The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-22 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONLON, THUBSOAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1867. MOSES and SON, Ready-made an • Bespoke Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters H osie rs, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and Ge neral Outfitters for all Classes. MOSES and SON respectfully invite an • Inspection of their Stock of Ready-made Clothing, which in magnitude, variety, lowness of price, and general excellence surpasses any that has ever been placed before the public. The Bespoke Clothing or Order Department is furnished with a very large assortment of materials, selected with :articular care from the principal Home and Foreign ,markets. Only First-class Cutters are employed, and therefore the best styles and a perfect fit can be depended upon. and Boot and The Hosiery and Drapery, Hat and Cap, Shoe Departments, are also supplied with a large and varied stock. The Outfitting Department contains every requisite for Sea or Shore, including tin-ware and Cabin Furniture of every description. All articles for Charitable Objects supplied at Wholesale Prices • es timates promptly furnished. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are CLosED every FRIDAY EVENING at sunset till SATURDAY EVENUCG at sunset, when business is resumed until Eleven o'clock. Every article is marked the lowest price in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made. Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. List of prices, with rules for self-measurement, patterns, and fashion-sheet, and "History of London" (second part) gratis and post free. 110 TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS. — E. MOSES and SON have made preparations on a large scale in all departments of their business for Tourists and Excursionists, and respectfully invite an inspection. The following are the London addresses of E. Moses and Son :- IM, MINORIES. 155, MINORIES. 156, MINORIES. 157, MINORIES. 83, ALDGATE. 84, ALDGATE. 85, ALDGATE. 86, ALDGATE. 87, ALDGATE. 88, .ALDGATE. 89, ALDGATE. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 508, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 1, HART-STREET. 2, HART - S TREET. 3, H ART-STREET. 137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD. 138, TO TTENHAM-COURT -ROAD. 283, EUSTON-ROAD. ALSO, 19, BRID GE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADF uence ORD, YORK ntS. mis- SPECIAL NOTICE. -In conseq of freque representations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary t, state that they do not employ any travellers or agents and that their only Establishments are the above-men tioned. People. 11 Will WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. flits DAy. —Morning, 6h. 10m.—Afternoon, Gh. 33m To-Mottßovr.-Monaing, 6h. 56m.—Afternoon, 7h. 28m - Zt - Tgg tl3 Sum LONDON, THURSDAY, A UG. 22, 1867 ~-s-- The prorogation Of Parliainent, which took place yesterday, brings ono to the full conviction that the session is over, that long period of hopes and• fears, of doubts and ditliculoies, of success and . failures,. of plots and counter-plots. For . a time all must 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." This is very decided language, and we are glad to meet with it. The time has certainly come now when the honour of the country and the dignity of the Sovereign of these realms demand that some measures be taken of a decided character. Besides, the hardships and sufferings that these unfortunate captives have endured, and for which justice loudly calls for compensation, we have to bear in mind that they Are not only our fellow countrymen, but that one of them, at any rate, represents the autho rity of this country in that distant place. To go on appearing indifferent to their fate will not be at all calculated to raise our character abroad, or to keep up the prestige which we at present enjoy. No doubt proceeding to extremities may be a costly and dangerous way of settling the matter, but if no other solution presents itself that reason c m justify, this course must be adopted with as good a grace as possible. A " peremptory demand " is the best mode of addressing a man like THEODORE, and it would have been better had this style been tried previously. Either one course or the other should have been pursued ; but the line which was fol lowed by the late Government was a most unwise one. First they treated him with indifference, and forgot the ordinary rules of courtesy ; and next they gave him cause to think that they were frightened of him, or at least did not think it expedient to adopt extreme mea sures. We learn from Aden that Colonel MERE WETHEP. was to leave for Bombay in her Majesty's ship Dalhousie, and to return in a fortnight, which is a significant piece of intelligence, and, taken in conjunction with the impressive passage in the Royal Speech, naturally induces us to expect that decisive steps will be taken. Lord STANLEY, in his last speech in the House of Commons on the subject, desired that the House would leave the matter in the hands of those with whom the responsibility rested, and the public may feel assured on good grounds that the best will be done in this affair. The treasonable conspiracy in Ireland is made mention of, and due acknowledgments are made to the loyalty of the general population which contri buted as much as the admirable manner of the troops and the police to put down the insurgents. ller MAJESTY rejoices that the supremacy of the law was vindicated, withoat the pain ful necessity of sacrificing a single life. Respecting the great work of the Session, her MA JESTY declares that she has " great satisfaction in giving her assent to a Bill for Amending the Re presentation of the People in Parliament, and earnestly trusts that the extensive and liberal mea sures just 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 elective franchise may prove themselves worthy of the confidence which Parliament has reposed in them." The time and labour required in the due considera tion of this important subject have not, however, prevented other matters from being noticed, and we find that, in the epitome of the session which a Royal Speech always Makes, mention is made of some interesting questions concerning the wellbeing of the working classes to which Parliament has directed its efforts. The provisions of the Factory Acts have been extended to various trades, and this is indeed a satisfactory thing to mention as part of the work of a session. The Trade Unions are spoken of, and it is said that the revelations that have taken place before the Commission have disclosed a state of things that will demand the earnest attention of Parliament. this is indeed a task which will await the labours of another session ; but the way has been so far cleared by the discoveries that have been made and the time spent in consideration. the administration of the poor laws requires con stant supervision, and hence a bill has been intro duced for improving the treatment of the sick poor. There is more reason this year than on many prior occ..sions to think that the hope expressed in the last passage of the Royal Speech may be realised, and that the members of both Houses may think on returning to their homes that their time and pains have not been thrown away, but feel the gratifying consciousness that " they have resulted in a series of measures which may contribute to the welfare of the country and the contentment and happiness of the people." The Sesoion of 1867 does not rest its claim to regard ntirely on the measure of Reform which it has passed, for many other useful acts have been passed, although of course not equal in importance and interest to that of the Representation of the We learn by telegraph from Sheffield that a meet ing of the executive of the organised trades was held there last evening, when a resolution was r used denouncing the resolutions recently agreed to by the Sawgrinders' Union, and refusing to have any com munication with that union until it had expressed contrition for past misdeeds and given a guaran tee for their future good conduct. We are glad hat the men of Sheffield have come boldly for xard to disclaim any participation in such atro cities, either directly or indiiectly, and we hope hat the Sawgrinders may be brought to a sense of their conduct by the energetic and united protest of the other trades. The opinion of the class above them and those at a iistance seems to possess no influence ; perhaps the unanimous condemnation of men of their owu standing in their own immediate vicinity may be more effectual. At any rate, it is well that these meetings should have been held by the Sheffield workmen to remove some part at least of the stigma eir town from the achieve which has attached to th ments of BROADHEAD, CROOKES, and their fellows. Meantime the tailors on strike in London are e hoped, may receiving a . lesion which, it is to., teach them a little more moderation. The evil ten- dency of those combinations which attempt to con- xol the action of men without their ranks is perhaps more forcibly shown by the London tailors than by the Sheffield saw-grinders, because the former have not thrown off every restraint of law, morality, and humanity as the latter have done. Nevertheless ;he effects are the same in a lesser degree. When once the principle of interference with a man's 'ree will in the government of Lis own right and reasonable actions is admitted, we shall invariably be led on step by step until we arrive at unmitigated despotism ; and thus, though blowing up and shooting down is less popular as yet in Lon don i than in Sheffield, the system of " picketing . ' is unhesitatingly adopted, and every lesser means of intimidation and annoyance employed which can frighten and harrass men and women away from their work. The system of picketing as described by the police would be contemptible if it were not so mischievous. It is wonderful what time these men are willing to spend not in honest work to get their living, but in endeavouring to prevent other men from getting theirs. From the 22d of April, when it began, the picketing, says one of the master tailors in his evidence, has never ceased ; and he adds that he has seen from one to sixty persons opposite his shop at a time. One of the extra police employed said that while on duty he had never seen any one leave a master tailor's shop with a bundle who was not followed. Mr. Baron BRAMWELL, in his summing up, told the jury that picketing was not illegal if it was done without any molestation or threatening, but it is quite evident that such was not the case here, since many of the men em ployed were afraid to go borne alone, and the women were often much terrified, though no actual injury seems to have been done. Even if the picketing were strictly confined to following in crowds, and using bad language, it is certainly an unwarrantable thing for a man to be so annoyed because he chooses to work at a particular shop. The talk about the rights of labour, like a good deal of other talk, ends by defeating its own object. After all the abuse of masters, and the discussion about the relations between capital and labour, the chief difficulty seems to be with the men themselves The contest is between workmen and workmen more than between employers and employed. No master dare treat his men as BROADHEAD and the other heads of the unions treat their recusant subscribers. If a man leaves his employers it is an unheard-of thing for the employer to follow him from town to town, and hinder his getting other employment. It would be something new for an employer to discharge his hands because they had not paid up their subscriptions. The men have a thousand opportunities of tyrannising over their fellows, which in these days are happily unattain able by masters, and while judges and lawyers all sanction the principle of trade combinations, the great difficulty is to make the men stop short at the right time. Combination in these days of rapid communication and easy transit loses much of its force, qince new hands can be imported to supply the vacancies caused by a strike. The men con sequently resort to the expedient of threatening and intimidating the new comers, and thus keeping off all rivals. But the worst part of the Union re gulatits is the severity with which the adoption of their rules is enforced on ordinary workmen in quiet times. There can be no question that under their influence English industry has lost much of its vantage ground, and the quality of our handi crafts is inferior t 3 those of many foreign nations. We must hope that the events of this year, painfu and startling though they mly have been, may ye do pod service in convincing men of their errors. CORRESPOI\DENCE FROM PARIS, (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening The news to-day from Spain is important, and entirely confirms the information I gave yesterday, that the present movement is an organised plan to overturn not only the Government, but the dynasty. General Prim has issued proclamations, in which he openly avows his intention, and says the oppressions and miseries of the people can only removed e t b i y o n the a t d h o e p t ot:idespotism of an o t o h f er t h system v earnnd btheeredme itie Ministry dffi eI, n t te t o r c h e pa have s e t a h e e e a c r o a r t e mr e e s n p o t n d e T n h c e e , S so pa t n h i a s t h information from Spain ; but the Gironde, a Bordeaux paper, which has peculiar sources, gives w na in ov g e i na n e te n r t es o t f in t g he de l t s a t i h ls August had been the following l h l o e long in preparation. We knew on the 14th that the revolution was about to take place, and we k s u p e a w niar t d h a at had fo g r ai s n e e v d eral day the frontiers, previously le tiere,readyto exiled a movement at anow given signal. We know General Prim, who was said t o b e in that London, do n entered Aragon on the 16th with an armed troop j of ae l e s a o , a me g n a , rri w so it n h 6d th e e ity a . ssu o ra n n r ce fir o s f t su in p f p o o r r n t la f t r io o n m , n u fl e rm ti e la d t b th y e t p h l e an ac o c f ou t n h t e s i t n li s i n s rg m en or te ni w ng as , re t o v e takea l e d confirmed possession of the telegraph for two or three days, so that no news should transpire. Under these circumstances, the favourable accounts • given by the Government will have no sort of value." From other accounts, it appears that which had been concentrated on the Eastern Pyrenees, are under the command of General Contreras. It is stated, on good authority, that a large portion of the Spanish army are inclined to support the present important movement. The number of visitors at the Exhibition On Monday was enormous. Such was the ardour of the thirsty souls that at one establishment where real German beer is sold the cellar was emptied, and is was difficult to allay the excitement of the visitors when they became acquainted with the fact. Thirty hectolitres.of beer had been drunk before 1 o'clock. You have no more beer, then," said a thirsty cus tomer to the waiter. " Oh, yes," replied the waiter "' we have leuty, but it is at Strasbourg. W e have telegraphed for it, and it will soon arrive by the express train. 'Wait a little longer." A lady of high rank, the Countess Dunin-Won sowierz, has just died in Paris, who had nearly at tained her 100th year. She was the granddaughter of Stanislas Auguste, the last King of Poland, and niece and sole heiress of the celebrated Prince Poniatowski. The countess was much attached tc literature, and in former days her soirees were at tended by persons eminent for intellectual acquire. ments. She was first married to Count Potocki, and, after a few years of widowhood, she married Count Wonsowierz, formerly aide-de-camp to Napo leon the First, by whom she leaves a son, Count Maurice Potocki. The two children by her first marriage are dead. It is said that the Countess has written some very interesting memoirs, which will be published. An old soldier of the Empire, named Armand Bertrand, has just died at Libourne, iu the Depart ment of the Gironde, in his eighty-second year lie was at the battle of Leirsic. In 1814 Le erossee the river Eisler at the same time as the unfortunate Prince Poniatowski. Bertrand held out his hand to save the Prince, but the current was too rapid, and the Prince was drowned. Many French sol diers perished in their rapid flight across the river. A letter from Florence, dated Aug. 17, says that the cholera is at Leghorn, which is so near to the • former city that a general panic has been created. Leghorn is the Dieppe of Italy, where bathers go it large numbers during the season. The epidemic was serious at Albano, but it no longer exists there. At Rome the average number of deaths is 20 a-day. At Palermo the average number a day is from 200 to 300. There aro some cases at Naples. The cholera spreads in Sicily. . Another frightful suicide has been committed from the column on the Place Vendome, by a gen tlemanly dressed man, who precipitated himself from the top of the column on Monday evening, to the horror of the passers by. The body rolled over twice in its fall, and struck against the iron railing which surrounds the base of the column. The head was fractured, and there was a mass of blood and a portion of the brains on the ground. His limbs were much injured. Death was instantaneous. The body was taken to the Morgue, but has not yet been identified. Many suicides have taken place from this column. At one time they were very frequent, and extra precautions were adopted to prevent them, but the individual in question con trived to evade the vigilante of the keepers. During the stay of the Emperor and Empress at Augsburg, their Majesties visited the house in the Rue de la Croix, which was once inhabited by Queen Hortense, the Emperor's mother. The cures alleged to be effected by Dr. Jacob, the Zouave, whom I mentioned the other day, are so marvellous that one would hesitate to believe the accounts if they were not given by credible wit __ ncsses. Count Chateau Villard has sent an account to the Paine of a visit Le made to the doctor, who resides at No. 80, Rue de la Roquette. The Count says he went with his wife, who wept at seeing so many unfortunates. The letter proceeds thus : "We saw there a lady who bad brought her • • daughter. The daughter was carried in, but when she came out she was able to walk home with her mother. I saw a man, whose neck was twisted and who could not walk a step, but after the consulta tion he leapt about with joy amidst the crowd of patients in the court-yard. We were introduced into the room, which may be called the room of miracles. I saw persons carried in suffering and paralysed, and so ill that it was necessary to sup port them on their thairs; When the room was quite full the Zouave entered and said, Don't let any person speak while I interrogate him, or I shall go away.' Perfect silence prevailed. He went round to each patient told him or her the nature of the disease, and, without touching them, he said to the paralytics Get up.' The paralytics did so. I was among the number, and I got up without effort, although I could scarcely move before. At the end of twenty minutes he told us all to retire, which we did in silence. My wife, more polite than I, wished to thank him, but he imposed silence, and only said, Other suffering persons are waiting for me. You. are cured ; let that be sufficient for you. Go.' All the patients in waiting surrounded me, and affectionately asked how I was. I was a ble to walk to my carriage, which was at some distance , although I could not walk to the doctor witho ut being led, and the pavement is so bad that a young man of twenty may easily sprain his ankle. (The count is quite truthful here, at all events. The Rue de la Roquette is a most miserable street, and the locality is replete with lugubrious recollections. The executions take place there.) Since the visit my wife has been perfectly well." The Faculty affect to treat the Zouave doctor with contempt, but the accounts of his cures are begin ning to create an extraordinary sensation in Paris, Some more very interesting articles have arrived at the Exhibition within the last few days, of which I shall have occasion to speak. One is told that there are seven wonders in the world, but the Ex hibition possesses an eighth wonder. When you enter by the Pont de Yena, and turn to the left, you always see a crowd of admirers, no matter what is the hour. They are looking at the extra ordinary mechanism of the great clock constructed by M. Detouche, of the famed establishment in the Rue St. Martin. The mechanism may be seen through the glass case, but the great dial is outside at a distance of no less than 55 metres from the works of the clock. The mode by which the communi cation is effected is a triumph of art and skill. So skilfully contrived are the details that a compensation principle is introduced, which coun teracts the effect of heat and cold upon the metal, so that the time is marked with great accuracy. Although M. Detouche has made some very costly clocks and watches, he has very cheap and. excel ent, watches fur the million: It is impossible to buy a good watch so cheap anywhere else in Paris. M. Detouche has some splendid small locks of peculiar construction in the clock depart ment in Gallery No. 3. The storm yesterday made it cooler and more pleasant to-day. The Exhibition has been again much crowded. More English seem to come every day. The English language to-day at all events was more heard than the French. Death of the Duke of Northumberland We have to announce the death of the Duke o Northumberland, which oecurred between 11 and 12 o'clock yesterday morning at Alnwick Castle, his ancestral seat in Northumberland. The deceased nobleman, who had only recently arrived at the ancient seat of the Percy; was taken suddenly ill in the early part of last week. The nature of the attack fully satisfied his medical attendants that the venerable peer was at last succumbing from extreme age. In consequence the whole of his family were summoned to Alnwick Castle, and were present at his death. The late Right Hon. George Percy, fifth Duke and Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Beverley, county York, Earl a nd Baron P ercy , Ba ron Luc y , ‘ Bar rwo o k n rt, and Poynings,Fitz-Payne, Bryan, Latimer, NraLovaine of Alnwick, Northumber land, iu the Peerage of Great Britain, and a baronet was the eldest son of Algernon, first Earl of Beverley, second son of Hugh, first Duke of Northumberland by his wife Isabella Susannah; 'mond daughter of Mr. Peter Burrell, and sister of Peter, first Lord Dwydyr. The late Duke was born on the 221 of June 1778, and married, on the 22c1 of June, 1801, Louisa Harcourt, third daughter of the Hon. James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie , second son of John, third Earl of Bute, and sister of James, first Baron Wharncliffe, by whom, who died on the 30th of January, 1818, he leaves surviving issue Lady Louisa, born Sept. 26, 1802; Algernon George Earl Percy (now Duke of N ort h um berland), born May 2, 18 10 , and who married May 26, 1845, Louisa, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Henry Drummond, of Albury-park, Surrey; Lord Josceline William, born July 17, 1811, and married August 8, 1848, Margaret, only daughter of Sir David Davidson, and widow of the hight Hon. Sir Robert ;rant ; Lady Margaret, born May 16, 1813, anci narried September - 23, 1841, Lord Hatherton ; and \lAjor General the Hon. Henry Hugh Manvers, born August 22, 1817. The deceased Duke succeeded his father as Earl of Beverley in October, 1830, and succeeded to the dukedomof Northumbe rland on .he death of hi s cous i n , Algernon Pe rc y , fourth Duke, Febru ar y 12, 1865. The Duke as far back as 1804 was appointed a Lord of the treasury, and in 1807 was appointed a Commissioner for Indian Affairs. In 1842 he was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, which office he held up to the dissolution of Sir Robert Peel's Government in 1816, and, consequent on his appointtnent, was nade a Privy Councillor. His Grace was Con stable of Launceston Castle. Previously to his accession to the Earldom of Beverley he sat in the House of Commons for the borough of Beeralston, one of the boroughs disfranchised by the Reform Bill of 1832. The deceased is succeeded in the dukedom and family honours by his eldest son, Algernon George Earl Percy, above mentioned. The present Duke was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and represented the Northern Division of Northumber iand•(as Lord Lovaine) from July, 1852, till July, 1865. He was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty in Mara, 1853, and subsequently, from February no June, 1859, was Vice-President of the Board of rrade, on receiving w hich appointm ent he was made a Privy Councillor. H e had formerly been in the Grenadier Guards. His Grace is a Deputy- Lieutenant of Northumberland, and was in 1862 appointed Lieutenant-Golonel of the Northumber land Militia. THE SHEFFIELD TRADES' UNIONS.—SHEFFIELD, Wednesday.—A meeting of the Executive of the Orga nised Trades was held horn to-night, when a resolution was passed denouncing the resolutions recently agreed to by the , Sawgrinders' Union, and refusing to have any communion with that Union till it bad exp,resrd contri tion for past misdeeds,. and givsn a guarantee for their future good conduct. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE IMPERIAL MEETING. SALZBURG, Aug. 22. It is stated .that the Emperor and Empress of Austria have promised the Emperor Napoleon to pay a visit to Paris at the beginning of October next, and that they will there meet Queen Victoria, who, it is arranged, will visit the French capital at the same time. It is believed that one of the chief objects of the understanding which have been come to between the two Emperors is to prevent South Germany from joining the North German Confe deration, their Majesties considering the formation of a South German Bund, under the leadership of Austria, as the only admissible scheme of confedera- tion for the South. The views of the two sove reigns relative to the Eastern question are said to entirely coincide. BELGIUM. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. BRUSSELS, Aug. 22. The Moniteur Beige of this morning publishes a convention, concluded between Belgium and Switzerland on the 25th April last, for the pro tection of international copyright. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 22. The National Steamship Company's steamer England, from New York, arrived here at three o'clock this morning. After landing passengers she proceeded for Liverpool. All well. FALMOUTH, Aug. 22. The New York and Havre Company's steamship Guiding Star arrived here from Havre at 10.30 a.m. to-day. She embarked 72 passengers and proceeded for New York at 11 a.m. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 22. The Union Company's steamer Norseman, from the Cape of Good Hope, has arrived here. Her dates are—Cape, July 20 ; St. Helena, 29 ; and Ascension, Aug. 2. She brings 89 passengers, two packages of specie, and a full cargo. Among her passengers are L. Cotterill, Bishop of Grahamstown ; L. Twells, Bishop of Orange Tree State ; the Rev. F. St. Leger, Lieut.-Col. Hawes, from the Cape; and Lieut.-Colonel Freeth, from Galle. _ _ The mails were forwarded by this morning's mail train, and the Norseman then proceeded for Southampton. At the Cape preparations for the reception of the Duke of Edinburgh were being continued. It was expected that the display that would be made would exceed the one that was made on his first visit to the Cape. The arrival of the news in the colony that the diamond sent home in April was a real gem had occasioned a considerable number of diamond- seekers, including some certificated lapidaries from Amsterdam, to go prospecting the diamonds in the direction of the Orange River. More diamonds have been found, including one valued at £l,OOO. The Pk:rliamentary session was approaching its close. The Government Native Passes Bill had been carried in a modified form by the Assembly. By it the natives beyond the border are declared to be too numerous, as well as too barbarous, to be allowed indiscriminate admission into the colony, or to wander over it. Only those to whom passes shall have been issued by competent authori ties resident beyond the frontier are, therefore, to be allowed to enter the colony, either for employ ment or any other purpose. The Kaffirs in native localities within British Kafiraria, and the Tam bookies in Queenstown, are to be considered " native foreigners," and subjected to the act. A Kaffir or Tambookie within those districts, however, who may be a proprietor of land or possess immovable pro perty to the value of £2O sterling, or who by industry and good conduct during his residence in the colony of seven years merits the privilege, will be provided with a certificate of citizenship that will give him perfect immunity from the pass system. Mr. Moltens's Cattle Theft Repression Amend ment Act had also been passed, but was much altered. It provides that all stock stealing cases shall be disposed of by magistrates, but that no sentence of flogging can be inflicted unless ap proved by a judge of the Supreme Court. The movement for retrencLment in the finances had almost died out, and nearly all the reduc tions resolved upon last year had been reversed. The return of prosperity to the colony, however, and the consequent increase of receipts in almost every department, had provided for this, and had partly equalised receipts and expenditure. There had been a heavy north-east gale on the coast ; no wreck was reported, but several vessels had been damaged. Bishop Twells, immediately before his return to England by the prevent steamer, had been armed with authority from the Bishop of Cape Town as metropolitan to officiate and have jurisdiction in Natal. Dr. Twells had again visited that diocese, and much ill-feeling had again been exhibited between his friends and those of Dr. Colenso. CENTRAL ASIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 22 Letters received here from Orenburg announce that fresh disturbances have broken out on the Russo-Bokharian frontiers. COVENT -GARDEN CONCERTS. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. EVERY EVENING at 8. Under the sole Direction of Mr. J. RUSSELiL. R. Madlle. Sarolta, Mad lle. Eraclio, M. .M. Wehl, Mr. Levy, Mr. Reynolds. The Courtois Union, and Band of 100 performers. Conductor, Signor Bottesini. Conductor of the Dancellu,ic, Herr Johann Strauss, from Vienna. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), a MENDELSSOHN NIGHT. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Promenade, ls. Doors open at half-past Seven. THE AT R E ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Foie Lessee and Manapi.r. Mr. Buckstgne. THIS EVENING. AN UNEUM. MATCH. MesPrs. Backstone, Ch ppendalc, 1 oircrs. Comptmi, Kendal, ltrani, C ark, Weatriersby. &c. ; 'Me•eames S, dgw ck, Bu•kingham White, z Laws, Coleman. Wr which, TO PABI3 AND BACK 103 FIVE POUNDS Mr. Buckstone. - To ccncludc with PE TEmenc S M Commence at seven. E A 'FRE ROYAL ADELVIII. Sole Proprietor and Manatler Mr. B. Webster. I HIS EVENING, THE PARONET ABROAD. Miss Roden. After which, at S. Al UCH ADO ABOUT NOTIIP7G. Messrs. Nevin., Billington, Stuart, Ashley, Phillips, C. J. Smth, J. Llarke, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, HOMer ; Mi i s es Kate Terri, E. Pitt Hughes. and A. Seaman. To conclude with A SLICE OF LUCK. Mogan; J. Clarke, J. G. Taylor, C. D. Stephenson, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman and Miss E. Pitt. 'ROYAL- OLYMPIC t.THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. W e bster ; M a nager, Mr. H. SN igan. TU-N moNTtts AGO. Mr. Clayton, fir, 1.1 J. Monta7u2, 31Iss Palmer. A , ter which, T E GRASSHOPPER. Messrs.H.Wian, D. Murray, and Clayton ; Mesdames Ada a nd Emma Webb. and Sheridan. To conclude with BETTY M ARTIN. Mr. G. Vincent and Miss E. Farren. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEAS ON. R OYAL PRICESS'S THEATRE. Sole Less N ee. Mr. Vinine. Under the Xsnazement of Mr. Hermann Vezin. Tins EVENING at 7 (for the Benefit of Mr. Hermann Vezin . , the performance will commence with THE MAN 0' A HMI E. Junes ilarOell, Mr. Hermann Vezin; Messrs. E. t'rice, 11. Forrester, Gresham. Alacivan, G. Ellerton ; Misses E. Stuart and Nelly Moore. To conclude with MASKS AND FACES. Peg Wuffing ton, Mrs. Hermann Vezin. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS. HIGH HOLBORN. OPEN EVERY EVENING.—BRILLIANT AND UNABATED SUCCESS. THIS EVENING. ana' her Change of Programme. En g—gement of La Petite Taglioni, the JuveheEnilec ri Wonder o f Abott the World. The "Vanishing Clown,'' by tcentc, rece vcd nightly with shouis of laughter and rounds of ap plause. The Mothers Daniels, Musical Clowns ; M. Airec's Trapeze Act; the ‘v onderful Fire Horse " Zamor." &c.; touether with SCENES IN THE ARENA. by the Matchless Troupe of Equestrians. Commence at Eight. 1% VGNIFIC ENT HORSES. UNEQUALLED RIDERS. -____ "riptiE Feats are of the M ost Varied Kind, and 1 every one of them is executed to perfection."—Times, May 27, 1567. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE at the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE and CIRCUS. High Holborn. every SATURDAY at 2.30. Carriages may be ordered fo: a Quarter to Five. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught terrace, Ed4ware-road, d'livers the LATE EDITION of " TILE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. de is able to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the Country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 9 o'clock. Orders by Post punctually attended to. WHO'S GRANGER? LICENSED VICTUALLERS' TOBACCONIST. SaEr- BERD'S-lIIJSR. 'The SPORTING EDITION of "TUE SUN" can be seen at GRANGER'S Establishment, as above, every evening by fo'c'ock. 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Shepher d' s Bush, now of the White Hart, Acton, middlesex. be2:s to inform his friends and neighbours that the L AT k:SI Eim rlos of " TILE SUN" can be seen at his hose to above. ----_—_____- - remain as it is, .and the plodding statesman and the worn-out Minister may enjoy a season of comparative repose. The interest of the ceremony of yesterday was, of course, very different to what it would have been had her MAJESTY appeared. 'The Royal assent having been given to some bills, the Lord Chancellor proceeded to read the Queen's Speech which was above the average in point of interest and importance. It began by stating that the members of both Houses were released from the labours of a long and more than " usually event ful" Session, which was strictly true in every sense of the word, and more especially as related to the House of Commons, which has indeed been most assiduous in its efforts. Allusion is made to the friendly relations with foreign Powers, and to the doubt which arose at one time respecting the state of feeling between France and Prussia, and the happy results which followed from the in tervention of the English Government, and those of the other neutral states. The most important paragraph in the Speech is that which relates to Abyssinia, wherein it is said that the commun;_ca tions to the King of ABYSSINIA have hitherto most unfortunately proved to be ineffectual to obtain the release of the British subjects whom he detains in his dominions. " I have found The Paris Exhibition. PARIS, Aug. 22. An episode of almost dramatic interest just re ported from the French Exhibition will recall to the public mind a controversy, of great practical im portance two years ago. Last week an American, Mr. Silas C. Herring, challenged any exhibitor to match an iron safe of his manufacture for strength of resistance either to fire or to violence. The chal lenge was accepted by an Englishman, Mr. Chat wood, of Bolton, and the trial came off with results to be presently explained. It will be necessary, however, to premise a few words of general infor mation on the nature of the question before us. The first idea of security is expressed in a lock, and the first object of safemakers was the con struction of locks which could not be picked. Two Englishmen, Bramah and Chub, successively invented locks which, differing totally in principle, were equally iu advance of any former productions, and were regarded as practically proof against thieves. But it soon appeared that this security, though it is still indispensable, was far from being sufficient. It is quite necessary in the construction of a s rong box to provide it with a lock that cannot be picked; otherwise, as is evident, all the other securities of the repository would be of no avail. But this much can now be done so easily and with such practical success that the consideration hardly enters into the broad question of impregnable safes. In point of fact no thief now attempts to get at the in terior of a strong box by picking the lock. He might succeed sooner or later no doubt, but the result would be precarious and the process too long. He leaves the lock alone, therefore, and directs his attack upon other points, and by other means. A safe with no security but its lock would be like Rob Roy's seal skin purse, protected at the clasp by complicated fastenings and a concealed pistol, but liable to be slit open in a minute by a common penknife. If the material of the strongbox is not proof against vio lence, the strength of the lock is useless altogether. There are two ways in which this attack by violence may be conducted. Usually, but not always, the front face only of a safe is exposed to the assaults of a burglar, the rest of the box being built into the wall, or otherwise protected. It happens, however, that this method of placing a safe is not the best against fire. The chances on this score are most favourable when the safe stands detached, so that it can tumble down in the general ruin, instead of remaining supported in a mass of incandescent masonry. Often, there fore, the safe is accessible to attack on all sides; but the front—that is to say, the door—is for ob vious reasons the face first selected by the burglar. This face exposes the hinges, the chink, all imper ceptible as it may seem, between the edge of the door and the sides of the safe, the keyhole, and the bolts. By a breach in the front the bolts may be reached, or by a strain upon the bolts the door itself may be forced open. At one time gunpowder was in use against the lock, but this chance has now been stopped by the construction of the keyhole. Then a drill was used, by which the material of the door was gradually perforated, and the bolts ulti mately reached. The most successful method, how ever, was that of main force skilfully applied, and this was the method practised in the famous rob bery in Cornhill some two years ago. A very thin steel wedge was inserted between the door and the side just by the lock, and this was driven in till the side bulged to the width of the chisel. Then a second chisel a shade thicker was driven in above that, and then a third, and so on, until at last the opening was wide enough to receive the point of a crowbar. Under these circumstances a crowbar of three feet long would act with such enormous power of lever age as no safe could resist. Obviously, therefore, it became necessary to make this bulging impossible, either by strengthening the side or preventing the insertion of the wedge. We can now get to the great trial at Paris. According to the terms of the contest, three Ger mans were selected by Mr. Herring to attack Mr. Chatwood's safe, and three Lancashire men by Mr. Chatwood to attack Mr. Herring's. The Germans went to work at the front of the safe b: fore them, spent a few minutes upon the lock, but soon gave up that point. Then, armed with instruments of exceeding power, they attacked the front, but, though their operations were conducted with ad vantages hardly to be expected by genuine bur glars, they failed absolutely in making any itn pression on the English work. Mr. Chatwood had effectually stopped the chance of wedging by making the edge of his door curvilinear instead of angular, and he had built up the door itself with hard and soft metal in such combination and arrangement that even the formidable drill em ployed by the assailants was of no use. In short, had the English safe been set in stonework with its front only exposed, it would certainly have won the vise, even if it had not defied at tack altogether. But the Germans, when an hour had been consumed to no purpose in the front attack, faced about and took the safe in flank. Its sides were constructed of thick plates of metal bolted together like the armour of an Ameri can ironclad. The Germans contrived to get a chisel in between the first plate and the second, and then, by heavy blows of the hammer, stripped this first plate off. The second plate offered less resistance ; the third less still, till at last the innermost plate was reached and split open without much difficulty. The whole affair lasted 3 hours and 55 minutes. The story of the American safe may be more briefly told. It consisted of a burglar-proof box within a fire-proof box, thus uniting the advantages of a double door and of a front withdrawn to some extent from attack. It was not easy to get at the inner box, and, so far, the American plan was superior. But this safe must soon have yielded to good wedges, for it was not secured like Mr. Chat wood's against this kind of force. In the end it did yield even to the inferior implements of the Englishmen, but it held out for four hours and fifteen minutes, giving the Americans a clear victory in point of time. To apply these results let us now remark that the theory of safe-making is precisely the theory of fortification. No military engineer expects a fort to be impregnable, but every good fort will offer a certain resistance, and that fort is the best which offers the most. The use of a fort, like that of a safe, is to delay an enemy and gain time. Against sufficient means of attack with unlimited time no fort can hold out, but means of attack may not be always sufficient, and time is very rarely un limited. In the example before us it is not likely that even skilful burglars, with tools of ordinary power, could have opened either the English or the American safe in a single night.—ln other words, the property enclosed would have been secure for twelve hours, which would be a good deal to have gained. Perhaps with longer time the attack might be successful, and it will be remembered that for certain great robberies the thieves selected a Satur day night in order to get the advantage of an empty shop for 36 hours, instead of twelve. Mr. Chatwood, it seems, had actually timed his safe, as we may say, to last 36 hours, perhaps on this very calculation, and though it was forced in a tenth part of the time, yet it is not presumable that real thieves could have gone to work as advantageously as the champion operators. On the whole, it should be remembered that the question is essentially one of time and degree. Au ordinary safe is better than none, for it will require at any rate certain ap pliances and skill to force it, and these are not always forthcoming. A better safe will be so much stronger, and a safe of the very best kind will defy all except the very first experts. There are no such things as " strong boxes" absolutely impregnable, but on certain conditions, and, as must not be for -gotten, for a certain expense, property can be pro tected by these means against all but improbable combinations of violence and skill.-2 inies. CHRISTIANS IN TURKEY. —At a meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, held at Maid stone on Tuesday, his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury said :—" You all know the Sultan has been here lately, the enemy, or supposed enemy, of Christianity. I was informed by the Prince of Wales a few days ago, that in answer to an entreaty to him to protect his Christian subjects, the Sultan's answer was and a most remarkable one—' I will not only protect my Christian subjects, but I will protect Christianity.' I think that a most romarltablo answer." tinnbr. The Queen's Visit to the Borders. KELSO, Wednesday Morning. The little Border town of Kelso, next to Dunkeld, perhaps the prettiest little town in Scotland, was this morning in a condition of unprecedented stir and excitement, in anticipation of the first visit of the Queen to this part of her dominions. Fond as her Majesty is understood to be of Highland scenery, with its pictorial attractions and mountain air, it is a ingular fact that she should have left the land of Scott still unvisited. The hill country of the Border, often called by way of distinction the Southern Highlands, is not less attractive in its character chau even the region beyond the passes of the Grampians, while it is infinitely richer in his torical remains, and in tradition, poetry, and ro mance. Nor, perhaps, has the Queen anywhere a more loyal population than on the Scottish side of the Border, where the more fervid points of Low land-Scottish character are perhaps most strongly developed. In the Border district the past meets the present in a more distinct manner than perhaps anywhere else. The abbeys and monasteries are in ruins, giving them an air of even higher antiquity than they possess; and the Peel Towers and Forta lices are even more crumbled and dilapidated ; but at every point we come across remains of the older life, when war, not industry, was the occupation of stal wart men, and the Church, and not the arm of civil law, was the defence of the weak and peaceable. In Kelso we are in the very midst of such relics of an tiquity. As we approach it, there is to be seen dimly on the left the grey ruins of Roxburgh Castle, situated on the March mound, and almost sur rounded by a copse of trees. In this castle itself we have nearly the whole history of the contest between the Anglo-Normans and the Scots, and with it are connected the very oldest traditions of the district. Entering the town, we encounter on the right the venerable abbey, a monument of kingly piety, founded by that " sair sanct for the croon" King David 1., the founder likewise of Melrose, Jedburgh, and other Border fames. A relic of the older reli gion, and associated with traditions and observances now no longer regarded, it is still the pride of the Eastern Border, and in particular of the community to whom its stately walls seem to offer benediction and protection. The thriving folks of Kelso, brought face to face with this superb ruin, find in it a point of contact with forms of faith and life which they profoundly reverence though they have ceased to follow them. In point of natural attrac tions there are, in this vicinity, pictures of hill and flood of almost unequalled beauty. The junction of the Tweed and Teviot, just above Kelso-bridgei is one of the finest " meetings of the waters" which the scenery of these islands affords. Floors Castle, the magnificent seat of the Duke of Rox burghe, and which becomes for the moment the abode of royalty, occupies one of the finest positions which any mansion in the kingdom, ducal or baronial, possesses. The view from the windows of the south front is truly magnificent. Immediately before the spectator the Tweed is seen winding past and broadening with its confluence with the Teviot ; the ruins of Roxburgh Castle are just opposite, and to the left the eye catches the solemn abbey and the town of Kelso, while the dis tant Cheviots with their rugged outline complete the picture. At this threshold of Scotland her Majesty will receive a most hearty welcome. At every road crowds are pouring into the town, and trains are bringing contributions of a thousand at a time from Newcastle, Carlisle, and Hawick, from Berwick, and from Edinburgh. Many of the visitors have come from even greater distances, for a Royal visit to Scotland, except in complete privacy, has not been made for five years. The whole 5,000 of the papalatioa of Kelso are out to meet their Royal visitors, and their multitudes of friends corn ing in to help in their rejoicings. The highly respectable character of the crowds is particularly to be noticed ; not a ragged or dirty garment is to be seen, and on every face there is an ex pression of pleasure. The Volunteers of Kelso, ilawick, Jed burgh, Melrose, Selkirk, and Galashiels mustered early in Sheddew Park, and have gone up the town to line the route from the railway station to the bridge, while within the town the way is lined by Freemasons, Foresters, Odd Fellows , &c. Triumphal arches, richly decorated, mark the beginning and end of the town route, which, by the bye, is the direct way to Floors ; and through the streets and in the square every house has a decoration of some sort, to be adapted in most cases to the night illumination. Never in the his tory of the town have such efforts been made 0 0 any occasion to testify the public joy. At the square a platform has been erected for presentation , by the chief magistrate, of an address which will in due form express the loyal gratification with which the magistrates and inhabitants of Kelso regexd her gracious Majesty's visit. This will be the onlY formality to retard the Queen's passing through the town and reaching Floors Castle for a rest after her night journey. The weather this morning is all that could be desired. Yesterday it was very unpromising, and there were frequent and heavy rains. To-day the sky has still a few watery clouds, but there is a light breeze, which it may be hoped will carry off the vapours. The view from Kelso bridge is clear and splendid, and the rivers, in consequence of the rdin, are in full stream. The Queen's arrival is expected while this parcel is despatched; and it must be left to the electric telegraph to convey the tiding of her actual recep tion. An escort of the 14th Hussars from Piershill is in waiting at the station, along with the 00' riages for the Royal party. In addition to her 1\la" jesty's host and hostess, the Duke and Duchess of ltoxburghe, the Duke of Buccleuch, who is Lor d Lieutenant of Roxburghshire, is in attendance, along with the officials of the county and other gentlemen . A gun is to be fired to intimate to the people of the town her Majesty's arrival at the station, and Ca reaching Floors Castle the Royal standard will 1 3 1 0 misted and a Royal salute fired from the ruins of Roxburgh Castle. EDINBURGH, Aug. 21. The Queen reached Kelso station at 11.20 tbo morning, the train being 1 hour 40 minutes later than was expected, owing principally to a detentio n at Carlisle for re-arraugement of the train. The weather was splendid, and the Queen's receptio n was most enthusiastic. Her Majesty looked e% , ' tremely well, and a•tpeared highly delighted, especially with the cordial warmth with whie ll she was greeted. Before reaching the Abbey aboa t 50 young ladies and girls presented theniselve s scattering flowers on her Majesty's path. The sailv scene occurred again in the public square, where tiv address was presented, and a little child was lift& up to present a bouquet. Her Majesty show° lively gratification with her recep tion. The nitil titude was most orderly, and, as the carriages wet open and proceeding slowly, every one saw tI 3 Royal party to great advantage. The Queen reaell e Floors before 12 o'clock, and after luncheon visite the shiell, a fishing lodge on the estate, and t l gardens of Floors. In the evening there Wa s general illumination of the town, and a grand 110 iug of the beacons. D EPAR TURE OF THE KING OF TIIE G REEO ' D O VER, Wednesday.—llis Majesty the Kiag of the liellef having brought his brief v isit to this country to 5 e l° embarked this morning in the+ London, Chatham, Dover Company's packet Maid of Kent, Captain Pitt° which had been lying in readiness for his Majestys since Monday, the day upon which, according to King's original intention, he was to have returned. King did not alight on the stoppage of the train at 1 3 ° 1 but proceeded at once to the Admiralty P i er , from 1.711 , he embarked on board the Mid of Kent, which tool; departure for Ostend about 10 o'clock. DEATH OF THE CORONER FOR LIVERPOOL: News was received in Liverpool yesterday of the de g the coroner for the borough — M r. P. P. Curry. Th e ceased gentleman had suffere d from ill-health for iv years, and had not been ab le to p reside in his our: c many months past. Mr. Clarke Aspinall or Mr.. Anderson, two legal gen tlemen of good position town, will in all probability be Mr. Curry's sucCeOgr. FRANCE. The woman Frigard, who was recently sentenced to penal servitude for life for the murder of Madame Mertens, at Fontainebleau, has now confessed the murder, declaring it to have been accomplished by means of prussic acid. BOURSE, Aug. 21, Two o'clock.—An improve ment has taken place in the market, and stocks and shares are generally quoted at slightly higher rates. Threes have gained 15c., at 69f. 75c. ; Italian Fives 10e., at 49f. 25c.; Credit Mobilier shares lf. 25c., at 325 f. ; and Sianish Mobilier 3f. 75c., at 206 f. Inimobiliere and Suez shares have hardly varied. A fractional advance has taken place on several railway shares. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : ti per Cents lOO 50 Bank Share. 3320 Do. end month — Italian Loan 49 25 3 per Cents. 69 80 Do. end month 49 15 Do. end month 69 74 Mexican Loan l2 Credit Mobilier ... 326 20 Do. Bonds ll3 75 Do. end month ... 325 Spanish Threes , 3 i 50 Credit Foncier 1385 Home Debt — Do. end mouth 1365 l Deferred B.AIL'W ta s. For Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean B9l 25 Southern 552 50 Western — Eastern Sardinian— Austrian Lombard 385 North of Spain ............ 7O Saragossa - Roman .: 6l 25 MILITARY PARTY AT FARNHAM CASTLE.—•ThO Bishop of Winchester entertained the staff of the Alder shot division on Monday evening, at his residence, Farnham Castle. There were upwards of 40 of the staff present, ,o.►