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COVENT -GARDEN CONCERTS. COVEN T-GARDEN THEATRE. EVERY EVENING at 8. Under the sole Direction of Mr. J. RUSSELL. Madlle. Sarolta, Madlle. Eraclio, M. J. M. Wehli, Mr. R. Levy, Mr. Reynolds. The Courtois Union, and Band a 100 performers. Conductor, Signor Bottesini. Conductor of the Dance Music, Herr Johann Strauss, from Vienna. TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), a MENDELSSOUN NIG HT. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Promenade, Is. Doors open at half-past Seven. 11\HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manaze.r, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, AN UN EQUAL MATCH. Mesrm. Backs tone, Chippendale, Itozers. Compton, Kendal. Braid, C ark, Weathersby, tt•c.; Me+dames Sedqvuck, Buckingham 'While, Fitz ;N illiam, TAWS, Coleman, ac. atter which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUN 1)S. Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with PET S MINK. ComEmence at Seven. gi lIEA'FRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and NianaLrer Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE _BARONET ABROAD. Miss Roden. Atter which, at 8, THE lIITNCHBACK , seri. IT. Neville, Itilllngton, J. Clarke, A shlc y. Stuart, C. 11. Ste; hen eon, W. Eburne ; Miss Kate Terry, Mips Ellcn Terry, &c. To conclude with A SLICE OF LUCK. Mossrs J. Clarke, J. G. Taylor, C. Ti. Stephenson, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman and Miss E. Pitt. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. TO-NIGHT, SIX MONTHS AGO. Mr. Clayton, Mr. H J. Montague, Miss H. Palmer. After which, THE GRASSHOPPER. Messrs.H.Wlgan, D. Murray, and J. Clayton ; Mesdames Ada and Emma Webb. and Sheridan. To conclude with BETTY MARTIN. Mr. G. Vincent and Miss E. Patron. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. LAST TWO NIGHTS. R OYAL PRINCESS'S T HEATRE Sole Lessee, Mr. Vining . Under the Management of Mr. Hermann Vezia. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. E. Price and Miss Nelly Moore. After which, at 8, THE IVIN.IST 0' AIItLIE. ; meg Hare bell, Mr. Hermann Vezin ; Messrs. E. l'rice, 11. 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In some respects this session of 1867 deserves more notice than any which has passed since 1832, for it can count a Reform Bill among its achievements. At any. time during the period which has elapsed since that date would such an event have been notice able, but it has become far more important, and of much greater significance just now, on account of the many hindrances that have beset the way, and the great difference of opinion that has prevailed on the subject. Reform, indeed, has been the stumbling-block of Cabinets and the bugbear of Parliament for many years past, and the worst of it was that each session closing with inaction made it more difficult for any legislators to renew their efforts, while it rendered the nation at large more and more impatient and indignant at the delay. Lord DERBY and his friends came into office at a most critical time, and it is no exaggera tion to say that they could not have been placed in a more awkward position than they were. A Reform Bill had just been thrown out, and it was the fashion among the disappointed friends and fol lowers of the Government to say that the Conser vatives were the cause of the failure and defeat of the late Ministry. This was not true by any means, that result being due to the insufficiency of the scheme laid before Parliament, and to the unwil lingness of some of the influential members of the Liberal par'y to have Reform considered just then. Be it as it may, the Conservative Government came into office unfettered by promises and unbound by pledges, but they have contrived during the course of this Session to effect more than those who were bound by the most solemn pledges ever did•during the lapse of long years. This is the plain truth, and it seems right and fitting that it should be impressed upon the public to-day, when the thoughts of all naturally turn to the considera tion of politics, and when men are likely to speculate upon the doings of that Parliament, whose hours are numbered. The difficulties which were in the way of Minis ters were very great indeed, and the fact of those of the members of the Cabinet suddenly leaving their colleagues on the eve of the introduction of a change so momentous, of course did great injury to the cause. The damage sustained was of a tempo- rail , nature, however, and distinguished as these seceders were for their abilities, it was soon found that the work went on better with out them. The course pursued by Mr. GLAD STONE was most factious, for time after time he returned to the charge. The chief part of the struggle took place before Easter, a decisive majo rity declaring for Government just before the recess. From that time there was no actual danger, butt only the greatest care and caution on the part of Mr. DIsRAELI enabled the Government to reach that point. It is perfectly true that the good sense and right feeling of the House in general came to the rescue of the Government, but had not the Chancellor of the Exchequer met the House half way the Ministry could never have held on. In the house of Lords the bill met with favour able treatment on the whole, but even there it had to weather some storms. Lord DEBBY showed a spirit worthy of the course he undertook in the summer, in which he entered upon the task of in troducing a Reform Bill. He had given time enough, and more than time enough, to the Opposition to per form the work, and their numerous failures seemed to indicate that if Reform were to be carried he must attempt it, and no other. Lord CAIRNS came out conspicuously in the debates on the measure, and has taken a prominent position in the house of Lords in this the first year of its experience. The illness of Lord DERBY was a great drawback to the chance of Ministerial success, but fortunately the noble lord was enabled to re-appear and conduct the debate to a triumphant issue. During the height of the excitement of the Re— form discussion considerable anxiety was felt on account of the differences that arose between France and Prussia on the question of Luxembourg ; but the skill and sagacity or Lord STANLEY sur mounted the difficulty, and the noble lord gained the approval of all by the masterly manner in which he conducted affairs. There is something more than the disinclination which Lord STANLEY enter tains to meddling in foreign disputes to account for his success. He is determined and decided, and those whom he addresses know that he means what he says. Hence England has in a great measure acquired that influence which she sought to possess, and has ceased to be the nonentity that she had become during the meddle-and-muddle system. Mr. DISRAELI wisely abstained from attempting to perform any financial feats this session, for he had more on his hands than it seemed possible for him to accomplish, and be showed his good judgment by keeping as nearly as possible to the line laid down by Mr. GLADSTONE last year. Although Reform was the one thing thought of this year, the Go vernment have afforded ample proof of their desire to do a great deal in many ways, and the various departments of the State have been faithfully served. Ireland and Irish legislation has been a great diffi culty, but that is a heritage left to the present ad visers of the Crown by their predecessors. On the whole, we may say, fairly and candidly, that the Conservatives have been put on their trial, and that they have passed through the ordeal with credit to themselves and with satisfaction to the country. The Reform Bill of this year is not certainly perfect, but it goes further and effects more than any laid on the table of the House since the momentous period of 1832 ; and the more it becomes familiar to the public the more it is likely to be appreciated and ad mired. At any rate the task is accomplished, and that is the great thing to think of. No matter what temporary disappointments may be felt, or what apparently good chances have been lost. For many reasons it is as well that the Con servatives should have had the honour of this work ; but it is not theirs alone, but that of the two Ilouses of the Legislature. The opinion of the country will certainly be in their favour, and we hope that, encouraged by their support, they will go on and prosper in their undertakings on future occasions. We are glad to find that some, at least, of the inhabitants of Sheffield have thought it necessary to disavow the disgraceful sentiments openly ex pressed by the Sawgrinders' Union. The outrage on public morality, the aulacity as well as the affront offered to all right feeling and good sense, by the determination to keep two proved murderers as members of their body, were indeed so remark able that it is not surprising men of more rational and moral views are eager to seek an opportunity for disclaiming them. Accordingly we find that a public meeting was held last eight in Paradise-square, called by the Rev. R. STAINTON, who delivered an address, and afterwards proposed a resolution which was unanimously carried. The terms of the resolu- tion were as follows :—" That this meeting declares that resolutions passed by the Sawgrinders' Union on the 13th are inimical to their own interest as a union, contrary to the basis of social law, a violation of the laws of religion and morality, an outrage on humanity, and a disgrace to the town ; and it claims the right, and feels it a duty, to call upon the union to expel the two members in question, and to offer an apology to the town for the evil and disgrace it has brought upon it." These are strong terms, but none too strong for honest men to use who are anxious to deny their complicity with some of the darkest crimes of which human nature is capable, and whose minds are not confused by grandiloquent talk about the rights of working men and the claims of labour—the plain English of such talk being that working men have no rights whatever over their own limbs, their own tools, their own children, their own titne, but the union is their ir responsible despot. The much talked-of "rights" of labour resolve themselves into the privilege of affording a mark for the thief or the assassin, the right to be blown up or shot at. The system is so oppressive that it is only wonderful so many thou sands of intelligent men should have so long and so quietly borne the yoke ; but there may have been two reasons for it. The bolder spirits have been led away by inflated talk, the quieter and more cautious have been governed by fear of the consequences of opposition. The non unionist has much need of fortitude and steadfastness, and with all his exercise of these he stands at a constant disadvantage in the labour market. The organisation of the unions is complete, and every day they succeed in drawing within their circle men who are weary of importu nity, of threats, of defeat, and disappointment. The non-unionist has hitherto stood alone. The masters, 1 whose interest it was to preserve the independence of the workman, could not be relied on to assist him. If they gave him encouragement to begin with the perpetual agitation kept up by the unionists ' soon wearied them into concession. There was no at tempt to consolidate the forces of the non-unionists, so that unless a man was prepared to rely exclusively upon himself and his own exertions in defiance of the rest of his fellows, he must fall in with the rest. In this case, as in many others, Ce West que le pre mier pas qui coute, and when once the spell is broken and a counter organisation set up, there is little reason to doubt that the ranks of the unionists would be very greatly thinned. That is to say, the _Trades' Unions would be restored to _ their legitimate purposes, and Woke 'yho have too successfully endeavoured to convert them into an irresponsible tyranny would find their ill-gotten wealth and influence curtailed. The Staveley non-unionists have shown how much can be done in this way by connected action, and we hail as a favourable sign of the times the establish ment of a Free-Labour Society, whose object is the registration and assistance of men not shackled by the fetters of the trades' despots, who, like the Fenian leaders, find their positions too pleasant and too profitable not to coster disputes and differences between employers and employed, so that they may " ride on a whirlwind and direct the storm." Within two months from the establishment of this Free Labour Society two thousand names have been enrolled as its members, and no doubt the numbers will be largely increased. The revelations of the Sheffield inquiry will, we trust, be productive of much good by giving men an excuse for throwing off the shackles so long imposed upon them, and to refuse to subscribe any longer to rules and regulations whose spirit has been abundantly proved to be not only subversive of civil liberty and individual free dom, but directly antagonistic to the first principles of common morality which are adopted by every civilised nation. made from young pine trees, which, being very resinous, are bad conductors of electricity. The wires attracted the lightning, which pursued its course in two opposite directions—that is to say, in the direction of Marseilles and Paris at the same time, breaking many of the posts. It reached a station where six persons were sitting, the lightning being like a flame of fire. The chair of one of them was overturned, but no personal injury was sustained by any of them. They, however, felt a strong indication of being suffocated. Gallery No. 3 in the French department is certainly the most gorgeous in appearance of any portion of the Exhibition. Near the Baccarat section is that of the manufacture of St. Louis, comprising the most magnificent chandeliers and other articles of glass ever seen. In this gallery are included the tapestry of the Gobelins, Aubasson, Turcuing, and Beauvais. Such a mass of splendid tapestry was never before collected together. The designs are so varied and glittering that the eye can hardly support the dazzling colours. Is is objected that French carpets are dearer than those made in England, but dear ness is a necessity where such luxurious articles are employed, and so much time and skill is necessary for the design and fabrics. In the same gallery are marvellously beautiful Turkey, Persian, and Indian carpets. These, however, are still dearer than the French tapestry. The Gobelins tapestry well main tains or exceeds its fame. As to the Sevres china, no eulogium could go beyond its beauty and excel lence. It is now almost two centuries since the Gobelins manufacture was commenced, and there seems to have been continual improvement in its products. Visitors must be more struck with these articles than with anything to be seen at the Exhi bition. At all events their beauty dazzles and excites admiration. The number of persons who paid for admission on Sunday was 78,300. It seems to increase iu popularity. The experiments with the Ch, assepot gun at the camp at Chalons give the following remarkable re sults. The gun was fired twelve times in a minute, without aim ; with time to aim, eight times. The target represents the size of a man, and on the average was hit 32 times out of a hundred. In every respect this gun has proved to be superior to the Prussian needle gun. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, August IG.—No news has been received of the squadron since the date of my last letter, and we have at present no English ships of war in har bour, except the old flagship Hibernia and the store ship Supply. The surveying vessel Hydra left to day to fix the exact latitude and longitude of the Demetri Light, on the north-western extremity of Gozo. The Simoom screw steam troopship, Capt. Lethbridge, with the first division of the 10th Bri gade Royal Artillery, is expected here from Halifax about Sunday next, the 18th inst. After disem barking these troops she will take on board the head-quarters of the 3d Brigade, and proceed with them to Canada, returning with the head-quarters of the 10th Brigade, and will then proceed home with condemned stores, invalids, and time-expired men. The Supply screw steam storeship, Staff- Commander C. Bawden, will sail for England in a day or two. The Austrian screw steam frigate Schwartzeuberg (bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Pokorny), which, together with the ironclad Archduke Ferdinand Max, has been under going repairs in the Royal Naval Dockyard at this island, took her departure on the evening of the 9th inst. for Smyrna, where she is to be stationed for the prssrat. While here she had her mainmast taken out for repair, and on its being replaced it was completely rigged, and everything made taut and shipshape by her own crew in a couple of days, showing a smartness which would have done credit to an English man-of-war. The Archduke Ferdinand Max left our port a few days before the Schwartzenburg, on return to Pola, to refit and take in her guns, munitions, and stores. Another Austrian war vessel arrived here on the 14th inst —the screw gunboat Norenta, from Fiume and Lissa, on her way to the Levant. Being from the coast of Dalmatia she was not admitted to pratique. The American screw steam corvette Sawatara, Capt. W. N. Jeffers, arrived here on the 13th inst. from Lisbon. She forms part of Admiral Farragut's squadron now at Cherbourg, of which the Franklin, one of the heaviest and finest vessels in the Ameri can navy, is the flagship. Admiral Farragut is ex pected in the Mediterranean in the fall of the year. The Sawatara left to-day for.Canea,Athens,Sinyrna, Beyrout, Alexandria, Rhodes, and probably back to Malta. She is the only American man-of-war now in the Mediterranean. It was this vessel which con veyed Surratt, accused of complicity in the assassina tion of President Lincoln, from Alexandria to Wash ington. Considerable works have been going on for some time past for the purpose of strengthening cer tain points of the fortifications of Valetta com manding the sea front, and constructing suitable platforms to receive the enormous guns with which the fortress is to be armed. It was stated not long ago in 'lke San that Malta did not possess a single an ordinary ironclad of soon be impossible to re gthu: presentcapable dof penetrating Itwill n re peat this reproac h. Some 14 12--ton g uns ar rived from IVoolwich last week in the Sea Queen. Others will be sent out as soon as they can be got ready ; and I hear that the military authorities in tend to include iu the armament of Malta ordnance of still heavier metal. Private letters received at Chatham from her Majesty's screw sloop Reindeer, 7,953 tons, 200- horse power, Commander E. Nares, announce the departure of that vessel from Mazatlan on the 21st of June for San Blas. She will afterwards proceed to Guaymas and the intermediate ports. She was under orders to cruise afterwards across the Gulf of California to La Pays. Smallpox had entirely disappeared from on board, and the health of the officers and crew was stated to be very good. The Reindeer was to rendezvous with certain of the other ships of the squadron at Mazatlan. The following are the details of the troops under orders to embark on board the chartered troopship Coldstream, Capt. G. G. Ponsonby, for Singapore, at Gravesend, on Friday next :—" Four officers and 101 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Field Artillery, five men of the Army Hospital Corps, one Staff-Assist.-Surg., 10 soldiers' wives, and 15 children. The Coldstream, which is now in the West India Docks, will be inspected by Major- Freeman Murray prior to receiving her troops on board. The following officers have proceeded from Cha ham garrison to Hythe, for the purpose of going through an extended 'course of instruction at the School of Musketry i n th e use of the Snider rifle , previously to embarking for foreign se rvice—Ca p t. F. Falkner and Li eut. • C. R. King, 50th Queen's Own Regiment ; Lieut. W. IL Nicholson, 82d Re giment ; Lieut. W. Mills, 2d battalion 14th Regi ment ; Lieut. R. F. W. Rynd, Ist battalion 22d Regt. ; and Ensign A. T. Fisher, Ist battalion 2d Royals. Detachments of non-commissioned officers and men from the several depots attached to the three battalions of infantry have also proceeded from the garrison to Hythe for a course of instruc tion in the use of the new breech -loading rifle. On Monday morning H.M.S. Tamar, commanded by Capt. Sullivan, arrived at Greenock, from Canada, with the Ist battalion of the 25th (King's Own Borderers) on board. The headquarters and five companies will proceed this morning to Glasgow, two companies to Ayr, two to Stirling, and one to Paisley. The 63d (West Suffolk) R e g iment, pre sently stationed in Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr, have received orders to proceed this morning by railway to Greenock, and embark on board her Majesty's ship Tamar, for conveyance to Kingston, Ireland. After disembarking the 63d the Regiment-Tamar will sail for Portsmouth, and land men of various corps from Canada. In the Royal Naval Reserve Thomas Donkin has been appointed Sub.-Lieut. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. John E. Grcenhow to the Jaseur, Lieut. Bernard Moore to the Mersey, Navi gating Sub-Lieut. W. F. A. Grant to the Jaseur, Navigating Sub-Lieut. henry G. Hatch to the Im placable, aditional for the Sea Lark ; Dr. John R. Burke r astist.-surg. i -to the Jaseur; and Dr. George W. Wright, assist,-surg., to the Medusa. THE SUN. LOA ON, WEDNESJA y E v ENING, AUGUST 21, 1867. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROSt OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. Some days ago I mentioned that private advices of authentic character from Madrid gave reason to anticipate another important insurrection in Spain. The information was well founded. The movement now in progress, indeed, is more than an insurrec tion ; it is a revolution of a very grave character, having for its object the overthrow of the present dynasty. Nothing so important has taken place in Spain for many years. Catalonia is the focus of this revolution. It is so serious that martial law has been proclaimed at Perpignan. The movement seems to be well organised, for the revolutionists have made many manifestations in various parts of Spain. What gives importance to this outbreak is that there is now union between all the various shades of Democrats and reformers, and it is not a mere excited demonstration like that of General Prim a few years ago. That General has now en listed formidable and numerous adherents, including Generals Pierrad, La Porre, Coulveras, and Milans de Bosch. From the rigorous measures adopted by the Government, it is evidently in great alarm lest the movement should be successful. From various communications which I have seen from Spain I think that important events arc at hand. All who have watched the despotic course adopted by the Government for some time past must be convinced that danger menaces the present occupant of the Spanish Throne. Garibaldi has made another sign, but this time, for a wonder, it is in support of a very pacific and praiseworthy object. He has written a letter to a friend in Catania, in which he expresses his great admiration of and love for the people of Sicily, and the grief he feels at the ravages of cholera there. Garibaldi does not seem to have sent any money to assist the sufferers, but he gives them good advice, urging them to abstain from crowded assemblies, where bad air exists, and urging cleanliness both in streets and houses, and particularly personal clean liness. _ _ The proprietors of newspapers and periodicals have been particularly disappointed that the session passed away without any relief being afforded in regard to stamps and postage. There are some curious anomalies in regard to the postage of news papers. I have before explained that the postage of a newspaper from Paris to London isnearly double that of a newspaper from London to Paris. The great grievance, however, is a want of uniformity. It is as much or more needed as uniformity in weights and measures. Those acquainted with the details of the French system are astonished that it is not changed to something like the " printed ma t theerr' e ' system in puzzle a conjuror.England. rriiefralc'thioeneanlvsetlaompepsof myused letter to-day will give an illustration of this. 1 t bears no less than seven stamps. The amount of the postage is S sous or 40 centimes (say 4d. Eng lish), but I have put on stamps of the aggregate value of 41 centimes—viz., one of 1 centime, two of 4 centimes, one of 2 centimes, two of 5, and one of 20 centimes. I waive the overplus of one centime for the benefit of the Post-office. Besides, I am not, like Michael Cassio, " a great arithmetician," or even like Joseph Ilume; and as Bonnycastle and other professors of arithmetic have described frac tions as " vulgar," I would not trouble myself with the calculation how I could avoid the expense of a centime, the fifth part of a sou. The reader may imagine the difficulty which would be created at the Post-office if some dozen persons, a few minutes before post time, were to demand 40 stamps of one centnne ; or suppose a heavier letter, requiring the amount of ls. for postage. As such stamps exist, of course they may be asked for, and a letter requiring one shilling postage must bear no less than 120 stamps of one centime, should the sender have the fancy to use that description of stamp. The Post-office clerks would be rather bothered if such demands were frequent and numerous. A very extraordinary affair is the subject of ge neral conversation in Paris. A few days ago a commercial traveller, who was enjoying the Exhi bition, met a handsome and intelligent young gir , there, Miss Julia K. Th e y en t ere d i n t o conversa ti on ' both seemed pleased with each other, and the lady without difficulty accepted the gentleman's invita tion to dine with him. When it became bed time Julia invited her new friend to go home with her. Her apartment, near the Invalides, is furnished so beautifully and luxuriously that the gentleman could not avoid expressing his surprise, which was increased when the lady briefly told him that she was not an adventuress, but was perfectly free and above all prejudice. She added—" We met. Your society pleased me, and I have profited by it. Now you are at my residence. I have a room at your disposal. I will condUct you to it, and wish you good night, and retire to my own room." The gentleman did not seem to expect to sleep alone, but Julia replied, with severity, to a remark he made, and said she took him for a man of honour, and had confidence that he would act like one and retire to his bed. He did so. At day break he awoke in great agony. By the side of his bed he saw what he believed to be a phantom dressed in white. It was Julia. She gave him a furious look and laughed convulsively. In her hand was a razor covered with blood. She had effected a horrible mutilation upon the person of the unfor tunate man. He was with great difficulty able to open the window and ca ll for assistance. Some persons rushed up stairs and a sur g eon was sent for. When the police came Ju lia was quietly occupied with her toilet. Her repli es to questions were so I incoherent that she is supposed to be insane. There has been a murder and suicide in the Rue Beautreillis, quarter 3t. Paul. A wine-shop keeper in that street opened his shop at a very early hour in the morning, and then closed it again about 7. A few minutes afterwards two reports of a pistol were heard. The neighbours broke open the door, ani on going up stairs it was found that the husband had shot his wife dead with a revolver. In another room was the assassin dead. He bad shot himself also through the head with the revolver. The crime is attributed to jealousy. A vine plague, or extensive disease among the vines, has manifested itself in the South of France at Narbonne, and it has also made alarming pro gress in the departments of the Herault and Gard. It is not now the leaf but the grapes that are attacked, while the green and black grapes become tinted with a grey colour. When pressed the grapes emit a very disagreeable smell. The roots have been dried up. Some cultivators say they have discovered a small worm in the grape. We had a heavy storm of thunder and lightning, with much heavy rain, this morning about eleven o'clock. The temperature was peculiarly oppres sive. Some singular effects from a thunderstorm were observed a ,few days ago near the Verry station (Cote d'Or). The telegraphic posts are LATEST INTELLIGENCE.I PROROGATION (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TILE IMPERIAL MEETING. SALZBURG, Aug. 21. It is stated that the desire felt by both the Emperors for the preservation of peace will be manifested by an invitation to the other European Powers to join in an agreement which has been entered into between the two Sovereigns for the settlement of certain questions. The basis of this agreement is believed to be the maintenance of the treaty of peace signed at Prague. The Emperor Francis Joseph, on presenting Prince Metternich, Austrian Minister at the Court of the Tuileries, with the Order of the Golden Fleece, eulogised in presence of the whole Court the services he had rendered the State by re-estab lishing a good understanding with France. The Emperor Napoleon expressed aloud to the Emperor Francis Joseph his thanks for this declaration. This incident created a great sensation among those present. FRANCE AND ITALY. FLORENCE, Aug. 20 (Evening). The Italic of this evening expresses the belief that the Italian Cabinet has despatched a note to the French Government relative to the letter re cently addressed by Marshal Niel to the comman der of the Antibes Legion at Rome. TURKEY. CONSTAITINOPLE, Aug. 20. At the Grand Council of Ministers, which was held yesterday under the presidency of the Sultan, various reforms were discussed, and it was decided that a new Council of State should be formed, to be composed of ten Mussulmans and ten Christians. TURKEY AND THE EUROPEAN POWERS VIENNA, Aug. 21. The IVciv Free Press of to-day says :—' .'The French and English representatives at Athens h ave been instructed to inform the Greek Cabinet that their Governments shall in future take no new step of a character likely to promote a conflict with Turkey, and that in the event of any such conflict arising, France and England will hold Greece re sponsible. They also are instructed to add that full guarantees have been furnished by the Porte for the fulfilment of the demands of the Christian populations." RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20. The Committee of the Moscow Bourse have pre sented a petition to the Minister of Finance praying for permission to express their opinion upon the Government project for lowering the existing tariff. The Council of Ministers have approved the concession which has been granted to Messrs. Siemens Brothers for the construction of a direct and special telegraph line connecting England and India through Russia. OF ARLIAMENT. THIS DAY. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I am happy to be enabled to release you from the labours of a long and more than usually eventful session, and to offer you my acknowledgments for the successful diligence with which you have applied yourselves to your parliamentary duties. My relations with foreign countries continue on a friendly footing. At the commencement of the present year great fears were entertained that differ. Dees which had arisen between France and Prussia might have led to a war of which it was impossible to foresee the ultimate result. Happily the advice tendered by my Government, and by those of the other neutral States, aided by the moderation of the two Powers chiefly interested, sufficed to avert the threatened calamity ; and I trust that no ground at present exists for apprehending any disturbance of the general peace. The communications which I have made to the reigning monarch of Abyssinia, with a view to ob tain the release of the British subjects whom he detains in his dominions, have, I regret to say, thus far proved ineffectual. I have, therefore, found it necessary to address to him a peremptory demand for their immediate liberation, and to take measures for supporting that demand, should it ultimately be found necessary to resort to force. The treasonable conspiracy in Ireland, to which I have before called your attention, broke out in the early part of the present year in a futile attempt at insurrection. That it was suppressed, almost without bloodshed, is due not more to the disciplined valour of my troops, and to the admirable conduct of the police, than to the general loyalty of the popu lation and the absence of any token of sympathy with the insurgentsonthepart of any considerable portion of my subjects. I rejoice that the supremacy of the law was vindicated without imposing on me the painful necessity of sacrificing a single life. The Bill for the abolition of certain local exemp tions from taxation enabled me to avail myself of a liberal concession made, in anticipation, by the Em peror of the French, whereby several taxes were re moved which pressed heavily upon British shipping. I have concluded a Postal Convention with the United States of America, whereby the rate of postage between the two countries will be diminished by one-half, and further arrangements are in pro gress for increasing the intercourse between this country and the Continent of North America. The Act for the union of the British North Ameri can Provinces is the final accomplishment of a scheme long contemplated, whereby those colonies, now combined in one dominion, may be expected not only gain additional strength for the pur poses of defence against external aggression, but may be united among themselves by fresh ties of mutual interest, and attached to the mother country by the only bonds which can effec tually secure such important dependencies—those of loyalty to the Crown and attachment to British connection. GENTLEMEN OF THE lIOUSE OF COMMONS, I thank you for the liberal supplies which you have voted for the public service. Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I have had great satisfaction in giving my assent to a bill for amending the representation of the people in Parliament. I earnestly trust that the extensive and liberal measure which you have passed may effect a durable settlement of a question which has long engaged public attention ; and that the large number of my subjects who will be for the first time admitted to the exercise of the elective franchise may, in the discharge of the duties thereby devolved upon them, prove them selves worthy of the confidence which Parliament has reposed in them. It is gratifying to me to find that the lengthened consideration which you have necessarily given to this important question has not prevented your entering on many subjects to which your attention was directed at the commencement of the session, and particularly to such as have immediate refer ence to the wellbeing of the industrial classes. I have had especial pleasure in giving my assent to bills for extending to various trades, with such modifications as have been found necessary, the pro vi-,-ions of the Factory Acts, the success of which has proved the possibility of combining effectual pro tection to the labour of women and children with a due consideration for the interests of the trades im mediately concerned. I confidently anticipate from the operation of the present acts the same improvement in the physical, social, and moral condition of the working classes, which has been found to accompany the application of the Acts to those trades to which they have been hitherto confined. The reAraints alleged to be imposed on workmen and their employers by trade unions and other as sociations appeared to me to call for inquiry; and the revelations derived from the examinations before the Commission, to which you gave your legislative sanction, have disclosed a state of things which will demand your most earnest attention. The administration of the Poor Laws, which generally has conferred great benefit on the com munity, and especially on the poor themselves, re quires constant supervision ; and I have readily assented to a bill which, applied to the metropolis alone, will tend to equalise the pressure of taxation and improve the treatment of the sick poor, whose condition will be greatly benefited by your well considered legislation. The Bill for the regulation of the Merchant Shipping contains important provisions calculated to add to the health and comfort of those engaged in the Mercantile Marine. These and other valuable amendments of the Law have been the result of your labours during the pre sent session ; and in returning to your homes you will carry with you the gratifying consciousness that your time and pains have not been misapplied, and that they have resulted in a series of measures which I hope, and earnestly pray, may contribute to the welfare of the country, and the contentment and happiness of my people. THE NAVY.—It appears that at the commence ment of the spring of this year the number of vessels of war employed on foreign and colonial service was as fol lows :—Mediterranean station, 20, of the aggregate burden of 34,617 tons ; North America and the West Indies, 29, of the aggregate burden of 34,827 tons ; south-east coast of Africa, 9, of the aggregate burden of 7,647 tone.; the East Indies, 7, of the aggregate burden of 7,590 tons; the Cape of Good Hope, 3, of the aggregate burden of 3,078 tons; West Coast of Africa station, 19, of the aggregate burden of 15,179 tons; the Pacific station, 14, of the aggregate burden of 19,342 tons ; China station, 40, of the aggregate burden of 30,246 tons; and Australian station, 6, of the aggregate burden of 6,793 tons. THE IRISH CONSTABULARY. —A Parliamentary re turn, presented by the Government, gives an account of the distribution of the sum of £2,000 voted by Parliament for the purpose of rewarding certain members of the Irish constabulary force, who, being under fire in defence of their barracks against the Feniiins, or in collisions outside the barracks, particularly distinguished themselves by their courage, gallantry, and fidelity. Three sub-inspec tors—R. Gardiner, D. F. Burke, and 0. Milling—received £lO4 each ; the head constable in charge at Kilmallock received --C7O ; two other head-constables received £5O each ; five constables in charge received DI each ; ono acting constable in charge, £22 ; nine constables £2O each; two acting constables, £lB each ; 74 sub-constables £l5 each. G ROUSE AT N EB ` GATT: AND LEADENIIALL MARKETS. —Yesterday morning the arrival of grouse from the moors was much greater than could have been anticipated from the accounts recently published of the prevalence of disease amongst the birds. The prices also ruled extremely moderato, good birds being offered at from ls. 6d. to 35., though from ss. to 6s. each had been understood to be the proba,blo price before the unexpected plentiful supply reached London. CRYSTAL PALACE. —Yesterday was " Foresters' Day" at the Crystal Palace, when the members of the vari ous lodges, with their w ives and families, were present in immense numbers. A round of amusements was provided and the weather was most favourable. The total number of visitors was 59,522. DREADFUL BOAT ACC ID ENT.—GRINISBY, Aug. 20. —A pleasure boat, containing 12 excursionists, was cap sized in tho Ilumber this afternoon, when 10 of them were cirtnyAed, ',ELIQ Dodio hate )lot been remered. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 20. The Delta sailed at 5 a.m., and the Euxine 11 a.m. to-day. _ - - The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 26th inst., and the latter at Southampton about the 2d September. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 20, Two o'clock.—There is very little business, the market is weak, and quotations a fraction lower. The London telegrams each show a decline of one-eighth. Three per Cents. Dente are at 69f. 55c., or sc. lower. Italian Fives lose 'tic., at 491. 121 c. ; Credit Mobilier if. 25c., at 322 f. 50c. ; Sianish Mobilier, 61. 25c., at 200 f. ; Credit Foncier lf. 25c., at 1,3771. 50c. ; and Suez Canal shares 3f. 75e., at 313 f. 75c. In the Rail way department, Austrian and Lombard shares each lose 3fr. 75c. Three o'clock.—The fol tations : If per Cents lOO 50 Bank Shares 3325 Do. end month — Italian Loan 49 3 per Cents. 69 57i Do end month 49 15 Do. end month 69 6u Mexican Loan l3 Crodit Mobilier ... 325 Do. Bonds llO Do. end month ... 323 75 Spanish Threes , 35 Credit Foncier 1390 Home Debt — Do. end month 1382 50 Deferred lialLW LYS. [owing were the last quo For Account. Orleans Northern — Lyons and Mediterranean 1155 890 Southern 551 25 Western Eastern Sardinian 62 478 75 Austrian Lombard 381 25 North of Strain p 6B Saragos:a Roman. 86 MARKETS.---This day. MARK LANE. The supplies of both old and now English wheat on sale at Mark-lane to-day are very moderate, nevertheless the demand is inactive, and sales aro difficult to effect. Tho quotation for new wheat is 655. to 725. per quarter. There was a good show of foreign samples, and in fair condition, but the demand was quite of a retail character, and Monday's currencies were barely supported. There was no English barley on offer, and the supply of foreign was limited; prices of all descriptions were consequently firm. Floating cargoes of grain wore dull, and prices tend downwards. Thorn was a very moderate inquiry for malt, but no quotable change took place in prices. Oats were in fair demand, and quite as dear as on Mon day. The supply was moderately extensive. Beans and peas met a slow sale at late currencies. Clover seed and trefoils were steady in value, linseed was firm in price, but cakes were difficult to dispose of. We have no change to report in the value of either town or country flour. SIIIP ARRIVALS TR'S WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour, English and Scotch 190 510 210 .6;11 Foreign 10,200 2,820 9,050 150 sacks Maize, 5,600 COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OP GRAIN. For the week ending Aug. For the corresponding week 17, 1867. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 24,858 CBs 4d Wheat 53,532-50s 2d Barley 976-36s 7d 8ar1ey......... 591-34 s 9d Oats 1,375-29s 7d; Oats WIIITECIIAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 2d to 4s 8d Lamb 3s 10d to 4s 6d Mutton ... 3s 2d to 4s 8d ' Pork Veal BOROUGH HOP. The late warm weather has proved beneficial to the plantations, and most of the grounds give promise of a larger crop than was anticipated some weeks ago. The market here is very inactive, but tho late advance in prices is nominally maintained. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKE7—This Day Market opens quiet. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. FATAL ACCIDENT WITH A REAPING MACHINE.-- On Friday last an accident, which has since proved hital, occurred at Sr. Cadoc Farm, near Padstow. A workman named ,hlin E.lyveane, who has lived in the family of Miss Whit ford, the occupier of the farm, for upwards of 31 years, whilst attending to his duties iu the harvest field was standing in the course of the reaping machine. He was called to get out of the way, when being rather bewildered ho moved yet further on to the course which the machine took, and was knocked down and trodden upon by the horses. Ono rib was broken and other injuries were re ceived. He lingered until Sunday evening, whoa he died. One troop of the 14th King's Hussars, under the command of Capt. Digby Boycott, Lieut. the Hon. St. Vincent Saumarez, and Cornet Poynter, marched from Edinburgh on Saturday last, en route to Kelso, to be employed on escort duty to her Majesty during her visit to the Duke and Duchess of Rox burghe. i..•-. , TO Tuairt,i, tirrabr. ....---e-oftir.,. HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, Aug. 20. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, Prince' Leopo!d, drove in the grounds this morning. DEPARTURE OF lIER MAJESTY FOR SCOTLAND. Yesterday evening, shortly before 10 o'clock, ]►er Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their loyal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, Prince Leopold, I'rince and Princess Christian and Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, left Windsor Castle for Balmoral. The suite in at tendance included Lady Churchill, Lady Susan Mel ville, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Sir T. M. Biddulph, Colonel Gordon, the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, &c. A special train, consisting of an engine and 14 car riages, including the royal and six other double and single saloons, was provided by the directors of the London and North-Western Railway for the con veyance of the Queen to the North. Her Majesty's saloon and the other carriages were richly furnished and equipped, and the whole of the train was fitted with the system of electric communication invented by Mr. Marten, the company's electrician, who was in attendance. The arrangements for the journey were ably carried out by Mr. J. Grierson, the gene ral manager of the Great Western line, and Mr. W. Cawkwell, general manager of the London and North-Western Railway, assisted by Mr. Tyrrell, of the former, and Mr. Charles Mason, of the latter company. Mr. Alfred Higgins, divisional superin tendent of the Great Western Railway, was also present. The Queen and suite on quitting the Castle drove to the Windsor station of the Great Western Railway, where they were received by the various officials and attendants, and conducted to their respective carriages. ' Her Majesty and her Royal Highness Princess Louise occupied the royal saloon, which was the seventh carriage from the engine and in the centre of the train. The double saloon at the rear of this was exclusively for the use of their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and their in fant son with his two nurses. Prince Leopold, with Mr. Duckworth and Colonel Gordon, sat in the next saloon, the adjoining carriage being set apart for Lady Churchill, Lady Susan Melville, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Sir T. M. Biddulph. Behind this was a saloon for the Minister of State and railway direc tors, the Queen's four-gon and breaks bringing up the rear. The care of the special, as far as Bushbury, fell to Mr. J. Grierson, the general manager, and Mr. Tyrrell, of the Great Western line, and over the North-Western to Mr. W. Cawkwell, general manager of the latter railway, and his assistant, Mr. C. Mason, and Mr. Marten, the telegraphic super intendent. At Kelso her Majesty and the Royal family will quit the train and proceed to Floors Castle on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Rox burghe, with whom the Queen will remain as a guest till Friday night. Her Majesty will leave Kelso at half-past 10 o'clock in the evening by the same special train which brought her from Windsor. It will reach Edinburgh, 52 miles from Kelso, at 12.2 G a.m. on Saturday, and will pass through the station at slow speed. The rate of travelling will then be quickened, and the Larbert station of the Caledonian line will be reached at 1.28 a.m. Her Majesty will travel either from Aboyne or Ballater by road to Balmoral, which will be reached early in the day. The Queen is expected to return to Windsor about the close of October. Hereford Muslcal Festival. lIEREFORD, Aug. 20. The Festival opened this morning with great suc cess. The early service in the Cathedral, in the musical part of which most, if not all, the members of the Three Choirs took part, was attended by a very large congregation. The civic authorities were there, in accordance with traditional custom, attired in their robes of office. The first lesson was read by the Rev. Mr. Evans, Canon of the Cathedral, the second by the Hon. George Herbert, Dean of Hereford. Dr. Wesley presided at the organ. Tho musical service comprised chants from the well known Psalter edited by the Rev. Mr. Mercer. The Anthem—from "Chronicles," chap. i., verse 2 9 (" Blessed be Thou, Lord God of Israel")—was 3 long and elaborately constructed composition by the Rev. F. A. G. Ouseley, Mus. Doc. (Precentor to the Cathedral). The sermon was preached by the Dean, who took for text the Epistle to" Titus," chapter i., verse 13—" To the pure all things are pure." The substance of this discourse (which is not invariably the case) related exclusively to the matter in hand. Without preliminary the reverend preacher at once dealt with various objections which, from time to time, have been entertained by zealous and well-meaning per sons against the festivals in general, and the em ployment of the cathedral for the musical perform' antes in particular. To the argument that musical performances in the church are all wrong, he urged that these festivals promote a taste for genuine sacred music, and at the same time assist the ends of charity, while, owing to recent arrangements, they no longer interfere with daily service. To the argil' ment that the use of sacred subjects for the mere purpwe of artistic display was equally to be con demned, he replied that if poets and painters wer e not only allowed but encouraged to illustrate sacred subjects by their art, he could see no reason why musicians should be debarred from the same privilege. He even believed that the presentation of s uch themes through the aid of the " divine art' very frequently proved more persuasive and irre sistible than any other medium of appeal—har e pily instancing, as an example, the " Messiah" 0.1 Handel, and what it had been the means of achiev ing. Against the last important objection, that festivals tend to encourage dancing, feasting, he'' he simply maintained that sin lies in the abuse , not in the use, of such intrinsically innocent diversions. The Dean's peroration was an ear: nest, animated, and eloquent appeal on behalf 01 the fund for the widows and children. The dis course had the recommendation of being both short and to the purpose. After the sermon, and win° the choir sang the Old 100th Psalm, in the congregation heartily joined, a collection made at the doors for the charity. All we can say at present of the first performal lce of sacred music, which began at noon and terrol o nated some time after 3, is that it comprised a overture to Spohr's " Last Judgment," follo wed the same composer's 84th Psalm (Milton's version) 9 solos by Miss Edith Wynne, Madame ra,,,tel Whytock, Messrs. Montem Smith and Weiss ; Pro Sebastian Wesley's fine anthem, " Ascribe unto tv Lord" (solos by Mdlle. Titiens, Miss E. Wryli l3° ' Miss Julia Elton, and Madame Patey Whytock); conducted by the composer ; and last, not le 3s ,; Handers great Biblical oratorio, " Israel in EgYP, t ,' e. entire. In the oratorio the solo singers were Maii'o litiens and Miss E. Wynne (sopranos) , Miss Jai l, Elton and Madame Patey Whytock (c ontraltos)' Messrs. Montem Smith and Sims Reeves 00001: Messrs. Weiss and Santley (basses). Mr. ToAi!, hend Smith conducted, and Mr. Done ( Worceate" presided at the organ. 02 13 t The first miscellaneous concert comes o ff to-n 4 70 in the Shire-hall, and Madame Lind-Groldsc hr*o is to take part in the performiinee of Mendelssoil " Elijah" at the Cathedral to - morrow morning. THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—The Gazette of last Dig, contains . two Orders in Council, dated the 19th inst., r elft a two to the cattle plague. The first rescinds an order d3te, the 29th of January last permitting cattle brought 1-1 A e ., from any place out of the United Kingdom to and lantle%, the Southampton docks, in the port of Southampton, iu t- to town and county of that name, to be removed by railwaY so ld the Islington Cattle Market for the p ur p ose of being the there for immediate slaughter. The second order of r . 19th inst. rescinds an order of the 11th of April last P'4, , witting cattle brought by sea from an y p lace to United Kingdom to and landed in the p ort of 11. to t he the county of Essex, to be rem oved by railway t°lleo Islington Cattle Market for the purpose o f being sold t for imriaccii* §loSlavr. o ut .of