan) 2 Mr. J. Dixon's Purveyor, Bst bib (Goodwin) 3 Helder, Miss Eleanor, and Shamrock also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Judy M‘Cree, 3to 1 each agst Pur veyor and Spiteful. The favourite made all the running, and won easily by a length. A length and a half in rear of Spiteful came Purveyor, who headed the others, widely scattered. The Portsmouth Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 2 only if declared, with 80 added. About one mile and throe-quarters. Mr. Clifford's Tomahawk, by King Torn—Mincemeat, 4 yrs, Bst (inc. 101 b extra) (R. I'Anson) 1 Mr. B. Ledger's Dayrell, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (J. Smith) 2 Mr. B. Porter's Evergreen, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Mordan) 3 Dutch Admiral, Lytham, Scavenger, and Duet also ran. Betting-6 to 2 agst Tomahawk, 7to 2 gst Duet, 4to 1 agst Dutch Admiral, and 5 to 1 each agst Evergreen and Scavenger. Evergreen made play, closely folio god by Dutch Admiral and Scavenger for half a mile, when Duet held a slight lead, but Tomahawk took up the running the moment his jockey called upon him, ane won in the commonest of canters by eight lengths ; two lengths be tween the second and third. Dutch Admiral was fourth ; and Duet pulling up last. The Southsea Stakes of 3 sous each, with 20 added ; two year-olds 7st, three Set 121 b, four Oct 71b, five and aged Oct 101 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; maidens that have run twice allowed 41b. Half a mile, straight. Mr. J. Gain's Variation, by Leamington—Vexatious's dam, 3 yrs (£25), Bst 21b (Mordan) 0 1 Duke of Hamilton's Miss Elizabeth, 3 yrs (£25), 7st 121 b (Hartley) O. 2 Mr. England's Canoe, 2 yrs (£25), 6st 41b ...(Peppler) 3 The following also ran : —Desire filly, Confusion, Dunoon, and Spasm filly. Betting —Even on Variation, 3 to 1 agst Miss Elizabeth, 4to 1 agst The Desire filly, and sto 1 agst Canoe. The favourite made nearly all the running to the Stand, where Miss Elizabeth challenged and made a dead heat of it. Two lengths from the deadheaters came Canoe. Mordau objected to Miss Elizabeth for a "cannon," but it was overruled. Deciding Heat-5 to 4on Variation, who won by a short head. The winner was sold to Mr. Potter for 55 guineas. The Visitors' Plato (handicap) of 40 sous; winners after publication of the weights 71b extra. Six furlongs. Mr. H. Wright's Hopvine, by Warlock—Hoppi e k er, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Peppier) 1 Captain Efornby's Sprig of Shillelagh, 6 yrs, Bst 01b (in. 71b ex .) (Jackson) 2 Mr. Cannynge's Easton, 4 yrs, 7st 7113 ............(Curtis) 3 Miss Panay and Monmouthshire Lass also ran. Betting—Even on Hopvine, 2 to 1 agst Sprig of Shille lagh, and 4 to 1 agst Miss Fanny. Tho favourite made all the running, and won by a length and a half ; a similar distance separated second and third. The winner was bought in for 55 guineas. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. has been hitherto assumed, perhaps too confidently, that any Reform Bill proposed by Lord Derby's Government will be accepted with little edification by the House of Lords. The brief speech of Lord Grey on Tuesday night is calcu lated to dispel the impression. Though he dis claims the intention of opposing the second reading, he significantly deprecates haste, and gives notice of a resolution upon which amendments may be founded in committee. No one knows the history of the Reform Act better than Lord Grey ; nor can they have overlooked the obvious parallel be tween the course he contemplates and that taken by Lord Lyndhurst in 1832. The bill framed by his own father had passed the Commons on the 23d of March, and th e secon d reading had been by a majority of nine in the House of Lords on the 14th of April. On May 7, when the first section came on for discussion in committee, Lord Lyndhurst succeeded in persuading the House to postpone the consideration of the disfranchising clauses till the new franchises should. have been discussed. What followed must be fresh in the memory of many still living, and Lord Grey is the last man to provoke a second collision between the two branches of the Legislature and their repre sentatives. The resolution which he intends to move will doubtless be moderate and general, but if it is to have any meaning or effect, it must purport to pledge the House to a certain policy in the com mittee. If pressed to a division and adopted, it will inevitably involve the reopening of questions debated for two sessions in the Lower House, and supposed to have been determined. Snell, in fact, is Lord G rey ' s avowed object, and, though pru dence might induce him to waive many personal objections to the bill as it stands, we know from his published treatise on Reform how seriously it conflicts with his own convictions. Mr. Lowe himself has not protested more emphatically than Lord Grey against " a transfer of political power," an addition of strength to the democratic ele ment in the nation, or a reconstruction of our institutions upon the 'American model. Nothing short of the restoration of those safeguards which Mr. Disraeli has abandoned, with the tacit consent of Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Hardy, can satisfy Lord Grey's theory of a safe Reform Bill, whatever practical alternative he may be pre pared to accept. It, therefore, behoves independent members of the Upper House to pause before com mitting themselves, under his guidance, to a dis turbance of the settlement e ff ected in the Commons. The constitutional right of the Upper House to reject or modify a bill of this nature is, of course, beyond dispute. At the same time it is a right which, upon every ground, ought to be exercised with much reserve. The very f ac t o f t h e P eers b e i ng, in contemplation of law, a co-ordinate estate of the realm, superior in dignity and equal in legislative power to the Commons, suggests a good reason why they should abstain from anything like an obstructive resistance to Parliamentary Reform. The qualifi cations of electors and the distribution of constituen cies are matters which directly concern the popular branch of the Legislature, just as the creation of life-peerages directly concerns the hereditary branch. The private interest which members of the Peerage may have in such affairs is, to say the least, not recog nised by the Constitution, while the Lower House must be presumed to be the best judge of changes de signed to promote its own representative efficiency. In 1831-2 the opponents of Reform in the Lords had an excuse which is now wanting. Many of them were the absolute owners of boroughs threatened with disfranchisement, and regarded that process as nothing less than a confiscation of their property. No one now ventures to assert a proprietary claim on any constituency, and of those to be deprived of one member each there are not above four or five which are even reputed to be pocket boroughs. In other respects the sacrifice, if it be a sacrifice, now demanded of the Lords is trifling, indeed, compared with that demanded of their fathers. They were then felt, and felt themselves, to be resigning for ever the control of English politics, and few be lieved that it would be possible for them to retain the degree of influence which still belongs to them. They are now invited to sanction an extension of power to the working classes at the expense of the middle classes, rather than of their own order. It is far more probable that Mr. Disraeli's Reform Bill will " swamp" the £lO householders than it is that it will " swamp" the nobility. That such is the purpose of its author is no secret, and we have never concealed the belief that a grand opportunity of winning by legitimate means the political leadership of the country is offered by it to the aristocracy of birth and education. The House of Lords, then, has no selfish ends to serve by throwing out or muti lating the bill, while the consequence of their doing so would be deplorable. So manifest and urgent is this consideration that no material amendment is likely to be proposed, except in concert with an in fluential party in the Commons. It is rumoured that attempts may yet be made to strike out the lodger franchise, to revive the cumulative vote, to engraft up on sec ti on 7 Mr. Poulett Scrope's plan for disposing of the compound householder, to re strict the boundaries of agricultural boroughs —in short, to introduce organic changes into the struc ture of the bill. There is much to be said, as, in deed, much has already been said, for every one of these alterations, but we must decline to enter again upon their merits before a previous question has been answered. That question is —whether there is any reasonable prospect of these amendments being ultimately adopted by the House of Commons and the nation. If so, the House of Lords may do good service by debating them afresh ; if not, it can do nothing but mischief. Now, we venture to say that it would be a great mistake to presume upon, the readiness of the Commons to abandon decisions on important points, however narrow .do t T he ho m ß a e jo fo r r it in y m by which th e y ma y have been carried. Bill, in its present shape, is well understood by all t an n d o L pe o r r in d a G no r n ey t R hi e m fo s r e l l u f h a s partiesrecorded e a h cs oopinion i t s a , Bill can ever be carried except by a compromise. It has not, it is true, been drawn up as he recommended by a Committee of the Privy Councilandapproved beforehand in a conference between the Liberal and Conservative leaders, but it is as really the product of mutual concession as if it had been so matured. Nor is this all. It cannot be forgotten, though it need not he proclaimed on the housetops, that it has been purchased at a cost of political morality without precedent in our own times. Nothing but assured success in a great enterprise will reconcile the Government, the House of Com mons, or the public to a retrospect of this session, and success would be greatly imperilled by any con siderable mutilation of the bill. It is easy to revise a provisional arrangement, but it is dangerous to meddle with the articles of a treaty of peace. The Trades' Union Commission. MR. ROEBUCK V. MR. CONNOLLY. A special meeting of the delegates representing the London trades societies at the late Conference at St. Martin's Hall was held last evening at the Sussex Hall, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the course to be pursued by the trades towards the Commission, consequent upon the exclusion of the trades' representative, Mr. Connolly, from the sittings of the Commission for having made certain remarks upon the public con duct of Mr. Roebuck, M.P. Mr. George Potter occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he considered the conduct pursued by the Commis sion towards Mr. Connolly a gross act of tyranny, and an unwarrantable interference with the freedom of speech. (Hear.) Had Mr. Connally spoken of Mr. Roebuck as - a member of the Commission, there might have been some ground for the interference of the commissioners in their official capacity ; but Mr. Connolly referred to Mr. Roebuck only as a member of Parliament. Mr. Roebuck might or might not be what Mr. Connolly described him to be, but in either case the Commission had exceeded its powers in making itself a partisan on either side. The SECRETARY read a let ter from Mr. M'Donald, president of the Miners' Association, recommend ing that all further communication between the trades and the Commission should cease until the resolution of expulsion was rescinded. Ho also read a letter from the committee of the London Compositors' Society strongly condemna tory of the Commission. Mr. CONNOLLY then rose, amidst loud cheers, and gave a detailed report of the proceedings at the Commission, resulting in hio exclusion. All that he had said about Mr. Roebuck he was prepared to re peat. Mr. PACKER (turner) then moved a resolution, describing Mr. Connolly's exclusion as an act of tyranny calling for the strongest condemnation. Mr. PARISII (brushmaker) seconded the resolu tion, which, having been supported by several other delegates, was carried unanimously. It was agreed to discuss at a future meeting the propriety of marking their sense of the conduct of the commissioners in this matter, by abstaining from any further communication with them. Tho proceedings then adjourned. COUNTRY MARKETS. SALISBURY.-TUESDAY. The attendance at market to-day was equal to last week. Wheat small supply, and 2s per. qr. dearer. Grinding bar ley dearer, but oats, beans, and peas were dealt in at pre vious quotations. . _ _ The following are the quotations ;—Wheat realised from 58s to 72s ; barley, 31s to 875; oats, 26s to ns ; beans, 46; to 565; and peas, 40s to 48s per qr. Tares, from 53 6d to 7s 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 16(1; household ditto, 15 1 per 81b loaf. Flour, 46s to 50s per sack. IfULL.-T IiESDAY. At our market to-day very little English wheat offered, and farmers asked an advance of 2s to 3s per qr., which needy millers paid. Foreign advanced is per qr. English white wheat, 64s to 68s; red, 62s to 655; Dant sic and Konigsberg, 65s to 71s ; Baltic red, 62s to 658; Danish and Hamburg, 60s to 63s ; Russian, 60s to 64i. Barley, English, 36s to 49s ; grinding, Mediterraneant 34s to 35s 6d. Oats, new English, 26s to 28s • Russian, 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 58 s t o 60 s; foreign, 430 to 445. Peas, English blue, 42 , to 44s Od; foreign white, 44s to 455; grinding, 43s to 44s Od per qr. LYNN-TUESDAY. At to-day's market the supply of wheat was limited, al. best qualities readily made is per qr. more money ; other descriptions as last week. Beaus and peas fully as dear; grinding barley 6d to 18 per qr. higher. New wheat, 68s to 72s ; new red, 62s to 668; old white, —s to —s; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 478 to 51s; secondary, 42s to 455. Oats neW, 24s to 26s per 24 s t one . B eans, small, 43s to 48s. ' Peat, 40s to 42s per 28 stone. M ONMOUTHSHIRE —TUESDAY. There has been a good inquiry for barley, which has sold at au advance on late rates. The oat trade has remained firm. Beaus commanded high rates, but sales were limited. Foreign wheat advanced 6d per qr. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, Ted, s 3d to 7s Gd per bushel ; white, 7s 6d to 8s 3d ; inferior , 68 Od to Gs 6d ; malting barley, 408 to 44s per qr ; griq ing ditto, 34s to 36s Od; beans, 43s to 45s ; white oats, 210 6d to 298 6d ; black ditto, 26s Od to 27s Od. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. el; H tton Lyons ........ 18 0 West Hartl© 1 7 ° y - 3 Walls End ' alls Hetton 20 6 East Hartleisol Wylain Holywell Main l6 9 Ships at market, B—sold, 8. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa.....July 20. Ditto, via Marseilles ..........................July - -- Ditto, via Panama ••. • • • Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and M onte Video Aug. 5- Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde. by Brazil packet .. Aug. 5 • Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena.... July 2 5 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. July 2 0 Ditto, via Marseilles . July. - "• Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 22 ' India, via Southampton July 20. Ditto, via Mandl es J u ly 22. Malta, Egypt, ttc. .. ......... .... July 20. _. . Ditto, Marseilles July —• Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton. July 20• Ditto, via Marseides July —:* Newfoundland July 31 . 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