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T P HE REPRESENT ATION of the PEOPL E I ACT, 1867. BOUNDARY COMMISSION. Notice is hereby Given, that Major-General BAIN BRIGGE, Royal Engineers, and N ASSAU J. SENIOR, Esquire, B arr i s t er -at-Law, two of the Assistant Commis sioners appointed by the Boundary C om missioners for England and Wales, under the provisio ns of the Represen tation of the People Act, 1867, will attend at the Vestry hall, King's-road, Chelsea, on Tuesday, the 10th day of Soptember, 1867, at Eleven o'clock, for the purpose of INQUIRING into the BOUNDARIES of the Borough of CHELSEA, as constituted by the Act. The Assistant Commissioners will be prepared to hear, at the time and place above-mentioned, those persons who are desirous of giving information as to the Boundaries or other local circumstances of the Borough. Persons who may be desirous of giving such information as aforesaid, and who have not as yet furnished written statements to the Commissioners, are requested to forward by post their statements to the undersigned, at the office of the Commissioners, 6, Old Palace-yard, Westminster, not later than Saturday next, the 7th day of September. c, FREMANTLE. Secretary to the Commissioners. 31st August, 1867. --- COVENT -GARDEN CONCERTS. COVEN T-GARDEN THEATRE. EVERY EVENING at 8. Under the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL. Saroha, Eraclio, Mr. J. M. Wehli, Mr. Roynolds, Mr. R. S. Pratten, Mr. Hug,hes, M. Barret, and Master Bonnay. Band of 100 performers. Conductor, Signor BOTTESINI. Conductor of the Dance Music, Herr Johann Strauss. M. Wieviawski, the celebrated violinist, will appear This Evening (Monday), The programme varied every evening. Thursday next a BEETHOVEN NIGHT. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Promenade, ls. Doors open at ball-past Seven. ATE N ROYAL A DELPHI THEATRE, .11 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. — Mr. J. W. ANSON (Treasurer) has the honour to an ncunce, through the kindness of B. Webster, Esq., an Extra Night for his Annual Benefit, which will take place on WEDNF,SIiAI. NEXT, September 4. 1867, when will be presented Shakspere's comedy, AS YOU LIKE IT. The following popular and talented artists will appear : Jacques. Mr. A. Stirling; Orlando, Mr. Hermann Vezin; Adaie, Mr. G. P. Addison ; Touchstone,Widdi corn!)e ; Amiens, Mr. Wm. _Harrison, with the incidental songs, "Blow, blow, thou Winter Winds , " an d " Under the Greenwood Tree," Rosalind, Mrs. Hermann Vezin; Audi), Miss Nellie Farren. Song , Miss Rose Hersoe, g, Birdie, Sing." Mr. J. L. Toole, who has just returnud from Paris, will on this - occasion make his only appear ance in London previons to his provincial tour, in. ICI ON P ABLE FRANCAIS. Boxes and Tickets can be obtained of Mr. J. W. 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Marston. N.B —Mr. and Mrs. DION BOUCICAULT Will shortly make their re-appearance at this Theatre in ARRATI-NA.- POGUE. ROYAL AMPIIIIGITIIIIiroALTRE,BOH AND CIRCUS, BRILLIANT AND UNABATED SUCCESS.—GREAT lIIT OF THE NEW PANTOMIME 3IIMIQUE. THIS EVENING. the new Pantomime Mim•que ABLE QUIN SINGE, by Moos alonttro and Company. It2ars of laughter night. yrte` the Eccentric Abbott's .• Vanishing' Act." The Mollie's Daniels in their inimitable Violin l'tr lormanees reo,atc•ily ei , co , cd. A ree's isl Act. IN THE ARENA by the matchless 'troupe of Equestrians. Gerard's Great Tunnel Lean. Mdlle. Earn es Wonders of the Haute EcolP. The Politic Family. Madame Gerard in her daring Balloon Flight. The mar- Venetia Kings of the Carpet. Fillies Fire llore. &c. ttc. OPEN EVERY EVENING. COMMENCE A'l' EIGHT. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE at the _ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE And CIRCUS, High Holborn, every SATITROAY at 2.30. Carriage. , may be ordered for a Quarter to Fire. Box-olTh:e open daily from Ten till Five. 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It is certain that the expedition will be a perilous one, and that great care and caution must be adopted. As it i 3 pretty plain, however, by this time that it will be necessary to undertake the work, the best hind to do now is to take note of the many evils ,hat environ the way, and to seek for the best remedies that skill and science can suggest or offer, In pursuance of this idea many writers have wisely and judiciously set forth their knowledge on the subject; and as this is no doubt a case in which being forewarned is to be forearmed, the more attention that is paid to their remarks the better. The Lancet has lately directed notice to some diseases of Abyssinia, which are endemic, and has shown good reason why precautions should be adopted in order to ward off the effects of sonic of these, which might otherwise paralyse exertions, and injure the capabilities of the force which we sent out. Among the most prominent of these diseases is that of the " guinea worm," and the frequency of _its attack, no less than its severity, render it important to guard against it. An his toric interest attaches itself to this subject, since the description of this disease occurs in the records that belong to remote antiquity. It has been said, indeed, that the " guinea worms" are synonymous with the fiery serpents which the Israelites met with during their journey by the Red Sea. It is a mistake to believe that Europeans are not attacked with this disease, for experience has shown the contrary to be the case, and it will behove the authorities to be very careful that our troops may not be sufferers from this serious evil. Another danger arises from the attacks of the Telse fly, whose bite is fatal to any domestic beast. A good suggestion has been made by one who has had experience in the hills of India. During the Bhootan campaign it was found advisable to have an " advanced guard" to push on some hours ahead, and thus force a pith through the almost impenetrable country. In this work it was found that the elephant was worth twenty men. " With his shoulder or trunk he pushed or threw to oue side obstructing trees, and by his immense weight crushed down the tangled grass or reeds, forming a better way by his own progress than a band of sappers could have done in hours with their implements." No doubt these animals would prove of great utility to our forces in Abyssinia, and afford the same practical advan tage that they have done elsewhere. The camel has also been spoke of as a desirable ally in this hazardous undertaking, and proofs are not wanting of his efficiency. In some of the forced marches in India the Camel Guard were very useful. The guns were attached to the camel's saddles, and could be moved round on a pivot. When the guns were fired, the camels knelt down, and thus obviated the necessity of gun-carriages. "We are to have camels for Abyssinia, why not try elephants also ?" exclaims, with some justice, the writer who fur nishes the information, and we hoFe that the sug gestion will receive due notice in the right quarter. Anything that tends to facilitate the progress of the expedition, and to ward off any of the dangers to which it is unfortunately exposed is especially worthy of notice just now, and it will not do to pay as little heed to the opinions of those corn petent of judging, and who have verified their state ments by experience or by intimate acquaintance with the places referred to, as has been too often the case on former occasions when our troops have had to depart on those awkward missions to distant places. Too much care and provision before hand are unquestionably better than too little ; and we earnestly trust that a deaf ear will not be turned to any advice that is offered or in difference displayed iu those matters which seem trivial, but which often turn out too late to have been most material. As a rule the expeditions scut out from this country are most badly managed, and most, if not all, of the other nations of Europe surpass us in realising those secondary arrange ments, upon the due observance of which so much of the comfort, safety, and often success of the affair depends. Better late than never is a very true saying, and it would be a very good thing if this forthcoming expedition to Abyssinia should form an exception to the rule. It is high time that the world should see we have profited by experience, and are resolved to atone for the errors of the past by greater car:, and the exercise of more circumspection in future. The perils that environ the expedition are no doubt numerous, and it will not do to ignore them. Neither will it do to give up the affair altogether or to think them unsurmount able. It may be a good thing if some persons overrate them, if thereby it follows that proper care h! taken to provide for emergencies. The courage and heroism which our troops always display are undeniable, but that is no reason why they should not be duly provided with proper precautions, and have all the advantages that can possibly be afforded to them. With this view all the information that can be afforded about Ayssinia is very welcome, and should be appreciated accordingly. Among the many difficult and troublesome ques tions left for Lord STANLEY'S adjudication by fate and his predecessors, there is none perhaps more awkward and more harassing than the Alabama claims. On the one hand, the English Minister is naturally averse to embroiling himself with a country with whom many considerations render a good understanding especially desirable. We know from his own words that a war between the two great Anglo-Saxon nations of the eastern and western hemispheres is regarded by Lord Stanley as the most disastrous of possibilities. On the other hand, he is wise enough to kno w that concession to an unjust and unreasonable demand is not the way to preserve mutual respect or good understanding. It would naturally lead to further encroachments until some demand was made that could no longer be granted, when the refusal would cause all the more irritation fro:u previous consent, and th_ , very evil it was sought to avoid would be inevitaMy brought about. Weakness is never respected. and the Americans have quite sufficient national pride and decision themselves to know the claims their statesmen are pressing forward are such as no State could think of lightly conceding. If a nation is to be held responsible for the effects produced by every article manufactured within its limits, Euro pean, aye, and American exchequers too, will soon be bankrupt. We are in the habit of seeing iron clads for foreign governments rising in our dock yards. Are we to bear the consequences of all the mischief they do hereafter ? There are two points in connection with this vexed question of the Alabama claims which might surely teach the Americans a little moderation. One is the Fenian organisation in the States and the open assistance given to it by Ameri- - . . can citizens. Ex-officers of the Federal army have actually assumed the direction of the Fenian out -1 )real, and it is well known that the little method perceptible in their madness is to be attributed to the ability and experience acquired in the American ranks. The other consideration which might re strain the activity of the diplomatic pens, were American statesmen to give it due consideration, is the amount of direct assistance which the Federal arms received from this country during the war. Th 43 English Government proposed a strict neutrality frt - ra the first outbreak of the war. If a strict neutrality includes a supervision of our ports, so th;..t no material of war should be transmitted to either belligerent, how would our accounts stand? Ti.e amount of arms and ammunition furnished to the Federal army during the war made a very con siderable difference in the efficiency of the victorious troops. The annals of Birmingham trade fur nish some statistics which might puzzle Mr. SEWARD to explain away, if they came under his inspection. Why, then, are we to be held responsible for the mischief done by a ship unarmed when she left our shores, and not for the losses occasioned by the actual arms and ammunition manufactured in this country and transmitted direct to one of the belligerents ? If a turn of the wheel brings the Southern interests into importance, once more we shall be receiving a small bill on account of these losses, and we shall find the charges more difficult to answer than we do the Alabama demand. If such rigorous measure is to be dealt out to all offenders, we advise the American Minister to turn his attention home wards. lie will not find it difficult to discover among his own countrymen some who talked loudly in favour of the war, and all the while were secretly transmitting goods to the enemy. It has been openly acknowledged that, but for the supplies coming from the North, the Confederacy could not have held out so long, but with this we have nothing to do. We have only to attend to our own share in the matter. Mr. SEWARD makes this heavy enough, for he finds serious ground of complaint in the fact of our recognition of the belligerent rights of the South, by which he says we gave strength and countenance to " a mere domestic disturbance." Was it worth while to declare a blockade on ac count of " a mere domestic disturbance ?" And how could we, in recognising that blockade, refuse to recognise the bbckaded ports as the property of belligerents ? We must either have insisted on our rights to trade with the closed ports andpaid no atten tion to the blockade—a decision which would have decided the war—or we must in acknowledging the blockade have acknowledged the existence of some thing more than a domestic disturbance ? Lord STANLEY has a difficult and delicate task, in which great firmness, temper, and prudence are needed. Happily, he is not a man to be irritated into rash and groundless measures, or to be frightened from his proper position by bombastic threats. He has met the demands of the American Minister in a moderate and conciliatory spirit, while taking care not to commit himself to the wholesale abandonment of English rights and dig nity which Mr. SEWARD seemed to look for. We hope that he will succeed in bringing this trouble some business to a satisfactory close, knowing, as he must do, that a foreign war, or the talk of a war, is a favourite resource with American politicians when they wish to gain public attention or revive their waning popularity. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. There is no news of importance to-day iu Paris, and the speculations about Salzbourg are exhausted. I :believe, however, from what 1 hear in official circles that the French Government will shortly give publicity to a very reassuring and pacific mani festation upon the subject. The Vienna papers announce that at the Council of Ministers held on Friday, under the presidency of the Emperor, and with the participation of the Hungarian Government, definite resolutions were adopted on the subject of the debt of the State, and the preparation of the Budg . et of 1868. The Reich strath will resume its sittings on the 16th inst. The Provincial Diets will also be very shortly con , yoked, in order to vote the Budgets for the year 1868. The following is the composition of the new Cabinet of Routnauia : —M. Golesco, President and Minister of the Interior; Foreign Affairs, M. Tariakian ; Public Works, M. Brationo ; 'Alinisters of Finance, War, and Justice, Messrs. S:eege, Ad rian, and Arlon. It is stated:in a letter from Rome that, with a view to the execution of the Convention of Sept. last, a force of at least 30,000 men is coll ec t e d on the frontiers of the Roman States to prevent insur rection, but happily there are no symptoms of in surrection, at least for the present. Garibaldi, restless spirit as he is, h as b een at Orreto and other places making speeches, from which it may be gathered that he defers any positive action for the present. In one of these inflammatory orations he " With me, or without me, nevertheless you will go to Rome. That is a political necessity, which will be manifest hereafter. As to me, I can neither hasten nor retard this movement." Gari baldi does not dare to proclaim what the object of this movement will be, but some democratic organs and a few of Garibaldi's friends leave it to be imacrined that these agitators are determined to strike a blow having for object the destruction of the tem poral power of the Pope. Garibaldi has already done much mischief, and caused a great deal of useless bloodshed, but " such divinity doth hedge" the Pope, that even without the interference of France, which will not fail should occasion require, any rising fomented by Garibaldi would prove as absurd, an I as mischievous to himself, as the last Quixotic exploit at Aspromonte. The Spanish Government, at length, speaks out a little, and the telegrams pretend that all danger from the insurrection has ceased. It is, therefore, its intention to refrain from recording any further facts from the insurrection. In spite of this official complacency it is quite certain that there are some "black points" connected with the present position of affairs in Spain. A few days will probably pro duce events which will force the Spanish Govern ment to abandon the silent system. There was a numerous attendance of literary men to-day at the Church of St. Honord, Passy, to pay the last tribute of respect to M. Charles Bandelaire—a man of eminence in the profession suddenly called to another and a better world. M. Bandelaire was the author of " Fleurs du Mal," " Parades Artificiels," and other popular produc tions. He also translated the works of Edgar Poe. The Paris papers are almost filled with commen taries upon the recent admirable speeches of the Emperor in the North, but an analysis of their ap preciations of them would form but a repetition of expres,ions of confidence, loyalty, and satisfaction. French writers are endowed with much finesse. The Constitutionnel, referring to the long residence of the Emperor in the prison of llam, peas of that establishment as the Unicersit y of Ham. Perhaps, however, the Constitutionnel is not wrong, for it was Dimly by degrees that the then Prince Napoleon managed to get out of it. A second veteran of the Empire had au interview with the Emperor Napoleon during his Majesty's visit to the North. This old soldier is named Flo rentiu Landousie, and was present at all the cam paigns from 1807 to 1815. He was in the Old Grturd. The old warrior went to the Prefecture of Police at Amiens, on Friday, shortly before the Emperor was about to leave, and asked for an audi ence. With some difficulty, he obtained it. He rushed into the presence of the Emperor with the agility of youth, although he is upwards of THE SUN, LONDOY. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1367. 80, and gavo a military salute to his Majesty. The Emperor listened to him patiently and kindly, while he gave a detail of his military career. The visit became known to an immense crowd waiting out side, and the result of it was impatiently expected by them. That was known at a glance, for, as the soldier came down the stairs, the sentinel presented arms, and it was seen that he wore the cross of the Legion of Honour on his breast. At the same time his son, who was waiting for him, threw him self into his father's arms, and the crowd made the air resound with cries of " Vive l'Empereur." In addition to the Cross of the Legion of Honour, the Emperor has bestowed an annual pension of 600 f. upon the old soldier, and he also gave him 100 f. to enable him to get home comfortably. About an hour after the interview the Emperor came down stairs. Landousie was still waiting, wishing to give his benefactor another salute. The Emperor remarked the brave old warrior, and returned the salute with a very cordial and friendly smile. Last night, with a tropical temperature, there was a succession of peculiarly vivid lightning, with thunder for hours, but no rain. It was what is called summer lightning, and was not alarming. This morn ing there was a peculiarly heavy atmosphere through which the sun could not penetrate, but in the coun try the heat was such that a sort of fog-steam arose as if the ground were being baked. In the after noon there was a storm of thunder, lightning, and rain in Paris, and at post hour the clouds had a very threatening aspect. The late eminent surgeon, Dr. Valpeau, " dearly loved a joke." Indeed it was " the ruling passion strong in death." A few days before the doctor died an intimate friend advised him to desist from his professional labours for the sake of his health, add ing, "I suppose, however, that you will die upon the breach." " I was born there," said Dr. Vel peau, " and why should I not die there." The native town of the doctor was La Breche, and in French the word breche is used . for the warlike ex pression of " dying upon the breach." IRELAND DUBLIN, Sept. 2. o i o au n tr at o bh f lee the critical weather he e ps i p n sr t the last three days has made the farmers less buoy ant and sanguine as to their prospects. As yet little or no injury has been done, but heavy rain has fallen in some parts of the country, which, if it continue, must retard the reapers and damage the oats in the low lands. The chief subject of apprehension is the potatoe crop, which is peculiarly susceptible of dis ease in damp, close weather such as now prevails. The terrible blight which spread such desolation in 1816 has haunted the memory of the Irish peasantry ever since, and the slightest symptom of decay is viewed with exaggerated fear. As the produce is remarkably fine this year, and covers a very large breadth of ground, the concern felt for it is propor tionately great. In some places in the county of Dublin, in the vicinity of Nenagh, Tipperary, and in isolated places in the north and west disease has shown itself ; but this happens every year, and there is no real ground of uneasiness as to the condition of the crop, unless the change in the weather, which seems only partial and temporary, should become general and confirmed. In places such as Sligo, where ravages were reported to have been com mitted, we now find that the tubers prove to be healthy and well flavoured in fields where the stalks are withered and blackened. The reports from Gal way state that the crop is safe. While the blight is stated to be in the North Riding of Tipperary, the accounts from Clonmel and the South Riding assure us that potatoes of first-rate quality, as dry and mealy as the oldest person can recollect, may be purchased at 44d. to sd. per stone, and that no blight or taint has yet appeared, except such as has always been observed to some extent. Labourers are everywhere in great demand, and obtain high rates of wages. A remarkable circumstance has been noticed in Tipperary and other parts of the country, namely, that women are employed at higher wages than men. They receive 2s. a day and their food, while the men receive only 103. a week and their food. A large area of crops has been already cut, and if the present week be fine the farmers will have abundant reason to rejoice. The investigation at Rathfriland was resumed on Saturday. Additional evidence was given as to the character of the procession, the fifing and drum ming, and firing of shots. John Clyde, whose field had been entered, deposed that about 1 o'clock in the day in question a party of processionists passed his farm at Aughnavalley, some of whom rushed through his fences and discharged firearms. A se cond drumming party passed in an hour later; and in a short time afterwards a number of men came into his house for protection. He could not identify any of the defendants. In answer to Mr. R!a on cross-examination, he said that having heard that an opposition party had attacked the processionists he went into his house and charged a gun. lie never knew an Orangeman do any person harm if he was let alone. James Duncan, another witness, esti mated the number of persons in the first party which passed Clyde's at 200, but the majority of them were women and boys. Constable Morton stated that he and two other constables stopped a party of about 200 persons coming into Rathfriland. They had one fife and six drums, and when remon strated with they said they had " come out for a day's amusement, the same as the Orangemen about Rathfriland had done." James Chas. Burns, one of the defendants, said that witness told them that " if the Orangemen of the Rathfriland neigh bourhood did what was wrong they should not do likewise." Burns agreed to everything he said, ex cept as to going back. Witness observed that the Orangemen did not go to r '-.lillyorier, and they should not come to Rathfriland, as danger would probably happen. Some of the party stated that they had been attacked and fired upon in the town land of Aughnavelly, and that if attacked again they would defend themselves and had wherewith to do so. Mr. M'Cleneham, J.P., then came down, and Burns having told him of the attack, he said he would endeavour to get him the protection of the police. The magistrates and police accompaniel the party on their way back towards the Diamond for more than a mile. Saw a pistol protruding from the pocket of one of the party. They continued to beat the drums until Mr. Miller, R.M., threatened to take the drumsticks from them. He identified some of the defendants as belonging to the party. One of them said they Were as good subjects as the Protestants, and ought to be protected. James Johnson, an Orangeman, was next examined. lie identified three of the defendants. On cross-exami nation he stated that he had of ten been drumming parties of Orangemen, and he did not see the Roman Catholics do anything more on the 15th of August than the Orangemen do on tha 12th July. Robert Chaine, another witness, deposed that he heard Burns addressed by the drumming party as " Cap tain," and that Burns crossed the ditch at Aughna valley and told his companions to " take the coun try." Heard a man in the crowd say, " Burn the homes as you need them." Heard another say, "Charge and play into them." Burns and the men who had followed him into the field came out again on the road and followed the drum. It would have taken a competent judge, he thought, to tell what the music was. The investigation was aijourned until Monday next. EVENING. Ernest Jones lectured this evening in tin Round ro:nn in the Rotu n d a on po litical freedom. He was accompanied by M r. [b a les and a deputation of working 'nen. The room was about half filled and there was no enthusiasm. , I'l lo O'Donoghne (ccupied the chair. The lecturer said he came to establish a perfect understanding between the Eng lish and the Irish people. H© advocated residential manhood suffrage and vote by ballot. A public meeting will be held to-morrow evening. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.—The West In dian, in addition to the Californian, both belonging to the \Vest Indian and Pacific Steamship Company, has been accepted by the Admiralty fur service in the Abyssinian expedition. Yesterday at Liverpool the Inman steamship Edinburgh was taken up by Government to carry coal to the Cape at five guineas per ton. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ~--- THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. ADEN, Aug. 24. Intelligence has been received here from Abyssinia to the Ist July. The captives were well, and were still separated from the Emperor Theodore. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF PARIS. (Via Queenstown.) NEW YORK, August 24 (Morning). General Sheridan has declared all contracts made with the old city Council of New Orleans to be annulled. It is feared that the ill health of General Thomas will prevent his assuming the command of the Fifth Military District, vice General Sheridan. General Grant is discharging numerous super fluous employds from the War Department. Several clubs arc organising at Washington, Cincinnati, and elsewhere, in favour of Mr. John son's re-election as President when his present term of office shall have expired. The new Turkish Minister, Blacque Bey, was presented to the President yesterday, when the usual courtesies were exchanged. The New York Herald urges the President to pro claim a general amnesty throughout the South, and to form a new Cabinet. Cholera of a malignant type has appeared in Illinois. On Thursday last Admiral Tegethoff sailed from New Orleans, on board tne Austrian frigate Eliza beth, for Vera Cruz. Advices published here. from Ilayti state that several conspiracies had been discovered in the Wand against President Salnare, and that numerous arrests had been made. The Inman steamship City of Paris arrived at Queenstown at 2 a.m. to-day (Sept. 3), with 39 passengers and $15,097 in specie. She landed mails and passengers, and proceeded immediately for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 3. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship llammonia passed the Needles at 10.30 a.m. :o-day. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SUEZ, Sept. 2. The Nubia arrived at 2 p.m. to-day. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine passed the Needles at 10.25 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 2, Two o'clock.—The settlement on French stocks is proceeding to-day ; there is a deport on Three per Cents. of 12c. The cours de compensation are fixed as follows :—Threes 69f. 70c., Four-and-a-Half 100 f., Fours 90f., Treasury Bonds 370 f. Three per Cents., which have advanced to 69f. 75c., are now quoted at 69f. 67c., showing no change on Saturday. Italian Fives are active at 48f. 95c., with a decline of sc. Credit Mobilier shares are at 270 f., a fall of 16f. 25c.; Comptoir d'Escompte at 715 f.; and Spanish Mobilier at 177 f. 50e., or 22f. 50c. lower. The railway market is quiet. 41 per Cents lOO 25 Bank Shares — Do. end month — Italian Loan 4B 95 3 per Cents. 69 70 Do end month 4B 95 Do. end month 69 70 Mexican Loan —.. Credit Mobilier ... 275 Do. Bonds — Do. end Month ... 277 50 Spanish Threes Credit Poncier — Home Debt — Da. end month 1372 50 Deferred RAILWS. For Account. Orleans Northern 1162 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 897 50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 483 75 383 75 71IE IMPERIAL VLSIT TO LILLE. A letter from Lille gives the subjoined details:— When the Empress went to the prison of Loos her Majesty visited the penitentiary in its most minute details, inquiring into everything— the sanitary state, dietary system, and the general spirit of the inmates ; nothing, indeed, escaped her inves tigation. The Empress excited astonishment at the precision and multiplicity of her questions on the most varied subjects, hygiene, discipline, and ad ministration —discussing everything with equal com petency and solicitude. The young prisoners, who, knowing her Majesty's kindness of heart and charity, had given her a most hearty welcome on her arrival, were astonished to see so high a personage descend to all those details ; they pressed around ber, and endeavoured to touch her dress, while their looks showed even better than any applause could do how grateful they were to see the Empress interesting herself in their welfare, and recommending that no thing should be neglected for their improvement. The imperial visitor, in examining the dormitories, turned down several of the beds to ascertain the state of the linen. One of them being badly made, the sheets being too short, her Majesty observed it, and join ing example to precept, re-made the bed with the precision of an accomplished housewife. The fold ing of the sheets would have done honour to a pupil at St. Cyr, where the dormitories are models of the kind. The Empress did not confine herself to re ceiving several petitions presented to her by inmates whose good conduct proved their repentance, and promising to mediate for them with the Emperor, but also conversed at length with some of them. You were at La Roquette ?" she said to one lad, laying her hand on his shoulder. ' Yes, Madame.' How much longer have you yet to remain?' Six months.' And where will you go when you leave this place ?" To Paris.' No, do not go to Paris, you will again meet with the bad acquaintances who led you astray ; if you promise not to return there I will try to obtain your release earlier' I have no need to add that the lad gave his word, and ran off shouting Vivo l'lmperatice P with all his might, to announce the news to his comrades. And you,' said the Empress to a boy of 15, ' what have you done to be here ?' The young delinquent blushed, looked down, and remained silent. Come,' said her Majesty, laughing and laying her arm on his shoulder ; come with me apart, I will confess you, and will not say a word to any one.' The Empress then walked aside with the lad, and when she returned a minute or two later her companion was in tears. Her Majesty shook him by the hand, and he went away with his bead more erect, and no longer despairing of his own reformation. After those in cidents I will not attempt to describe the cordial adieux made to her Majesty. From the details I have given you may guess what they were. Imagine the most enthusiastic you can picture in your mind, and you will still be far below the reality." THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.—The Viceroy of Egypt has not, as has been stated, been requested to pro cure camels for the Abyssinian expedition. He has only been asked to facilitate the purchases of our officers who have been despatched to Egypt for the purpose. mENT IN A COAL PiT.--An alarming ac ciiiont took ',lac.: the Astloy's D,:lf pit, Dunkinfield, on Friday eveni ng, 160 men and boys being imprisoned in the pit until Saturday evening. The pit is worked by two ' relays of men, the men working eight hours each. One set of men commence work at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and leave at 11 at night, and the second set commence at 8 o'clock at night, and leavo at 4 o'clock in the morning. About half-past 9 o'clock on Friday evening, as the engineer was winding up a cage with four tubs of coal upon it the rope suddenly snapped between the head stocks and the engine-house, and the bottom of the shaft was blocked up. The pit is 686} yards in depth. The men were released by what is called the Town-lane shaft, but not without great exertions, and not until between 6 and 7 o'clock on Satur day evening. Food was forwarded to the men by a wire clown the Town-lane shaft. l - fryppily no 0110 received any injury. THE REVIVAL OF COMMERCIAL CON FIDENCE. (From the London Rerietv) Twelve months ago business men were congratu lating themselves that the rate of discount had been lowered from 10 to 7 per cent., and it was prophe sied on all sides that we should very soon see a great, if not a complete, revival of commercial confidence throughout the country. Since then the Bank directors have gradually brought down the mini mum rate from 7 to 6, from 6 to 5, from 5 to 4,3, and lastly, to 2 per cent., at which it now stands. A year of peace has passed over our heads, for what- ever other countries have said, or done, or threatened, England has never armed a regiment, nor brought together half-a-dozen ships for war purposes, and yet what is the present state of trade ? where is all the vast wealth of this wealthy land, which may be truly called the counting-house of the mercantile world ? The reply is unfortunately but too patent. In every branch of business there is the most com plete stagnation, and upwards of twenty millions sterling are lying in the coffers of the bank, as un productive as the gold which the Arab sheiks bury in the desert in order to keep it safe. On the Stock Exchange, as well as with the discount houses and the various banks, money is a perfect drug ; and on Government securities any amount can be had from to below the Bank of England rates. Tho latter establishment is suffer ing quite as much from its present useless wealth as it was in May, 1866, from the many calls made upon its resources. From every quarter the same cry is raised, " We have too much money, there is nothing upon which we can safely employ our funds; show us something in which we can have confidence, and any amount of capital will be forthcoming." And yet there is no cloud, so far as men can judge of the future, on the political horizon. There has been no over-trading. The weak firms and the bubble corn ' panics have long ago been wrecked on the shore of undue speculation. Many unsound concerns have foundered, but the good vessels remain. Still, with all this, confidence has not revived, and the trade of Europe seems dying because it has not strength to eat of the food prepared and placed within its reach. There arc many persons who attribute the present state of things to the frauds and misrepresentations by which scheming promoters and other speculators Induced so many thousands of persons to embark their money upon undertakings which never did, and never could, return them a shilling of interest, and which in but too many instances failed to re turn their capital also. This, however, is a mis take. The chief losers by the flash companies were not business men ; they were country gentlemen, country clergymen, half-pay officers, widows with fixed incomes, and too many other persons who, anxious to make much money with little capital, were caught by the lying prospectuses of adven turers who called themselves honest men, but were, in fact, nothing more than so many commercial Robert Macaires. The railways—the old as well as the new companies—were also chiefly supported by men who thought themselves far too well posted in City matters to speculate in anything that was not perfectly sound. The fate of the London, Chatham, and Dover line must have awoke many from their slumbers of security, and the pre sent price of all railway stock is a witness as to how strong was the reaction respecting this kind of in vestment. The relapse in the iron trade, too, must have injured many and frightened more. This, as well as the many failures in Indian, no doubt caused a great break down in that confidence with out which no business is possible, for it only prevents those who have money from speculating, but it is often the cause of a numter of adventurers, whose only capital is their impudence, rushing into under takings in which they are certain to break down, and thus increase the general distrust. There is a theory prevalent in some quarters that because the stagnation in trade and speculation has lasted so long there must very soon be a complete re action. We cannot see any reason for this belief. Unless money is employed, it must be idle ; and so long as it is idle the interest it can command will be merely nominal. The question, therefore, remains how to use the money ; and the best practical answer to that is now being given by many of the largest banking firms. These are now commencing to invest very largely in Go vernment securities, one firm alone last week having purchased to the extent of nearly half a million in Consols, and several other houses and joint-stock banks having followed the example in lesser amounts. The movement has commenced, and in the City the belief is that it will continue. In every way it com mends itself to common sense and it is the one only —but we are happy to believe the very certain — means by which confidence will be revived both in trade and finance by the time business-men have made an end of their holiday-keeping. A very slight calculation will realise the truth of what we say. The joint-stock banks are now paying 1 and 1k per cent. upon deposits, and this money they can hardly employ at 2 per cent., 1 and 1 is nearer the mark. Now even the most unbusiness-like men will readily understand that a margin of ior per cent., out of which all expenses have to be paid, and for which the usual amount of fair risk must be encountered, would hardly pay any establishment, more particu larly when,as in the present instance, the deposits are very large and very numerons, but the discounts or loans very small and very few. It would almost be better—it certainly would had not bankers an eye for, and great hope in, the immediate future—to ref use all deposits, reduce the staff of the establishments, and confine the banking to paying and receiving money on current accounts. But the English funds at their present prices pay from 31 to 3} per cent., and money thus invested is at all times convertible into cash. Surely here is the solution as to how money deposited at 1 and 1k should be employed, and it is the most hopeful sign of the times which h a s appeared for many months past in the financial horizon that bankers themselves have perceived where their true - interests lie, and have taken the initiative in what must cause the restoration of commercial confidence. When Consols are in demand the prices rise, and when that takes place money comes forth to seek other investments. But without an advance in the price of stocks there never was, and we believe never will be, any revival of confidence in a money market over which panic has reigned supreme. But let the public funds rise in price, and confidence is everywhere restored. It is like the weather glass that, when it points to fair weather, induces even the most timorous to brave the risks of a storm. Risks there always are, in finance as in everything else, but we believe that these may be now fairly regarded as dispersed, and that it needs but a continuance of the move ment which has commenced to make every one believe in a very much brighter future. It is true that political events may perhaps cause clouds to rise, but these are chances which need not trouble us here in England. Moreover, if there is any meaning in words, the French Emperor has declared that nothing is further from his thoughts than draw ing the sword, and the warnings he has had cannot surely be thrown away. But even suppose it be otherwise—suppose that the long-talked-of struggle between Prussia and France should turn out as the prophets of evil foretell, has not England all her Colonial and Indian empire left in which her train will be carried on ? Or would she not, in the event of a European war, become both the carrying' nation as to her ships, and the banker as to her funds, of the whole Continent ? There arc records of English prosperity even when her neighbours were all cutting each other's throats. THE RISING IN SPAIN. —T he Lukpelidance Beige says :—" The news from Spain continues to be con tradictory as to the condition of the insurrection. What is certain, however, in spite of official telegrams and re ports, is that the movement is not suppressed. The strangest and most unexpected rumours are in circulation in Madrid, which shows that they regard the situation as grave. Thus it was reported that there was a split in the Cabinet, and that three Ministers were anxious to retire, but were prevented by their of. collea k gu n es. Th h erasignation e 4 the entire Ministry is now s p oe TQueen will call in Espartero and the progressist party. It is stated tliat the ex-Queen Christina has gained over General Ptim, and that this turn in affairs is the result of her ch l ui,cile. On the other hand, there is a report of a stil more ro,actionary Government than the prusOnt one under the (1.4.6411!),u. of General Pezuela." _ , ` Cif _ pre. nrit • ' et i r 11 till „ ( HER MAJESTY. The Queen, surrounded by the Princess Louise, Prince and Princess Christian, and the members of the Court, continues in the enjoyment of excellent health. On Thursday next the annual Braemar Gathering takes place. The Prince and Princess Christian and the other members of the Royal family at Balmoral are expected to be present. BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS. The Royal Mail Ship Shannon, with the mails from Brazil and River Plate, arrived at Southamp ton yesterday, and brings a fortnight's later intelli gence from the scat of war in Paraguay. This news is but a continuation of the extensive prepara tions that the allies are making for a combined attack. General Osorio, who was to have marched against Paraguay, and make an attack on Cande laria, had gone back to Itati, and was to occupy the position of Tujuti, which Marshal Caxias was leaving. The force of Osorio consisted of 4,700 men and 500 women. H. M. gunboat Doterel was to leave for Paraguay on the 27th July, to ascertain if any Englishmen were confined there as stated in some letters pub- lished in the Times of London, but of which no one at Buenos Ayres was aware. Discussion and bad feeling has already commenced on the vote of the Argentine Congress for £BO,OOO, to fortify the island of Martin Garcia ; and it is a curious fact that while the allies are engaged in a war, the purport of which they pretend is to destroy the fortification of Paraguay, and so open up free navigation, one of these , same allies is getting up collossal fortifications GOO miles lower down to threaten the navigation of the Pavana and Nouquay. In the interior Argentine provinces the revolution has not yet been smothered, and at Tucuman a new revolution had taken place, and as an example of the rapidity with which ono succeeds another we take from the Standard of Buenos Ayres the information that the province of Riossa has had no fewer than fifteen governors in seven months, and in Catamarca the vicissitudes of administration are not less remarkable, having had seventeen governors in less than four years. Great fears were entertained at Buenos Ayres that, upon the question of the removing of the capital from that city, a new civil war would com mence, as Buenos Ayres is determined to keep a strong hold on the customs and revenues of the nation, and will not give these up. It is greatly to be regretted that a country so rich as the Argentine Confederation, and which only needs peace for development, should, when engaged in a disastrous struggle for over three years, and having revolution at home, finds time to commence discussion upon a new civil war and a repetition of the scenes of Cepeda and Pavon. DESTRUCTION OF THE ARCADI. ATHNS, Aug. 24. The French Admiral Simon, just arrived here, brings details of the total destruction of the blockade runner Arcadi by Turkish cruisers off Crete. The admiral, cruising at the time in Candian waters, was an eye-witness of the affair. It appears that after having landed part of her cargo upon the Cretan coast the Arcadi, for some unknown reason, put off towards Gaudo, an islet at no great distance, the captain announcing that he would shortly return to complete discharging cargo, and to take refugee families on board. Upon her reappearance the Arcadi was stopped by the Turkish steamer Izzedin, the same vessel whieh had previously chased her at Cerigotto. Admiral Simon states that an engage ment of the moat determined character ensued, last ing upwards of two hours. The Greeks were appa rently gaining the advantage, when two large Turkish ironclad frigates attracted by the cannonade came to assist the Izzedin. The foremost frigate immediately sent a broadside into the Arcadi, causing her to heel over -and begin to settle. Pre ferring to beach his vessel sooner than fall into the hands of the Turks, the commander of the Arcadi put on fall steam and ran her ashore. Admiral Simon adds that upon leaving the following morning he saw the Arcadi in flames ; but whether she Was set on fire by her own crew or the enemy he could not tell. A Prussian steamer, also occupied ill carrying refugees to Greece, and which has come ill since the admiral, brings news that the captain Of the Izzedin and several of her crew have been taken , wounded, into hospital. - The Greek Government still continues to provi sion its arsenals, to purchase and order war ships , and to complete its army. Brigandage may be said to be extinct. The loss of the Arcadi will not prevent Greek houses from still throwing supplies into the island' as two other steamers, the Union and the Candia+ arc actively engaged in the service. MASS MEETING OF COLLIERS. On Monday one of the largest meetings of colliers ever held in the kingdom was held at Barnsley, when upwards of 8,000 men belonging to the Miners' Association marched in procession to the Beech field, where they were addressed by Mr. Plimsoll, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Brown, Mr. Normansell, Mr. M‘Donald, and others. There was a large display of flags, and a prominent feature in the procession was the appearance of the widows and relatives of the men who were killed by the explosion at the Oaks Colliery. On arriving at the ground, where a platform had been erected, there could not have been less than 15,000 persons present ; 15 bands of music assisted in the procession. Mr. J. NORMANSELL, Secretary of the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, was called to the chair, and in opening the proceedings remarked OH what the Union had done for the miners in the dis trict, in increasing wages, shortening the hours of labour, and causing all coal coming to the pit top to be weighed in the presence of a check weighula a appointed by the men. Mr. MAHONEY then moved, and Mr. Ti. lIAL L seconded, the following resolution That tbie meeting,composed of the miners from all parts of the South Yorkshire district, expresses its utmost satis faction at the manner in which the affairs of th e association have been conducted during the past 12 months ; that it is glad to know the association 110 increased to such a great extent, and has been th e means of conferring such benefits upon its members, and has also been able to assist other trades' asse tions in various parts of the United Kingdom." Mr. S. PLIMSOLL, in supporting the resolutiou, a s a Sheffield man denounced the conduct of a few °, the Unionists in Sheffield, and considered Broad s head and the men who were associated with bins dastardly and cruel a set of cowards as ever cheatea the gallows ; but he did not think that all 0 3 Trades' Unions in Sheffield and other p l ace s shou' il be condemned for their acts, no more than RetlP t 1 should be taken as a sample of railway b 0 honesty, or bankers who had been transporteLl considered as a fair sample df their clas s. so long as human nature was human nature the vrO4ho would be obliged to unite themselves against t, strong; therefore Trades' Unions becam e necessary to the working man. inc lu dipg Several other resolutions were adopted , one moved by Mr. V. Casely, seconded by gr r ,' , tt Chappell, and supported by Mr. 1-loline3 :—" this meeting expresses its utmost abhorren ce of to crimes revealed before the Commission at Shefliel"ol that it looks upon the authors of such crimes 0 00 disgrace to our common country ; and upon Unions who have permitted their affairs to be e e l° ; ducted in the manner shown to be equally eulr`b„o, and that this meeting hopes that the scathing ens to sures made will be the means of putting an en,a, such a system of terrorism and crime for ever% u tb° A vote of thanks to the chairma n broulp' proceedings to a close. LORD DERBY.--We understand the Ea rl ,:,v Perby has consented to lay the fouudatiou stoup of ti le ,o. Southern Hospital, Liverpool, early in . .the ensuing Illy