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/THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, THAT RASCAL JACK. Messrs. J. Rouse, J. Neville, C. Warner ; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C. Thompson. To conclude with T RE GREAT CITY. Messrs. C.Warner, F. Morton. J. Fitzjames, F Villiers, J. C. Cowrer, W. M'lntyre, J. Rouse, J. Irving, J. B. Johnstone; Mesdames M. Robertson, R. U. Le Thiere, C. Thompson. Commence at Seven. 11.1-IEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Managsr, Mr. BuckstAte. THIS EVENING, I'ETEK SMINK. Fo lowed by . THE COQUETTE. Messrs. Howe, Comp ton, Gordon, Vincent. Weathersby, Coe, ; Mesdames Sedgwmk, Matthews, Lewin, eze. Alter which, WHO WANTS A GUINEA. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe. Chippendate, Rogers, Compton, Clark, Kendal, Braid, Gordon, White, &c.; Mesdames Burke, .iathews, I,aw-, &o. Commence at Seven. TIIEATRE ROYAL ADELPII 1. Sole Yro➢r'etor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENINCT, a new Musical Drama, GARIBALDI IN SICILY. Miss Roden, Miss E ritt; Messrs. It. s, .1. G. 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REGULATIONS FOR CARRIAGES. ENTRANCES. LIVERPOOL-ROAD. SETTING DOWN.—Carriages with Company for this Entrance are to join the rank at the Angel, Islington, and set down with horses' heads towards Barnsbury. WAITING AND TAKING UP.—Carriages after set ting down are to draw off immediately along the Liverpool road, and if required to wait to take up, are to form in a single line on the West side of the Liverpool-road, north of Elizabeth-terrace, with ho: ses' heads towards the City road, and after taking up are to drive off in that direction. UPPER-STREET. SETTING DOWN.—Carriages with Company for this Entrance are to join the rank at the Angel, Islington, and set down with horses' heads towards Islington-green. WAITING AND TAKING UP.—Carriages after setting down are to draw off immediately along the Essex road, and if required to wait to take up, are to form in two single lines on the East and West sides of Essex-road, north of the Myddelton Statue, with horses' heads towards the City-road; an t after taking up are to drive off in that direction. BARFORD-STREET. SETTING DOWN.—Carriages of Ladies Patronesses and others having Carriage Tickets for setting down at this Entrance, are to proceed along Pentonvillei-road, Penton-street, Barnsbury-road, Richmoud-road, and Liverpool-road to Barford-street, and set down as directed by police. "WAITING AND TAKING UP.—Caniages after set ting down are to draw off immediately, and if required to wait to take up, are to form in a single line North of Bar ford-street, ou the side of Liverpool-road, as directed by police, and when called are to take up, and drive off in the direction of the City-road. CABS WAITING FOR HIRE. Cabs waiting for hire are to wait in Upper-street, Eliza beth-terrace, Clouiesley-street, or Cloudesley-road, as may be directed by the police. Carriages may be stopped by police at any point and formed in line to prevent obstruction. Servants are to wait where directed by the police. Per sons are not to stand at or near the entrances so as to causo obstructions. RICHARD MAYNE, The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Police Office, 4, Whitehall-place, July 17, 1867. BALL given by the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA to his Imperial Majesty the SULTAN, at the India-office, on FRIDAY, July 19. REGULATIONS FOR CARRIAGES. ST. JAMES'S-PARK. ENTRANCE. Setting Down.—Carriages having blue carriage-tickets are to proceed by Buckingham-gate, Constitution-hill, or Marlborough-yard, through St. James's-park, and across Hone Guards' Parade, and set down with the horses' heads towards Birdcage-walk. Waiting and Taking Up.— Carriages, after setting down, are to drive off by the park or wait on the parade, as di rected by the police, until called to take up. CHARLES-STREET ENTRANCES. Setting Down.—Carriages having red or yellow carriage tickets are to proceed by Birdcage-walk, through Storey's gate into Delahay-street and Duke-street. Waiting and Taking up.—Carriages after setting down are to drive off into King-street or wait in open space op posite the entrance, or in the Broad Sanctuary, as directed by the police, and coming through King-street take up the reverse way to setting down, and drive off by Duke-street and Birdcage-walk. WHITEHALL ENTRANCE. Setting Down.—Carriages with company having white invitation tickets are to proceed along Whitehall into Downing-street and pass through the archway into the court-yard. Waiting and Taking Up.—Carriages after setting down aro to drive off by Whitehall, or wait in Whitehall as directed by the police, take up the same way as they set down, and drive off by ‘Vhitehall. Carriages may be stopped by police at any point, and formed in line to prevent obstruction. Servants aro to wait where directed by the police. Persons are not to stand at or near the entrances so as to cause obstructions. RICHARD MAYNE, The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Police-office, 4, Whitehall-place, July 17, 1867. FETE GIVEN to the BELGIAN VOLUNTEERS, by Migi BURDETT COUTTS, at Holly Lodge, Highgate, on FRIDAY, July 19. REGULATIONS TO PREVENT OBSTRUCTIONS:_ Carriages are to set down at the private entrance, West bill, not later than 2.45 p.m., and wait in Merton-lane or Millfield-lane, with the horses' heads towards Holly Lodge. No carriage can bo allowed to remain in Westhill, be tween Swain's-land and The Grove, Highgate. Bruwmage-walk will be closed frOm To'Clock p.m. until the Fete is over. _ _ _ Servants waiting are to remain where directed by the police. If it is necessary, to prevent obstructions, carriages with company may be directed to proceed up /Enfield and Merton Lanes, to the entrance in Westhill. RICHARD MAYNE, The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Police-office, 4, Whitehall-place, July 17, 18G7. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. / 1 111 S DAY. —Morning, 3h. Om.—Afternoon, 311. 12m. ro-Momtow.-Iforning, 31i. 30m.—Afternoon, 3.i. 45m. • rb gij r jg h) SUM LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1867. What will the Lords do ? is the question which is now being put by many sapient observers of public matters, and the answer does not seem very satisfactory when it is given. Lord GREY seems, willingly or unwillingly, as the case may be, to have sprung a mine of discontent, doubt, and difficulty by his observations on Tuesday at the time of the introduction of the Reform Bill. 'We considered his remarks quite uncalled for when he uttered them, and are still more fully convinced of it by the impression which his speech has made far and wide. Not that it all follows that things will turn out so bad as some expect or prophesy, but an unfavourable impression has been made, to say the least of it, and shoals and quick sands appear where they were not expected. Such an effect is an unfortunate one, and it is much to be regretted that the noble lord should not have been better advised, and have reconsidered his plans before he ventured upon the adoption of so hazardous a course. It was invidious at any rate. The significance of Lord GREY'S remarks rests a good bit upon the course which Earl RUSSELL will take. If the noble lord merely ex pressed his own opinion, and wished to make a sort of protest against the measure as it was sent up from the House of Commons, it may not after all signify so much ; but if, on the other hand, he is the forerunner of evil, the stormy petrel who heralds the tempest at home, the case may be of more consequence, and give rise to results that have not been thought of by those who have so anxiously watched the progress of the bill as yet. We earnestly hope that Lord RUSSELL will in this emergency show himself more of a statesman than to stoop to such mean devices as stopping the way of progress and interfering with the course of a measure that has been eagerly demanded and desired by the great body of the people, and advocated by all well wishers to the prosperity and peace of the nation at large. m t the c o a r s em, may is U di n ffi d o e u r i t t he to p s e a c y uliar whatcircumstances nobleo r o d f consideration of patriotism, and n not do. We know from sad experience consideration no of political wisdom, will avail to stop him if he is in clined to oppose a certain scheme. Reform is very dangerous ground with him, and his perversity and jealousy may mar the effect of his experience and his desire to have the question settled. He had better take heed to his ways , and reflect upon the consequences to his reputation if ho now appear in the character of a Marplot. No fame that could have accrued to him in earlier days, had he succeeded in passing a measure of Reform himself when in power, can be compared to the ignominy that will attend him if he should repeat his words of 1859 in another place but with the same intensity of feeling. As for Lord GREY it might have been expected that the memory of the past alone might have withheld him from any factious attempt to impede the progress or assail the security of the measure. his father had a good deal to undergo in consequence of the opposition of the House of Lords to the Reform Bill of his day, and it seems most inconsistent that he should tread in the steps of one who created so much confusion, instead of following the nobler course marked out for him in a hereditary as well as iu a political sense. Lord LYNDHURST, at that time, gained his point in postponing the consideration of the measure by the House of Lords, but the victory was purchased dear, and no one of reflection or experience would wish to see its successor at the present time. If by any chance the Resolution which Lord GREY intends to move be carried, the consequence ruxtst be that many vexed questions will have to be rt •considered, and thus the conclusions which the 13 ouse of Commons has arrived at after weary research an d long investigation will be done away with or cot tradicted, and the bill in reality be no forwarder than it was some months ago. We cannot believe that such is the noble lord's wish, much as he may disapprove of some of the component parts of the measure as it stands at present ; bat still his work may have that effect, whether he desires it or not. After all, then, we would fall back upon the good sense of the House itself, and place that reliance upon the members of it generally which we cannot always feel for particular individuals, who are carried away by the excitement of the moment or the peculiarity of their own prejudices. It is well known that Lord DERBY'S influence in the House of Lords is great, and it will be exerted in the present instance in a patriotic sense, and for the furtherance of a most popular end ; but still we would not trust entirely to that, nor would we ad vise waverers or indifferent lookers-on to trust either. Let all who are not definitively pledged to the support of this Resolution be on the alert, and, putting aside even minor things, resolve to support the Government. This is no party question ; it is a matter of national in. terest and importance ; the people have fixed their eyes upon the house of Lords to see how it wil comport itself in this great struggle that is being made for their rights, and the present is no time to disappoint their expectations ; besides it would be most ill-advised in a mere personal sense to stop the progress of the Reform Bill by untimely delays, for the detractors of that assembly would have only too much reason to say that they had better look at home, for reform is wanted in that direction more than anywhere else. ' The stormy weather yesterday proved inimical to the grand naval entertainment provided for our Imperial guest, and, in fact, altogether alt as er n e a d t the p ti r r o e g ly ram un n e a x e p o ee f te t d h . e d E ay v . er T si h n i e s e ch: i n o g n e da w y weather wise folk had predicted serious difficulties in the way, and on Tuesday night the Speaker announced to the House of Commons that it was very probable the arrangements so carefully and elaborately made could not be carried out ; and, in spite of a tem porary change for the better, so it proved. Wind and weather chose to asert their supremacy over all sublunary potentates, and to disarrange the best laid plans of Boards of Admiralty and naval com manders. The royal party had, however, an oppor tunity for examining the fleet, and in the slow pas sage of the QUEEN'S yacht through the long lines the SULTAN could no doubt form a pretty accurate idea of the strength and extent of our naval re sources. Neither was- he left in uncertainty as to what the sea monsters before him could do in the way of destruction, for the fire which was opened from all the ships as soon as the QUEEN'S yacht had anchored was mostimposing. For nearly 20 minutes the deafening peals went on with varying effect, now in a grand explosion that the listeners half feared had done some actual damage, now in a rolling salute, but always giving the impression of the vast force of the armaments. The attack of the gunboats upon the forts was also very good, although the weather greatly interfered with the effect in this as in every other part of the day's programme. The spectators on shore were the most to be pitied, for thanks to the mist, rain, and wind, they could see very little of what was going oa. Oa a reason ably fine day there would of course have been hosts of yachts iu tho train of the Royal vessels, and the sea would have been gay with plea sure boats. The beauty and vivacity of the scene were, therefore, diminished by the inclemency of the skies, although the stern realities of war were perhaps more faithfully represented by the grim dark ironclads defying all enemies, actual and in tangible. The SULTAN and the VICEROY expressed themselves warmly in admiration of the fleet, and in gratification of the day's proceedings, notwith standing the failure of the intended manoeuvres, and they must have acknowledged that their royal hostess was a fitting representative of the national sovereignty of the seas in her experienced seaman ship. The illumination of the fleet in the evening had a beautiful effect, and would have been still more brilliant but for the evil agency of that übi quitous enemy, the weather. Still the illustrious visitors must have been fully aware of the gre it efforts made to do them honour, and her MAJESTY chose the occasion for investing the SULTAN with the Order of the Garter, and when the SULTAN was seen on the deck of the Royal yacht conversing with her MAJESTY and wear ing the blue riband great gratification was felt. The general excellence of the arrangements for the convenience and comfort of the public mitigated as far as possible the disadvantages of the day. So far, therefore, all was well, and if we have unluckily been called upon to exhibit to the SULTAN speci mens of English good humour and perseverance under difficulties, we have not failed besides to show him a fleet worthy of Britannia her self. The great question of iron versus wood, now pretty well decided in naval circles, was argued over again by the general public yesterday, and the old popular admiration for the beautiful old wooden three-deckers was as strong as ever, notwithstanding the tremendous superiority of their less attractive rivals in point of destructive force. The Royal Sovereign was among the vessels, and her almost insignificant appearance very incorrectly represented the destructive force of her turrets. Some of the larger ironclads are fine looking vessels, and can claim attention on the score of beauty of ap prance, as well as of immense power. Altogether the fleet, wood and iron, was one well worth look ing at, even at the cost of a little temporary incon-:' venienco, • and the sailors are plainly made of the same stuff as of old. They showed their loyalty, their 'daring, and their skill very conspicuously as the yacht steamed through the lines, by displaying themselves on the most apparently inaccessible heights, notwithstanding the gale. The review, if not a success, was in many respects highly satisfac tory, and must not therefore be stigmatised as a failure. TIIE REFORM BILL. - s-- Subjoined is the text of the letter addressed by Lord Derby to his supporters iu the House of Lords : _ . " July 16, 1867. the House of Commons, it is my "My Lord—The Reform Bill havingint en t o o n w t P o a 7)r eod piloosnestehantf i L t solrldosuldnnbiNelorreladcaly,a the e co 2 n 2 d l ti i i n n s e t. in ; a t n h d e although I hope that no division may be called for on that stage, yet it is of extreme importance to have as good an attendance as possible of the friends of the Government. I have therefore to request that your Lordship will, if possible, be in your place on that evening ; and more especially that you will favour me by your attendance during the progress of the bill through committee, in which it is almost certain that some amendments will be moved to which it may be impossible for her Ma jesty's Government to give their assent. —. I have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, " DEBBY." TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSEMY EVENING, JULY 18, 1867. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The Moniteur states that after a discussion, to which several sittings were devoted, the Helvetic Federal Assembly has just decided that its diplo matic representation in foreign countries shall be limited to four Legations, accredited to the Govern ments of France, Italy, Austria, and Prussia. I mentioned recantly that the Marquis do La Valette, the enlightened and patriotic Minister of the Interior, had transmitted to the SocidtC of the Gens de Lettres the Emperor's gift of 10,000 francs in aid of the project to establish a Literary Interna tional Congress at Paris. The society have sent a letter in reply to the Marquis, by which they thank him for " the gracious and hearty consent" which he gave to the establishment of such a Congress. The letter requests the Marquis to offer the homage of the respectful and sincere gratitude of the society to the Emperor for the gift. The letter adds—" It was appropriate to the Sovereign who has acquired the right of adding to the trophy common to all the Kings an arm morescarce—his eloquent and glorious historical pen. It was in that character that the Emperor should offer spontaneously to Letters such a proof of his striking sympathy." The Siecle says :--" The result of the trial of Bimpression in Cou r t, whicherez o will wski also prod be produced feltd a deep byall France. E ver y one praises the wisdom of the jury. The crime was evident, avowed, and the guilty man did not attempt to dissimulate the motives which induced him to commit it. It was not, as was first said, a desire for personal vengeance. The father of A n t o i ne Bere zowski,encouraginghis son in 1863 t o insurgents, ener getically farfrom n tother anksofthe Polish persuaded him not to do so, and punished his disobedience by cursing him. Berezowski was ignorant then that his father was in prison and his eldest brother in Siberia.. He thought only of the sufferings of his country, the persecutions, the vio lence, and the massacres,of which his eloquent defen der M. Emmanuel Arago drew so eloquent a picture. The antecedents of this young man of 20 were k r. proachable. In (;allicia, at Munich, at Man heim, at Liege, in France, he only left favourable impressions behind him ; he economised his money to improve his education. He only conceived the thought of homicide in a moment of excitement, perhaps at reading the frightful accounts in which the agony of Poland is depicted. The jury thought of the martyrdom of that unhappy nation, whose cause was always popular amongst us, and without concealing from themselves the odious character of the attempt of the 6th of June, committed in the midst of a fete, upon the hospitable territory of France, yet, extending their views beyond the facts upon which they had to give an opinion, the Jury of the Seine wished to give a striking con secration of the principle of the abolition of the punishment of death, which we wish to see established, because society would thus give an example of respect for human life, and at the same time abolish the barbarous and sanguinary customs of times past. A great number of Poles were present at the trial. There was no sy mpat h y among t h em f or th e assas sin's crime, which, they said, arose out of exalted patriotism. One of the prescribed Poles was heard to say that when Berezowski loaded his pistol he had in his eyes and his thoughts the sanguinary nights of Warsaw, the mines of Siberia, and the prisons of Posen. An individual who heard him said he appeared to take great interest in the trial. "Berezowski is my countryman," said the Pole. " I thought you were a Prussian," replied the ques tioner. "I a Prussian," said the Pole indignantly. " I am a native of Posen, and since the first spoliation of Poland the sentiments of the Duchy have not changed. We are Prussians by name and by force; but patience, a day will come when the white eagle will triumph over the black eagle, for, as ilichelet says, right is eternal." . . The death is announced of the reigning Prince Frederic Gunther de Rudolstadt. He was born on the 6th of November, 1793, and succeeded his father on the 28th Of April, 1807, under the government of a Regency. He attained his majo rity on the 6th of November, 1814. A German, M.Gerhard Rohlfs, has just traversed the whole of the African continent from the Medi terranean to the Gulf of Benin, in the Gulf of Guinea. This news has been communicated by M. Duveyrier, who is himself well known for his explo rations in Sahara. M. Rohlfs is the first European who has ever crossed Africa direct from the Medi terranean to the Pacific Ocean. The scientific world must be interested in the painful and daring efforts of such explorers as Messrs. Duveyrier and Rohlfs, and the results of their labours will, no doubt, be published. It is now definitely arranged that the Empe ror will go to review the troops encamped at Chalons early in August, and in September his Ma jesty and the Empress will make their usual autumnal visit at Biarritz. Official notification of this inten tion has been made to foreign Courts, so that the Sovereigns and Princes who intetd to come to Paris to see the Exhibition may know that if the visit be too much prolonged their Majesties will be absent from Paris. At the command, and under the patronage, of the Emperor there have been constructed in the Avenue Daumcsnil spunmens of comfortable houses for small families. There are 41 of these houses, of which the plan may be seen in the Exhibition. Each house has three storeys and a cellar, and each stage contains two rooms and a kitchen. The cost of these 41 houses was 32 0,000 f., making the expense of each about 6,000 f. Adding, however, the cost of the purchase of the land and the excavations and other works 510,000 f. have been expended. The Emperor has made a present of these houses to a co-operative society of work men established to build houses at a cheap rent. In these days Turks, like all other nations, repu diate prejudices, and although there is something in the Koran which forbids portrait painting, the pre sent Sultan Abdul Azziz during his stay in Paris gave sittings to an eminent French artist, M. Bida, in order that he should furnish his " counterfeit presentment." M. Porthe, the artist who made a portrait of Abdul Medjid, the Sultan's predecessor. could not pursue his labours so quietly, for during his stay in Constantinople he once penetrated within the precincts of the Harem, and such was the ex citement against the giaour that he was compelled to return precipitately to France. Abdul Medjid, however, consoled the 40,000 f. painter with a present of There is a sort of panic about dogs at present in Paris, albeit the temperature is much below that of the dog-days. Th e local authorities have i ssue d a notice, drawn up ev id ently by some one w h o wi ll not be bound by the rules of Lindley Murray, or the orthodox gram mat i cal authority of F rance, who ever he may be. Th e notice says—" The Mayor of has the ho nour to inform the propr i e t ors o f dogs which are n o t muzzled that they w ill b e seize d and killed by a functionary appointed for the pur pose." As the point is left doubtful whether the notice applies to dogs or proprietors alarm upon the subject is very natural. Spanish newspaper s are usually very gfave and matter-of-fact prod uct i ons. A M a d r id paper, how ever, unbends f or once and relates t h a t a Bisc a y an applied the other day to the police for a passport to Ochalazaigritia. The weather was very hot, and the clerk being in a somewhat lazy mood, and not much inclined to write such a long word, asked the applicant if it would be the same if he gave him a passport for sonic other place more easy to describe. There has been a Cabinet Council to-day at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. The Empress was present. As I closed my letter there was rain, a cold wind, symptoms of storm, and a conspicuous absence of all the adjuncts necessary to constitute pleasant summer weather. All this, however, did not dis may visitors to the Exhibition, which was very full. CLERKS AND SERVANTS TO PUBLIC COMPANIES._ Mr. Church, the c hi e f clerk iu Chancery, d ec id e d yester day that in wi n di ng -up cases there was no provision, as there is iu bank ruptcy, to pay clerks or servants in full ; they can only r an k 40 Mdit9o. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SWITZERLAND. BERNE, July 18. The Council of the States has sanctioned the re solution passed by the National Council upon the 11th inst. for the establishment of a permanent Swiss Embassy at Berlin, but has also rejected the petition for the appointment of a Minister at Washington, CONSTANTINOPLE, July 17. The Imperial Ottoman Bank has published a statement of the Government assignments for the foreign loans and general debt during the period from 3d March till 12th May, showing 1,630,000 liras received and 350,000 falling due, while 1,170,000 liras have been n.initted to Europe or paid, leaving 810,000 liras disposable. The elevation of Musurus Bey to the rank of Muchir is officially announced. HUNGARY. PESTI', July 17. The French Military Commission for the pur chase of horses will, it is believed, remain here a few weeks longer. BRUSSELS, July 18. The King and Queen of Portugal and suite arrived hero at two o'clock this morning, and alighted at the Belle Vue Hotel. CROATIA. AGRAM, July 17. Tbe military garrisons of Croatia have been con siderably Atrengthened. AMERICA. (Arrival of the Denmark). QUEENSTOWN, July 18. The National Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Denmark, from New York, arrived off this port at 2 a.m. to-day. After landing passengers, she proceeded for Liverpool. All well. SOUTHAMPTON, July 18. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Teutonia passed the Needles at 7.25 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 17, Two o'clock.—The market has resumed its insignificance and even become weaker. The market closed as follows:- 4 per Cents 99 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents. 6B 90 Do. end month 6B 871 Credit Mobilier Do. end month - Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1405 Bank'Shares 8360 Italian Loan 49 75 Do. end month 49 70 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred - 'AU. Orleans For Account. 885 Northern 1165 Lyons and Mediterranean.. BB5 Southern 550 Western — Eastern 540 Sardinian Austrian 466 25 Lombard 3BO North of Spain — Saragossa lO3 75 Roman. 75 ANOTHER MURDER AT BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham is becoming famous for deeds of violence. At a late hour on Tuesday night an affray took place in a publichouse in Dale-end in that town, the result of which is that a man named I I M'Nallay, a striker, was shot dead. The occurrence is thus described in the Daily Post :—" About ten o'clock at night, the deceased, in company with two other men, entered the gin shop of one Morris Roberts, in which there was a number of persons drinking. These persons asked to be supplied with two pennyworth of whi-ky, but Roberts being under the impression, as he said, that they had had enough to drink, refused to supply them with any more liquor. They pressed him, however, to give them more drink, but Roberts firmly refused, and as he was turning away from the counter to go to another part of the shop the deceased picked up a plate which lay upon the counter and threw it at him. Roberts, observing the man's movements, stooped and avoided the missile. The deceased and his companions fol lowed up this act by throwing the glasses on the counter at Roberts, but he escaped without being struck. Going to a drawer, then, Roberts took out a loaded six -barrelled revolver, and presented it at the men, saying he would shoot them. The de ceased, retreating a few yards, said, Shoot, you shoot ! The other men—deceased's compa nions—cried out, " We'll settle the --,' and more glasses were then thrown at Roberts, who fired upon the party, the deceased immediately dropping to the ground, but his fall was not noticed by the other men, who continued their demonstrations of violence towards the proprietor, whereupon one of the waiters rushed to the door to prevent the escape of his mas ter's assailants. Oneof the men, however, prevented hi m shutting the door, and, after a struggle, got into the street. At the request of Roberts the waiter went up stairs to the front window aad sprung a rattle for the purpose of obtaining the assistance of the police. A crowd speedily collected, and a number of persons rushed into the house to see what was the matter ; but before this the two men who had ac companied the deceased, and who, like himself, ap peared to be Irishmen, had escaped. The people in the house at the time took no part in the affray, but w hen the police came in a gentleman who witnessed what took place informed the officers of the facts, and gave Roberts into custody. The prisoner, ex pressing his willingnes s t o gowith the police, put on his jacket, and was then taken to the lock-up. The deceased at this time was lying upon the floor of his shop in a pool of blood, which had issued from his mouth. Upon examination it was found he was in a dying state, and that being so he was without loss of time removed to the General Hospital, but the unfortunate man died on the way to that institu tion. The bullet, it was found, had entered at a point about two inches from theleft br'east. Roberts on being charged at the police-station made a state ment to the effect that the deceased and two other men came into his vaults and requested him to serve them with some liquor ; that he refused ; that they then made use of bad expressions, and threw plates and glasses at him ; and that it was then he took a pistol and fired at him. Ro berts, who was very nervous and dejected, and ap peared to be in a state of great excitement, ex pressed himself as very sorry for what had hap pened. The prisoner, when taken into custody, had the revolver in his hand. Roberts was for some time an active supporter of Mr. Murphy ; but it would seem that for some cause or other he had withdrawn himself from any participation in .the lectures at the Tabernacle. At the time of the riots his windows were broken, among those of other friends of the so-called Protestant move ment ; and, being threatened with personal violence, he is said to have kept the revolver at hand, in readiness to defend himself. It is said that the deceased and his companions were Roman Catholics, and that their visit was made with no friendly intentions. *A man who was present at the time of the outrage informs us that while the men were throwing glasses at Roberts one of them ex claimed Let's settle the Murphyite.' " Yesterday morning Roberts was brought up before the magistrates, and remanded till Friday. He is a noted pugilist. SALES BY AUCTION.—The new act by which the law relating to sales by auction is amended has just been issued, and will take effect at the beginning of the next month. It relates to sales of land, and in the interpreta tion clause a "puffer" is stated to moan a person appointed to bid on the part of an owner. Where sales aro invalid in law they are also to be invalid in equity, whoro a puffer had bid. In future all conditions of sales aro to state whe ther the land is to bo sold without reserve, or whether there is a reserved price, or whether the right to bid is re- SQLYOd. Tile act is not to extond to Scotland. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) In the week that ended on Saturday, July 13, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,215 ; the deaths registered, 2,703. The annual rate of mor tality was 23 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,061 boys and 1,066 girls, in all 2,127 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of the ten years 1857-66 the average number, corrected for increase of population, is 1,997. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,262. It was the 28th week of the year, and the average number of deaths for the week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,357. The deaths in the present return are less by 95 than the estimated number. One hundred and fifteen deaths from diarrhoea were registered ; 12 in the west, 35 in the north, rs in the central, 36 in the east, and 14 in the south districts. Sixteen deaths from diarrhoea occurred in Marylebone, four in the sub-district of All Souls, two in the sub-district of the Rectory, seven in the sub-district of Christchurch, and three in the sub district of St. John. In the two preceding weeks the deaths in the metropolis from diarrhoea were 48 and 54 respectively. The deaths of ten children and two adults from cholera or choleraic diarrhoea were recorded last week. Thirteen persons died from smallpox, 23 from scarlatina, and 41 from typhus. Kensington (St. Mary, Paddington)—At 8, Wood field-road, on the 11th of July, the son of a police constable, aged two months, " cholera (nine hours)." St. George's, (Hanover-square)—At 21, Grosve nor-market, Davies-street, on the 12th of July, the son of a wheelwright, aged 11 weeks, " choleraic diarrhoea, collapse." Islington (West)—At 118, Caledonian-road, on the 10th July, the daughter of an office clerk, aged seven months, " cholera (19 hours.") .Islington (East).—At 1, Pickering street, on the 6th of July, the daughter of a shoe maker, aged 6 months, " infantile cholera (16 hours)." In the same sub-district, at 430, Essex road, on the 11th of July, the son of a compositor, aged 10 weeks, " choleraic diarrhoea." Hackney (West).)--At 10, Bainas-buildings. on the 4th of July, the son of a costermonger, aged 3 months, " sudden, choleraic diarrhoea"—lnquest. Clerken well (St. James).—At 52, Little Sutton street, on the Bth of July, the son of a labourer, aged one year, " choleraic diarrhoea." Shoreditch (Ragger stone West.)—At 24, Ormesby-street, on the Bth of July, the son of a butcher, aged 13 months, " cholera." Whitechapel (Mile-end New-town.)---- At the Workhouse, from 12, Black Lion-yard, on the sth of July, the widow of an engineer, aged 37 years, " choleraic diarrhoea (20 hours)." St. George-in -the-East (St. Paul.)--At 27, Anthony street, on the 13th of July, a bandboxmaker, aged 46 years, "English cholera (21 hours)." Bermond sey St. Mary Magdalen.)—At 29, Brunswick -court, on the 2d of July, the son of a general labourer, aged 12 months, " cholerai3 diarrhoea (24 hours." Lambeth (Church Ist.)—At 4, Dukes's Head-court, on the 7th of July, the son of a labourer at gas works, aged nine months, " dentition, cholera in fantum (five days)." Five persons were killed by horses or carriages in the streets. The annual rate of mortality last week was 21 per 1,000 in London, and 27 in Edinburgh, 21 in Brist o l, 18 i n Bi rm i ng h am , 26 in Liverp oo l, 29 in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 22 in Sheffield, 23 in Leeds, 19 in Hull, 23 in Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and 24 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 28 per 1,000 during the week ending the 6th inst., when the mean temperature was 5.2 deg. Fahren heit higher than in the same week in London, where the rate was 19. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.951 in. The barometrical reading decreased from 30.16 in. on Monday, July 8, to 29-57 in. on Saturday, July 13. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 60.0 deg., which is 0.5 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as calculated by Mr. Gldisher.) The highest day temperature was 75.3 deg. on Saturdly, July 13. The lowest night temperature was 45 0 deg., on Tuesday, July 9. The entire range of temperature in the week was therefore 30 . 3 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 65.4 deg. ; that of the lowest was G 3.3 deg. The difference between the mean-dew point tem perature and air temperature was 8.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 75, com plete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.031 in. on Saturday, July 13, on which day, after 3 p.m., distant thunder was heard frequently in the S.W., and at 3.16 p.m., following a flash of lightning and heavy thunder, rain began to fall, continuing to fall until 3.86 p.m., after this time rain fell at intervals until the even ing. According to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames at the Southern Outfall Works, Cross ness, was 37,964,317 gallons, or 172,489 cubic metres, quivalent to about as many tons by weight. IRELAND, DUBLIN, July 17. Mr. Justice George, in addressing the grand jury yesterday at the assizes, stated that but for some Fenian cases the calendar would have been a per - fect blank. A t the Waterford Assizes Mr. Justice Morris re ceived a present of white gloves from Mr. H. Meagher, high-sheriff of the city, brother of Gen. Meagher. He hoped to present another pair on which the city arms should be emblazoned as a me morial of the freedom of Waterford, from crime in 1867. The riots occurred in the county. Sir Thomas Larcom, under-secretary, has issued a circular to the magistrates of petty sessions, giving the option of the law officers of the Crown that im prisonment, not to exceed one week, may be in flicted on persons found drunk i❑ any public place or thoroughfare for non-payment of the fine of 55., and in default of distress. All the difficulty has been removed by the 26th and 27th Vic., cap. 96, sec. 1. Sergeant H. Stewart, of the Coldstream Guards, stationed at Beggar's Bush Barracks, who was to have been tried by court-martial, has committed suicide by shooting himself with his own rifle, which was found between his legs, his foot being in the noose of a handkerchief fastened to the trigger. The muzzle rested on his nose, and the shot went through the back of his head. Verdict, " Tempo rary insanity." STATE OF TRADE. BELFAST, July 16.—Flax.—During the past week the supplies in the various markets were small ; prices on the whole were stationary. Yarns.—Less activity in demand has manifested itself during the past week. Stocks have increased, save in tows, 18s. to 225., and 355. to 50s. Line wefts, no change in prices. Linens (brown).—llandloom. No activity in demand in this department, with the exception of napkins, which are in good request ; Bs. 4d. and 10s. 4d. goods in spots and damasks ; and good grades of drills likewise met a ready sale. Powerloom.—Roughs, 5-4th and 6-4th wides and damask; have been in fair request ; all other descriptions were comparatively neglected. Bleached and finished linens.—Home trade, demand quiet ; orders have been placed, but these were not of an extensive nature. Continental business as last re ported. No alteration has taken place iu stocks. ROCHDALE, 15th.—There has not been a smaller attendance lately in the flannel market than there was to-day, and only a very moderate business was done. As at last week's market, the demand ran more on plain than on fancy goods, but a steady business was doing in the latter by order, and that, too, for exportation as well as for home consump tion. The Yorkshire goods trade does not show any signs of improvement, but prices are steady. A fair amount of wool is passing from the dealers to the spinners and manufacturers at last week's prices. The quotations for flannels are the same as last week. CRYSTAL PALACE. —Wednesday. — The following were the numbers present to-clay.—Admissions on pay ment, 19,996; ditto by season tickets and 13elziau Volun teers, 7,427. Ivtg visitors, 27,423. ... ...OD% VarA. (nrilt V. 4, Uita. HER MAJESTY, clzc. OSBORNE, July 17. The Queen embarked on board the Alberta at Trinity-pier at a quarter before 11 o'clock this morning, and went out to the Victoria and Albert yacht, Captain his Serene Highnesses the Prince of Leiningen, in Cowes roads, when the Royal yacht steamed round to Osborne Bay, where she remained until the Osborne arrived with the Sultan on board. The Sultan tame on board the Victoria and Al bert, accompanied by the Imperial Princes, their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, and followed by his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt and his suite, from the En chantress, and was received on deck by her Majesty the Queen. The Royal yacht then proceeded towards the fleet at Spithead, on nearing which a Royal salute was fired. The Royal yacht, preceded by the Irene, and followed by the squadron of steam yachts, passed through the line of ships. The Victoria and Albert then steamed to the eastward, when she anchored after the firing bad ceased. Her Majesty the Queen then invested his Im perial Majesty the Sultan with the Order of the Garter. The ceremony took place upon the quarter-deck of the Royal yacht. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Lord Paulett, Colonel Keen, and suite, honoured the per formances at the New Royal Adolph Theatre yesterday evening. RECEPTION OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE SULTAN AT THE GUILDHALL. The following is tho programme of the proceedings connected with the reception of tho Sultan at the Guild hall this evening:— Tho Lord Mayor, and the deputation of the committee appointed by the Corporat.on, will receive his Imperial Majesty the Sultan at the entrance-hall, and proceed in the following order to the dais in the Guildhall : COMMONERS. Mr. Whiteside. Mr. S. Heath. Mr. Deputy Bower. Mr. R. Taylor. Mr. Marcy. Mr. Israel. Town Clerk. Sheriff Lycett. Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE : Thomas Henry Fry, Esq., Deputy. Alderman Copeland. Alderman Wilson. Recorder. Alderman Bosley. Alderman J. C. Lawrence. The Swordbearer. The Macebearer. The Lord Mayor. His Imperial Majesty the Sultan. Principal Members of Suite of the Sultan. The members of the Court of Common Council will assemble in the reception-hall at a quarter to seven o'clock, and will follow in procession to the foot of the dais upon which his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the other Royal and distinguished guests will be placed. When the Sultan has taken his seat on the throne, the address, having been read by the Recorder, will be pre sented to his Imperial Majesty by the Lord Mayor in a gold casket. His Imperial Majesty having replied, the following pre sentations will take place : Mover—Mr. Deputy Fry. Seconder—Robert Stapleton, Esq., chairman of City Lands Committee. THE Two SENIOR ALDERMEN: Mr. Alderman Copeland. Mr. Alderman Wilson. The members of the Council will then retire. His Majesty the Sultan will then proceed to his private apartments, conducted by the deputation. After a short interval, the deputation, having previously assembled in the lobby of the Exchequer Chamber, will conduct his Imperial Majesty to his throne. The concert will then commence. When the Sultan retires to supper he will be preceded by the deputation to the Council Chamber. After supper the deputation will conduct the Royal party to the hall. FURTHER INERESTING PARTICULARS. Entering from King-street into Guildhall-yard, an arcade of double columns, with statues on pedestals at intervals between, to form a porch for the setting down of the guests from their re spective carriages, is provided in front of the re ception hall, as well as in front of the public drinking fountain, forming a façade of upwards of 120 feet in length. The guests alighting here will reach the cloak-rooms to the right and left. The portions above the portico are finished with a pedi ment, and panels filled with figures, &c. From the cloak rooms the guests will pass under the southern staircase and give up their tickets in the entrance lobby to the reception hall, then passing under the orchestra, which is about 12ft. high, and supported by two handsome caryatides, the new reception hall is entered. This room, 54ft. wide in the clear, is supported by a row of six ionic columns on each side, it is 22 feet to the highest point of the ceiling, and about 90 feet long, and forms with the entrance lobbies and porch a build ing 105 feet long. The decoration of this hall is kept in a uniform style, the prevailing colour being cream or white, relieved with gold. The walls are hung with a richly-diapered decoration, each bay having an architectural frontispiece of imitation wedge-wood ware, with a mirror 10 feet high and 4 feet wide, and an oval light with the arms of the City and of the Sultan, alternately, above. t is lighted by 10 chandeliers of 12 lights each. Four staircases, one at each corner of the hall, give access to the upper or supper-room, the two northernmost (adjoining the porch to the Guildhall) have in their well-holes fountains dressed round with flowers, &c. From the centre of this hall, on the right hand side, a fifth staircase of a very large and handsome character leads to the supper rooms over the courts of law, and also to the supper room over the reception hall ; this supper room, 95 feet long by 54 feet wide, and about 18 feet high, will afford accommodation for 500 guests at once, in addition to 300 guests in the law courts, all seated. The decorations of the supper rooms are of course of a somewhat lighter and less imposing character than in the room below, although considerable at tention has been paid to their artistic character. The upper supper room will be decorated with pilasters and cornices, and will have in each bay a painting by Absolon representing the arts and sciences, and will be lighted by 3 sun burners, and provision has been made by means of louvres, dor mers, &c., for thorough ventilation; and not only of this floor, but also of the ground floor by means of the five staircases, as well as by external openings. The porch to the Guildhall has been cleaned, and left with only its natural architectural proportional though some decorations with flowers and shrubs, about breast high, will be added on each side. The Guildhall itself has had merely the mono' ments cleaned and a double range of seats placed along the walls where possible, the general character of this hall not requiring any special decoration , except the necessary erection of a large dais at the two easternmost bays of the hall, 5) feet by 36 feet, with a canopied seat in the centre of the easternmos t bay. Round this bay will be hung an arras 16 feet high, of crimson velvet, powdered with crescents and stars, and the two balconied windows filled with handsome flowers, and lighted, in addition to the . present gaseliers, by t wo very h an d some cr ystal candelabra. The windows containing s t a i ne d glass will be illuminated from the exterior. THE PARIS EXHIBITION.—The :sixth party ° f excursionists of the Paris Exhibition Excursion Committee left London yesterday in two divisions, numbering about 140, by the Brighton and Chatham and Dover RailwaY s ' A large proportion of the excursionists were from the pro vinces, and several were from Science Schools in Ireland' THE LETTER OF LORD CLONCURRY.—DUBLIN' Wednesday Night.—At the Ennis Assizes to-day the Lora Mayor of Dublin obtained a verdict of £5O against the Evening Mail for libel, in publishing a letter of Lord Clow' curry, accusing him of being a fomenter of agrarian out rage. A similar action against the Cork Constitution w as settied•--defcudant to pay costs and apologise.