The Sun. — London, England, 1870-07-15 00:00:00

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SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT. speaker having decided' that the " Noes " had it, the hon. baronet gave the usual contradictory chal lenge, and the House cleared for a divi sion. •It did not take very long, and as the clerk gave the division paper to Mr. Wheel house, it was seen that the bill was rejected. Shortly after half-past four Sir Wilfrid Lawson and Lord Claud Hamilton, the tellers for the ayes, and Mr. Wheelhouse and Mr. O'Reilly Dease, the tellers for the noes, advanced in a row, made their obeisance to the Speaker, and Mr. Wheelhouse read out the numbers—For the second reading, 90 ; against, 121 ; whereat, as I have said, Sir Wilfrid's friends made a very " joy ful noise," for had not their antagonists dimi nished from 292 six years ago to 121 4ow, and were they not what mathematicians call " a vanishing quan tity," soon to be eliminated altogether. NEW YORK GOSSIP. THIS TIAY SHILLING DAY. lace enen admission from .. 10. 0 till 7.30 - • •' orchestral Band 1.. .. 1.0 and 4.15 Display of Terrace Fountains .. .. 2.15 Festival Organ and Promenade till 8. 0 , Arts and Industrial Courts, Picture Galleries, Statuary, Luuwers, Portrait Busts of the Great Men of all Ages, Fountains laying, Tropical Trees, Giant Ferns, Water Lilies; Orangery, P r QR Singing, &c. Admission, as usual, one shilling, or by Guinea Season Tickets. resent issue dating from Ist July, and admitting to the Beat fetes in contemplation on the four days of next year's Han d' Festival, and generally till 30th June, 1871. Children under land schools of ten or.moi:e, half-price. K INAHAN'S W IB H 6S ISK Y.- 7 -DUBL EN Observe the Red SeaI E , X P I Pink and GOrk Branded " Kina- I L T a I b O e, N l han's " LL Whisky. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Gold Medal. ' Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd. at the Retail. Housei n London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. THURSDAY. The opening of the Thames Embankment could scarcely have been the reason why there was such a thin House yesterday afternoon. The Embankment is the most direct and the most pleasant road to the Palace of the Legislature, and nothing could have been more convenient than for hon. members who had come down to see yester day's sight to do their Parliamentary duties afterwards. There was another reason for their absence not far to seek. Since the passing of the Reform Bill such an impetus has been given to the Permissive Bill that M.P.'s can no longer afford to disregard it. In other words, the working classes, with whom this measure is popular to a degree that very few of the Upper Ten Thousand have any idea of, now form so large a proportion of the elec toral body, and so completely swamp the publicans, who under the £lO franchise were almost omnipotent, that they can enforce their wishes upon their representatives, and compel them, if they will not support, at least to abstain from op . posing, the Permissive Bill. The consequence was trat the opponents of this measure, who in 1864 numbered 292, and in 1869 193, were yesterday only 121, a result which evoked a great shout of joy from the supporters of the bill as soon as the figures were made known. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, June 29. No European who has ever visited the United States has failed to be struck by the vast quantities of ice that are consumed by the natives of this country. " Ice-water' may be considered the national drink of America, and all Now ready, at all the libraries, in 3 vols., THREE BROTHERS. By Mrs. OLLPHAirr. Author of " Chronicles of Carlingford."' " Salem Chapel," &c. "This novel is in many respects admirable. There is some charming love making in the book, and there are some exceed ingly pleasant and life-like sketches of the artist world in Lon don, which delightfully remind us of the Newcomes-' "—Tele graph. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. those mysteriously and wonderfully made beverages peculiar to this country, and which have lately become H E UT CAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 4, RUSSELt-STREET, COVENT.(IARDFN, LONEON, And 38, QUEEN'S-ROAD, BRIGHTON; ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Freehold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, epayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly dis ounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. almost as popular abroad, are largely dependent upon the amount of ice devoted to their composition. But it is not to these uses alone that water in a frozen state is put ; it is as much an article of necessity as of luxury, as a little .LLE. NILLSON in To-morrow's GRAND CONCERT 3.30. DRYS FAL PALACE. -- TO-MORROW.- Combined Attractions.—GßAND SUMMER CON CERT Fig,PASHIONABLE PROMENADE, MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY PREWORKS and GRAND ILLUMINATION of FOUN 31,Z`ZS, military band, athletic sports on cricket ground, &c. 1 5 ' 'jai% in Concert :—Madlle. CHRISTINE NILSSON, Mme. SMme. Trebelli-Bettini, Signori Gardoni, Castelli, and P ° naieur Faure ; full Saturday Band and Crystal Palace Choir. Ctdilstor, Mr; MANNS. ,rue Firework Display, by Mr. C. T. Brock, the Company's ,P,', ° technist, whose recent displays have given such satisfac -5 Will include the great Egyptian salute, immense cataract of and other chief features of recent displays. Band of the Coldstream Guards (Mr. F. Godfrey), &c. g all-crown , admission tickets purchasable this day only j Palace, Exeter Hall, and usual agents. Admission To •orl'row, ss. ; or by guinea season tickets. Stalls for concert P„ °11 1d be secured at once. N ote.—Concerts, 3.30 ; Athletic Sports on Cricket Ground 0 11 ! 3.30 till 7.0 ; Rockhills Garden open from 4.30 .„ G . Coldstream Guards Band for promenade on Terrace, 7 It; 8130 ; Fireworks at 9 ; Palace lighted up after fireworks tal 10,30. METROPOLITAN GOSSIP. THURSDAY. -• inquiry will very soon make manifest. And now we are threatened with an ice panic. ' The city of New York alone consumes 350,000 tons of this article in a seasoh, and the entire trade is carried on by two companies, of which the " Knickerbocker" is the most important, and the " Washington," its only rival worth Mentioning. These two concerns monopolise the business, and it is claimed that they are practically only one com pany artfully set before the public under two names, and with two boards of directors, crying out loudly "no Now published, " FJORD ISLE , AND TOR." WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL V EXHIBITION, 1870. •. AGRICULTURAL HALL, ISLINGTON. Patroness--HER. MAJESTY. THE QUEEN. The Exhibition will be OPENED by 1111. H. the Prince of IV ALES to-morrow (Saturday), the 16th July, 1870, at 3 p.m. Platform tickets, 105..; reserved seats, ss. ; reserved back seats, 2s. 6d. Admission, One Shilling. Tickets to be applied for to •the Hon. Secretaries of the Exhi bition, Agricultural Hall, Islington, or purchased at door. Sea son tickets, £1 Is. Exhibitors, on producing their allotment papers, will be ad mitted at the northern side entrance, Liverpool-road. We have been in such a whirl of excitement for the last few days that it is scarcely possible to believe that it is only a week since the news burst upon Europe that France had pronounced the candidature of Prince Leo pold of Hohenzollern a cams belli against Prussia and Spain. Even now it is by no means certain, though there is every reason to hope that peace will be maintained. But while we may congratulate ourselves that there are to be no battle fields strewn with slain, the bourses of Europe are strewn with their slain. They have not seen such a panic since New Year's Day, 1859, when Napoleon told Bart% Hubner a bit of his mind with regard to the Emperor of Austria. The strange thing is that anyone should think of selling at such a time unless absolutely compelled to do so by imme• diate want of cash. Again and again has it been shewn that a war never does the harm 'which it is expected to do so far as the Stock Exchange is con cerned, and that the anticipation of what will happen is lways worse than the reality. Yet some persons must be i6er a hundred millions the poorer by this week's panic. I suppose some others must be the richer. Yet not to the same extent, for publie'confidence has been so rudely shaken that many months must pass before it will be restored. Meanwhile investors will do well to beware of foreign loans and similar so-called securities. A BOOK FOR TOURISTS IN NORWAY, THE CHANNEL . ISLANDS, CORNWALL, AND THE SCILLY ISLANDS. BY EDWARD SPENDER PRICE 3s. "It is a straightforwardly and sometimes gracefully written Sketch of Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, from the holiday traveller's point of view, not, however, exclusively devoted to matters of scenery or itinerary, but designed to give the voyager an intelligent interest in the .manners, _eustoniz, industries, and institutions of the districts he is expf ring. Fm intending visitors to Norway especially, Mr. Spender s book will be welcome. It has, moreover, the decided advantage of com pression, clearness of style, and easy manageableness of bulk." — Daily Telegraph. "The volume perfectly fulfils its purpose. It is neat and cheap and contains in a small space a great quantity of very interesting, matter, much of which will be novel, and all of which will be useful, not only to those who visit the places described, but to those who stay at home. Mr. Spender is an acute observer, a most industrious and judicious collector of facts, and an eloquent and graphic writer, and does ample justice to his subjects." Yorkshire Post. _~.:~. WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1870. • 1611 MAGNIFICENT FIREWORKS and GRAND ILLUMINATION of PALACE, Park, and Fountains, TD-morrow evening. at 9.0. Patroness—TlEß GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN WALES To• To be opened by . ' MR.II. the PRINCE of morrow (Saturday), the 16th of July, 187 P, at 3 p.m. A special " Ode," written by W. H. Bellamy, Esq., The Music, composed by Dr. S. S. Wesley; Will be performed Principal Vocalists—Madame Rudersdortf,_ Miss Phillips, and Miss Alice Fairman; Mr. Vernon Rigby, - and Mr. Lewis Thomas. Band and 'Chorus of One Thousand Performers. Principal violin, Mr. T. Willey, Organist, Mr. W. Henry Thomas. Con ductor, Mr. R. Glenn Wesley. • Season Tickets, admitting to the opening ceremony, £1 ls. each. Platform tickets, 10s. ; Reserved, Os. ; Back Seats (Re served), 2s. 6d. Admission Is. CRYSTAL PALACE. The MA.INIMOTH ..,,,,n.„..cOLOURED SHELLS and GREAT GIRANDOLE of lw a 'aETS. To-morrow evening, about 9.0. Note ;—Trains as Kensington, as required from London Bridge, Ludgate, Victoria, and P`"stagton, returning after Fireworks to Kensington, and tlleace to Euston and Statigns on North London Line. "It deserves a welcome, this book we have so long uncon sciously been in search of. The itineraries themselves are to the intending excursionists a veritable'benefaction. . . Altogether the book is one to carry in one's knapsack or valise during the happy time of our holiday excursion, and to give a place to on our book-shelves afterwards as a most pleasant remembrancer." Sun THE MUSICAL ART UNlON.—Under the sanction and Control of her Majesty's Privy Council. The PRIZES- at the approaching Distribution will consist of valuable PIANOFORTES . and other Musical Instruments, BOOKS, etc. Tickets; One Shilling "each,' and prospectuses can be had of any, of the Agents, or • direct from the Offices, 22, Buckingham-street, Strand. on sending . stamps or Post Office Order to the amount. • H E EGYPTIAN SALUTE, To-morrow Evening.—" And immediately the scene was illuminated lf nearly 200 coloured lights, held by as many boys. This fanned the Egyptian Salute. The lads were placed at intervals of a few yards in a single row along the whole length of the Terrace. One-third to the left held red fires, an equal number ifl the middle had white, and the rest had greeen fires, but sbortlY the colours changed, and, being reflected in the glass palls ol the Palace itself, gave it the appearance of one of the cleations of our fairy tales, built of rubies, diamonds, and ei ne ralds."—Vide " Times " - on last display. f AST DAY for HALF- J.-1 for TO-MORROW'S GREA July Guinea Season Tickets, at l lowing agents : faker-street, Moutrie, 55 Brixton, Pearce, 2, Brixton-place Camberwell, Griffith, The Green Chancery-lane, Cox, 102 Charing-cross, Mitchell, 39 chelsea,Macmichael,2o7,King's road City, Keith, 48, Cheapside ~ Good, 60, Moorgate-street ~ Hays il , 4, Royal Exchange „dg Letts, 8, Royal Exchange „ Marratt, 63, King William street „ Mead, 73, Cheapside Todhunter, 22, Gresham street • Cook, 98, Fleet-street Croydon, Warren, High-street Islington, King, 86, Upper-st. lensington, R. Station, Russel- road • ~ Warren's library gnightsbridge, Westerton _27, St. George's -place • - Note.—No guarantee is give] kept supplied. The ticket °file pill remain open until 8 this ev •CROWN ADMISSIONS LT FETE.—These, with the new 'alace ; 2, Exeter Hall ; and fol- London-bridge, Stanley, Terns'• nus Lower Norwood, Barker, The Library New Bond-street, Chappell, 50 PP • Cock, Addison Lacon, 168 Old Bond-street, Mitchell, 33 011ivier, 19 Oxford-street, Duff, 147 Paddington, Key, Bishop's- road - - Peckham, Stansfleld, High-st. Pimlico, Hopwood and Crew, 89, Thickinihani Palace-road' Regent-circus, Brighton Rail way Co.'s office, 28 Regent-street, Cramer, 201 „ • Weippert, 266 St. James's Hall, Austin Vigo-street, Hammond Wiistbourne-grove, Melliship, 37 Wigmore-street, Nimmo, 3 m that distant agencies can be at the Palace and Exeter Hall rening. ec . REMORNE.—Mr. JOHN BALM, Lessee and Manager, has the honour to announce his BENEFIT on MONDAY, July 18th. CREMORNE.-THE INDIAN WONDERS. TWO BALLETS. ' TWO GRAND BANDS. FIREWORKS, ILLUMINATIONS, &c. • The Gardens are now in perfection and most fashionably attended. Admission One Shilling. Amusements FREE. Open on Sunday, by Refreshment Card, 6d. Table d'Hote, at half-past six, 2s. 6d. A LHAMBRA. - MR. FREDK. STRANGE, Managing Director.—OPEN TO-NIGHT, at Eight'o'clock. Everything New. Three Grand Ballets, " LES FLEURS DU JAR DIN;" "BROWN, JONES, and ROBIN SON," by Mr. Hairy Boleno and Troupe ; and New Magnificent Water Ballet, "LES NATIONS, or the GRAND CASCADES," with Real Water ; and a host of Novelties and Varieties. The Best'Band in London, under M. Riviere. Prices-Is., 25., and Gallery, 6d. ; Dress Circle, 55.; Private Boxes, 215., 31.5. 6d., and 425.—80 x Office open from Eleven till Four. MR W. S. WOODIN'S THIRTY-THIRD WEEK "AT H031E," WITH his Famous and Original CARPET-BAG and SKETCH-HOOK ENTERTAINMENT in the Large Boom EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly. Every Evening (except soturday) at 8; Saturday Mornings at I. "Mr. Woodin has s pared no expense in magnificently decorating and luxuriously f inishing his salon for the comfort of hls patrons." Seats may be secured in advance, at the Box-office, open from 10 till 5; also a t Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and all the principal osic-sellers. Stalls, Is.; Area, 25.; Balcony, is. Family Private Box, One, Two, and Three Guineas. Carriages at 10. Manager, 36. DUDLEY. A RGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -STREET, The extraordinary success which has attended the production of the Shadow Dance, with the brilliant and varied effects of the electric light on the groups of dancers that nightly partici pole in it, combined with the admirable Operatic and Dance 111510 Selections presented in the often-changed programmes, have had the gratifying effect of making the 1 r sent one the most extensively patronized season since its first opening. The celebrated Orchestra, under the direction of its highly efficient che! , Signor Luigi Curti, performs the choicest and latest corn po otions of all distinguished composers —the solos in which are asOga, ed to the eminent euphonionist, Signor L. Mosca ; Messrs. W. fives, L. Silberberg, and other able artistes. Manager, Mr. Thomas Pitts. Professor Halliman, M.O. Admission, le.; Reserved Seats, 2s. R. R. Inmr,rrietor. L 1 •1. 3 .--The GRAND EXTRA NIGHT and ti Last of the Season take place on MONDAY, Ist August. AI)AME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Raker-street.— On view, New and Magnificent COURT DRESSES 'from the first houses in Paris. Admission, Is.; ehil dreOnder ten years of age, 6d. Extra rooms, 6d. Open fr o m 11 oat , 41 10 p.m. ASX YOUR GROCER OR CHEMIST FOR O.EYELIN'S TAPIOCA BEEF BOUILLON. A MOST DELICIOUS and NUTRITIOUS X3k. SOUP. for TWOPENCE a PINT. OR for ENRICHING BROTH from any MEAT. In a dry granular form. Sold in Canisters, containing flve portions, Is. to 100 ditto cries . Each portion will make a pint of Soup. No Captain, Traveller, or Housekeeper should be with out it. Sole manufacturers, GEYELIN & Co., Produce Merchants, M a nufacturers of Granulated Tapioca; International Mustard and Rizina, Belgrave House, Argyle-square, King's Cross, London, W.C. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENMAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort went of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Pariau, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and tnanufactpred by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, W. 0., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROOKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the inte resting study of MLNER A LOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 80, to 50') guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINERA LOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at 149, Strand. RITPrOIiES-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT WHITE'S MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS k perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1821, is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred Medical men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the , body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo- Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can not fail to fit, f)rwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two Inches below the hips, being sent to the manu facturer, Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London. • A. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. Cd., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 428., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Um bilical Truss, 425. and 528. 6d. Postage, is. 104. • Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly: NEW PATENT ELAS"TIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Lrgs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light-in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking Price 4s 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. THE SUN.—LATEST EDITION to be s een every Evening, at Eight o'clock. Mr. Gthmers, "The Wheatsheaf," High-street Camden-town. riIHE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" Mr. BEAUMONT'S. ' 1 Th e Wellington," Wellington-street,' Strand " 'Fjord, Isle, and Tor' is a very delightful little book. The essay on Norway is particularly full of information, but the others are not far behind it in proportion to their length, and all are written in a genial spirit."—Globe. "Without being exactly a guide-book, it answers all the pur poses 6f one, and contains beside a vast quantity of information, all given in the most condensed form possible. There is not a line of space wasted in line writing, but the descriptions of scenery bear witness to the author's genuine love aud.appreciation of the picturesque, just as his closely compressed facts and statements prove the practical and hardworking man of letters."—Man chester Courier. "From back to back Fjord, Isle, and Tor' is full of matter interesting equally to the tourist and the ordinary reader. It is written in an easy and pleasant style, and is well got up."'— Eastern Morning News. " We cannot part with this fascinating little work without con gratulating Mr. Spender upon it. Addressed, as it more especially is, to travellers in Norway, the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, it is, nevertheless, a book that will afford the keenest gratifica tion to the general public. . . . As to its literary merits we need say nothing, the name of the author being sufficient guarantee on this point."—Western Mail. "The articles shew unusual power of observation, are full of genial gossip, and supply just what the excursionist wants- - reliable Information."—Western Daily Press. CHARLTON TUCKER 21, Northumberland-street, Charing Cross .; ust published, price ls ad., by post Bd., the !Second Edition with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus • tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Quacks. PEVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. BaMere, 210, Regent-street. The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review. Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other journals. recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. 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PROFESSOR ATTFIELD, Analyst to the Royal Pharma ceutical Society of Great Britain, reports as follows :---" Its rich ness in gluten, or flesh-forming material and phoshates, or bone and teeth-forming substances, shows it to be a very valuable and nutritious food, especially for children. It is incomparably superior to arrowroot, corn-flour, and other forms of starch, which contribute but little to the growth or renewal of bone or muscle. CHAPAIAN & CO.'S ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR sold by all respectable Chemists and Grocers, in packets, 3d., 6d., and Is., and tins, 3s. Sole Proprietors—OßLANDO JONES and CO., 18, Billiter street, E.C., London. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS.— A NEVER-FAILINU REMEDY.—Prepared without any mercurial ingredient,will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly ex cellent; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole ner vous system.—Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 8 King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most drug. gists, in boxes, ls. lid, and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in a square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Goveinment stamp. SSAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL and REFUGE, . Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway, N.—This Institution affords a Refuge for Women seeking to abandon a life of sin, especially those about to become mothers, and provides a Home for the Children of such. FUNDS are very urgently NEEDED. Bankers, ndon and South Western (Holloway Branch). HUGH R. GOUGH, Ron. Sec. CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES of tht CHEST, Victoria Park. Special APPEAL for the NEW WING. Amount still required, £4,000. Number of beds now occupied, 120. Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164. The Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support. Walkers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54 ? Lombard-street. HENRY SEWELL, Hon. See. Of Ices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD F. SLATER, Sec, N. 8.- Liberal Terms to Agents, ROYAL ASYLUM of ST. ANNE'S SOCIETY. —The ANNUAL MEETING for DISTRIBUTION'of RE WARDS, &c., to the former and present . Pupils (boys), will be held at the ASYLUM, Streatham-hill, on SATURDAY AFTER NOON, July 16, 1870. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of GLOUCESTER and BRIS TOL, V.P„ in the Chair. The Chair will be taken at Three o'clock. It. li. EVANS, Secretary. N.B.— The Offices of the Society are now at 52, King William street, London Bridge, E.C. • G REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL HIM AT' OXFORD. July 18th to 22nd. _ . . , Ordinary Returri Tickets to Oxford issued at any Station on the Great Western Railway, on Saturday, July 16th, Kid foll O wing days, will be available until Monday, July 25th, inclusive. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington, July, 1870. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SLOW AT OXFORD, July 18th to 22d. _ _ ORDINARY TRAINS leave Paddington for Oxford at 6.0 a.m., 8.0 (3rd class), 9.15, 10.0, 11.0 (3rd Class), 12.30 p.m. ; 2.20, 2.45, (3rd Class) 3.30, 4.50, 6.20, 7.0, and 8.10 p.m. ORDINARY TRAINS leave Oxford for Paddington at 7.15 a.m 9.5, 9.20 (Ist Class, 2nd Class, and 3rd Class) 11.55 a.m, 2.2 p.m., 2.35(3rd Class): 4.0 p.m, 5.8, 6.25, and 9.3 p.m. On each day of the show the 6.50 and 10.15 a.m. trains from Paddington, and the 9.19 a.m. from Bishop's Road, and the 11.5 a.m. from Reading will•be continued on to Oxford, and special trains will leave Oxford at 8.15 p.m. for London, and at 8.50 p.m. for Reading and Basingstoke, also at 4.45 p.m., for all stations up to Slough inclusive. On Tuesday and Wednesday a special train will also leave Oxford at 7.10 p.m. for London, calling at Reading, Twyford, Taplow, and Slough ; and on Thursday and Friday there will be an Excursion Train at about the same time, by which ordinary passengers can travel. A Special Train will also leave Oxford at 7.30 p.m. for Reading and intermediate stations. For full particulars of special trains and excursions from the principal stations, see special bills and local advertisements. J. ORIIRSON, General Manager. . _ Paddington, Jnly, 1870. T HE " ONEIDA " COLLISION SUFFERERS' RELIEF FUND. TREASURER—Sir JOAN LUBBOCK, Bart., M.P. BANKERS—Messrs. ROBARTS, LUBBOCK, and 'COMPANY, 15, Lombard-street. Offices--81, Bush-lane, Cannon-street, London. By the untoward disaster which followed from the collision of the Bombay and Oneida, parents have been left childless, wives made widows, and upwards of 200 children bereft of their natural protectors. In this case Christian sympathy and Inter national goodwill prefer claims upon public compassion, which are strengthened by the consideration that the victims of the calamity are allied to us by a common descent, and that the race to which they belong is united to England by the ties of a mother tongue, the grand historical traditions, and the bene ficent reciprocation of a vast commercial interchange. Subscription lists for the relief of the sufferers have been opened in London and Liverpool, and the benevolent of other districts are respectfully invited to adopt the example. Remit tances by Cheque or Post Office Order, crossed, will be received by the Treasurer, by the Bankers to the Fund, or by the Secre tary, and acknowledged by advertisement in the " Times." Bankers are respectfully solicited to open subscription lists, and to notify contributions for advertisement. SIDNEY SMITH, Secretary. PTIONS, Messrs Naylor, Ben zon, and C 0....... £25 0 0 John Cropper, Esq. 21 0 0 Messrs. 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VALUE OF WEEDS.—The drought has been so great about London, and forage so scare, that cow-keepers are eagerly purchasing the weeds grown in the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens at Chiswick, for cattle food. The weeds are unusuallf fine, certainly, having been undisturbed for the last year or two ; and it is gratifying to see how even its misfortunes can be turned to good account for the society's benefit. —Journal of Horticulture. A LAMENTABLE EVENT.—A Madrid paper pub lished in the Liberte recounts the death of an English sailor at Cadiz under very unfortunate circumstances. The man, who was named Samuel Brown, a gunner on board the British corvette Cruiser, being prevented at night from returning to his ship by stormy weather then prevailing, applied to a police officer to direct him to an inn where he could lodge. The officer could not under stand him, and took him to the police station ; but Brown insisted upon being allowed to depart. The chief officer and another seized him, and a struggle , ensued in the course of which the sailor received several wounds which caused his death within a few minutes. A demand for an inves tigation was made to the authorities by the captain of the Cruiser and by the British Consul. The funeral, which was a grand one, was attended by all the chief personages in Cadiz. LAUNCH OF THE PLUCKY.—The twin screw iron gun vessel Plucky was launched on Wednesday morning at Portsmouth dockyard into the steam basin under the superintendence of Mr. Robinson, master shipwright, She is sister vessel to the Stanch, intended for the coast defence and to carry one gun of large calibre. The cere mony of christening this little craft was performed by Miss Amy Hope, daughter of Sir George Hope and niece of the admiral, in the presence o f Ad m i ra l Sir J. Hope, K.C.8., and Miss Hope, Rear -Admiral Loring and Mrs. Loring, Captains Hancock, Comniere and Boys, and several ladies. The dimensions of the vessel are :—Length. 80ft. ; extreme breadth, 25ft. • depth in hold, 7ft. 9in. ; and burthen in tons, 211 81-94. She will be fitted with engines of 25-horse power nominal, to be supplied by the Avonside Engineering Company, and her draft of water when ready for sea. is intended to be 6ft. lin. aft, and sft. 7in. forward. RicaAnD WEAVER ON ms DEFENCE.—Richard Weaver has issued a circular in connection with the recent affiliation case in which he was concerned, which, among other passages, has the following :—" It is not for me to try to justify myself. lam God's servant,. Clrist Jesus is my master, and my reputation is with Him, not with max. The woman made Joseph's garment a witness against him, and this poor girl has made the same of my . kindness. . . . Let me beg an interest in all Chris tians' prayers at this time of trial, for my dear wife, who is belied with myself, and for our five children, that God may bless us. Th-e is a cloud of gloom over our home at the present time, that for seventeen years has been one of the happiest homes in this world • but the sun will shine again, and sorrow and sadness Will flee away. Joy will return. My wife and I have still the quiet calm of Christ's presence with us. . . . I leave my case in the hands of God, only crying, ' Plead tlion my cause, 0 Lord.'" The proceedings of the afternoon opened with the pre 'tr4mitan,of- 41no-intral sr-of petitions from various parts of the kingdom. One petition was so large that . it had to be wound around a sort of wooden drum, and having been decorated with coloured fastenings, it was borne in by Sir Wilfred Lawson and Mr. Candlish, just as once upon a time Joshua and Caleb bore the clusters of grapes after their tour of exploration into the Pomised Land. At the openingof the proceedings there was not a single Minister on the Treasury bench nor a single chief on the front Opposition bench. This was fortunate, as it frustrated Mr. Cavendish Bentinck's attempt to get up a discussion about the Continental crisis. In striking con trast with the absence of the parliamentary leaders—a prudential absence, without doubt—in striking contrast, too, with the absolutely deserted peers' gallery, was the thronged and overflowing state of the Speaker's and , strangers' galleries. The parliamentary leaders think that the wisest course for them just now is to watch events, and not oppose themselves to what may turn out to be a great'popular question, which, being unconnected with party politics, either party may exploiter to its own advantage. As for the Peers, they are "up in a bal loon "so far as this topic is concerned. They have no idea of the strength of feeling which it excites among the people, though they might have formed some idea if they had been present yesterday and looked at the intent eager faces of the middle and working class company who filled the galleries, and the groups of excited working men who stood in Palace-yard waiting to know the result of the divi sion. There was one notice on the paper before the Per misiive Bill. It was Mr. Osborne Morgan's bill for facili tating the purchase of sites for schools and places of worship. One half of his measure had been provided for under the Education Bill, and so he, being one of the Warmest supporters of the Permissive Bill, was easily indUced to withdraw his measure, and let Sir Wilfrid LaWson proceed to business. This he did at twenty !hinnies past two, and in a temperate and earnest speech of forty minutes the Cumberland baronet 'set befOre his audience the reasons which had led him to urge forward this subject at this late period of the ses sion. He pointed out that the Permissive Bill was not a licensing bill, but that, whereas under the present system the magistrates were the licensing body, and they pro fessed to be guided by the wants of a locality, this bill would enable them to ascertain this point in the most cer tain manner. He quoted Mr. Bright's words, in which he strongly supported the principle -of popular representation in the licensing boards. Sir Wilfrid then made very short work of the antiquated objection against making people sober by Act of Parliament, and asked if people were not made healthy by Act of Parliament. The permissive principle he shewed had been admitted by Sir George Grey's Night houses Act. As for interference with the liberty of the subject, was there any Act f>f Parliament which did not interfere with the liberty of the subject ? At three o'clOck Lord Claud Hamilton the elder rose to second the bill. He bore witness to the strong feeling that there was in favour of it in Ireland among all classes and all religions. He spoke for sixteen minutes, and then some one got up from the bench behind the chief Conservative "bench, and in a few moments we soon found ourselves listening to the " old familiar strain " I can hardly finish the quotation, no say that for it— " I.Tntired we ask, and as again." . . In truth, one is very tired of it—this making people sober by Act of Parliament ; " unequal justice in closing the public-house and keeping open the club-house ; and the wretch— SUBSCRI " Who would rob a poor man of his beer..." But though the strain was old, very old, the voice was new. Who was the owner thereof ? No one seemed to know • the reporters were all in the dark, and even when it was told them by the omniscient door keeper that the hon. speaker's name was " Wheelhouse," they did not seem to be much wiser for the information, and there was, much searching of " Dod " to ascertain. Mr. Wheelhouse is the minority member for Leeds. His colleagues, Mr. Baines and Mr. Carter, support the bill and voted for it yesterday. Mr. Wheelhouse, having to acquire fame, opposed it ; but, unfortunately for his chance of celebrity, could find no more effective arguments against the measure than those which have done duty over and over again, and have been so often refuted and utterly turned inside out, that it is wonderful how - anyone can have the courage to resuscitate such venerable but ten times exposed old bogies. There was just one new point ; Mr. Wheelhouse made this bill the text for a tirade against free traders, a device which will hardly be of much ser vice to the opponents of the Permissive BilL There was no need to ask who the gentleman was that seconded Mr. Wheelhouse's amendment. Everyone knows Mr. O'Reilly Dense as the most mirth-inspiring member of the House. He beats Mr. Bernal Osborne in his power of provoking laughter ; but while the House laughs with Mr. Osborne, it laughs at Mr. Dease. If you ask me why it laughs at Mr. Dease, I should find it hard to say, as hard as to describe the scent of the rose. His very face is a comedy. It is a five-act burlesque, bound up, not in calf, but in manskin, with much hairy fringe. And then his brogue is so delicious, his polite ness so grandly effusive, his arguments so delightfully topsy-turvy, and inside out, that from the time he rises with a graceful wave of his hat, to the time that he sits down with courteous inclination of the head to members all round, one is continually convulsed with laughter. To Mr. Pease succeeded Mr. Whalley in support of the bill. " A Roland for an Oliver," you will say. Not a bit of it. Mr. Whalley on all other points save the Jesuits and the Romish hierarchy is not only sane, but sensible, practical, and logical. He urged a very good point in favour of the bill, namely, that it would relieve magistrates from one of the most difficult duties which they had to perform. Mr. Kennaway, the new member for East Devon, was the next to speak, and he certainly spoke very well. It was in fact the first real. attempt to deal with the bill. Nevertheless he had not the quickness to see that his arguments were self-destructive. The bill would be an utter failure, because it would not really interfere with the sale of drink, and it would interfere with it so seriously that it would lead to rioting. Both arguments, of course, lose sight of the fact that the bill will not be put in force unless a large majority of the people wish it, and if they - wish it, that very fact will make the bill work. The inability to see this was on a par with Mr. Wheelhouse's inability to see that his argument about the injustice done to the working classes was met by the fact that it is the working classes them selves who wish the measure. Mr. Kennaway quoted an amusing passage from Mr. Sala, to shew how, after much trouble, that not very accurate traveller had contrived to obtain drink in one of the States of America where the Maine law was in force. Mr. Sala's difficulties at least shewed that drink was not sold openly, that, in order to obtain it, it was necessary to evade and break the law. I suppose that not even Mr. Sala would say that because a law can be evaded and broken it ought to be repealed, else it would go hard with our purses, watches, and pocket handkerchiefs. Mr. Kennaway spoke for a quarter of an hour, and then Mr. Dixon, and Mr. Bruce, rose together. Mr. Dixon gave way, and Mr. Bruce described the course of the Government. I need not summarise his speech, which no doubt your readers have perused. Suffice it to say that the Home Secretary admitted the great principle of the Permissive Bill, the right of the ratepayers to have a voice >in the licensing of liquor-shops, and that he solemnly pledged himself to introduce the Licensing Bill early next year. When ho sat down young Mr. Bass and Sir Wilfrid Lawson rose together, and though there were loud cries for " Lawson" the member for Car lisle gave way and allowed the representative of the bitter beer interest to say his say. He said it very well ; and he was honest enough to speak from the trade point of view, and to denounce the bill because it would ruin his trade. There was no affectation of concern for the working classes; it, was a simple and straightforward exposition of the wishes and expectations of those who, like himself, have a large pecuniary stake in the maintenance of the drink traffic. The' House liked this frankness, and ap pktuded the speaker. Then Sir ,Wilfrid Lawson very briefly replied, and the question having been put, 'and the There is no need for me to dwell upon the interest ing debate which took place yesterday afternoon upon the Permissive Bill. Suffice it to say here that Mr. Bruce has most solemnly pledged himself to intro duce his licensing bill early next session, and that, so far as can be gathered from his remarks yesterday, the measure, while it will not deprive the magistrates entirely of the power which they now possess, will give the ratepayers a distinct voice in the granting of licenses for the future. I infer, too, that Mr. Bruce will not allow licences to be taken away from those who already hold them without compensating them except, of course, they have forfeited them by misconduct. We have not yet heard the end of the Admiralty changes. In all probability Lord John Hay will resign his post before long. He finds himself scarcely in his right position at Whitehall, and thinks he would do better by taking a command and keeping on the active list. Should he resign, his present post will in all probability be taken by Captain George Omma ney Willes, C. 8., who yesterday hoisted his broad pennant on boardthe Achilles as Commodore of the first-class in command of the coastguard squadron then on its way to Portland, in Dorsetshire, and not as the Times absurdly stated yesterday, Portland in the United States. Captain Willes is high up in the list of captains, and his commission dates from 1856. Rear-Admiral Yelverton will soon have command of the Mediterranean fleet, but will previously hoist his flag for a time as Commander of the Channel Squadron. In his letter of resignation Mr. Reed told the Admiralty that the cause of his resigning was that mechanical talent was not sufficiently rewarded by the Admiralty, a statement which can hardly be denied. When the present Continental crisis arose, Mr. Reed wrote that if it was thought desirable to withdraw his re signation for the present, he was quite willing to do so for a time. Their Lordships sent him back a very short answer to the effect that they could not entertain his proposal. The question as to who will be Mr. Reed's successor is now greatly discussed at Whitehall. There are three assistant con structors, Mr. Barnaby, Mr. Barnes, and Mr. Crosland, and it is pretty nearly certain that the new chief constructor will be found among these three, or else at Chatham, in the person of Mr. Thornton, the master' shipwright. I should add that Mr. Barnaby is Mr. Reed's brother-in-law, and possesses, moreover, considerable literary power, no unimportant consideration, as Mr. Reed himself, who owed his position in no small measure to his articles, can testify. Finally, with regard to Ad miralty matters, it is expected that Sir Sp encer Robinson will make a cruise with the coastguard ships, and that Mr. Childers will be able to return to work by the end of the month. At the present time Sir Sydney Dacres is the presiding spirit. Mr. Gladstone's Government seems likely to equal Lord Derby's and Mr. Disraeli's last as regards its legal patro nage. There appears to be a strong blight over the courts at Lincoln's Inn. For fifteen years there was hardly any change in the personnel of the Chancery Judges, and now for the last three years there have been changes upon changes, so numerous that the juniors of a few months ago are now the seniors, and Sir William James, who was appointed Vice-Chancellor in December, 1868, now finds himself senior Lord Justice. Sir Markham Giffard's death will be much regretted, and I fear it has been due in some measure to the mistaken economy of the Government which ever since Sir Charles Selwyn's death a year ago kept him without any colleague. Sir William James will now have the delicate task of hearing alone appeals against his own judgments as Vice-Chancellor. The arrangement is so eminently undesirable that it is to be hoped Government will fill up the vacancy at once. The three Vice-Chancellors are Stuart, Malins, and Bacon. It is doubtful if the new Lord Justice will be selected from them. The first has been passed over many times, the second is a Conservative who owed his position mainly to political influence, the third has only just been appointed to his present post. Should one of them be chosen it is expected that Mr. Jessel, one of the most energetic men living, will be made vice-chancellor. It is proposed in France to issue railway stamps, which anybody can buy beforehand, and so save himself the trouble and delay of having to purchase his ticket just as he is on the point of starting, and just as he has to look after his luggage. The idea is a good one, and should be considered by our own railway managers. Another inven tion, an English one, is that of a cylindrical iron kerb for the reception of telegraph wires. This will be easily opened, and so allow the repairs of the telegraphs, without the necessity which - now exists of taking up the pavement in order to get at the wires. Mr. Armitage, R.A., who has lately painted the portraits of the chief founders of the London University, has now been commissioned to paint others of the principal living friends of the institution. Both sets of pictures will be placed in the large hall. The chief literary news of importance is that Lord Lytton is writing a new novel for Blackwood's Magazine, and that " George Eliot" is writing a novel fer the pub lishers of that magazine, and another poem similar in length to "The Legend of Jubal " for .Macmillan's Maga zine. Lord Lytton is, it is said, to have £3,000. The Weekly Dispatch, which was lately reduced from four pence to two-pence, is now coming out at a penny. Mr. Whitehurst, the Paris correspondent of the Daily Tele graph, whose eventful history I described in a recent letter, is removing from Paris to St. Petersburg, where no doubt he will find the Czar of all the Russias as confidential as the Emperor of the French. Mr. Slagg, whose efforts in connection with the French Commercial Treaty al e well known, is bringing out an important pamphlet on the subject. The Queen was so much pleased with Mr. Farrar's recent sermon at one of the special Westminster Abbey services that she has ordered it to be printed. • • SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT FROM PAISLEY.—A. brother and sister (the former married) left Paisley on Saturday, with the avowed intention of proceeding to their mother's house, about three miles from the town, for the purpose of getting their clothes washed, which they carried with them. Not returning in the evening, how ever, the man's wife went in search of him on Sunday morning, but to no purpose, and no information has yet been got as to their whereabouts. The man had to do with some public money, but if behind at all it is to a very small amount, and that is covered by a guarantee bond.--, -bundee Advertiser. monopoly " at one another, but in reality playing into each other's hands. Of this there is no positive proof, but the gossip is based upon the fact that the president of one company is son-in-law to the president of the other. Last summer ice sold in this city at thirty cents the hundred weight, and in the very hottest weather it reached fifty cents. This year the price opened at one dollar, has now been advanced to one dollar and a half, and threatens, unless the present weather moderates, to reach two dollars before the season closes. This tremendous advance in prices has caused the panic. With the thermometer at 96 degrees in the shade ice is a necessity, not only to the drinkers of ice-waters and the consumers of beverages above alluded to, but also to the fishmongers, the butchers, the soda-water dealers, the ice cream makers, the hotel keepers, and the many other tradesmen whose business is absolutely dependent upon an unfailing supply of the article. It is therefore absurd to talk of their resisting the monopoly and " doing without ice." It is an absolute necessity, a sine qua non, and if their business is not large enough to warrant them in paying the increased prices, they must simply shut their shops and go to something else. This has already been done by numbers of fish dealers, ice-cream makers, and retailers of soda water, where sales were not large enough to cover the heightened cost, and leave a reasonable margin of profit. The dealers say, in their defence, that last winter was extraordinarily mild, and that they were unable to make their usual harvest. This ip a prevarication. They did not make their usual harvest, inasmuch as the ice was gathered and shipped from the Kennebec River in Maine, instead of being cut up the Hudson as usual, but the crop was very large, and they have now enough of ice in their storehouses to supply every dealer and every private family in New York, though it should not freeze again until Christmas of 1871. No, this is but a shallow excuse for an outrageous extortion ; because the weather has been unprecedentedly warm the monopolists have found them selves masters of the situation, and have determined to make money while the sun shines. There are rumours that next year you will find the tables turned upon the dealers—that the hotel keepers contemplate uniting for the purpose of supplying them selves—that the large consumers intend to follow their example—and that the next season will leave the would be monopolists without a market. There may be some foundation for these rumours, but I doubt whether the proposed plans will ever be executed. We all know how, during moments of excitement, people promise many things to themselves, and forget them immediately there after. And so, when the hot weather shall have passed away, the hotel keepers and the large consumers will very likely forget their present determination, and next season will find them as completely in the power of the monopo lists as they are to-day, and compelled, for the same good reason, to put up with their extortions. I have lingered rather longer than I had intended about the ice question, but the topic is a most agreeable one at the present time, when the tubes of half the thermometers in the city are not long enough to mark the terrific heat under which we are suffering. Nothing like it has been known in many years, even in tropical New York, and our ungrateful children, who have flown to the White Mountains and other charming localities, where the tra veller must needs assume his heaviest overcoat in the mornings and snestle in the ingle side when the dews of evening begin to fall—these children, I say, express the unfilial conviction that we of the city are "getting it" for our sins. Such may be the melancholy fact—though few stay in town during these hot months for choice, and all who can get away are already gone or going. As I wrote you in my last the stream of summer travellers was pour ing steadily from the metropolis, and it has been doing nothing else ever since. European steamers, coast steam boats, and railway trains overflow with passengers eager to get away from work and have what they are pleased to term—but which very seldom proves to be—a quiet time in the country. And now, as if to render the city peculiarly disagreeable, and to add another to the long list of reasons why the inhabitants should leave it, we have lately got up a little earthquake on our own account, a small affair, 'tis true, but big enough to create some little interest at the time, and to furnish a much-needed sensation in these stagnant times to the reporters of the metropolitan journals. Saturday last was a very hot day, though there is nothing in that to distinguish it from several previous Saturdays, and I fear for many Saturdays to come. Still it was a hot day, the thermometer rang ing in the eighties until 7.12 p.m., when it stood at 89 deg. Immediately after the mercury began to rise, and ten minutes later reached 93 deg., a very remarkable increase in so short a time. It was at this moment that the dwellers upon the east side of the city were struck by a strange rumbling noise around them, and an unaccountable tremor in the ground beneath their feet. The phenomena was so extraordinary that many persons ran from their houses thinking that some great explosion must have taken place in a distant part of the city. The entire affair did not last longer than a couple of seconds, and therefore few people were frightened, though all were more or less excited by the unusual occurrence. It is now generally admitted to have been an earthquake, and we are not a little proud of it, although there are sceptics who insist that the whole matter is a newspaper sensation, gotten up for the benefit of the hotel-keepers at the water ing places, with a hope by this and similar scares to drive from the city the economically minded earlier than they had intended to leave. The Fourth of July is at hand, and the streets, already far from attractive, are becoming positively dangerous iu consequence. The patriotic youth of America are not content with breaking the city ordinance's by universal permission upon one day in the year, but must need com mence their celebration a week before and continue it a week after the anniversary in question. Therefore, it is a common thing to have your new beaver, of which you are very proud, and which you think every one must be admiring, perforated by a nitro-glycerine torpedo or some such diabolical compound, or to have the toe of your boot and your general nervous system seriously impaired by the explosion beneath your feet of a " cannon cracker" weighing at least a pound, and going off with a deafening noise. All this is doubtless very patriotic and very nice, but few people enjoy the joke when it is perpetrated on themselves ; and in face of the fact that such exploding of fireworks, &c., in the public thoroughfares is forbidden by law, and see no reason why the " little jokers " should not be warned, and if caught in the act a second time arrested. Their parents would be careful enough there after' 'and peaceable pedestrians would be relieved from what is fast becoming an intolerable nuisance. Nothing could describe the " masterly inactivity" which reigns throughout the city ; every one does just as little as possible, and is particularly careful not to accuse himself. 'Therefore, I regret to say, the theatrical season is amazingly dull, and the few places of amusement that remain open are not doing a good business. " The Huguenotar;is not a success at Booth's, and will be with drawn after this week, and the theatre will then be closed. The Olympic-Theatre also succumbs to the influence of the weather on the same evening. Though the last nights of " Fernande" at the Fifth-avenue Theatre are not yet announced, it is understood that they are numbered, and that the establishment will be closed at the end of the coming week. Wallack's and the Grand Opera House will remain open during the entire season, the former having secured one Mr. Emmett, the provincial actor, as star ; and the latter being, in momentary expectation of the arrival of a ballet and pantomime combination from Vienna.. It is a sufficiently good sign of the times when the theatres arc compelled to close their doors, and from the little sketch I have given you can imagine what state of things must be. We all hope, however, for good times coming in the fall, and certainly dramatic and musical attractions will not be lacking—for Nillson is coming to sing in concerts, under the able management of M. Stra.kosch. Schneider, it is said, has been engaged by some enterprising capitalist to perform in opera bouffe. James Fisk is organising a superb company for the same line of 'comic opera to be given at his Opera House. Janausohek is to appear in English tragedy. Marie Seebach, a German actress of great reputation, will make her first debut in this country, and the many native stars of greater or less magnitude, with Mr. Jeffer son heading the list, will all return to us in the fall. In the meantime I shall fan myself and try and keep cool. PRINCE HAL. Now ready, in One Vol., Bvo., with Illustrations, lbs., ACRUISE IN GREEK WATERS; WITH A HUNTING EXCURSION IN TUNIS. By Captain TOWNSHEND, 2nd Life Guards. "An interesting and animating narrative. It abounds with anecdote and information. The lover of adventure will be gratified to his heart's content, while the accounts of sporting exploiteand the scenery among which they were performed are graphic and charming."—Court Journal. 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