The Sun. — London, England, 1870-08-03 00:00:00

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EMOSES and SON'S PRICE LIST of LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1870. • GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING CONTINUED: A singular incongruity is apparent, almost at I Summer Tourist Summer Dress glance, upon scanning the particulars of the impor Suits. Suits. Trousers. Trousers. taut discussion which took place on Monday evening 245. 245. 10s. 6d. 155. in the House of Commons. A matter of a mon grave or solemnising character could hardly have 28s. 28s. 12s. 6d. 16s. 6d. been brought under the consideration of the Legisla 365. 365. • 14s. 18s. ture. Life and death, war or peace, are the alternative 40s. 425. 15s. 6d. 21s. trembling in the balance for all neutrals, so long a 453. 48s. 17s. 6d. 245. France and Prussia are cont en di ng i n arms . Aware of the momentous character of the crisis, the leader o - 555. 525. 205. 265. the Opposition rose on Monday evening to call the Also at Also at Also at Also at attention of the House to the position of this country other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices .„ , ORDERS by post are attended to with care and punctuality, and the easy and accurate system of self measure introduced by E. MOSES and SON enables them to guarantee a faultless flt. EMOSES and SON'S PRICE Li T of • BOYS' CLOTHING : Knickerbocker Suits. Os. 6d, Eton Brighton , Harrow Suits. Suits. Suits. 13s. 6€l, 15s. 18s. I 18s. 16s. 6d 19s. 235. 21s. 265. I 265. 365. I 365. 48s. I 48s. Also at I Also at Also at i Also at other prices. other prices. other prices. other prices. yiMOSES and SON supply every description of ' . clothing, ready-made, or made to measure, for all ages, all occasions, and all classes : also Hosiery and Drapery, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates. All Goods marked in Plain Figures. Any article exchanged if not worn or injured. List of Prices, with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-fre E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are closed every Friday evening at sunset till Saturday evening at sunset, when busi ness is resumed until Eleven o'clock. The following are the only addresses of E. MOSES and SON LONDON. CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE. STEW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET. CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD. COUNTRY BRANCH. BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. A singular incongruity is apparent, almost at a glance, upon scanning the particulars of the impor tant discussion which took place on Monday evening in the House of Commons. A matter of a more grave or solemnising character could hardly have been brought under the consideration of the Legisla ture. Life and death, war or peace, are the alternatives trembling in the balance for all neutrals, so long as France and Prussia are contending in arms. Aware of the momentous character of the crisis, the leader of the Opposition rose on Monday evening to call the attention of the House to the position of this country with reference to the war on the European Conti nent. Throughout the discussion which ensued there were intermittent manifestations of feeling as oddly at variance with the occasion as that (shall we call it hysterical?) exhiliration to which Lord BYRON refers when speaking of those who are— " full of fun, Like mourning coaches when the funeral 's done." Only, the wholesale funerals, here, unhappily, have not yet even commenced. Mr. DISRAELI • provoked the laughter of the House first of all by alluding ironically to the war having, to all appearances, originated "in a breach of etiquette at a watering place." His mention of the treaty guaranteeing independence to Belgium as a document " not in herited from a dark period, when this country was governed by PITT, or when its affairs were adminis tered by a CASTLEREAGH " elicited laughter in like manner as did his subsequent assertion that it was a modern diplomatic engagement created in " an age of peace, reform, and retrenchment." Gayly face tious also was Mr. DISRAELI'S comment on the '• young member's" (Mr. RYLAND'S) motion "for abolishing the whole diplomatic service," as was his reference to certain importaht statements recently set forth, as vague, adding, serio-comically, "and statements that are vague are sometimes necessarily ambiguous." Later in the evening Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE indulged in broad farce, when hinting that the SECRETARY for WAR, while speak ing on Saturday night at the Mansion House, was " perhaps under the exhiliarating influence of the loving cup." In Sir HENRY BULWER'S remarks later in the evening, there was wit as well as wisdom. instance this, his caustic men tion of the NESTOR of the FOREIGN OFFICE, fol lowed by the remark, "I venture to say that any gentleman who has within the last few years travelled over Europe,' and who has not had his intel ligence obscured by official information (at which there was of course laughter and cheering) has seen the traces of, as it were, a train of gunpowder ex tending from Paris to Berlin, which it only required an accidental spark to ignite." In spite of its seem ing incongruity, however, there was a significance in the fitful laughter of the House of Commons, on Monday evening, during this grave debate. It was like the crackling of fire under the cauldron. .17 - .AUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.- Lessees—Messrs H. J. Montague. D. James, and T. Thorne.—Tll IS EVENING, at 7 30. CUPBOARD LOVE, by F. Hay. 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WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on heir useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup. EA MEN • S HOSPITAL (late D readn ought).--- Notice is hereby given, that this HOSPITAL Is now RE AOVED to the late Infirmary of the Royal Hospital, Green wich, where any seaman, needing medical (Jr surgical care, will be admitted on personal application, as heretofore, without in troduction or r ecommendation. The Society's offices are re moved from the City to the same building. KEMBALL COOK, House-Governor and Secretary. CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. Special APPEAL for the NEW WING. Amount still required, £4,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164. The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. Bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street. HENRY SEWELL, Hon. Sec. Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec. rrHE SUN.—LATEST 'EDITION to be seen j_ every Evening, at Eight o'clock. Mr. OILMAN'S. "The Wheat sheaf," High-street Camden-town. T HE LATEST EDITION of , 1'11147, SUN " as soon :Ls published, h:very Evening, by \V, ALT:X/1. •U,.il (tate Brooks), Newspaper Agent, .No. 1, Old Cavendish street, Oxford-street rLIE LA PE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W.t.,mrfirS Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- MONDAY night's debate consisted of two subjects, distinct in idea, but inseparable in fact. Our duty as an ally bound by treaties to protect a particular Power, and the state of our armaments, are perfectly separate in conception, but there is between them a close interdependence. It cannot be said that the debate was wholly satisfactory on either point. Mr. DISRAELI'S whimsical theory with regard to the Treaty of Vienna and the Saxon provinces of Prussia, was like most of that very ingenious politician's discoveries made to astonish rather than to convince. It was a display of rhetorical and historical fireworks which somewhat dazzled for a minute, and then subsided into obscurity and forgetfulness. But there are other treaties whose obligations are still binding. Nothing that has occurred in Europe since 1831 has relieved us of the responsibility of protecting Belgium. This responsibility weighs heavily upon us. Fortunately it is not at present borne by ourselves alone. It is only too probable that it may have to be so. It is only too likely that the war which has broken out with such startling sud denness may close with equal abruptness, and that the two foes may make a peace of which the prime condition shall be the partition of Belgium and Luxemburg. It would then be for Russia and Austria to join us in preventing this great crime. The obligation is one thing, the fulfil ment of it is another. Unhappily, there is nothing in the history of those two Powers which inspires us with absolute confidence in their willingness to do their duty, They themselves have been accomplices in another great crime, in another partition, and in dividing Poland they violated more than one Treaty. It will easily be understood, therefore, how grave is our position. It will easily be understood why states men, who would have the responsibility of giving effect to their pledges, retrain for a while, and, until they have ascertained the intentions of the other protecting Powers, from making statements as to what they will do in certain eventualities. It would, indeed, be a heavy burden, almost too heavy to be borne, if this country were called upon to defend Belgium alone against the brunt of armies number ing more than a million of men. Lord RUSSELL said in 1864 that the reason why we did not go to war for Denmark was because we bad no allies. Much worse would our position be if, Belgium being attacked, we found ourself es not only -without allies, but with the State= that should have been allies, and those states the strongest military Powers in the world, arrayed against us. We can readily understand the dissatisfaction ex pressed by men like Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE and Sir IiENRY BULIVER at the want of precision with regard to this most important point. We can even more readily understand the feeling which makes Mr. GLADSTONE shrink from repeating the blunder of six years ago, shrink from bluster about the Channel Fleet in the Baltic before he has ascertained if he has the power to do what he is asked to promise. The time may come *hp the THE sUS, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEANING, AUGUST 3, 1870 OPERAS, THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS, PRINCE OF WALES'S—A 7.30. Quite by Accident. M.P. Dearest Mamma. QUEEN'S—At Seven, Dify Wife's Dentist. "rwixt Axe and Crown. VAUDEVILLE—Cupboard Love. Two RoSes. Don Carlos. CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's Hall, Every. N ight, at 8 ; Wed- nesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZO LOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park. Open daily (except Sun days). Admission, Is. ; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6d. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from 11 a.m. till 3 0 p m and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. ...... .. .. ..52 after 5 I Afternoon ...........24 after 6 Mr& 7 ) gl.:1311w1 EVENING EDITION. Great Powers, deeming that England is mainly interested in the independence of Belgium, may say that with England must rest. the responpf bility of maintaining it. In that case we shall have the grievously painful duty of deciding if we shall abandon a brave little State to the devourer, or undertake alone a duty which we had never contem plated performing except in concert with others. The one course would be a bitter humiliation; the other would involve heroic exertions and terrible sacrifices such as England has not been called upon to make since she faced a world in arms. We trust that we should be found willing to accept the latter alterna tive. But we do not quarrel with the Ministers who refrain from an announcement of their intentions which may be premature, and possibly also injurious. , While diplomacy is doing its work, while as we do ' not doubt, and as indeed, is positively stated, Lord GRANVILLE is endeavouring to bring about an alliance with Austria, Russia d and Italy, which shall not only restore peace, but relieve Europe from the serious dangers which threaten her, and which the Secret Treaty has revealed, there should be no time lost in preparing for the stern task that may be before us. The supplementary estimate of £2,000,000 is we fear but a small portion of the total which this scandalous BISMARCK-BENEDETTI intrigue will cost us. At first sight it appears a wholly insufficient amount in the face of so grave a crisis as the present. Mr. GLADSTONE partly explained this by alleging that though our existing force was costly in proportion to its numbers it could be largely augmented at a compara tively small expense. We devoutly hope that this representation will turn out well founded. But it must be remembered that military matters are not the PREMIER'S strong point, and that it is possible he may be deceived. Mr. CARD WELL would seem to be equally sanguine with his chief, but then he too is a civilian, and has had less than two years' expe rience at the Foreign Office. On some points the Government gave very satisfactory information, and. disproved by figures the rather wild and alarming statements that had been made with regard to our inefficiency. .But we cannot get rid of the fear that our Ministers take an altogether too sanguine view of our military position. It is one thing to have regiments on paper, it is another to have them on parade, and we suspect that some of those which Mr. CARDWELL now counts upon would cut a sorry figure if called out for active service to-morrow. There is another point on which there ought to be no delay, the arming of our forces with the most efficient weapons. Ac cording to the general belief of military men we have in the MARTINI-HENRY rifle a weapon superior to any other in the world. It cannot be denied that the number of these in existence is lamentably few. One other point. We have hitherto supported the Government, in the main, with regard to their reductions, though some items have seemed to us unwise. We have espe cially approved the policy which has recalled our troops and ships from the four quarters of the globe, where they were not only useless for purposes of defence, but often involved us in serious quarrels. The good result of this policy is conspicuous now. But the times are not what they were. Europe is in flames. It is only too likely that the conflagration may reach us. For this contingency we ought to be prepared. These are not the piping times of peace we thought them. A shameful and dangerous conspiracy has been on foot threatening our honour and the integrity of an ally we aro bound to protect. This altered state of things must be recog nised; for it we must be prepared, even though in doing so we should add millions to the burdens which the people of this country have to bear. TOPICS OF THE DAY. has had distinction thrust upon him in spite of him self. His position is an unfortunate one, but at the i4ame time so ludicrous that he is sure to be laughed f at instql , ',of being pitied. Monsieur, Wittersheim, the printer and publisher of the ofilcial Journal of Paris, is a Prussian by birth, and has returned to his 'native country in consequence of the war, but . there he has • met with a most clhirlish welcome. His adopted land re fuse's to keep him, and the land of his birth will not allow him to remain within its confines., Unfor tunate Monsieur Wittersheim ! what with German suspicion and French ingratitude, he has enough to put up with, and is made to pay dearly for the war. The best thing for him to do will be to betake himself to some neutral country, and await the termination of the strife in the results of which he can take but little interest, for he must be inclined to say to the rulers at Paris and Berlin, in the words of Mercutio,—" A plague on both your houses." " the last combination." "I had a, portmanteau on Sunday, but I left it at Chftlons-sur-Mune. .I had shirts on Thursday, bait I have qongig,ned them to the care of Nancy: ' Alas! he . hath' nothing ! ' quoth Dame Quickly 4 BardOlp . h. lam Bardolph. I have nothing, save those trifles I told you of, and a comb in my waistcoat pocket, and the key of all the streets of all the cities of Lorraine." The worst of all this is that the same thing appears day after day, with most dreadful iteration. Because a corres pondent is in the neighbourhood of Nancy, why should the nation be treated to an unlimited supply of a worn-out comic song. One might as well spend the next six months in admiring the Nevski Perspekt. ENGLAND EN GARDE. At length Mr. Cardwell and the Duke of Cam bridge have shewn themselves alive to the critical situation of the English armed forces. No more pleasing announcement could have been made to her Majesty's loyal subjects, who are aware of the want of strength, especially in the infantry battalions, than that a supplementary estimate of two millions is to be asked at once from Parliament, for the purpose of augmenting the defensive power of the country. Mr. Cardwell explained, on Monday night, that the state of the militia (which has, however, been almost re cruited to its full strength), and of the Royal Artillery would receive the consideration of the Government when the money was being expended. Twenty thousand men are also to be added to the strength of the regular army. The constant reviews at Aldershot, and the activity reported from the diffe rent camps and barracks, shew that the Commander in-Chief of the forces is exerting himself to the full in his sphere of duty. The naval force of the kingdom is meeting with no less care and attention, and men are being drafted daily into the dockyards to hasten the launch of the several ironclads so long under con struction. At Chatham the Admiralty have directed two new iron gunboats, the Scourge and the Scout, the cost of which was provided for in the last esti mates, to be immediately commenced, and recruiting parties for the increase of the Royal Marines have been sent out in many directions. THE CATTLE TRADE AND THE WAR. The German and Prussian ports are closed, and the consequence is likely to be serious to English households, as the cattle and sheep which have hitherto been shipped from these ports cannot be landed in this country. These herds have formed a very large portion of the supply for London, and one effect of the new regulation will be that a consider able advance will take place in the price of cattle and sheep in the Liverpool market. Liverpool bids fair to become the chief market for cattle in the United Kingdom, as it is so well situated for the re ception of the best Scotch cattle and the best of those in Ireland. HELP FOR THE WOUNDED. Whatever may be the conflicting opinions which prevail with respect to the rights or wrongs of the belligerent parties on the Continent, there can be no doubt as to the urgent necessity which exists for due provision to be made for the wounded. Among the many suggestions which have beenmade on the subject is one of a simple kind, but, like many simple things, it is well worthy of attention. In the fearful scenes which will soon be enacted upon the Continent it will be most important that there should be a due provision of lint. Victor Hugo, writing from his retirement the other day, impressed upon the ladies of Guernsey the desirability of theis sending their old linen for the purpose of making lint to those societies which are established for the benefit of the wounded. lt has also been suggested that the lint may be sent ready made to the scenes of suffering, and that child ren can suitably be employed for the purpose, The International Association for the Relief of the Wounded will send their agents to the battle-fields of the Rhine ; they will be protected by tlithr red and white flag, which will proclaim them as the workers of a mission of peace and mercy. It is satisfactory to reflect upon the vast amount of good which the " Sanitary Commis ion" effected during the terrible struggle between the North and South States of America. Their example may be worthily followed in the European conflicts , about to ensue, and those who would emulate their success will do well to remember that thy worked in unison with the regular military staff, thereby avoiding the risk of coining into collision with the authorities. AN UNWILLING MARTYR. Among the heroes of the present situation of affairs on the continent, there is an individual who SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. A return containing certain particulars relative to the South Kensington Museum shews that fine col lection as being patronised by an increasing number of visitors, and also as becoming a more and more formidable item in the Budget. In the year 1866 the number of - visitors was 756,000. In the next year this total sank to 646,000 ; but in 1868 it rose to 881,000, and in 1869 to 1,043,000. This is a clear and promising improvement. The ad vance in cost is equally clear, though it may not be exactly promising. In 1866 the cost of buildings, repairs, and the like was £38,743, and by 1869 this -item had gradually risen to £43,273. The expense of arrangement and mana gement has advanced from £57,874 in 1866 to £86,520 (it had been gradually "improving " be fore); and the amount expended in purchases of books and objects of art, has progressed from £17,740 to £21,097—an item at which nobody can well grumble. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. A. horrible story is being circulated inDublin,with reference to the decapitation of the man Carr, in Rich mond Bridewell. The shameful nature of this tale, whether the particulars are true or not, considerably increases the necessity for a rigid inquiry into the circumstances of the unfortunate man's death. The gaol officials and Dr. Minchin, surgeon of the gaol, are not, it is said, to blame directly in the matter, but it is alleged that "several surgical amateur execu tioners," were the concoctors of the mode of strangula tion employ3d. It is said that " medico-mathematical questions" were mixed up with the unhappy incident connected with the death of Carr, and that the surgical results expected from the preparations made under the surveillance of the "surgical amateur executioners " were freely and open ly discussed the day before the sentence on the prisoner was carried out, by certain parties who attended at the gaol on Thursday last. Instead of the ordinary thick hempen rope user], a thin silk one is reported to have been, for the first time, adopted, as a result of the elaborate calculations allowed to be undertaken by persons whose right to interfere in the transac tions at the city prison, is at least open to question. The people of Dublin are extremely indignant that the terrible fate which Carr met with has been per mitted to take place to the dishonour of their city, and they are now demanding that the Lord Lieutenant will order a thorough investigation to be held, the more especially as his Excellency a fort night since refused to comply with their earnest request for a commutation of the sentence. THE DERRY APPRENTICES. Is th ere no means of putting a stop to the dis graceful scenes that periodically turn the city of Derry into something worse than a bear-garden P Surely if the authorities were to exert their power with more energy, these unruly celebrations might he quelled without the desperate fights which accom pany the so-called historical recollections. The latest of these displays took place on Saturday, when the rioting exceeded anything that has taken place even in that town of misrule for some time. The affray commenced with the playing of party tunes in the streets, followed by the usual stupid cries. In a very short period stone-throwing was begun, and firearms having been found, shooting was also indulged in. The mob then proceeded to wreck the houses of those who were obnoxious to them, and this con tinued till the military were called out. It is to be hoped that the punishment of those taken into cus tody will be sufficiently severe to act as a caution to those preparing for the 12th of August. DOGGETT'S COAT AND BADGE. The waterman's coat and silver badge, given by Thomas Doggett, an eminent actor of Drury Lane Theatre, in remembrance of the accession to the throne of George I. on the Ist of August, 1715, and competed for annually on the Ist of August ever since, in accordance with the terms of his will, by six young waterman, was again contested for over the Thames waters on Mlnday. In addition to the coat and badge, other prizes have been instituted since Doggett's time for the benefit of the oarsmen who take part in the struggle, and the number and value of the awards have no doubt contributed to make the race the very remarkable event of the aquatic season in the metropolis it is. The sculler who wins gets not only the waterman's livery and badge, but he also now obtains five guineas from the Fish monger's Company and a bottle of prime old port at the first banquet of the company next ensuing after the race. Sir William Joliffe by his will bequeathed funds from which .handsome prizes are annually devoted as awards for the second and third best men. The Fishmonger's Company, moreover, have agreed to give lls. 6d. each year to the fourth man, and a guinea to the fifth and sixth. It is thus provided that every oarsman who competes receives some prize. The warm, dull, and muggy weather of Monday did not tent to give a lively character to the race, never theless the sides of the river from London-bridge to the Old SWan at Chelsea were thronged with spectators, it being but too well known that on the Ist of August each year, shortly before high water, the race commemorative of the advent of the House of Hanover is sure to take place. The watermen, as is customary, rowed in the broad-beamed old-fashioned, wooden rigged boats, such being presumably the kind of skiff most in keep ing with the semi-antique character of the Doggett bequest. The first man to pass the post was Harding, nearly a quarter of a mile in front of the favourite Griffiths. A' man named Marston was third, Banks fourth, and Westbrook fifth. There was no sixth man. The time of the race was thirty-four minutes. CORRESPONDENTS UNATTACHED. The Unfortunate gentlemen who have been des patched to the seat of war by enterprising newspaper proprietors are evidently in a very bad way. To say nothing of the threats held out by General Lebceuf, it must be decidedly unpleasant to be continually dodging about the skirts of the camp, trying to pick up a trifling scrap of information, which in nine cases out of ten has not the smallest foundation. Reduced to this sad plight, no wonder some of the fraternity indite letters which have as much to do with the campaign as with the Pythagorean system of philosophy. Others occupy their time in describing their pemnal adventures, which turn out to be no adventures at all, but are merely the produce of a too highly strung imagination. In one of these gaseous lucubrations the reader is asked not to run away with the notion that the writer lodges at the Hotel de l'Europe at Metz. Not he, the funny dog. He eats there when the magnificoes have done, and when there are any scrap? left, Which the kind landlord will permit him to devour, but at nightime he lives mainly in a Sheepskin haversack, containing a water proof coat, some stationery, a copy of Thomas h Kempis and one sock, Mark the quiet humour of ARCHEOLOGY IN LEICESTERSHIRE. The archeologists, while all the rest of the world is busy speculating as to the movements of monarchs and their legions in the present day, are occupying themselves in the less exciting, and less dangerous task of ascertaining what Claudius and Aurelius did, or had done, some sixteen centuries ago in Leicester shire. If they could induce our modern potentates to join them in the study it would be all the more profitable. Europe would just now prefer the pur suits of a Gallieuus, who only drank out of gold and never tasted the same wine twice at dinner, to those of our imperial aad royal treaty— makers and treaty-breakers. Leicestershire, says one of the archaeologists, was a very different Leicester shire when the now disinterred coins (bearing date 270) were buried ; " but the geological formation remains identically the same, and so human nature in a Claudius and Gallieuus is the same ingredient we recognise in ourselves, wanting only the elevating influence of our religion." Certainly the unscrupu lous ambition we suffer from at the present day was not wanting in those earlier ages. The reigns of the different emperors represented on the coins found in Leicestershire furnished the subject of an interesting paper. These coins are 254 in number, and were found in . .Lut terworth. They bear the effigies of many different emperors, including Aurelius, Valerian, Quintillus, and Marius. These last are more rare, and bear date 267. The archmologists, whose congress has now reached its close, have found several other objects of interest in other parts of Leicestershire, which boasts the re mains of a Roman city under the town of Leicester itself. A DILEMMA. An occurrence partaking of the ludicrous took place on Tuesday last, at the Goodwood meeting. For the future the Jockey Club may think it neces sary to engage "a professor of hydraulics to assist the judge in giving his decision on a wet day. Jockeys, when they return to be weighed, are allowed two pounds for contingencies, but, in one race on the day mentioned, all the riders were found to be more than the regulation weight, owing to the severe drench ing they had received, Here was a dilemma. The rules were silent on the subject, and the Solons of the Turf were non-plussed. Books on racing were consulted, but no light was shed on the momentous question. Mr, Charles Weatherby had never heard of such a thing, and confusion reigned supreme. Some one proposed that the jockeys should be hung up to dry, but this was objected to, on the ground that it might cause serious inconvenience to the persons suspended. At last a sudden ray of light flashed on the brain of on 3 of the gentlemen present, that the best way ,to deal with the matter would be to leave it alone. COMMERCIAL FRAUDS IN BOMBAY. The Anglo-Indian commercial world has lately been sorely troubled by the discovery of systematic frauds on a large scale. The burning of the Aurora, in which a firm of brokers, the captain of the vessel, and the carpenter were all implicated being condemned to varying degrees of penal servitude, was but one of a series. The story of the Teresa, of which full accounts are brought by the Bombay papers, is even more painful ,than that of the Aurora, as the young wife - of the captain, who was in delicate health, has died since her husband's arrest on a charge of signing bills of lading and obtaining an advance of £20,000 before shipping the cotton. This dangerous practice has no doubt led to numerous frauds, although in the case in question we must not anticipate the decision of the court. Another tragic story is that of a Parsee merchant and broker of some standing, named Manockjee Kaka, who com mitted suicide by opium, owing to his having incurred immense liabilities by becoming guarantor for several shipments of cotton before the cotton was bought, and the shippers failing to carry out their engagements. A Hindoo, Cursondass Madhowdass, who has been arrested in connection with the Teresa affair, was formerly in partnership with, this unfortunate man, and was the shipper of the Greyhound, the only vessel mentioned in con nection with these transactions. Other inquiries are afloat. Three Bhattias are now in custody at Bom bay on a charge of fraud to the extent of £1,380 by shipping rubbish in place of cotton. This plan was also tried, it is said, on board the Teresa, some of the rub bish in the bales actually putrefying and betraying itself to the surveyors. Two native merchants have been charged with obtaining a lakh of rupees on a consignment of opium for which bills of lading were produced which had not really been shipped. Other frauds are spoken of involving ten lakhs of rupees (2100,000,) but it is said the area of these transactions is comparatively limited. THE HEAT IN THE UNITED STATES. We have been complaining of the excessive heat upon this side of the Atlantic, but our grievances are indeed trifling when measured by the temperature in the United States. What should we say here to the thermometer at 105 in the shade as it has been during one of these July days at Philadelphia, while Boston records her 98 degrees, as though they were com paratively insignificant. New York is not left far behind. At Poughkeepsie, New York State, the mercury stood for a day or two consecutively at 98 in the shade, and the average temperature in New . York city during the twenty-four hours of the fatal Monday, July 18, when sixty cases of sunstroke occurred, was 89g. The list of casualties in the New York papers looks like the return after some dis astrous accident, but, though the populous and busy city contributes by far the largest number of suf ferers, other parts of the country have a long list of victims. At Baltimore there were fifteen cases of sunstroke in two days, of which five were fatal, and in Newark, in Boston, and other cities, there were many deaths and serious attacks. It is the second " torrid term " which New Yorkhas suffered from this year, the " intolerable days of June," as they call them, still remaining a terrible memory. July has, however, distanced its prede cessor, and when the intensity of the heat diminished on the 21st of July, the official returns of cases of sunstroke in New York City and Brooklyn for the week were 170, of which 74 were fatal. Their former painful experience does not seem to have taught the New Yorkers how to mitigate the danger of a torrid term. 111111 iggzi- ttrallAt HER.MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Am 2. Her Majesty drove out yesterday afternoon, accompa nied by Princess Beatrice. The Queen walked out this morning, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince Arthur. The competitive examination for the entry of assistant-surgeons into the navy will commence at the, University of London on Monday next. MAGAZINES FOR AUGUST. The magazines we all taken au interest in just now are not the brown, fawn-coloured, golden, green, red, drab, purple monthlies—are not Blackwood, Fraser, Cornhill, Belgravia, United Service. Temple Bar—they are maga zines more cumbrous and more sombre, filled not with light literature, but with gunpowder. Yet, for all that, the periodical jumble of publications known and perpetu ated by that name now for upwards of a century comes tumbling into our hands as surely as the calendar months succeed each other, whether the great armies of France and Prussia contend the one with the other in battle array on the soil of what is called Rhineland. A necessarily hurried glance through the principal month lies as they now lie before us in many a radiant colour, satisfies us for once that we don't miss very much by our inability to linger over them. Blackwood is chiefly remarkable for having very little to say that affects the interest of the public generally at this moment. It descants " About what the Old Egy ptians knew" for example, and prattles forth some vers de socUt6 about the " Wishes of a Dumb Waiter" (save the mark !) and gives a tenth instalment of its serial story of " Earl's Dene," and scoffs at Mr. Rossetti, the Poets' Poet, as he has been called, meaning by that the poet of Mr. Morris, and of Mr. Algernon Swinburne. One admirable paper it has, but it is after date—" Our Own Commissioner's Report" (meaning Maga's) about " The Greek Massacre." Is not Our own Commissioner, by the way, that friend of us all Charles Lever, otherwise Harry Lorrquer, otherwise Cornelius O'Dowd? Who cares, however, now about the massacre in Greece ?—does even Sir Henry Bulwer ? who has a motion relating to it to bring on this evening in the House of Commons, now upon the eve of its prorogation. Fraser again talks, through the lips of Mr. Allingham, about " Seven Hundred Years Ago." Nay, it tells us, through the pen of Mr. Stephen, about the "Alps in the last century." True, but it has an in memoriam notice of the late Lord Clarendon, and an article on the " Causes of the War," and another, like a whiff from Rhineland, about " Gunpowder and Modern Artillery." Cornhill we have hardly patience to turn over, even fret fully, now that Charles Reade has done with his sensa tional story in it of " Put Yourself in his Place." The other companion serial; " Against Time," is evidently also drawing to its close. The oddest thing of all among the contents is a paper about "St. Helena," with not one word in it about its one sole interesting memory—its association with the close of the epic history of Napoleon Bonaparte. Belgravia has its chief, almost only, attraction in the continuation of the already enthralling tale about " Fen ton's Quest," from the hand of the authoress of " Aurora Floyd." Yes—there is another matter of interest among the miscellaneous contributions, Mr. Sala's notes on the Portrait of Mr. Pickwick. Among other " hands " whose lively work is here recognisable, are Tom Hood and Walter Thornbury, and Mortimer Collins, and Percy Fitzgerald. Britannia—" needs no bulwark, no towers along the steep" we were going to say, that is—no war articles or gunpowder flavour of any kind. It goes in for such harm less things as slashes at the smaller representatives of the literature (!)of the day—the one who sits for his portrait this time being what is called the "Literary Bagman." The editor of the magazine, Arthur h Beckett, and no other we presume, has written a tribute to the memory of Charles Dickens, coupled, in rather bad taste as it seems to us, with a savage, almost spiteful attack on what he terms " Dickenism." The Gentleman's mainly rests its claim upon the reader's attention on its two serial stories, the one " Malvina," by Sutherland Edwards, the other the " Christian Vaga bond," by Blanchard Jerrold. The July number of the Gentleman's will hardy run into a second edition, however, as the June number did wholly and solely because of Blanchard Jerrold's charming memorial chapter on our great Novelist and Humorist. The New Monthly, the Month, London Society, the United Service Magazine and a shoal of other gaily tinted periodi cals, from half-a-crown to a shilling, nay, remembering the first mentioned and the little primrose-covered Argosy: from three and sixpence to sixpence, litter the table, floor, and chairs about us as we sweep them ont of the way to turn to the last telegram from the seat of war. PASSPORTS FOR FRANCE. The following communication has been received by Lord Granville from the French Ambassador at this Court : " London, August 1, 18:0. "My Lord,—The Emperor's Government has de cided, in consequence of existing circumstances, that the formality of the passport should be univer sally re-established during the war, as regards every foreign traveller desiring to leave or to enter French territory. I have the honour to notify to your Excellency this decision, which is justified in the interest of British subjects themselves, as well as by considerations of public safety. The Empe ror's Government, as your Excellency is aware, although it consented, at the request of a certain number of foreign States, mutually to suppress the formality of the passport, expressly reserved the right of re-establish ing it when circumstances required.—Receive, &c., LAVALETTE." STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Governor Holden, of North Carolina, having proclaimed martial law in several counties, has organised a force of negro militia for the alleged purpose of bringing to jnstice the perpetrators of the Ku-Klux outrages. Colonel Kirk, who commands the militia, is committing great ex cesses, arresting a large number of respectable citizens, ordering courts-martial to be held for their trial, refusing to recognise the writs of the civil courts, and administer ing torture in order to extort confer ions. Several com panies of Federal cavalry have been sent to North Caro lina from Washington to sustain General Holden. The press generally, including the New York Times, strongly condemn the course pursued by Governor Holden, and tonsure the Administration for supporting him. THE ELECTIONS IN BRUSSELS. The following are the results of the general elections as far as at present known :—For the Senate, 24 Catholics and 11 Liberals have been returned; and for the Champer of Deput es 47 Catholics and 22 Liberals. The Catholic candidates have been successful at Antwerp and Bruges, and the Liberal tandidates at Liege. At Charleroi the result is equally divided. The balloting for two circumscriptions in Brussels has not yet terminated. The majority of the Catholic party iu the Senate will be eight, and in the Chamber of Deputies probably twenty four. REMOVAL OF MR. MOTLEY. The letter of Senator Wilson to the President, protest ing against the removal of Mr. Motley, is every way creditable to him, although it presents but a part of the case. Whether the President was influenced by a desire to punish Mr. Sumner for his hostility to the San Domingo treaty or not, he made the change under cirmun stancel which will lead ninety-nine persons in every hun dred to believe it. The prevalence of such an impression does infinitely greater injury to the President than to Mr. Sumner or to Mr. Motley; for it tends to destroy confidence in the motives of the administration, and gives to watchful and vindictive enemies a new pretext for their opposition. The removal of Mr. Motley under the circumstances, whatever honor able motives may have inspired it, was extremely unfor tunate from Mr. Wilson's point of view, and he has not overstated the feeling with which, especially in Massachusetts, the act will be regarded. There is another view to be taken of it, and it is this. Mr. Motley did not go to London as a politician, though the soundness of his political views was never doubted. There were no consi derations in his case like those which sent Mr. Washburne to France, Governor Curtin to Russia, or General Sickles to Spain. There were reasons for his appoint ment which did not apply in the cases of Mr. Marsh at Florence, of Mr. Jay at Vienna, or of Mr. Bancroft at Berlin, admirable as those appointments were. What ever success Mr. Frelinghuysen may have in this impor tant mission, if he should accept it—and we sincerely trust he may not have to bequeath the task to his suc cessor—it will not blot out the fact that the Minister who stands confessedly at the head of our forei g n service, fitted to his place by experience as well as by his special studies, known throughout Europe and America as one whose . works have conferred honour upon American letters, and whose name answers all sneers at American intellect and character—has been recalled for no public reason, almost at the beginning of his mission, and just at the time when men were beginning to look for the fruits of his diplomacy. The change is to be regretted because it gives evidence of instability of pur pose on the part of the Administration, and of motives which cannot be defended ; but more especially because it takes from the public service a representative of tl'e best Ameriean character who had it in his disposition, and we believe, also, in his power, to win in this dispute with Great Britain a triumph of diplomacy which should fitly and honourably close the victories of our war.— Boston Advertiser. A committee of ladies, with the Countess Bern storff at their head, has been established in London for the purpose of rising a fund to afford help to the sick and wounded among the Prussian army during the war. The Lord Chancellor has contributed the sum o £2OO towards the fund for the completion of St. Paul's ; the Bishop of London has also given £lOO, and Bishop Sumner £5O. The total amount received up to the pre sent exceeds £27,000, the Grocers' Company alone con tributing £2,000. -- - • ACCIDENT AT CHATHAM.—A melancholy accident occurred at Chatham, on Monday afternoon, when Lieut. Cotton, of the Royal Engineers, was accidentally drowned, while in charge of a party who went to Wouldham from Brompton Barracks for pontoon instruction. TH (FRON Sa a with i To-c rhey with t Not' few 1 3aarbi From t The d 11 a The paniecl presen His TH] The aftern , ME on Sa of wol that t] was al Saaa The traord (FROM The the Ei PROC THE With publish spondvi account Bismar the woi or n e tt that fol The peror, E Itisi Beaure; that M laid doi Little ] Visage. Outpos Reinde Bonnie Asteroj Eugeni Rapidii Phosph Hobart Neucha Juliet . 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