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The Viceroy of EGYPT was entertained last night at a banquet at the Mansion House, when a brilliant company assembled to meet him. The proceedings were of a very interesting character, and it is satis factory to find that all went off in the most success ful manner. The Prince of WALES and the Duke of CANIBMIDe,E were among those who appeared to do honour to the illustrious guest. Curiously enough the entertainment t oo k place in the Egyptian-hall, which has_had three Viceroys of EGYPT in its walls as guests during past years. In proposing the toast of the evening, the Lord Mayor made soi ue appropriate remarks, and with effective eloquent ie sketched the peculiar recollections with which th name of the Viceroy of Egypt was associated. As; a people, he truly said, we attach considerable ira_ portance to ancient lineage, and regard with p.Ado the long line of monarchs through which out QUEEX can trace her descent. "But with the name of Egypt what associations with the past arise ! Its dynasties extend over more than four thousand years, and its pyramids are still memorials of its early grandeur and renown. Egypt was the ea: ly seat of political civilisation, it was the land of co..n, wine, and oil, to which famine-stricken naticais resorted for food when Britain was an uncultivated waste, inhabited by a barbarous people." But if this part of this land is so rich in associations and so glorious in memory, the future is not without its claims of greatness and distinction, although in a different style, and in a more modified way, and the Lord Mayor alluded to this in an emphatic passage, when he said that commerce was encouraged under the rule of its enlightened Governor, and railways, with their mighty power of civilisation, were ex tending over the country. In pursuing this theme he prophesied that as the influence of the West made way in Egypt we should see the wires of the tele graph supported on the side of the Pyramids, and the murmurings of the Sphynx made utterance of political economy. The sympathy of his hearers was with the Lord Mayor throughout, and very cordially did they concur in his closing remarks that we should give a hearty welcome to the present ruler of Egypt for many reasons, and conspicuous among them for the facilities he gave to the passage of our troops at the time of our India troubles. The Viceroy of EGYPT addressed the assembly in his native tongue, which was afterwards interpreted by NUBAR PASEIA in French. He conveyed the expressions of his sincere gratitude for the recep tion he had met with, and alluded to the visit of his father twenty-one years ago to this country, and the reception he had then met in that Hall. As to the services which had been rendered to England by Egypt the Viceroy declared that in doing so his country had only paid a debt, for England had mainly contributed to the construc tion of railways, and he felt happy in having the opportunity of expressing his thanks and acknow ledgments to the Government and the people of this country. The Prince of WALES, in the course of the remarks he made,testified to the satis faction he felt in entertaining as an honoured guest the Viceroy of EGYPT. He himself, in 1862, had been received in the kindest manner by his uncle, the late Viceroy. After referring to points of inte rest connected with the thoughts of Egypt, his royal highness gratified the audience by declaring that the Princess of WALES had now nearly re covered from her long and painful illness, and that he trusted in a month's time she might leave Lon don. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was very well received, made a most interesting speech, in which he touched upon subjects of political moment, while he alluded to the immediate topic before them. Respecting the House of Commons, he said that the relations of that assembly with the city of London are most memorable ones, and that the measure now passing through Parliament will increase the rights of the people, and that it had not been conducted in the acerbity of a party struggle. As for the VICEROY, he added, it was an additional pleasure to refer to beneficial changes before a Prince who showed in the Government of his own country how greatly he prized representative institutions. It is, as Mr. DisnA.F.Lt emphatically said, interesting to re member that in that " ancient and illustrious land, the mother of so many arts, and which has been destined to exercise so signal an influence on the fate and character of the human race, a Prince now reigns who, in the teeming and inexhaustible land of the Pharoahs and Ptolemies, has applied all the re sources of modern science, and even laid the foun dation of representative institutions." Mr. DISRAELI is always most happy on occasions like the one we are now referring to, and possesses the art of blending the associations of the past with the most noticeable features of the present, and he could nowhere have found a more suitable topic than Egypt for a speech of this kind. Amid the whirl and conflist of political life, and in the tur- moil of business and the engrossment of commerce, it is refreshing to turn aside for a moment, and in the task of welcoming an illustrious guest to our shores, find a real and rare oppor tunity for wandering in thought to that land of marvel and mystery which Egypt has always been. From the summit of its Pyramids, as the Great NAPOLEON told his soldiers, forty centuries contemplate us, and it is gratifying to think that the land still contains the spirit of vitality, and has not crumbled away with the dust of ages, or perished with the waning glories of less solid states and more ephemeral races. It is seldom indeed that so interesting and suggestive a theme for contem plation, association, and reflection is presented to the notice of the frequenters of banquets, and we aro glad to think that the Viceroy of EGYPT has been so well and so worthily received as he was last night. The rank, the talent, and the rulers of the country were ably represented to do honour to him, and to assure him of the genial regard and the lively interest which the people of England feel in him as a ruler, and in the land which he so worthily governs, and which calls forth so many feelings of admiration for its past and respect for its present history. We are likely just now to have ample opportu nity of displaying our national hospitality. We cannot, indeed, rival the show of crowned heads that a neighbouring capital has been able to boast of, but we have received a dignitary who very sel dom visits Europe, and to-day we are to welcome the advent of no less a person than the SULTAN himself. The very title of the Sultan seems strange amid the world of London business and pleasure. It _makes us think of the domes and minarets of Stamboul rather than our own familiar St. Paul's ; it is associated with all theluxurious dignity of Eastern life, in place of the plain and bustling business of the English metropolis. We are reminded of the days when Turkey was a prominent Power in Europe, and when, in place of needing the aid of one or two of the leading nations to defend herself against a single enemy, Turkey alone was able to face successfully the combined forces of two great Powers. In still older days, indeed, a goodly share of Europe was under her sway. The mizsion of the Mahometan was to conquer, and he fulfilled It with a vigour that insured success. For many a long decade the Turks were numbered among the usurpers of unhappy Poland, while Hungary herself was completely under her sway, and the Magyars still cherish the name of HUNYOCLES in connection with their war of de liverance. The SULTAN is associated with all our early lessons of the wonders of Eastern life, and it seems strange indeed that we may expect to see him riding through the streets of London. Nevertheless such is the order of the day, and our ancient ally is to see for himself the marvels of English industry and civilisation. ABDUL AZIZ himself, indeed, has has 7.10 t been long an occupant of the throne, but he ft Lithf ally represents the traditional policy of his dynasty, whose members have been among our m ost trusted allies. All possible honour will be paid to his Majesty on .the occasion of his visit, and he himself will travel with all the pomp and cir cunntance worthy of his exalted position. His suite will consist of fifty-nine persons. The pro giamme of entertainments prepared for the enter tainment of the illustrious visitor will be extremely brilliant, and we hope that the SULTAN will have good reason to acknowledge that splendid and cor dial hospitality is not confined to the East. Much interest of a different kind is felt in more homely but not less welcome visitors. The Belgian Volunteers, whose long-promised visit has now ac tually begun, have been looked for with kindly ex pectation, and every possible effort has been made to secure them a full supply of entertainment of all kinds during their ten days' visit. They are to be welcomed, as a matter of course, by the hospitable City ; they are to visit Wimbledon, on the invitation of the Prince of WALES. Her MAJESTY is to receive them at Windsor, and a splendid ball is to be given in their honour in the Agricultural Hall. Miss BunDETT COUTTS has invited them to a fele at Highgate—in short, there is an almost bewildering variety of festivities to be crowded into the programme set before them. The Belgians, however, have come prepared for very hard work in pleasure-seeking, and received the intimation what was expected from them with every demonstration of satisfaction. The weather yesterday was all that could be desired to give them a pleasant reception, and although, as is universally the case, there were some little conti etemps in the arrangements, the visitors seemed in the best possi ble spirits, and fully prepared to enjoy themselves. The recent melancholy events in Mexico have, of course, disappointed the hope that the King of the BELGIANS might have honoured the fetes with his presence ; but his subjects will at least be able to carry back to him the news that the English sym pathise deeply with the cause of his sorrow, while they rejoice at having the opportunity of manifest ing their hearty goodwill to his people. Lord STANLEY'S remarks on the Mexican ques tion last evening were distinguished by his usual moderation and calmness. In answer to a question, put by Sir L. PALE, as to the notice to be take❑ of the execution of the EMPEROR by the British Par liament, Lord STANLEY said that he thought that there were very grave objections to recording a judgment of the House upon such a matter. He did not see how they could come to such a resolution without discussing the whole merits and policy of the Mexican expedition, and he thought, too, that such a judgment would set an inconvenient precedent, as we could not ex pect to take notice of every outrageous act com mitted in civil war. As for the recal of our representative, the Minister to Mexico was now in England on leave ; and as ho had been accredited to the late Emperor, therefore his functions had ceased. He did not propose to suspend all diplomatic relations with Mexico, as such a course could do no harm to the Mexican Government, but great harm to the English resi dents ; the Charge d'Affaires would, consequently, remain. Lord STANLEY showed his usual good sense and prudence in this decision, though he might have expressed more indignation against the outrageous act. He appeared to forget that by his own showing MAXIMILIAN was the recognised ruler of Mexico, and, therefore, his execution could not be set down as nothing more than the common excesses of civil war. If it was worth while to accredit an Ambassador to the EMPEROR, we might surely take some public notice of his murder, while such neglect on our part is unbecom ing alike to the Emperor of AUSTRIA and to our own SOVEREIGN, who might both reasonably ex pect some expression of condolence from the Par liament for the murder of their near relation. rHE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1867, CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. There have been reports that the French Govern ment has addressed a note or remonstrance to the Berlin Government respecting the non -execution of the Treaty of Prague. There does not seem to be any foundation for these reports, but they naturally arose out of the vacillation, not to use a stronger term, of the Prussian Cabinet. It is, however, cer tain that the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin are engaged in long and tortuous correspondence, which, as I mentioned yesterday, has for object, on the part of Prussia at least, to evade a faithful execu tion of the Treaty of Prague as long as possible. Prussia is going ahead in Hanover. All the geo graphical maps of the country which were in exist ence before the annexation are destroyed by the Government agents. Two workmen, who made some very innocent observations, were arrested and conveyed to the citadel of Minden, charged with having excited hatred towards the Prussian Govern ment. The Masonic Lodge of Hanover having resisted the arbitrary orders of the Government has been dissolved. A servant, whose only offence was to make a grimace at the policeman who was very violent against him has been condemned to be imprisoned for a week. To sum up the position, I may say after a perusal of some of the German papers that " despotism reigns at Berlin." Great anxiety and sympathy have been felt in Paris towards the Empress Charlotte of Mexico, and all were desirous to know the effect which the news of the assassination of her husband would have upon her. I am sorry to learn, from au thentic sources of information, that news of good or evil can now have but little effect upon this virtuous and unhappy Princess. She is in a complete state of prostration, and is quite uncon scious of what is passing around her. All that medi cal science and skill could effect has been done. Her chief medical attendant, Dr. Illek, at first said he could almost guarantee her recovery, but a Power which now can contradict seems to will otherwise. The recovery of the Empress seems to be now impos sible, or at all events beyond hope, and this position has determined the family to have a consultation on the subject. The Queen of the Belgians has left Brussels for Salsbourg, with a view to consider what is to be done for the best under the melan choly circumstances. From thence her Majesty will go to Miramar to see the Empress Charlotte, who, however, it is to be feared, is beyond all mental discussion and " past all surgery." There is, how ever, yet a chance, for " while there is life there is hope," and some of the medical attendants of the Empress have recommended that she should go by easy a journey s t the chateau to Bc of L a l e g k i e uz in and the the l a o t p s e h should that tii reside the happy mp py days she passed there in her youth may restore her. Three years ago a man named Lcmarchaud was condemned to death by the Court of Assize for the department of Orne for murder, but on the evening of the previous day on which he was to be executed by bribery he managed to escape, and in spite of the watchfulness of the police he was able to reach Jersey. Ilis conduct on that island, however, was in accordance with his antecedents, and having been guilty of swindling and several robberies the autho rities expelled him from the island. From an in tercepted letter the French police knew that the murderer would be at Brionze to meet his brother in-law on the 4th inst. Ile arrived at the ap pointed time, and they arrested him and took him to Argentan, where the sentence of death will now be carried into execution, Strange to say, la s father died about a week previously, and happily ignorant of the fate which awaits his son. When the prisoner was examined before the Procureur Imperial at Argentan, the gendarme who took him into custody at Brionze, in explanation of the way in which he had watched for the prisoner, took out his pistol and pointed it at the magistrates. The trigger of the pistol, which was still loaded, must have been touched by the excited gendarme, for it went off and slightly wounded the Procureur's arm, carrying away a part of his coat sleeve. The King of the Belgians and the Princes his sons have arrived at Ostend, where they intend to pass the summer season. The Queen of the .Bel aians will remain a month in Austria, in consulta tion respecting the Empress Charlotte. The International Monetary Commssion have concluded their labours, but their report, which is expected with some anxiety, has not yet been pub lished. From what I can hear I am inclined to believe that the desirable consummation of uniform money and measures is only an improvement " looming in the future." The superior normal school has been dissolved by order of the Government, the pupils having exhibited symptoms of insubordination, and for breaches of discipline. It is to be entirely re-ccn stituted, and the courses will recommence on the 15th October. The Government is quite right in its determination to put down the excitement and escapades of " Young France." The Prussian Moniteur publishes a letter from King William, in which he charges his Ministers to inform the country that a Royal order has been issued directing that a monument shall be erected at Berlin, commemorative of the victories gained last year by the Prussian army. This monument will be of gigantic proportions, and will commemo rate the military triumphs of 1864 as well as those of 1866. After a very cold and cheerless morning we have had a touch of tropical heat this afternoon in Paris, perhaps to be succeeded by a frost to-night. Frosty nights are not unusual of late. BANK OF FRANCE. PARTS, July 11. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. July 11. July 4. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank., 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches....,. 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro- PertY 4,000,000 4, 000 , 000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight 24,124,704 57 23,766,444 59 Treasury account cur rent creditor 90,861,515 54 90,317, 127 82 Current accounts, Paris 251,140 - ,525 34 280,848,7 37 44 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 4,951,515 75 8,504,988 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 1,093,802 80 1,093,802 80 Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 15,967,897 90 22,808,752 96 Total Cash in hand and 1,741,193,489 50 1,772,019,857 36 CREDITOR. July 11. July 4. fr. c. fr. c Commercial bills over- - duo af. d ... i .! 860,816,805 2 886,498,707 61 628,130 36 Commercial bills dis_ counted, not yet due 247,674,142 50 245,688,696 06 Do. branch banks 241,699,166 215,784,328 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 8,797,297 9,278,097 Do. on French Publics Securities 12,844,100 12,971,100 Do. by branch banks 7,239,500 7,362,200 Do. on railway shares and delientures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fencier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Relates Immobalisees ...... (Law, Juno 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches 8,364,811 8,339,018 Expenses of manage ment 100,260 90 53,252 90 Sundries Total 1,741,198,489 50 1,772,019,857 36 Certified by the Senator Governor of th© Bank of France. (Signed) Rouidosn. IRELAND, DUBLIN, July 11. The Kingstown Regatta commenced yesterday, under the auspices of the Royal Irish Yacht Club. The weather was exceedingly fine, and the attend ance very large. Nothing was wanted but a breeze to render the day's sport satisfactory. The scene in the harbour was most brilliant and picturesque ; but to speak of a race when the naked eye could scarcely detect the slightest motion is a misnomer. Accord ingly, in the first sailing match, for which three yachts competed, there was no "race through failure of wind." The second race had the same result —the prize being 100 sovereigns, presented by the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway Company. There were two other sailing matches, but none of the racers were able to get to the winning post. There was, however, a solitary rowing match, which gave animation to a scene exquisitely beautiful, but hitherto a great deal too tranquil. The competitors were the Sylph, of the University Boat Club ; Glamour of the Dublin University Rowing Club ; and Alabama, of the Lee Rowing Club, Cork. With apparently little effort the Alabama came in vic torious by several lengths, having gone the two mile course in 12m. 305., the spectators cheering heartily. This crew next week pull in four southern matches for various prizes, amounting to some £l7O. Yesterday 900 tenant farmers on the Armagh and Tyrone estates of the Earl of Caledon were en tertained at dinner, to celebrate the coming of age of their landlord. SIR WILLIAM LAWRENCE, BART. —The remains of this distinguished surgeon were interred yesterday in Ealing Churchyard, by the side of those of his late wife. The funeral, in pursuance of his wishos, was strictly pri vate, and the only representative of the council of the Royal College of Surgeons, with which-institution ho was so long connected, who attended was Mr. John Flint South, a former president; and St. Bartholomew's Hos pital was represented by Mr. G. W. Callender, one of the surgeons and teachers of that ancient hospital. THE DUKE OF HAMILTOX V. ROBINSON.—This case came on before V ice - Chancellor Sir J. Stuart on Thursday, upon a motion to dissolve an injunction granted, ex parte, on the 27th June last, restraining the defendant from proceeding to issue execution at law against the duke, to recover a sum of £13,112 17s. upon certain bills of ex change. It appeared th at the plaintiff attaine d hi s majo rity iu March, 1866, and that in the month of May follow ing he, through an agent of his a Mr. Rowlands, pur chased from the defendant Robinson 11 race horses for £B,OOO. The defendant at the same time advanced to the plaintiff a sum of .£ l , OO O in art by wa o f loan, and in part to meet f or f e it s incurredp upon the horses. It was to secure those sums, w ith ethers that the duke acc e p t e d t h e bills of exchange. Th e defendant was now out of the juris diction ; but he h a d i ssued the writs in the act i ons a t l aw ; and leave had b een g i ven to the plaintiff (the d u k e ) t o y appear to the actions, on payment into court (which was done) of a sum of £l,OOO. With respect to the grantiug of the injun c ti on i t was stated that tho duke had been in duced to purch ase th e horses by the fraudulent intsrepre sentations of the defendant as to the value of them ; and that Robinson knew that to be the case. On the other was no hand it w as i ns i ste d that the horses of which the d u k e so complained h a d run in several races, a nd had won money and cups the re i n ; and that there ev idence on the part of the d e f en d ant sufficient to support the injunction which had boo n granted. Mr. Bacou Q.. 0-, Mr Lindley, and Mr. Murray ( o f the common law' bar), supported the ' motion to dissolve th e injunction • M r . Dickinson, Q.('.,and Mr. Brooksbank, for theplaintiff', resisted it ; and said that all they Wished was that the money which was at pre sent in the court of law should not be Withdrawn by the defendant till the rights of the parties had been finally settled. It might be that the duke would ultimately suc ceed in his contentions. The Vice-Chancellor said the plaintiff had not proved hi s case and the injunction must therefore be dissolved; the cost of this motion to be costs iu tiw cause. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CHINA. NEW YORK, June 2 (Evening). It is reported that the majority of the Judiciary Committee are preparing a report recommending Congress to assemble in October to consider the impeachment of President Johnson. General Sheridan, in accordance with positive instructions from President Johnson, has extended the time for the registration of voters in Louisiana until further notice. The Presidential party have returned to Wash- ngton. At Annapolis President Johnson and Mr. Seward were cordially received by the State authorities. Governor Brownlow has issued a proclamation declaring that the county courts of Tennessee have no power to appoint officers for the State elections. Governor Brownlow has ordered his militia to enforce the new franchise law, excluding all partici pants in the rebellion. Several prominent citizens of Savannah have for mally demanded to be registered as voters on exhi biting a pardon from the President. The coloured citizens of Mobile have appealed to General Swayne to enforce the Civil Rights Bill, which, they allege, is ignored by the local autho- rities. The new Government of Canada was inaugurated yesterday. Lord Monck took the oath of office as Governor-General. A holiday was observed throughout the provinces. QUEENSTOWN, July 12. The Royal Mail steamship China arrived here at 3.30 a.m. to-day with 187 cabin passengers and $196,807 in specie. She landed 108 sacks of mails, 35 passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 3.50 a.m. All well. NEW YORK, July 4. Bills empowering the military commanders to re move all civil officers at discretion were introduced n Congress yesterday. THE EXECUTION OF THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN. NEW YORK, July 4. Official advices received here from Mexico an nounce that the Emperor Maximilian was shot on the 19th June. The execution was postponed by Juarez for three days. The British and Prussian Ministers had strongly protested against the execu tion, and were preparing to leave the country. The Prussian Minister assured Juarez that several crowned heads in Europe would give an under taking that if the life of the Emperor was spared he would leave Mexico forthwith. Juarez and his Ministers replied that the safety of the country de manded the execution. Escobedo has declared that he would confiscate the property of all Imperi alists, and expressed the hope that before his mili tary career ended he should see the blood of every foreigner in Mexico spilled. ITALY. FLORENCE, July 11. In to-day's sitting of the Italian Parliament the debate on the Ecclesiastical Property Bill was resumed. Signor Mancini defended the right of the State to the property of the Church. lie said that the programme of Count Cavour, which signi fied freedom of the Church, was strictly bound up with the condition that Rome should be the capital of Italy. Re criticised the Int appointments of bishops, and said that the Government should not abandon its weapons of defence against the Roman Government, which has committed acts contrary to civilisation, liberty, and the independence of Italy. Signors Cordova and Borgetti defended the late Ministry. Signor Mancini replied that when the part payment of the Roman debt was asked for the Government ought to have made it condi tional upon the recognition of Italy. (Applause.) HUNGARY. PESTH, July 12. Stratimiravitz has telegraphed to Count Andrassy denying the rumour that h e h a d b een proclaimed Dictator of the Servians in Croatia. Several Croa tian priests are preaching against union with Hun gary. SPAIN. MADRID, July 11. The Senate has voted to-day the revision of its standing orders by 88 to 73 votes. The Cortes will probably close to-morrow. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 10, Two o'clock.—The same dul ness continues, and there are hardly any transa tions, although securities are firmly held at even, in some cases, higher quotations. Thr i fts are at 68f. 80c.. or 21c. higher. Italian Fives have advanced 10c., to 49f. 40c. Credit Mobilier firm at 360 f., without variation. No change in Credit Foncier, which remain at 1,400 f. There are some demands for Immobiliere shares, which have advanced 2f. 50c., to 180 f. The same may be sa id o f the rail way market., the principal shares obtaining an ad vance of about 2f. 50c. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares — Italian Loan — Do. end month 49 471 Mexican Loan l6 Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 41 per Cents — Do. end month 3 por Conts. Do. end month 6B 77} Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Fonder s Do. end month 1402 50 BAIL' rAYS. For Account. Orleans BB2 50 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern 553 75 Western 558 75 Eastern — Sardinian Austrian ...................... 466 25 Lombard 383 75 North of Spain lOO S aragosea lO5 Roman. JUSTICES' JUSTICE.—The following letter appears in the Spectator :_u Sir,—Six of my fellow-crea tures, of whom I have not until this day hoard, by names Esther Hendra, Ellen Cossentine, Mary Bowden, Richard Brewer, Joseph Coppin, and George Bennett, aro now lan guishing in Bodmin Gaol. Their crimp is that on Sunday afternoon, June 16, they were in a wood, the property of Sir Colman Rashleigh, through which a pathway runs, and which has been publicly used for upwards of seventy years. It is very probable that the prisoners during their walks (the male prisoners constituting one party and the female another, and each far apart from the other) diverged from the pathway to gather whortleberries Master Rashleigh, son of the proprietor, was also out for a walk, and whilst doubtless looking from nature up to nature's God,' saw those grave offenders, and in due course got them summoned before Colonel Peard—' Gari baldi's Englishman !'—convicted, and sentenced to twenty one days' imprisonment without the option of a fine. Brower and Coppin have been in constant service for eleven and seven years respectively, are about eighteen years of age, and their employers speak highly of them. Bennett is a lad about fifteen years old, Ellen Cossentine and Esther Hendra are girls of eighteen, and Mary Bow den is a married woman far advanced in pregnancy. Not ono of the six has previously been before a magistrate. There is but one feeling in all the district round about— viz., contempt for the manner in which justice has been administered.—l am, sir, &c., W. H. NORTHY, Penmellyn House, St. Columb, Cornwall. 3d July, 1867." SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN.—An inquest was held yesterday at Chesham, Bucks, concerning the death of the Rev. William Ed ward Hume, who, on Sunday morning, was discovered in his bed-room suspended by the neck to a bedpost and quite dead. It was proved that the deceased, who was 59 years of age, was formerly rector of Coke, in Essex, During the last nine years he has been under re straint as a lunatic. The jury found that the deceased had hanged himself while insane. LITERATURE. The Quarterly Review. No. 244. The Quarterly begins with an article on the cha racter of George the Third, viewing it principally as shown in his correspondence with Lord North. After a careful examination of the leading features of the eventful struggle with America, which was the point in which the good old King's charac teristic obstinacy was most strongly displayed, the writer obsrrves, justly enough, that it is not fair to judge him by the 7 esult of his policy alone. The theory of the right to stamp out secession did not originate with George 111., as it certainly did not die with him. " George 111. believed that the pro sperity of his empire wasbound up in the maintenance of American dominion, just as Abraham Lincoln believed that the prosperity of his vast Republic was bound up in the maintenance of the Union. And each of them, Prince and Presi lent alike, was backed up in that belief by the zeal of his country men." The article on Sea-fish and Fisheries is full of interesting matter. The ever-prolific abundance of the sea is truly amazing, and the wonder is that so much ready-made treasure, almost at hand, should be taken so little advan tage of. The industry of the Dutch is proverbial, indeed so much so that their famous city of Amster dam is said to have been built on herring bones caught on the coasts of Ireland. It is only of late years that the Irish have been shamed into looking to their own interests by cultivating what appeared to them the watery wastes around their shores. Their indolence at home was as remarkable as their industry abroad, but now we hope a good time is coming for the sister isle. The harvest of the sea seems as boundless as the ocean itself ; the more we take out the more remains, for the repro ductive power of fishes is wonderful. A female cod has been found to contain 3,400,000 eggs; a flounder 1,250,000 ; a sole 1,000,000 ; a mackerel 500,000, and a herring 36,000. The number of men em ployed in the fishing trade all the year round is very considerable, both on our coasts and in the deep sea, as far as the foggy banks of the far-famed Newfoundland. We come next to the "Auto biography of a Physiologist," Karl Ernest Baer, born in 1792, at Eastland. He is another of those men of genius who fight their way in spite of all difficulties, and the record of his career is proportionately interesting. " Westmorland" gives the title to a most readable account of the counties on the borders, in which the famous Countess of Pembroke appears to advantage. Then we are treated to some specimens of the " Poetry of the Seven Dials," in which the manu facture of the street ballads is explained to us• Their number is legion, and an idea of their circula tion may be gathered from the fact that Mr. Catnach, a printer of these halfpenny ballads, realised £lO,OOO by their sale. Fortunately, though they are often wretched doggrel, their moral tone is on the whole not bad, and in this respect they form a gratifying contrast to the olden street ballads. An article on M. du Chaillu's re cent travels in central Africa contains many passages of interest. African exploration has lately attained a mournful interest from the tragic fate of its most distinguished votary, though no doubt the untimely end of Dr. Livingstone will stimulate rather than check the ardour of the sur viving explorers. Papers on " Curious Myths of the Middle Ages" and " New American Religions" contain matter for a long day's profitable study ; but the concluding article on " The Four Reform Orators,"—Disraeli, Gladstone, Lowe, and Bright, —" with extracts from their speeches on the great topic of the Session," will be read with an interest proportioned to their several merits and the present all-engrossing question of Reform. The following passage affords a specimen of its critical delineations : " Mr. Bright is a man of a different order of in tellect from those whom we have been considering. Ile has not the brilliancy of Mr. Disraeli, who, though not always happy in a set speech, yet when called upon suddenly to concentrate his powers for some great effort, frequently, as he lightens on his subject,' electrifies his audience by flashes of wit, satire, eloquence, and argument, com bi ne d w ith a shill that never fails, and governed by a self-con trol that never falters. Nor can Mr. Bright be compared to Mr. Glad Stone for depth and accuracy of knowledge, comprehensiveness of thought, or that fiery warmth which gives to the exercise of merely intellectual processes of thought the semblance of that marvellous insight which is the characteristic of real genius. Mr. Bright is also wanting in the practical business-like qualities which distinguish Mr. Lowe's mind, and carry him at once in argu ment to the substantial issue in controversy, and its most suitable solutions, and which are so dominant over his other faculties that he seems, whilst intently engaged in enforcing his own opinions or demolishing those of an opponent, rather to tolerate than encourage the wit and eloquence with which his mind over-brims. Mr. Bright's chief merit as an orator is sheer strength of onslaught in attack, which occasionally resembles the rush of a rhinoceros. He has not a many-sided' mind, and is incapable of seeing at the same time more than a single aspect of a question, and that the one which makes most palpably in his own favour. He refuses to recognise the honest exist ence of any opinion but his own, and overwhelms with invective all who would stay or check him in his career. His eloquence is wonderful, especially his eloquence of abuse. He has the most copious vocabulary of reproachful epithets that has ever, since the time of Cobbett, been am asse d t oget h er i n the heart of a man capacious of such things, and he is accustomed to utter them with unbridled licence. One ground of his deep dissatisfaction with the House of Commons may be found in the fact that in its present unrevolutionised condition the language he uses out of it would not be tolerated within its precincts. His pur pose is always transparent and never con cealed. W e believe him, therefore, in his greatest extravagances to be sincere. When he stands on the platform before any of those rough and rowdy audiences who hang upon his sentences with de light, and encourage him at the end of every vituperative sentenee by thunders of applause, he is in his true element, and all his faculties find their finest exercise ; but his drift is always much the same, and may be reduced to this short for mula I want you, and such as you, to be elec tors, that I and such as I may beMinisters to govern the country." LONDON 50CIETT contains, as usual, a fair amount of amusing reading. "A Tale of the Derby" may serve as a warning to rash speculators. " Academy Belles" is a pleasing sketch, and some lively verses aro appended to it. " Twenty-four Hours of the Season by my Lady's Watch " is a very attractive little sketch, and it brings before us in an effective manner the toils of pleasures in the illustration of the wearisome round led by this dashing heroine. " Playing for High Stakes" is continued. A capital paper is that called " Half an Hour . in a Servants' Registry-office." DUBLIN REVIEW. —The interesting story, "Never for Ever," is not finished, but it nears its comple tion, and is mournful though attractive. " The Tenants of Malory" proceeds in its romantic style. " Lord Dufferin on Irish Land Tenure," and the " Hon. Grantley Berkeley's Life and Recollections" furnish subjects for readable articles, the latter being entertaining. "Art and its Ministers" is a sketch that is mournful in its reminiscences. " The Actor's Strike" is very appropriate just now, and there are some well-written articles on " Gipsy Language and other Gipsy Items," " Our Ancient Dealings with the Danes." "My Love and I" is the title of some pleasing verses. THE PEOPLE'S MAGAZINE.—The coloured fron tispiece of this number represents a shepherd boy fast asleep beside his crook, with his faithful dog watching him, and this alone is sufficient to gratify the reader. However, he will get plenty of good and pleasant reading as well. Parisian Mar ketwomen, How they Make Sovereigns, The Science of a Hailstone, Home Memories of the Poets, such are among the agreeable and entertaining subjects, selected to beguile the people's leisure hours." THE POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW.----Very inte resting and very learned are the papers to be found in this quarterly review; interesting that is to say to the scientific, for they are somewhat too abstruse and too technically worded to attract the general reader. The list of contributors includes many eminent names, and the plates afford as usual a valuable elucidation of the text. NATURE AND . ART.—The public will learn with regret that this is the last number of this beautiful periodical under its present form. However, its place is to be supplied by 2he Chromolithograph, a new journal of illustrative art, which, un3er the able management of Mr. William Day, will no doubt meet all requirements, and show us to what a high degree of perfection the art of chromolitho graphy has arrived. The number of _Nature and Art before us is similar to its predecessors, and com pletes the second volume of a work which any lover of this department of art may be glad to procure. THE INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER.—This is another of those scientific periodicals which prove how widell diffused a taste for a knowledge of the wonders of natural philosophy is becoming in our day. "The Intellectual Observer" is an old-established fa vourite, and, despite its somewhate affected title, is full of sound sense and solid instruction. ffilr t 11 ° 4 I 111 HER MAJESTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, July 11. E ; The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High' nesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Beatrice, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon. His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Italian Minister, accompanied by the Marquis San Germano, wil l leave town to-day in order to receive their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aoste at Southampton. A marriage will shortly take place between Captain A. Kingston, who so greatly distinguished him self in Japan, and the youngest and only remaining daughter of Mr. Frank Heathcote. The Earl of Dalhousie and Lady Christian Maulo have left Claridge's Hotel for Brechin Castle, N.B. Dowager Lady Mordaunt, Mr. G. T. Smith, and Miss Mordaunt, have left the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park corner. The Marquis and Marchioness de Carpana have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Paris. The Marquis of Sligo has left the Clarendon Hotel for a few days. MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE DE TEANO AND MISS WILBRAHAIII. Yesterday morning, at half-past 11 o'clock, the marriage of the Prince de Teano and Miss Ada Constance Wilbraham, eldest daughter of Colonel Hou. Edward and Mrs. Wilbraham, and niece of the Countess of Derby, was solemnised at the Spanish Chapel, Spanish-place, Manchester-square. The ceremony took place precisely at half-past 11 o'clock, the Rev. Edward Taylor being the offi ciating priest. The chapel was crowded to excess with the friends of both families. The bride `vas accompanied by her father and attended by al% bridesmaids, namely, her cousin, the Hon. Rose B. Wilbraham ; Miss Emily and Miss Evelyn Wil braham, her sisters ; Miss Ethel Lennox, Miss Blanche Herbert, and Miss Blanche Pringle, all of whom were similarly attired in white tarlatan dresses, tastefully trimmed with sky-blue ribbons• The bride was attired in a rich white silk dress trimmed with Brussels lace, and wore a veil of the same fabric, and a headdress composed of a wreath of jessamine and orange flowers. The bride also wore a costly diamond locket, the gift of her father. The ceremony concluded, the newly-married couple, together with their friends, went to Colonel the Hon. Edward and Mrs. Wilbraham's residence in Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, where an elegant breakfast awaited them. At half-past 2 o'clock the Prince and Princess de Teano, after receiving the congratulations of their numerous friends, took their departure for the Ear l and Countess of Derby's villa at Roehampton, to pass the honeymoon. The bride's presents were very numerous, and some of a very valuable description. 1118. ARTHUR FOX'S CONCERT. Hanover-square Rooms and St. James's Hall have no longer the monopoly of good music. The suburbs of London, and especially St. John's Wood' enjoy now the privilege of some very good concerts. But among those it is seldom that one reaches 3 degree of excellence, both with regard to the selec tion of pieces and to the choice of the artistes wile render them, equal to that given on Wednesday in the Assembly-rooms, at the Eyre Arms, by Mr. Arthur Fox. Its programme began with a gem—Mozart's lovely sonata in A for pianoforte and violin- - which was exquisitely played by Mr. Fox and Mr. Francis Ralph. The second part of this perform ance suggested to the writer of these lines a reflec tion which he can no more keep to himself than King Midas's barber could hold his master's dreadful secret, and that is : how beautiful a woman must be to presume to enter a concert room whilst all andante of Mozart is performed there ! In this concert Miss Edith Wynne also sang. There are names which it is sufficient to mention , and which are more eloquent by themselves than the highest praises. Miss Wynne's is one of them/ and when it shall have been said that she sang Weber's magnificent scena, " Softly sighs," in 3 style worthy of herself, little or nought need b e added. Nevertheless there were applauses left for Madame Talbot Cherer, who sang in perfection the charming Irish ballad " Kate Kearney," and was rapturously encored. The same compliment was paid, deservedly paid, to another ballad, composed by Mr. Arthur Fox, and entitled " It was ever so.' Mozart's breath seems to have passed over some portions of that exquisite composition. In the firs t , part Mr. Fox performed Mendelssohn's " Rivulet, , and an original composition by Ernst Helmer , " Chameleon," on the pianoforte in the most finished style. The latter piece is a composition of great beauty ; it abounds with the sweetest melody ; an d altogether it is such a brilliant work that it raises the highest expectation that the name of Ernst Helmer will soon rank amongst those of our most celebrated composers. This short notice would be very incomplete without a reference to the brilliant style with which the beneficiaire also performe d Weber's rondo for the pianoforte, "Il moto con' tinuo," in the second part. Indeed Mr. Fox seemed to be as much at ease in the midst of that avalanche of notes as the most skilled and intrepid of Alpin e guides amongst the avalanches of nature. DEATH OF MR. TREHERNE, M.P.—Mr. Tre" herne, the member for Coventry, died on Wednesday nig ht in a fit of epilepsy. Mr. Treherne was a Conserva' ive' He was the son of the late Mr. Rees Goring Thomas, Vas' non, in county Caermarthen ; whose name he changed for that of Treherne in 1856. Ho was first elected for Coventry in 1863. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—Nothing could be more opportune than the showers which have fallen during the week. They may have caused some slight an d brief interruptions to haymaking operations, but wa n / farmers by no means object to a little rain on the swathe , while the brisk breezes and warm sun very soon dry 11P all again. So far as the hay harvest is concerned the weathe r has throughout been unusually favourable. That which has been stacked has been gathered in splendid cond i ' tion, and the hay crop of 1867, both as regards quality and quantity, bids fair to suppress the records of the la st few summers. There is, however, a far larger breadt h of grass still "out" than might have been anticipate d, looking to the fact of the extraordinary fil e weather which has prevailed. The truth is that vril i° the crop is more than usually abundant, labour is more than ordinarily scarce, and difficult to command. The weather of the past week has been highly favourable I°` the wheat, grain, and :root crops. The wheats 'O r : very slightly laid by the heavy showers of Monday sr i ' Wednesday evening—and only in exceptional cases, wild °t the benefit which the crops in general experienced fr° l3l the refreshing down-pour was almost incalculable. BarleP oats, beans, peas, and potatoes alike wanted rain and ever/ drop that fell did its mission. As regards the wheats, t he blooming time has been most propitious, and should flu e weather continue, there is every prospect of a full averag: crop of this grain. Of barley and oats the prospects Pe r t haps are scarcely so encouraging, but there is nothing' a present to lead to the conclusion that they will not be up to a fair average. Beans and peas are looking better, ti le _ last week's rains having been highly beneficial. Potat oes have decidedly benefited by the showers, but there is t the complaint that those which have been dug up are sma ll er size than is usual at this time of year. The aceoli , " o from the hop districts vary considerably. In fact we 1 331 ' now arrived at the period when we may consider all . ports as more or loss—to use a new-fashioned phrase r " sensational." A soaking shower - a day of high wind hot sun—a foggy night or touch of frost in early-morn 0 each and all of these events suffice to give a tone to 01 _ week's report, according to the temperament of the ° l7 aerver.